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Author Archives: Sabrina I. Pacifici
BIKES-ON-TRAINS CAMPAIGNS SEEING TRACTION
League of American Wheelmen, Inc., “Campaigns to get bicycles on commuter trains are cropping up across the country. We’ve seen recent success in the Bay Area, and there’s been a national push to get Amtrak on board with increased bicycle services. This week, we’re seeing more positive movement in Chicago, where the South Shore Line rail is planning to… Continue Reading
Electricity use by machine drives varies significantly by manufacturing industry
U.S. Energy Information Administration: “Machine drives, which are primarily electric motors, pumps, and fans, account for about half of the manufacturing sector’s delivered electricity use and 8% of the sector’s total fuel consumption. Their wide use across many industries results in a substantial impact on the demand placed on power grids. EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013)… Continue Reading
Is there a way back to moderation in Congress (please do not incorrectly say “Washington”)
Reid Wilson, Washington Post: “The problem, as reformers see it: Partisan gerrymandering has led to Congressional districts in which one party is so dominant that whichever candidate they nominate will win in November. About three-quarters of all districts, according to some estimates, are so overwhelmingly Republican or Democratic that the other party doesn’t have the… Continue Reading
The State of Homelessness In America 2013
Point-in-Time estimates of homelessness “Each January, communities across the United States—organized in Continuums of Care (CoCs)—conduct comprehensive point-in-time counts of families and individuals experiencing homelessness. Using local electronic administrative records, communities collect information about people sleeping in emergency shelters and transitional housing on a given night. In addition, outreach workers and volunteers conduct a census… Continue Reading
CDC – Ten Leading Causes of Death and Injury
Ten Leading Causes of Death and Injury Charts in PDF Format Data for these charts are available from WISQARS Fatal Injury and Nonfatal Injury. Continue Reading
Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2012
Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2012 “Since 1953, in cooperation with state and local health departments, the United States national tuberculosis program has collected information on each newly reported case of tuberculosis (TB) disease in the United States. Currently, each individual TB case report (Report of Verified Case of Tuberculosis or RVCT) is submitted… Continue Reading
Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults: United States, 2011–2012
Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults: United States, 2011–2012: Cynthia L. Ogden, Ph.D.; Margaret D. Carroll, M.S.P.H.; Brian K. Kit, M.D., M.P.H.; Katherine M. Flegal, Ph.d “Key findings – Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2012 More than one-third (34.9%) of adults were obese in 2011–2012. In 2011–2012, the prevalence of obesity was… Continue Reading
Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming
‘We have an obligation to imagine’ … “This is an edited version of Neil Gaiman’s lecture for the Reading Agency, delivered on Monday, October 14 at the Barbican in London. The Reading Agency’s annual lecture series was initiated in 2012 as a platform for leading writers and thinkers to share original, challenging ideas about reading… Continue Reading
Global Wealth Report 2013
PRNewswire — “The Credit Suisse Research Institute released its fourth annual Global Wealth Report 2013, which finds that from mid-2012 to mid-2013 aggregate global household wealth increased by 4.9% in current dollar terms to USD 241 trillion , despite the continuing challenges posed by the economic environment. North America gained USD 8.4 trillion, an increase of 11.9%, fueled by a… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Farm Programs, Critical Isotopes, Medicare Info Tech, Nuclear Power
FARM PROGRAMS – Changes Are Needed to Eligibility Requirements for Being Actively Involved in Farming, GAO-13-781, Sep 26, 2013 MANAGING CRITICAL ISOTOPES – Stewardship of Lithium-7 Is Needed to Ensure a Stable Supply, GAO-13-716, Sep 19, 2013 MEDICARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Needs to Pursue a Solution for Removing Social Security Numbers from Cards, GAO-13-761, Sep 10,… Continue Reading
SIGAR Audit – Status unknown – $230M worth of spare parts for Afghan military
Afghan National Army: Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Lacks Key Information on Inventory in Stock and Requirements for Vehicle Spare Parts – SIGAR [Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction] Audit 14-3-AR, October 16, 2013. “A reliable and integrated logistics system is needed to provide spare parts to maintain vehicle and equipment readiness for security operations. However,… Continue Reading
