Day: December 19, 2008
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It’s alive! It’s alive!
I’ve had this for over a month and keep forgetting to post it. It’s a short recording I made of Dariposa’s heartbeat during the last ultrasound. It’s kind of hard to hear, but it really is a heartbeat, as heard through the ultrasound’s microphone: heartbeat
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domestic partner benefits report
Here’s another report I ended up putting together recently because I was interested in domestic partner benefits: Summary Report on Domestic Partner Benefits (DPBs) Ryan T. Cragun Assistant Professor of Sociology Definition domestic partners are non-blood relatives who share the same residence, intend to do so indefinitely, are not currently married to someone else, who…
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healthcare wait times – US vs. Canada
In my Introduction to Sociology class I was discussing the various approaches to health care: private pay/insurance companies vs. single-payer or universal pay (government sponsored). During that discussion one of my students raised an issue that is often raised in this debate. She had heard that because health care is free in Canada, wait times…