Calming Parents' Fears About Environmental Hazards
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Parents' 3G phones fears
Parents' 3G phones fears
05/05/2004 09:38 AMBBC May 5 2004 1:11PM GMT
Everything we know about traffic-calming
is wrong
Everything we know about traffic-calming
is wrong
06/18/2004 10:59 AMMind-blowing article about the European and Chinese challenges to the
received wisdom on traffic planning and calming, arguing that the
separation of peds and cars leads to less-safe streets:
"The more you post the evidence of legislative control, such as
traffic signs, the less the driver is trying to use his or her own
senses," says Hamilton-Baillie, noting he has a habit of walking
randomly across roads -- much to his wife's consternation. "So the
less you can advertise the presence of the state in terms of
authority, the more effective this approach can be." This, of course,
is the exact opposite of the "Triple E" traffic-calming approach,
which seeks to control the driver through the use of speed bumps,
photo radar, crosswalks and other engineering and enforcement
mechanisms.
The "self-reading street" has its roots in the Dutch "woonerf" design
principles that emerged in the 1970s. Blurring the boundary between
street and sidewalk, woonerfs combine innovative paving, landscaping
and other urban designs to allow for the integration of multiple
functions in a single street, so that pedestrians, cyclists and
children playing share the road with slow-moving cars. The pilot
projects were so successful in fostering better urban environments
that the ideas spread rapidly to Belgium, France, Denmark and Germany.
In 1998, the British government adopted a "Home Zones" initiative --
the woonerf equivalent -- as part of its national transportation
policy.
"What the early woonerf principles realized," says Hamilton-Baillie,
"was that there was a two-way interaction between people and traffic.
It was a vicious or, rather, a virtuous circle: The busier the streets
are, the safer they become. So once you drive people off the street,
they become less safe."
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Lessons From the Calming Diet Trends
Lessons From the Calming Diet Trends
03/29/2005 05:22 PMCal-Maine Foods reports sharply lower third-quarter results.
Second generation traffic calming
(kottke.org)
Second generation traffic calming
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Tesco to deploy kiddie-calming shopping
trolley
Tesco to deploy kiddie-calming shopping
trolley
08/04/2004 06:08 AMFighting supermarket ennui with educational DVDs
Duke's Hazards
Duke's Hazards
04/30/2004 01:43 PMCan Duke keep its promise to pay down debt while continuing its lofty
dividend steady?
The Tale of Two Hazards...
The Tale of Two Hazards...
04/28/2004 11:45 AM
That boy ain't
right... Recently -- for some reason -- I have found
myself listening to the song
Hazard by Richard
Marx, and my interest in the murderous storyline has been
re-piqued. This place has the whole shebang.
Background
information,
conspiracy
theories and even a
kangaroo court!
BOFH and the workplace hazards
BOFH and the workplace hazards
06/24/2004 04:46 PMEpisode 20 Bloody lucky we had a health and safety
bloke
Intel: Hazards Ahead For Wi-Fi
Intel: Hazards Ahead For Wi-Fi
12/05/2003 06:41 AMSiliconValley.Internet.com Dec 5 2003 6:26AM ET
Hazards: All Dressed Up, Carrying Germs
Hazards: All Dressed Up, Carrying Germs
05/24/2004 08:17 PMA new study says that almost half the ties worn by doctors in a Queens
hospital proved to be carrying pathogens.
SSH Users beware: The hazards of X11
forwarding
SSH Users beware: The hazards of X11
forwarding
07/06/2004 06:49 PMThe Business of Software: Hazards of
Hiring
The Business of Software: Hazards of
Hiring
07/10/2004 02:41 AMEric Sink offers guidelines for handling tough hiring decisions in a
small ISV.
Hazards: How to Duck Swimmer's Itch
Hazards: How to Duck Swimmer's Itch
05/17/2004 07:35 PMIf you are unfortunate enough to come down with "swimmer's itch" there
is not much to do but wait and try not to scratch.
