HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY !!! 

Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board Weekly Update!

Greetings!

We are happy to announce we received confirmation from the Commonwealth Corporation that the CAMP training program (Cape Area Management Program) will be funded going forward. This means that we will be conducting a cycle of training in the Falmouth area this fall. Any businesses interested please contact Joan McDonald for more information at joan@ciwib.org or (508) 775-5900.

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report Update

In the week ending June 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 614,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 630,000. The 4-week moving average was 615,250, a decrease of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average of 618,000.

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Outlook 2009

Health & Medicine

• The race for biomedical and genetic enhancement will- in the 21st century-be what the space race was in the previous century. Potential Growth Careers: Biomedical Engineers, Genetic Counselors, Genetic Scientists

-Gregory Stock, "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, Living Personally"

• Genetic therapies' promises will tempt more people into tampering with their DNA.Developing knowledge of human genetics may help cure common diseases and "lead to individuals altering their own DNA to enhance their appearances, athletic abil­ities, and mental capacities." Potential Growth Careers: Medical Ethicists, Medical Geneticists

-World Trends & Forecasts

•  Saving snakes may save ourselves. Think twice before you kill that timber rattlesnake! It's venom may have yet-to-be-discov­ered medicinal properties, such as curing diabetes. Unfortunately, "habitat loss and human persecution have put the rattler on the endangered species list." Potential Growth Careers: Environmental Lobbyists, Fish and Game Wardens, Medical and Research Scientists, Wildlife Biologists

-Tomorrow in Brief

• Synthetic blood may alleviate blood shortages.Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a sterile synthetic blood that "can be stored for months on end at room temperature."

-Tomorrow in Brief