Reducing media bias through regulation ¦ Vox [del.icio.us]
2009-09-18 14:22:00 [W]e show how advertising can seriously interfere with the quality, accuracy, and breadth of content and programming in the media (Ellman and Germano 2009). Biased content is most likely when competition amongst media outlets is limited or when advertisers are large and can threaten to withdraw their advertising business from the media. The analysis extends to media dependence on any business or state actors that can substantially affect media company profits. Analysing the delicate interaction between advertisers, financiers, media outlets, and media audiences within a two-sided markets framework generates new insights for policymakers. Our work points to the need for independent media and makes the case for promoting competition and public funding.
By: Adrian Monck
voltage regulation using STATCOM
2009-09-08 10:11:00 HOW voltage regulation using STATCOM in the transmission line ? please tell me which equation,s are used in this method ? what are the other benefits using STATCOM on the transmission line ? if anybody know , please tell me... thank u ...
Voltage Regulation and STATCOM
2009-09-08 10:11:00 HOW voltage regulation using STATCOM in the transmission line ? please tell me which equation,s are used in this method ? what are the other benefits using STATCOM on the transmission line ? if anybody know , please tell me... thank u ...
Variable Current Regulation
2009-07-05 04:38:00 Have had some problems regarding finding a solution to varying current being input into six seperate groups of NiCd batteries. Also had problems with my computer and ADSL connection , which is why I haven't been around for a few weeks. The scenario is that I have six groups of
Winners from Federal regulation
2009-06-23 06:00:00 Congratulations to Neil George; long-known in the newsletter community for his expertise in income investing, the advisor has just launched a new blog service, Stocks that Pay You.He notes, "Most of the government 's proposed changes for the financial markets aren't new or needed; but what will happen will be a boost for some and a bane for others. Here, he looks at some winners and losers."In my view, tthese supposedly massive changes amount to window dressing. Banks and other related firms can continue to do what they've always done: cherry pick regulators and play off one regulator against another."So, unless we get the government actually empowering the guys down the line inside all of these agencies and departments, don't look for any big changes, because - while the players and the names might be changing - the contest is staying the same."The potential losers in this process will be some of the Federal Thrifts or FSBs that wi...
Ron Paul on Government Regulation Of Tobacco VIDEO
2009-06-16 22:32:00 Congressman Ron Paul - Moving Towards Tobacco Prohibition - Texas Straight Talk:Last week, another bill was passed and signed into law that takes more of our freedoms and violates the Constitution of the United States. It was, of course, done for the sake of the children, and in the name of the health of the citizenry. It?s always the case that when your liberty is seized, it is seized for your own good. Such is the condescension of Washington.The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act will give sweeping new powers over tobacco to the FDA. It will require everyone engaged in manufacturing, preparing, compounding, or processing tobacco to register with the FDA and be subjected to FDA inspections, which is yet another violation of the Fourth Amendment. It violates the First Amendment by allowing the FDA to restrict tobacco advertising in multiple ways, as well as an outright ban on advertising any cigarettes as light, mild or low-tar. The FDA will have the power of pr...
Cigarettes Without Smoke, or Regulation
2009-06-03 15:51:00 From NYT > Technology: During 34 years of smoking, Carolyn Smeaton has tried countless ways to reduce her three-pack-a-day habit, including a nicotine patch, nicotine gum and a prescription drug. But stop-smoking aids always failed her. Read the whole article
Pproportional Regulation
2009-05-15 18:14:00 What are the main advantages and disadvantages of fitting proportional control modulators to the suction intake regulators of compressed air screw compressors, are there any efficiency or energy savings.
Need help with low current voltage regulation
2009-03-28 00:31:00 I am trying build a simple but tiny data logging device to be mounted on songbirds. I need something that weighs well under a gram so that it does not affect the birds' survival or behavior. For this sort of thing the battery is usually the problematic component because a lightweight battery won't l
Mitsubishi Alternator with Build-in IC Regulation
2009-01-27 09:00:00 I am looking for the manual of Mitsubishi Car alternator with IC Regulation Built in. How it work. Sombody can help? dbt
Why net neutrality regulation would undercut Universal Broadband progress
2009-01-23 14:06:00 -By Scott Cleland The start of robust broadband deployment in the U.S. was delayed for several years in the late 1990’s because of regulatory uncertainty over whether broadband investment could earn a competitive return. Today’s release of the proposed economic stimulus package is extremely relevant to the question of investment in Universal Broadband; it says: “For ...
