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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Monday, April 9, 2007
Climate Change
From the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Climate Change 2007 — Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Summary for Policymakers
Climate Change 2007 — Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Summary for Policymakers
Friday, April 6, 2007
Scientific Research
Access to scientific information now available:
This site is "a free, publicly available web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases."
Search for materials in the topics of astronomy, biology, chemistry, computers, environmental sciences, engineering, health and medicine, materials science, mathematics, physics, and social sciences.
Also includes links to related sites. From a software company.
URL: http://www.scienceresearch.com
This site is "a free, publicly available web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases."
Search for materials in the topics of astronomy, biology, chemistry, computers, environmental sciences, engineering, health and medicine, materials science, mathematics, physics, and social sciences.
Also includes links to related sites. From a software company.
URL: http://www.scienceresearch.com
Thursday, April 5, 2007
World Health Day
It's World Health Day
World Health Day: 7 April
Collection of links to sites related to World Health Day.
"On this day around the globe, thousands of events mark the importance of health for productive and happy lives."
Also includes links to recent UN documents on the subjects of human health and illness prevention and treatment. Available in several languages.
From the Dag Hammarskjöld Library of the United Nations.
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/health/
World Health Day: 7 April
Collection of links to sites related to World Health Day.
"On this day around the globe, thousands of events mark the importance of health for productive and happy lives."
Also includes links to recent UN documents on the subjects of human health and illness prevention and treatment. Available in several languages.
From the Dag Hammarskjöld Library of the United Nations.
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/health/
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Housing Costs
From the Center for Housing Policy: Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Quality of Living Survey
A new survey that ranks cities for quality of living
The 2007 Worldwide Quality of Living Survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting has found that four of the world’s five top-scoring cities for health and sanitation are in North America. Calgary ranks top with a score of 131.7, followed by Honolulu, which scores 130.3. Helsinki – the only European city in the top five – follows closely in the rankings with a score of 128.5. Ottawa and Minneapolis take fourth and fifth places with scores of 127.2 and 125.7 respectively.
Scores are based on the quality and availability of hospital and medical supplies and levels of air pollution and infectious diseases. The efficiency of waste removal and sewage systems, water potability and the presence of harmful animals and insects are also taken into account.
Cities are ranked against New York as the base city which has an index score of 100. The analysis is part of Mercer’s Worldwide Quality of Living Survey, covering 215 cities, which is conducted to help governments and major companies to place employees on international assignments.
URL:
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml;jsessionid=V3EN15IFHQLNICTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUJLW?idContent=1173105
Source: Mercer Human Resources Consulting
The 2007 Worldwide Quality of Living Survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting has found that four of the world’s five top-scoring cities for health and sanitation are in North America. Calgary ranks top with a score of 131.7, followed by Honolulu, which scores 130.3. Helsinki – the only European city in the top five – follows closely in the rankings with a score of 128.5. Ottawa and Minneapolis take fourth and fifth places with scores of 127.2 and 125.7 respectively.
Scores are based on the quality and availability of hospital and medical supplies and levels of air pollution and infectious diseases. The efficiency of waste removal and sewage systems, water potability and the presence of harmful animals and insects are also taken into account.
Cities are ranked against New York as the base city which has an index score of 100. The analysis is part of Mercer’s Worldwide Quality of Living Survey, covering 215 cities, which is conducted to help governments and major companies to place employees on international assignments.
URL:
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml;jsessionid=V3EN15IFHQLNICTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUJLW?idContent=1173105
Source: Mercer Human Resources Consulting
Monday, April 2, 2007
Labor and Employment
From the U.S. Census Department - Local Employment Dynamics Tool
Databases: A Brief Overview of the Local Employment Dynamics Tool from the U.S. Census
The LED tools can help decision-makers understand current workforce conditions and plan economic development. These tools help employers find potential workers and show jobseekers where to locate up-and-coming industries. The program featured data from five states when it launched in 1999, and had expanded to 44 states by early 2007.
“You see where workers live, where they work and how they commute,” said Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon. “You can use these tools to spot, for example, where to relocate an office or see where you need more public transportation. The possibilities and uses are endless.”
The three LED online tools are: QWI (Quarterly Workforce Indicators) Online, Industry Focus and On the Map. QWI Online contains eight economic indicators: total employment, net job flow, job creation, number of new hires, separations, turnover and average monthly earnings for all workers and new hires.
Each indicator is a measure of a local economy that combines wage information with demographic data, such as age and sex. Together, they provide a complete picture of an area’s workforce, and changes can be tracked over time.
Source: U.S. Census
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