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New York Times, And You Thought a Prescription Was Private : “…in fact, prescriptions, and all the information on them including not only the name and dosage of the drug and the name and address of the doctor, but also the patients address and Social Security number are a commodity bought and sold …
Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School: “Media Cloud is a system that lets you see the flow of the media. The Internet is fundamentally altering the way that news is produced and distributed, but there are few comprehensive approaches to understanding the nature of these changes. Media Cloud automatically builds an …
News release: “A report on long-term glacier measurements released today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar shows that glaciers are dramatically changing in mass, length and thickness as a result of climate change. Over the past 50 years, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have monitored the melting of Alaskas Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers and …
New York Times: Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security – “The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say.” Related postings on …
DMC-PR-05-07-02 dated 5 August 2009, Version 1.0, Online Engagement Guidelines “Summary – 1. Service and MOD civilian personnel are encouraged to talk about what they do, but within certain limits to protect security, reputation and privacy. An increasingly important channel for this engagement, and to keep in touch with family and friends is social media …
News release: “Filling a major gap in the availability of residential property data, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business announced a new online database detailing land and property values in the United States. Located in the Resources and Tools section of www.lincolninst.edu, …
Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas, 2008: “Personal income growth slowed in 2008 in most of the nation’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income growth slowed in 322 MSAs, increased in 42, and remained unchanged in 2 MSAs. On average, MSA personal income grew …
