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Archive for February, 2012
The Dangerous “Research Works Act”
Richard Price, founder and CEO of Academia.edu from TECHCRUNCH Congress is currently considering a bill called “The Research Works Act”, whose purpose is to restrict public access to publicly-funded research. The bill is sponsored by large academic publishers who are keen to keep all research, i[...]
February 15th, 2012 - 6:01 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
Richard Zerbe: Doing Things Is Worthwhile!
Decades-old riddle in economics — solved? By Peter Kelley UW News and Information You could say that the economic field of benefit-cost analysis has been stuck in a loop on a specific matter for 70 years — a kind of logical figure-eight that leads not forward, but back upon itself. And you could[...]
February 15th, 2012 - 11:48 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Interested in Heading World Bank
Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON | Thu Jun 9, 2011 7:13pm EDT (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about leaving her job next year to become head of the World Bank, sources familiar with the discussions said on Thursday. “Hillary Clinton [...]
February 14th, 2012 - 11:38 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Feds Lowers Standards for Dating
National Dating Standards Lowered CLICKME[...]
February 14th, 2012 - 11:29 am § in Misc.
Happy Monsoon
Indonesian Weather The extreme variations in rainfall are linked with the monsoons. Generally speaking, there is a dry season (June to September), influenced by the Australian continental air masses, and a rainy season (December to March) that is the result of mainland Asia and Pacific Ocean air mas[...]
Economics From Kenya
Inflation dropped to 18.31 per cent from 18.93 per cent recorded in December after hitting a high of 19.72 per cent in November, a drop mainly attributed to transport and communication sectors, with food yet to make any significant dent on the key economic indicator.”Our forecasts indicate tha[...]