The last event of our successful spring series Impacts: Feminist Theory & British Literary Studies features New York University professor Mary Poovey addressing "Reflections of a Worried Feminist, Twenty Years On" Wednesday, April 30, at 7:30 pm in Lind Hall 150. Mary Poovey's field of interest is Victorian literature and culture. Her latest book is Genres of the Credit Economy: Mediating Value in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain (University of Chicago Press, 2008). Poovey's other books include A History of the Modern Fact: Problems of Knowledge in the Sciences of Wealth and Society (University of Chicago Press, 1998), Making a Social Body: British Cultural Formation, 1830-1864 (University of Chicago Press, 1995), and The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer (University of Chicago Press, 1984). Lecture followed by refreshments.
Archive for April, 2008
NYU Professor Mary Poovey Wednesday
Methyl-Mercury Poisoning
How does Mercury pollution affect me?
Causes
Ingestion of methyl-mercury, usually through larger fish
Unborn babies and infants are especially susceptible
Symptoms
Damage to brain and central nervous system
Impaired vision, hearing and speech
Lack of coordination
Skin discoloration and peeling
Profuse sweating
High blood pressure
Loss of hair, teeth, and nails
Kidney disfunction
North-Eastern Minnesota Specific Issues:
The lakes in the northeast are naturally less productive and are more acidic due to extensive wetlands in the watersheds.
These characteristics, along with the amount of exposed bedrock and other contributing factors, allow mercury to enter the food web at a faster pace.
Arrowhead Region walleye contain 0.6 parts per million (ppm) of methylmercury versus 0.4 ppm in a 16-inch walleye from lakes elsewhere in the state.
Minnesota is one of 11 states to have a mercury advisory.
Clinton vs. Obama: Who Is Winning the Battleground States?
On Wednesday, Smart Politics broke down the race for the Democratic nomination utilizing the math of the Electoral College vote (to date, Hillary Clinton has won states with 267 Electoral College votes, including Florida, compared to just 202 for Barack Obama).
Obviously, and by no means, did that entry imply that such a method was a predictor of a general election matchup between John McCain and Clinton or McCain and Obama. Nor did it even mean to suggest that Clinton would perform better than Obama in the key battleground states she has won in the battle for the nomination.
However, Smart Politics does stand by its stance that it would behoove the Clinton campaign to utilize this scoring method as a way to further the general point it is trying to make in the media that the New York Senator is, in fact, winning the big battleground states that Democrats will have to win in November to take back the White House.
"Lost"
Lost
A Poem
By Linda Heuer
In darkest night there is a sound
A shriek, a cry, a plea.
I look but briefly all around
But no one else I see.
I shudder long and tremble more
Not knowing what I hear.
A dog? A Horse? A beast of yore?
My frenzied thoughts do jeer.
How came I here, I do not know
But curse the bitter cold.
The wind doth cut the spirit low
Which used to be so bold.
Alas I do not know the way
To leave this Nightmare land.
I try to keep my fears at bay
And take a lonely stand.
All night I say upon the hill
As terrors ’round me leap.
Around my eyes the monsters kill
What e’er they find asleep.
For now I understand that sound
The shriek, the cry, the plea.
The knowledge sends me to the ground;
The cry echoes through me.
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Why are Mommy’s boobies bigger suddenly?
Newsweek’s website tells us about a new book coming out in time for Mother’s Day, entitled, “My Beautiful Mommy.” It’s supposed to help mothers explain their plastic surgery to their kids. As Newsweek explains, “Naturally, it has a happy ending: mommy winds up “even more” beautiful than before, and her daughter is thrilled.”
Now that’s role modeling.
Drug companies’ 1,044 broken promises
Bloomberg News reports:
Drugmakers haven’t made progress in starting studies that they promised to conduct after their products were approved by U.S. regulators, according to data released today.
The Food and Drug Administration determined that 1,044, or 62 percent, of incomplete studies for conventional drugs and biotechnology medications had yet to be started as of Sept. 30. At the same time in 2006, 1,026, or 63 percent, of the unfinished studies hadn’t begun, according to the FDA.
To receive FDA approval, drugmakers often agree to perform additional studies of safety, dosing and other matters after medications come to market. The research is usually voluntary, and lawmakers have repeatedly complained it isn’t completed. President George W. Bush signed legislation in September that allows the FDA to require certain post-approval studies.
Being green: A moral issue for churches
As the faith community rallies behind environmental causes, morality is thrust to the forefront.
Without Liz, but not alone
In 27 hours, Matt Logelin became a new dad and a widower. He reached out online in joy and grief and found an outpouring of support.