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Moody's: 2013 outlook for entire US Higher Education sector changed to negative
News release: “The 2013 outlook for the entire US higher education sector is negative, including the market-leading, research-driven colleges and universities, says Moody’s Investors Service in its annual industry outlook. Previously Moody’s had a stable outlook for these leading institutions and a negative outlook for the rest of the sector since 2009. Moody’s perceives mounting… Continue Reading
Research – Major memory for microblogs
Major memory for microblogs. Laura Mickes, Ryan S. Darby, Vivian Hwe, Daniel Bajic, Jill A. Warker, Christine R. Harris, Nicholas J. S. Christenfeld. Memory & Cognition, January 2013 “Online social networking is vastly popular and permits its members to post their thoughts as microblogs, an opportunity that people exploit, on Facebook alone, over 30 million… Continue Reading
Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Health Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
CRS – Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Health Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. January 31, 2013 “Several policies that would have reduced spending and increased revenues were poised to take effect at the end of 2012; collectively, these were referred to by some as the fiscal cliff. Had these policies taken effect,… Continue Reading
Deloitte Tech Trends Poll: Youve Been Hacked, Now What?
News release: “More than one in four (28 percent) of respondents surveyed report their organizations were the victims of at least one cyberattack in the past year; nine percent report multiple breaches and an alarming 17 percent were not confident that their organizations could even detect an attack, according to a Deloitte Tech Trends poll… Continue Reading
Pew: The Demographics of Social Media Users – 2012
Report: Social Networking – The Demographics of Social Media Users 2012, by Maeve Duggan, Joanna Brenner. Feb 14, 2013 “A late 2012 survey by the Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project shows that young adults are more likely than others to use major social media. At the same time, other groups are… Continue Reading
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program
“Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program is the Nation’s primary source of Federally funded revolutionary breakthroughs in advanced information technologies such as computing, networking, and software…The NITRD Program provides a framework in which many Federal agencies come together to coordinate their networking and information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) efforts. The… Continue Reading
New American Foundation Report – The Year of the Drone
The Year of the Drone – An Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2013: “The purpose of this database is to provide as much information as possible about the covert U.S. drone program in Pakistan..This data was collected from credible news reports and is presented here with the relevant sources. You can read more… Continue Reading
Concurrent EEG-Eyetracking Evidence from the Reading of Books and Digital Media
PLOS ONE Research article – Subjective Impressions Do Not Mirror Online Reading Effort: Concurrent EEG-Eyetracking Evidence from the Reading of Books and Digital Media: Franziska Kretzschmar, Dominique Pleimling, Jana Hosemann, Stephan Füssel, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Matthias Schlesewsky. Published: February 6, 2013 “In the rapidly changing circumstances of our increasingly digital world, reading is also becoming an… Continue Reading
The Economist – The World in 2013
Via The Scout Report: “Each year, this publication publishes a guide to the trends and quandaries that will consume the attention of policy-makers, politicians, concerned citizens, and others across the globe. The materials here include political analyses, technology reports, and commentaries on culture. The pieces here are divided into sections that include Leaders, Britain, Europe,… Continue Reading
Milliman analysis: Interest rate improvement powers $106 billion pension funding improvement in January
News release: “Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, released the results of its latest Pension Funding Index, which consists of 100 of the nations largest corporate defined benefit pension plans. In January, these pensions experienced a $106 billion improvement in funded status based on an $83 billion decrease in the pension benefit… Continue Reading
Patterns of homeownership, delinquency, and foreclosure among youngest baby boomers
Patterns of homeownership, delinquency, and foreclosure among youngest baby boomers, By Alison Aughinbaugh “The recent decline in the housing market was preceded by strong growth for over a decade. From the fourth quarter of 1995 to the fourth quarter of 2005, homeownership rates increased from 65.1 percent to 69.0 percent.1 In the 1990s and early… Continue Reading
