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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Renewable Energy Policy Project (Saturday, 10/1/05)
If you would like to know more about renewable energies, the Renewable Energy Policy Project may be a good place to start. It was founded in 1995 with money from the Energy Foundation and the Department of Energy.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Commission on Federal Election Reform (Sunday, 10/2/05)
Here's Margaret Warner's interview with a prominent Democrat and a prominent Republican, former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, respectively, plus the full transcript of the Final Commission Report: Building Confidence in U.S. Elections.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Medicine in the Americas, 1619-1914 (Monday, 10/3/05)
The role of physician in the United States has changed enormously in only a few years as medical practice has become more rooted in scientific research. Not so long ago, doctors were able to offer little more than a handshake and a "Good luck" to many patients. Placebos and bedside manner were among the physician's principal tools. However, within only a few years, medicine has become one of the towering creative triumphs of the species. From the History of Medicine division of the National Library of Medicine, here is a look at medicine in the Americas from the early 17th century until the First World War.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (Tuesday, 10/4/05)
For more than forty years, the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies has maintained a close relationship to the renowned Harvard School of Public Health.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Western Trails (Wednesday, 10/5/05)
Western Trails offers access to thousands of original documents relating to Western history in the United States. The database is a product of a collaboration among a variety of institutions.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Guide to the New Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (Thursday, 10/6/05)
Despite its original name, AARP is not simply an association of retired people, although it is one of the largest and most influential lobbying organizations in the United States. For instance, Chief Justice John Roberts is old enough to join AARP, even though, if his health holds over the decades, there is a good chance that he will remain in his position for more than thirty years. Fairly young people are invited to become members of AARP, and many people are working longer than during earlier years, either because they want to or because they have to. Still, for a variety of reasons, many AARP members have good reason to be interested in the new prescription drug benefits that will soon be added to Medicare.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: A Perspective on Psychology and Economics (Friday, 10/7/05)
For a long time, economists largely have ignored psychology, because the relative imprecision of psychological theory has not added precision to economic models and predictions. While precision is not the principal defining characteristic of a science--some natural phenomena are simply fundamentally imprecise--psychological science has developed a lot during recent years, suggesting that it might be time for economists to take another look. Here's A Perspective on Psychology and Economics from one of the leading authorities on the subject, Matthew Rabin, of the Department of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Education For All (Saturday, 10/8/05)
UNESCO's continues to work toward the full realization of all of the Education For All goals established in the 1990 conference.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Office of the Surgeon General (Sunday, 10/9/05)
Given the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the huge earthquake affecting Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, and the prospect of an avian flu pandemic on the scale of the flu that killed tens of thousands of people in 1918, the world's attention may be shifting from political conflicts and geopolitics in general toward the awesome power of nature to challenge mankind's best efforts. This might be a good time to visit the site of the Office of the Surgeon General.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Nobel Prize Internet Archive (Monday, 10/10/05)
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive can tell you about the Nobel Laureates so far this year, as well as all who have been awarded the coveted prize since its beginning in 1901.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: AmeriCorps (Tuesday, 10/11/05)
AmeriCorps, sometimes referred to as the "domestic Peace Corps," was started during the Clinton administration and has been supported by the current Bush administration. It draws on the American tradition of volunteer community service.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Endangered Species Program (Wednesday, 10/12/05)
There have been several periods of mass extinction during the history of life on Earth. One occurred 65 million years ago when, not only the dinosaurs, but also a large proportion of other animal and plant species became extinct. Another period of mass extinction is going on right now. Here's the Endangered Species Program from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Outsourcing Institute (Thursday, 10/13/05)
The Outsourcing Institute is a commercial organization that assists organizations in assigning work to overseas labor.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Report on the World Social Situation (Friday, 10/14/05)
Many experts throughout the world have been expressing alarm about the growing global gap between rich and poor and its likely consequences for the world, even if you don't care about individual people. Here's the Report on the World Social Situation from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Einstein's Big Idea (Saturday, 10/15/05)
Einstein's Big Idea is the Internet companion to the PBS "NOVA" program of the same name which explores implications of one of the most powerful ideas in human history. It's likely that, ten-thousand years from now, the ideas behind Einstein's famous equation showing the equivalency of matter and energy will be as relevant as today, even though current higher educational institutions and their symbols are likely to be known or of interest to only a few archeologists, or whatever they may be called by then.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Uncommon Knowledge (Sunday, 10/16/05)
Quick--which world-class university is named after a 19th century California governor?
