I spoke recently with Alan Gillespie, chairman of IFFIm, about his unique approach to saving the world. He is not a physician or a scientist; rather, he is an economist and financier, who is bringing his considerable experience in the financial markets to bear on preventable disease by raising huge sums of money on the international capital markets for lifesaving vaccines. Read the full story in the current issue of Nature Medicine.
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Higher Postage Rates Effective May 12, 2008
See details about the 2009 rate increase.
On Monday, May 12th, the United States Postal Services (USPS) is raising postal rates. The new rate for a first-class letter will increase from 41 cents to 42 cents. Flat-rate Priority Mail envelopes will increase from $4.60 to $4.80. High fuel prices are the likely reason for the rate increase. The rate increases effect all parts of the country equally, including Hawaii and Alaska.
One way you can hedge against the rate increase is to buy a stockpile of “forever” stamps. These are available at most post offices, and basically, don’t have a price printed on them. This means that they will be accepted forever, regardless of future rates.
For more details about the postage rates increase, visit usps.com.
Science careers and the Hirsch or h-index
What is the value of a scientist’s career? Can it be summed up with one statistic or several? I explore these questions and more in “Indexing Your Career”, an article published in the March 7, 2008, edition of Science magazine in the careers section.