Today In Perspective

Week of January 22, 2009 – Inaugurations Kill Birds

todayinperspective — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:33:16 +0000

This week we take a look at the history of US Presidential Inaugurations and this week’s historical inauguration of President Barack Obama.

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Facts & Firsts
http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/factsandfirsts/index.cfm
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pinotable.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0119/breaking29.htm
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/specialtopics/slideshows/slideshow-inauguration2009.html

20th Amendment to the US Constitution
http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/html/amdt20_user.html#amdt20_hd1

President Obama’s Inauguration
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/01/22/oaths_bibles_and_presidents.html?hpid=topnews
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.ann.nixon.cooper/index.html
http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2440
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10145923-36.html
http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/hourly/USDC0001?stn=0&when=012009

James Buchanan – The First Photographed Inauguration
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr073.html

Week of January 15, 2009 – The Lottery: Everyone’s A Winner!

todayinperspective — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:46:44 +0000

This week we take a look at the first recorded lottery in England and current news about the lottery in the US.

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11 January 1569 The First Recorded Lottery In England
http://www.historyoflottery.com
http://books.google.com/books?id=h4jIF8ZoAE0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0
http://zenmischief.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-english-lottery-1569.html
http://www.uklotteryinformation.com/history-information2.htm

US Lottery Sales High Despite Recession
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gexbCzoeOW0Ul9HM-g4U734GZEZgD95L9DS80
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013678419

Lottery in North Carolina
http://www.nc-educationlottery.org/about_where-the-money-goes.aspx
http://www.nc-educationlottery.org/uploads/5846-NCEL%2009%20Bnfcry%20Bro.pdf

Arkansas Wants A Lottery
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/01/12/ap5910402.html

Iowa Lottery to raise funds for veterans
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090112/NEWS/701129949/1006s

National Lottery in England today
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=goodcauseslp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/7823586.stm

Week of January 8, 2008 – Shattering the Glass Ceiling

todayinperspective — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:45:03 +0000

This week we take at some of the first minorities to be elected into leadership in American government.

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Nellie Tayloe Ross, first female governor – 1925
http://www.nellietayloeross.com
http://ahc.uwyo.edu/usearchives/inventories/00948.htm#Introduction

http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/index.cfm?action=Past_directors

Moses Alexander, first Jewish governor – 1915
http://www.idahohistory.net/moses_alexander.html
http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=a8acbcfa0bc67010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD

Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African American Senator – 1870
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000166

Jeannette Rankin, first woman in congress – 1917
http://womenincongress.house.gov/profiles/index.html?id=R000055

Hattie Wyatt Caraway, first woman in the Senate – 1931
http://womenincongress.house.gov/profiles/index.html?id=C000138

Lawrence Douglas Wilder, first African American Governor – 1990
http://www.vahistorical.org/sva2003/wilder.htm

David Paterson, fourth African American Governor – 2008
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/10/paterson.bio/

Bobby Jindal, first governor of Indian decent – 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/20/AR2007102000528.html?hpid=topnews?hpid=topnews

Female Candidates for Vice-President 1880-2000
http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Candidates_Vice1880.htm

Women currently serving in US Government
http://womenincongress.house.gov/
http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/press_room/news/documents/PressRelease_11-5-08updated.pdf

National Governors Association
http://www.nga.org

111th United States Congress
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40086_20081231.pdf
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=379
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2009/01/demographics_of_the_111th_cong.php
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/06/the-111th-congress-new-me_n_155610.html

Week of December 25, 2008 – Christmas In Perspective

todayinperspective — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:40:41 +0000

This week we take a look at the history of our favorite Christmas songs.

Merry Christmas!!

