Pardon my light posting lately. Flat out with big projects, travel, and the stacking of the wood for the winter.
This, however, is what has jumped out at me from the intertubez of late:
Meet the New Health Care Reform, Same as the Old Health Care Reform
At Top Schools, More Than Half the Profs Have Industry Ties
US: Shortage of flu vaccines leaves healthcare workers vulnerable Our lack of readyness for this thing is sobering -- as is the complacency about same. In my own town, our much-delayed swine flu vaccines for kids is finally being administered this coming Monday. How'd I hear this? It was in an obscure paragraph in an obscure corner of the 8-page parents' group newsletter -- not even an official communication -- that came to us in the pile of junk-mail-by-backpack sent home each day by the school via our 5- and 7-year-old. Otherwise, we'd be blind to it. And the substantial number of kids in this town who go to private schools or home schools -- they have no clue.
Meanwhile:
US: 11% fatality rate in hospitalized California H1N1 cases
and
US: 114 dead children, or 300?
It seems that
"We overpromised"
More like this
When we look at a the data for a population+ often the first thing we do
is look at the mean. But even if we know that the distribution
I love this question:
Why is it warmer in the summer than in the winter (for the Northern hemisphere)?
Go ahead and ask your friends. I suppose they will give one of the following likely answers:
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Last week we looked at the organ systems involved in regulation and control of body functions: the nervous, sensory, endocrine and circadian systems. This week, we will cover the organ systems that are regulated and controlled.