The contracting of independent experts is "an acknowledgment that they've gotten a lot of flack for this and they have to do something," said John Mutter, a Columbia University professor who studied deaths after Hurricane Katrina. "The good thing to do is to get an independent group to help them do
Date: Feb 23, 2018
Category: World
Source: Google
What was Hurricane Maria's real death toll in Puerto Rico
ncluding CNN, have raised questions about the accuracy of the official Hurricane Maria death tollin Puerto Rico. A storm as powerful as Maria would be expected to kill hundreds of people, not dozens, said John Mutter, a professor at Columbia University who reviewed deaths after Hurricane Katrina. S
John Mutter: Well never know exactly what the [fatality number] is, but lets say its close to 2,000. You have to go back to 1900 to have a similar event in the United States. Its more typical of poor countries today, or our country a long time ago. So something weird was going on with Katrina. I
Date: Aug 28, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Music Mondays: Agnes Obel, NoFx, Sleaford Mods, Moth Mouth
quartet describes itself as anelectronic jam band. Lee Hutzulak (vox/drum machine), Dave Leith (synthesizers), John Mutter (electric guitar) and Matt Skillings (electric piano) all played together previously and their familiarity aids in the free-form approach to this one-off recording off the floor.
Date: Oct 30, 2016
Source: Google
Amazon to open a second bookshop, this one in Southern California
Amazon "dominates the book market," said John Mutter, editor-in-chief of Shelf Awareness, an online newsletter for booksellers and librarians. "In some ways it feels like they want to get into brick-and-mortar book retailing to try and disrupt the one part of the business they don't dominate."
Date: Mar 08, 2016
Category: Business
Source: Google
Is Amazon turning a page with hundreds of real-world stores?
"I think Amazon's approach with the bricks-and-mortar stores is as much about showcasing the company and some of its products as it is about selling books," said Shelf Awareness editor-in-chief John Mutter in an email. "One indicator: the Seattle store's centerpiece are tables with Kindles, Fires an
Date: Feb 03, 2016
Category: Business
Source: Google
Amazon is said to be planning an expansion into retail bookstores
There are all kinds of studies that show the best way to find things when you dont know what youre looking for is an old-fashioned bookstore, said John Mutter, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Shelf Awareness, which publishes an email newsletter for booksellers and librarians. I think thats a
Date: Feb 03, 2016
Category: Business
Source: Google
Amazon Opens Its First Bookstore as Extension of Website
"They're the dominant retailer in the country, and they kind of got there by playing real hard ball," said John Mutter, editor-in-chief of the book trade newsletter Shelf Awareness. "They are considered the Darth Vader of the business because they play really brutally."