Updated: Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, March 2007
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, March 2007
This US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control document lists individuals and groups whose assets are blocked by sanctions.262 pages; PDF. See Also: Changes to List Since 1/1/2007 (PDF) See Also: SDN List Sorted by OFAC Sanctions Program See Also: Archive of Changes Source: U.S. Treasury, Snippet via Council on Foreign Relations Continue reading
In the News: Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States and Brazil to Advance Cooperation on Biofuels
Thanks to my colleague Shirl Kennedy at DocuTicker.com for posting direct links to this "in the news" document. Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States and Brazil to Advance Cooperation on Biofuels Also online is this DOS News Release. Continue reading
Near Real Time Info: Amtrak
We took care of near real time information for airplanes yesterday. Today, near real time information for Amtrak trains. Enter a city pair OR a city an train number. A page with one or more trains will appear. Select the train of interest and click "resubmit." Another page, with departure/arrival info will appear along with any info about delays and estimated departure/arrival info. Btw, don't worry about the potential error message at the top of the page. [Update: correct link is here. Thanks to the anonymous commenter who alerted us!] Continue reading
Near Real Time Info from the FAA
One area (of several) in the info retrieval world of extra special interest to me is real time and near real time access to information. Some of the largest providers of this type of data are governments. I will plan to post on several of them throughout the month. We will begin with near real info from the FAA. There are MANY sources of it but I'm going to focus on two. Additionally, some cost money. These two services are available at no charge. I use both of the two services listed below. Each has its strengths. Both are worthy of your attention. It's a case of which one works best for you. + Flight Aware http://www.flightaware.com Near real time info and historical info (free) for aircraft in the U.S./Canadian database. Search by Airline, Tail #, Airport. You can also access: + All flights in the air by airline + by aircraft model + others Maps and pages that auto-refresh if you're logged in to the service. Examples: Current Planes departing/arriving Boston's Logan International. Data for a specific flight also includes minute by minute lat/long, ground speed, altitude. All planes in the air this minute, by fleet. + Flight Stats http://www.flightstats.com/go/Home/home.do Widgets for several sites, RSS feeds. Mobile Site http://mobile.flightstats.com/go/Mobile/ Note: Flightware.com works and looks OK on a mobile browser. Historical ontime ratings (also on the FAA site) Airport info Maps Airport delays (also on the FAA site) http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/currentAirportDelays.do Flight Status by Route, Flight, Airport, Alerts Airports and airlines of the world lists Hide or view codeshare flights. Example (O'Hare Departures) Continue reading
New Statistical Reports: Business in Europe & Global Employment Trends for Women
Here are two recently released reports loaded with statistics: + From the International Labour Organization Global Employment Trends for Women 2007
...the Global Employment Trends for Women Brief 2007 focuses on whether the tendency toward increased participation has continued more recently and whether women have found enough decent and productive jobs to really enable them to use their potential in the labour market and achieve economic independence.+ From Eurostat European businesses seen through statistics Summary ||| Full Text (418 pages; PDF) ||| Download Individual Chapters
[From the] Statistical Office of the European Communities, gives a comprehensive picture of the structure, development and characteristics of European business and its different activities: from energy and the extractive industries to communications, information services and media. It presents the latest available statistics from a wide selection of statistical sources describing, for each activity, production and employment, country specialisation and regional distribution, cost structures, productivity and profitability, the importance of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), external trade etc.Continue reading
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