Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Canada--Imagery--Databases
Source: Library and Archive of Canada New Database, Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory
"The photographic collections at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) contain more than 22 million images. Representing the history of photography from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day, these photographic collections are an invaluable resource for the visual history of Canada and Canadians. Featuring photographs from various public and private collections, Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory presents a searchable database of digitized photographic images from 1843 to the mid-20th century. These images tell the fascinating and ever-changing story of how Canadians see themselves and their world."
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Grandparents--Caregivers---Fact Sheets
Source: AARP, et. al. State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children
"U.S. Census 2000 data tell us that 2.4 million grandparents are taking on primary responsibility for their grandchildren's basic needs. Many of these grandparents have assumed this responsibility without the parent of the child being in the home. These grandparent and other relative caregivers often lack information about the range of support services, benefits and policies they need to fulfill their caregiving role. In an effort to remedy this situation, a group of child and aging advocacy and research organizations has prepared State Fact Sheets, which provide helpful state-specific data and information for all the states and the District of Columbia." Individual fact sheets in PDF format.
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China--Economics
Source: OECD New, Economic Survey of China
Exec summary and policy brief available.
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Federal Employers--Ranking
Source: American University's Partnership for Public Service and the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation Best Places to Work in the Federal Government 2005
From press release: "Best Places to Work includes a ranking of 30 agencies and 220 subcomponents on overall employee engagement, as well as in ten work environment categories. The rankings also highlight trends among demographic groups, including workers under 40 versus workers over 40, men versus women, and African American, Hispanic, and Asian employees. Best Places to Work was made possible with technical assistance from Sirota Survey Intelligence, specialists in attitude research." Site done entirely in Flash; may have accessibility issues. Results also to be posted on U.S. News and World Report site later this week.
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Internet Security
Source: Symantec
New, Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. 8
"Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today released its eighth volume of the Internet Security Threat Report, one of the most comprehensive sources of Internet threat data in the world. The semiannual report, covering the six-month period from January 1 to June 30, 2005, identified new methods of using malicious code for financial gain with increasing frequency to target desktops rather than enterprise perimeters." Summary ||| Full Text (Registration Required, Free)
See Also: Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE
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