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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/07/22/oldcrow-bags.html?ref=rss
People in the isolated Gwich’in community of Old Crow, Yukon, are using
plastic bags – more precisely, the absence of them – to help make a
stand against oil drilling in Alaska.
People in the isolated Gwich’in community of Old Crow, Yukon, are using
plastic bags – more precisely, the absence of them – to help make a
stand against oil drilling in Alaska.
http://snras.blogspot.com/2008/07/snras-scientists-work-featured-on.html
SNRAS scientists’ work featured on Science News (SNRAS Information
Services) Studies by Glenn Juday, Martin Wilmking, and other scientists
on the interactions of tree growth, forest ecology, and climate change
in northern regions have been featured in a recent article by Janet
Raloff in Science News, “Forest Invades Tundra and the new tenants
could aggravate global warming.” The article provides useful references
to…
SNRAS scientists’ work featured on Science News (SNRAS Information
Services) Studies by Glenn Juday, Martin Wilmking, and other scientists
on the interactions of tree growth, forest ecology, and climate change
in northern regions have been featured in a recent article by Janet
Raloff in Science News, “Forest Invades Tundra and the new tenants
could aggravate global warming.” The article provides useful references
to…
Rural FPs Now Have Online ‘Home’ With AAFP Jul 11, 2008 — The American
Academy of Family Physicians announces the Rural Online Community
website which launched July 7, packed with features for rural family
physicians, as well as for family medicine residents, medical students
and others interested in rural family medicine. “Profile of a Rural FP:
David Ray Baines, MD Name: David Ray Baines, MD Clinic: ILIULIUK Family
& Health Services (a designated frontier extended stay clinic)
Years a Rural…
Academy of Family Physicians announces the Rural Online Community
website which launched July 7, packed with features for rural family
physicians, as well as for family medicine residents, medical students
and others interested in rural family medicine. “Profile of a Rural FP:
David Ray Baines, MD Name: David Ray Baines, MD Clinic: ILIULIUK Family
& Health Services (a designated frontier extended stay clinic)
Years a Rural…
Guidelines Announced for Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation
Program IMLS and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced
the 2009 guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Program, a
new public-private partnership that will fund the preservation of
endangered and fragile art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and
historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in small and
medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries. Read more…
Program IMLS and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced
the 2009 guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Program, a
new public-private partnership that will fund the preservation of
endangered and fragile art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and
historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in small and
medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries. Read more…
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/jul/12/alaska-restaurant-inspection-reports-available-onl/
ANCHORAGE — The state has launched a Web site that allows diners to
check up on their favorite restaurants with the latest health
inspection reports.
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/fss/food_inspections.htm
ANCHORAGE — The state has launched a Web site that allows diners to
check up on their favorite restaurants with the latest health
inspection reports.
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/fss/food_inspections.htm
State won’t put Yup’ik on ballots Bristol Bay Times – Dillingham,AK,USA … was
handed down just before a three-judge panel heard arguments on whether
the state of Alaska and the city of Bethel should be required, by court
order … >
handed down just before a three-judge panel heard arguments on whether
the state of Alaska and the city of Bethel should be required, by court
order … >
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/warning-habits-may-be-good-for-you/
A FEW years ago, a self-described militant liberal named Val Curtis
decided that it was time to save millions of children from death and
disease. So Dr. Curtis, an anthropologist then living in the African
nation of Burkina Faso, contacted some of the largest multinational
corporations and asked them, in effect, to teach her how to manipulate
consumer habits worldwide. Dr. Curtis, now the director of the Hygiene
Center…
A FEW years ago, a self-described militant liberal named Val Curtis
decided that it was time to save millions of children from death and
disease. So Dr. Curtis, an anthropologist then living in the African
nation of Burkina Faso, contacted some of the largest multinational
corporations and asked them, in effect, to teach her how to manipulate
consumer habits worldwide. Dr. Curtis, now the director of the Hygiene
Center…
UW students find fecal coliform on campus keyboards As part of a research
project, University of Washington students tested keyboards and
discovered high levels of fecal coliform, the bacteria found in fecal
matter, in the keyboards at Odegaard Undergraduate Library and the
computer lab at Mary Gates Hall. (Sat, 7/12) seattletimes.com home
project, University of Washington students tested keyboards and
discovered high levels of fecal coliform, the bacteria found in fecal
matter, in the keyboards at Odegaard Undergraduate Library and the
computer lab at Mary Gates Hall. (Sat, 7/12) seattletimes.com home
http://freegovinfo.info/node/1915
On this July Fourth, I was pleased to find that the Cornell University
Law School Legal Information Institute blog, LII Announce, quoted this
paragraph from the Declaration of Independence, number 4 of the many
grievances listed by the colonists against the King: He has called
together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and
distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole
purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. And of…
On this July Fourth, I was pleased to find that the Cornell University
Law School Legal Information Institute blog, LII Announce, quoted this
paragraph from the Declaration of Independence, number 4 of the many
grievances listed by the colonists against the King: He has called
together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and
distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole
purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. And of…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7495472.stm
TV chefs are setting a bad example by failing to follow basic hygiene
standards, public health chiefs say.
