http://www.worryingtrends.com The ship is NOT sinking. Yet. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:47:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bad: in 2003, 300,000 DNA samples waiting for processing, with an estimated 1,000,000 uncollected samples from inmates.Predictable: in 2008, 450,000 waiting for processing, no estimates yet made regarding current uncollected samples.Contributing to the overall sloth of the criminal justice system, the tools that allow us to differentiate between criminals who ... http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=16 Bad: in 2003, 300,000 DNA samples waiting for processing, with an estimated 1,000,000 uncollected samples from inmates.Predictable: in 2008, 450,000 waiting for processing, no estimates yet made from current uncollected samples.Yahoo News Article http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=17 Title: "Maxed Out"It's in 9 parts on YouTube, amazing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbC-N8nhBkE http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=15 Title: "The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see."If the link breaks, search for the title at video.google.com. http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=14 About 1 in 50 infants in the U.S. have been neglected or abused, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group. My question: why is this the first national study that has been conducted on this problem? Neglected children grow up to be emotionally imbalanced adults. The ... http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=13 Title: "Old canals concern federal water bosses"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080405/ap_on_re_us/aging_irrigation_canals;_ylt=AlUY2jCKiLNWlYmxtBd8t2ms0NUE http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=12 It's thug paradise: cop shortages due to budget cuts means Joe Public answers 911 calls. http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=11 This article has a number of great statistics, some of which truly put things into perspective. For example: "We pay in interest four times more than we spend on education and four times what it will cost to cover 10 million children with health insurance for five years," said House Speaker Nancy ... http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=10 First sentence knockout: Nearly two-thirds of academic leaders surveyed at U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals have financial ties to industry, illustrating how pervasive these relationships have become, researchers say.The article is worth a read. http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=9 A brief collection of quotes from a few officials who might, one would think, have been in the position to know what was on the horizon for the housing market. Maybe they didn't want to precipitate a calamity by issuing dire warnings, but these quotes hardly help the credibility of ... http://www.worryingtrends.com/?p=8