“This study focuses on journalists Paul Lewis (The Guardian) and Ravi Somaiya (The New York Times), the most frequently mentioned national and international journalists on Twitter during the 2011 UK summer riots. Both actively tweeted throughout the four-day riot period and this article highlights how they used Twitter as a reporting tool. It discusses a… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Report – Strengthening America's Commitment to Passenger Rail
A New Alignment: Strengthening America’s Commitment to Passenger Rail, by Robert Puentes, Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane “American passenger rail is in the midst of a renaissance. Ridership on Amtrak the primary U.S. carrier is now at record levels and growing fast. This research shows that the countrys 100 largest metropolitan areas are… Continue Reading
Health Status, Health Insurance and Medical Services Utilization: 2001-2011
“A table package that highlights the relationship between the use of medical services (such as visits to doctors and nights spent in the hospital), health status, health insurance coverage and other demographic and economic characteristics. The statistics come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.” Continue Reading
Availability and Price of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Produced in Countries Other Than Iran
News release and Full Report with data: “The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that global liquid fuels1 consumption outpaced production in January and February 2013, resulting in a 1.3-million-barrel-per-day (bbl/d) average draw in global oil stocks. Crude oil prices moved higher during this period, rising above the trading range they had been in for… Continue Reading
Report – More than One in Six Americans Report Inability to Afford Enough Food
News release: “Millions of Americans continued in 2012 to struggle to afford enough food, according to new, up-to-date food hardship data from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). More than one in six Americans (18.2 percent) said in 2012 that there had been times over the past 12 months that they didnt have enough… Continue Reading
New York Federal Reserve – Financial Stability Monitoring
Financial Stability Monitoring, February 2013, Number 601. Authors: Tobias Adrian, Daniel Covitz, and Nellie J. Liang “While the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) broadens the regulatory reach to reduce systemic risks to the U.S. financial system, it does not address some important risks that could migrate to or emanate from entities outside the federal safety net. At… Continue Reading
American Lawyer – Women Partner Watch 2013: Gaining Ground
Women Partner Watch 2013: Gaining Ground: The interactive chart …represents The American Lawyer’s latest attempt at answering a simple question: How many women make partner at the nation’s largest law firms these days? We took our initial stab at answering the question last year. First, Aric Press, editor in chief of American Lawyer parent ALM,… Continue Reading
State Department Report on New Keystone XL Pipeline Application
On March 1, 2013, the Department of State posted a copy of the Environmental Resources Management (ERM) contract and organizational conflicts of interest disclosures. The documents are available here. On March 1, 2013, the Department of State published a Media Note announcing the release of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. On March 1, 2013,… Continue Reading
Report – Money Matters – Stresses Need for Student Financial Literacy Education
News release: “A new report detailing the findings from a survey of 40,000 first-year college students from across the U.S. demonstrates to colleges and universities how student financial problems not only impact individual student outcomes but also the institutional mission. Money Matters on Campus: How Early Attitudes and Behaviors Affect the Financial Decisions of First-Year… Continue Reading
American Lawyer Book Review: Richard Susskind's anaysis of the future state of law firms
Storm Warning – In a new book, futurist Richard Susskind finds most firms unprepared for the challenges ahead. “…my analysis suggests that law firms in the coming decade and beyond will be driven relentlessly by their clients to reduce their costs. For most firms, despite their current hesitancy, I predict that this will lead eventually… Continue Reading
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have concluded that over 40,000 Nazi camps and ghettos existed during Hitler's reign of terror between 1933 to 1945
Huffington Post: “Researchers from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have concluded that over 40,000 Nazi camps and ghettos existed during Hitler’s reign of terror between 1933 to 1945. The total is far higher than most historians had previously estimated, according to The New York Times. Geoffrey Megargee and Martin Dean, the lead editors of… Continue Reading
Recent updates regarding the Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement
Link: “In January 2013, thirteen mortgage servicing companies subject to enforcement actions for deficient practices in mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing reached an agreement in principle with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to provide more than $9.3 billion in cash payments… Continue Reading
