Bees and other pollinators: their health and value – “A report outlining the current and proposed government led policies and initiatives to support bees and other pollinators in England. Ref: PB13981 “Pollinators are animals that transfer pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower, enabling the flower to set seed and fruit (fertilisation).… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2013
BIS – Capital requirements for banks’ equity investments in funds
“The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today published a set of proposals that would revise the prudential treatment of banks’ equity investments in funds. The Basel II framework outlines the current treatment of banks’ equity investments in funds under the Standardised Approach and the Internal Ratings-Based (IRB) approaches for credit risk and the Committee believes… Continue Reading
BIS – New Report on Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme
“The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published its first report on the regulatory consistency of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) for credit risk in the banking book. This study is a part of its wider Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP), which is intended to ensure consistent implementation of the Basel III framework. The study draws… Continue Reading
UK Parliament to launch in-depth inquiry into US surveillance programmes
News release: “Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee will conduct an “in-depth inquiry” into the US surveillance programmes, including the bugging of EU premises and other spying allegations, and present its results by the end of this year, says a resolution passed by the full House on Thursday. Parliament’s President and political group leaders formally confirmed the… Continue Reading
Europe – Parliament sets out priorities for overhauling EU banks
News release: “Bank board members must be personally liable for mistakes and banks’ riskier trading activities must be clearly separated from their more conservative lending ones, said MEPs on Wednesday, in a resolution setting out Parliament’s priorities for a broad overhaul of EU banks. The non-legislative resolution, an input to Commission proposals due in September,… Continue Reading
EPA and Commerce Link U.S. Analysis and Companies in Environmental Solutions Toolkit
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Commerce are announcing the launch of an interactive online reference tool for international audiences that connects EPA environmental analysis and regulatory structure to U.S. solutions providers. The U.S. Environmental Solutions Toolkit was developed as a joint venture between the EPA and the U.S.… Continue Reading
EIA – State Energy Data System: Complete Set of State-Level Estimates Through 2011
“The State Energy Data System (SEDS) is the source of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) comprehensive state energy statistics. EIA’s goal in maintaining SEDS is to create historical time series of energy production, consumption, prices, and expenditures by state that are defined as consistently as possible over time and across sectors for analysis and… Continue Reading
Library of Congress – A New Look for Legal Blawg Archive
“For more than six years, the Law Library of Congress has been collecting images of select legal blogs on a monthly basis. The Legal Blawg Archive was created so that the legal events detailed and analyzed in the blogs of today can be studied for years to come. Now this archive is available in an updated user interface… Continue Reading
Pew – 6% of Online Adults are reddit Users
6% of Online Adults are reddit Users by Maeve Duggan, Aaron Smith – July 3, 2013 “Six percentof online adults are reddit users, according to a nationally representative survey by thePewResearch Center’s Internet & American Life Project. This is our first survey that specifically examines reddit as a standalone platform, and it finds that young… Continue Reading
Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School
“Many children and adolescents in the United States have grown accustomed to a sedentary lifestyle. Currently, less than half of youth meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommendation of at least 60 minutes of daily vigorous to moderate-intensity physical activity. This increases youths’ health risks and can… Continue Reading
European Parliament has adopted new EU legislation to fight cyber-crime
“The Directive on attacks against information systems builds on rules that have been in force since 2005 (Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA). While retaining a number of current provisions, it introduces new offences, such as the use of tools to commit large-scale attacks, new aggravating circumstances and higher criminal sanctions that are necessary to fight more… Continue Reading
Resource on British Columbia Annual Property Assessments
“About BC Assessment: BC Assessment produces independent, uniform and efficient property assessments on an annual basis for all property owners in the province. Structure: BC Assessment operates as an independent, provincial Crown corporation, governed by a Board of Directors and is accountable to the Government of B.C. The President and CEO of BC Assessment is… Continue Reading
