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Back in the Work Saddle, A Link Salad
Mar. 28th, 2011 09:39 amIt was nice not having to go into work Friday. It was even nicer getting my weekend stuff done on Friday, allowing me to complete two (2)! chapters of my next book, The Night Watch. I'm right around 20,000 words into it, so, yeah me!
Just so this doesn't become a complete navel-gazing blog post, have some links:
A) On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, here's an interactive graphic of how labor unions made workplaces safer. They did this by lobbying for stricter fire safety codes.
B) Over at Information Dissemination, they remind us that Obama did outline his foreign policy doctrine.
C) Speaking of foreign policy, the Indian Navy nabbed 16 pirates while sinking a pirate mothership. 61 pirates are now getting a personal introduction to the Indian penal system.
D) A reminder that Republicans really don't care about health care costs: A South Carolina doctor comes up with an idea to save milllions of dollars treating diabetics but can't get a $250,000 grant from his US Senator, Jim DeMint.
E) While on health care, here's an interesting article on what the VA can teach us about reducing medical errors. We as a country spend billions fixing these errors, plus billions wasted on erroneous treatment, so it's a good read.
F) Via Rand Simberg, polymer-dipped carbon nanotube catalysts 650 times cheaper than platinum and slightly more effective. This is (hopefully) another breakthrough allowing for better and cheaper fuel cells. Platinum sells for $30,000 a pound, which had been making fuel cells very expensive. Platinum mining has been sold as a reason to colonize space, so this may be bad news for space buffs.
Just so this doesn't become a complete navel-gazing blog post, have some links:
A) On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, here's an interactive graphic of how labor unions made workplaces safer. They did this by lobbying for stricter fire safety codes.
B) Over at Information Dissemination, they remind us that Obama did outline his foreign policy doctrine.
C) Speaking of foreign policy, the Indian Navy nabbed 16 pirates while sinking a pirate mothership. 61 pirates are now getting a personal introduction to the Indian penal system.
D) A reminder that Republicans really don't care about health care costs: A South Carolina doctor comes up with an idea to save milllions of dollars treating diabetics but can't get a $250,000 grant from his US Senator, Jim DeMint.
E) While on health care, here's an interesting article on what the VA can teach us about reducing medical errors. We as a country spend billions fixing these errors, plus billions wasted on erroneous treatment, so it's a good read.
F) Via Rand Simberg, polymer-dipped carbon nanotube catalysts 650 times cheaper than platinum and slightly more effective. This is (hopefully) another breakthrough allowing for better and cheaper fuel cells. Platinum sells for $30,000 a pound, which had been making fuel cells very expensive. Platinum mining has been sold as a reason to colonize space, so this may be bad news for space buffs.
