tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:57:59 +0000<B>Research and Consulting</B><BR>| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |<BR> <A href="http://www.netesq.com/">http://www.netesq.com/</A><BR> <A href="http://www.netesq.com/about.html">About</A> - <A Href="http://www.netesq.com/faqs.html">FAQs</a> - <A Href="http://www.netesq.com/links.html">Links</a> - <A Href="http://www.netesq.com/contact.html">Contact</a>http://blog.netesq.com/noreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)Blogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-822997115263193667Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:49:00 +00002010-03-20T19:57:59.771-07:00law schoolking hallfinancial aidWhile in Los Angeles on other business recently, I glanced at an e-mail that I had received from my Alma mater UC Davis Law School (King Hall), and I noticed that the law firm of Alston & Bird was hosting a reception for King Hall alumni and admitted students on Monday evening March 15th, 2010.  I RSVP'd at the last minute on Friday afternoon March 12th, then found my way to the aforementioned http://blog.netesq.com/2010/03/considering-king-hall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-3301170159625663828Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:16:00 +00002010-01-16T15:43:10.295-08:00censorshipAfter posting my previous blog entry entitled Arbitrary and Capricious Censorship at A&E's Message Boards, I posted a comment in the same thread where one of my comments was deleted and directed the powers that be at A&E TV to my previous blog entry. Astonishingly, one of the ignorant twits at A&E TV with the alias "aetv_dlg" responded in that same thread:I saw the removed post. You started it http://blog.netesq.com/2010/01/response-from-ignorant-twits-at-message.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-6522376644970615485Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:06:00 +00002010-01-15T17:29:50.471-08:00hoarderscensorshipOn or about January 14th, 2010, I posted the following message on the A&E Message Board covering its Hoarders show in a thread entitled “Horders[sic] OR LAZY??? I KNOW- LAZY LAZY LAZY”:It's Astonishing How Some People Find It Necessary to Compare Themselves to HoardersI'm not sure why people find it necessary to say things like, "I work three full time jobs and still find time to cook for my http://blog.netesq.com/2010/01/arbitrary-and-capricious-censorship-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-6368282574715501738Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:36:00 +00002009-12-14T15:41:31.270-08:00hoardersblaming the victimA&E's show Hoarders is an intervention-style reality television series that profiles people whose lives have been severely impacted by a hoarding compulsion. My mother turned me on to this show; in turn, I've turned several friends on to it; in turn, these friends have turned several of their friends and family members on to it. In sum, it is the most compelling and gripping reality televisionhttp://blog.netesq.com/2009/12/ripple-effect-of-hoarders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-6964056073995835898Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:13:00 +00002009-10-12T01:00:12.519-07:00jury nullificationmistrialsThis is my latest post in a series of posts arising from my recent experiences with jury duty for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. In this post, I cover the topic of jury nullification -- .i.e., the legal theory/reality that juries can and do ignore the law and rule the way they want. Other things being equal, I believe in jury nullification, whereas many of the people who mention this http://blog.netesq.com/2009/10/jury-nullification-is-moral-obligation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-356117141703067587Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:05:00 +00002009-10-09T10:25:26.548-07:00jury dutyjury nullificationjury serviceAs a followup to my earlier posts entitled Post Mortem on Jury Duty and Replacing Mandatory Jury Duty with Voluntary Jury Service, this post covers the trials, tribulations, and concerns of those who hope to avoid jury duty altogether. The nature of this challenge has changed dramatically in California with the implementation of the One-Day or One-Trial [pdf] system of jury duty, so much so thathttp://blog.netesq.com/2009/10/folly-of-avoiding-jury-duty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-2105163677765260897Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:46:00 +00002009-10-09T10:04:30.177-07:00jury dutyjury serviceI recently posted a blog entry entitled Post Mortem on Jury Duty in which I narrated my recent experiences pursuant to being summoned for jury duty by the Los Angeles County Superior Court. In this followup post, I will consider the issue of whether mandatory jury duty should become voluntary jury service. As a matter of course, I will cover the advantages of the One-Day or One-Trial [pdf] http://blog.netesq.com/2009/10/replacing-mandatory-jury-duty-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-8176114075431543191Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:41:00 +00002009-10-09T10:03:34.050-07:00los angeles county superior courtjury dutyAfter years of being ignored by the courts in re jury duty, I recently received a summons to appear for said jury duty. The date the court in question had set for me to call in/appear was very inconvenient, so I called in and rescheduled using the court's automated system. Rather than postponing as long as possible, I