Venezuela

Want to learn more about the U.S.-Venezuela relationship? The Congressional Research Service has just released a new version of it's report "Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy" (campus access only). It gives a concise history of the Chavez administration and the current state of relationships between the two countries. To learn even more check out the Department of State's Venezuela page, which has links to current reports, such as the Human Rights and Religious freedom reports.

Scientific Writing

This is a blog entry for the ENVS3020 class. Feel free to discuss environmental issues or any other discussions from the class here in the blog. This blog is monitored by librarians, so feel free to ask questions of us as well as each other. The handout used in this class is available online.

Today's weather history

Ok, so we didn't get the foot of snow they predicted, but we have gotten more then a foot of snow on this day in the past. Check out NOAA's Weather history page for the Denver Metro area. In 1944 the Denver area received 18.5 inches of snow, compare that with 1907 when the record high of 82 degrees occurred.

Irish-American statistics

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, the US Census Bureau has released a fact sheet of interesting statistics about Irish-Americans and the St. Patrick's Day celebration in the US: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006328.html

National Security Strategy

The White House released has released the 2006 National Security Strategy. This report explains the security strategy of the United States. The National Security Strategy is published periodically by the President of the United States, we have a paper copy of President Bush's first National Security Strategy published in 2000 at: PR 42.2:SE 3.