Pew Research Center: “The share of Americans for whom Twitter and Facebook serve as a source of news is continuing to rise. This rise comes primarily from more current users encountering news there rather than large increases in the user base overall, according to findings from a new survey. The report also finds that users… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2015
UNAIDS announces goal of 15 million people on life-saving HIV treatment by 2015 has been met
UNAIDS: “The AIDS targets of MDG 6—halting and reversing the spread of HIV—have been achieved and exceeded, according to a new report released today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). New HIV infections have fallen by 35% and AIDS-related deaths by 41%. The global response to HIV has averted 30 million new… Continue Reading
Climate and the crowds at national parks
NOAA Climate.gov: “In 2014, America’s national parks hosted a record-breaking 292.8 million visits, breaking the previous record of 287.1 million visits set in 1999. According to a recent study, warming temperatures will attract even more visitors to most national parks in coming decades. The change could both increase economic opportunities and put stress on park… Continue Reading
Current Federal Reserve Policy Under the Lens of Economic History
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis – Current Federal Reserve Policy Under the Lens of Economic History: A Review Essay by Stephen Williamson. Working Paper 2015-015. “This review essay is intended as a critical review of Humpage (2015), and it expands on the issues raised in that volume. Federal Reserve Policy during the financial crisis,… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – Defense Energy, Facilities Modernization, International Insurance Capital Standards, Mortgage Reforms, Prescription Drugs
Defense Energy: Observations on DOD’s Investments in Alternative Fuels, GAO-15-674: Published: Jul 27, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 27, 2015. Facilities Modernization: DOD Guidance and Processes Reflect Leading Practices for Capital Planning, GAO-15-489: Published: Jul 27, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 27, 2015. International Insurance Capital Standards: Collaboration among U.S. Stakeholders Has Improved but Could Be Enhanced,… Continue Reading
International banking statistics at end-March 2015
“The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today released international banking statistics at end-March 2015. Global cross-border claims of BIS reporting banks continued to expand in early 2015, rising by $755 billion between end-December 2014 and end-March 2015. The latest quarterly increase lifted the annual growth rate of claims to 6%, compared with -2% a year… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Cut and Paste Opinions: A Turing Test for Judicial Decision-Making
Via LLRX.com – Cut and Paste Opinions: A Turing Test for Judicial Decision-Making – Ken Strutin argues that cut-and-paste is a laudable method for reducing transcription errors in copying citations and quotations. However, he identifies that a problem arises when it is used to lift verbatim sections of a party’s arguments into a case decision.… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Library Research Guides: Best Practices
Via LLRX.com – Library Research Guides: Best Practices – Many librarians have a set of research guides that they are responsible for keeping up to date, but finding time to devote to this important task can be extremely difficult. As libraries migrate to LibGuides 2.0, many are using this opportunity to study their users’ preferences,… Continue Reading
Depths of Hydraulic Fracturing and Accompanying Water Use Across US
Environ. Sci. Technol., Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01228 Publication Date (Web): July 21, 2015 Copyright © 2015 American Chemical Society “Reports highlight the safety of hydraulic fracturing for drinking water if it occurs “many hundreds of meters to kilometers underground”. To our knowledge, however, no comprehensive analysis of hydraulic fracturing depths exists. Based on fracturing depths… Continue Reading
Taming Leviathan
Boettke, Peter J. and Palagashvili, Liya, Taming Leviathan (July 24, 2015). GMU Working Paper in Economics. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2635701 “The current public debt crises in Western democratic countries provide an important illustration of what Adam Smith had described as the “juggling trick” – namely deficit increases, accumulation of debt, and debasement of… Continue Reading
Northern Light Launches Competitive Intelligence Portal
Remember Northern Light web search engine – going back to the time I launched LLRX.com – see this News release: “Northern Light® today launched Millie™ (http://millie.northernlight.com), the first market and competitive intelligence portal available free on the web. Millie is structured as a series of industry-specific dashboards, making it easy to find useful information in… Continue Reading
Americans with Disabilities Act – 25th Anniversary
Via USA.gov: “Celebrating 25 Years of the Americans With Disabilities Act – July 26 marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the legislation was signed into law in 1990 to eliminate discrimination against, and to promote opportunities for people with physical and mental… Continue Reading