Son charged with parents' murder
Son charged with parents' murder
09/08/2004 08:19 PMAn 18-year-old is charged with the murder of his parents, found
stabbed at their Liverpool home.
Fatal fire hazards find hiding places
inside planes (USATODAY.com)
Fatal fire hazards find hiding places
inside planes (USATODAY.com)
06/08/2004 06:12 AMUSATODAY.com - Every second brought Delta Air Lines Flight 2030 closer
to disaster.
Parents' 'key role in schooling'
Parents' 'key role in schooling'
01/05/2005 07:27 PMEngland's new education secretary stresses parents' responsibilities
in their children's education.
Parents' childcare costs 'soar'
Parents' childcare costs 'soar'
01/24/2004 08:20 PMChildcare costs have risen for the third year running, and more
parents are struggling to cope, says a leading charity.
Parents' Lawsuit in Illinois Comes to
Close
Parents' Lawsuit in Illinois Comes to
Close
07/10/2004 11:12 AMAccording to messages from the plaintiffs, the Oak Park, Illinois,
lawsuit over the health effects of Wi-Fi signals on children has been
withdrawn: As recently as this last week, the Safe Technology for Oak
Park (STOP) parents' group was planning on pushing ahead. Their suit
was an effort not to win punitive damages, the group said in the past,
but to force the school district to address the health concerns over
microwave radiation that STOP had raised. The school district's
response was consistently that with federal standards guiding safety,
which the district had conformed with, there was no necessity to open
the matter at the district. The school district's statement on their
Web site reads, After two years of examining this issue and hearing
expert testimony, the board affirmed in a resolution last spring that
it would continue to use wireless technology as appropriate, would
monitor all research and literature, and would respond to any changes
in governed regulations and standards, of which we are in total
compliance. STOP parents cited many cellular phone and cellular tower
studies, but despite claims throughout the lawsuit of having hundreds
of studies that were germane, neither I nor other reporters were able
to obtain this list from court filings or from STOP. In an email to
STOP supporters, these studies were described as "the hundreds of
peer-reviewed scientific studies that show biological effects from
wireless radiation (many at levels many times lower than that emitted
by the in-class devises)." Without seeing the individual studies, I
have a hard time specifically refuting the contention. However, the
electromagnetic radiation studies I've read and am familiar with --
from ELF/VLF studies conducted a decade ago to more research cellular
phone research -- don't show the clear results that this statement
would indicate. In the studies I've read, small correlative effects in
small populations of test animals or people were found in frequencies
not used by Wi-Fi and at signal strengths that were at least a few
orders of magnitude. There were no smoking guns, nor 100 percent
correlations. One study mentioned in articles quoting STOP's leaders
were specifically about cell phone effects on rats. STOP's founder,
Ron Baiman -- who is well known for his academic work and activism in
trying to obtain living wages for workers in the U.S. -- wrote in an
email to STOP members, Dr. Leif Salford is, by the way is...
'Feckless youths parents' fault'
'Feckless youths parents' fault'
03/31/2005 11:39 AMParents, not schools, are to blame for creating "foul-mouthed,
potentially violent youths', Conservatives say.
Sextuplets Turn Parents' Lives on End
(AP)
Sextuplets Turn Parents' Lives on End
(AP)
04/14/2004 02:19 AMAP - Ron and Tina Otten knew they could have more than one baby this
time around. Never in their wildest dreams, though, did they think
they'd be raising sextuplets.
Schiavo Parents' Appeal Denied
Schiavo Parents' Appeal Denied
03/31/2005 12:15 AMSci-Tech Today Mar 31 2005 4:04AM GMT
Shopping without tears: a parents' guide
Shopping without tears: a parents' guide
09/02/2004 08:39 AMReview Waitrose's QuickCheck scanner a real
time-saver
Parents' advice service goes online
Parents' advice service goes online
12/31/2003 01:34 AMManchester Online Dec 31 2003 0:42AM ET
Teens' parents' £134m repair bill
Teens' parents' £134m repair bill
08/12/2004 04:25 AMBritish parents are spending £134m every year repairing damage caused
by teens, according to research.
