“The Ready Campaign asks individuals to do three key things to prepare for the unexpected: (1) get an emergency supply kit, (2) make a family emergency plan, and (3) be informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009 For College and University Endowment Funds
U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market – Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009 Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
Racial disparities persist in the diagnosis of advanced breast cancer and colon cancer in the United States
News release: “The incidence of advanced breast cancer diagnosis among black women remained 30 percent to 90 percent higher compared to white women between 1992 and 2004, according to new findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In addition, the disparity in the incidence of advance colorectal cancer actually widened over this time… Continue Reading
U.S. Metro Economies Pace of Economic Recovery: GMP and Jobs
U.S. Metro Economies Pace of Economic Recovery: GMP and Jobs – The United States Conference of Mayors and The Council for the New American City “The U.S. unemployment rate will peak in the first quarter of 2010, averaging 10.2% between January-March. This is up from a whopping 4.9% just two years earlier. The tremendous rise… Continue Reading
Central Intelligence Agency Freedom of Information Act Annual Report
Central Intelligence Agency Freedom of Information Act Annual Report Fiscal Year 2009. Released February 1, 2010. Continue Reading
Nanotechnology: a UK Industry View
Nanotechnology: a UK Industry View, February 2010 “Nanotechnology is the basis for many products that are in common use and is providing the capability to produce a very wide range of new products that will become commonplace in the near future. The UK, like many other countries, has invested heavily in nanotechnology and has considered,… Continue Reading
Moving Targets: Web Preservation and Reference Management
Moving Targets: Web Preservation and Reference Management – Richard Davis discusses the role of Web preservation in reference management in an article based on a presentation given at the Innovations in Reference Management workshop January 2010. “Web Preservation is one field of endeavour which attempts to counter the Webs transient tendency, and a variety of… Continue Reading
Pew Environment Report Says Melting Arctic Could Cost $2.4 Trillion by 2050
News release: “The Pew Environment Group released a report that for the first time quantifies the global cost of the Arctics declining ability to cool the climate, indicating that the rapid melting of the region could carry a minimum price tag of $2.4 trillion U.S. by 2050. The report…estimates that this year alone the climate… Continue Reading
How to Celebrate Womens History @ Your Library
Kay Ann Cassell and Kathleen Weibel – Telling the story of women’s work is never done: Writing Women Back into History is the theme for National Womens History Month, March 2010, the annual celebration of women in the United States. For years womens contributions were routinely underestimated or ignored even in the history of our… Continue Reading
2010 Industry Outlook U.S. State Government
Deloittes 2010 Industry Outlook U.S. State Government: “State governments will face a number of significant and continuing challenges in 2010. From budget deficits to runaway Medicaid costs to infrastructure challenges, the new year is shaping up to be perhaps one of the most difficult in recent history. But there is some light at the… Continue Reading
PBS FRONTLINE Investigation: Flying Cheap
Flying Cheap – Introduction: “Last February, Continental Flight 3407 crashed outside of Buffalo, N.Y., killing 49 people onboard and one on the ground. Although 3407 was painted in the colors of Continental Connection, it was actually operated by Colgan Air, a regional airline that flies routes under contract for US Airways, United and Continental. The… Continue Reading
Research Says Twitter Processing More Than 1 Billion Tweets Per Month
Royal Pingdom: “Over the past few months there has been plenty of speculation around the Web that Twitters growth has stalled, but if we look at activity on Twitter in terms of the number of tweets, this is far from the truth. According to our research, Twitter is as of December processing more than one… Continue Reading