By: Publius Forum
ABB Regulation unit for Sulzer 16ZAV40S
2008-10-17 05:57:00 Has anybody worked on this system? Regulation Unit: DEGO II Actuator: ASAC 70.
Voltage regulation
2008-10-13 06:53:00 Hi We want to control the voltage in our plant as incomimg voltage 115volts 60 hz. usually varies some time it reaches 130 volts which is damaging our machine's console. How ca we regulate it to proper value so that input to machines is according to the desired value of 115 -120 volts
POLITICS AS USUAL | JOHN MCCAIN | A HISTORY OF DE-REGULATION
2008-10-07 00:25:00 As election day fast approaches expect more stories like this to be the norm from both sides of the aisle.
Government Regulation Versus Moral and Ethical Management
2008-09-24 21:56:00 First off, I am not going to get into all of the BS associated with the current bailout programs, that will be in a later post. For now, let’s just focus on the headline and see just which is better. When reading the headline, almost certainly your viewpoint will be focused on the latter, that ...
Too much regulation hurt Fannie and Freddie
2008-09-16 02:08:00 I read perhaps 1,000 articles a day, sure I scan them quickly and sometimes don't get past the headline, but this article is good enough to read and re-read a couple times:Washington Post Blames Private Sector for Government Failures"But the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is hardly an indictment of the free market: Fannie and Freddie are ?Government-Sponsored Enterprises,? not products of the free market or the private sector."The writer goes on to tell the real story, of how government rules and pronouncements turned Fannie and Freddie into experiments in social engineering, and were not truly free market. If liberals and conservatives alike want Fannie and Freddie to be totally privatized, I'd be happy to get on board. But, leaving them flapping in the wind, and the hundreds of thousands of home buyers they would affect, for political gain is ridiculous when the government messed them up in the first place.
By: Synergy Thoughts
boiler regulation
2008-09-11 08:16:00 Is there any boiler regulation or boiler code to be followed in Qatar to manufacure or installe steam boiler in Qatar? Please disccuss...........
Lasers vs. Aircraft: Do We Deed Regulation?
2008-08-19 15:04:00 It seems silly to think about regulating laser pointers but as the idiots who aim them at aircraft proliferate, it begins to seem like a legitimate question. Laser pointers can't blind pilots, but they can distract them or affect their visibility at a critical time, putting hundreds of people's live
The Paradox of Capitalist Regulation
2008-07-25 21:57:00 James Schipper writes in the comments section:The historical record shows that wage increases eventually follow productivity growth. For instance, in 1960 South Korea was dirt-poor, and naturally wages were extremely low. By 1990, SK had become a prosperous country, due to massive productivity growth, and wages were also much higher.As workers become much more productive on average, they become more valuable to employers, who are therefore willing to pay them higher wages, for the same reason that a dairy farmer is willing to pay a higher price for a cow which gives 10,000 liters of milk per year than for a cow which gives 5,000 liters per year.It seems to be true that wage increases in the US have not kept pace with productivity growth in the last 3 decades. I have no explanation for it.It can't be doubted that the transition to a market economy in Russia was handled very badly. Such major changes should be introduced gradually. Just compare China's performance with Russia's in ...
By: Robert Lindsay
Is More Regulation Always the Way to Go?
2008-07-24 02:00:00 Over in the US, Senator Obama has recently been talking about his stance on Cyber terrorism. While there were many interesting points in his proposals, I wanted to home in on his comments regarding the protection of national infrastructure. You don't need to be a technological genius to have figured out that computers pretty much run every aspect of our daily lives these days -- transportation networks, utilities, broadcast information... you name it. It's fair to say, then, that if you could find a way of compromising those computers you could really mess up everyone's day....
Physiological, pharmacological, and nutritional regulation of circulating a
2008-06-08 00:00:00 Physiological, pharmacological, and nutritional regulation of circulating adiponectin concentrations in humansMetab Syndr Relat Disord. 2008;6(2):87-102...
