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Reports, Guy Carpenter, Global Terror Insurance Market The World Continues on High Alert: “In this report, we provide updates on insurance cover for terror in the United States, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The survey encompasses information from six continents and 34 countries.”
“The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Founded as the American Religion Data Archive in 1997 and going online in 1998, the initial archive was targeted at researchers interested in American religion. The targeted audience and the data collection have both greatly expanded since 1998, …
Time’s Side-by-Side View of the Hillary Clinton Biographies Note: scroll to the bottom of the page where you will find links to archive of Time covers of Hillary Clinton along with links to the related stories.
Via Secrecy News: “The National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. intelligence agency that builds and operates spy satellites, has released a redacted version of its declassification guide for review of historical records that also provides a unique overview of the agency.” National Reconnaissance Office Review and Redaction Guide for Automatic Declassification of 25-Year-Old Information, 2006 edition …
“Public Citizen today released its annual report ranking how effective state medical boards are at disciplining doctors. Mississippi ranked worst and Alaska best.” “Public Citizens Health Research Group has calculated the rate of serious disciplinary actions per 1,000 doctors in each state. Using state-by-state data released in late April by the Federation of State Medical …
The Future of Oil: Energy Security, Climate Risks and Market Opportunities, June 2007, 29 pages, PDF: “The report from Ceres and the Civil Society Institute highlights key findings from an October 2006 oil analyst briefing at JPMorgan Chase in which Wall Street analysts, institutional investors, and oil industry experts examined how the future of oil …
Pew Hispanic Center: “The results of national testing conducted in 2005 shows that nearly half (46%) of 4th grade students in the English language learner (ELL) category scored “below basic” in mathematics in 2005–the lowest level possible. Nearly three quarters (73%) scored below basic in reading. In middle school achievement in mathematics was lower still, …
Rethinking Insurgency, by Dr. Steven Metz, U.S. Army War College, released June 05, 2007. Free Monograph – 76 Pages [via Wired Blogs] “The U.S. military and national security community lost interest in insurgency after the end of the Cold War when other defense issues such as multinational peacekeeping and transformation seemed more pressing. With the …
“The number of libraries participating in the Google Book Search Library Project just got a whole lot bigger with today’s addition of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). The CIC is a national consortium of 12 research universities, including University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Michigan State …
Why do the archives of so many great writers end up in Texas? by D. T. Max: “The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the literary archive of the University of Texas at Austin, contains thirty-six million manuscript pages, five million photographs, a million books, and ten thousand objects, including a lock of Byrons curly brown …
Press release: “LexisNexis, a leading provider of information and services solutions, today announced the results of a nationwide survey to provide insights into how Information Professionals (IPs) are adding value to their organizations through technology and knowledge management…The survey revealed an interesting breakdown and frequency of information sources accessed…nearly four in ten access Weblogs at …
Research Finds That Earth’s Climate is Approaching ‘Dangerous’ Point, May 30, 2007: “NASA and Columbia University Earth Institute research finds that human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earths climate close to critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet.” Related government documents and news: White House Fact Sheet: A New International Climate Change …
