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News release: “The 2,000-strong community of Census of Marine Life scientists from 82 nations today announced astonishing examples of recent new finds from the worlds ocean depths. As more than 700 delegates gather for the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (Valencia, Spain Nov. 11-15), organized by the Censuss European affiliate program on Marine Biodiversity and …
Washington Post: “Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team.” …
Impending collapse of bluefin tuna in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, Brian R. MacKenzie, Henrik Mosegaard, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Conservation Letters, 2008 “The abundance of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, in the east Atlantic and Mediterranean has declined in recent decades. ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas), the regional bluefin tuna management authority, …
Hull D, Pettifer SR, Kell DB 2008 Defrosting the Digital Library: Bibliographic Tools for the Next Generation Web. PLoS Computational Biology 4(10): e1000204 doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000204 [Gerry McKiernan] “Many scientists now manage the bulk of their bibliographic information electronically, thereby organizing their publications and citation material from digital libraries. However, a library has been described as thought …
“Nearly 180 organizations representing the business, education and scientific communities have urged the next president to appoint a White House science adviser by January 20Inauguration Dayand give the adviser cabinet rank.” “Dear Senator Obama: The next President of the United States will face a wide range of domestic and international challenges, from financial and regulatory …
Center for Automotive Research (CAR) – The Impact of the U.S. Economy of a Major Contraction of the Detroit Three Automakers, by David Cole, Ph.D., Chairman, Sean McAlinden, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Kristin Dziczek, Senior Project Manager, Debra Maranger Menk, Project Manager, November 4, 2008 “The automotive industry has long been, and continues to …
Pew Hispanic Survey: “Hispanics voted for Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden over Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin by a margin of more than two-to-one in the 2008 presidential election, 66% versus 32%, according to an analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center of exit polls from Edison Media Research as published by CNN. …
The Place We Live, the Health We Have – A Multi-Level, Life Course Perspective on the Effects of Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Poverty on Health and Racial Health Disparities, by D. Phuong Do, Rand Dissertation “Although our choices and behaviors are inherently expressed at the individual level, they are often influenced and constrained by the …
Newseum – “Today’s Front Pages, Wednesday, November 05, 2008: front pages from countries around the world. The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.”
Stock Market Fluctuations and Retiree Incomes: An Update – by Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution Social Security was created in the middle of the Great Depression. The recent dive in stock prices and home values offers a painful reminder of why government-guaranteed pensions seemed like a good idea in the 1930s. President Franklin Roosevelt proposed …
National Association for Business Economics Industry Survey: A Significant Downshift – October 2008 – Summary “Demand for goods and services increased at 30% of respondents firms and fell at 35%, the first time since 2001 that more respondents reported declines than increases. This is consistent with other evidence that the U.S. economy fell into a …
Follow up to October 28, 2008 posting, Authors, Publishers, and Google Reach Landmark Settlement, from the Harvard Crimson: “Harvard University Library will not take part in Googles book scanning project for in-copyright works after finding the terms of its landmark $125 million settlement regarding copyrighted materials unsatisfactory, University officials said yesterday.”
