WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson today welcomed the confirmation of two new directors within the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP). Early today, the U.S. Senate confirmed John H. Laub, Ph.D., as the new director for the Justice Department's National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and James P. Lynch, Ph.D., as the new director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). I am pleased to welcome these two renowned researchers to the Department of Justice," said Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson. "Supporting basic social science research, while expanding our inventory of evidence based approaches, is one of the President's priorities. We welcome the expertise and experience that they bring to their r...
Terry Bradshaw; Barbara Bush; Mike Wallace; the late Princess Diana; and Rick Warren, author of "The Purpose Driven Life": What do these public figures have in common? Surprisingly, the answer is depression. Statistics vary, but the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) suggests that in any year more than 14 million people in the United States live with this sometimes-debilitating disorder -- a condition that affects people of all ages, genders and ethnicities.
Unemployed construction worker Jesus Torres, 41, asks for money with a sign that reads "I'm hungry" in Pamplona, Spain, on Friday as a person walks past carrying a bread. The father of two has been unemployed since February 2009. Spain's jobless rate has surpassed 20 percent for the first time since 1997, the government said Friday as it offered more dismal news for a recession-plagued economy that is being dragged into Europe's debt crisis. The National Statistics Institute said the rate rose 1.22 percentage points in the first quarter to 20.05 percent. While other major economies in Europe and elsewhere have posted at least tepid growth as they crawl out of recession, the eurozone's fourth-largest economy is still contracting after the collapse of a construction boom that had fueled y...
This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of OJP's Science Advisory Board (``Board''). General Function of the Board: The Board is chartered to provide OJP, a component of the Department of Justice, with valuable advice in the areas of science and statistics for the purpose of enhancing the overall impact and performance of its programs and activities in criminal and juvenile justice. To this end, the Board has designated five (5) subcommittees: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS); Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); Quality and Protection of Science; and Evidence Translation/Integration.
decibel levels Whisper: 30 Refrigerator hum: 40 Normal conversation: 50-65 Hair dryer: 70 Average city traffic: 80 Lawnmower: 85-90 Motorcycle (at 25 feet): 88 Farm tractor: 98 Garbage truck: 100 Snowmobile: 105 Chainsaw: 110 Stereo (more than 100 watts): 110-125 Dance club: 120 Rock concerts: 110-140 Source: National Institute on Deafness signs of a problem According to the web site "It's A Noisy Planet," noise-induced hearing loss can be avoided, and that noise is too loud when one of the following occurs: - You have to raise your voice to be understood by someone standing nearby. - The noise hurts your ears. - You develop a buzzing or ringing sound in your ears, even temporarily. - You don't hear as well as you normally do until several hours after you get away from the noise. ...
Obesity Statistics (according to the National Institute of Health at www.nih.gov) - The number of overweight children has tripled in the past 3 decades
Most nonprofits do not spend enough money on overhead. Underfunding overhead can have disastrous effects, finds the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study, a five-year research project conducted by the Urban Institute's National Center for Charitable Statistics and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. A vicious cycle fuels the persistent underfunding of overhead. Not only do funders and donors have unrealistic expectations, but the nonprofit sector itself also promotes unhealthy overhead levels. Although the vicious cycle of nonprofit starvation has many entry points and drivers, the best place to end it is where it starts: funders' unrealistic expectations. Rather than being the reason to reduce overhead spending, the recession is an excellent opportunity to redress decades-long un...
Between 2000 and 2006, the number of foreign residents soared from 0.52 percent of the population to 9.39 percent, according to Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE). Foreign parents can qualify if they can prove legal residence of at least two years, The measure was designed to kickstart the flagging birthrates of a country where the solvency of pension funds has been put at risk by an aging population.
Brazil's IBGE national statistics institute reformulated its methodology for calculating the nation's GDP in March. Under the new formula, IBGE is taking into account what it feels is a more accurate measurement of the informal sector and gives a greater weighting to the services sector. IBGE revised 2006's GDP growth upward to 3.7% from a previous 2.9%. According to Anbid, the association of Brazilian investment banks, last year's M&A activity topped out at just under $63 billion. That figure represents a 273% year-on-year increase.
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