Trials End Parents' Hopes for Autism
Drug
Trials End Parents' Hopes for Autism
Drug
01/07/2004 02:22 PMThe largest and most definitive clinical trial of secretin showed that
the drug was no better than a placebo in improving the social
interaction of young children with autism.
Parents' poll backs school tests
Parents' poll backs school tests
04/09/2004 04:13 PMA survey of parents in England suggests a majority back national tests
for all but the youngest children.
Schiavo Parents' Hopes Dim After New
Court Rebuff (Reuters)
Schiavo Parents' Hopes Dim After New
Court Rebuff (Reuters)
03/30/2005 09:08 PMReuters - A U.S. appeals court on
Wednesday rejected another plea by the parents of brain-damaged
Florida woman Terri Schiavo, dousing their hopes of keeping
their dying daughter alive.
After More Rejection, Schiavo Parents'
Legal Battle Nears End
After More Rejection, Schiavo Parents'
Legal Battle Nears End
03/27/2005 06:26 PMSci-Tech Today Mar 27 2005 11:21PM GMT
Parents' history major factor in heart
disease (USATODAY.com)
Parents' history major factor in heart
disease (USATODAY.com)
05/12/2004 05:36 AMUSATODAY.com - A parent's history of early heart disease poses a major
risk of heart disease and stroke, independent of cholesterol, blood
pressure, diabetes and smoking, a new study shows.
Environmental Scorecard
Environmental Scorecard
12/08/2003 01:03 PM Environmental Scorecard. Get
the facts on local U.S. pollution. This environmental pollution
tracking site is a must-see if you're worried about your hometown. The
site has
maps of the United
States that show levels of various pollutants and a community area
where you can enter
your
zip code and to get a list of all the environmental issues in your
neighborhood.
Environmental Ad contest
Environmental Ad contest
07/31/2004 01:57 PMAdvertising every day becomes more like cave art. Here's
aBetterEarth's new environmental ad contest....
Bi-Partisan Environmental Improvement?
Bi-Partisan Environmental Improvement?
04/24/2004 01:55 AM
A new study (in a biggish PDF) from
PRI states that most
environmental indicators in the United States have improved
dramatically since the 1970's regardless of the political party that
controls the White House. Notably: "CO (Carbon monoxide)
levels were the lowest recorded during the past 20 years"
(EPA, 2002, pg 48), ambient lead levels have fallen 98% between 1976
and 2002 (pg 46), and sulfur dioxide has fallen 70% since 1976 (pg
44). (Mostly) Happy Earth Week, right?
(Via
Easterblogg)
OCLC Environmental Scan Now Available
OCLC Environmental Scan Now Available
01/09/2004 10:11 PMThe 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan:
Pattern Recognition
"From the document, 'The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern
Recognition report was produced for OCLC’s worldwide membership
to examine the significant issues and trends impacting OCLC,
libraries, museums, archives and other allied organizations, both now
and in the future. The scan provides a high-level view of the
information landscape, intended both to inform and stimulate
discussion about future strategic directions.'
Intro
and Flash Graphic of Several Stats Contained in the Report ||| D
irect to Full Text" [Resourceshelf]
I saw a piece of this report last month and even had the chance to
provide some feedback and comments that made it into the final
version. I have not yet had time to read the whole thing, but what I
did see was pretty solid and does provide a good overview of current
and future issues for libraries. Naturally, I agree with a lot of
what's in the report, although I did have an interesting dialogue with
the author, which is where some of my quotes come from (mostly in the
Future Fr
amework section).
Some of the quotes that are not from me but could be because of
their "shifted-ness" include:
- "Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity, is a
technology that has captured the heart of the information consumer and
is filling tables at coffee shops across the world.... Jupiter
Research reports that 6 percent of U.S. consumers have used Wi-Fi
services in a public place. Why not make the library the first public
place for the next 50 percent?
