Tumblr for week of 22mar2008

• [health, tribal law] Court allows suit against tribe for faulty homes
  • I don’t know how this is related to the Blue Legs decision, but that may also be relevant. Tribal governments have a trust responsibility towards their members as part of their recognition as tribal governments by the US. (and a moral responsibility for quality housing) mpb Court allows suit…
• [aging] Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans
  • http://www.docuticker.com/?p=19898 CRS ­ Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS) Energy-related expenditures include spending for utilities and fuel to operate, heat, and cool homes and…
• [haz com] Risk: DHCC Deployment Health News
  • “No good at risk” http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10843051 Human beings are notoriously bad at dealing with risk. Two new books explore why, and investigate the effects that misunderstanding risks can have on public policy. The first, an excellent work by a Canadian…
• [preparedness] Public invited to railroad ‘fair’
  • http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/350588.html Public invited to railroad ‘fair’ The Alaska Railroad will be conducting a whistle stop training tour for emergency responders in 10 communities in coming weeks. 3/19/2008 04:33 PM |
• [disaster, Katrina, pub inv] Cabinet Post for Volunteer Management
  • California Creates Cabinet Post for Volunteer Management (2/29/08) California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to create a cabinet-level office for volunteer management, the first such state-level office in the country, the New York Times reports. While the governor’s commission for…
• [aging, nonagenarian] Scientific Visionary
  • Arthur C. Clarke, 90; Scientific Visionary from the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required) Arthur C. Clarke, who peered into the heavens with a homemade telescope as a boy and grew up to become a visionary titan of science-fiction writing and collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick on the…
• [bird flu, PPE] Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers
  • http://www.docuticker.com/?p=18251 Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers Source: Institute of Medicine/National Academies Press During an influenza pandemic,…
• [bird flu] Role of Terrestrial Wild Birds in Ecology of Influenza A Virus (H5N1)
  • http://www.docuticker.com/?p=17199 Role of Terrestrial Wild Birds in Ecology of Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Role of Terrestrial Wild Birds in Ecology of Influenza A Virus (H5N1) (PDF; 89 KB) Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC) House sparrows, European starlings, and Carneux pigeons were…
• [bird flu, children] Social contact networks for the spread of pandemic influenza in children and teenagers
  • http://www.docuticker.com/?p=19388 Social contact networks for the spread of pandemic influenza in children and teenagers Social contact networks for the spread of pandemic influenza in children and teenagers Source: BMC Public Health High-school students may form the local transmission backbone of…
• [aging, envt, health] March 2008 U.S. EPA Aging Initiative List Serve
  • Health Canada Holds Workshop on Older Adults and Environmental Health Health Canada organized its first workshop on Older Adults’ Health and the Environment in Ottawa on February 5-6, 2008 to improve its understanding of the nature and extent of the relationship between the environment and the…
• [SciTEK, CBR, pub inv] frogs in Alaska
  • RE: http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/frogs/ Thanks for spreading the word. We hope to have participants from all over the Y-K area helping to understand frogs. We’ve had regular participation from a school in Shageluk. Next year I will have staff that will allow visits to towns and…
• [SciTEK] PS– SciTEK Teacher resources of resources
  • Forget another great resource but one I am selective about in forwarding— SCIENCE IN THE NEWS from Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society “Science in the News” is produced daily by Sigma Xi as a service for its members and the public. It highlights science and technology news stories…
• SciTEK Teacher resources of resources
  • Just a reminder— 1) I’ve found the following to be consistently interesting and useful. There’s no point in my sending their news onward (what would I excerpt?) Consequently, I recommend everyone sign up for their RSS feeds or list-servs. 2) These FYI.Sci.TEK E-mails used to be archived If…
• [law] Loads more US caselaw online for free
  • http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/16/loads-more-us-casela.html Loads more US caselaw online for free Rogue archivist Carl Malamud sez, “Public.Resource.Org today released a metric boatload of early federal case law (1880-1923), known as the First Series of the Federal Reporter. The Second and…