They still don’t get it on energy regulation
2008-06-06 13:18:00 You didn’t hear about this yesterday, I’m willing to bet. The Senate Commerce Committee met on Tuesday, trying to figure out what to do about the sharp increase in prices on oil. I mentioned the other day that George Soros was one of the people there. I’ve mentioned the reasons here many times…. simply getting government out of the way, at every stage from dead dino to your gas tank. But guess what their answer was? Exactly the opposite, and one that Soros must have been cheering… The Hill: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) suggested that oil companies may be manipulating energy markets as Enron did in 2001, and that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Federal Trade Commission needed to more aggressively regulate all futures markets Do you understand? Their answer is… more regulation, and more aggressive regulation. Rather reminds one of a bunch of drunks in a car. The driver notes they’re going in reverse, and decides the answ...
By: BitsBlog
More Regulation Sought For Reverse Mortgages
2008-06-02 06:28:00 You can’t help noticing that reverse mortgages are growing like financial weeds while much of the mortgage marketplace is withering. Speaking in Chicago last month, Kieran P. Quinn, chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association, said the following: “We want laws and regulation that give no quarter to fraud and irresponsible practices, and that will also set the ... read more
Google?s Larry Paige talks up White Spaces to Congress
2008-05-22 23:02:00 If approved, the use of low power access points on soon to be vacated TV channels could make for huge changes in the competitive landscape for broadband users. That’s why Google and a few others like HP, Dell and Intel are interested in promoting the use of White Spaces for access and it’s ...
By: Third Pipe
Changing Face Of Drug Regulation
2008-05-21 11:23:00 S LakshmananSource : Pharmabiz.comThe face of Indian regulatory affairs is changing. The government of India is taking enormous steps to showcase India as the destination for multinational companies to conduct their global clinical trials in India. Pharma companies and CROs are keen looking on India since the development cost of a new drug is comparatively one -fifth of other developed countries.The vibrant nature of Indian regulatory affairs is gaining rapidly the attention of world countries since India is turning to be the credible destination. As Indian regulatory affairs increase in complexity and scope, and globalization occurs within the field, there will be constant watch from the developed countries For career enhancement programs in emerging life science, pharma and chemical science areas visit www.bii.in/biodlp
Qwest to the feds: Give us some money!
2008-05-19 15:17:00 After being defanged for some time in the legal quagmire of being punished for operating illegally, the evil Q is making a comeback. The boated, inefficient, yet predatory regional monopoly the began life as a well meaning fiber backbone company and lost its way by merging with an RBOC now wants more from the ...
By: Third Pipe
Slapp, KaChing! Verizon Takes it on the Chin
2008-05-16 21:32:00 We have reported here the semi-strike by the Florida Verizon field staff in not being permitted to work on POTS services sufficiently. It looks like the FLA AG is agreeing with them to the tune of a $6.5m fine. You can repair a heck of a lot of equipment for that fee. – TAMPA - Florida’s ...
By: Third Pipe
Sowing the Seeds of Inflation and Dollar Degradation
2008-05-16 00:42:00 “The Federal Reserve as other central banks is obviously taking onto its balance sheet a lot of mortgages these days.” “Well, the creators of the Federal Reserve system would be rolling over in their graves if they knew the Federal Reserve is buying mortgages.” – Former Federal Reserve Chariman Paul Volcker Whether or not the creators ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sowing the Seeds of Inflation and Dollar Degradation", url: "http://www.ernharth.com/vi/200-8/05/15/sowing-the-seeds-of-inf-lation-and-dollar-degradation/"- });
Animal Welfare Law in Britain: Regulation and Responsibility (Hardcover)
2008-05-14 21:08:00 Binding: Hardcover Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA List Price: USD 100.00Lowest Used Price: USD 125.00Lowest New Price: USD 127.25Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon website at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product. Author: Mike Radford
Telco USF needs to end
2008-05-13 03:16:00 When established, the USF’s purpose was to provide costly infrastructure to deliver fixed line voice service to rural America. The infrastructure has been paid for, the cost of providing service continues to decline, and the cost of the USF contunies to grow. I rarely agree with Cnet’s Charles Cooper since he tends to like big government ...
By: Third Pipe
US broadband policy. What broadband policy?
