HHS Secretary Announces Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Members (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today the members of the advisory committee that will make recommendations pertaining to the development of the first federal guidelines to focus on physical activity....more...Location, Location, Location: Positioning Biotechnology Education for the 21st Century (RedNova) By France, Bev INTRODUCTION The scientific literacy movement has provided the impetus for a re-examination of an appropriate science curriculum for the 21st Century....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) The American Red Cross Blood Services of the New York-Pennsylvania Region is urgently calling for all eligible donors to give blood to help strengthen the regional blood inventory, which has fallen to low levels due to Monday's late-winter storm. In particular, A-negative and O-negative blood types have less than a two-day supply....more... Bible, world religion courses approved (The Californian) MURRIETA -- It's official: "Bible in Literature" and "Survey of World Religions" will join the Murrieta school district's curriculum starting with the 2007-08 school year, trustees decided Thursday....more... Oceanside middle school considers two start times (North County Times) OCEANSIDE -- Some King Middle School students might get to catch a few more minute of sleep in the fall, if the school is able to implement a plan that would create two schedules for the school's 1,800 students....more... Physical Therapists Have Top Occupation - Increased Demand And High Job Satisfaction Place PTs Among Nation's Top ... (Medical News Today) Physical therapists have come out ahead as a top career choice for US college graduates and as second only to clergy in job satisfaction in two different news articles this week that highlighted the nation's top occupations. [click link for full article]...more... 2006 Wilder Silver Medal to Dr. David Curtis Ferree (RedNova) By Scheerens, Joseph C The American Pomological Society (APS) awarded the Wilder Silver Medal for 2006 to Dr. David C....more... �He� signs out with some last minute tips (Old Gold and Black) �Never start an article with a quote. It�s unoriginal and clich�d. It�s lazy.� -Professor Mary Niepold, from my first journalism class at the university �What a long, strange trip it�s been.� -Robert Hunter Well, more of a long, strange, sexual trip � writing this year�s column....more... Physical Therapists Have Top Occupation (Medical News Today) Physical therapists have come out ahead as a top career choice for college graduates and as second only to clergy in job satisfaction in two different news articles this week that highlighted the nation's top occupations. [click link for full article]...more... |