Follow up to postings on driving distractions and texting, this news release and related documentation: “The NTSB voted unanimously for a nationwide ban on the nonemergency use of portable electronic devices (other than those designed to support the driving task) for all drivers.” NYT: Reframing the Debate Over Using Phones Behind the Wheel: “..in an… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Developing available geothermal energy in the US and association with earthquakes
via IEEE Spectrum, Geothermal Energys Promise and Problems: “Geothermal energy is touted as one of the few renewable resources that could be used for base-load (round-the-clock) power generation: Earths heat is always on, and its not dependent on the vagaries of wind or sun. New research from Southern Methodist Universitysponsored by Googles philanthropic armsuggests massive… Continue Reading
GMI Pay Survey Reveals Real CEO Compensation at Big Firms Rose 36% in 2010
“GMIs CEO Pay Survey 2011, one of the largest surveys of CEO compensation in North America, is based on analysis of the Russell 3000 and S&P 500 companies. Only 2,132 CEOs were in the job for the whole of the last two fiscal years, so it is on this smaller sample that changes in CEO… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Foster Children, Weatherization Funds, Medicaid,
Foster Children – HHS Guidance Could Help States Improve Oversight of Psychotropic Prescriptions [Reissued on December 15, 2011], GAO-12-201, Dec 14, 2011 Progress and Challenges in Spending Weatherization Funds, GAO-12-195, Dec 16, 2011 Medicaid – Health Opportunity Accounts Demonstration Program, GAO-12-221R, Dec 16, 2011 Station Fire – Forest Service’s Response Offers Potential Lessons for Future… Continue Reading
Reports that Google Chrome Overtakes IE 8 in Global Market
Technolog: “Ireland-based StatCounter which posts Web analytics based on aggregate data it collects from a sample exceeding 15 billion pageviews per month (including 4 billion in the U.S.), collected from the StatCounter network of more than 3 million websites released a statement about Chrome 15’s ascension, humbling the initial enthusiasm of any Google… Continue Reading
Cal-Tech: High-Energy Physicists Set Record for Network Data Transfer
News release: “Researchers have set a new world record for data transfer, helping to usher in the next generation of high-speed network technology. At the SuperComputing 2011 (SC11) conference in Seattle during mid-November, the international team transferred data in opposite directions at a combined rate of 186 gigabits per second (Gbps) in a wide-area network… Continue Reading
Research: High risk of permafrost thaw
Northern soils will release huge amounts of carbon in a warmer world, say Edward A. G. Schuur, Benjamin Abbott and the Permafrost Carbon Network. “Arctic temperatures are rising fast, and permafrost is thawing. Carbon released into the atmosphere from permafrost soils will accelerate climate change, but the magnitude of this effect remains highly uncertain. Our… Continue Reading
Pew: Where people get information about restaurants and other local businesses
Where people get information about restaurants and other local businesses: “The internet is the source that people most rely on for material about the local business scene and search engines are particularly valued. Newspapers and word of mouth also rank high as sources.” Continue Reading
Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2012
Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2012 – An insiders guide to the changing dynamics set to impact the legal outsourcing field in the coming year. Fronterion LLC. December 2011. The Top Ten Trends for 2012 are: 1. Profitability Squeeze for LPO; 2. Growth Beyond Litigation Support; 3. Technology and LPO Combine; 4. Adoption… Continue Reading
Searches Around the World: Visually explore the top queries from 48 different countries
Google: Searches Around the World – Visually explore the top queries from 48 different countries. “What mattered in 2011? Zeitgeist sorted billions of Google searches to capture the year’s 10 fastest-rising global queries and the rest of the spirit of 2011.” Continue Reading
Memories for the Future – Japan: Before and After the Earthquake and Tsunami
Follow up to previous postings on the 2010 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, see Japan: Before and After the Earthquake and Tsunami Pre- and post-disaster imagery in Google Street View “Google is now also providing thousands of miles of Street View imagery in the affected areas that were collected before and after the disaster. Seeing the… Continue Reading
CDC – Obesity in K8 Students: New York City, 200607 to 201011 School Years
Follow up to related postings on public health and obesity, see this new CDC report: Obesity in K8 Students New York City, 200607 to 201011 School Years, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), December 16, 2011 / 60(49);1673-1678 “Overweight and obese children are more likely to develop risk factors that can lead to respiratory,… Continue Reading
