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Thinking Slowly: Fracking and Public Health, Part 1

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A blog about social science and politics. Saturday, September 13, 2014. Fracking and Public Health, Part 1. An Important First Study is Published. Corporations that engage in mining and manufacturing are extremely fortunate that Americans cannot be randomly assigned to places of residence. This prevents researchers from doing true experiments. On Wednesday, what is to my knowledge the largest scientific study relating proximity to natural gas wells to human health. The study was done in Washington County.

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Thinking Slowly: Snow Job

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A blog about social science and politics. Sunday, March 8, 2015. The corporate media, in their near-saturation coverage of extreme weather events, almost never mention climate change as an important cause of these events. This is documented in a study by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. FAIR), which examines news reports about the extreme cold and heavy snowstorms that have hit the Eastern U.S. this year. A cyclone-like weather pattern that circles around each pole. Less ice and snow cover at the ...

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Thinking Slowly: April Fools

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A blog about social science and politics. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Unfortunately, these politicians are not joking. The Earth will end. Only when God declares it's time to be over. Man will not destroy this Earth. Rep John Shimkus, R-IL. Is there some thought. Being given to subsidizing the clearing of rain forests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases? Rep Dana Rohrbacher, R-CA. In case we had forgotten. Sen James Inhofe, R-OK, Chair. May 26, 2015 at 3:46 PM.

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False Positives in Drug Field Testing Kits | Forensic Science in North Carolina

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Forensic Science in North Carolina. Postmortem insect activity may be mistaken for antemortem wounds. AAAS Responds to the NAS’s call for Research Backing Forensic Science →. May 20, 2015 · 10:55 am. False Positives in Drug Field Testing Kits. The director of a lab recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. For forensic science excellence has called field drug testing kits totally useless. In some kits, according to their tests. The scientists noted that they had trouble interpr...

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Thinking Slowly: TV Networks on Torture: “Just Do It!”

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A blog about social science and politics. Saturday, January 10, 2015. TV Networks on Torture: “Just Do It! After the December 9 release of the Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) surveyed the guests. On nine TV news programs during the week of December 7 through 14: ABC's This Week. CBS's Face the Nation. CNN's State of the Union. Fox's Fox News Sunday. NBC's Meet the Press. And PBS's News Hour. Of the 104 guests on these programs. Their only v...

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Thinking Slowly: Stuart Hall (1932-2014)

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A blog about social science and politics. Thursday, February 13, 2014. One of my academic heroes, media theorist Stuart Hall. 169; iniva.org. Generally speaking, cultural studies. Santa Claus is a White man. Hall originated the encoding-decoding model. That the mass media audience is not passive, but actively participates in understanding and interpreting the text. Messages are constructed (encoded) by media producers and interpreted (decoded) by audiences. Since every media text is polysemic. The media ...

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Thinking Slowly: Christopher Lee (1922-2015)

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A blog about social science and politics. Thursday, June 11, 2015. Sir Christopher Lee's Fifteen Greatest Roles. Frankenstein's Monster ( The Curse of Frankenstein,. Count Dracula ( Dracula. Dracula—Prince of Darkness. Dracula Has Risen From the Grave. Taste the Blood of Dracula. Dracula, A.D. 1972. The Satanic Rites of Dracula. Sir Henry Baskerville (. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes [Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace]. Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady.

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Thinking Slowly: Is Fracking Safe?

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A blog about social science and politics. Thursday, September 18, 2014. It May Depend on What You Mean By "Fracking". A new study by Thomas Darrah of Duke University. And four colleagues, published in the Proceedings of the National Academcy of Sciences. They found eight clusters of contaminated wells. The chemical analysis indicated that four of the eight clusters were due to leakage around the cement used to seal the outside of the well, three were due corroded or poorly joined steel tubing used to dri...

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Thinking Slowly: Unsafe Exposure

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A blog about social science and politics. Monday, May 25, 2015. Has found unsafe levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), linked to cancer and respiratory illness, near fracking sites in Carroll County, Ohio. The study. Published in Environmental Science and Technology. Give what appears to be a complete, though non-technical, description of the study. Who contacted Dr. Haynes. Air samplers were placed on the properties of 23 volunteers who lived within 3 miles of gas wells. The monitors co...

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December 4, 2014. Is the principal professional group representing Coroners and Medical Examiners, and in particular Forensic Pathologists who are involved in full-time practice. It is the agency that accredits offices of Coroners and Medical Examiners. December 4, 2014. A good place to start in the site is in Resources. The AAFS is responsible for accrediting training programs. So this is a starting point if you plan to pursue a career in the Forensic Sciences. December 4, 2014. December 4, 2014. Recent...