Germany: Technical Note on Stress Testing, December 2011. IMF Country Report No. 11/371 “This note summarizes the stress tests undertaken for the German banking system as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update. Solvency tests for the German banking system assessed medium-term vulnerabilities under two adverse macroeconomic scenarios. The tests considered a variety… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
ComScore: Top 10 Need-to-Knows About Social Networking and Where Its Headed
Its a Social World: Top 10 Need-to-Knows About Social Networking and Where Its Headed, December 21, 2011 “The importance of social networking in todays online experience cannot be overstated. Social networking is the most popular online activity worldwide accounting for nearly 1 in every 5 minutes spent online in October 2011, and reaches 82 percent… Continue Reading
Food Safety Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments – United States, 2010
Food Safety Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments United States, 2010. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), December 23, 2011 / 60(50);1701-1704 “In 2002, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) conducted its first national food safety epidemiology capacity assessment (1), which provided the basis for development of minimum performance standards to guide… Continue Reading
IMF – Germany: Technical Note on Banking Sector Structure
Germany: Technical Note on Banking Sector Structure, December 2011. IMF Country Report No. 11/370 “The prospects of the German Three Pillars system of private, public sector, and cooperative banks is a matter of ongoing debate. The need for a thorough reform of the Landesbanken (LB) is now widely accepted, although finding political consensus on a… Continue Reading
From Flat Foot to Fat Foot: Structure, Ontogeny, Function, and Evolution of Elephant Sixth Toes
via Nature: “Even though an elephants leg looks like a solid column, it actually stands on tip-toe like a horse or a dog. Its heel rests on a large pad of fat that gives it a flat-footed appearance. The pad hides a sixth toe a backward-pointing strut that evolved from one of their sesamoids,… Continue Reading
The Guardian – An interactive timeline of Middle East protests
Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests: “Ever since a man in Tunisia burned himself to death in December 2010 in protest at his treatment by police, pro-democracy rebellions have erupted across the Middle East. This interactive timeline [by Garry Blight, Sheila Pulham and Paul Torpey] traces key events.” Continue Reading
What Can We Learn from Law School? Legal Education Reflects Issues Found in All of Higher Education
What Can We Learn from Law School? Legal Education Reflects Issues Found in All of Higher Education, Julie Margetta Morgan, Center for American Progress, December 2011 “This report explores the field of legal education with the hope that putting a magnifying glass to this small part of higher education will help us better understand the… Continue Reading
FCC Launches Beta version of MyFCC
“Welcome to the Beta version of MyFCC, a new tool that lets you create a customized FCC online experience, with quick access to the tools and information that you need…Personalization options built into MyFCC make it possible to easily create, save and manage a customized page, or dashboard. Choose from a menu of widgets featuring… Continue Reading
Money – Infographic
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EFF – the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011
News release: “As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. The government has been using its secrecy system in absurd ways for decades, but 2011 was… Continue Reading
FAA approves pilot use of iPads in all phases of flight
In following this initial FAA statement, The Apple iPad and Other Suitable Tablet Computing Devices as Electronic Flight Bags (EFB), May 13, 2011 – ZDNet reported, FAA approves iPads in the cockpit; American Airlines to start December 16, 2011. As reported by Jason D. O’Grady: “On Friday, American Airlines is the first airline in the… Continue Reading
Assessment of U.S. Government and Coalition Efforts to Develop the Logistics Sustainment Capability of the Afghan National Army
Assessment of U.S. Government and Coalition Efforts to Develop the Logistics Sustainment Capability of the Afghan National Army, Report No. DODIG-2012-028 December 9, 2011 “…there are significant vulnerabilities and weaknesses in the logistical system, which are identified in the report observations. Among them remains the challenge of establishing a more effective system of oversight with… Continue Reading
