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Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President April 26, 2012 The White House today released a national Bioeconomy Blueprint, a comprehensive approach to harnessing innovations in biological research to address national challenges in health, food, energy,...

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Positive Air Quality Trends Continue, While Big Polluters and Congress Seek to Weaken Proven Clean Air Controls. Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2012)—The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2012 report released today finds that in America’s most polluted...

Positive Air Quality Trends Continue, While Big Polluters and Congress Seek to Weaken Proven Clean Air Controls. Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2012)—The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2012 report released today finds that in America’s most polluted cities, air quality was at its cleanest since the organization’s annual report began 13 years ago. This year’s report details the trend that standards set under the Clean Air Act to cleanup major air pollution sources—including coal-fired power plants, diesel engines, and SUVs—are working to drastically cut ozone (smog) and particle pollution (soot) from the air we breathe. Despite this progress, unhealthy levels of air pollution still exist and in some parts of the country worsened. “State of the Air shows that we’re making real and steady progress in cutting dangerous pollution from the air we breathe,” said Charles D. Connor, American Lung Association President and CEO. “We owe this to the ongoing protection of the Clean Air Act. But despite these improvements, America’s air quality standards are woefully outdated, and unhealthy levels of air pollution still exist across the nation, putting the health of millions of Americans at stake.” The job of cleaning the air is not finished. More than 40 percent of people in the United States live in areas where air pollution continues to threaten their health. That means more than 127 million people are living in counties with dangerous levels of either ozone or particle pollution that can cause wheezing and coughing, asthma attacks, heart attacks, and premature death. Those at greatest risk from air pollution include infants, children, older adults, anyone with lung diseases like asthma, people with heart disease or diabetes, people with low incomes and anyone who works or exercises outdoors. Read more. Full report]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.807 2012-04-10T13:57:34Z 2012-04-10T14:00:33Z

By Brandon Fite Center for Strategic & International Studies April 6, 2012 US competition with Iran has become the equivalent of a game of three-dimensional chess, but a game where each side can modify at least some of the rules...

http://csis.org/files/publication/120404_Iran_Chapter_XIII-Peripheral_States-Revised.pdf Read more. ]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.806 2012-04-05T14:28:16Z 2012-04-05T14:31:34Z

From Internet Archive Blogs We just hit a milestone: 100,000 free concert recordings from over 5,200 bands! A fun trip through the history: The Grateful DeadThe Grateful Dead started a tradition in the 60′s to allow taping of their concerts...

Internet Archive Blogs We just hit a milestone: 100,000 free concert recordings from over 5,200 bands! A fun trip through the history: The Grateful DeadThe Grateful Dead started a tradition in the 60′s to allow taping of their concerts and sharing those tapes as long as no one made any money. Key: no one made any money. A generation of deadheads became fantastic archivists. The songs were annotated, the loss in quality through copying was minimized. New tapers were brought into the fold. Other bands, and their fans, started to join in: taping became one of the ways to participate in a community around a band’s music. Read more. ]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.805 2012-03-27T19:07:11Z 2012-03-27T19:17:21Z

By Adam Thierer From Mercatus Center George Mason University To the extent public utility–style regulation has been debated within the Internet policy arena over the past decade, the focus has been almost entirely on the physical layer of the Internet....

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From Information World Review 01/03/2012 A collection of historical maps from around the world has gone online. The JISC-funded website is described by its creators as “the broadest single collection of historical maps.” The site will act as a central...

Old Maps Online site.]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.803 2012-03-20T19:16:14Z 2012-03-20T19:21:33Z

The library now has access to ComAnalytics and ComUpdates. Both are add-ons to our subscription to ComAbstracts. ComAnalytics provides data about the relative publications performance of individual scholars and departments of communication in the field's primary journal literature. ComUpdate allows...

