Blog entries tagged research

The Icarus Project

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0100

The Icarus Project has become an outspoken advocacy organization for the idea of "radical mental health. Co-founder Jacks McNamara explains how they define that concept.

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Radical mental health asks if being "different" is something that requires treatment, or can sometimes be recognized as just a different way oRead More...

Local Businesses

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:14:11 +0100

Small businesses have a disproportionately big impact on the local economy, especially when it comes to creating jobs. But public policy has been slow to recognize that. The need for changes was a central theme at Monday's Smart Growth Symposium, presented the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy.

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Extinct Clover

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

The number of plants and animals listed as threatened or endangered is almost constantly growing. But only rarely does a species that was thought to be extinct make a come-back to join the endangered list. This is the story of just such a recovery, in the coastal hills of the North Bay.

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Chocolate is at least 3000 years old, and we have the ancient Mayans to thank for it. By way of the conquistadors, that is.

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Bruce Robinson — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Whether Jack London set his stories in the harsh Yukon winter, the savage beauty of south Pacific islands, or contemporary American society, his insight into human behavior keeps them compelling now. That was the attraction behind the latest effort to convert London’s fiction to film.

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Fort Ross

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Fort Ross, the only Russian outpost ever established on what is now the continental United States, celebrates the 198th anniversary of its founding with an annual Cultural Heritage Day on Saturday, July 31.

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Red Sonoma

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Liberal Sonoma County was once a hotbed of anti-communist fervor, as well as home to a series of utopian communities, all of which is on display at the Sonoma County Museum.

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When taking a longer historical view, Eric Stanley, exhibitions and collections curator for the Sonoma County Museum, Read More...

Cattle Brands of the North Bay

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Branding cattle may evoke images of the old west a century ago, but it’s a still-active part of agriculture in the North Bay, with a lengthy history here, too.

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Just as they were a century again, brands are used today to identify the legal owners of notRead More...

Tektites

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Small black balls of glassy rock found in the Dry Creek Valley may be remnants from a prehistoric meteor strike. Or maybe not.

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Fog and Redwoods

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

A new analysis finds there are fewer foggy days along the Northern California coast than there were 100 years ago. That’s bad news for the venerable coast redwoods.

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MDMA and PTSD

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Early clinical trials suggest the drug MDMA, also known as Ecstasy, may be beneficial in treating and even curing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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The research protocol used in the MAPS studies uses a male-female team of therapists workinRead More...

"Searching for A Miracle"

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

What’s the ultimate solution for replacing fossil fuels with affordable alternatives? A detailed study by the Post-Carbon Institute says the only good answer available now is reduced demand and intensive conservation.

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Parenting Autism

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100

The incidence of autism is growing, now around 1 in every 110 births, a burgeoning epidemic that also carries huge consequences for the parents of those children.

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Like many children diagnosed with autism, four-year old Peyton Price, shows few outward signs of the condition, which is most often expresseRead More...

Enmanji Temple

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 03 May 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Sebastopol’s Enmanji Temple, a cornerstone of the area’s Japanese culture, is the subject of a short documentary film that reveals a key episode in the preservation of the historic structure.

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