2008-05-12 20:15:00 Even if your only an occasional reader of the blog, you’ve probably seen one of my rants on the poor state of American broadband. In fact, it was the state of US broadband that inspired the founding of this blog. I always take great pleasure in reading another blog’s declaration of the poor state of US ...
By: Third Pipe
Another Step Forward for China
2008-05-06 09:21:00 Last year, specifically last summer, was an inflection point.. some say a tipping point.. for China. news stories surrounding Taihu, Slave labor, product safety, and cardboard dumplings had a huge effect on China’s policy makers. It is something that I have covered on a number posts on All Roads (Summer 2007: A Catalyst for Environment Change ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Another Step Forward for China", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina-.com/index.php/2008/05/06/anoth-er-step-forward-for-china/" });
Who Is CHAMP in Chemical Regulation?
2008-05-05 16:56:00 CHAMP is the EPA's new initiative to improve regulation in the industrial chemicals industry. While this program is intended to rival the European Union's REACH initiative, there is still uncertainty about how it will impact the chemicals industry and individual organizations. What effects have gove
Amazon challenges New York online sales tax in court
2008-05-02 15:35:00 New York’s lawmakers recently passed a law requiring Amazon to collect sales tax on orders delivered to the state. New Yorkers are obligated by law to pay the state sales tax on their online purchases by voluntarily remitting the funds to the state. It’s not surprising volutary compliance is low, especially in one of ...
By: Third Pipe
McCain-Feingold is Technologically Dead
2008-05-01 20:48:00 The best laid plans of the Pols have yet again been placed asunder. That bipartisan effort to ‘cure’ campaign finance, BCRA, will be totally destroyed by this. BCRA puts a gag order 30 days before an election. It was generally targeted at 527 groups and other financially well healed political groups. SaysMe is where ...
By: Third Pipe
Proof Congress is clueless when it comes to broadband access
2008-04-30 23:10:00 The man pictured at the left is Senator Robert Byrd, all time champion and reigning king of the pork barrel and earmarks. Senator Byrd has successfully driven more federal spending per capita to his home state than any other elected representative in history. West Virginia is home to boundless interstate highways and federal office ...
By: Third Pipe
Regulations in China: Are You Prepared? Are Ready? Are You OK?
2008-04-30 09:24:00 More than anything else, when speaking to investors who know China well, it is China’s ability to seemingly care little about them when releasing regulations that tends to frustrate, irritate, and be of concern to them. It is something that we saw on perhaps the largest scale last week when thousands of residents and visitors learned ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Regulations in China: Are You Prepared? Are Ready? Are You OK?", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina-.com/index.php/2008/04/30/regul-ations-in-china-are-you-prepare-d-are-ready-are-you-ok/" });
Regulation Of Trans Fats
2008-04-28 02:10:00 Should we regulate the amount of trans fats contained in the food we eat? A Canadian government task force on trans fats is recommending that all vegetable oils and spreadable margarines have the trans fat content limited to 2% of the total fat content and all other foods be limited to a maximum of 5% of total fat content. These new regulations would decrease the average trans fat intake by at least 55%.What are trans fats? Fatty acids in foods are made up of polyunsaturated (like safflower oil, sunflower oil and corn oil), monounsaturated (like olive oil, peanuts, and avocados), saturated (like coconut oil, palm oil, butter and cheese) and trans fats (like margarine and shortening). Saturated and trans fats are linked to coronary heart disease. The majority of trans fats are produced by the food industry when it uses a process called hydrogenation to turn liquid vegetable oils into semi-solid products. This process hardens and stabilizes the oils, enhances the flavor and extends th...
By: news diet
EU Says Yes to Mobile Phone Use on Airplanes, Announces Regulation Plans
2008-04-25 08:47:00 Travelers crisscrossing the air over Europe will soon have a new way to occupy their time while en route: using their cell phones during flights. The European Union (EU) on Monday announced plans to begin licensing in-flight use of wireless communications devices and services.Service providers interested in launching offerings for fliers should be able to get EU approval before 2008 is out, AP reported Monday. Pricing is apparently the prime concern of the EU at this point, with the European Commission emphasizing that it wants to ensure in-flight cell phone service users won’t be unpleasantly surprised when they get their first bill.“We expect operators to be transparent and innovative in their price offerings,” said EU telecom commissioner Viviane Reding, in a Monday statement. “If consumers receive shock phone bills, the service will not take-off.”Reding predicted that, if pricing is managed effectively, this new type of mobile phone service should prove appealing to bu...
