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News release: “Continuing a popular Mothers Day tradition, the federal governments top official for baby names, Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today jointly announced with Parade magazine the most popular baby names for 2007.”
A Little Grafting of Second Life into a Legal Research Class: Rob Hudson discusses how Second Life can be used to enhance legal research instruction. Experiments in full class lectures and other uses of Second Life in higher education offer a mixture of hype and excitement. Published May 9, 2008 CongressLine: Running for Congress: Paul …
“Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come – even as the total population of America’s vets shrinks. Despite the decline in total vets – as soldiers from World War II and Korea …
New York Times: “No industrialized economy is as reliant on oil, or as obsessed with gasoline prices, as the United States, the worlds biggest consumer of oil. But the oil market is largely immune to Washingtons machinations, and prices have more than quadrupled over the last six years for reasons that are increasingly disconnected from …
“The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released two new Public Access Assessment resources, an Initial Review Checklist and Guidelines for Completing the Initial Review. These documents will be used by GPO personnel as they start an assessment of an individual depository library. Focus on Access, Collections, Service, and Cooperative Efforts, an update of the …
Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster: Current Capabilities and Limitations, From a Task Force for Mass Critical Care Summit Meeting, January 2627, 2007, Chicago, IL. Michael D. Christian, MD, FRCPC; Asha V. Devereaux, MD, MPH, FCCP; Jeffrey R. Dichter, MD; James A. Geiling, MD, FCCP and Lewis Rubinson, MD, PhD. (Chest. 2008; …
News release: “The pocketbook Key figures on European business, published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, summarises the main features of European business in a concise and simple manner. The publication consists of fourteen short chapters, focusing on particular aspects of the European business economy; from the size and structure of business …
“Kaiser has updated three fact sheets that provide snapshots of the impact of HIV/AIDS on minorities and women in the United States. Each fact sheet includes the latest data on key trends and current cases, as well as population-specific information on HIV transmission patterns and access to care. Black Americans and HIV/AIDS provides information on …
