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Daily Archives: June 5, 2010

Visualizing the BP Oil Disaster – Anywhere in the U.S.

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this Website by Andy Lintner, Visualizing the BP Oil Disaster using NOAA data [via NewsLib and Tom Johnson].

  • This mashup allows users to enter a geographical location in the United States and the dimensions of the oil spill are then relocated to show the impact on that area. This application allows each of us to understand the dimensions of this disaster in our own environs.
  • VP Biden: Middle Class Task Force white paper on Helping Americans Get Back To Work

    Subsidized Jobs: Helping Americans Get Back To Work – “Because the Recovery Act is a temporary stimulus designed to boost job creation through a period of great labor market distress, programs in the Act sunset according to a preset schedule. However, if a program is still needed after its assigned shutoff date—September 30, 2010 in… Continue Reading