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ABC News/Planet Green/Stanford University Poll Finds Concern for Environment, Support for Drilling “High energy prices are double-teaming with environmental concerns to prompt broad conservation efforts, with seven in 10 Americans saying they’re trying to reduce their “carbon footprint,” chiefly by driving less, using less electricity and recycling. More controversial are policy responses to the nation’s …
“Fuelly is a site that lets you track, share, and compare your gas mileage. Simply sign up, add a car, and begin tracking your mileage. By recording and analyzing your mileage, you can see how much money you can save with small driving changes. You can also see how your mileage compares with EPA estimates …
Tibet At A Turning Point – The Spring Uprising and Chinas New Crackdown – A report by the International Campaign for Tibet, August 6, 2008 (151 pages, PDF): “Since March 10, a tidal wave of mainly peaceful protests against the Chinese government has swept across Tibet.”
News release: “This paper argues for two major changes designed to improve the safety and reliability of the air traffic control system. The first would create a new modal administration within the Department of Transportation focused exclusively on delivery of air traffic control services and regulated at arms length by the FAA. Most important, separation …
News release: “Ob-gyns should routinely screen all women between the ages of 19 and 64 for HIV, regardless of their risk factors, according to a Committee Opinion, Routine Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening, issued today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG Committee Opinion No. 411: Routine Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening – subscription req’d …
Brookings – The New Orleans Index Anniversary Edition: Three Years after Katrina – “Greater New Orleans approaches the end of its third year of recovery from a position of strength, with the vast majority of its pre-storm population and jobs. But many recovery trends have slowed or stagnated in the past year as tens of …
News release: “Before Congress spends billions to build public schools that meet “green” environmental standards, it should review Washington state’s experience, which shows that green buildings have higher than expected costs, and the energy savings and other projected benefits are either small or nonexistent, says Todd Myers, director of the Center for the Environment at …
A National Study of Chronic Disease Prevalence and Access to Care in Uninsured U.S. Adults, Annals of Internal Medicine [subscription or fee req’d] Andrew P. Wilper, MD, MPH; Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH; Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH; Danny McCormick, MD, MPH; David H. Bor, MD; and David U. Himmelstein, MD, 5 August 2008 | Volume …
“Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), in consultation with numerous African NGOs, government officials, and individual health professionals, is releasing a guide today that shows how even very poor countries can build human rights into their health workforce planning and raise the standard of health among their citizens. The document is called The Right to Health …
Planetary-Scale Views on a Large Instant-Messaging Network, Jure Leskovec and Eric Horvitz Abstract: “We present a study of anonymized data capturing a month of high-level communication activities within the whole of the Microsoft Messenger instant-messaging system. We examine characteristics and patterns that emerge from the collective dynamics of large numbers of people, rather than the …
Brookings Hamilton Project: An Economic Strategy for Investing in Americas Infrastructure, Manasi Deshpande, Douglas W. Elmendorf – July 2008. “Infrastructure investment has received more attention in recent years because of increased delays from road and air congestion, high-profile infrastructure failures, and rising concerns about energy security and climate change. The United States now has the …
WSJ Business Technology Blog: “Aspiring corporate-technology execs need to read. A lot. Thats the opinion of Bob Rouse, who runs the Society for Information Managements Regional Leadership Forum, which will train 265 potential chief information officers this year. Rouse has assembled a reading list of more than 30 books for the students, who are mostly …
