This press release says it all. You can read about it from philly.com For those who are interested, you might like to peruse the New Jersey Statewide Pandemic Influenza Plan.
Archive for April, 2009
President Obama’s 100 Days Speech
You can both read his speech and view the speech here. Analyses and commentaries are provided by CNN, The New York Times(featuring five historians commenting on previous administrations’ 100 days), the BBC, Time, The Atlantic, and the Brookings Institution .
Free Online Pandemic Book Collection
Thanks to the National Academies Press, the Pandemic Influenza Special Collection of ten books is available online. Including such works as “The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary,” all these works can be read in HTML format. When you go to the list of books, you will see a link – “Buy this single book” – under each title. Simply click on that link and you will be taken to another page featuring the book in question, like this. You’ll notice there is a red tab in the upper left quadrant which states: Read This Book Online, Free!. Click there and the HTML version will be accessible. Additional related titles may be read here and here.
Best Graduate Schools – US News & World Report
The 2009 rankings for a diverse number of graduate programs have been released by US News & World Report. Basic information is supplied about each program. The major fields are subdivided into specialities; i.e., the rankings for chemistry are broken down to include organic chemistry programs or inorganic chemistry programs, among others. Here’s an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education on this. Another ranking service, based on data from the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, and the National Center for Education Statistics is available from PhDs.org.
Swine Flu
The news of late has been full of reports concerning the reappearance of the swine flu: the BBC, New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Reuters are good places to review current events. The Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Orgnization also provide pertinent facts and information. The CDC also has a report on the swine flu outbreak in California and Texas. The full text of the Secretary of Homeland Security’s press briefing on the swine flu can be read here. A timeline for this latest outbreak may be perused. Tips for preventing the spread of swine flu are here, courtesy of the Associated Press. To read about New Jersey’s own swine flu outbreak in 1976, called A/New Jersey/76(Hsw1N1), please read this article.
New Jersey School Board and Budget Votes
While it is too early to call all races or budget votes, this NJ.com report does list a vast majority of all the results for most New Jersey towns. The results will be updated throughout the day.
Lifting of Some Sanctions Against Cuba
With NJCU being the only four-year institution of higher education in New Jersey classified as an HSI(Hispanic Serving Institution), with New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez being the son of Cuban immigrants, and with Jersey City being in close proximity to two municipalities which have significant Cuban populations( 12% in Union City and 17% in West New York), President Obama’s relationship with the government of Cuba sparks great interest. The Jurist carries a great deal of background information on this topic, while USNews.com provides links to many other news publications discussing this easing of sanctions. The BBC has a good country profile on Cuba as does this Library of Congress site. A good place to find additional information on Cuba is the Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC). These CRS reports should also be consulted: Cuba: Issues for the 111th Congress and Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances. Working papers in the social sciences on Cuba can be retrieved from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) while current monographs can be found at the University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions. This Brookings paper should also be consulted as well as this site from the Council on Foreign Relations.Those who wish to delve deeper into the past may consult the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) through 1960; succeeding volumes of the FRUS dealing with Cuba(the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis) are here.
2009 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
The awards were announced this afternoon at 3PM. The New York Times garnered five Pulitzers. For other book awards, please look at this site as well as this site from bookwire. A previous blog entry will direct you to other resources as well.
2009 Fortune 500 Released
Technically, this list is actually comprised of the top 1000 companies along with their financial information. As importantly, you can access the Fortune 500 back to 1955. You’ll find that the #1 company in 2009 -ExxonMobil- was #2 back in 1955, and that the #6 company today- General Motors – was #1 in 1955. There is also a CEO list which can be subdivided for women CEOs. Additional features are also available.