TV chefs are setting a bad example by failing to follow basic hygiene
standards, public health chiefs say.
“Make way for the wood bison. The Fairbanks Daily News Miner reports that the
state’s Department of Fish and Game has just trucked 53 Canadian bison
to Alaska in a long effort to restore bison to the Interior. The
animals will remain in quarantine at a big game farm near Anchorage for
up to two years before being released. They’ll likely be considered
endangered; it will take years for the herd to regenerate. Wood bison
roamed Alaska in large numbers as few as 200 years ago before becoming
extinct…
state’s Department of Fish and Game has just trucked 53 Canadian bison
to Alaska in a long effort to restore bison to the Interior. The
animals will remain in quarantine at a big game farm near Anchorage for
up to two years before being released. They’ll likely be considered
endangered; it will take years for the herd to regenerate. Wood bison
roamed Alaska in large numbers as few as 200 years ago before becoming
extinct…
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/03/19/the-1918-1920-influenza-pandemic-escape-community-digital-document-archive/
>The 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic Escape Community Digital Document
Archive Direct to Archive In the summer of 2005, the Center for the
History of Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School was
contacted by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and asked to
conduct research into and write a report on American communities that
had experienced extremely low rates of influenza…
>The 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic Escape Community Digital Document
Archive Direct to Archive In the summer of 2005, the Center for the
History of Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School was
contacted by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and asked to
conduct research into and write a report on American communities that
had experienced extremely low rates of influenza…
>Obama, the Community Organizer President By YOSSEF BEN-MEIR Jun. 26 5:02 EDT
Community organizing means different things to different people, but
its basic intention is to bring people together at the local level to
talk about the socioeconomic and environmental challenges they face,
work through their differences, and then implement their own plan of
action to meet their most critical development goals. Middle East Times
headlines
Community organizing means different things to different people, but
its basic intention is to bring people together at the local level to
talk about the socioeconomic and environmental challenges they face,
work through their differences, and then implement their own plan of
action to meet their most critical development goals. Middle East Times
headlines
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/327758824/
Keyhole gardens are a technique used to grow vegetables in a dry
climate. They are actually a special form of raised bed gardens:
circular waist high raised beds with a path to the center. Walled in by
stones, there’s a basket made from sticks and straw in the center that
holds manure and other organic kitchen waste for compost. Since they
look like a keyhole from above, they are often called keyhole gardens
and also promoted under this name in…
Keyhole gardens are a technique used to grow vegetables in a dry
climate. They are actually a special form of raised bed gardens:
circular waist high raised beds with a path to the center. Walled in by
stones, there’s a basket made from sticks and straw in the center that
holds manure and other organic kitchen waste for compost. Since they
look like a keyhole from above, they are often called keyhole gardens
and also promoted under this name in…
Tougher In Alaska: Wild Waste – Sunday, July 13, 2008 – 02:00-03:00AM Then, he
teams up with a remote maintenance worker who is the sole plumber,
electrician and carpenter to nearly a dozen villages in the Yukon
Kuskokwim Delta, an area the size of Washington State. Finally he’ll
head to Fairbanks and …
http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=322844
teams up with a remote maintenance worker who is the sole plumber,
electrician and carpenter to nearly a dozen villages in the Yukon
Kuskokwim Delta, an area the size of Washington State. Finally he’ll
head to Fairbanks and …
http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=322844
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GovernmentalAlaskana/~3/162162881/new-salmon-database-management-system.html
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has created a new database that
should be of interest to some of the readers of this blog: AYK Salmon
Database Management System- from the website, ” The ADF&G, Division
of Commercial Fisheries, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) Region has
created a salmon database management system (DBMS) for public use. The
goal of this system is to provide managers,…
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has created a new database that
should be of interest to some of the readers of this blog: AYK Salmon
Database Management System- from the website, ” The ADF&G, Division
of Commercial Fisheries, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) Region has
created a salmon database management system (DBMS) for public use. The
goal of this system is to provide managers,…
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/455893.html
Regulators to measure cruise ship waste in Skagway waters JUNEAU –
Federal and state environmental regulators are allowing several cruise
ships to release their wastewater into Skagway waters as part of a
research project. 7/4/2008 08:11 AM
Regulators to measure cruise ship waste in Skagway waters JUNEAU –
Federal and state environmental regulators are allowing several cruise
ships to release their wastewater into Skagway waters as part of a
research project. 7/4/2008 08:11 AM
If the total impact were evaluated, would they still want to charge for
decent bike lockers? That is, wouldn’t encouraging alternative
transportation save all of us money? mpb
