If you ask me, the days of “exercise isn’t fun” are over. There are so many wonderful ways to exercise available to us nowadays (whenever I see folks lined up in a gym running on a treadmill that’s pointed at a TV, I wonder WHY!), whether it’s getting out in nature or taking a class […]

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If you ask me, the days of “exercise isn’t fun” are over. There are so many wonderful ways to exercise available to us nowadays (whenever I see folks lined up in a gym running on a treadmill that’s pointed at a TV, I wonder WHY!), whether it’s getting out in nature or taking a class […]

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Our activists marked the departure of Japan’s whaling fleet from the port of XXX with XXX. The fleet had attempted to leave for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary unnoticed, by canceling their traditional high-profile departure ceremony in Shimonoseki. Instead, the factory ship Nisshin Maru left with no fanfare, waved off only by the crew’s families […]

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Supported by the Rainbow Warrior, a hundred Greenpeace activists have occupied the construction site of the new E.ON coal fired power plant on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. The activists have halted construction and intend to stay until the coal plant is cancelled. The activists locked themselves onto strategic points at the site and occupied the […]

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Greenpeace Africa opened its first office in Johannesburg today, announcing a long-term commitment to building a strong presence in Africa dedicated to tackling the most urgent environmental problems facing the continent - climate change, deforestation and overfishing.     Full Story…

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“1 Block Off the Grid is a nationwide community-based purchasing program for residential Solar energy. We drive large savings by aggregating groups of residents and negotiating discount pricing with installers and manufacturers.” They aim to bring the U.S. to the forefront of using and deploying solar energy technology. They aim to remove […]

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Hospital cases of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have risen 33-fold during the past ten years in Washington state, yet our hospitals fail to identify or track cases in a systemic fashion (Seattle Times).
The Seattle Times began a three-part investigative report today describing the rise in MRSA incidence, the consequences for patients, and the […]

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Next week, PBA galleries in San Francisco will be auctioning rare books, prints, and ephemera from the medical library of Gerald I. Sugarman, MD. Joanna at Morbid Anatomy has distilled some of the best medical illustrations from this collection into two posts here and here. Thanks, Joanna!
This is wonderful stuff. I think Dr. Sugarman must […]

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