“Andrew A. Beveridge has taught sociology at Queens College since 1981, done demographic analyses for the New York Times since 1993, and been in charge of Gotham Gazette’s demographics topic page since 2000. The opinions expressed are his alone”.
Background Document for Meeting of Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, September 9, 2011: “This meeting is being convened to review and discuss the available data regarding the long term (greater than 3 – 5 years) use of bisphosphonates for the treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis. In… Continue Reading
The Association of American Publishers – BookStats Publishing Formats Highlights: “e-books and other non-physical formats – “The consistent, growing popularity of e-books and apps are a major success story in content formats, even in advance of data for 2011, which is currently tracking high e-format sales. Highlights: e-books have grown from 0.6% of the total… Continue Reading
The Library of Congress – THOMAS: “This site was begun in September 2001 as a way of keeping the public readily apprised of legislation related to the terrorist attack on the United States that month. The selection, made by hand, is necessarily subjective, as the September 11th attack had a ripple effect on legislation in… Continue Reading
Arctic sea ice near record lows, September 6, 2011: “Arctic sea ice extent averaged for August 2011 reached the second lowest level for the month in the 1979 to 2011 satellite record. Both the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea route appear to be open. Throughout August, sea ice extent tracked near the record lows… Continue Reading
