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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Transportation Apps and Vehicle-Sharing Tools that Are Giving More Americans the Freedom to Drive Less
A New Way to Go The Transportation Apps and Vehicle-Sharing Tools that Are Giving More Americans the Freedom to Drive Less. U.S. PIRG Education Fund Frontier Group, Tony Dutzik and Travis Madsen, Frontier Group, Phineas Baxandall, Ph.D. . U.S. PIRG Education Fund. Fall 2013. Among the findings cited in the report: Public transit enhancements – A majority of U.S. transit systems make… Continue Reading
Global Shadow Banking Monitoring Report 2013
Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its third annual Global Shadow Banking Monitoring Report: “The report includes data from 25 jurisdictions and the euro area as a whole; these jurisdictions represent about 80% of global GDP and 90% of global financial system assets. For the first time the report also incorporates estimates from a hedge fund survey by the… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – UsBook: Toward a family-friendly Facebook alternative to preserve your memories and help future historians
Via LLRX.com – UsBook: Toward a family-friendly Facebook alternative to preserve your memories and help future historians–while respecting privacy David Rothman’s commentary focuses on how the Digital Public Library of America is still on track to be a mostly academic creature despite the P word in its name. But David supports innovative, creative and value-added goals that… Continue Reading
Project ranks billions of drug interactions
Drugable.com predicts mechanisms through computation: “For decades, drug development was mostly a game of trial and error, with brute-force candidate screens throwing up millions more duds than winners. Researchers are now using computers to get a head start. By analysing the chemical structure of a drug, they can see if it is likely to bind… Continue Reading
Premiums and Worker Contributions Among Workers Covered by Employer-Sponsored Coverage, 1999-2013
Kaiser Foundation: “Since 1999 the Employer Health Benefits Survey has documented trends in the employer-sponsored health insurance market. Every year about two thousand private and non-federal public employers with three or more employees have completed the full survey. Among other topics, the survey asks firms for the premium or full per person cost of their… Continue Reading
NPR – U.S. Offers To Destroy Some Of Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Eyder Peralta: “The United States has offered to destroy some of Syria’s chemical weapons, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement on Friday. The U.S. plans to destroy the chemicals aboard a U.S. vessel at sea using a process called hydrolysis, in which chemical agents are neutralized using hot water plus other chemicals…NPR’s… Continue Reading
Better Botanical Business Bureau
“Welcome to the Better Botanical Business Bureau, where botanical mistakes in commercial and public venues and products are showcased and corrected. It is not unusual with products, ingredients, and images used in media, design, and commercial works to be presented with the wrong common names, wrong species names, and/or wrong ingredients. This blog provides educational… Continue Reading
Women and men in leadership positions in the European Union, 2013
Women and men in leadership positions in the European Union, 2013. A review of the situation and recent progress October 2013. “Women account for 46% of people in employment across the EU13 and on average they have a higher level of education than their male colleagues: 34% of working women have some form of tertiary level education compared to… Continue Reading
Urban Institute – Closing the Wealth Gap
Closing the Wealth Gap: Empowering Minority-Owned Businesses to Reach Their Full Potential for Growth and Job Creation, Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline Ratcliffe, Released November 26, 2013. “The racial wealth gap grows sharply with age. When people are in their 30s and 40s, whites have about 3.5 times more wealth than people of color. By the time people reach… Continue Reading
EFF Introducing a Compendium of the Released NSA Spying Documents
EFF – “The ongoing NSA leaks, Freedom of Information Act lawsuits and government declassification continue to bring vital information to the public about the the ongoing efforts of the NSA and its allies to spy on millions of innocent people. What started out as news detailing the agency’s collections of users’ calling records, phone calls,… Continue Reading
Historians and the Use of Primary Source Materials in the Digital Age
Historians and the Use of Primary Source Materials in the Digital Age, Alexandra Chassanoff, 2013/9/1. American Archivist. Volume 76 Issue 2 Pages 458-480.Society of American Archivists “This study examines how academic historians search for, access, and use primary source materials in their research pursuits. Recruited historians completed an online questionnaire about current information practices and potential information needs in archival settings. The results shed… Continue Reading
