Thursday, May 29, 2008

What you need to know about mace pepper spray

Landscape Work

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:36:00 PDT
Tomorrow my mom is going to help me do a little landscaping in the front yard. I'm thinking it will be a nice day for it, as the weather is supposed to be dry and warm!! Today it's been very rainy though. I'm hoping that the ground drys up a bit, without leaving it extremely wet. We'll just have to see how it goes. I'm sure we'll get lots done though. I'm looking forward...I think it will look a lot nicer than what we had in front of our house before!

The Future of Cell Biology - Part I - Organellar Shape

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:18:44 PDT
OK this is an attempt to revive the blog. This entry is inspired by a talk given about a month ago by my mentor, Tom Rapoport. I hope that it will be the first of a series of posts where I ramble on about what we don't know. In each post I'll discuss a topic that remains mysterious. I'll try to point out what we don't fully comprehend and add my two cents. Today's topic will be organelle shape. Look inside any eukaryotic cell and you'll lots of little membranous organelles whizzing around. The

U.S. health insurers pitch policy changes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Thu, 29 May 2008 13:45:17 PDT
Major U.S. health insurers on Thursday pitched several clinical and payment policy changes, adding their voice to a growing debate over reforming the nation's costly and often inefficient health care system.