guardian.co.uk Datablog: “We have identified 33 serious incidents and accidents at nuclear power stations since the first recorded one in 1952 at Chalk River in Ontario, Canada. The information is partially from the International Atomic Energy Authority – which, astonishingly, fails to keep a complete historical database – and partially from reports. Of those we have identified, six happened in the US and five in Japan. The UK and Russia have had three apiece. Using Google Fusion tables, we’ve put these on a map, so you can see how they’re spread around the globe…”
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Daily Archives: March 18, 2011
Pensions at a Glance 2011: Retirement-Income Systems in OECD and G20 Countries
Pensions at a Glance 2011 – Retirement-income Systems in OECD and G20 Countries, March 17, 2011 “This fourth edition of Pensions at a Glance provides an expanded range of indicators for comparing pension policies and the outcomes of these policies between OECD countries. The indicators are also, where possible, provided for new OECD member countries… Continue Reading
Fiscal 2010 Sexual Assault in the Military Report
News release: “The Department of Defense today released the Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military. This years report also incorporates results from the quadrennial 2010 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members, an anonymous and voluntary survey conducted by the Defense Manpower Data Center, which measures gender issues… Continue Reading
How NGOs Affect U.S. Media Coverage of Africa
They Wanted Journalists to Say Wow – How NGOs Affect U.S. Media Coverage of Africa, By Karen Rothmyer, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Discussion Paper Series #D‐61, January 2011 “Since 1995, the rate of poverty throughout the continent has been falling steadily, and much faster than previously thought, according to… Continue Reading
How the iPhone Widens the United States Trade Deficit with the Peoples Republic of China
Asian Development Bank Institute Working Paper Series – How the iPhone Widens the United States Trade Deficit with the Peoples Republic of China, Yuqing Xing and Neal Detert, No. 257, December 2010 “In this paper, we use the iPhone as a case to show that even high-tech products invented by United States (US) companies will… Continue Reading
