“Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause social, communication, and behavioral challenges. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1 in 88 children in the U.S. has an ASD. While there are no proven cures for autism spectrum disorders, research has shown that early treatment can… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
New on LLRX – Veterans in the Criminal Justice System: Defending Conditions of the Mind
Via LLRX.com – Veterans in the Criminal Justice System: Defending Conditions of the Mind – Ken Strutin’s guide includes key recent and notable cases, surveys, studies, guides, web resources and directories for legal research specific to veterans’ deployed to war who subsequently developed mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD). Continue Reading
IMF Global Financial Stability Report
Global Financial Stability Report – The Quest for Lasting Stability, “The April 2012 Global Financial Stability Report assesses changes in risks to financial stability over the past six months, focusing on sovereign vulnerabilities, risks stemming from private sector deleveraging, and assessing the continued resilience of emerging markets. The report probes the implications of recent reforms… Continue Reading
Developing World Lags on Global Targets Related to Food and Nutrition
Global Monitoring Report 2012: Food Prices, Nutrition, and the Millennium Development Goals “The developing worlds progress is seriously lagging on global targets related to food and nutrition, with rates of child and maternal mortality still unacceptably high, says the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2012, released by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).… Continue Reading
Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Trustees Announce Major Progress in Gulf Restoration Effort
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, this news from the Department of the Interior: “An estimated $60 million in early restoration projects soon will begin along the Gulf Coast following the nations largest oil spill, the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustee Council announced. With finalization of the… Continue Reading
DOD Announces Release of Report — Space Export Control Policy Reform Supported
“The Department of Defense announced today the release of a major report on space export control policy. Congress requested this report from the secretaries of defense and state in Section 1248 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84). The report summarizes a DoD and State Department risk assessment of… Continue Reading
The Economist – Mapping the death penalty in America
States of punishment – Mapping the death penalty in America: “From 2000 to 2011 there were, on average, five death-row exonerations a year in the United States, according to the Death Penalty Information Centre. North Carolina alone saw three exonerations in six months in 2008. The following year the state legislature passed the Racial Justice… Continue Reading
Report – Reclaiming the American Dream – Community Colleges and the Nation's Future
Reclaiming the American Dream: A report from the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges. American Association of Community Colleges. (2012, April). “The American Dream is imperiled. Upward mobility, the contract between one generation of Americans and the next, is under siege. Once unchallenged, this nations primacy in college graduation rates has already… Continue Reading
USGS Releases Global Estimate for Undiscovered, Technically Recoverable Conventional Oil and Gas Resources
An Estimate of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources of the World, 2012 “Excluding the United States, the world holds an estimated 565 billion barrels (bbo) of undiscovered, technically recoverable conventional oil; 5,606 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of undiscovered, technically recoverable conventional natural gas; and 167 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas liquids… Continue Reading
Nielsen State of the Hispanic Consumer: The Hispanic Market Imperative
State of the Hispanic Consumer: The Hispanic Market Imperative “The U.S. Hispanic population is the largest minority segment and is growing at a dramatic rate towards ethnic plurality, which has already occurred in the most populous states and is beginning to occur among the U.S. baby population. The future U.S. economy will depend on Hispanics… Continue Reading
McKinsey Global Institute – Urban America: US cities in the global economy
Urban America: US cities in the global economy, Apr. 2012 | by James Manyika, Jaana Remes, Richard Dobbs, Javier Orellana and Fabian Schaer “In a world of rising urbanization, the degree of economic vigor that the economy of the United States derives from its cities is unmatched by any other region of the globe. Large… Continue Reading
Housing Unit Size data from the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey
About the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS): “EIA administers the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) to a nationally representative sample of housing units. Specially trained interviewers collect energy characteristics on the housing unit, usage patterns, and household demographics. This information is combined with data from energy suppliers to these homes to estimate energy costs and… Continue Reading