ComAnalytics and ComUpdates. Both are add-ons to our subscription to ComAbstracts. ComAnalytics provides data about the relative publications performance of individual scholars and departments of communication in the field's primary journal literature. ComUpdate allows users to select from a menu of coded topics and view synopses of the research articles most recently incorporated into ComAbstracts.]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.802 2012-03-13T15:34:39Z 2012-03-13T15:43:08Z

Message from the Deputy Administrator March is Women's History Month, and I encourage everyone to celebrate this year's theme "Women's Education -- Women's Empowerment" by recognizing the many accomplishments of women at NASA and throughout history. It's been my pleasure...

Message from the Deputy Administrator March is Women's History Month, and I encourage everyone to celebrate this year's theme "Women's Education -- Women's Empowerment" by recognizing the many accomplishments of women at NASA and throughout history. It's been my pleasure this year as part of NASA's celebrations to kick off a new round of video interviews at http://women.nasa.gov on the popular Women@NASA website. It showcases women from diverse backgrounds with careers at NASA, telling their stories in their own words. Featured women include astronauts, engineers, scientists and administrators. They discuss their accomplishments and offer encouragement to women and girls considering technical careers to become the trailblazers of tomorrow. The website also provides information about NASA internships and career opportunities. I also was able to participate in an important day-long conversation at George Washington University about the critical role that women play in innovation at NASA, and how we can increase our numbers and impact throughout government and the aerospace industry. I am proud of the fact that NASA is one of the largest federal employers of women in the STEM fields. However, much work remains to be done. While the percentage of women in the engineering field at NASA has increased substantially over the past ten years, they still only comprise 20 percent of our engineering workforce and 22 percent of our AST (science and technology) workforce. I am so proud of the outstanding achievements of our workforce, and I commend you on your efforts to promote means by which we can have NASA be as diverse in gender, ethnicity, and background as this great country of ours. A diverse workforce will create a wide variety of ideas, pushing forward innovation and making NASA better than ever. Equal representation of women in the key science, technology, engineering, and math fields will be critical to developing tomorrow's exploration leaders. One of our top priorities in education is to encourage women and girls to follow STEM career paths, and that's one reason we're so proud NASA is represented on the White House Council for Women and Girls. As part of our involvement with the Council, the Women@NASA website was created as a personal testament to the strength and hard work that so many women have poured into NASA, and to show girls everywhere that women have come from diverse backgrounds and overcome many obstacles to achieve rewarding careers. As NASA and some other government agencies update their workplace flexibility policies for the 21st century, we will keep women's needs strongly in mind. There is still a long way to go for women to achieve full parity in the workplace, but in the NASA Family, equality, diversity, and innovation are greatly valued and we will continue to make progress. Please join me in celebrating Women's History Month by uncovering and sharing the stories of the women in your life ]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.801 2012-03-06T16:38:12Z 2012-03-06T16:41:27Z

From National Women's Business Council WASHINGTON –The number of women awarded patents has soared over the last several decades far beyond previously reported figures, and the percentage of trademarks granted to women has more than doubled, a new study commissioned...

National Women's Business Council WASHINGTON –The number of women awarded patents has soared over the last several decades far beyond previously reported figures, and the percentage of trademarks granted to women has more than doubled, a new study commissioned by the National Women’s Business Council found. The study found that women had a higher representation among trademark holders than patent owners; in 2010, 18 percent of all patents granted went to women while 33 percent of all trademarks granted to individuals and sole proprietorships went to women. The NWBC, a leading voice for women business owners, decided to examine the topic of intellectual property because it often is considered an indicator of entrepreneurial activity, said NWBC Chair Donna James. Read more. Full report ]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.800 2012-03-05T19:55:22Z 2012-03-05T19:59:08Z

From The Physics arXiv Blog Nobody knows whether humans can access exotic images based on quantum entanglement. Now one physicist has designed an experiment to find out. The strange rules of the quantum world lead to many weird phenomena. One...

