Graphic Illustrates Key Numbers from 2011 Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
NYT: “A sampling of statistics from the newly released Statistical Abstract of the United States.”
Monthly archives: January, 2011
DOT highlights many benefits of bicycle infrastructure
DOT Fastlane Blog: “This week, a coalition of bicycling advocates introduced me to a new report showing that in Baltimore, MD, pedestrian and bicycle projects created nearly twice as many jobs per dollar spent than typical road projects. In this case-study, Estimating the Employment Impacts of Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Road Infrastructure, the Political Economy Research …
Vanity Fair – The Man Who Spilled the Secrets – WikiLeaks Assange
The Man Who Spilled the Secrets: “The collaboration between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Webs notorious information anarchist, and some of the worlds most respected news organizations began at The Guardian, a nearly 200-year-old British paper. What followed was a clash of civilizationsand ambitionsas Guardian editors and their colleagues at The New York Times and …
JFK Library Releases Digital Archive
JFK Presidential Library and Museum: “The Digital Archives provides access to a growing collection of searchable digitized historical documents, images and materials [See also Advanced Search feature]. Archivists at the JFK Library are working to digitize and make available to the public all of our archival and museum holdings, beginning with the papers of President …
Gas 2.org: Chinese Commercial Train Breaks 300 MPH
Christopher DeMorro: “The Chinese high-speed rail system is a serious feat of engineering accomplishment. Not only is it the biggest network of high-speed rail tracks, but a recent test run by a commercial train set a new speed record of 302 mph. Yes there are other, faster trains, and this was just a test run …
Study: Why Loneliness Is Hazardous to Your Health
Why Loneliness Is Hazardous to Your Health – New research suggests that chronic loneliness can cause changes in the cardiovascular, immune, and nervous systems. 14 JANUARY 2011 VOL 331 SCIENCE
Agency Conflicts, Prudential Regulation, and Marking to Market
Lu, Tong, Sapra, Haresh and Subramanian, Ajay, Agency Conflicts, Prudential Regulation, and Marking to Market (January 4, 2011). Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-05. Available at SSRN “We develop a theory of how agency conflicts between the shareholders and debt holders of a financial institution, accounting measurement rules, and prudential capital regulation interact to affect …
Report – Responsible Transition Securing U.S. Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2011
Responsible Transition – Securing U.S. Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2011, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) “The purpose of this report is to identify vital U.S. interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan and to outline how the United States can transition, between July 2011 and 2014, from a large-scale and resource-intensive counterinsurgency campaign to the …
Google: Rebuilding L'Aquila in 3D with Google SketchUp
Official Google Blog: “On April 6, 2009, a powerful earthquake struck lAquila, Italy. Three hundred and eight people died, and most of the buildings in the city center and surrounding areas were damaged or destroyed. About six months ago, we received an email from a British architect named Barnaby Gunning proposing an ambitious project: to …
Wired: Afghanistan's Green Marines Cut Fuel Use by 90 Percent
Spencer Ackerman: “Helmand Province in Afghanistan isnt the most obvious proving ground for a green-energy project. But a Marine company that shipped out to war armed with solar panels says it cut down on its generators fuel consumption by nearly 90 percent. That might just get the rest of the military to note that you …
Freedom in the World 2011: The Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy
News release: “Global freedom suffered its fifth consecutive year of decline in 2010, according to Freedom in the World 2011, Freedom Houses annual assessment of political rights and civil liberties around the world. This represents the longest continuous period of decline in the nearly 40-year history of the survey. The year featured drops in the …
Department of Labor: Mining deaths rise in 2010
News release: “Mining fatalities in the United States significantly increased in 2010, following a year marked by the fewest deaths in mining history, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration. Seventy-one miners died on the job last year, compared to 34 in 2009. Forty-eight of those deaths occurred in coal …
