Your Office Copy Machine Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale “At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret. Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
US Department of Labors OSHA distributes oil spill cleanup safety guides, fact sheets
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “The materials supplement OSHA-required training workers must receive before they can be hired to engage in the cleanup. In addition to English, the safety guides and fact sheets initially will be printed in Spanish and Vietnamese in recognition of the diverse population… Continue Reading
Innovative public transportation systems adopted in cities around the world
Reclaiming the Streets, Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute: “Cars promise mobility, and in a largely rural setting they provide it. But in an urbanizing world, where more than half of us live in cities, there is an inherent conflict between the automobile and the city. After a point, as their numbers multiply, automobiles provide… Continue Reading
State of the World Mothers 2010: Women on the front lines of health care
News release: “To address the global shortfall of 4.3 million health care workers needed to end preventable maternal and child deaths, countries must invest in women who are front-line health care workers, Save the Children says in its new State of the World’s Mothers 2010 report…Annually, 8.8 million children die before their fifth birthday and… Continue Reading
CDC: Surveillance for Violent Deaths National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 States, 2007
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries, May 14, 2010 / Vol. 59 / No. SS4. Surveillance for Violent Deaths National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 States, 2007 “An estimated 50,000 persons in the United State die each year from violence-related injuries. Surveillance of such deaths is necessary to better understand and prevent the… Continue Reading
NYT Op-Ed: The Measure of a Disaster
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this Op-Ed, The Measure of a Disaster – Authors – Ian R. MacDonald is a professor of oceanography at Florida State University. John Amos is the president of SkyTruth, which uses satellite images to monitor environmental problems. Timothy Crone is a research scientist at the… Continue Reading
NYT: "Federal government is examining Google's acquisitions and actions as never before"
Regulators are Watching Google Over Antitrust Concerns: “When it comes to government scrutiny, the companys executives challenge the premise that Google is a monopoly, even as the companys share of the search market inexorably rises, arguing that Google is still a minor player in the overall advertising market, which totals $800 billion a year…They are… Continue Reading
National Geographic: Oil Spill to Wipe Out Gulf's Sperm Whales?
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via National Geographic – “A 2009 stock assessment report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimated that the potential biological removal, or PBR, level for the Gulf of Mexico sperm whale population is three…The loss of a handful of whales each year can… Continue Reading
NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Notice of Proposed Rule Making
“Partnerships between NIH-funded researchers and industry are often essential to the process of moving discoveries from the bench to the bedside. However, managing Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) can be a major challenge because of the complex relationships among government, academia, and industry. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which is open for public comment for… Continue Reading
Introducing Google TV
“TV meets web. Web meets TV. Google TV is a new experience made for television that combines the TV you know and love with the freedom and power of the Internet. Watch an overview video below, sign up for updates, and learn more about how to develop for Google TV.” Via YouTube, Introducing Google TV,… Continue Reading
ProPublica: EPA Officials Weigh Sanctions Against BPs U.S. Operations
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill this news from ProPublica:”Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts, a move that would ultimately cost the company billions in revenue and could end its drilling in federally controlled oil fields. Over the past 10 years,… Continue Reading
Endangered Species Day May 21, 2010
“On May 21, 2010 the Fish and Wildlife Service will observe Endangered Species Day in order to recognize the national conservation effort to protect our nations endangered species and their habitats.” Continue Reading
