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Earl Gregg Swem Library

Mexico’s New Administration: Priorities and Key Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations

Categories: Drug Trafficking,Homeland Security,Immigration/Migration,Mexico,Uncategorized

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42917.pdf

Provides an overview of the leadership, priorities, and prospects for Mexico’s new government and how those priorities may affect U.S.-Mexico relations.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Review of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Plan

Categories: Climate Change,Environment,Natural Resources,Uncategorized

 

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=17018&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies&utm_campaign=01142013WhatsNew&utm_content=Web&utm_term=

Assesses the quality of the federal government’s strategic plan for dealing with increasing ocean acidification.  From the National Research Council

 

 

2013 State of the Commonwealth Address

Categories: Uncategorized

http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=1591

Annual speech by the governor at the outset of the legislative session on the current condition of Virginia’s government and  Governor McDonnell’s legislative agenda.   From the Office of the Governor

 

State Estimates of Underage Alcohol Use and Self-Purchase of Alcohol: 2008 to 2010

Categories: Alcohol/Drug Abuse,Children,Health/Medical,Statistics,Uncategorized,Youth

http://www.samhsa.gov/data/2k12/NSDUH111/SR111StateEstUnderageAlc2012.htm

Estimates that 26% of persons aged 12 to 20 drank alcohol in the past month.  State rates of underage use of alcohol were lowest in Utah and highest in Vermont.  From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

 

Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations

Categories: Arab,Foreign Assistance,Middle East Conflict,Terrorism,Uncategorized

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL34170.pdf

Provides an analysis of U.S.-Yemeni relations amid evolving political change in Yemen, ongoing U.S. counterterrorism operations against Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula, and international efforts to bolster the country’s stability.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11: First Findings from the Kindergarten Rounds of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11

Categories: Children,Education,Statistics,Uncategorized

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012049.pdf

Provides a demographic profile of the students who attended kindergarten in the U.S. in the 2010-11 school year.  Will follow them until the spring of 2016 when most will be in 5th grade.  Covers public and private schools,  and full-time and part-time students.  From the National Center for Education Statistics

 

United States v. Alvarez

Categories: Civil/Human Rights,Supreme Court/courts,Uncategorized

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/11-210

6-3 Supreme Court decision that the so-called Stolen Valor Act, making it a crime to falsely claim receipt of military decorations, is a violation of the free speech clause.  False statements are not included among the few, content-based exceptions such as incitement, obscenity, and defamation.  From the Legal Information Institute of the Cornell University Law School

 

World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision: Highlights

Categories: Agriculture/Rural Issues,Headlines,Population/Census,Uncategorized,United Nations,Urban Issues

http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/pdf/WUP2011_Highlights.pdf

Presents the official United Nations estimates and projections of urban and rural populations for major areas, regions, and countries of the world and of all urban areas with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2011.  Presents trends of urban and rural world populations for 2011 to 2050.  From the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations

 

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