You might want to read this today about Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a scientist who caused much of the controversy about the MMR vaccine and his claim of a link with Autism.
The problem with this is that it comes 12 years after his initial publication (13 authors on the publication, the journal was the Lancet and […]

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So Apple are going to release a new computer today.  It will be called the iSlate or the iTablet or something like that apparently (just google some techie blog to get some more information on that.
The Apple share price has doubled this year, which is amazing given the economy and how the recent recession has […]

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So, today there is a work to rule on with the public service unions.  This is indeed a controversial issue and one where there is no right side and no wrong side.
Naturally, as a public service worker, I have a particular interest in this dispute, though I am not on a work to rule, whatever […]

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Well, so much has happened since I last blogged. Where to start?The public service have taken a pay cut and there is an embargo on hiring and promotions for the past while.  I do understand how this has come about - we spend something North of 50,000,000,000 Euro per year and we only take in […]

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