Looking for the model of sexual education in the district where I attended middle and high school for a chapter for my dissertation, I came across this article in the St. Petersburg Times: Floridians want sex ed in schools (March 1, 2008). From the article: Pinellas County sixth-graders have a growth and development unit that [...]
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A very interesting article in today’s New York Times (Decaying Soviet Infrastructure Shows Its Era) provides an underlying warning about the consequences of not keeping up with building and foundation maintenance. From the article: In fact, all of Russia’s economy grew on roads, pipelines, electrical transmission towers and other infrastructure built by the Soviets, but idled [...]
Tonight I’m working in PubMed and importing articles on HIV stigma into RefWorks for my literature review. There’s a helpful tutorial provided by the USF library for how to import from health databases here. Tomorrow I’m going to check out Zotero.
The New York Times (Shut Out at Home, Americans Go to China) reports on the economic draw China presents for young entrepreneurs. The article is based on anecdotal evidence, though statistics are likely to follow.
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Doubtful. The Washington Post reports (Recession means fewer babies; US births fell 2 pct) on a small decline in the U.S. birth rate (about 68,000 down from 4,247,000 births last year) and chalks it up to the economy despite at least a hundred other variables. Sounds like it’s time for a semi-partial correlation.
Credit cards are raising sneaky fees again, and this time it’s for inactivity and reinstatement. Annual fees are also said to be making a comeback, according to USA Today (Credit card issuers pile on new fees).
The role of schools is expanding in Washington, DC to include STD/STI (Sexually Transmitted Disease or Infection) testing, according to the Washington Post (D.C. to Offer STD Tests In Every High School). From the article: The program conducted last year at eight high schools found that 13 percent of about 3,000 students tested positive for [...]
The spleen has a large reservoir of Monocytes that provide a “standing army” ready to fight off attacks to the immune system, according to a new discovery reported by the New York Times (Finally, the Spleen Gets Some Respect). From the article: In other organs, blood flows through an interconnected mesh of increasingly narrow arteries, [...]
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The fourth strain of HIV has been discovered, covered by the Post (New HIV Strain Found In Cameroon Woman)