New Report: Online Paid Content: U.S. Market Spending Report
Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Supreme Court--United States--Nominations
Source: Law Library of Congress
New, Samuel A. Alito Nomination Collection
"A bibliography, it includes a PDF excerpt of Judge Alito's 1990 confirmation hearing (Senate Hearing 101-651, Part 5) via http://www.loc.gov/rr/law/alito.html#cong."
Expect more digitized documents soon.
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Online Content--Consumer Spending
Source: Online Publishers Association (via DocuTicker.com) Online Paid Content: U.S. Market Spending Report (PDF; 274 KB)
From press release: "The Online Publishers Association (OPA) today released its Paid Content U.S. Market Spending Report covering Q1 and Q2 of 2005. The study, conducted by comScore Networks, determined that consumer spending for online content in the U.S. grew to $987 million in the first half of 2005, an increase of 15.7 percent over the same period last year. For the first time ever, in Q2 of 2005, quarterly sales of content topped half a billion dollars. Spurred by growth in online music sales, Entertainment/Lifestyles overtook Personals/Dating to become the leading paid content category, with consumers spending $264.8 million on the category in the first half of 2005. Personals/Dating grew to $245.2 million in the first half of 2005, while Business/Investment content remained in third place with spending at $159.1 million."
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Avian Flu
Source: The World Bank Avian Flu in East Asia
"Avian influenza, also known as 'bird flu,' is a contagious animal disease that normally infects birds and sometimes pigs. Researchers believe the virus can infect all bird species, but domesticated poultry are particularly vulnerable to epidemic level infections. Recent reports have traced infections through flocks of migrating wild geese in China, which has raised concerns that the virus could spread beyond its Asian stronghold. Previously, the flu was only seen to move to wild birds from domestic poultry flocks. The disease was first seen in humans in 1997 in Hong Kong. Almost all human cases are thought to have been contracted from birds. So far, the impact on people has been limited to around 125 infections in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia -- again, after contact with domesticated chickens and other infected food birds." Includes "Key Information About Bird Flu," "What the Bank Is Doing to Address Bird Flu," and "Documents and Publications."
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Webliographies--Autism
Source: ACRL Autism spectrum disorders: A resource for ASD information on the Web
This resource guide was compiled by Corey Seeman, assistant dean for resource and systems management at the University of Toledo.
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Online Scams
Source: USPS, FBI, Others
New Web Site: LooksTooGoodToBeTrue.com
From the announcement: "On Monday, the FBI joined the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the online job search company Monster Worldwide, and other partners in launching a new website-- LooksTooGoodToBeTrue.com--to educate the public about Internet schemes and to provide a central place for consumers to file complaints."
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