Ultimos Posts 1. 24/08/2008 06:44 - seen yellow finches on Hospital Hill dumpster with complaining, then apologetic graffiti by the new bike path at Veteran's Field (will have to return with camera) Forbes Library sprinklers eagerly watering down the iron fences clumsily lettered 'blueberry thief' warnings on Grove Street. Also, 'housemate room fully furnished, widower'. Mill River down to a sensible flow after some drier... 2. 31/07/2008 17:49 - work, then work, then work I've begun volunteering here . As you can see the site is horrifically out of date due to some major staffing changes. Projects I'm undertaking: website Make a mission statement for the Northampton Board of Health. Explain how the BoH delivers the ten core public health services. (Do they? I'm not sure. It seems like the emphasis has been primarily on enforcement. Restaurant inspec... 3. 29/06/2008 05:46 - butts Five weeks ago, I came down with a brief cold. I retreated to my bed; after Robitussin, a Law & Order marathon, and lots of rest, I was fine. But I hadn't had a cigarette in days. Since then, I've smoked about 40 cigarettes. About 30 of those where while drinking, in the company of other smokers. I'm so! close! to quitting for real. The quit hurdles come in threes, we arbitrarily b... 4. 14/06/2008 08:53 - thoughts on abuse I've been meaning to write about these for a while now... First, the Massachusetts Dept of Public Health has issued an advisory following a significant spike in deaths due to domestic abuse. I didn't realize that the DPH would issue advisories on a 'social' epidemic - after all, you can't catch domestic violence from an infected tomato or tainted bag of spinach. The numbers are def... 5. 24/05/2008 09:11 - 'fertility is not a disease' The Office of Population Affairs is the government entity we've entrusted to enforce Title X. Susan Orr, appointed to head the OPA last year by Bush, just resigned. I hadn't heard of her before this but she is practically a caricature of the right's approach to public health: 'Orr applauded a Bush proposal to stop requiring all health insurance plans for federal employees to cover ... | Estadisticas Ver Codigo HTML Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |
