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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online: “For decades available only to scholars at Cambridge University Library, the private papers of Charles Darwin, one of the most influential scientists in history, can now be seen by anyone online and free of charge. This is the largest ever publication of Darwin papers and manuscripts, totalling about …
76% See Business Benefits May Influence Job Choice for 46% of Users: “Australian employers’ approach to on-line social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace may be influencing their efforts to recruit young workers, according to new research by law firm Deacons. In the Deacons Social Networking Survey 2008, almost half of those who used …
“The North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Northern Command have released a copy of their audio files, telephone conversations and situation room discussions, from the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The files are posted on governmentattic.org via this link. “NORAD-USNORTHCOM 9-11 audio recordings Over 100 hours of audio recordings of …
“This presentation [April 7, 2008] is an overview of recent data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project about internet use and Web 2.0 activities. It also focuses on the Project’s findings about the role of libraries when Americans are trying to solve problems…This presentation covers the highlights from the report issued late last …
SafeBorrowing.com: “Consumer credit can be complicated. From the unusual legal terms to the complex mathematical formulas, understanding how credit works can be a big task. The Committee on Consumer Financial Services of the Section on Business Law of the American Bar Association has created this website to provide you with the tools to help you …
“This WRI/WBCSD publication, is an information and decision-making tool to help customers develop their own sustainable procurement policies for wood and paper-based products. It also has information on existing approaches to procurement from legal and sustainable sources. Authors: Ruth Nogueron, Lars Laestadius, A joint collaboration between the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business …
The Rise of the Mega-Region, by Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and professor of business and creativity at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. “While there are 191 nations in the world, just 40 significant mega-regions power the global economy. Home to more than one-fifth of the world’s population, these …
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Transformed Social Interaction in Immersive Virtual Reality, J.N. Bailenson, Stanford University.
National Intelligence Council (NIC) is the Intelligence Community’s (IC’s) center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking. Conference Report: Disruptive Civil Technologies – Six Technologies with Potential Impacts on US Interests out to 2025 “Six civil technologies offer the potential to enhance or degrade US power over the next fifteen years according to National Intelligence Council …
Fact Sheet: The Way Forward in Iraq – “Today, President Bush announced that after detailed discussions with the Secretaries of State and Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff he is accepting General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker’s recommendations on the way ahead in Iraq. General Petraeus reported that security conditions have improved …
News release: “Together with its supporting documentation, the PREMIS Data Dictionary provides a comprehensive, practical resource for implementing preservation metadata in digital archiving systems. Preservation metadata is defined as information that preservation repositories need to know to support digital materials over the long term. This document is a revision of Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: …