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Christmas song history resource
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com

O Holy Night
http://hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/o_holy_night.htm
http://www.findthepower.com/ChristmasPagesTheStoryOfOHolyNight.htm

Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Images/Stephan/adeste_fideles_a_study_on_its_or.htm

http://musiced.about.com/od/christmasnewyeararticles/qt/adestefidelis.htm

http://christianmusic.suite101.com/article.cfm/oh_come_all_ye_faithful

White Christmas
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/18333

http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/white_christmas.htm

Jingle Bells
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C195?exhibitId=195
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/james_lord_pierpont.htm
http://folkmusic.about.com/od/folksongs/qt/JingleBells.htm

In depth analysis of what is quite possibly the worst rendition of O Holy Night
http://www.burnsidewriterscollective.com/reviews/music/o/the_abominable_o_holy_night1106.php

Week of December 18, 2008 – 1963 Clean Air Act: The Color of the Wind

todayinperspective — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:55:25 +0000

This week we take a look at the continuing evolution of the 1963 Clean Air Act.

Download as .mp3 – Today In Perspective Week of December 18, 2008

History of Clean Air Act
http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/caa_history.html
http://www.ametsoc.org/Sloan/cleanair/index.html
http://www.ametsoc.org/sloan/cleanair/cleanairlegisl.html#caa63
http://www.sparetheair.org/teachers/bigpicture/IIIc3.html
http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/clean-air-act
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-clean-air-act.htm
http://www.cleanairtrust.org/nepa2cercla.html

Editorial on anniversary of the Clean Air Act
http://www.progressive.org/mp/kalet121508.html

News About Clean Air Act & EPA
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BA0CJ20081211
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2008/2008-12-11-093.asp
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/12/10/epas-efforts-to-curb-air-pollution-in-limbo.html

“Exxon Mobil To Pay $6.1 Million Penalty For Clean Air Violation”
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200812171534DOWJONESDJONLINE000942_FORTUNE5.htm

Bush Administration sought to change Clean Air Act
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics/archives/156686.asp

Proposed Cow Tax
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122913405823603643.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/08/tax-cow-emissions-us-news

“Mercury pollution spurs lawsuit”
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2008/12/mercury_pollution_spurs_lawsui.html

“Duke Energy seeks revised permit at Cliffside”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28030854/

President Elect Obama’s EPA
http://change.gov/agenda/energy_and_environment_agenda/
http://www.hklaw.com/id24660/PublicationId2512/ReturnId31/contentid53351/

Tax dollars at work: Check out the color of your air
http://airnow.gov

Week of December 11, 2008 – Alfred Nobel: “Merchant of Death” Makes Good

todayinperspective — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:34:11 +0000

This week we take a look at Alfred Nobel and the history of his Nobel Prizes awarded annually on December 10th.

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Alfred Nobel, his prizes, 2008 Laureates
http://www.nobelprize.org
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/2008.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/nobel_prizes/index.html

Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, Roger Y. Tsien and their prize winning glowing mice
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/science/09nobel.html?_r=1
http://www.conncoll.edu/ccacad/zimmer/GFP-ww/GFP-1.htm
http://www.mbl.edu/news/features/shimomura.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/chalfie/
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/PIEAGL.html
http://www.tsienlab.ucsd.edu/
http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/281/37/e29

Paul Krugman, winner for Economics
http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/
http://krugmanonline.com/

Leader in the discovery of HPV Harald zur Hausen
http://www.cancerworld.org/CancerWorld/getStaticModFile.aspx?id=717
http://www.gairdner.org/awards/awardees2/2008/2008awarde/haraldzurh
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-Germany-Nobel-Medicine.php

Peace Prize Winner Martti Ahtisaari
http://www.cmi.fi/?content=cv_board&id=1

1915 Article mistakenly announcing Nobel win & information about Telsa/Edison
http://www.jimloy.com/physics/edison.htm
http://www.teslasociety.com/biography.htm

Ghandi never won a Nobel Prize
http://www.thepicky.com/popular/why-was-gandhi-never-awarded-the-nobel-peace-prize/

Waggle Dance controversy
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/ic/dance/dance.html
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/05/67494

