Missoulian: Missoula air quality reaches unhealthy level due to wildfire smoke
NOAA: Weather Story – Lingering Smoke and Haze
New York Times: Obama Calls On Congress to ‘Pass This Jobs Bill’ Quickly
White House: The American Jobs Act
Friday, September 9, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Fires/ FDA/ NASA
Missoulian: Fires in Sapphire Mountains flare in dry, windy conditions
Forbes: FDA Reviewers Say J&J, Bayer Blood Thinner Should Be Rejected
PC Magazine: Ahead of Grail Launch, NASA Releases Sharper Images of Moon 
Landing Sites
NASA Spacecraft Images Offer Sharper Views of Apollo Landing Sites “NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites. Images show the twists and turns of the paths made when the astronauts explored the lunar surface.”
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Babesiosis/ USPS
Infection Control Today - US Blood Supply Vulnerable to Parasitic Infection Spread by Ticks
CDC, Parasites - Babesiosis
"Babesiosis is caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells and are spread by certain ticks. In the United States, tickborne transmission is most common in particular regions and seasons: it mainly occurs in parts of the Northeast and upper Midwest and usually peaks during the warm months."
Bloomburg- Fedex May Feel Squeeze of Postal Service Cuts
H.R.1351 -- United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011
H.R.2434 -- Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012
“For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $78,153,000, which shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 2012: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year 2012.”
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