Gleanings of the Week Ending November 17, 2012
/The items below were ‘the cream’ of the articles I read this past week. Click on the light green text to look at the article:
Fresh Cranberry-Orange Relish - Something a bit different to do with cranberries this year. I already blogged about it earlier this week….great recipe
What we die of - data is from the UK…interesting data and way of presenting it
Preschoolers' Counting Abilities Relate to Future Math Performance - counting….not just rote memorization of numbers
Do we only use 10% of our brains? - a medical myth
Face-Washing Tips for Healthier-Looking Skin - from a dermatologist. Sometimes we do too much.
The Bifurcation of Bling - spending shift from ostentatious product to ones less visible to the world as individual/people get richer
In Australia, A Total Solar Eclipse - video from 11/13
Second Most Common Infection in the U.S. Proving Harder to Treat With Current Antibiotics - Urinary tract infections from resistant bacteria increased over 30% between 1999 and 2010….high levels of antibiotic overuse in the southeastern part of the US during the same time period.
Answers to the Fall 2012 eBird/Swarovski Photo Quiz - you can take the quiz or just look at the pictures and read the notes about the clues to identify the bird
