“Democratic Dashboard is a project established by the Democratic Audit, based in the London School of Economics. Our aim is to promote engagement in the electoral process by making an array of information on elections and constituencies more accessible than previously. The UK has the lowest rate of electoral participation by young people in the OECD, and we hope to play a part in using the digital environment to spread engagement.”
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Daily Archives: April 30, 2016
401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2014
VanDerhei, Jack and Holden, Sarah and Alonso, Luis and Bass, Steven, 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2014 (April 2016). EBRI Issue Brief, Number 423 (April 2016). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2772599 “This paper is an update of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and the Investment Company Institute’s (ICI)… Continue Reading
Researchers around the world increasingly turning to pirated papers due to prohibitive publisher costs
Follow up to previous posting, Controversy over free journal access database keeps Sci-Hub in legal and research spotlight, via Science – Who’s downloading pirated papers? Everyone by John Bohannon – “These statistics are based on extensive server log data supplied by Alexandra Elbakyan, the neuroscientist who created Sci-Hub in 2011 as a 22-year-old graduate student… Continue Reading
Judicial Conference Committee seeks to implement wider law enforcement surveillance
Follow up to Supreme Court expands surveillance powers of intelligence agency via EFF – With Rule 41, Little-Known Committee Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Government – The government hacking into phones and seizing computers remotely? It’s not the plot of a dystopian blockbuster summer movie. It’s a proposal from an obscure committee… Continue Reading
Research on the science of exercise vs diet
Via Vox: Why you shouldn’t exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies by Julia Belluz and Javier Zarracina on April 28, 2016 – Exercise is excellent and critical for maintaining good health, but eating less is the key to maintaining a weight ideal for you. It is not one or the other – an… Continue Reading
