http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com Les Woofs Woofs! Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:41:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been neglecting this blog and see that a few people have made comments or requests.  Thanks for the comments and I will address the requests - promise! http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2008/11/06/oh-oh/ - motherboard died.  It is no fun blogging from the public library even though I was grateful to be able to keep up with email for free there.  I bought a mac laptop as a replacement and am still learning how to use it.  And I am moving cross-country at ... http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2008/03/10/moderator-has-laptop-meltdown/ Recently I have been working with a person who hoards stuff, especially food.  I have been trying to understand this phenomenon and find resources that communities and/or organizations have developed as people who hoard often face homelessness if evicted.One of the most informative documents I have come across so far is the "No ... http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2008/01/27/no-room-to-spare-ottawas-community-response-to-hoarding-plan-url/ see http://www.squalorsurvivors.com/ - very humane and helpful website written by people who have addressed or are attempting to address issues their issues around hoarding. http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2008/01/18/if-you-know-people-who-are-hoarders/  The Center for Public Integrity: Investigative Journalism in the Public Interesthttp://www.publicintegrity.org/  http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2008/01/12/the-center-for-public-integrity-investigative-journalism-in-the-public-interest-website-url/ The below is from the blog of - Howard (Jack) West, MDDr. West serves as the Founder and Managing Member of OncTalk, LLC. He is a medical oncologist and Director of Medical Therapeutics for Thoracic Oncology at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, Washington.Request for Congressional Inquiry into Drug Approval ... http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/demand-for-congressional-hearings-into-fda-process-on-dendreons-provenge/  The universally recognized Human Rights Day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10December in 1948 in Paris. On this coming Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007, the United Nations will launch a one-year intensive programme of activitiesleading up to the commemoration next ... http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2007/12/10/p762/ at http://www.democracynow.org/2007/11/28/the_end_of_america_feminist_socialIn her new book, "The End of America: Letter of Warning toa Young Patriot", Naomi Wolf says the United States is on the roadto becoming a fascist society, right under our very noses.Wolf outlines what she sees as the ten steps to shut down a democraticsociety and argues that ... http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2007/12/04/the-end-of-america-feminist-social-critic-naomi-wolf-warns-us-in-slow-descent-into-fascism/  Join us in celebrating 20 years of safe and legalreproductive choice inCanada! To celebrate, we want to hear your thoughts. Tell us why a "Pro-Choice Canada" is so important and youcould win atrip to Ottawa and the chance to be on national television!More expressive through art than through word? Submit ... http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2007/12/04/one-week-remaining-in-the-national-pro-choice-canada-contest/ Washington, DC: Dying prostate cancer patients waiting for the approval of Provenge, a new life-extending cancer vaccine, are being held hostage by an FDA infested with industry insiders with enormous financial interests in what has become a multibillion dollar cancer treatment racket for drug companies, cancer researchers, and treatment providers ... http://elladoessquamish.blogsome.com/2007/11/28/recs-124-fdas-refusal-to-approve-new-cancer-vaccine-the-plot-thickens-part-i-news/