December 2008
15 posts
Vitamin D is an issue for Alaskans: Life | adn.com →
Vitamin D is an issue for Alaskans NED ROZELL ALASKA SCIENCE Published: November 29th, 2008 11:18 PM Last Modified: November 29th, 2008 11:42 PM Interested people are needed to participate in a one-year study to assess the effects of long dark winters on the vitamin D and calcium levels of Fairbanks residents. So began a recruitment poster Meredith Tallas created 25 years ago. Now living...
November 2008
24 posts
[energy] video game consoles cost fuel
Is your game console running? Better go catch it. A report out Tuesday found that the Playstation 3 (PS3) and XBox 360, if left on all the time, can consume as much energy over a year as two new refrigerators. http://www.elabs5.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=o1l,3pu7,er,6878,kqcw,cdp6,4oep Read More … http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural...
[superlative thought] Oceans More Acidic Than...
Oceans Ten Times More Acidic Than Thought from National Geographic News http://snipurl.com/6t3l4 http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural Science & Management A Little Red Hen [a blog by Naomi Dagen Bloom] O’Folks, off their rocker [a blog by Vuee]>
[environmental change] New Rule Would Discount...
This sounds very dangerous. Humans are a species, especially Alaska humans. mpb New Rule Would Discount Warming as Risk Factor for Species from the Washington Post (Registration Required) The Bush administration is finalizing changes to the Endangered Species Act that would ensure that federal agencies would not have to take global warming into account when assessing risks to imperiled plants and...
[Tundra teachers] "Brett Stirling"...
How is shopping an excuse for missing school? Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA R. Brett Stirling lives and writes in Tununak on Nelson Island, about 110 miles west of Bethel. He is principal of Paul T. Albert Memorial School. http://www.adn.com/life/story/598802.html http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural Science & Management ...
“CALIFORNIA BRIEFING November 21, 2008 SOUTH BAY Two heroin users are infected...”
– CALIFORNIA BRIEFING - Los Angeles Times
USA botulism from dietary sources shows up most in Alaska, often because of faulty food fermenting.
“Keep your boat dry HAVING booked his gaff cutter Daisy into the SeaFair Milford...”
– Bad news for the accident-prone - 19 November 2008 - New Scientist [sciencing, stats]
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Alaska Marketplace Competition extended →
AFN Announces Thirteen Winners with Surprise Announcement to Extend Competition Winners to Split $300,000 in Seed Money ~ $300,000 More Still Up For Grabs! 11-12-08 by Greg Lincoln Eleven of the 42 Alaskan entrepreneurs competing at the third Alaska Marketplace Competition in Anchorage will walk away with a share of $300,000 in seed money. The Alaska Marketplace, an initiative of the Alaska...
[watsan] World Toilet Day
Ode to the commode By Margaret Wertheim On World Toilet Day, we should all be plumb grateful to be bestowed with a loo — many in the world aren’t as lucky. http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural Science & Management A Little Red Hen [a blog by Naomi Dagen Bloom] O’Folks, off their rocker [a blog by Vuee]>
“confirmation bias. This is when we look for and find evidence to support what we...”
– Jonestown and ‘confirmation bias’ - Los Angeles Times [sciencing]
[aging] Memory Loss: Special Report (Science in...
Memory Loss: Special Report from the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required) We collect memories well into adulthood, but at some point, we start to lose them. How to tell the difference between memory lapse and signs of a disorder? The L.A. Times provides a series of articles on the early warning signs of Alzhimer’s disease, how much our bad habits and lifestyle choices may affect memory...
“Books are a huge bonding between him and his daughters,” said Ann Walker...”
– Malia and Sasha’s big move - Los Angeles Times [reading]
[trash, ebergy] turn slum garbage into heat
Afri-gadget is a wonderful blog outlining the possibilities winthin self-sufficient communities. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/456367266/today-on-boing-boing-68.html Neater: an African incerator that turns slum garbage into heat http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/11/17/turning-rubbish-into-dinners-in-kibera/ Turning rubbish into dinners in Kibera http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for...
[sciencing] Science Reporting by Press Release...
Science Reporting by Press Release from the Columbia Journalism Review A dirty little secret of journalism has always been the degree to which some reporters rely on press releases and public relations offices as sources for stories. But recent newsroom cutbacks and increased pressure to churn out online news have given publicity operations even greater prominence in science coverage. “What...
“* Contracting a sexually transmitted disease even once increases the chances of...”
– Older adults’ sexual desires don’t have to fade - Los Angeles Times [aging, hygiene, preparedness]
[watsan] World Toilet Day Nov. 19: Arbor Loos Do...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217466/122667517028.htm Catholic Relief Services (CRS) - USA World Toilet Day is November 19. Although it may be hard to believe for some, almost 40 percent of the world’s population has no access to a toilet. Imagine it: More than one out of every three people .. http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK...
[language] INDIGENOUS-L Digest - SIL conference
Subject: 16th SILS Conference Dear Friends of Indigenous Languages: The web site for the 16th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium Indigenous Languages Across the Generations Strengthening Families and Communities to be held April 30-May 2, 2009 at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, USA is now accessible at http://education.asu.edu/sils/ Jon Reyhner Professor of Bilingual...
[maps, Tundra Teachers] Are These the Shortest...
http://shibbyalaska.blogspot.com/2008/11/haha.html What is up with all this national media attention lately out here?? Wall Street Journal - Are These the Shortest Commercial Flights in the U.S.? Note to readers…as the person re-doing the school’s website (at a snail’s pace, admittedly), don’t count on that link to the dog sleds working for long ;-) ...
“Re:I miss my pager all the time. (Score:5, Interesting) by RustinHWright...”
– Slashdot | Where Have All the Pagers Gone?
[trash] Plastic waste gets the sack
Plastic waste gets the sack Staci Matlock/The New Mexican So you’ve finished the week’s grocery shopping and are starting through the check-out line when you remember, once again, that you forgot your cloth bags. Read the story … http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local/News/Plastic-waste-gets-the-sack http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK...
[environmental change, erosion] Forced Migration... →
FMR 31: Climate change and displacement In response to growing pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving, communities are adapting. This issue of FMR debates the numbers, the definitions and the modalities – and the tension between the need for research and the need to act. Thirty-eight articles by UN, academic, international and local actors explore the extent of the potential...
[sciencing] Communicating in the Science Classroom
[NAEP] MPES Newsletter 1.22 http://nativeaccess.com/mailman/listinfo/nae_nativeaccess.com November 10, 2008 Volume 1, Issue 22 Communicating in the Science Classroom When we go out and talk to employers one of the key skills they say they are looking for in all their employees is the ability to communicate well. Still, communication isn’t always something we look at in the science...
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“Finding the will to recycle
City and county officials struggle to increase...”
– Finding the will to recycle - SantaFeNewMexican.com
[watsan] Women's hands 'harbour more bugs'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7705608.stm Women have a greater range of different types of bacteria on the palms of their hands than men, research suggests. http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural Science & Management A Little Red Hen [a blog by Naomi Dagen Bloom] O’Folks, off their rocker [a blog by Vuee]
