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Will masks stop bird flu? US students experiment

This would be such an incredibly interesting and valuable experiment for our villages to do. We have the unique situation of genuine communities (not ad hoc ones like a dormitory), manageably small,...

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Letters from 1918 SW Alaska British Columbia

Crawford Kilian has located another resource for students and communities to use to develop contemporary readiness for mass disasters such as pandemic influenza. (Those who came before impart essential...

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British teachers use Suffolk H5N1 outbreak

from Crofsblogs Via Education Guardian, a really interesting article on how British teachers can use the Suffolk outbreak to teach students about H5N1 and modern farming practice: What does bird flu...

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Disaster prep game

The UN is using a downloadable game to teach children to think about natural disasters like floods, wildfires and earthquakes. (requires Flash)...

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Truck-parts-based machine shop

from Boing-Boing, a suggested way to keep discarded pollutants out of our scarce drinking water. ** Be sure to read the comment from the designer ** Click on his name to go to the site itself. (Thank...

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The godwits are coming

and you thought kiwis were flightless ;) see previous | Our birds Polynesia |, | YK Bird Study Protocol | I haven’t heard anything this year about the bird sampling. As the last bar-tailed godwits...

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Schools preparation manual

via The Coming Influenza Pandemic? Preparing for Pandemic Flu in New Mexico Schools (pdf file) http://www.health.state.nm.us/ohem/ documents/Prepaing%20for%20Flu%20NM%20Schools.pdf Site Search Tags:...

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More on the godwits

re: | The godwits are coming | “Right now, a godwit identified as 15 years old is on its way north.” A super Elder. Sunday Star Times | Sunday, 1 April 2007...

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Cancer vaccine now available

speaking of My 3 things everyone should know to prevent bird flu The Section of Epidemiology Bulletin, State of Alaska released today announces the good news that the vaccine against the virus causing...

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Day of Climate (In)action

From A Little Red Hen (peace, politics, yarnlife after 60), creator of the famous pocket composter, maker of condom amulets, and doyennne of red worms comes this interesting effort and logo Were you...

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Shageluk school of birds

This is an interesting project, among others, that one of our Villages is doing. The first birds would be a nice complement to a bugs project. It’s not too late for first bugs. Have a look. First...

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Earth Day: Climate: Electronic Resources

7. Earth Day: Climate: Electronic Resources [pdf, Macromedia Flash Player] http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/hosted/earthday/2005/climate.html Started by the late Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin,...

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How even a 4 year old can plan for disasters

So, why can’t your city or tribal government? Going by the book: 4-year-old calls 911, stays calm after mother falls ill The day of Tony’s 911 call was like any other day in the Sharpe household, which...

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Students, bug your teachers, please

Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub has an important post which merits a new post here instead of just a new comment on our bugs, | Science project — insects | World science (that’s all of us) really do need...

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Cancer vaccine update

2008-11-08 State limits access to 2 free vaccines http://www.adn.com/life/health/story/581569.html For the first time in more than 30 years, the State of Alaska will no longer offer all vaccinations...

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Why teach children basic life support skills

BMJ 2007;334:1174 (9 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39218.422650.80 Editorials Teaching children basic life support skills Can improve outcomes but implementation needs to be earlier and more widespread The...

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Where can one hear both verses of state song?

Alaska’s state song, both verses wanted

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More on dirty money

A follow-up to Sanitizers – Handwashing which also has revised cautions about children and sanitizing gels, especially for businesses New employer business preparedness resource Dirty money? UPDATED:...

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Briefs 2

Simple hand-washing video for visitors could reduce rapidly increasing hospital infection ratesFamilies visiting sick children significantly improved their hand-washing technique after being shown a...

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Top 50 reading list for emergency management

This list comes from FEMA through the Episcopal Emergency Network a news group at Yahoo!. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EpiscopalEmergencyNetwork/ For more information about church groups and...

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