picked the earliest date that I knew I could appear, as I never know where http://blog.netesq.com/2009/10/post-mortem-on-jury-duty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-6495364516440148775Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:24:00 +00002008-11-02T19:03:18.609-08:00causes of deathiatrogenesiscancerBy virtue of my longstanding interest in rejuvenation research, I recently revisited Ben Best’s online research on various causes of death, and I realized that I had neglected iatrogenic causes of death as the most serious mortality risk that most people face in the United States today. To wit, according to very reliable sources, at least a million people in the United States die every year http://blog.netesq.com/2008/11/death-by-medicine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-1120629216624284244Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:27:00 +00002008-04-13T23:32:07.800-07:00childfreeautismThe United Nations designated April 2, 2008 as the first Worldwide Autism Awareness Day, and after being bombarded by a series of totally uninformative television reports that began the day before and lasted well into the day after, I was intrigued enough to bring myself back up to speed on the topic.Even though I've tutored autistic children in the past, I've never been able to get a http://blog.netesq.com/2008/04/mystery-of-autism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-1867558175245594508Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:21:00 +00002007-12-03T19:46:02.315-08:00rejuvenation researchtelomeraseFounder of T.A. Sciences Noel Thomas Patton read my recent blog post entitled Ending Old Age through Telomerase Activation, and called me on the phone to offer his feedback. Specifically, he made a point of questioning the accuracy of my claim that "there are many cell types in the human body that never stop reproducing," and he was right to do so. The only healthy cells in the human body thathttp://blog.netesq.com/2007/11/telomerase-activation-redux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-3697626371279946792Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:08:00 +00002007-11-23T00:13:16.834-08:00astragalussenescencetelomeraseWhen I took my first college level course in physical anthropology, I took it upon myself to research the emerging body of scientific knowledge regarding the biological process known as senescence. Simply put, many (but not all) biological organisms grow to maturity, then attempt to maintain vitality, but eventually succumb to the ravages of old age and die. The process through which such http://blog.netesq.com/2007/11/ending-old-age-through-telomerase.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-530728786444390166Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:21:00 +00002007-11-12T12:29:23.082-08:00heuristicsartificial intelligenceWhile exploring the website of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, I was guided to an essay by Eliezer Yudkowsy entitled Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgment of global risks. [PDF document]. I experienced several "A-ha!" moments while reading the essay, all of which synchronized with my inherent skepticism of supposed expertise. And at the risk of sounding like I http://blog.netesq.com/2007/11/being-too-smart-for-your-own-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-4304893831943837637Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:11:00 +00002008-03-21T14:43:14.785-07:00ellenanimal rescuemutts and momsiggyWhile I believe that the Iggy news cycle finished out this last Sunday night, I feel compelled to post the following information that I found posted on the website for Ellen Degeneres' talk show:When Worlds Collide In the world of rescuers, companion animals are no different than children. They need our protection as they cannot survive on their own. They need our advocacy, as they cannot speak http://blog.netesq.com/2007/10/mutts-and-moms-rest-of-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-1779043864989036515Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:19:00 +00002007-10-23T08:27:51.961-07:00ellenpet rescuejudy crozier[Added: Make that Tuesday October 23rd. The press release apparently confused the air date with the taping date.]While following up on the controversy involving Ellen Degeneres and Mutts and Moms, I stumbled upon a press release at PR Web Owner Saved by Dog to be on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. I immediately submitted the press release to Digg, but (much to my surprise) the Digg item has yet to http://blog.netesq.com/2007/10/ellen-to-feature-pet-rescue-on-monday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-6238915584207654104Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:59:00 +00002008-03-21T14:37:01.697-07:00ellenpet rescuemutts and momsLinda MilazzoWhile checking recent news reports on the Ellen Degeneres/Mutts and Moms controversy, I found a link to Linda Milazzo's Smirking Chimp Blog entitled Ellen DeGeneres' Misuse of Media and A Challenge To Right That Wrong. I highly recommend this post for the quality of its factual content, obtained from direct contact with many of the people involved in this controversy, but I respectfully disagreehttp://blog.netesq.com/2007/10/linda-milazzo-on-ellen-degeneresmutts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-6267187891309932943Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:37:00 +00002007-10-19T12:14:02.618-07:00ellenmutts and momsanimal rightsOver the last week or so, I've