April 2008
37 posts
[aging] Liz Taylor love-hate relationship with my...
Aging Deliberately Make sure you don’t get tangled in the Web I have a love-hate relationship with my computer. My first was a so-called “portable. ” Weighing 35 pounds (or was it 35 tons?), it stretched my arm… (Mon, 4/21) * More Liz Taylor http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural Science & Management A Little...
[aging] Son hires drinking mates for elderly... →
Son hires drinking mates for elderly father Reuters | Friday, 25 April 2008
Found: drinking companions to join elderly gentleman for a friendly beer at his village pub in Southern England. … for someone to accompany his 88-year-old father Jack on visits to his local pub from a nursing home. He offered the lucky winner $NZ17 an hour plus expenses and… decided on a job-share…...
[health, culture] new languages in the...
* The Multilingual Library has new languages: Bosnian, Burmese, Karen, Kirundi and Swahili. * The Multilingual Library has a new section for English resources for multicultural groups. For more information, see our website: >http://www.health.utah.gov/cmh/ http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural Science & Management A Little Red...
[native foods, environment] Facts about the...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08303365.htm FACTBOX-Facts about the potato, a resurgent supercrop Source: Reuters April 15 (Reuters) - The potato, the world’s third most important food crop after rice and wheat, is emerging as an alternative to expensive cereals and advocates say it could hold the key to global … 4/14/2008 04:04 PM http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for...
[health] dog bite injuries
Hospitalizations resulting from dog bite injuries — Alaska, 1991-2002. Castrodale L. Int J Circumpolar Health 2007; 66(4): 320-7. Affiliation: Alaska Section of Epidemiology, Division of Public Health, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, USA. louisa.castrodale at alaska dot gov DOI: unavailable (Copyright © 2007, International Union for Circumpolar Health) OBJECTIVES: Determining the public health...
[aging] Liz Taylor 4/14/2008
Aging Deliberately PBS special “Caring for Your Parents” missed a golden opportunity to educate They’re weak, they’re frail … they’re old people. Give me a break. When it comes to examining the truth about aging, the media have a lot to learn. (Mon, 4/14) http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural Science...
[aging, hygiene] Norovirus sickens dozens in...
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/apr/20/norovirus-sickens-dozens-soldotna-nursing-home/ >Norovirus sickens dozens in Soldotna nursing home KENAI — At least 50 people at a Soldotna nursing home have come down with norovirus. Today 03:15 PM http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Edublogging, FYI Sci.TEK teachers Biocultural Science & Management A Little Red Hen [a blog by...
“Wonders never cease. Hard to believe that in a state where folks shell out the...”
– adn.com | Lack of health insurance can be lethal for Alaskans : comments 4 April 12, 2008 - 11:18am | Bill508
[superlative thinking, bird flu] more bird flu...
http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2008/01/theres_more_bird_flu_than_we_t.php 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]
[health, bird flu] Brit TV company blamed for...
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/27/peru_flu_deaths/ >Brit TV company blamed for Peruvian tribal deaths Researcher carried flu, claim indigenous locals Indigenous tribes in southeastern Peru are demanding film and TV crews be banned from their territories around the Madre de Dios river after attributing the deaths of four members of the Matsigenka tribe to flu...
[superlative thinking] Tomb Bigger Than Thought
http://www.topix.net/science/anthropology/2008/04/pharaoh-seti-i-s-tomb-bigger-than-thought?fromrss=1 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]
[aging, environment, children] 2008 Rachel Carson...
2nd Annual Rachel Carson Intergenerational Poetry, Essay and Photo Contest The EPA Aging Initiative, in partnership with Generations United and the Rachel Carson Council, Inc., is inviting submissions for its Second Annual Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Intergenerational Poetry, Essay and Photography Contest. The contest’s intergenerational approach reflects Carson’s desire to have...
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“cabs as information pollinators”
– Are Cell Phones Killing the Tradition of Cabbies as Travel Guides and Cracker-Barrel Philosophers?
Monica Hesse writes in a Washington Post story: James Katz is the director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University. … “It used to be that when people came to a new...
[toilets, hygiene] Goldman Environmental Prize...
