Tag: massachusettes
-
Boston Schools Food Service Program In Disarray, Review Says
from bostonglobe.com: Widespread dysfunction in the Boston school system’s food service program is leading to millions of dollars in losses each year and creating an apparent “hostile work environment” for […]
-
Why Do Kids Kill? Latest School Murders Revive Questions
#Massachusettes killing in same town as Salem witch trials from csmonitor.com: The headlines this week have been unavoidable: •In Massachusetts, 14-year-old Philip Chism sits in jail, charged with murdering Danvers […]
-
Controlling Monkey Brains And Behavior With Light
Researchers reporting online on July 26 in Current Biology have for the first time shown that they can control the behavior of monkeys by using pulses of blue light to very specifically activate particular brain cells.
-
#BingeAndPurge: Weight, Loss, Whooping Cough and more
HBO’s ‘Weight of the Nation’ Pounds Away at Obesity // TV Show ‘Girls’ Adds to the Muddle on HPV Testing // Obama Says Frackers Must Reveal Chemicals Used on Public Lands…but only after Drilling is Finished // How Sniffing Rosemary Could Boost Your Brain Power // Let Food Be Your Medicine and Medicine Be Your Food
-
Cold Weather Linked to Witchcraft Trials
from LiveScience.com: Historical records indicate that, worldwide, witch hunts occur more often during cold periods, possibly because people look for scapegoats to blame for crop failures and general economic hardship. […]
-
America’s First UFO Sighting: When Pigs Fly
John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, recorded journal entry in 1639 and considered America’s first UFO Sighting: “…a sober, discreet man, and two others, saw a great light […]
-
Witchcraft Heights Hit Hard By Tragedy
Witchcraft Heights Elementary School has been reaching out to students and staff since the violent incident Sunday night at the Salem Heights apartment building.
-
‘Salem Witch Trials’ Document Up for Auction
A document from the Salem witch trials is expected to fetch as much as $35,000 when it hits the auction block. The original court indictment of Margaret Scott, a Rowley widow in her 70s and one of the last people hanged during the 1692 hysteria in colonial Massachusetts, is part of a private collection of historical documents being sold Thursday at Swann Auction Galleries in New York.
-
FDA to Review Safety of Aeroshot’s Inhalable Caffeine
from ap: U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized canisters is safe for consumers and if its manufacturer was right to brand […]
-
where is the legal line drawn in animal rights activism?
from mclatchy: A federal courthouse in Boston and a ranch in California’s San Joaquin Valley present competing faces of the animal rights movement. One side is peaceful. The other, decidedly, […]
-
cupcake deemed ‘security threat,’ confiscated by tsa
video: frosting too ‘gel-like,’ posed risk from wcvb: A Peabody woman says a cupcake she tried to take on a flight with her sparked a potential security threat this week. […]
-
food costs soar as thanksgiving looms, diners eat cost of inflation
from boston herald: Shoppers are feeling the pinch of higher food prices at the supermarket, and most consumers are convinced they will be shelling out even more cash for groceries […]
-
11/17 pop occulture: unsurprising scandals
still shocked that organized religion & sports want to physically, spiritually & mentally abuse your children?* stop being surprised about the penn state scandal & learn about the franklin cover […]
-
food fest called off due to #OccupyBoston tent city
from boston herald: The sprawling Occupy Boston encampment in downtown has forced the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy to call off a food fest long planned for this weekend. The […]
-
9/29 pop occulture: faith, guitars & church calendars
oregon jury convicts faith-healing hickmans of manslaughter* video: man steals guitar from green bay grave; diocese detective work gets it back to dearly departed* north platte, nebraska library defends freedom […]