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[superlative thinking, bird flu] more bird flu than …thought

[health, bird flu] Brit TV company blamed for Peruvian tribal deaths
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 [...]

Tumblred week(s) of 2008apr11

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[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 [...]

SWMP EPA grants

dejá vu Open dumps were supposed to be closed in 1993 and the deadline was extended 5 years. I think it’s time to find out why they are allowed to still exist. Of course, just 20 awards per year doesn’t help.
Tribal Solid Waste Management
This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requests proposals for the Tribal [...]

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Biocultural Dimensions of Environment and Health

Bumsted, M. Pamela, Karen S. Young, and Leon H. Tafoya 1994 Biocultural Dimensions of Health and Environment. In John S. Andrews, Howard Frumkin, Barry L. Johnson, Myron A. Mehlman, Charles Xintaras, and Jeanne A. Bucsela, eds. Hazardous Waste and Public Health: International Congress on the Health Effects of Hazardous Waste. pp. 245-252. Princeton: Princeton Scientific [...]

Cooperative Extension Work in Indian Country

This is an excellent brief intro (Indian Country 101–A Primer) to the other major form of government in the US (the one most are unaware of, much less familiar with). The analysis is spot on. But the problems don’t just affect the poor showing of Extension. Natural Resources Conservation Service, especially its Resource Conservation & [...]