At least some of those links I meant to post...
I did go back through the stack of papers after all (at least part of it).
Loss of Oestrus and Concealed Ovulation in Human Evolution (pdf file) -- this is pretty fascinating, particularly in relation to my post a week or so ago (actually, I found the article when I was looking for more info in relation to those questions). I haven't finished it yet, and the comments at the end look at least as interesting (challenges to some of his interpretations), but I figured I'd toss the link up while I'm thinking about it.
Home Sweet Nursing Home -- new models for humane and positive nursing homes may actually be more cost-efficient! This gives me some hope that maybe these changes have some possibility of being applied more broadly.
Our Assumptions About What Causes Chronic Diseases Could Be Wrong -- an interesting article about the potential uses of toxicogenomics to determine how different environmental factors may affect people in extremely diverse ways, depending on their genes. When I first started reading it, I thought it was going to be another overly alarmist and unscientific polemic about whatever the risk-of-the-day is, but it turned out to be both reasonable in its approach, and a fascinating insight into newer research techniques.
HBO Airs A-Bomb Footage Kept From Media for Decades -- depressing, but well worth reading. I need to set this to tape, if it's still playing.
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Media Soap Opera -- I think I mentioned the documentary a while back, when I caught it on TV, but this includes a bit more, including a link to a YouTube short of some sort (can't see it from work, and obviously can't read it on the hard copy). And really, it is some damned great soap -- wonderful for camping, especially, since it can be used for everything, and it's biodegradable, and the bottle is perfect shower entertainment, too.
Fare-Free Public Transit Could Be Headed to a City Near You -- I'm sure it's just shocking that I think this is a brilliant idea, and should be happening more.
Bloomberg Thinks You Should Pay to Photograph New York -- Yeah, just plain offensive. Because all the artists I know have oodles of cash to throw around for insurance.
Five Ways Bush's Era of Repression Has Stolen Your Liberties Since 9/11
Emails Detail RNC Voter Suppression in Five States -- one really just doesn't have to be a conspiracy theorist anymore.
Why Do Doctors Get to Decide When a Woman Is Old Enough to Have Her 'Tubes Tied'?
Do You Live in One of the World's 15 Greenest Cities? -- a quick little read about ways in which various cities are making progress.
The Key To Good Health That No One Is Talking About: Money -- a brief little snippet about the correlations between income disparity in a community and health outcomes (it's only addressed obliquely here, but I wish I could find the article from a while back that really got into specifics about how experiences of hierarchal powerlessness and stress were highly correlated with health outcomes).
Loss of Oestrus and Concealed Ovulation in Human Evolution (pdf file) -- this is pretty fascinating, particularly in relation to my post a week or so ago (actually, I found the article when I was looking for more info in relation to those questions). I haven't finished it yet, and the comments at the end look at least as interesting (challenges to some of his interpretations), but I figured I'd toss the link up while I'm thinking about it.
Home Sweet Nursing Home -- new models for humane and positive nursing homes may actually be more cost-efficient! This gives me some hope that maybe these changes have some possibility of being applied more broadly.
Our Assumptions About What Causes Chronic Diseases Could Be Wrong -- an interesting article about the potential uses of toxicogenomics to determine how different environmental factors may affect people in extremely diverse ways, depending on their genes. When I first started reading it, I thought it was going to be another overly alarmist and unscientific polemic about whatever the risk-of-the-day is, but it turned out to be both reasonable in its approach, and a fascinating insight into newer research techniques.
HBO Airs A-Bomb Footage Kept From Media for Decades -- depressing, but well worth reading. I need to set this to tape, if it's still playing.
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Media Soap Opera -- I think I mentioned the documentary a while back, when I caught it on TV, but this includes a bit more, including a link to a YouTube short of some sort (can't see it from work, and obviously can't read it on the hard copy). And really, it is some damned great soap -- wonderful for camping, especially, since it can be used for everything, and it's biodegradable, and the bottle is perfect shower entertainment, too.
Fare-Free Public Transit Could Be Headed to a City Near You -- I'm sure it's just shocking that I think this is a brilliant idea, and should be happening more.
Bloomberg Thinks You Should Pay to Photograph New York -- Yeah, just plain offensive. Because all the artists I know have oodles of cash to throw around for insurance.
Five Ways Bush's Era of Repression Has Stolen Your Liberties Since 9/11
Emails Detail RNC Voter Suppression in Five States -- one really just doesn't have to be a conspiracy theorist anymore.
Why Do Doctors Get to Decide When a Woman Is Old Enough to Have Her 'Tubes Tied'?
Do You Live in One of the World's 15 Greenest Cities? -- a quick little read about ways in which various cities are making progress.
The Key To Good Health That No One Is Talking About: Money -- a brief little snippet about the correlations between income disparity in a community and health outcomes (it's only addressed obliquely here, but I wish I could find the article from a while back that really got into specifics about how experiences of hierarchal powerlessness and stress were highly correlated with health outcomes).