A rock star from Mozambique whose music is aimed at raising awareness of sanitation issues in rural areas is to be among the recipients Monday of the 19th annual Goldman Environmental Prizes in San Francisco. Feliciano dos Santos also established a nongovernmental organization to promote personal hygiene. The awards, named for philanthropist Richard Goldman and his late wife, Rhoda, are considered...
[history, AI/AN] Call for Information for the year...
via Native Research Network list This is an intriguing perspective. I don’t off-hand have info on 1848, but it would be worth reminding the audience about what would NOT be included, assuming the interest is only in the USA and its territories. For example, Alaska, Hawai’i, and New Mexico were not part of the US (if my history lessons memory is correct) until well after 1848. In those...
[environment, climate, anthropology, religion]...
“Pleading for an “ecological anthropology” on behalf of theologians, McFague warned, “This crisis demands that we live differently
It is not just another important issue. It appears to be a paradigm shift in who we think we are.” … “Ecological anthropology is not a sentimental plea to love nature,” she urged. “It is the truth about who and what...
[H5N1, birds] Messenger of spring arrives in...
Our plover (Kolea from Hawai’i) hasn’t left, that I know of. The godwits have also been getting ready from New Zealand. http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16567 Messenger of spring arrives in Iceland despite snow (Iceland News, 14 April 2008) — The national symbol of spring, the golden plover, has arrived in Iceland. A group of the beloved migratory...
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[environmental health, check lists] Examining the...
This article can’t be used to diagnose (with some exceptions, nail anomalies— like bones and hair— are generalized markers with several interacting causes) but it is useful to alert those working or living with frail people to other conditions that may need seeing to. Some conditions may have “normal” causes, e.g., longitudinal ridges may be simply a result of...
[aging] Liz Taylor + aging
America is graying quickly, and serious lifestyle issues loom Seattle Times - United States Aging Deliberately tells us how to age on purpose. You can reach Liz Taylor at lizt AT agingdeliberately DOT com or write to PO Box 11601, Bainbridge Island, … http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2004328743_liztaylor07.html http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Biocultural...
[energy] petrol in Aotearoa
Currently in Bethel, gasoline is about US$4.85 per gallon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Petrol surges over NZ$2 a litre in rural areas [Equivalent to about NZ$7.58 per US gallon] Petrol prices have surged to more than $2 a litre in some places, and filling a 50-litre tank may cost over $100. - http://www.stuff.co.nz/4475909a3600.html http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for...
[heritage] Stabilizing Indigenous Languages...
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:24:22 -0700 From: Jon Reyhner NAU.EDU Subject: SILS 15 May 1-3, 2008 Dear Friends of Indigenous Languages: The Fifteenth Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium is less than a month away. You can download a draft of the conference program as a pdf file at http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/SIL15/SILS15draftProgram.pdf and descriptions of the school visits and...
[climate] Fiji makes Pacific plea to US Congress
Fiji makes Pacific plea to US Congress Update: 11:16AM FIJIs representative to the United Nations has invited leaders of the United States to come to the Pacific and listen to climate change stories from our traditional leaders and elders…. Mr Smith said if no immediate practical action was taken to adapt and mitigate against these effects, the world would soon have to deal with the mass...
[heritage] Visit museum, students urged
Visit museum, students urged INTERIM Education Minister Filipe Bole has urged parents to visit the Fiji Museum with their children so they can learn and appreciate the different cultures that co-exist in Fiji…. Mr Bole said more and more museums were focusing their attention on science, natural science and technology which was a new dimension of our cultural heritage. … He said the...
[bird flu] Selected EPA-registered Disinfectants
“Selected EPA-registered Disinfectants Current as of January 7, 2008 EPA’s Registered Sterilizers, Tuberculocides, and Antimicrobial Products Against Certain Human Public Health Bacteria and Viruses” http://www.epa.gov/oppad001/chemregindex.htm http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Biocultural Science & Management
[aging] Re: road colouring theorem
Subject: Re: road colouring theorem Hooray for those of us in our 60s! Like we suddenly turn brain dead? SW On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:51 PM, M Pamela Bumsted wrote: “March 28, 2008 Ex-security guard Avraham Trahtman solves maths riddle Graphic of the road colouring theorem Sheera Frenkel Avraham Trahtman was not looking for fame when he solved the “road colouring problem”, a...
