TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports: “The replacement machines, known as millimeter-wave scanners, rely on low-energy radio waves similar to those used in cell phones. The machines detect potential threats automatically and quickly using a computer program. They display a generic cartoon image of a person’s body, mitigating privacy concerns…Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the two types of body scanners the TSA uses.”
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Daily Archives: October 19, 2012
EPA – Ten Ways to Save Money, Energy and Protect Your Health This Winter
News release: “With winter quickly approaching, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is highlighting ten tips for Americans to protect their health, save money, and lower energy while enjoying the winter holiday season. Maintain your heating equipment to lower utility bills. Download EPAs free Apps to help protect your health Decorate for the holidays with… Continue Reading
OECD launches online portal to boost product safety
News release: “The OECD has launched an online portal to give consumers, businesses and governments quick and easy access to the latest information on products recalled from the market in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States. The portal, http://globalrecalls.oecd.org, is designed to promote and improve product safety. Deaths and injuries worldwide from unsafe products… Continue Reading
NIH – Weight loss does not lower heart disease risk from type 2 diabetes
News release: “An intensive diet and exercise program resulting in weight loss does not reduce cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in people with longstanding type 2 diabetes, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study tested whether a lifestyle intervention… Continue Reading
Paper – The Eurozone Debt Crisis – The Options Now
Buchheit, Lee C. and Gulati, G. Mitu, The Eurozone Debt Crisis — The Options Now (October 8, 2012). Available at SSRN. “The Eurozone debt crisis is entering its third year. The original objective of the official sectors response to the crisis — containment — has failed. All of the countries of peripheral Europe are now… Continue Reading
Quarterly Trends for Consolidated U.S. Banking Organizations
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: “Consolidated financial statistics for the U.S. commercial banking industry, including both bank holding companies (BHCs) and banks. Statistics are based on quarterly regulatory filings. Statistics are inclusive of BHCs’ nonbank subsidiaries. Separate statistics are reported on a merger-adjusted basis for the subset of BHCs with > $500bn in total… Continue Reading
Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Framework for a Grand Bargain to Tackle U.S. Debt
“The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) [October 18, 2012)] released a Framework for a Grand Bargain that would allow the 112th Congress in its lame duck session to both avoid the impending fiscal cliff and set the stage for the 113th Congress to undertake spending cuts and revenue increases in order to stabilize the nations debt… Continue Reading
