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Cool! Web Trend Map 4 – Final Beta

Monday, April 6th, 2009

From the Web Site:

The Web Trend Map is a yearly publication from iA Inc. It maps the most influential 333 Web domains and the 111 most influential people onto the Tokyo Metro map.


Direct to Map via Flickr

Source: Information Architects
Hat Tip: C.K.

1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Posted 23 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ 1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007 (National Center for Education Statistics)
+ Tough year ahead for IT industry, warns OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
+ Clinical Cancer Advances 2008 Now Available (American Society of Clinical Oncology)

Top 10 Best and Worst Performing Real Estate Markets Identified…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Posted 22 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Top 10 Best and Worst Performing Real Estate Markets Identified (First American CoreLogic)
+ U.S. Chamber Releases Recommendations for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reform (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
+ Most 401(k) Savers Are Staying the Course (Investment Company Institute)

Social Security Numbers and Identity Theft…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Posted 18 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Report on Social Security Numbers and Identity Theft (Federal Trade Commission)
+ States Experience Extremely Tight Fiscal Conditions as National Recession Deepens (National Governors Association)
+ Building an Americanization Movement for the Twenty-first Century (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)

Tasers – potentially lethal and easy to abuse…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Posted 17 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Tasers – potentially lethal and easy to abuse (Amnesty International)
+ Living conditions in Europe, 2008 Edition (EuroStat)
+ Judicial Hellholes 2008/2009 (American Tort Reform Foundation)

Association of Colonoscopy and Death From Colorectal Cancer…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Posted 16 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Association of Colonoscopy and Death From Colorectal Cancer: A Population-Based, Case–Control Study (Annals of Internal Medicine)
+ National Drug Threat Assessment 2009 (National Drug Assessment Center, USDoJ)
+ Nearly Half of U.S. Households Owns Equities, Bonds (Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association)

Global Births Increasing Even as Fertility Rates Decline…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Posted 15 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Global Births Increasing Even as Fertility Rates Decline (U.S. Census Bureau)
+ Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond (Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments)
+ Siblings of Adults With Mild Intellectual Deficits or Mental Illness: Differential Life Course Outcomes (Journal of Family Psychology)

Sex and Tech: What’s Really Going On…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Posted 11 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Sex and Tech: What’s Really Going On (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy)
+ Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2007, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty 2007-08 (National Center for Education Statistics)
+ Will Life-Saving Emergency Care Be There When You Need It? (American College of Emergency Physicians)

Preventable injuries kill 2000 children every day…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Posted 10 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Preventable injuries kill 2000 children every day (World Health Organization)
+ Student Aversion to Borrowing: Who Borrows and Who Doesn’t (Excelencia in Education)
+ Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: Detailed Survey Data Tables (RAND Corporation)

Majority of Americans Wrongly Believe Hand-Free Cell Phones are Safer than Hand-Held Devices…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Posted 9 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Majority of Americans Wrongly Believe Hand-Free Cell Phones are Safer than Hand-Held Devices; Research Shows Both Equally a Risk to Driver Safety (AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety)
+ New Data on Drug-related Hospital Emergency Department Visits (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
+ Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency Issues Report (Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Over 3 million jobs would disappear if U.S. auto-makers go bankrupt…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Posted 8 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Over 3 million jobs would disappear if U.S. auto-makers go bankrupt (Economic Policy Institute)
+ Health Coverage in a Period of Rising Unemployment (Kaiser Family Foundation)
+ The Short Code Marketing Opportunity (The Nielsen Company)

Auto Industry Stabilization Plans…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Posted 4 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Auto Industry Stabilization Plans (U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Services)
+ Women on Their Own in Much Worse Financial Condition Than Other Americans (Consumer Federation of America)
+ Homes With Tails: What if You Could Own Your Internet Connection? (New America Foundation)

World at Risk: Nuclear and Biological Weapons Pose Greatest Peril…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Posted 2 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ World at Risk: Nuclear and Biological Weapons Pose Greatest Peril (Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism)
+ Sex, Gender, and Women’s Health: Why Women Usually Come Last (Disease Control Priorities Project)
+ Mortgage Fraud Jumps by 45% on Fewer Loan Applications in U.S. (Mortgage Asset Research Institute)

Determination of the December 2007 Peak in Economic Activity…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Posted 1 December 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Determination of the December 2007 Peak in Economic Activity (National Bureau of Economic Research)
+ Eurostat regional yearbook 2008 (Eurostat)
+ Symantec Report on the Underground Economy (Symantec)

Recession Could Push Millions into Deep Poverty…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Posted 25 November 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Recession Could Push Millions into Deep Poverty (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
+ Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use, and Tobacco Control (National Cancer Institute)
+ Consumer Group Alerts Shoppers to Hidden Toy Hazards Calls passage of strong reforms good step forward, but warns “Buyer Beware” this year (U.S. Public Interest Research Group)

International Communications Market Report 2008…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Posted 24 November 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ International Communications Market Report 2008 (UK – Office of Communications)
+ Health News Coverage in the U.S. Media (Kaiser Family Foundation)
+ Global Migration of the Highly Skilled (United Nations University)

Ginkgo biloba for Prevention of Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Posted 20 November 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Ginkgo biloba for Prevention of Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Journal of the American Medical Association)
+ New Study Shows Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development (American Anthropological Association/John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)
+ U.S. Tort Costs Up Slightly in 2007; Significant Increases Anticipated for 2008 (Towers Perrin)

Speculation a Major Contributor to Global Food Crisis…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Posted 18 November 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Speculation a Major Contributor to Global Food Crisis (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy)
+ USPTO 2008 Fiscal Year-End Results Demonstrate Commitment to Sustaining High Performance (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
+ Record High Number of American Students Studying Abroad, International Students at U.S. Colleges and Universities (Institute of International Education)

Nearly half of technology users need help with new devices…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Posted 17 November 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Nearly half of technology users need help with new devices (Pew Internet & American Life Project)
+ American Attitudes on Religion, Moral Values and Hollywood (Anti-Defamation League)
+ Spatial Dynamics of White Flight: The Effects of Local and Extralocal Racial Conditions on Neighborhood Out-Migration (American Sociological Review)

Development of Contingency Plans for Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground Delays…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Posted 13 November 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Development of Contingency Plans for Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground Delays (National Task Force to Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal With Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground Delays/USDoT)
+ Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008 (Sloan Consortium)
+ Untapped Potential: Evaluating State Emergency Management Agency Web Sites 2008 (University of Kansas Transportation Research Institute)