Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

Looks like the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) is open for business again; tours by reservation. A great online USNO feature is the “Sky This Week” featuring Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin).  You may recall that the USNO is also the residence of the VP and was, for all practcial purposes, off-limits for eight years.

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Ever wonder where the family joules come from? EPA has an interactive feature, “Where You Live” that provides the answer on a local level — just type in your ZIP code.  Couple of caveats though…

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Thanks to the NYT and my library colleagues I am able to revisit the yummy topic of food contamination (this may have to become a blog sub-category). In spite of the Pure Food and
Drug Act small quantities of contaminates have been “allowed” in foods; links to the awful details of this FDA policy are here. [...]

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The President waded through his first press conference; no shoes were thrown (at least not literally).

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The GOP is not out of the picture, sure they can appear obstructionist (see the House vote on the “stimulate” bill) but at rnc.org things are revving up…

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