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/07/03/bike-lockers.html?ref=rss
Cyclists frown at fees for Yukon College bike lockers Some Whitehorse
residents are giving Yukon College the gears over its new bicycle
lockers, for which the college is charging $25 a month. Today 11:16 AM
decent bike lockers? That is, wouldn’t encouraging alternative
transportation save all of us money? mpb
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/07/03/bike-lockers.html?ref=rss
Cyclists frown at fees for Yukon College bike lockers Some Whitehorse
residents are giving Yukon College the gears over its new bicycle
lockers, for which the college is charging $25 a month. Today 11:16 AM
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20477164.htm
Garbage dump landslide kills 4 in Guatemala Source: Reuters GUATEMALA
CITY, June 20 (Reuters) – A landslide at a garbage dump in the
Guatemalan capital on Friday killed at least four people and injured
six others who made their living by scavenging for food …
6/20/2008
Garbage dump landslide kills 4 in Guatemala Source: Reuters GUATEMALA
CITY, June 20 (Reuters) – A landslide at a garbage dump in the
Guatemalan capital on Friday killed at least four people and injured
six others who made their living by scavenging for food …
6/20/2008
Board Meetings by Phone: Legal? A Good Idea? June 29, 2008 – Board Cafe With
gas prices rising and everyone getting busier, more and more board
members want to participate in board meetings by telephone. The
advantage: more people participate. The disadvantage: there’s a lot
lost in human interaction for both the board member and the
board-as-a-whole when the meetings aren’t face-to-face. Consider this
policy a member can attend by phone only twice per year, and new board
members can attend by…
gas prices rising and everyone getting busier, more and more board
members want to participate in board meetings by telephone. The
advantage: more people participate. The disadvantage: there’s a lot
lost in human interaction for both the board member and the
board-as-a-whole when the meetings aren’t face-to-face. Consider this
policy a member can attend by phone only twice per year, and new board
members can attend by…
Midwest’s postflood risk: toxic basements Buildings can trap pollution-laden silt
and mold, say scientists who studied New Orleans homes. Read More …
CSmonitor.com
and mold, say scientists who studied New Orleans homes. Read More …
CSmonitor.com
The Island in the Wind by Elizabeth Kolbert Around the same time that Samsø was
designated Denmark’s renewable-energy island, a group of Swiss
scientists who were working on similar issues performed a thought
experiment. The scientists asked themselves what level of energy use
would be sustainable, not just for an island or a small European nation
but for the entire world READ THIS STORY SLIDE SHOW: PHOTOGRAPHS OF
SAMSØ …
designated Denmark’s renewable-energy island, a group of Swiss
scientists who were working on similar issues performed a thought
experiment. The scientists asked themselves what level of energy use
would be sustainable, not just for an island or a small European nation
but for the entire world READ THIS STORY SLIDE SHOW: PHOTOGRAPHS OF
SAMSØ …
Aging Deliberately Everett facility honored for program’s bereavement
services I wrote about my client’s miserable treatment at a local
hospital’s emergency room recently and was hit by an avalanche of
mail… (Mon, 6/23)
services I wrote about my client’s miserable treatment at a local
hospital’s emergency room recently and was hit by an avalanche of
mail… (Mon, 6/23)
http://www.slate.com/id/2193256/?from=rss
Do plastic bags really take 500 years to break down in a landfill? The
Chinese government has announced a ban on plastic bags to curb waste
and pollution. Shop owners who violate the ban, which went into effect
this month, will be punished by fines or by confiscation of goods. In a
2007 “Explainer,” Juliet Lapidos asked how scientists determine
decomposition rates for plastic bags and other waste objects. The
original article is reprinted below. [more …]…
Do plastic bags really take 500 years to break down in a landfill? The
Chinese government has announced a ban on plastic bags to curb waste
and pollution. Shop owners who violate the ban, which went into effect
this month, will be punished by fines or by confiscation of goods. In a
2007 “Explainer,” Juliet Lapidos asked how scientists determine
decomposition rates for plastic bags and other waste objects. The
original article is reprinted below. [more …]…
Conference date: September 9-10, 2008 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Pathways Into Health is a
grassroots collaboration of more than 200 individuals and organizations
dedicated to improving the health, health care and health care
education of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN).- the shortage
of AI/AN healthcare professionals. The purpose of this conference is to
bring together a diverse group of individuals to contribute to the
development of appropriate and effective educational methodologies for
primarily…
grassroots collaboration of more than 200 individuals and organizations
dedicated to improving the health, health care and health care
education of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN).- the shortage
of AI/AN healthcare professionals. The purpose of this conference is to
bring together a diverse group of individuals to contribute to the
development of appropriate and effective educational methodologies for
primarily…
Liz Taylor on why long-term care insurance is important Seattle Times –
United States “Aging Deliberately” columnist Liz Taylor talks about why
it’s important to have a long-term-care insurance policy. Liz Taylor
and Ken Story will present …
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2004476377_liztaylor16.html
United States “Aging Deliberately” columnist Liz Taylor talks about why
it’s important to have a long-term-care insurance policy. Liz Taylor
and Ken Story will present …
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2004476377_liztaylor16.html
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