Nobody knows whether humans can access exotic images based on quantum entanglement. Now one physicist has designed an experiment to find out. The strange rules of the quantum world lead to many weird phenomena. One of these is the puzzling process of quantum imaging, which allows images to form in hitherto unimagined ways. Researchers begin by creating entangled pairs by sending a single laser beam into a non-linear crystal, which converts single photons into entangled pairs of lower frequency photons, a process known as parametric down conversion. A continuous beam generates a series of pairs of entangled photons. Next, they send the entangled photons towards a pair of detectors. Each member of an entangled pair by itself fluctuates in random ways that make its time and position of arrival uncertain. Use one of the detectors to receive just one half of the entangled photons and the result is a blur, smeared by the process of randomness. But use two detectors to receive both sets of photons and the uncertainties disappear, or at least are dramatically reduced. In this case, the 'image' is pinsharp. The uncertainty disappears because of the quantum correlation between the entangled pairs. Read more. ]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.799 2012-03-02T18:04:40Z 2012-03-02T18:41:07Z

The library has a trial of SimplyMap for the month of March. SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that allows you to create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business and marketing data. Data can be downloaded for use with...

SimplyMap for the month of March. SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that allows you to create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business and marketing data. Data can be downloaded for use with other software such as Excel. Click here to give it a try! If you want to be able to save your work, first click on create an account to enter your email address and a password. If you want to access the database without creating an account go to the line below the sign in button “To create a temporary account, click here.” You will go directly to the database, but you won’t be able to save your work. The trial allows 5 concurrent users. Please review this resource for usefulness for your research, teaching purposes, and classroom assignments, ease of navigation, and overlap with other library resources in this area and send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin, by April 6, 2012. We need feedback from faculty and students on the usefulness of this resource for the programs in the Ricciardi College of Business. Thank you for your responses. ]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.798 2012-03-02T17:56:26Z 2012-03-02T18:40:44Z

The library has a trial of the Value Line Research Center, Library Edition for the month of March. The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as...

Value Line Research Center, Library Edition for the month of March. The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. The trial includes access to the following reports: The Value Line Investment Survey The Value Line Investment Survey Small and Mid-Cap Edition The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey The Value Line Daily Options Survey The Value Line Special Situations Service The Value Line Convertibles Survey Click here to try this database! Please review this resource for usefulness for your research, teaching purposes, and classroom assignments, ease of navigation, and overlap with other library resources in this area and send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin, by April 6, 2012. We need feedback from faculty and students on the usefulness of this resource for the programs in the Ricciardi College of Business. Thank you for your responses. ]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.797 2012-03-01T15:46:39Z 2012-03-01T15:51:24Z

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has posted two videos from the ARL #librarianscode event at UCLA Library. Part 1 presents an introduction to the fair use doctrine; part 2 discusses fair use in libraries and the Code of Best...

ARL's YouTube channel.]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.796 2012-02-09T19:58:32Z 2012-02-09T20:01:56Z

A showcase of books that have been burned, from antiquity to present day, is now on display. Included are texts from famous historical cases as well as contemporary incidents, photographs, and other information about book burning. A website companion to...

A website companion to the exhibit, complete with an illustrated gallery, quotations, and more, is also available. Visit the exhibit.]]> tag:library.bridgew.edu,2012:/mt/max//1.795 2012-02-02T18:06:13Z 2012-02-02T18:10:36Z

The library has a trial of the Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1 for 60 days beginning Feb. 1, 2012. Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection presents a digital collection of historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature and...

Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1 for 60 days beginning Feb. 1, 2012. Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection presents a digital collection of historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature and culture. The collection includes 60,000 historical articles, hundreds of political and religious pamphlets, and complete texts of over 1,100 historical books of Hispanic literature, political commentary and culture. 80% of the content is written in Spanish and 20% in English. All of the content is indexed and searchable in both Spanish and English. Click here to try this database. Please review this resource for usefulness for your research, teaching purposes, and classroom assignments, ease of navigation, and overlap with other library resources in this area and send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin, by March 30. We need feedback from faculty and students on the usefulness of this resource for the programs ]]>