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Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD) What is RAD? Allegheny Regional Asset District RADical Days Allegheny Regional Asset District 2011 RAD Final Budget Allegheny Regional Asset District Cultural Groups Shift Focus to Maintenance Pittsburgh TribuneReview, July 20, 2011 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Architecture LEED Silver for Phipps Design World Architecture News, April 28, 2010 The World's Tallest Building New York Times, January 4, 2010 The Year in Architecture New York Times, 2011 Design Pittsburgh Awards, 2010 AIA Pittsburgh Dynamic Architecture Welcome to the Future, June 24, 2008 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs Keeping Stink Bugs Outside Penn State Cooperative Extension, September 18, 2010 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, April 2011 What's in Your Attic? Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, Perhaps? What's Bugging You?, March 15, 2010 Frequently Asked Questions -- Send a Sample Rutgers, NJ Agricultural Experiment Station, Updated Oct. 27, 2010 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Census 2010 2010 Census Data U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 See the Response US  Census Bureau, 2010 Why It Matters Pennsylvania State Data Center Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Coral Reefs at Risk Reefs at Risk Revisited World Resources Institute, Feb. 23, 2011 Corals NOAA, Dec. 11, 2009 11th International Coral Reefs Symposium July 31, 2008 Ecosystems: Coral Reefs National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA, Oct. 20, 2005 Helping Coral Reefs, Oceans and Ourselves PEW Charitable Trusts, Aug. 26, 2010 Marine National Monuments U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, March 30, 2011 Coral Reef Book and DVD List Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Dark Sky: Lessening Light Pollution Our Vanishing Night National Geographic, Nov. 2008 The Dark Skies of Cherry Springs State Park PA Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources The Natural Night: A Disappearing Resource International Dark-Sky Association Star Gazing Star Gazing Information The University of Texas McDonald Observatory, 2011 Dark-Sky Sites in Pennsylvania ObservingSites.com Star Gazing Forecast for the Pittsburgh Area AccuWeather.com Interactive Star Chart for the Mid-Atlantic Region WunderUnderground.com The Telescope Review Web Site ScopeReviews.com Events Cherry Springs Star Party, May 26-29, 2011 The Astronomical Society of Harrisburg Black Forest Star Party, Aug. 26-28, 2011 Central Pennsylvania Observers, 2011 Amateur Astronomer's Association of Pittsburgh California Institute of Technology Lighting Ordinances Lighting Ordinance Pennsylvania Land Trust Organization, 2011 The Model Lighting Ordinance Journey Architectural Lighting, Apr. 1, 2011 Model Lighting Ordinance (PDF) Illuminating Engineering Society / IDA, 2010 Books Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox The fascinating and forgotten history of man-made light. Brox captures the sense of wonder that permeated the Chicago World's Fair as electric light lit up the "White City," and shows how quickly we became reliant on electric light, recounting the trepidation and anxiety that accompanied the mandatory blackouts of World War II and the power outages that have plagued New York City's power grid since the 1960s. Brox also addresses the unexpected consequences of light pollution, detailing the struggles of astronomers who are no longer able to see stars, and migrating birds that confusedly circle lit buildings at night until they die from exhaustion. Brilliant is an eloquent account of how a luxury so quickly became a necessity, and permanently changed human history. 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Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Drones We, Robot Brookings Institute, September 28, 2010 Drone Wars Foreign Policy, May 28, 2010 Defending Drones: The Laws of War and the Right to Self-Defense Washington Post, April 13, 2010 Predators Over Pakistan Weekly Standard, March 8, 2010 UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston Says Drone Attacks May Violate International Law NYU School of Law News, October 30, 2009 The Predator War New Yorker, October 26, 2009 Revenge of the Drones New America Foundation, Oct. 19, 2009 Drones Book List - Check It Out Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Election - 2010 2010 General Election Results Elections Division, Allegheny County Election at a Glance The League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh How to Apply for an Absentee Ballot in Allegheny County Allegheny County Division of Elections Where to Vote -- Find the location of your polling place PA Department of State Nonpartisan Guide to the Pennsylvania 2010 Ballot League of Women Voters in Pennsylvania Find Your Own Election - Enter your address to find the candidates on your ballot. League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania CAMPAIGN FINANCING Campaign Finance News CQ MoneyLine, Oct. 18, 2010 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Fall Foliage Fall In PA: Download a weekly foliage report VisitPA West Virginia