The Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement: “According to best estimates, by early 2014, there were over 30 million people who had been internally displaced by conflict and human rights violations. This was the highest number ever recorded and over 25 times the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) counted in 1982. Some of this increase is undoubtedly the result of better and more comprehensive means of estimating the number of IDPs, but it also reflects the increasingly protracted nature of displacement, as well as the increasing use of displacement as a strategy in civil conflicts.”
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Daily Archives: November 5, 2014
Municipal Response to Fiscal Distress in Detroit
Wilson, Meghan, City Auction: Municipal Response to Fiscal Distress in Detroit (November 4, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2519149 “Over the last decade, several metropolitan cities have been forced to think critically about their long-term financial solvency. This paper considers the tangible impacts of long-term financial planning in Detroit, Michigan. In July of 2013,… Continue Reading
Basel III implementation: Progress, pitfalls, and prospects
Keynote speech by Mr Stefan Ingves, Chairman, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and Governor, Sveriges Riksbank at the High-Level Meeting for the Americas, Lima, Peru, 3-5 November 2014. “In the four decades of the Committee’s existence, Latin America’s banks and banking regulators have witnessed their fair share of financial and macroeconomic stress. In meeting those… Continue Reading
The Ethics of Data, Visualized
TRACEY WALLACE – Truth in Data: “Big data sparked public interest in the U.S. beginning with the NSA scandal. Suddenly, it was mass knowledge that not only could the government, or any entity, collect your social media, email or cell data, but they could use it against you. This concept certainly isn’t brand new, and it certainly… Continue Reading
Lack of Transparency Raises Serious Concerns about Planned Uranium Processing Facility
“Federal officials have refused to publicly release information about the cost and scope of a planned Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) in Tennessee, even as the project moves toward the design and construction phase. The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has raised alarms about the scant details that have been revealed about the multi-billion dollar UPF project… Continue Reading
Internet Archive launches online library of video games from the “old days”
“The Internet Arcade is a web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, emulated in JSMAME, part of the JSMESS software package. Containing hundreds of games ranging through many different genres and styles, the Arcade provides research, comparison, and entertainment in the realm of the Video Game Arcade. The game… Continue Reading
NOAA removes 57 tons of marine debris from Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
News release: “A team of 17 NOAA divers sailing aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette has returned from a 33-day mission to remove marine debris from Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, a World Heritage Site and one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. In total, they removed approximately 57 tons of derelict fishing nets… Continue Reading
The Amazing Pattern Library
The Amazing Pattern Library “A PROJECT BY TIM HOLMAN & CLAUDIO GUGLIERI THIS ON GOING PROJECT COMPILES PATTERNS SHARED BY THE MOST TALENTED DESIGNERS OUT THERE FOR YOU TO USE FREELY IN YOUR DESIGNS.” Continue Reading
Berlin Weighs Possible Hit to U.S. Tech Firms
WSJ – “German politicians are debating a new Internet-security law that could exclude U.S. technology companies from Germany’s digital economy, a sign Berlin is beginning to press its commercial advantage after revelations of spying by the NSA. The draft law, which is still being hammered out, envisions new requirements like revealing source code or other proprietary… Continue Reading
