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“The European Data Portal harvests the metadata of Public Sector Information available on public data portals across European countries. Information regarding the provision of data and the benefits of re-using data is also included. What is Open Data? Open (Government) Data refers to the information collected, produced or paid for by the public bodies (also referred …
“Collaborative knowledge bases that make their data freely available in a machine-readable form are central for the data strategy of many projects and organizations. The two major collaborative knowledge bases are Wikimedia’s Wikidata and Google’s Freebase. Due to the success of Wikidata, Google decided in 2014 to offer the content of Freebase to the Wikidata …
The Origins of the Superrich: The Billionaire Characteristics Database, Caroline Freund and Sarah Oliver. Peterson Institute for International Economics, February 2016. “This working paper presents a new dataset on the sources of billionaire wealth and uses it to describe changes in extreme wealth in the United States, Europe, and other advanced countries. The data classify …
Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey by Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Tyler Moran, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Barbara Kotschwar, Peterson Institute for International Economics, February 2016. “Analysis of a global survey of 21,980 firms from 91 countries reveals the relative dearth of women in high leadership …
FY2017 Defense Budget Request: In Brief – Lynn M. Williams, Analyst in U.S. Defense Budget Policy; Pat Towell, Specialist in U.S. Defense Policy and Budget. February 12, 2016. “The Administration’s FY2017 budget request includes $619.5 billion for national defense of which $590.6 billion is for the Department of Defense (DOD). Of the DOD total, $523.9 …
Managing waste in emerging markets – Hauke Engel, Martin Stuchtey, and Helga Vanthournout: “Economic growth in emerging economies is bringing prosperity, rising living standards, and overdue relief from poverty, but increased consumption typically increases resource use—especially the use of plastics—and waste production….the rapid surge in waste volumes since 2007 is straining waste-management systems in many …
Grunspan DZ, Eddy SL, Brownell SE, Wiggins BL, Crowe AJ, Goodreau SM (2016) Males Under-Estimate Academic Performance of Their Female Peers in Undergraduate Biology Classrooms. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148405. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148405. Published February 10, 2016. “Women who start college in one of the natural or physical sciences leave in greater proportions than their male peers. The …
“Founded in 2011, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. In particular, as our name suggests, the focus is on works which have now fallen into the public domain, that vast commons of out-of-copyright …
“Anyone with a Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) can prepare a tax return for a client. However, tax return preparers have differing levels of skills, education and expertise. This searchable directory is intended to help you with your choice by providing a listing of preparers in your area who currently hold professional credentials recognized by …
Via aeon – The new mind control – The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do by Robert Epstein “…[Search Engine Manipulation Effect] SEME’s near-invisibility is curious indeed. It means that when people – including you and me – are looking at biased …
