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FRBNY Small Business Borrowers Poll, August 14, 2012 “More than three years into the economic recovery, the number of small business loans stands at three-quarters of its 2008 peak. National data show that the number of small business loansdefined as $1 million or lessdeclined by 4.7 percent in 2011. A closer look reveals that most …
“The 2012 Six-State Virtual Government Information Conference was held August 8-10, 2012. This free conference, while focusing on the states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico,Utah, and Wyoming, was open to all. An recorded archive of all presentations is linked here including Abstracts, Powerpoints, Handouts. See also the Conference Planners and Contributors.” [via Peggy Jobe …
“Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project, will present the latest Project findings to the Handheld Librarian Online Conference about how many people have mobile devices and how they use these devicesfor accessing all kinds of content, using apps, social media, and for specialized searches such as for politics, …
Japans Fiscal Crisis Comes of Age, by Yuriko Koike [former chairwoman of Japan’s Liberal Democrat Party]: “By virtually any measure, official Japanese debt is the highest in the world. The total outstanding volume of Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) is an almost unfathomable $9 trillion, only just below the $10.5 trillion in outstanding debt for the …
“2011 CDC map detailing adult obesity prevalence for all U.S. states based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. In 2011, rates of adult obesity remain high, with state estimates ranging from 20.7 percent in Colorado to 34.9 percent in Mississippi. No state had a prevalence of adult obesity less than 20 percent, and …
Shark Research and Useful Links: “As one of the top predators of the oceans, sharks play an important role in the food web and help ensure balance in the oceans ecosystem. As demand and exploitation rates for some shark species and shark products (i.e., fins) have increased, concern has steadily grown regarding the status of …
Potential Budgetary Effects of Immediately Opening Most Federal Lands to Oil and Gas Leasing, August 9, 2012 “The federal government offers private businesses the opportunity to bid on leases for the development of onshore and offshore oil and natural gas resources on federal landsalthough not all federally controlled lands are open to leasing now. CBO …
Preliminary version – Monitoring and Understanding Trends in Extreme Storms: State of Knowledge, American Meteorological Society “This paper examines a specific subset of extreme weather and climate types affecting the 73 United States. For our purposes, storm-related extremes here refer to those short duration events that have levels/types of wind and/or precipitation at local to …
Official Google Search Blog: “Were back with the latest in our series of search quality highlights. We have a couple months to make up for, so this list is a doozy with 86 changes. You might notice weve made one subtle tweak as compared with prior blog posts. Were no longer using separate descriptive names …
Cut Off at the Pass: The Limits of Leadership in the 21st Century: “America has a leadership deficit, argues Barbara Kellerman in a new paper that examines the current state of leadership in the United States. Surveying leaderships genesis and its role as a compelling, powerful concept through history, Kellerman asserts that our current understanding …
