EPA dropped wetlands cases, memo says: From the EPA: “The confusion primarily surrounds temporary streams and wetlands not large enough to be navigable, but which are among the most prevalent types of waters across the country.” Uh, the creek runs in the spring, and is empty in the fall. ELMO
This is exciting… if for nothing else, the chemistry of Mars is starting to be known! (click on the title for the link) ELMO
Please click the title link to hear the whole story… ELMO
“Annan: World Must Help African Nations Tackle Food Crisis “Fuel costs and supply shortages have caused a spike in food prices across Africa — prompting calls for an agricultural revolution on the continent. Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan discusses efforts to address the crisis.” Please watch the video here.
This NewsHour segment is a great review of the impact of the Information Age on current affairs. While it specifically refers to the impact on the US presidential election, the implications are broad and apply to the building of our own Chemists Without Borders community. Please check this out. You can watch the video, listen …
The Online NewsHour: AIDS in Africa: Focus on Rwanda and Tanzania | PBS Here are some excellent reports on progress being made in Africa resulting from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR.
Regular 1st week meeting June 5, 2008 @ 1700 GMTDoug Molitor, Steve Chambreau, Bego Gerber, Lois Ongley Our first meeting will be in Campbell, CA June 15, 2008 from noon on.We will discuss our mission and vision; introduce everyone; review our on-going projects and do a project management training. In articular we will discuss efforts …
Choice quote: “But the ad agencies argue their work has a minimal role in persuading people to buy a new car, raising the question of why car companies take up so much space in magazines.” Either the advertisers are really bad at their jobs, or they haven’t watched the Superbowl… ELMO
Chemists without Borders – and especially our colleagues in the U.S. – please consider writing a comment in support of the U.S. National Institutes of Health’ Public Access Policy! Comments are due tomorrow, Saturday, May 31, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The U.S. NIH Public Access policy requires that publicly-funded medical research in the U.S. …
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Technology Review: $100 Laptop Gets Redesigned One Laptop per Child (OLPC) version 2.0, smaller, cheaper. Imagine what we can do when everyone is connected. This is just the beginning of the Information Age. Consider this: the types of jobs that many of today’s elementary school children will end up seeking do not even exist yet.