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• The New York Times Serves Up Some “Fast Facts” About the New York Public Library

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  In a brief article titled, “Secrets of the Stacks,” the NY Times offers up a bunch of “fast facts” about the NYPL. They include: + The NYPL (research libraries and branches) have a total of 20 million books, 50 million cataloged items. + Only the Library of Congress and the British Library are larger. + ...
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• A Big, Bike-Parking Robot? Only in Japan.

  
  The Green Life — Authority: 572
  Rows and rows of bikes parked on the sidewalk can make any greenies heart swell with pride. But what happens when there are too many bikes and not enough parking spots? A Japanese company has come up with a phenomenal solution: the robotic bike tree . The bike tree is a mechanical system that stores bikes in a ...
  6 days ago

• Fast Facts Compilation: Veterans Day 2009 (November 11th)

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  Once again, the U.S. Census is online with another useful compilation of facts that include direct links to the sources where the facts are found. This time we’re posting a “Fact for Features” about Veterans Day which will take place next Wednesday. Access the Complete Document Here is just a small ...
  6 days ago

• Resource of the Week — Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  Resource of the Week: Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States By Kirin K. Kalia, Editor, Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute Our just-published article, Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States , covers ...
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• San Francisco Real Estate – Sold!

  
  Luba's San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 425
  Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days?  Sign up for The City Update(TM) – San Francisco’s Friendliest Newsletter .  You’ll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday. If you just want the round numbers, you can check them out below. Sold Listings 09/30/09 ...
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• Daylight Savings Time Ends This Weekend: Saving Time, Saving Energy

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  Saving Time, Saving Energy Spring forward…Fall back…. It’s ingrained in our consciousness almost as much as the A-B-Cs or our spelling reminder of “i before e….” And it’s a regular event, though perhaps a bit less regular than the swallows coming back to Capistrano. Yet in those four words is a ...
  2 weeks ago

• California Real Estate Fast Facts from CAR and Freddie Mac – September 2009

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 138
  California Association of Realtors just released its report for  September 2009  real estate activity. Calif. median home price - September 09: $296,090 (Source: C.A.R.) (note: compared to $292,960 last month) Calif. highest median home price by C.A.R. region September 09: Santa Barbara So. Coast $750,000 ...
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• Fast Facts about Halloween 2009 in the U.S.A.

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  Another in the always useful and interesting “Fact for Features” series from the U.S. Census. This time around a look at statistics related to Halloween. Here’s just a taste of what you’ll find along with direct link to the sources where the statistic came from. + 36 million The estimated number of ...
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• What Is a City? What Is Urbanization?

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  What Is a City? What Is Urbanization? In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history. News reports on the subject frequently rephrased this development slightly to say that half of the global population now lives in ...
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• What Did the Nobel Laureates Read When They were Young?

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  What Did the Nobel Laureates Read When They were Young? In their autobiographies, Nobel Laureates reveal their reading habits: how they got started, who spurred them to read on, and where they spent their time losing themselves between the pages of a book. Find out and compare with your own experience, or simply ...
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• Updated Demographic Profiles of U.S. Hispanics by Country of Origin

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  Updated Demographic Profiles of U.S. Hispanics by Country of Origin The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, today released five additional demographic profiles of Hispanic populations in the United States by country of origin: Guatemalan, Colombian, Honduran, Ecuadorian and Peruvian.These ...
  3 weeks ago

• September 2009 San Francisco Home Sales Data is Here!

  
  Luba's San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 425
  Yet again, Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog brings you latest San Francisco Real Estate market report here . (You can also view previous market updates by selecting the archives on the upper right portion of the screen). Heres’s a little glimpse of the report: San Francisco Home Sales Down, Prices ...
  3 weeks ago

• San Francisco Fast Facts August 2008 vs. August 2009

  
  Luba's San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 425
  For those of you that like your SF real estate market data without commentary, here ya go.  Take a look, check it out, come to your own conclusions.  Or – you can always ask me questions.         Fast Facts   ( Editor’s Note : Set forth below are Unit Sales/DOM/Monthly ...
  4 weeks ago

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