Fall Color Peaks WV State Parks & Forests Why Leaves Change Color U.S. Forest Service Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Food Safety Building a Modern Food Safety System (PDF) Center for Science in the Public Interest, May, 2009 Food Safety Modernization Bill Q&A Center for Food Safety, 2011 New Federal Law Aims to Improve Food-Tracking Issues Northwestern University, Jan. 20, 2011 Marion Nestle on Food-safety Food Politics, 2011 H.R. 2751: Food Safety Modernization Act GovTrack.us, 2009-2011 FOR MORE INFORMATION Center for Food Safety Center for Science in the Public Interest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ConsumersUnion.org Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Food Safety News FoodSafety.gov Safe Food International U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Book List - Check It Out Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Football Concussions Coming to a Head Espn, Jan. 6, 2011 Concussions and Head Injuries in Football New York Times, Oct. 21, 2010   Concussion in Sports Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Aug., 2010 Game Changers Bostonia, Fall 2010 Football Fallout: Research increases concern about long-term concussion impacts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Concussion in Sports Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Sports Concussions SportsConcussions.org Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved The Health Benefits of Touch Hands Hold Key to Reiki Healing Post-Gazette, July 7, 2010 Reiki University of Minnesota, July, 2009 Energy Medicine The Ohio State University Medical Center What Happens During a Reiki Session? NIHSeniorhealth.gov Therapeutic Touch UPMC, Aug., 2011 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Health Care Reform NEWS UPDATES News and Opinions Google News OVERVIEWS About the Affordable Care Act HealthCare.gov Systemic Reform of Health Care Delivery and Payment Brookings Institution, Dec., 2010 Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010 INDIVIDUAL MANDATE Under Siege - The Individual Mandate for Health Insurance and Its Alternatives New England Journal of Medicine, Feb. 16, 2011 STATE INITIATIVES Fact Sheet: "State Leadership in Healthcare Act" Senator Bernie Sanders Vermont Health Care Reform Vermont Official State Website, 2011 Vermont's Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign Vermont Workers' Center, 2003-2011 Massachusetts Health Care Reform Massachusetts Official State Website, 2011 A Single-Payer Laboratory in Vermont The Nation, May 13, 2010 State Coverage Initiatives - Laying the Foundation for Health Reform Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Healthy School Lunches Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Landmark Child Nutrition Improvements to Become Law Center for Science in the Public Interest, Dec. 2, 2010 Summary of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Congressional Research Service, Aug. 5, 2010  Wootan: Hunger-Free Kids Act Will Have Big Impact Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2010 Proposed New Standards for School Lunch and Breakfast USDA Unveils Upgrades to Nutritional Standards for School Meals USDA, Jan. 13, 2010 Read the Proposed USDA Nutrition Standards USDA, Jan. 13, 2011 Healthy School Lunch Initiatives School Food, Is There Hope? Chef Ann Cooper Opens The Lunch Box The Ecocentric Blog, Aug. 10, 2010 Welcome to the Lunch Box! The Lunch Box: Healthy Tools To Help All Schools School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Oct. 20, 2009 The School Lunch Test New York Times Magazine, Aug. 20, 2006 Fed Up With Lunch: The School Lunch Project Farm to School Dr. Susan's Better School Food Blog Better School Food BOOKS Free for All: Fixing School Food in America by Janet Poppendieck Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Japan in Crisis Breaking News Japan Focus: What's Hot The Asia-Pacific Journal Google News At a glance news and updates. BBC Latest A public service broadcaster. How You Can Help How to Help the Victims of the Japan Earthquake USA Today, Mar. 13, 2011 Google Crisis Response Resources, news updates, and donations. Information on emergency responses Charity Navigator Nuclear Crisis Latest NEI Updates Nuclear Energy Institute, 2011 Japan's Nuclear Crisis: The Causes and the Risks The Guardian, March 13, 2011 All Things Nuclear: Insights on Science and Security Union of Concerned Scientists, 2011 Mechanics of a Nuclear Meltdown Explained PBS NewsHour, Mar. 15, 2011 Nuclear Information Hub MIT, 2011 Global Impact Wall Street Journal Economic effects of the disaster, 2011 Japan Quake Impact on Auto & Electronics Makers Reuters, Mar. 29, 2011 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Keystone XL Pipeline News and Opinions Google News Ten Reasons Why the Keystone Pipeline Will Be Built Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Sept. 12, 2011 With the Keystone Pipeline, Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands environment360, Oct. 6, 2011 Keystone X Pipeline Project: Key Issues Congressional Research Service, May 3, 2011 Project Updates U.S. Department of State, 2011 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved

