Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents Native Americans--Online Exhibitions
Two new online exhibitions from the National Museum of the American Indian:
+ Great Masters of American Folk Art
+ Who Stole the Teepee?
Note: The National Museum of the American Indian (a part of the Smithsonian) opens today in Washington, DC.
See Also: New, Fast Facts and Stats About the American Indian and Alaska native populations (via U.S. Census)
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Employment--Life Sciences
Source: BioMedCentral
New Resource, Adsumo
From the announcement, "Adsumo, a new website focused on careers and recruiting in the life sciences...Adsumo has partnered with the Mackenzie Group to provide services like resume writing, career coaching and outsourcing assistance. The website will also feature original articles on job hunting in the life sciences as well as relocation guides, salary surveys and regional profiles that catalog life science activity in areas around the globe."
See Also: Direct to Adsumo Job Database
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Oceans
Source: U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
Just Released, Final Report: An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century Exec Summary212 RecommendationsFull Text
-- Education--Finance--Conference Proceedings
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics Developments in School Finance: 2003
"This report contains papers presented at the 2003 annual NCES Summer Data Conference. The scholars' papers address teacher turnover; financing urban schools; the costs of improving student performance; distinguishing good schools from bad in principle and practice; an evaluation of the efficacy of state adequacy and equity indicators; school finance reform in Vermont; and school accountability." Full report (PDF; 690 KB)
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Hurricane Ivan--Satellite Images
Source: Space Imaging
Just Released, Before-and-After Satellite Images of Pensacola, Florida, Show Damage from Hurricane Ivan
"Space Imaging is releasing before-and-after satellite images of Pensacola, Florida's Historic Village along Pensacola Bay and the Chico Bayou area just to the west. Damage from last week's hurricane can be easily discerned when comparing the 'before' one-meter resolution image collected Jan. 4, 2003, to the 'after' image collected Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004. There is considerable amount of debris strewn across the ground in both 'after' images...All images were taken from 423 miles in space as the IKONOS satellite moved from north to south at 17,000 mph over the eastern part of the U.S.
+ Pensacola Historic Village, Florida, Side-by-Side Comparison Images
+ Chico Bayou, Pensacola, Florida, Side-by-Side Comparison Images
See Also: NOAA Has Also Made More than 1300 Aerial Images of Hurricane Ivan's Destruction OverviewDirect to Images
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Venture Capital--Compensation Surveys
Source: VentureOne
Highlights Only: VentureOne Compensation Survey
"The salaries for chief executive officers at venture-backed companies are $25,000 higher than they were a year ago, according to the results of the most recent executive compensation survey conducted by VentureOne, a unit of Dow Jones Newswires."
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