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Vital Signs: Walking Among Adults United States, 2005 and 2010 “Regular physical activity helps with weight control; however, physical activity also provides many health benefits even without weight loss. Regular physical activity helps prevent early death and chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression, and some types of cancer. …
Opportunities Suspended: The Disparate Impact of Disciplinary Exclusion from School, by Daniel J. Losen and Jonathan Gillespie. August 2012. The Center for Civil Rights Remedies at The Civil Rights Project at UCLA “Well over three million children, K-12, are estimated to have lost instructional seat time in 2009-2010 because they were suspended from school, often …
Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for June and the Daily Treasury Statements for July: “CBO estimates that the Treasury Department will report a deficit of $975 billion for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2012, $125 billion less than the $1.1 trillion deficit incurred through July 2011. Through the end of July, revenues …
Health Care – Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment – GAO-12-988CG, Aug 4, 2012 Students with Disabilities – Better Federal Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the Transition from High School, GAO-12-594, July 12, 2012 Telecommunications – Exposure and Testing Requirements for Mobile Phones Should Be Reassessed, GAO-12-771, July 24, 2012
“The Happy Planet Index is a new measure of progress that focusses on what matters: sustainable well-being for all. It tells us how well nations are doing in terms of supporting their inhabitants to live good lives now, while ensuring that others can do the same in the future. In a time of uncertainty, the …
Rai, Birendra K., So, Chiu Ki and Nicholas, Aaron, A Primer on Mathematical Modelling in Economics (September 2012). Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 26, Issue 4, pp. 594-615, 2012. Available at SSRN “The Commission on Graduate Education in Economics had raised several concerns regarding the role of mathematics in graduate training in economics (Krueger, 1991; …
A Snapshot of American Cities – “This interactive graphic provides statistics on the biggest city in the nation’s 30 largest metro areas. While every city has a unique set of economic and demographic conditions, they face many common challenges.”
News release: “Finding caffeine in waters just off a coastline heavy with coffee shops may not be surprising. What a new NOAA-funded study does reveal is that traces of caffeine in Pacific Northwest waters point to a likely source of the stimulant: septic tanks and sewer overflows. Results of the study, funded in part by …
Cyber Security Task Force: Public-Private Information Sharing. This report is the product of the Bipartisan Policy Centers Homeland Security Project, July 2012 “The attacks on information technology systems from a wide range of adversaries including hacktivists, criminals, and nation-states continue to grow.1 From October 2011 through February 2012, over 50,000 cyber attacks on …
