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Follow up to previous postings on bullying, see The New Bullying: “This project on bullying was launched by an advanced journalism class at Michigan State University in January, 2012, the month after Michigan passed anti-bullying legislation. The class is developing this website and a book, published in April, 2012.
“286 Sunscreens Exposed: Nine Surprising Truths – Sunscreens prevent sunburns, but beyond that simple fact surprisingly little is known about the safety and efficacy of these ubiquitous creams and sprays. EWGs review of the latest research unearthed troubling facts that might tempt you to give up on sunscreens altogether. Thats not the right answer. Despite …
The 2012 list of Americas Most Endangered Rivers® – From pollution to fracking to dams and dredging, this year were highlighting issues that have a direct impact on our clean water, public health, and wildlife. Every year since 1986, this report has put a spotlight on ten rivers at risk. With the 2012 list, we …
Text mining for user perspectives on the physical workplace Goins, John, Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley; Moezzi, Mithra, Portland State University, 03-01-2011- Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) “This paper reports on analysis of open-ended survey responses from a commercial building indoor environment satisfaction survey database maintained by the University of California at …
“The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities – IATH is a research unit of the University of Virginia established by the University of Virginia in 1992. Our goal is to explore and develop information technology as a tool for scholarly humanities research. To that end, we provide our Fellows with consulting, technical support, applications …
News release: “The curated Twitter content in Factiva covers 31 industries, including energy, financial services and technology, with a focus on the most influential tweeters from around the globe. The real time content is available via Factiva Snapshot, a business search tool with news dashboards that help businesses to efficiently gather intelligence and identify trends, …
FYI – no affiliation implied: China’s Remarkable Economic Growth by John Knight and Sai Ding, Oxford University Press: “How has the Chinese economy managed to grow at such a remarkable rate – no less than ten per cent per annum – for over three decades? This well-integrated book combines economic theory, empirical estimation, and institutional …
Retail renaissance – The internet and mobile phones are at long last turning boring old retail banking into an exciting industry, says Jonathan Rosenthal “The effect of the debt bubble was more insidious than it appeared at first glance. In encouraging universal banks to build up their investment side, and some retail banks to dabble …
“In which U.S. cities are women living the longest, earning the most money, and boasting the highest levels of educational attainment? Lots of studies compare American citieswhere is the rent cheapest, the commutes shortest, the crime lowest, the weather balmiest? Womens Well-Being: Ranking Americas Top 25 Metro Areas explores where women are doing best, ranking …
Google Official Blog: “The Knowledge Graph enables you to search for things, people or places that Google knows aboutlandmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and moreand instantly get information thats relevant to your query. This is a critical first step towards building the next generation of search, …
United States Census Directors Blog: “Our country faces important Federal funding challenges linked to the current recession and its aftermath. On the Census Bureaus part, we have been striving to cut administrative costs, reengineer our survey processes, and find innovative ways to squeeze every cent of taxpayer money we get…It is also my duty to …
Europe Business Review: “£26 billion: the amount lost from UK economy through time wasted in meetings in 2011 2 hours 39 minutes: the number of hours workers feel are wasted in meetings during an average week 49 minutes: the number of wasted minutes in meetings not made up for later 10 hours or over: the …
