News of the day
From desiringsubject: Transgendered people in New York state will no longer need a medical reference in order to legally change their names.
Another look at medical co-ops and alternatives to fee-for-service payment from Time magazine.
One of the participants who survived the deadly sweat lodge run by James Arthur Ray on October 8 has stepped forward to tell her story.
Denver paper Westword has been besieged by applicants for its marijuana dispensary reviewer opening. Of course, you must be ill enough to need medical marijuana in order to qualify.
From...long enough ago that I forget who posted it...: What if lawyers had to bill like doctors?
An innovative office tower being built in China may be energy-neutral.
Should Asterix take early retirement at 50?
This is why you don't get PVC window frames or siding: Fire spreads rapidly, kills six, in London apartment building; PVC window frames and/or siding likely at fault.
Protests continue as a bill legalizing abortion under limited circumstances moves along in Peru.
A non-profit group called NetHope has put together a backpack-sized "network relief kit" which allows internet access from anywhere in the world; it's aimed at disaster relief. The kit costs US$3000 and includes a solar panel.
The pope's recent offer to conservative Anglicans to jump ship to Catholicism may have the side effect of creating a class of married Catholic priests (i.e., the former Anglican priests who were married when they converted).
The FDA has approved the use of Gardasil for boys and men aged 9 - 26; however, the CDC has stopped short of recommending it. Data is in that shows that the vaccine protected 89% of the subjects from warts; results for cancer (specifically, anal) are expected early next year.
A NYT columnist tested four environmentally-friendlier cat litters.
Many of the latest generation of parents have absorbed the message that spanking is bad -- but what about yelling?.
Another look at medical co-ops and alternatives to fee-for-service payment from Time magazine.
One of the participants who survived the deadly sweat lodge run by James Arthur Ray on October 8 has stepped forward to tell her story.
Denver paper Westword has been besieged by applicants for its marijuana dispensary reviewer opening. Of course, you must be ill enough to need medical marijuana in order to qualify.
From...long enough ago that I forget who posted it...: What if lawyers had to bill like doctors?
An innovative office tower being built in China may be energy-neutral.
Should Asterix take early retirement at 50?
This is why you don't get PVC window frames or siding: Fire spreads rapidly, kills six, in London apartment building; PVC window frames and/or siding likely at fault.
Protests continue as a bill legalizing abortion under limited circumstances moves along in Peru.
A non-profit group called NetHope has put together a backpack-sized "network relief kit" which allows internet access from anywhere in the world; it's aimed at disaster relief. The kit costs US$3000 and includes a solar panel.
The pope's recent offer to conservative Anglicans to jump ship to Catholicism may have the side effect of creating a class of married Catholic priests (i.e., the former Anglican priests who were married when they converted).
The FDA has approved the use of Gardasil for boys and men aged 9 - 26; however, the CDC has stopped short of recommending it. Data is in that shows that the vaccine protected 89% of the subjects from warts; results for cancer (specifically, anal) are expected early next year.
A NYT columnist tested four environmentally-friendlier cat litters.
Many of the latest generation of parents have absorbed the message that spanking is bad -- but what about yelling?.