Native Americans

Native American Citizenship

This series of illustrated essays discusses the history of American Indian citizenship and U.S. policy concerning Native Americans.

Subjects include the reservation system, American Indian schools, citizenship for native veterans, the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act, and related topics.

From Nebraskastudies.org, a project of the Nebraska Department of Education and the Nebraska State Historical Society.

URL: URL=http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0140.html

Nonprofit Organizations

From the John Hopkins Center for Civil Studies:


Nonprofit Fiscal Trends and Challenges (PDF; 967 KB)

Press Release:

Despite continuing fiscal challenges, the percentage of nonprofits reporting severe fiscal stress fell between 2003 and 2006, according to a recent survey by the Johns Hopkins Nonprofit Listening Post Project.

Reflecting this, a substantial majority — 76 percent — of nonprofit organizations in all fields, and of all sizes, reported generally successful financial performance during 2006, the survey showed.
The nearly 750 organizations surveyed are involved in children and family services, elderly housing and services, community and economic development, and culture and the arts.

The study followed up on similar surveys of nonprofit fiscal trends and challenges conducted in 2003.

Bioterriorism

From The Center for Public Health and Disasters:

Bioterrorism: Are You Prepared?

The materials available through this site were developed specifically to help familiarize physicians with:

agents most likely to be used in a bioterrorist incident
associated signs and symptoms
decontamination and infection control measures
treatment
reporting
working with local, regional, and state facilities
bioterrorism-related information resources.

The Center for Public Health and Disasters is committed to bringing you the best in disaster training materials. We hope this information will help you and your staff learn about recognizing and responding to a biological terrorism event.

The training materials include:

PowerPoint slide presentation
List of bioterrorism-related journal articles
Links to other web-based resources
Frequently asked questions about biological agents

Source: Center for Public Health and Disasters (UCLA)

Airport Codes

If you are travelling this summer, this is a handy Web site to know about:

World Airport Codes


http://www.world-airport-codes.com/


The place to find airport codes, abbreviations, runway lengths and other airport information.

World Airport Codes provides information for almost every airport in the world.

Using the search box, you can search for airport codes in 5 different ways:
By country name (e.g. Egypt).
By country abbreviation (e.g. GB for Great Britain).
By city name (e.g. Amsterdam).
By airport name (e.g. Heathrow).
By airport code (e.g. LAX).

Health Map

A map of emerging infectious diseases:

HEALTHmap: Global Disease Alert Map

This site aggregates data from news and health information sources to provide a real-time map of emerging infectious diseases. View all disease alerts by country, or limit results to specific diseases or information source.

Includes a feed of the latest alerts. Created by a team from the Children's Hospital Informatics Program of Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health, Sciences and Technology.

URL: http://healthmap.org/

Agriculture and Ethanol

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service:

Ethanol Expansion in the United States: How Will the Agricultural Sector Adjust?

World Health Statistics 2007

From the World Health Organization:

Statistics: WHO publishes key world health statistics

World health statistics 2007, the most complete set of health statistics from its 193 Member States. This edition also highlights trends in 10 of the most closely watched global health statistics. It is the authoritative annual reference for a set of 50 health indicators in countries around the world.