The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of 10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, organized by Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary.
By 1893, more than half the states were observing a "Labor Day" on one day or another, and Congress
passed a bill to establish a federal holiday in 1894.
President Grover Cleveland signed the bill soon afterward, designating the first Monday in September as Labor Day.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Dotty Wakes Up Tired but in a Good Mood
My name is Bob DeMarco, I am an Alzheimer's caregiver. My mother Dorothy, now 94 years old, has Alzheimer's disease.
Listen to Dotty in the morning.
Listen to Dotty in the morning.
Friday, August 20, 2010
The Myth about Smoking and Alzheimer's
People say and believe that if you smoke the odds of getting Alzheimer's are reduced. Fact or Fiction?
Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Weekly Rail Container Volume Highest on Record
"The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported rail intermodal volume on U.S. railroads for the week ending Aug. 14, 2010 was the highest of 2010, with 233,767 total trailers and containers, up 20.8 percent from the same week in 2009, but down 1.4 percent compared with 2008 (see chart above). Weekly container volume, a subset of intermodal, was the highest on record up 22.4 percent compared with the same week in 2009, and up 6.4 percent with the same week in 2008. Trailer volume, the other subset of intermodal, rose 12.3 percent last week compared with the same week in 2009, but fell 31 percent compared with 2008.
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DO MEN "NEED" ORGASMS MORE THAN WOMEN?
Conventional wisdom is that men have a stronger sex drive than women, and some scholars have gone so far as to say that women don't really care about whether they have an orgasm in sex, but just about the warmth of the relationship. However, a recent study of college women's sexual experiences found that those who had an orgasm were much more likely to report that they enjoyed what went on physically with their partner. Indeed, a statistical analysis of whether the student had an orgasm and her reported enjoyment of sex found that orgasm was more predictive of enjoyment for women than men.
Professor Paula England, Department of Sociology, Stanford University. pengland@stanford.edu; W: 650-723-4912
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Seven Reasons Tech Start-Ups Are Setting Up Shop in New York
Silicon Valley is arguably the best place to start a tech business in the U.S., but there are a few reasons entrepreneurs are choosing New York.
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Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims Details and Comparison
In the week ending Aug. 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 500,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 488,000. The 4-week moving average was 482,500, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised average of 474,500.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Why the Suicide Rate Among Veterans Is Climbing (Video)
Question: What is behind the recent spike in army suicides?
Paul Rieckhoff: There are a number of factors, but here's the bottom line: we lost 32 active duty soldiers to suicide in the month of June. That's just the Army, that's just active duty, that's just in June. If we lost 32 troops in Fallujah today, the national media would be focused on it, the President would be moving hell and high water, Secretary Gates would be saying, “Get to the bottom of this.”
Paul Rieckhoff: There are a number of factors, but here's the bottom line: we lost 32 active duty soldiers to suicide in the month of June. That's just the Army, that's just active duty, that's just in June. If we lost 32 troops in Fallujah today, the national media would be focused on it, the President would be moving hell and high water, Secretary Gates would be saying, “Get to the bottom of this.”
Al Qaeda Plans for Israel War
Al Qaeda Plans for Israel War
Undated video still of Saeed al Shehri. (AP Photo)
The terror group's arm in Yemen is ordering jihadists across the region to ready themselves for a war "by the Jews against Iran" that will spread across the globe, according to a new audio message. Bruce Riedel on the assassinations al Qaeda is plotting to exploit the conflict—and the new threats against America.
Al Qaeda is warning its supporters and sympathizers to prepare for a new war in the Middle East which it says will pit Israel against Iran. Al Qaeda’s franchise in Yemen, the self styled Al Qaeda in the Arabian Pennisula (AQAP), issued an audio message earlier this month with a lecture by its second-in-command Saeed al Shehri in which he tells jihadists in the Middle East that “what is expected is for the war to begin by the Jews against Iran.”
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Original content Bob DeMarco, Look Beyond the Obvious
Seven Faces of “The Peril” of Deflation
In this paper I discuss the possibility that the U.S. economy may become enmeshed in a Japanese-style, de‡ationary outcome within the next several years.
To frame the discussion, I rely on an analysis that emphasizes two possible long-run outcomes (steady states) for the economy, one which is consistent with monetary policy as it has typically been implemented in the U.S. in recent years, and one which is consistent with the low nominal interest rate, de‡ationary regime observed in Japan during the same period.
Original content Bob DeMarco, All American Investor
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Stephen Hawking's Warning: Abandon Earth—Or Face Extinction (Video)
One way or another, the life on Earth will likely become uninhabitable for mankind in the future. We need to start seriously thinking about how we will free ourselves from the constraints of this dying planet. --Stephen Hawking
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Information That Is Needed to Identify You: 33 Bits
Take, for example, a database that stores a user’s ZIP code, gender, age and model of car. On their own, these things sound anonymous. But if the ZIP code has 20,000 people, gender narrows that down to 10,000. Age could cut it down to a few hundred, and once you add model of car, you could be looking at a handful of people. Add other characteristics, like specific browser type and computer operating system, and you may be describing just one individual.
How many pieces of information are needed to identify an individual? In the field of re-identification science, it’s 33 “bits,” specifically “33 bits of entropy.” (Information-science researchers refer to random pieces of information as “entropy.”)
Read more.
Original content Bob DeMarco, Look Beyond the Obvious
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How many pieces of information are needed to identify an individual? In the field of re-identification science, it’s 33 “bits,” specifically “33 bits of entropy.” (Information-science researchers refer to random pieces of information as “entropy.”)
Read more.
Original content Bob DeMarco, Look Beyond the Obvious
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Microsoft ships emergency Windows patch
Microsoft has rushed out and emergency patch for all supported versions of Windows to cover a gaping — and under attack — security flaw in the way shortcuts are displayed by the operating system.
Microsoft has rushed out and emergency patch for all supported versions of Windows to cover a gaping — and under attack — security flaw in
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Monday, August 2, 2010
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