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Employment--Global--Statistics
Source: ILO
New Report, Global Employment Trends Brief
"The number of people unemployed worldwide climbed to new heights in 2005, as robust economic growth failed to offset an increase in people seeking work - especially among the vast and growing legion of jobless youth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends released today." Summary ||| Direct to Full Text
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Women in the Workplace--United States--Fast Facts
Source: BLS (via IWS News Service)
New, Fast Facts: Older Women Workers, ages 55 and over
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Government Documents
Electronic Publishing
Source: National Security Agency
New Guide, Redacting with Confidence: How to Safely Publish Sanitized Reports Converted From Word to PDF
14 pages; PDF. From a GCN story, "The National Security Agency has issued a report suggesting ways to improve federal officials' use of redaction in documents being released to the public."
-- Academia--Technology--Lists & Rankings
Source: Forbes America's Most Connected Campuses
"Today's students depend on technology to live, work and play. And today's colleges have to provide high-tech tools in order to attract the best applicants. This third annual edition of The Princeton Review's Most Connected Campuses examines the technological capabilities of the country's best schools and tells you which 25 campuses are the closest to the cutting edge." (via DocuTicker)
-- Elementary and Secondary Schools--Enrollment
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Public Elementary and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, and School Districts: School Year 2003-04
"This report contains data from the Common Core of Data (CCD) non-fiscal 2003-04 state, local education agency, and school surveys. The report presents data about the students enrolled in public education, including the number of students by grade and the number receiving special education, migrant, or English language learner services. Some tables disaggregate the student data by racial/ethnic group or community characteristics such as rural - urban. The numbers and types of teachers, other education staff, schools, and local education agencies are also reported." Full Report (PDF; 464 KB)
-- Baseball--Statistics and Analysis
Source: David Appelman (Hardball Times) FanGraphs
"At FanGraphs we graph 9 crucial stats for every player that played in the Major Leagues since 2002. Between our season, daily and split graphs that comes to 33 graphs for each player for nearly 70,000 graphs in all. Every graph is updated every single day of the season with the most current stats. Not only do we graph ordinary stats such as batting average but we also provide graphs of various sabermetrics." Methodology
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