More Unequal and More Separate: Growth in the Residential Segregation of Families by Income, 1970-2009, Center for Education Policy Analysis, 11/16/2011 “As overall income inequality grew in the last four decades, high- and low-income families have become increasingly less likely to live near one another. Mixed income neighborhoods have grown rarer, while affluent and poor… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Ernst & Young – Renewable energy country attractiveness indices
“The Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices track and rank 40 countries’ renewable energy markets across a selection of technologies each quarter. As policy-makers scramble to stop recession tightening its grip on major economies, demographic changes and growth in emerging markets appear to be driving renewable energy investment. Developed countries are focused on slowing demand and… Continue Reading
Landmine Monitor 2011 covers landmine ban policy, use, production, trade, and stockpiling for every country in the world
Landmine Monitor 2011 – International Campaign to Ban Landmines [See also the searchable database] “Peace agreements may be signed, and hostilities may cease, but landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) are an enduring legacy of conflict. Antipersonnel mines are munitions designed to explode from the presence, proximity, or contact of a person. Antivehicle mines… Continue Reading
Fish Barcode of Life Campaign (FISH-BOL)
“The Fish Barcode of Life Initiative (FISH-BOL), is a global effort to coordinate an assembly of a standardised reference sequence library for all fish species, one that is derived from voucher specimens with authoritative taxonomic identifications. The benefits of barcoding fishes include facilitating species identification for all potential users, including taxonomists; highlighting specimens that represent… Continue Reading
2011 Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response
2011 Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response, September 2011, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. “This report focuses on the governments efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws with respect to peer-to-peer violence based on race, national origin, sex, disability, religion, and sexual orientation or gender identity. The Commission examined the nature and incidence… Continue Reading
Australia world's largest coal exporter, fourth-largest liquefied natural gas exporter
EIA: “In 2010, Australia was the world’s largest coal exporter and fourth-largest liquefied natural gas exporter. Australia is one of the few countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that is a significant net hydrocarbon exporter, sending abroad about two-thirds of its total energy production. Energy exports accounted for 34% of total… Continue Reading
Consumer Reports – 10 tips to prevent ID theft while holiday shopping
“Consumer Reports’ Guide to online security outlines some of the most common Net threatssuch as phishing, online scams, and computer viruses. (See: Best ways to stay safe online.) But our latest security report also notes that mobile phones and social media sites can also present a rising amount of ID theft risks since more consumers… Continue Reading
National Security Archives: The Iran-Contra Scandal – Documents from the Declassified History
News release [Note; scroll down to locate links to the documents obtained via FOIA]: “President Ronald Reagan was briefed in advance about every weapons shipment in the Iran arms-for-hostages deals in 1985-86, and Vice President George H. W. Bush chaired a committee that recommended the mining of the harbors of Nicaragua in 1983, according to… Continue Reading
UK – Promoting a prudent and stable financial system
Speech by Andrew Bailey, Director of UK Banks & Building Societies, at the Future of Retail Banking Conference, London, November 24, 2011 “…I am going to speak this morning in the style of a game of two unequal halves. In the first half I am going to talk about the pressures on the industry, and… Continue Reading
McKinsey report – Resource Revolution: Meeting the worlds energy, materials, food, and water need
“The November 2011 McKinsey report, Resource Revolution: Meeting the worlds energy, materials, food, and water needs shows that the resource challenge can be met through a combination of expanding the supply of resources and a step change in the way they are extracted, converted, and used. Such resource productivity improvements, using existing technology, could satisfy… Continue Reading
UK House of Lords – Nuclear Research and Development Capabilities
News release: “The Government is too complacent about the UK’s nuclear research and development (R&D) capabilities, and associated expertise, which will be lost unless there is a fundamental change in the Governments approach. This is just one of the conclusions of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, which publishes its report [November 22,… Continue Reading
Mapping the Mal Web – The worlds riskiest domains
Mapping the Mal Web – The worlds riskiest domains, by Barbara Kay, CISSP, Secure by Design Group and Paula Greve, Director of Research, McAfee Labs “McAfee has found overall web risk is up from last year. We saw increasing risk in some already risky portions of the web, such as .INFO; some significant reductions in… Continue Reading