[climate change] Quick: There's an oil spill in...
http://aprn.org/2008/03/17/quick-theres-an-oil-spill-in-the-arctic-ocean-what-do-you-do/ >Quick: There’s an oil spill in the Arctic Ocean. What do you do? There are a lot of unknowns when it comes to arctic shipping. We know traffic in the region is increasing dramatically, but experts don’t know how likely a shipping-related oil spill might be in the Arctic or what it would take to...
[tribes] 2008 Federally Recognized Tribes List
http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/2008-federally-recognized-tribes-list/ The 2008 list of federally recognized tribes is here: Federal Register Notice http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com for Grassroots Science Biocultural Science & Management >
[trash] Dumps overstuffed with old drugs,... →
[Water, toilets, climate change] Middle East Times
>Egypt heading toward natural disaster By JOSEPH MAYTON (Middle East Times) Mar. 31 3:23 EDT CAIRO Egypt could be on the receiving end of a natural disaster of Biblical proportions, experts warn. Although numerous scenarios are being studied by scientists, two things appear certain in all of them: Alexandria, Egypts second largest city on the Mediterranean Sea coast will disappear and...
[Aging] Aging Deliberately updates
Aging Deliberately Sister using pooled money should be held accountable Q: My father died last summer, and my mother, who’s 81, lives in a nursing home in Colorado. One of my five sisters lives near her, but… (Mon, 3/31) Aging Deliberately: Caregiver’s Depression Kitsap Sun (Subscription) - WA, United States By Liz Taylor Q. I’m caring for my terminally ill mother, and the...
[heritage] Russian-American research team examines...
via Circumpolar Musings (Yukon College) http://dl1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/agraham/ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/uoaf-rrt040408.php Russian-American research team examines origins of whaling culture (University of Alaska Fairbanks press release via EurekAlert! 4 April 2008) — Recent findings by a Russian-American research team suggest that prehistoric cultures were hunting...
[abuse, epidemiology, law] Guide to diagnosing... →
BMJ 2008;336:738 (5 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.39539.499282.DB
Guide to diagnosing sexual abuse of children is published Clare Dyer 1 BMJ The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.
A comprehensive, evidence based guide to the physical signs of sexual abuse of children was published this week by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The long awaited...
[notable] March Days
for next year, if I remember. mpb World TB Day March 24, 2008 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5711a1.htm?s_cid=mm5711a1_e Trends in Tuberculosis United States, 2007 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5711a2.htm?s_cid=mm5711a2_e World Water Day — March 22, 2008 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5711a6.htm?s_cid=mm5711a6_e http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com...
[trash] Alaska bear trashed to death
“How a dead Alaska bear led to a worldwide campaign. Mail Tribune from southern Oregon reports on a beach clean-up campaign that has involved thousands of people worldwide and how it was born when a Eugene, Ore., woman was reading about the death of a bear in Alaska. Judie Hansen was thumbing through an Alaska Department of Fish and Game magazine when she came across a story about a brown...
[stats] 2006 Census Canada
http://www.nationtalk.ca/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8097 2006 Census: Ethnic origin, visible minorities, place of work and mode of transportation Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Statistics Canada today releases detailed analyses of data from the 2006 Census on ethnic origin, visible minorities, place of work and mode of transportation. These analyses are now available in two online documents:...
[anthropology] Michael Blakey
Michael Blakey UMass Amherst Graduate School to Honor Anthro Alum at 100th Anniversary Gala Marking its 100th anniversary, the UMass Amherst Graduate School will honor a graduate alumnus from each of UMass Amherst’s schools and colleges at a gala on April 9. For the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Michael Blakey ‘85 PhD, ‘80 MA (anthropology), a National Endowment...
[funding, energy] Renewable Energy Deployment in...
Renewable Energy Deployment in Alaska Native Villages The U.S. Department of Energy requests proposals for Renewable Energy Deployment in Alaska Native Villages. Through this initiative, DOE seeks applications from Alaska Native Villages, Regional/Village Corporations or Tribal Energy Resource Development Organizations for the deployment of renewable energy heat and/or power solutions, including...
