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Daily Archives: December 29, 2006

Search Wikia Project

“Search Wikia serves as a platform for the development of a new open source search engine with user-editable search results. This wiki accompanies the development therefore, and is used as a sounding board for ideas, organization and technical stuff. It is a place for the search community to discuss the project and search related issues.”… Continue Reading

AGRICOLA Has Been Re-scoped

Press release: “The National Agricultural Library has completed the process of re-scoping the AGRICOLA Index and has published its list of titles recommended for indexing in 2007. The decision to re-scope was necessary because our appropriated resources were not sufficient to keep the AGRICOLA Index current and permit us to increase the number of items… Continue Reading

Molecular Anatomy of Influenza Virus Detailed

Press release: “Scientists at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville have succeeded in imaging, in unprecedented detail, the virus that causes influenza…This breakthrough has the potential to identify particular features of… Continue Reading

FCC Media Bureau Posts Staff Reports and Studies

Press release: “he Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today made public Media Bureau staff reports and studies on media ownership and related issues in response to a request from Chairman Martin. Media Bureau staff provided copies of all studies and reports, draft or final, regarding media ownership, minority ownership, and localism and… Continue Reading

U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-year 2005

Press release: “The findings from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2005 are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System…The… Continue Reading

FCC Releases Report on 2005 Cable Industry Prices

Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released its annual report on cable industry prices. The report shows that average monthly rates for cable service — including basic and expanded basic cable programming services — increased by 5.2 percent over the 12-month period ending January 1, 2005, from $40.91 to $43.04, and by 93… Continue Reading