Washington Post: FDA to Back Food From Cloned Animals – Move Would Defy Congress’s Wish for Delay: “Having completed a years-long scientific review, the Food and Drug Administration is set to announce as early as next week that meat and milk from cloned farm animals and their offspring can start making their way toward supermarket… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
President George W. Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
“Under the U.S. Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan/PEPFAR), the U.S. Government has committed $18.8 billion to the fight against global HIV/AIDS, exceeding its original commitment of $15 billion over five years. This commitment reaffirms the United States historic leadership in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. President George W. Bush has requested that… Continue Reading
FAA Issues Special New Security Regs for Boeing Model 787
Background: “The proposed architecture of the 787 is different from that of existing production (and retrofitted) airplanes. It allows new kinds of passenger connectivity to previously isolated data networks connected to systems that perform functions required for the safe operation of the airplane. Because of this new passenger connectivity, the proposed data network design and… Continue Reading
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“On 10 December, Human Rights Day, the Secretary-General launched a year-long campaign in which all parts of the United Nations family take part in the lead up to the 60th birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on Human Rights Day 2008. The UDHR continues to hold the world record as the most… Continue Reading
"Subprime" Voted 2007 Word of the Year
Press release: “In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted subprime as the word of the year. Subprime is an adjective used to describe a risky or less than ideal loan, mortgage, or investment. Subprime was also winner of a brand-new 2007 category for real estate words, a category… Continue Reading
Spotlight on E-Voting Machines Brightens as Campaigns Accelerate
New York Times Magazine, January 6, 2008: Can You Count on Voting Machines? by Clive Thompson “In the last three election cycles, touch-screen machines have become one of the most mysterious and divisive elements in modern electoral politics. Introduced after the 2000 hanging-chad debacle, the machines were originally intended to add clarity to election results.… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Orders Navy To Adopt Significant Mitigation Measures For Sonar Use
Natural Defense Resources Council press release: “The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued today a preliminary injunction requiring a series of mitigation measures that will govern the use of mid-frequency (MFA) sonar by the U.S. Navy during training exercises in the rich biological waters off Southern California. In its order, the… Continue Reading
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project Receives $30 Million in New Funding
Press release: “The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project is pleased to announce receipt of two major gifts: $20M from the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences and $10M from Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Under development since 2000, the LSST is a public-private partnership. This gift enables the construction of LSST’s three large mirrors;… Continue Reading
AG Speechec from 1996 – September 2007 Now Online
U.S. Attorney General Speeches from 1996 to September 17th, 2007 are accessible in the Archive section of the Department web site. Continue Reading
Auschwitz through the lens of the SS: Photos of Nazi leadership at the camp
“In January 2007, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a donation of a photograph album. The inscription “Auschwitz 21.6.1944″ on its first page signaled the uniqueness of the albumthere are very few wartime photographs of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, which included Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi killing center. Though his name does not… Continue Reading
Forbes: America's Best Big Companies
America’s Best Big Companies: “This is our 10th year of selecting the 400 Best Big Companies in America. Our methodology for choosing the winners is so stringent that 165 companies from last year’s 400 did not make the cut for 2008. Not only must companies pass our benchmarks for financial growth rates and returns, but… Continue Reading
Iraq Index Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Post-Saddam Iraq, December 2007
The Brookings Institution: Iraq Index Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Post-Saddam Iraq, December 21, 2007, Michael E. OHanlon and Jason H. Campbell (61 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
