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The cool cat at //engtech has created a nifty work-around for edublogses and other WPMU sites to generate a “tag cloud” of most used categories in your blog.

Tag Cloud Generator for Wordpress.com
http://engtech.wordpress.com/tools/wordpress/tag_cloud_generator_for_wordpress/

Here are the results for this uniblogs site.

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I do allow and encourage people to leave their questions or information to share in the comments. There is a temporary glitch which has locked them here. However, questions, suggestions may be left at the other site, to be transferred back later. Sorry for the extra trouble.

click here to comment for ykalaska.uniblogs.org

Fred Langa’s current issue (see the link on the sidebar) gives a summary of feeds and suggestions for software to read them.

6) Of Blogs and Feeds

After launching the new Langa Blog

• http://langa.com/blog/

and RSS feed

• http://langa.com/blog/rss.xml

we received mail about using them, including this note:

Hi. Can you explain how those RSS feeds work on people’s blogs? I
see on some blogs where you can subscribe to them but don’t know
how. I have clicked on the RSS thing but I get a file or something
and don’t know what to do with it. —Gail

Both blogs and RSS feeds are relatively new, simplified ways to publish and get content online….

One major advantage of RSS feeds is that you can subscribe to them, which means simply that you tell your RSS reader that you want every post to get a specific feed. When the publisher of that feed posts a new item, your RSS reader will fetch it for you—no searching or browsing required.

I found this at the excellent source of health information, BHIC blog, Bringing Health Information to the Community

“Medical Reference for Non-Medical Librarians”

• http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htm

Be sure to check out the page on

• Evaluating Medical Web Sites - http://denison.uchsc.edu/education/eval.html

An acronym to help with evaluation

* Use the acronym DOCTOr to remember the key categories to evaluate:
o Design - the aesthetics and ease of movement around the site.
o Other - cost of use, is the site rated or reviewed?
o Content - the depth and quality of the information, its purpose and audience.
o Technical - the technology requirements of the site, the effectiveness of the technology used.
o Origin - the author and sponsor of the site, their qualifications for presenting the information, the date of the information.

The DOCTOr acronym should also remind patients to consult a health professional before following the advice dispensed on a web page, in a news group message, or any other source.

Site Search Tags: BHIC, reference, library, dictionary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poorest_places_in_the_United_States

100 Poorest Counties by Per Capita Income

Number of counties by state in the 100 poorest counties: Texas, 17; Kentucky, 16; Mississippi, 14; South Dakota, 10; Louisiana, 5; Alabama, 4; Georgia, 4; Montana, 4; New Mexico, 4; North Dakota, 3; Arizona, 2; Idaho, 2; Nebraska, 2; Tennessee, 2; West Virginia, 2; Alaska, 1; Arkansas, 1; Colorado, 1; Florida, 1; Missouri, 1; Oklahoma, 1; South Carolina, 1; Utah, 1; Wisconsin, 1.
Twenty-six states do not have any counties in the 100 poorest counties.

United States of America: $21,587
#8 Wade Hampton, Alaska $8,717

100 Poorest Counties by Median Household Income

Number of counties by state in the 100 poorest counties: Kentucky, 29; Mississippi, 13; Texas, 10; Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 7; South Dakota, 6; West Virginia, 6; Louisiana, 5; Georgia, 3; Missouri, 3; Oklahoma, 3; Tennessee, 2; Colorado, 1; Hawai’i, 1; North Dakota, 1; New Mexico, 1; South Carolina, 1; Virginia, 1.
Thirty-two states do not have any counties in the 100 pooorest counties.
Alaska?

United States of America: $41,994

One of my list-servs I subscribe to for news to share with schoolteachers (see link to side ΣΧ FYI for Sci TEK teachers) is ISEN-ASTC-L a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org

A posting from today’s issue is

Currently we have on of our exhibit developers, Karen DeSeve up in the Bering Strait, doing work in anticipation of future experiences for the International Polar Year [IPY]

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Liz Thompson’s blog -

http://blogher.org/blog/liz-thompsonI

one of the collection of women writers at http://Blogher.org (Where the women bloggers are) has found some interesting ideas for emergency kits to make or procure. The Shoes ID sounds intriguing for children.

With hurricane season starting Thursday (6/1), the events of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita have led many states to reconsider their disaster response systems and some communities - especially in those New England states affected by the Mother’s Day floods - are learning first-hand how a natural disaster can disrupt their lives.

In Case Of Emergency - Be Prepared! -

http://blogher.org/node/5906

These case studies are interactive exercises developed to teach epidemiologic principles and practices. They are based on real-life outbreaks and public health problems and were developed in collaboration with the original investigators and experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The case studies require students to apply their epidemiologic knowledge and skills to problems confronted by public health practitioners at the local, state, and national level every day.

Two types of epidemiologic case studies are available. The computer-based case studies can be used as self-study and in the classroom setting. The classroom case studies are primarily for use in a group setting with a knowledgeable instructor.

http://www2a.cdc.gov/epicasestudies/default.htm

The case study on botulism would be relevant to our region. Case studies in some ways are similar to CSI TV series, students have to do realistic analysis and interpretation. (well, CSI aren’t always that realistic).

Botulism in Argentina -
http://www2a.cdc.gov/epicasestudies/ computerbased/botarg.htm

The keywords or tags below can be used on any search engine (Yahoo, Ask, Google) or literature search. They seem to be the standard terms by which people are identifying the current references. If you run across some quite specific terms which can be used to narrow down the search results, please add them below in comments.
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In addition to describing hoaxes and chain letters found on the Internet, we will discuss how to recognize hoaxes, what to do about them, and some of the history of hoaxes on the Internet.

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

http://snopes.com/

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The site views best with Opera or Firefox and not with Internet Explorer. Until I can fix the problem, only two posts will be visible at a time. This enables those of you using the Microsoft Browser to find the welcome page.

I am trying a different “theme” for the site. I have now increased the number of posts visible on any one page.

Thank you for your patience. Sorry it looks bad in MSIE.

Pam

http://maps.grida.no/go/collection/
collectionid/415C76C8-85AD-4135-B0D4-A0D5FA0C557D

“A UNEP/GRID-Arendal publication”

http://www.vitalgraphics.net/arctic.cfm

http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/ major_global_bird_migration_routes_to_the_arctic
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I just ran across this via Alex Steffan’s essay posted earlier I would hope this YK Alaska blog might be a localized, regional resource with similar information about bird flu, pandemic preparation, and disaster mitigation but for our local context.

http://www.fluwikie.com/
Flu Wiki Tour and Frequently Asked Questions
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“Bird Flu: Can We Out-Collaborate a Pandemic? | Alex Steffen”
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003310.html

This essay was written last year (2005). I only just ran across it, after setting this site up. He discusses what role the blogosphere may have in our own planning.

So, is it time to take to the basement safe room and start eating canned beans? Not quite. There is still a good chance that we can avert the next plague by working together. If so, the blogosphere will need to play a key role.

Technorati Tags: blogosphere, H5N1, planning

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