Nazi Nobel Philipp Lenard
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1905/lenard-bio.html
http://www.einstein-website.de/biographies/print/p_lenard.html
http://great-scientists.suite101.com/article.cfm/philipp_lenard_german_physicist

No Nobel Prizes in Hitler’s Germany
http://science.howstuffworks.com/german-biologists/gerhard-domagk-info.htm
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Gerhard:Domagk.html
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Carl:von:Ossietzky.htm

HIV Discovery Controversy
http://www.suppressedscience.net/aids-debate.html

Slideshow about Alfred Nobel
http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/will/slideshow/slideshow-large.ram

Week of December 4, 2008 – 41st Anniversary of First Successful Human to Human Heart Transplant

todayinperspective — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:19:59 +0000

This week we take a look at the accomplishment of Dr. Christiaan Barnard, new advances that might soon make the need for heart transplants a thing of the past, and what you can do to save a life!

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The story of Dr. Christiaan Barnard and the famous heart transplant:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19671215,00.html

http://www.heartofcapetown.co.za/

http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07113014151003.htm

“Stem Cell Heart Surgery That Could End The Need For Transplants”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3543349/British-team-lead-stem-cell-heart-surgery-that-could-end-need-for-transplants.html

Organ Donation Facts & Statistics
http://www.mayoclinic.org/heart-transplant/statsrst.html

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4588

http://www.ustransplant.org/
http://www.transplantliving.org/

Learn more about organ donation and how to register to become an organ donor
http://www.organdonor.gov/
http://www.optn.org/

Illinois has an amazing program promoting organ donation!
http://www.donatelifeillinois.org/

Week of November 20, 2008 – Nuclear Testing and Nuclear Banning

todayinperspective — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:00:25 +0000

This week we take a look at the history of the Nevada Nuclear Test Site and the current state of nuclear weapons in the United States and the world.

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History of some November nuclear tests
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/index.html
Iran claims success in long-range nuclear missile tests
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/world/middleeast/13iran.html?ref=middleeast

Air Force is coming up short on nuclear inspections
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCjGGBk2FhnSRLMNHhVbti6S2_vQD94DKETO1
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123124785
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20081119_2236.php

Harvard Reports this week detailing current state of nuclear weapons world wide and recommendations for the new US administration

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18673/preventing_nuclear_terrorism.html
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18672/securing_the_bomb_2008.html
Obama supports US ratification of CNTBT
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111702976.html

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Website full of information about the history and current status of nuclear weapons testing around the world
www.ctbto.org

Week of November 13, 2008 – A Busy Week for NASA

todayinperspective — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:11:38 +0000

This week we take a look at Novembers of NASA’s past and what they are up to right now.

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November 13, 1978 NASA launches HEAO
http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/QuickLooks/heaoQL.html
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/einstein/heao2.html

November 13, 1986 NASA launches space vehicle S-199
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17-TGE.html

November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo12info.html

NASA General History and Information
http://www.nasa.gov
http://www.nasa.gov/50th/home/index.html
http://history.nasa.gov/monograph10/nasabrth.html
http://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html

Mars Rovers
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20081113a.html

Constellation Program
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/163092main_constellation_program_overview.pdf
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/index.html

Information on US National Budget
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/browse.html

TiP follows NASA programs on Twitter and you can too!
http://twitter.com/NASA
http://twitter.com/CassiniSaturn
http://twitter.com/MarsRovers
http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix

Week of October 30, 2008 – The Electoral College: Birthday Party vs. 80′s Party

todayinperspective — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:44:55 +0000

This week we take a look at the history of the Electoral College and its role in next week’s General Election.

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History and opinions about the Electoral College:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=30970
http://www.howstuffworks.com/electoral-college.htm
http://www.fec.gov/pdf/eleccoll.pdf
http://mises.org/story/545

CNN Electoral College Map Calculator:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/

Polling information:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/polling/index.html

Jonathan Hennessey & Aaron McConnell’s excellent graphic adaptation of the United States Constitution:

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