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Combating Mass Incarceration - The Facts. June 17, 2011 The war on drugs has helped make the U.S. the world's largest incarcerator. America’s criminal justice system should keep communities safe, treat people fairly, and use fiscal resources wisely. But more Americans are deprived of their liberty than ever before - unfairly and unnecessarily, with no benefit to public safety. Especially in the face of economic crisis, our government should invest in alternatives to incarceration and make prisons options of last – not first – resort. Download the graphic here » View the plain-text version » Learn More: Safe Communities, Fair Sentences: Combating Mass Incarceration Recent coverage: Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights References.

15 datos sobre Wikipedia. UNA BOTELLA DE AGUA. Interactive Globe: Small Arms Imports & Exports. Money_huge.png (12528×8352) How Different Groups Spend Their Day - Interactive Graphic. Infographics. INFOGRAFÍA SOBRE EL AGUA. La psicología del comercio social – Infografía « SocialMedia Ecuador. Relación entre Facebook y el rendimiento escolar -infografía. Es frecuente creer que las redes sociales son una distracción más para los estudiantes, y que probablemente su uso esté dentro de una de las causas del creciente fracaso escolar.

Sin embargo, el problema no reside en la red social sino en el uso que se hace de ella. Un estudio, por el contrario, asegura que no existe una relación estrecha entre los estudiantes que usan las redes sociales y los que pierden el tiempo a la hora de estudiar. La siguiente infografía realizada por OlineEducation.net presenta esta conclusión además de muchas otras. Entre ellas, la más llamativa es que Facebook no es una mala influencia para los estudiantes. De hecho, los profesores creen que puede traer beneficios la participación de los estudiantes en los medios de comunicación. The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. DELANTE, Interesante infografía sobre la población en. How the Banks Received $1.2 Trillion in Secret Loans during Financial Crisis. The Fed's Secret Liquidity Lifelines [bloomberg.com] reveals when and which banks and other companies (e.g.

GE, Ford, Toyota) received over $1.2 trillion in public money between August 2007 and April 2010. Bloomberg News had to aggregate and analyze over 29,000 documents to discover over 21,000 different loans, which can know be analyzed and contrasted with each other. In practice, the collection of line graphs show the exact dates the loans occurred and were closed for a specific company plus the historical market value of that company. Peak borrowing amounts, borrowing timelines and average balances can be easily compared. RELIGIOUS GROUPS I’M AFRAID OF by Alexandra Wayne - Artist: David Hwang. Usmarket.

Affording Health Care. Even with health insurance, health care can cost an arm and a leg. The infographic below shows across geographies, income and education levels, between 1997 and 2006, a growing number of Americans avoided health care due to cost. About this data Health, United States, 2009 is the 33rd annual report on the health status of the Nation, prepared by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for the President and the Congress.

The report provides an annual picture of the health of the entire United States. Health, United States presents trends and current information on measures and determinants of the Nation's health. It also identifies variations in health status, modifiable risk factors, and health care utilization among people by age, race and ethnicity, gender, education and income level, and geographic location. Share Downloads Download Image Design Partner A collaboration between GOOD and Thomas Porostocky. xAFVQ. All sizes | A Time Table (Mitchell's New General Atlas) 1864. HOW GOOGLE WORKS.