Morning Links for April 29 2014

Morning Links for April 29 2014

Another so-called spring day in Milwaukee: mid-fifties weather and spittle from the clouds. Luckily for you, we’ve got your morning dose of links. A little titanium ring of beads is being called a “game-changer” in health care circles. The JS explains why. The New York Times has a sad story about the havoc wreaked by a flesh-eating fungal infection in New Orleans, and explains why these types of infections are on the rise across the nation. Urban Milwaukee has a surprisingly large glimpse at what the western Menomonee Valley looked like in the 1880s. Wisconsin’s wolf population is down nearly…

Another so-called spring day in Milwaukee: mid-fifties weather and spittle from the clouds. Luckily for you, we’ve got your morning dose of links.

  • A little titanium ring of beads is being called a “game-changer” in health care circles. The JS explains why.

  • The New York Times has a sad story about the havoc wreaked by a flesh-eating fungal infection in New Orleans, and explains why these types of infections are on the rise across the nation.

  • Urban Milwaukee has a surprisingly large glimpse at what the western Menomonee Valley looked like in the 1880s.

  • Wisconsin’s wolf population is down nearly 20 percent for 2013, says the JS, which means things are more or less going according to plan.

  • Beautiful, haunting, disturbing – it all describes Wired’s gallery of landscape photography by Donna J. Wan.

Claire Hanan worked at the magazine as an editor from 2012-2017. She edited the Culture section and wrote stories about all sorts of topics, including the arts, fashion, politics and more. In 2016, she was a finalist for best profile writing at the City and Regional Magazine Awards for her story "In A Flash." In 2014, she won the the Milwaukee Press gold award for best public service story for editing "Handle With Care," a service package about aging in Milwaukee. Before all this, she attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and New York University's Summer Publishing Institute.