News release/includes data charts: “RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for Q1 2010, which shows that foreclosure filings default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions were reported on 932,234 properties in the first quarter, a 7 percent increase from the previous quarter and a… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Bank of America President Testifies on Troubled Mortgages
Business Journal: “Barbara Desoer, president of Bank of America Home Loans, testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday about the housing crisis and the steps BofA is taking to modify troubled mortgages. And she painted a bleak picture, according to her prepared testimony. Some numbers [from her remarks at the House Committee on Financial Services Committee hearing,… Continue Reading
Scripps Research Study Shows Compulsive Eating Shares Same Addictive Biochemical Mechanism with Cocaine, Heroin Abuse
News release: “In a newly published study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into obesity. The new study, conducted by Scripps Research Associate Professor Paul J. Kenny and graduate student… Continue Reading
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Establishes New Office on Womens Health
H. R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [906 pages, PDF] “OFFICE.There is established within the Office of the Secretary, an Office on Womens Health (referred to in this section as the Office). The Office shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Womens Health who may report to the Secretary. “(b) DUTIES.The… Continue Reading
Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent In First Quarter
News release: “RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for Q1 2010, which shows that foreclosure filings default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions were reported on 932,234 properties in the first quarter, a 7 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 16 percent… Continue Reading
Council of Economic Advisers Releases a New Report on the Recovery Act
News release: “As part of the unprecedented accountability and transparency provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) was charged with providing to Congress quarterly reports on the effects of the Recovery Act on overall economic activity, and on employment in particular. Today we released… Continue Reading
EFF, Yahoo and Google Argue for Fourth Amendment Protection of Email
News release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) along with Google and numerous other public interest organizations and Internet industry associations joined with Yahoo! in asking a federal court Tuesday to block a government attempt to access the contents of a Yahoo! email account without a search warrant based on probable cause. The Department of Justice… Continue Reading
Asthma and COPD Inhalers That Contain Ozone-depleting CFCs to be Phased Out
News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced, in accordance with longstanding U.S. obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, seven metered-dose inhalers (MDI) used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be gradually removed from the U.S. marketplace. These inhalers contain ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs),… Continue Reading
Google search across the Twitter archive
Official Google Blog: “Since we first introduced real-time search last December, weve added content from MySpace, Facebook and Buzz, expanded to 40 languages and added a top links feature to help you find the most relevant content shared on updates services like Twitter. Today, were introducing a new feature to help you search and explore… Continue Reading
House passes resolution honoring National Library Week
H. Res. 1222 supporting the goals and ideals of National Library Week: April 13, 2010 Congressional Record – House H2465 “H. RES. 1222 Whereas the Nations school, academic, public, and special libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of people in the United States, today, more than ever; Whereas librarians are trained professionals,… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: The Odd Couple: SharePoint and Librarians
LLRX.com – The Odd Couple: SharePoint and Librarians: Lorette S.J. Weldon examines how SharePoint is used within the library to facilitate the coordination of collaboration, capturing and organizing “corporate” knowledge, and organizing digital content. She also reviews the results from her survey, “SharePoint Usage in the Library” which demonstrated how librarians could program their department’s… Continue Reading
Library of Congress Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive
News release: “Have you ever sent out a tweet on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less will now be housed in the Library of Congress. Thats right. Every public tweet, ever, since Twitters inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. Thats a LOT… Continue Reading
