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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Researchers estimate over two million deaths annually from air pollution
“A new study published in ERL has found that over two million deaths occur each year as a direct result of human-caused outdoor air pollution.” The full article, Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and the contribution of past climate change. Continue Reading
American Banker – Bring Back Glass-Steagall? Which Version?
Slideshow via American Banker (free to non-subscribers) – Bring Back Glass-Steagall? Which Version? See also 80 years on, Glass-Steagall staging a comeback FT.com (sub. req’d) Glass-Steagall, reanimated Continue Reading
Federal report shows drop in proportion of children in US population
“The number of children living in the United States declined slightly, as did the percentage of the U.S. population who are children, according to the federal government’s annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation’s children and youth. The percentage of children living in the United States who are Asian, non-Hispanic increased, as did… Continue Reading
Department of Justice Report on Review of News Media Policies
Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on the Justice Department Report on Revised Media Guidelines: After conducting a rigorous review of internal Justice Department guidelines governing investigations and other law enforcement matters that involve journalists, Attorney General Eric Holder today released a report outlining several key reforms to the department’s protocols, as well as the… Continue Reading
CDC releases report on 30-year low in youth homicide rates
“The homicide rate for youth aged 10 to 24 years in the United States reached a 30-year low in 2010, according to data published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 30-year low in 2010 was seen across all age and racial/ethnic… Continue Reading
Paper – Universities’ Role as Knowledge Sources for Product Innovations
Universities’ Role as Knowledge Sources for Product Innovations by Kohei Nishikawa – Setsunan University; Daisuke Kanama – Hokkaido Information University, July 2013 Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER) Paper No. E-56 “This study verified innovation objectives for Japanese SMEs’ access to university knowledge the effects of university knowledge on innovation outcomes. The analysis found the… Continue Reading
Paper – Bubble Cycle
Bubble Cycle by Masaya Sakuragawa – Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER); Keio University – Faculty of Economics. July 1, 2013. Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER) Paper No. E-55 “This paper analyzes the boom–bust cycle driven by rational bubbles in an overlapping generations economy that is subject to borrowing constraints. At the heart of… Continue Reading
Fastcase 50 for 2013
“2013 was the Year of Reinvention, with innovators gathering at several national conferences pushing the boundaries of the business of law, using software, algorithms, and new pricing models for lawyers as a way to better provide legal services to the middle class. New companies challenged our assumptions about legal research, and established challengers hit their… Continue Reading
New poem on LLRX.com by Brooke Grasberger
Via LLRX.com – Brooke Grasberger’s Legends. Continue Reading
UK Guardian: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
“Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company’s own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian. The files provided by Edward Snowden illustrate the scale of co-operation between Silicon Valley and the intelligence agencies over the… Continue Reading
EPIC Files Supreme Court Petition, Challenges Domestic Surveillance Program
“EPIC has filed a Petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court vacate an unlawful order by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that enables the collection of all domestic phone record by the NSA. The order, directed to Verizon, requires the production of all “call detail records” for calls made “wholly within the United… Continue Reading
