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Swiss Diplomatic Documents (SDD)
This website offer access to bibliographic information about "thousands of documents and pieces of information about personalities, organizations and geographical designations"related to the foreign policy of Switzerland from the mid-19th century though the mid-20th century. As of June 2007, the first series of documents (1848-1945) is available in an online database. Also includes photos for 1945-1961 and background about companion print volumes. Available in several languages. Researchers Discover Ancient Origins Of Tuberculosis-causing Bacteria
In the new open access journal PLoS Pathogens, researchers report that M. tuberculosisand related strains recently emerged from a much more ancient bacterial strain. NOAA Hurricane Hunter Pilot Captures Katrina At Her Meanest
NOAA hurricane hunter P-3 and Gulfstream IV aircraft conducted ten long flights into and around the eye of Hurricane Katrina. Lt. Mike Silah, a P-3 pilot, got to see Hurricane Katrina up close and personal, especially when she was an extremely dangerous Category Five storm in the Gulf of Mexico. Severe Trauma Affects Kids'Brain Function, Say Researchers
The first study to examine brain activity patterns in severely traumatized children showed their brains function differently than those of healthy children, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The Reading Cure: How to Organize a Book Group With a Social Conscienc
This opinion piece provides suggestions for starting a reading group centered on "socially conscious and political novels."It includes ideas for forming and running the group and a briefly annotated list of reading suggestions that includes both classics and contemporary novels. From the website for Mother Jones magazine. Reading Wilde, Querying Spaces: An Exhibition Commemorating the 100th
Material about British author Oscar Wilde ("novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, reputed homosexual, enigma"), who was convicted in 1895 of practicing "indecent acts."The exhibit of printed and manuscript works "trace[s] the powerful impact of Oscar Wilde in the aesthetic, political, spiritual, and moral circles of late-Victorian England."Includes discussions of Wilde's epigrammatic theater, Wilde in America, and prison and personal letters. From New York University (NYU) Library. Annual Report to Congress: The Military Power of the People's Republic
"This report outlines what we know of China's national and military strategies, progress and trends in its military modernization, and their implications for regional security and stability. But, secrecy envelops most aspects of Chinese security affairs. ... Hence, the findings and conclusions are based on incomplete data. These gaps are, of necessity, bridged by informed judgment."From the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense. Opens directly into a PDF document. Mr. Breakfast Recipes: Thanksgiving
This small collection of recipes focuses on ideas for using Thanksgiving leftovers in breakfast dishes. Includes recipes for dishes such as turkey and mashed potato frittata, turkey omelets, turkey apple breakfast sausage, maple sweet potato muffins, and sweet potato waffles. From Mr. Breakfast, a website that contains breakfast recipes and breakfast restaurant reviews; the author is a graduate of a cooking school. Cotton bud art conservation
A simple Q tip is all it takes to grab a microscopic sample from a work of art for laboratory testing, according to Canadian analytical chemists. They’ve used the approach to sample darkening pigments from an ancient map and from a piece of modern art as proof of principle. They then used a range of [...] Blood Pressure Drug May Curb Brain Damage From Alzheimer's, Depression
A drug used to treat high blood pressure and enlargement of the prostate may protect the brain from damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, depression and schizophrenia. Prazosin, also prescribed as an antipsychotic medication, appears to block the increase of steroid hormones known as glucocorticoids, researchers have found. Elevated levels of glucocorticoids are associated with atrophy in nerve branches where impulses are transmitted, and even nerve cell death, in the hippocampus.
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