Landscaping and Gardening Affordable Consultations with a Design Professional Community Design Center of Pittsburgh, 2010 Rain Gardens: A How-To Manual for Homeowners University of Wisconsin-Extension, 2003 What's Up with Rain Gardens? The Master Gardeners Landscaping with Native Plants PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources The Tree Resource Guide PA Trees.org Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat National Wildlife Federation Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Local Food What is Local? Sustainable Table, January 2009 10 Reasons to Eat Local Food Eat Local Challenge. April 8, 2006 Politics of the Plate: Talking the Talk on Sustainable Food Gourmet, September 17, 2009 Marion Nestle: Food Policy, Local Food & Food Labeling Earth Eats, July 13, 2010 Local Harvest real farmers, real food, real community Local Harvest, 2010 yumpittsburgh: making local food connections for our farmers & you...the eater Penn State, 2010 Local Food Book List - Check It Out Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Marcellus Shale OVERVIEW Forcing Gas Out of Rock With Water National Geographic, Oct. 17, 2010 Water Resources & Natural Gas Production U.S. Geological Survey, 2009 Natural Gas New York Times, 2009 NEWS Citizen Surveillance Trainings Planned Mountain Watershed Association Regional News Google News State News Citizen's Voice, Luzerne County Local/State News Post-Gazette More Local/State News Tribune Review Pipeline: Your Marcellus Shale Community Post-Gazette The Next Drilling Disaster? The Nation, June 21, 2010 Buried Secrets: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat ProPublica, 2010 INDUSTRY ADVOCACY Marcellus Shale: Energy to Fuel Our Future Marcellus Shale Coalition Facts About Shale Gas American Petroleum Institute ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY Marcellus Shale Protest MarcellusProtest.org Monongahela River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers American Rivers, June 2, 2010 Deep Drilling, Deep Pockets Common Cause, Mar. 5, 2010 Oil and Gas At Your Door? A Landowner's Guide to Oil and Gas Development EarthWorks Oil & Gas Accountability Project, 2005 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research Penn State University, 2010 Natural Gas Penn State University, Cooperative Extension, 2011 Marcellus Shale Portal Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 2011 Potential Impact of a Natural Gas Severance Tax on the Pennsylvania Economy Penn State University, Oct. 5, 2010 Current Efforts to Monitor & Research Effects of Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction University of Pittsburgh, Center for Healthy Environments & Communities, 2011 Marcellus Shale Natural Gas: From the Ground to the Customer League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, 2009 Hydraulic Fracturing Study (2010-2012) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Updated Mar. 30, 2011 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Net Neutrality FCC Net Neutrality Order a 'Squandered Opportunity' Free Press, Dec. 21, 2010 What Do the FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Mean for You?  PCMag.com, Dec. 22, 2010 Here’s Why the Broadband Debate Matters For You ColorLines, August 13, 2010 The Courts Can’t Take Away Our Internet Save the Internet, April 6, 2010 FCC Net Neutrality Smackdown a Win for Free Market, Limited Government The Heritage Foundation, April 6, 2010 Network Neutrality University of California at Berkeley Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved The Nobel Prizes Peace: Q&A with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf TED, Ideas worth spreading, Dec. 10, 2010 Physics: Interview with Saul Perlmutter Nobelprize.org, Oct. 4, 2011 Ralph Steinman Remains Nobel Laureate Nobelprize.org, Oct. 3, 2011 Chemistry: Crystals of Golden Proportions Nobelprize.org, Oct., 2011 Economic Sciences: The art of distinguishing between cause and effect in the macroeconomy Nobelprize.org, Oct., 2011 Literature: Tomas Transtromer's Bio-bibliography Nobelprize.org, Oct. 11, 2011 Physiology or Medicine: About Immune Responses Nobelprize.org, Oct. 11, 2011 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved The Nuclear Power Debate The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety in 2010 Union of Concerned Scientists, Mar. 17, 2011 Should Japan's Reactor Crisis Kill the Nuclear Renaissance? Scientific American, Mar. 17, 2011 What Will Spark the Next Fukushima? The Guardian, Mar. 14, 2011 Chernobyl: Consequences of a Catastrophe for People and the Environment rat haus reality press, Sept. 3, 2010 President's Yucca Policy Inconsistent with Nuclear Rhetoric Heritage Foundation, Feb. 23, 2010 The Next Atomic Age: Can Safe Nuclear Power Work for America? Popular Mechanics, Dec. 18, 2009 Nuclear Isn't Necessary Nature Reports, Oct. 2, 2008 FOR MORE INFORMATION American Enterprise Institute Beyond Nuclear Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Heritage Foundation Institute for Energy and Environment Research International Atomic Energy Agency Natural Resources Defense Council Nuclear Information and Research Service Nuclear Energy Institute Union of Concerned Scientists U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Nuclear Energy