Want a Chinese F Visa? Here is How to Get it? If You are a UK Citizen
2008-04-23 16:10:00 Just received the below in an email. Comes from British Chamber of Commerce, and if true, then it looks like I was right… going forward it is going to be much more difficult to get F visas. Visa Situation Update The British Embassy lobbied the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing and have now secured confirmation ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Want a Chinese F Visa? Here is How to Get it… If You are a UK Citizen", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina-.com/index.php/2008/04/23/want--a-chinese-f-visa-here-is-how-to--get-it-if-you-are-a-uk-citizen-/" });
USTI Report on China: Description of Selected Government Practices and Poli
2008-04-23 11:29:00 U.S International Trade Commission has just released a 270 page report entitled Description of Selected Government Practices and Policies Affecting Decision-Making in the Economy, and while this report is long in title and content, it has a lot of information about just how decisions are made: The Committee requested that this first study describe the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "USTI Report on China: Description of Selected Government Practices and Policies Affecting Decision-Making in the Economy", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina-.com/index.php/2008/04/23/usti--report-on-china-description-of--selected-government-practices-a-nd-policies-affecting-decision--making-in-the-economy/" });
Is Anybody Watching? The Green Gap Survey Reveals Consumers Want Regulation
2008-04-21 16:37:00 Some scary truths about consumers? assumptions could lead to a ?green? backlash concludes The Green Gap Survey, released this week by Cone LLC and The Boston College Center for Corporate...
By: Green Options
Pols want to counter auction outcome with?.another auction!
2008-04-18 20:00:00 Even a great idea can turn into an impractical nightmare when implement by politicians. Now crying foul about the outcome of the recent 700MHz auction that they did nothing to change when they might have, the pols have yet another ill conceived and unworkable idea to improve broadband competition. Something in the politicos gene ...
By: Third Pipe
China?s Ongoing Water Woes
2008-04-17 21:43:00 Shanghai Daily spilled the beans in their Early algae outbreak threatens Taihu Lake again that should make everyone perk their ears up and pay attention. For me, there are no greater problems in china on a long term basis than water. It is one of thefundamentals that go along with shelter and food in the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "China’s Ongoing Water Woes", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina-.com/index.php/2008/04/17/china-s-ongoing-water-woes/" });
Patent troll Rebrandt Inc. wants your DTV dollars
2008-04-16 22:55:00 A recent trend that has become a national embarrassment is the formation of companies whose sole purpose is to collect outdated patents and try to apply them to new technology and sue the makers and users of that technology. It’s called a legalized protection racket. They produce nothing, clog the courts, raise the cost of ...
By: Third Pipe
De La Rosa Expresses Tyre Warmer Ban Concern
2008-04-15 21:15:00 Pedro de La Rosa has joined other drivers in expressing concern over the forthcoming 2009 ban of tyre warmers, alongside the intorduction of slick tyres. The warmers were used to get heat into the tyres, so that on the first lap people wouldn’t be crawling around, causing a danger to themselves and others. With slick tyres, having ...
New York intends to do away with the tax free net
2008-04-15 14:39:00 A state that will never be known fro low taxes or careful government spending may also be known for the state that killed the internet tax free zone. Most states require sales tax to be collected if the etailer has a physical presence in the state. As it is proposed, not in New York. If ...
By: Third Pipe
Airport Peace Officer Basic Training, Regulation 1005
2008-04-13 00:00:00 The proposed amendment to Regulation 1005(a) will specify clearly in regulation that airport peace officers must complete two basic training requirements ? Aviation Security and the Regular Basic Course (RBC). Adoption of the proposed changes will clarify the entry-level training standard for airport peace officers in the regulation section which addresses entry-level training standards.
Airport Peace Officer Basic Training, Regulation 1005
2008-04-12 00:00:00 The proposed amendment to Regulation 1005(a) will specify clearly in regulation that airport peace officers must complete two basic training requirements ? Aviation Security and the Regular Basic Course (RBC). Adoption of the proposed changes will clarify the entry-level training standard for airport peace officers in the regulation section which addresses entry-level training standards. |
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