injected myself into the Mutts and Moms controversy, stating unequivocally that the Mutts and Moms dog rescue group should not have removed the dog Iggy from the loving home where Ellen Degeneres placed it, and that they should return Iggy to that home sooner rather than later. The vast majority of people who have expressed an opinion on this topic agree with me --http://blog.netesq.com/2007/10/putting-mutts-and-moms-controversy-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-194356609879822241Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:44:00 +00002007-10-18T14:45:53.881-07:00ellenmutts and momsIt never ceases to amaze me how quick people are to throw down the guantlet with me rather than engage in rational discourse. To wit, one Laura Sweet responded to two of my recent carefully considered posts regarding Mutts and Moms with a tone that is anything but civil:"This controversy is fueled by people who have no idea what it's like to place dogs in proper care and all that is considered http://blog.netesq.com/2007/10/laura-sweet-on-mutts-and-moms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-414254225610063300Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:54:00 +00002007-10-18T08:56:11.849-07:00ellenmutts and momscontract lawApologists for Mutts and Moms are fond of pointing out that Ellen Degeneres signed a contract with Mutts and Moms that prohibited Ellen from placing Iggy (the dog that Ellen adopted) with a new home. Of course, Ellen never signed that contract, but since her partner Portia de Rossi did, I'm willing to ignore that particular fine brush stroke and discuss the big picture. In other words, assuminghttp://blog.netesq.com/2007/10/but-ellen-degeneres-signed-contract-so.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-2564742709700338849Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:26:00 +00002008-03-21T10:24:37.190-07:00ellenmutts and momsiggyOn Tuesday October 16th, 2007, Ellen Degeneres made a tearful plea on her television show for the return of a dog named Iggy that was seized by the operators of a local Pasadena dog rescue after Ellen had given it away to a new family. Ellen had adopted Iggy through the rescue, and found the dog a new home a few weeks later after determining that the dog was not compatible with her existing http://blog.netesq.com/2007/10/mutts-and-moms-under-fire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-2665859867191290266Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:48:00 +00002007-07-14T17:50:08.024-07:00Back in November of 2004, I posted a blog entry entitled Why Does God Let Good People Suffer? On July 14th, 2007, this post got its fourth comment, the second one being one that I posted to provide a live link to Attorney Robert Sutherland's Book of Job website, which was mentioned in the first comment, an anonymous one. The last two comments were also anonymous, and they appeared to be made byhttp://blog.netesq.com/2007/07/where-to-turn-for-help.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-117358906819964973Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:27:00 +00002007-03-14T00:44:56.893-07:00News commentators have been speculating about the possibility of former President Bill Clinton becoming the "First Gentleman" (First Spouse, maybe?) if and when Senator Hillary Clinton is elected President of the United States in November of 2008. That got me to thinking: Why not Vice President Bill Clinton in 2008? Many people would vote for a wife and husband Clinton ticket, whereas Article http://blog.netesq.com/2007/03/vice-president-bill-clinton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-116961456411062550Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:56:00 +00002008-03-21T15:56:33.177-07:00rejuvenation researchIn my most recent blog post prior to this one, I noted that Pharmexa was testing a possible cancer vaccine, referencing an earlier blog post of mine which asserted that the lengthening of telomeres on the ends of DNA strands would soon provide a cure for old age by rejuvenating old but healthy cells. I remain intrigued by issues of health and longevity, and my blog posts will probably continue http://blog.netesq.com/2007/01/health-and-longevity-redux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-115887710304982644Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:56:00 +00002008-03-24T09:54:55.345-07:00rejuvenation researchcancertelomeraseIn a previous blog post, I asserted that the lengthening of telomeres on the ends of DNA strands would soon provide a cure for old age by rejuvenating old but healthy cells. This has already been accomplished in vitro using the enzyme telomerase, and clinical trials with humans will eventually get underway. As such, all you have to do is stay alive and stay reasonably healthy until telomerase http://blog.netesq.com/2006/09/pharmexa-testing-posssible-universal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314417.post-115802227661993129Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:46:00 +00002006-09-11T17:52:40.750-07:00September 11, 2006 finds me in Austin, Texas, the state capital. As I sat in my hotel room last night, working through the night to prepare for a meeting with one of my clients at 7am, 9/11 documentaries were being broadcast on the History Channel, playing in the background, beguiling me away from the here and now, and taking me back in time to September 11, 2001. I was in Sacramento at the http://blog.netesq.com/2006/09/united-we-stand.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Internet Esquire)0