Heather Coates
data librarian; scholarly integrity; open access/data/research; research evaluation beyond the numbers; ORCID: 0000-0003-4290-6997
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OxyContin maker to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, pay $8 billion, and will close the company
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges for its role in creating the nation's opioid crisis and will pay more than $8 billion and close down the company.
Heather Coates
"Purdue (Pharma) will be dissolved as part of the settlement, and its assets will be used to create a new "public benefit company" controlled by a trust or similar entity designed for the benefit of the American public."
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President takes the States to a dangerous place
Ever since Donald Trump set his sights on winning the White House, he's complained, with incendiary vitriol, that American elections are "rigged" against him.
Don Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip cost $60k more than Secret Service originally admitted - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Donald Trump Jr.’s controversial trophy hunting trip to Mongolia cost taxpayers nearly $60k more than the government previously disclosed.
The Voice Cultivation Process: How Team Members Can Help Upward Voice Live on to Implementation - Patricia Satterstrom, Michaela Kerrissey, Julia DiBenigno, 2020
The upward voicing of ideas is vital to organizational performance. Yet power differences between voicers and those with authority may result in valuable ideas ...
I just made my plan to vote -- make yours today!
I just made my plan to vote -- make yours today!
Donald Trump Has At Least $1 Billion In Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested
The president’s liabilities are spelled out in dozens of documents, published here.
White House puts ‘politicals’ at CDC to try to control info
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump White House has installed two political operatives at the nation’s top public health agency to try to control the information it releases about the coronavirus pandemic...
Trump’s financial disclosure shows his Trump Org promotion paying off - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW obtained President Trump's personal financial disclosure from 2019. Read it here.
The Trump family is taking 12x more protected trips than the Obama family - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Last fiscal year, the Trump family took more trips that required Secret Service protection than the Obama family took in seven
Police Are Cutting Ties With Domestic Violence Programs That Support Black Lives Matter
Law enforcement groups in multiple states have put pressure on domestic violence organizations for standing against racism.
How Mark Zuckerberg Learned Politics
Facebook’s CEO long left politics and policy to deputies. No more. As the company’s influence has grown, and with it controversies, political acumen has become an essential tool.
Philadelphia woman now blind after stranger splashed acid in her face
"She saw his eyes. If she was able to see him again she would know his eyes."
'One of the most important events in our history': Taye Diggs gives Emmett Till's legacy a boost
Actor Taye Diggs recently began tweeting about Emmett Till, a 14-year-old who was murdered for whistling at a white woman. We asked him why.
Love and Kindness: A Metta Retreat for the BIPOC Community (
<em>Registration is open until the end of the day Monday, October 26, 2020 (Pacific Time) unless the program fills prior to this time. A waiting list...
Heather Coates
Free love & kindness retreat for #BIPOC practitioners #Buddhism
#metta #meditation
spirit-rock.secure.retreat.guru/program/love-a… h/t @LionsRoar
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PNR Rendezvous: Metrics Toolkit: A Tool for Navigating the Research Metrics Landscape | NNLM
The Metrics Toolkit is an open access resource aimed at helping researchers, evaluators, and librarians understand and responsibly use research metrics, including bibliometrics and altmetrics. The Toolkit provides evidence-based information about...
A $52,112 Helicopter Ride: Coronavirus Patients Battle Surprise Medical Bills
Congress was close to a solution before getting hit with millions of dollars of ads from private-equity firms. Then the pandemic struck.
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication seeks to share useful innovations, both in thought and in practice, with the aim of encouraging scholarly exchange and the subsequent benefits that are borne of scrutiny, experimentation and...
Heather Coates
looking forward to reading Tina Griffin's article "Centering Graduate Students’ Research Projects in Data Management Education: A Pilot Program"
doi.org/10.7710/2162-3… #MDLS20
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Family grieving after mother’s boyfriend kills 3-year-old son in shooting
A grieving family is remembering the life of a 3-year-old boy who was killed in a shooting police say that involved his mother’s boyfriend.