The nation's state and local public-employee retirement systems had $ 2.7 trillion in total cash and investment holdings in 2010, a $ 257.2 billion or 10.6 percent increase from $ 2.4 trillion in 2009, according to new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. This follows a $ 722.2 billion loss the previous year. These ... U.S. Census Bureau News - Governments … [Read more...]
Census Bureau Reports Public Pension Assets Increase More Than $257 Billion for State and Local Public-Employee Retirement Systems in 2010
May 21, 2012 by ·
On Armed Forces Day, Reclamation’s New Melones Lake Begins Offering Active Duty Military/Dependents New Free Park Pass
May 21, 2012 by ·
SONORA, CALIF. – The Bureau of Reclamation is one of several federal agencies offering a new, free annual pass to active duty service members and their dependents that grants them free access to more than 2,000 national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests, and other public lands, including Reclamation’s New Melones Lake, located in Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. The free pass is part of First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden’s Joining Forces initiative to mobilize all sectors of society to give our service members the opportunities and support they have … [Read more...]
Lack of Rain Keeps Some TVA Reservoir Levels Below Normal
May 21, 2012 by ·
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Panetta Discusses Cooperation With French Defense Minister
May 21, 2012 by ·
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta met with newly appointed French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to discuss Afghan transition prior to the upcoming NATO Summit, a senior Pentagon spokesman said. American Forces Press Service News Feed … [Read more...]
International Women’s Day commemorated in Tripoli
May 20, 2012 by ·
Participants at workshop discuss issues related to womenThe United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Tripoli organized a series of events to celebrate International Women's Day. On 9 March 2009, UNIC Tripoli together with Ghadaffi International Charity and Development Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held a workshop entitled "Empowerment of Women and Gender Equity: International Women’s Day 2009." A professor from Garyounis University opened the workshop and expressed his appreciation for the strong leadership and support provided … [Read more...]
Tsunami Information Statement
May 20, 2012 by ·
000 WEHW42 PHEB 180210 TIBHWX HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-180410-TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 410 PM HST THU MAY 17 2012TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAIISUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENTTHIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERSORIGIN TIME - 0401 PM HST 17 MAY 2012 COORDINATES - 44.7 SOUTH 80.3 WEST LOCATION - OFF COAST OF SOUTHERN CHILE MAGNITUDE - 6.7 MOMENTEVALUATIONBASED ON ALL AVAILABLE … [Read more...]
The use of acoustic inversion to estimate the bubble size distribution in pipelines
May 20, 2012 by ·
New research from the University of Southampton has devised a new method to more accurately measure gas bubbles in pipelines. The ability to measure gas bubbles in pipelines is vital to the manufacturing, power and petrochemical industries. In the case of harvesting petrochemicals from the seabed, warning of bubbles present in the crude that is being harvested is crucial because otherwise when these bubbles are brought up from the seabed (where pressure is very high) to the surface where the rig is, the reduction in pressure causes these bubbles to expand and causes 'blow out'. A blow out is … [Read more...]
Cataloger’s Corner: Mystery Score Identified!
May 20, 2012 by ·
Krasinsky, "Ouverture et airs du ballet de Telemaque." Paris? between 1790 and 1820? The following is a guest post by Sharon McKinley, Senior Music Cataloger. Old sheet music can be brittle. The pages are often dissected and bound into volumes by previous owners. Sometimes a piece is simply missing pages. With all that, do you ever wonder how Library of Congress catalogers can identify a piece? I did too. Recently I had occasion to deal with a mystery score entitled Telemaque. Hmm, no composer. Looks like we’re missing the title page. There are a bunch of … [Read more...]
So Long, Plavix, What a Ride! Clopidogrel Patent Expires
May 20, 2012 by ·
Expiration of the clopidogrel patent draws a close to a "fascinating era" in cardiovascular medicine, say experts, having had its largest impact in the ACS and poststenting settings. Yet even as the patent expires there remain some unanswered questions, particularly given the emergence of platelet function and genetic testing for clopidogrel metabolism. Heartwire Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines … [Read more...]
Exhibit at the Pino Suarez Subway station in Mexico City
May 20, 2012 by ·
Jadranka Mihalic at the exhibit openingAs of 27 January 2011, more then 80,000 people who daily transit the Pino Suarez Subway station in Mexico City will have the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust by visiting the exhibit organized for the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.The exhibition, inaugurated by Jadranka Mihalic, UN Information Centre (UNIC) Mexico City Director, as well as representatives of the Mexico City Human Rights Commission, B'nai B'rith organization and Danielle Wolfowicz, Holocaust survivor will be display … [Read more...]
