2012 Global Food Policy Report: “IFPRIs flagship report examines the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2012. By putting into perspective the years food policy successes and disappointments, it suggests how to move forward those policies that improve the food situation for the poor” – by Shenggen Fan, 2013, International Food Policy Research… Continue Reading
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Pew – Civic Engagement in the Digital Age
Civic Engagement in the Digital Age, by Aaron Smith, Apr 25, 2013: “Social networking sites have grown more important in recent years as a venue for political involvement, learning, and debate. Overall, 39% of all American adults took part in some sort of political activity on a social networking site during the 2012 campaign. This… Continue Reading
White House Launches a Tumblr
“We see some great things here at the White House every day, and sharing that stuff with you is one of the best parts of our jobs. Thats why were launching a Tumblr. Well post things like the best quotes from President Obama, or video of young scientists visiting the White House for the science… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: DHS, Missile Defense, Offshore Tax Evasion, Social Security
Department of Homeland Security – Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Efficiency and Effectiveness, Achieve Cost Savings, and Improve Management Functions, GAO-13-547T, Apr 26, 2013 Missile Defense – Opportunity to Refocus on Strengthening Acquisition Management, GAO-13-432, Apr 26, 2013 Offshore Tax Evasion – IRS Has Collected Billions of Dollars, but May be Missing Continued Evasion, GAO-13-318, Mar… Continue Reading
Total NICS Background Checks: 1998-2013
“The National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, is all about saving lives and protecting people from harmby not letting guns and explosives fall into the wrong hands. It also ensures the timely transfer of firearms to eligible gun buyers. Mandated by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 and launched by the… Continue Reading
Trends in Cognitive Science – The neurochemistry of music
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2013, Pages 179193. The neurochemistry of music, Mona Lisa Chanda, Daniel J. Levitin. Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. “Music is used to regulate mood and arousal in everyday life and to promote physical and psychological health and well-being in clinical settings. However, scientific… Continue Reading
Report – Most Canadians have BPA in urine, lead traces in blood
The Canadian Press: “A Health Canada study suggests most Canadians have the chemical bisphenol A in their urine and all have traces of lead in their blood. The 2009-2011 report on environmental chemicals shows the plastics ingredient bisphenol A, or BPA, was detected in the urine of 95 per cent of Canadians aged three to… Continue Reading
EPIC Pursues Public Release of Facebook and MySpace Privacy Reports
EPIC: “EPIC has submitted Freedom of Information Act requests for the release of the privacy assessments of Facebook and MySpace submitted to the Federal Trade Commission. As a result of privacy violations, both companies are required to implement comprehensive privacy programs and submit to independent, biennial evaluations for 20 years. Previously, EPIC obtained a copy… Continue Reading
WSJ – The Dark Side of the Digital Revolution
“Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, fresh from a visit to North Korea in January, on why the Internet is far from an unalloyed good to the citizens of dictatorships around the world.” Continue Reading
American Psychological Association – Workplace issues
“Workplace issues are of great interest to psychologists, since most people spend a third of their adult lives at work. Work defines people in the most basic way, which is one reason retirement is so difficult for many people. For psychologists, other key issues include matching people and jobs, finding ways to reduce workplace stress… Continue Reading
A comparison of Google Scholar, Fastcase, Casemaker, LexisNexis, WestlawNext, and Bloomberg
Are All Caselaw Citators Created Equal? A comparison of Google Scholar, Fastcase, Casemaker, LexisNexis, WestlawNext, and Bloomberg, by Carole A. Levitt and Mark Rosch. “During our live continuing legal education seminars we discuss how to use the information found in social media profiles for evidence and how to get profiles admitted into evidence. If a… Continue Reading
The Rise of Big Data How It's Changing the Way We Think About the World
Kenneth Neil Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, May/June 2013- Foreign Affairs “…This kind of data is being put to incredible new uses with the assistance of inexpensive computer memory, powerful processors, smart algorithms, clever software, and math that borrows from basic statistics…Using great volumes of information in this way requires three profound changes in how we… Continue Reading