In addition to its historic role in the hi-tech revolution that has changed the world, the Leland Stanford University in Palo Alto contains several of the best academic departments on the planet--psychology, for instance. It's also where the Hoover Institution is located, which is named after a President whose administration was week, but who became perhaps the most effective former president in American history, at least until Jimmy Carter.
Moreover, the Hoover Institution, in addition to being the place where former Secretary of State, Dr. George Schultz hangs out quite a bit, also produces one of the most thoughtful programs in public broadcasting. It is "Uncommon Knowledge," and its host is Peter Robinson, the man who completed the same academic program at Oxford that former President Bill Clinton went through, and who, as one of President Reagan's speechwriters, coined one of Reagan's most historic signature lines: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Food & Society (Monday, 10/17/05)
Food & Society was founded in 2000 by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to examine issues having to do with food production, particularly community-based initiatives.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake (Tuesday, 10/18/05)
Sir Francis Drake might be considered one of the first "globalization" experts in that his circumnavigations of the globe for Britain's Elizabeth I during the late 16th century, among other things, provided a fairly clear idea of how large Earth is. The Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake offers access to many original documents.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Average Health Care Costs Per Vehicle by Automaker (Wednesday, 10/19/05)
Here are the average health care costs per vehicle by automaker last year in a variety of regions.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Mortgage Rates (Thursday, 10/20/05)
Yahoo! provides current information on mortgage rates in their real estate section. Included is a primer for first-time home buyers.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Rising Above the Gathering Storm (Friday, 10/21/05)
A case can be made that the 20th century was the American century, but there is growing concern that the Sun may set on American preeminence during the 21st, just as previously dominant nations and empires lost their edge and fell back into the pack; e.g., Rome, Spain, Britain, etc. We've written repeatedly about the growing importance of India and China in a global economy that depends increasingly on technological innovation. The National Academy of Sciences addresses these concerns in its new report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Biggest Commuter Cities (Saturday, 10/22/05)
Some U.S. cities contain far more people during the day than at night. Here are America's biggest commuter cities.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Organization for Victim Assistance (Sunday, 10/23/05)
Victims of all kinds from around the world can obtain help and support from the National Organization for Victim Assistance which has been doing its work for thirty years.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum (Monday, 10/24/05)
Despite common stereotypical assumptions, there are many reasons to visit Iowa, and here's one of them: The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. President Hoover was in the White House when the Great Depression began, which, whatever the extent to which his policies played a role, was enough to tarnish his image, in spite of his many accomplishments.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Predicting Seasonal Weather (Tuesday, 10/25/05)
Agriculture is not the only sector that is sensitive to weather conditions, and many people would like to have better guesses available about weather trends more than a couple of days ahead. Here's the National Science Foundation's site on predicting seasonal weather.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Best Workplaces for Commuters (Thursday, 10/27/05)
Of the Fortune 500 corporations, the Environmental Protection Agency has identified those which appear to offer the best benefits to employees who commute. Here's the EPA's Best Workplaces for Commuters.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Smithsonian TV (Friday, 10/28/05)
The Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian TV is a "gateway to live online events and multimedia content."
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Human Development Report 2005 (Saturday, 10/29/05)
The United Nations works to help create environments in which people can "develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accord with their needs and interests.² Here's its Human Development Report 2005.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The National Womenıs Health Information Center (Sunday, 10/30/05)
You will find a useful collection of health tools and much more at the National Womenıs Health Information Center.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Top-Earning Dead Celebrities (Monday, 10/31/05)
Here's Fortune magazine's latest list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. Even though he soon will have been dead for thirty years, Elvis is number one.
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