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World Press Freedom Index 2011-2012 – “Syria, Bahrain and Yemen get worst ever rankings – This years index sees many changes in the rankings, changes that reflect a year that was incredibly rich in developments, especially in the Arab world, Reporters Without Borders said today as it released its 10th annual press freedom index. Many …
Jurors Use of Social Media During Trials and Deliberations – A Report to the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, Meghan Dunn, Federal Judicial Center November 22, 2011 “Most federal judges have taken steps to ensure that jurors do not use social media to discuss the trial in which they are involved, …
Global Financial Stability Report GFSR Market Update: “Since the last Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), risks to stability have increased, despite various policy steps to contain the euro area debt crisis and banking problems. European policymakers have outlined significant policy measures to address the medium-term issues contributing to the crisis, and some of these have …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a new tool that provides the public with important information about pollutants that are released into local waterways. Developed under President Obamas transparency initiative, the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool brings together millions of records and allows for easy searching and …
“Four interstate natural gas pipeline projects in the Northeast U.S. began commercial service in 2011, adding nearly 1.5 billion cubic feet per day of capacity (see map) and over 181 miles of new pipe. Average daily natural gas demand last winter (November 2010 – March 2011) in the Northeast was about 16 billion cubic feet …
The Blue Ribbon Commission on Americas Nuclear Future released its final report: “The Blue Ribbon Commission on Americas Nuclear Future today released its final report to the U.S. Energy Secretary, detailing comprehensive recommendations for creating a safe, long term solution for managing and disposing of the nations spent nuclear fuel and high‐level radioactive waste…The strategy …
The Role of Local Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy, January 24, 2012 “Sales of locally produced foods comprise a small but growing part of U.S. agricultural sales. USDA estimates that farm-level value of local food sales totaled about $4.8 billion in 2008, or about 1.6% of the U.S. market for agricultural products. An estimated …
“The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries 2012, a clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who support academic inquiry and higher education. The Code was developed in partnership …
Statistical commentary on preliminary locational and consolidated banking statistics at end-September 2011 Locational and consolidated banking statistics as at end-September 2011, preliminary data in PDF format, CSV files and the BIS WebStats interactive query tool “In the third quarter of 2011, after adjusting for the effects of the depreciation of most currencies against the US …
Global Risks 2012 Seventh Edition, An Initiative of the Risk Response Network Now in its seventh edition, the reports research methodology has been significantly revamped. Data and analysis are based on a newly designed survey covering a meaningfully expanded set of 50 global risks across five categories. The assessments of these risks more than doubled …
