Via LLRX.com – Solitary Confinement: Out of Sight, Out of Mind – Ken Strutin’s article surveys notable legal developments, new scholarship, and recent scientific research concerning the administration and effects of solitary confinement. Strutin describes solitary confinement as punishment’s punishment. He states that solitary is where the mind is worn out by pacing the same… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Office of Financial Research Publishes Financial Stability Report
“The Office of Financial Research (OFR) unveiled its first annual Financial Stability Report today, saying threats to the stability of the U.S. financial system have edged higher over the past year… In the Financial Stability Report, the OFR assessed vulnerabilities and resilience in the financial system, highlighting these areas of concern: Credit risks are elevated… Continue Reading
U.S. National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment 2015
Department of the Treasury – U.S. National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment 2015, December 15, 2015. “After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the United States adopted a preventive approach to combating all forms of terrorist activity. Efforts to combat the financing of terrorism (CFT) are a central pillar of this approach. Cutting off financial support… Continue Reading
Dominant companies in the world – All Tech
Business Insider – This amazing Goldman Sachs chart shows how tech companies have come to dominate the world – Goldman Sachs released a huge note full of great charts for clients, including an end-of-year financial crossword. One of the more eye-catching graphics is of the top 20 companies by size, charted for the past 10… Continue Reading
Guidance on credit risk and accounting for expected credit losses
Bank for International Settlement – “This document sets out supervisory guidance on sound credit risk practices associated with the implementation and ongoing application of expected credit loss (ECL) accounting frameworks. The move to ECL accounting frameworks by accounting standard setters is an important step forward in resolving the weakness identified during the recent financial crisis… Continue Reading
IMF releases extensive data bases on global economies
“The IMF has released results of the Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) on December 9, 2015, the worldwide survey of bilateral direct investment positions, with 100 economies reporting 2014 data, compared to 90 economies last year. 66 percent of the total inward direct investment position is concentrated in 10 economies.” Continue Reading
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
H.R. 2029 (enr) – An Act Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. [867 pages] Continue Reading
Comparing source coverage, citation counts and speed of indexing in Google Scholar and Scopus
Comparing source coverage, citation counts and speed of indexing in Google Scholar and Scopus, Henk F. Moed, Judit Bar-Ilan, Gali Halevi (Submitted on 17 Dec 2015) arXiv:1512.05741 [cs.DL] “An analysis of 1,200 target articles in 12 journals in 6 subject fields and of 7,000 citations to 36 top cited articles found in virology and chemistry… Continue Reading
New Report Highlights 10 Rare Species with No Room to Roam
Defender’s of Wildlife news release: “Fences, dams, roads, and other developments are among the leading causes of wildlife habitat fragmentation, according to a new report released today by the Endangered Species Coalition. The report, No Room to Roam: 10 American Species in Need of Connectivity and Corridors, highlights ten rare or endangered species that lack… Continue Reading
New analysis dispels myths about Endangered Species Act
Defenders of Wildlife news release: “A new analysis of how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has assessed the impact of projects on imperiled species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) finds that over the last seven years not one out of over 88,000 projects was stopped because of the FWS finding that a… Continue Reading
Despite predictions, print books are alive and well
Pleased to share this article via Quartz – Against all odds, print books are on the rise again in the US “For the last half decade, ever since digital books and e-readers first came on the scene, news headlines have been at war. “The physical book is dead,” some reports declared, while others vehemently argued… Continue Reading
Digital Preservation Coalition Report – Personal Digital Archiving
Digital Preservation Coalition Technology Watch Report ‘Personal Digital Archiving’, by Gabriela Redwine, Digital Archivist at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. “This free peer-reviewed report is aimed at individuals who are concerned about how best to manage and preserve their own personal digital archives, as well as professionals who advise people… Continue Reading
