Wonderland Photo by Vanessa Hirsch — National Geographic Your Shot
On a July tramp through the woods of West Virginia, I encountered many large snails as well as these Russula mushrooms with their distinctive red caps mixed among moss and acorns. It reminded me of Alice in Wonderland.
This Kid Just Died. What He Left Behind Is Wondtacular
Zach Sobiech, at the age of 14, found out he had a rare form of terminal cancer. So he became a rock star, and millions of people got to see his music before he passed away on May 20, 2013. This is his beautiful story. (via .)
A gorgeous view down river from above the Grotto in Zion National Park.
Photo: Tom MorrisYeah, we sort of get the “Zion” part now.
Still high on my list of places to visit.
Weekend Highlights: Friday started with Bike to Work Day and after a busy day in the office, concluded with mojitos (mint being the first bounty of this year’s back porch herb garden). Saturday, Hugo woke up in a great mood, and was even happier to see bunnies and sheep at the farmers market. I took a long bike ride to Mt. Vernon with friends, then got home to catch Liz and the end of the Georgetown SFS graduation. Graduates included one of the Jack the Bulldog mascots (or at least his feet), and Hugo met some of his many adoring fans.
Death certificates are important public health documents. They help epidemiologists understand leading causes of deaths and how they are changing. They power big studies of what killed us in the past—and what kills us now. And, according to a new Center for Disease Control study, about half of them may be wrong. Columbia University’s Barbara A. Wexelman lead a survey of 521 resident physicians in New York City. About one- third of those doctors completed more than 11 death certificates in the past year, making them pretty familiar with how the system works. “Only one-third of the respondents,” Wexelman and her team found, “believed the current system accurately documents correct cause of death.” Nearly half—48.6 percent— of respondents reported having identified a cause of death that did not actually represent what the person died from. A small number, 2.9 percent, had ever gone back and updated a death certificate after learning new information about the patient’s circumstance.
Wow.
(Source: abbyjean)
In Focus: 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
The 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is under way, and entries will be accepted for another six weeks, until June 30, 2013. First prize winner will receive a 10-day Galapagos expedition for two. National Geographic was once more kind enough to allow me to share some of the early entries with you here, gathered from four categories: Travel Portraits, Outdoor Scenes, Sense of Place, and Spontaneous Moments. Photos and captions by the photographers.
See more. [Images: National Geographic Traveler Contest]
“More than eight in 10 neighborhoods across the United States fall into the two least bikeable categories. And more than half of them — 3500 plus — are concentrated in very bottom category. Conversely, just 3.2 percent of the neighborhoods make the top-ranked category, Biker’s Paradise, while another 14.6 percent can be considered Very Bikeable.”
In honor of Bike to Work Day, Richard Florida takes a look at America’s most bike friendly cities and neighborhoods using Walk Score’s bikeability rankings.
Bike commuting may be on the rise in the United States, but the country is still far from being a Biker’s paradise.
(via theatlantic)
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