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NYT: “Hormone treatment after menopause, already known to increase the risk of breast cancer, also makes it more likely that the cancer will be advanced and deadly, a study finds. Women who took hormones and developed breast cancer were more likely to have cancerous lymph nodes, a sign of more advanced disease, and were more …
News release: “As part of the celebrations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the Israel Antiquities Authority is launching a unique project The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library to document the entire collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A major lead gift from the Leon Levy Foundation, …
Mobile Health 2010, by Susannah Fox, October 19, 2010: “The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults. The Pew Internet Projects latest survey of American adults, conducted in association with the California HealthCare Foundation, finds that 85% use a cell phone. Of those: 17% of cell owners have used their phone to …
The Way Forward: Economic conditions are still in flux and the employment outlook defies easy forecasting. Consequently, moving up Maslow’s hierarchy toward greater job satisfaction may not include changing employers. To learn more about how information professionals can deepen contentment in-place, Montrese Hamilton contacted well-known career coach Marshall Brown for insight. The Way Forward – …
Via Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist, Library of Congress Public Services Directorate: “The Law Librarys Multinational Collections Database is now the Global Legal Information Catalog (GLIC). GLIC is a research tool for the Library of Congress Collections that interfaces with our library catalog. Why do you need to use it? Say you are looking for …
Southwest Border: More Timely Border Patrol Access and Training Could Improve Security Operations and Natural Resource Protection on Federal Lands, GAO-11-38, October 19, 2010 Status of Study Concerning Appraisal Methods and the Home Valuation Code of Conduct, GAO-11-158R, October 19, 2010 Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Strengthen Management and Oversight of Its Prime Contractor, …
Analysis of Selected Provisions of the Domestic Manufacturing and Energy Jobs Act of 2010 Oct 18, 2010 “This analysis service report responds to Janice Mays, Staff Director of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means, requesting that the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) analyze several provisions included in the July 26, …
“The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday issued a report on the potential impact of credit risk retention requirements on securitization markets. The Report to the Congress on Risk Retention, October 2010 was required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Dodd-Frank Act also requires the Federal Reserve and other agencies to …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rules that would enable shareholders to cast advisory votes on executive compensation and “golden parachute” arrangements. The rules are called for by Section 951 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Under the proposed rules, public companies subject to the federal proxy rules …