- The high school students interviewed for the scan told us that the
technology tool they wanted most was a PDA device that 'contained all
the information they needed to do their work.' Vendors are
responding. Several vendors now offer PDAs under $100, making it
possible for the information consumer to get a PDA for about the price
of two video games. Personalization, alert technology
and other PDA-friendly information services have brought a world of
convenience to the business user. The information consumer is ready
for libraries to bring 'all the information they need to do their
work' to their PDAs." [Security, authentication, and Digital Rights
Management (DRM), p.
5]
- "What if libraries and OCLC and all the other players in the world
of structured access to information erased the organizational charts,
the artificial separations of content, the visible taxonomies, and the
other edifices real or otherwise built to bring order and rationality
to what we perceive as a chaotic universe? What if we built an
infosphere rich in content and context that was easy to use,
ubiquitous and integrated, designed to become woven into the fabric of
people’s lives; people looking for answers, meaning and
authoritative, trustable results? How do we take information,
information sources and our expertise to the user, rather than making
the user come to our spheres?" [Future Frameworks, p.
5]
It will be interesting to gauge the reaction to this document
and to see if OCLC
can successfully use it as a springboard to implementing the
frameworks discussed (or helping their members to implement those
frameworks). I hope they do a follow-up in a year to evaluate its
impact on the organization and/or libraries. Personally, an API into
WorldCat that could be used
as an
ISBN lookup service would be pretty high on my list in terms of
integration into the web in the user's infosphere (hint, hint).
OCLC is soliciting feedback about the report, so feel free to contribute your thoughts to
them.
Environmental Education Exchange
Environmental Education Exchange
06/06/2004 06:40 AM
Environmental Education Exchange
http://www.eeexchange.org/
A Non-for-profit organization providing programs and services
for the advancement of environmental literacy in the Unuted States and
mexico. Since 1991, the Environmental Education Exchange has developed
a diversity of environmental education programs and materials. The
varied topics and themes have included water conservation, recycling
and waste reduction, biodiversity, endangered species, land use
issues, commercialism and the environment, air quality, Sonoran Desert
ecology, solar energy, mining and minerals, science literacy, special
multicultural/border programs, and more. The majority of resulting
programs and materials are available free to educators or other
intended audiences. Because the Exchange specializes in program design
(and is not primarily a program provider), these products generally
are distributed or presented by partner agencies and organizations for
which they were developed. This will be added to Education and Distance
Learning Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.
HP, Dell win top environmental rankings
HP, Dell win top environmental rankings
05/19/2004 10:27 PM
AP via New Jersey Online May 20 2004 2:51AM GMT
Instant Environmental Satisfaction
Instant Environmental Satisfaction
06/04/2004 07:05 PM
Greenfleet is an
Australian environmental organisation who aim to help citizens offset
their own greenhouse gas emmissions. Their Tree
Totaller (Australian-based, but I'm sure conversions are
easy) works out how many trees you need to offset your annual
emmissions, based on private car, home energy use and flights. It's a
very neat little flash-app, and at the end it lets you chose to
"subscribe" to Greenfleet so they'll plant the necessary
number of trees for you. I owe 44 trees, for only AU$103 a year.
is not enamored of the environmental
extremists
is not enamored of the environmental
extremists
12/06/2003 05:06 AM
Commonwealth Club Speech - Michael Crichton .. Michael Crichton
completely nails it .. Environmentalism & junk science .. a speech by
Michael
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Environmental data to be streamlined
Environmental data to be streamlined
07/26/2004 01:59 PM
Boston Globe Jul 26 2004 6:35PM GMT
HP and Dell Win Top Environmental
Rankings
HP and Dell Win Top Environmental
Rankings
05/20/2004 07:06 PM
Red Nova May 20 2004 11:07PM GMT
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