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Daily Archives: October 4, 2016

New on LLRX – Yes, Dragon NaturallySpeaking has been worth the trouble for faster writing

Via LLRX.comYes, Dragon NaturallySpeaking has been worth the trouble for faster writing David H. Rothman writes about the multiple uses of voice recognition software from the perspective of an expert writer, speaker and typist. Rothman also advises readers on the requisite microphone and boom to enhance the use of voice recognition technology.

IMF World Economic Outlook 2016

“IMF Sees Subdued Global Growth, Warns Economic Stagnation Could Fuel Protectionist Calls. October 4, 2016. Global growth subpar at 3.1 percent in 2016, with slight increase to 3.4 percent next year Persistent stagnation in advanced economies could further fuel anti-trade sentiment, stifling growth Countries need to rely on all policy levers—monetary, fiscal and structural—to lift… Continue Reading

Report – Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty

World Bank – “Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF. Ending Extreme Poverty: A Focus on Children finds that in 2013 19.5 per cent of children in developing countries were living in households that survived on… Continue Reading

Pew – The Politics of Climate

“Political fissures on climate issues extend far beyond beliefs about whether climate change is occurring and whether humans are playing a role, according to a new, in-depth survey by Pew Research Center. These divisions reach across every dimension of the climate debate, down to people’s basic trust in the motivations that drive climate scientists to… Continue Reading

Report – Yahoo scanned hundreds of millions of emails for gov surveillance

UK Guardian: “Yahoo last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific information provided by US intelligence officials, sources have told Reuters. The company complied with a classified US government directive, scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of the National Security… Continue Reading

Agencies Post Public Sections of “Targeted Submissions” for Eight Firms

“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Tuesday posted the public portions of the required “targeted submissions” for the eight systemically important, domestic banking institutions. To foster transparency, the agencies required all of the firms to file a public portion of their targeted submissions. In April of this year, the… Continue Reading

IG – Major Management Challenges for the Fed Board and the CFPB

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent and objective oversight authority established under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended: “Though not statutorily required, the OIG compiles annual listings of major management challenges facing… Continue Reading

OCLC and Internet Archive work together to ensure future sustainability of Persistent URLs

News release: “OCLC and Internet Archive today announced the results of a year-long cooperative effort to ensure the future sustainability of purl.org. The organizations have worked together to build a new sustainable service hosted by Internet Archive that will manage persistent URLs and sub-domain redirections for purl.org, purl.com, purl.info and purl.net. Since its introduction by… Continue Reading