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World of Work Report 2009 – The Global Jobs Crisis and Beyond, International Labour Organization (International Institute for Labour Studies) 2009 “The world economy is exhibiting encouraging signs of a recovery. The IMF now predicts over 3 per cent economic growth for 2010, with Brazil, China and India leading the economic rebound. In addition, this …
Crime in the United States: Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report (January to June) “Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the Nation reported a decrease of 4.4 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for the first six months of 2009 when compared with figures reported for …
Robin Wauters: “Italian writer, blogger and photographer Vincenzo Cosenza has for the second time put together a visualization that shows the most popular social networks around the world on a map, based on the most recent traffic data (December 2009) as measured by Alexa & Google Trends for Websites.” ComputerWorld – 2009: Social networks go …
Changes in the Aggregate Labor Force Participation Rate, Julie L. Hotchkiss, Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 4, 2009 “Human capital is a vital component in the production process, so the size of the labor force can profoundly affect the potential for economic growth. In the United States, the overall labor force participation rate (LFPR)the percent …
Follow up to Google Scholar Now Includes Free Case Law Database and Bridging the DiGital Divide: A New Vendor in Town? Google Scholar Now Includes Case Law, this related article – Google Scholar: A New Way to Search for Cases and Related Legal Publications.
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly), December 18, 2009: “In November, 36 states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, 8 states registered increases, and 6 states had no change. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 19 states and decreased in 31 states and the District of Columbia…Among the nine geographic divisions, …
News release: “U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a new rule that significantly strengthens protections afforded to consumers by, among other things, establishing a hard time limit after which U.S. airlines must allow passengers to deplane from domestic flights. The new rule prohibits U.S. airlines operating domestic flights from permitting an aircraft to remain …
The Liberal Tradition of the Supreme Court Clerkship: Its Rise, Fall, and Reincarnation? William E. Nelson, Harvey Rishikof, I. Scott Messinger, Michael Jo | 62 Vand. L. Rev. 1749 (2009) “This srticle presents the first comprehensive empirical study of the post-clerkship employment of law clerks at the Supreme Court from 1882 to the present, and …
Eastern, New Age Beliefs Widespread – Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, December 2009 “The religious beliefs and practices of Americans do not fit neatly into conventional categories. A new poll by the Pew Research Centers Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that large numbers of Americans engage …
News release: “Eighty-seven percent of the city’s heating oil soot pollution is created by burning the dirtiest heating oils available in only one percent of all buildings in New York City, according to a new report released today by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). As a result of burning this toxic sludge (No. 4 and 6 …
