“2013 has been designated European Year of Citizens, with the aim of raising awareness of the rights linked to EU citizenship, under an agreement between Parliament and Council endorsed on Monday by the Civil Liberties Committee. Events will be organised during the Year to explain the rights of citizens who decide to go and live… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Lifestyle, social factors, and survival after age 75: population based study
Lifestyle, social factors, and survival after age 75: population based study. British Medical Journal. 2012; 345: e5568. Published online 2012 August 30. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5568 Results: “During follow-up 1661 (91.8%) participants died. Half of the participants lived longer than 90 years. Half of the current smokers died 1.0 year (95% confidence interval 0.0 to 1.9 years)… Continue Reading
DHS IG – Assessment of Security Within the Department of Defense Security Policy
Assessment of Security Within the Department of Defense Security Policy, Report No. DoDIG-2012-114, July 27, 2012 “Security spans the entire Department and is necessary for the Department to protect its resources. Department of Defense security disciplines have as one fundamental purpose the protection of DoD critical assets and must be applied in a fully… Continue Reading
Report – Global spill-overs from advanced to emerging economies worsen the situation for young jobseekers
News release: “Jobless rates among young people will get even worse globally as the spillover of the euro crisis spreads from advanced to emerging economies, according to an International Labour Organization paper titled Global Employment Outlook: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth…The new forecasts show the youth unemployment rate in developed economies dropping gradually, from… Continue Reading
EIA – China is the world's most populous country and the largest energy consumer in the world
Country Analysis Brief: “China is the world’s most populous country and has a rapidly growing economy, which has driven the country’s high overall energy demand and the quest for securing energy resources. According to the International Monetary Fund, China’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an estimated 9.2 percent in 2011 and 7.8 percent… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – Mass Incarceration and the "Degree of Civilization"
via LLRX.com – Mass Incarceration and the “Degree of Civilization”: Ken Strutin – law librarian, criminal defense attorney, and well-known writer and speaker, documents the preeminence of the United States as the world leader in incarceration. He states that incarceration is when a person loses their freedom pending trial or by serving a sentence –… Continue Reading
Pew – Politics on Social Networking Sites
Politics on Social Networking Sites, by Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith. Sep 4, 2012: “A portion of social networking site users say the sites are important for some of their political activities and the way they decide how to engage with campaigns and issues. At the same time, most users of the sites say they do… Continue Reading
A Behavioural Understanding of Privacy and its Implications for Privacy Law
A Behavioural Understanding of Privacy and its Implications for Privacy Law, Kirsty Hughes, University of Cambridge, September 2012. The Modern Law Review, Vol. 75, Issue 5, pp. 806-836, 2012 “This article draws upon social interaction theory (the work of Irwin Altman) to develop a theory of the right to privacy, which reflects the way that… Continue Reading
Big Data for Education: Data Mining, Data Analytics, and Web Dashboards
Big Data for Education: Data Mining, Data Analytics, and Web Dashboards, Darrell M. West “In this report, I examine the potential for improved research, evaluation, and accountability through data mining, data analytics, and web dashboards. So-called big data make it possible to mine learning information for insights regarding student performance and learning approaches.1 Rather than… Continue Reading
TRAC – Copyright Suits Trending Upward
Via Jeff Lamicela: “The latest available data from the federal courts show that during July 2012 the government reported 296 new copyright civil filings, according to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). This is the fourth straight month where filings have reached close to 300 or more per month —… Continue Reading
CDC Report – Getting Blood Pressure Under Control
CDC Vital Signs, September 2012, Many missed opportunities to prevent heart disease and stroke: “High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, both of which are leading causes of death in the US. Nearly one-third of all American adults have high blood pressure and more than half of them dont… Continue Reading
Working Paper – The Social Value of Policy Signals
The Social Value of Policy Signals, by Stefan Avdjiev, Patrick McGuire and Nikola Tarashev. BIS Working Papers No 386, September 2012. “Do public policy signals improve the alignment of market outcomes with economic fundamentals? Existing work contends that, when individual players have an incentive to coordinate their actions, public policy signals could steer these actions… Continue Reading