U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Public Interest Research Group Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Offshore Drilling News and Opinion Google News Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy U.S. Department of the Interior An Interview with Ken Salazar, March 31, 2010 PBS NewsHour Offshore Drilling: It's Not the Answer Greenpeace Start Drilling American Enterprise Institute End Offshore Drilling Now Center for Biological Diversity 10 Ways Cities and Towns Can Kick the Offshore-oil Habit Grist Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Oil Spills Oil Spills Texas A&M University, July 7, 2010 3 Questions: John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 1, 2010 Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Oil Spill Scientific American, May 25, 2010 Restore The Gulf United States Government, 2010 Deepwater Horizon Response U.S. Coast Guard, 2010 How Do You Clean Up an Oil Spill? University of Delaware, 2004 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Post-Holiday Blues Shake Off Your Post-Holiday Blues CBS News, January 3, 2011 Finding Holiday Joy Amid the Grief WebMD, Nov. 8, 2007 Understanding Depression HelpGuide.org, Dec., 2011 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Post-traumatic stress disorder PubMed Health, Mar. 5, 2011 What Can I Do If I Think I Have PTSD? U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, July 14, 2011 PTSD Hotline U.S. Department of Veterans Affair Mental Health Effects of Serving in Afghanistan and Iraq U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, June 21, 2011 After tour, Reservists' mental health may suffer MedLine Plus, July 21, 2011 One In Five Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Suffer from PTSD or Major Depression RAND Corporation, Apr. 17, 2008 A Soldier's Heart: Day One of a PG Special Series Post-Gazette, Nov. 07, 2010 Most Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with PTSD Did Not Get Enough Care, Study Shows San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, Feb. 9, 2010 FOR MORE INFORMATION National Institute of Mental Health PTSD Alliance Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Social Security, SSI and VA Compensation Soon, the U.S. Department of the Treasury will require people receiving federal benefits to get them electronically. What changes are being made to how federal benefits are being paid? When will the changes take place? Sign Up For Direct Deposit Sign Up For a Prepaid Debit Card Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved SOPA & Internet Piracy Breaking News Google News What is SOPA? Politico, Jan. 17, 2012 How Would SOPA Affect You? CNET, Jan. 18. 2012 Defending SOPA National Review Online, Dec. 1, 2011 SOPA, Internet Regulation and the Economics of Piracy Wired, Jan. 18, 2012 A Political Coming of Age for the Tech Industry New York Times, Jan. 17, 2012 SOPA Opera: Where Do Your Members of Congress Stand on SOPA and PIPA? ProPUblica, Jan. 18. 2012 Unrest in Egypt BREAKING NEWS Al Jazeera English Broadcasting from the Middle East Al-Masry Al-Youm An independent Egyptian media organization. BBC A public service broadcaster. Democracy Now An independent news program. Firedoglake A progressive online news site. The Guardian A British news organization. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES The YouTube Video that Helped Spark the Egyptian Uprising Democracy Now, Feb. 8, 2011 Players in Egypt's Opposition Movement PBS NewsHour, Feb. 1, 2011 Noam Chomsky: "The Most Remarkable Regional Uprising That I Can Remember" Democracy Now, Feb. 2, 2011 BACKGROUND Country Profile BBC News, Feb. 2, 2011  Background Note: Egypt U.S. Department of State, Nov. 10, 2010 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Voter ID Laws Voter ID Requirements FairVote Ruling on Voter ID Law May Spur Tighter State Regulation PBS NewsHour, Apr. 28, 2008 Oppose Voter ID Legislation - Fact Sheet American Civil Liberties Union, July 21, 2011 Voter Photo ID: Protecting the Security of Elections Heritage Foundation, July 13, 2011 From Poll Tax to Voter ID Laws ThinkProgress, Mar. 27, 2011 FOR MORE INFORMATION Commission on Federal Election Reform Election Protection: Nonpartisan Voter Protection Coalition Fair Vote: The Center for Voting and Democracy League of Women Voters National Conference of State Legislatures Project Vote BOOKS & DVDs Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved Wikileaks News Updates The Guardian What Is Wikileaks? BBC, Dec. 7, 2010 Interview with Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Democracy Now, Oct. 26, 2010 Spreading Leaks Before Wikileaks American Journalism Review, Sept., 2010 Is There a Right to Know? National Review, Nov. 30, 2010 Rights Groups Join Criticism of Wikileaks Wall Street Journal, Aug. 9, 2010 EMBASSY CABLES Secret US Embassy Cables WikiLeaks Siprnet: Where America Stores Its Secret Cables The Guardian, Nov. 28, 2010 US Embassy Cables: Browse the Database The Guardian, Nov. 28, 2010 Greg Mitchell and Daniel Ellsberg on the WikiLeaks Document Dump The Nation, Nov. 29, 2010 How Will New Revelations Affect Diplomatic Candor? The News Hour, Nov. 29, 2010 Copyright © Monroeville Public Library, All Rights Reserved

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