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“This is the second edition of the World Giving Index, the largest study into charitable behaviour across the globe involving 153 countries in total. Using data from Gallup’s Worldview World Poll, the report is based on three measures of giving behaviour – giving money, volunteering time and helping a stranger. The results show that the …
Germany: Technical Note on Stress Testing, December 2011. IMF Country Report No. 11/371 “This note summarizes the stress tests undertaken for the German banking system as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update. Solvency tests for the German banking system assessed medium-term vulnerabilities under two adverse macroeconomic scenarios. The tests considered a variety …
Its a Social World: Top 10 Need-to-Knows About Social Networking and Where Its Headed, December 21, 2011 “The importance of social networking in todays online experience cannot be overstated. Social networking is the most popular online activity worldwide accounting for nearly 1 in every 5 minutes spent online in October 2011, and reaches 82 percent …
Food Safety Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments United States, 2010. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), December 23, 2011 / 60(50);1701-1704 “In 2002, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) conducted its first national food safety epidemiology capacity assessment (1), which provided the basis for development of minimum performance standards to guide …
Germany: Technical Note on Banking Sector Structure, December 2011. IMF Country Report No. 11/370 “The prospects of the German Three Pillars system of private, public sector, and cooperative banks is a matter of ongoing debate. The need for a thorough reform of the Landesbanken (LB) is now widely accepted, although finding political consensus on a …
via Nature: “Even though an elephants leg looks like a solid column, it actually stands on tip-toe like a horse or a dog. Its heel rests on a large pad of fat that gives it a flat-footed appearance. The pad hides a sixth toe a backward-pointing strut that evolved from one of their sesamoids, …
Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests: “Ever since a man in Tunisia burned himself to death in December 2010 in protest at his treatment by police, pro-democracy rebellions have erupted across the Middle East. This interactive timeline [by Garry Blight, Sheila Pulham and Paul Torpey] traces key events.”
What Can We Learn from Law School? Legal Education Reflects Issues Found in All of Higher Education, Julie Margetta Morgan, Center for American Progress, December 2011 “This report explores the field of legal education with the hope that putting a magnifying glass to this small part of higher education will help us better understand the …
“Welcome to the Beta version of MyFCC, a new tool that lets you create a customized FCC online experience, with quick access to the tools and information that you need…Personalization options built into MyFCC make it possible to easily create, save and manage a customized page, or dashboard. Choose from a menu of widgets featuring …
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News release: “As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. The government has been using its secrecy system in absurd ways for decades, but 2011 was …
