Search results matching tags 'government' and 'business'http://evpl.org/community/search/SearchResults.aspx?a=1&o=DateDescending&tag=government,business&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'government' and 'business'en-USCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)New Database Brings the World to your Desktophttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/01/21/new-database-brings-the-world-to-your-desktop.aspxWed, 21 Jan 2009 22:26:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1173Bufkinite@evpl<p><img style="float:left;" height="200" alt="Global Road Warrior banner ad" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3215229919_8e4bb0831d.jpg" width="350" />A new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.evpl.org/research/databases/">database</a> called Global Road Warrior brings you comprehensive information on 175 countries around the world.&nbsp; And when I say &quot;comprehensive&quot; that is exactly what I mean.&nbsp; There is information in over 100 specific areas for each country listed.</p> <p>There&nbsp;is basic information&nbsp;like geography (including flags and maps for each country), govenment, and climate; information about the society and culture, like standard greetings and courtesies, food peculiar to the&nbsp;area&nbsp;(including recipes), holidays, religions, and sports; information about how business is conducted, with special attention given to women in business; information about the currency used there, including a currency converter; and infrastructure information including electricity, telephones, Internet connectivity and ISPs, telegram, fax, and postal services.</p> <p>In addition, there is a &quot;security briefing&quot; for every country taken directly from the CIA&#39;s World Factbook, health and medical information, and contact information - addresses, email, and telephone numbers - for all foreign embassies and consulates within each country.</p> <p>Below left is a screen shot of the home page for Mongolia. &nbsp;The menu on the left is standard for each country, and includes the information outlined above and much more. &nbsp;Below right is a close-up of the standard menu, with an example of the sub-menu choices for &quot;Society and Culture,&quot; to give you an idea of the richness of this resource.</p> <p>Teachers will especially enjoy global road warrior! &nbsp;The maps listed for each country include a simple outline map as well as an outline map that includes outlines of states &amp; provinces. &nbsp;There is also a list of &quot;essential terms&quot; for each country: how to say &quot;hello,&quot; &quot;goodbye,&quot; &quot;yes,&quot; &quot;no,&quot; and the other essential words and phrases you&#39;ll need to get around.</p> <p>The search interface is very easy to use, and allows you to search within a particular country, or search for a particular term across all countries. &nbsp;Try it today and see what you think about EVPL&#39;s newest database offering.<br /><img height="443" width="500" alt="Screen shot of Global Road Warrior&#39;s home page." src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3215589547_9a6338e405.jpg" style="float:left;" /><img height="500" width="230" alt="Menu with sub-menus from Global Road Warrior" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3216441684_8f7248699d.jpg" style="float:right;" /></p>America’s Bank Crisis –Quick Information Linkshttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2008/10/04/america-s-bank-crisis-quick-information-links.aspxSat, 04 Oct 2008 16:08:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:684seeker@evpl<p>I just had a question from a person who wanted some quick Internet sites to follow&nbsp;the recent bill, &quot;<a href="http://banking.senate.gov/public/_files/latestversionAYO08C32_xml.pdf">Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</a>&quot; that was&nbsp;approved by the Senate October 1, the House &nbsp;October 3, and signed into law by the President .&nbsp; Here&#39;s a&nbsp;1 page summary of it:&nbsp; <a href="http://banking.senate.gov/public/_files/latestversionEESASummary.pdf">http://banking.senate.gov/public/_files/latestversionEESASummary.pdf</a> .&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp;Some news sites that I follow have some good up-to-date articles:&nbsp; CNN Money Magazine - <a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/crisiswallstreet/2008/index.html%20">special issue on America&#39;s Money Crisis</a>,&nbsp;Google News - <a href="http://news.google.com/news?num=30&amp;hl=en&amp;um=1&amp;tab=wn&amp;q=Wall+Street+Crisis&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1">recent news articles on the Wall Street Crisis</a>, and&nbsp;NPR&#39;s <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1017%20">Economy Section</a> news.&nbsp; </p> <p><a href="http://www.fdic.gov/">Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</a> insures individual bank accounts.&nbsp; Find current news of failed and merged banks, and under <strong>Top Search Results</strong>, find Failed Banks List, reports of Conditions &amp; Income and Thrift Financial Reports for your bank, or use &nbsp;&quot;Edie the Estimator&quot; to calculate your FDIC insurance coverage for your deposit accounts.</p> <p>And &nbsp;finally, what will it cost and how will it impact federal finances?&nbsp; Here&#39;s the Congressional Budget Office Analysis:&nbsp; <a href="http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=173">http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=173</a> </p>
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