NOAA: “August’s warmth spread into September, contributing to the warmest year to date for the globe, but not enough to continue the recent 16-month streak of record warmth. Even so, September 2016 ranked as the second warmest September on record. September was 1.60 degrees F above the 20th-century average, missing last year’s record for the month by just 0.07 degrees, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. For the year to date, the average global temperature was 1.78 degrees F above average, surpassing the heat record set in 2015 by 0.23 degrees. “
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Daily Archives: November 3, 2016
NYT – There Are Many Ways to Map Election Results. We’ve Tried Most of Them
By Alicia Parlapiano, November 1, 2016: “Tuesday’s print edition of The New York Times has the most detailed election map we’ve ever produced: ZIP-code level results for the 2012 presidential race spread across four pages, using data from Catalist. The map is part of a special election section that aims to help explain the political… Continue Reading
Aggregating and Representing Collections in the Digital Public Library of America
“The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs), and makes them freely available to the world. LAMs share much in common, but can differ widely in description practices. Archives, in particular, differ from the other two in the use of hierarchical description that situates materials… Continue Reading
CRS – Recent State Election Law Challenges: In Brief
Via FAS – this CRS report – Recent State Election Law Challenges: In Brief, L. Paige Whitaker, Legislative Attorney. November 2, 2016. “During the final months and weeks leading up to the November 8, 2016, presidential election, courts across the country have ruled in numerous challenges to state election laws. For example, there have been… Continue Reading
DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms as of 15 October 2016 “PREFACE – The DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (or DOD Dictionary) sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States. These military and associated terms, together with their definitions,… Continue Reading
Books students at top US colleges are required to read
Quartz: “The leaders of tomorrow will be well versed in dead philosophers, according to a new database of college syllabi.The Open Syllabus Project, a collection of over 1 million curricula from English-language colleges and universities over the past 15 years, released its data on Friday (Jan. 22, 2016). Plato, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Aristotle overwhelmingly dominate… Continue Reading
Open Knowledge Maps – A visual interface to the world’s scientific knowledge
An Open Knowledge Maps visualization presents you with a topical overview for your search term. It is based on the most relevant papers in the chosen library. [currently includes over 28 million articles] We use text similarity to create the knowledge maps. The algorithm groups those papers together that have many words in common.… Continue Reading
Report – Android Captures Record 88 Percent Share of Global Smartphone Shipments in Q3 2016
News release: “According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments reached 375 million units in the third quarter of 2016. The Android operating system captured a record 88 percent global marketshare, squeezing Apple iOS and others. Linda Sui, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Global smartphone shipments grew 6 percent annually from 354.2… Continue Reading
Report – The Color of Wealth in the Nation’s Capital
Urban Institute, Kilolo Kijakazi, Rachel Marie Brooks Atkins, Mark Paul, Anne Price, Darrick Hamilton, William A. Darity Jr. November 1, 2016: “The Great Recession and housing crisis erased approximately half of Black and Latino households’ wealth, while Asians suffered the largest absolute loss in wealth. But the dramatic wealth disparities between White communities and communities… Continue Reading
