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"Once You Enter, You Never Leave": Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Intellectual or Mental Disabilities in Croatia

Resources for people suffering from intellectual or mental disabilities are in short supply throughout most of the world. The Human Rights Watch organization released this 74-page report in September 2010, and it addresses the plight of the thousands of people with such disabilities living in Croatia. The report is based on interviews conducted by the Human Rights Watch in November and December...

https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/09/23/once-you-enter-you-nev...
"Street art" draws attention of the public, potential investors, and law enforcement

Blek le Rat, the man who gave birth to Banksy http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4066727.ece Banksy [Macromedia Flash Player] http://www.banksy.co.uk/ Tate Modern: Street Art http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetart/default.shtm TIME: Art of the Street Photo...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2008/0613
"Tattoo for tacos" deal is revived by a San Francisco eatery

Casa Sanchez restaurant offers customers free tacos for life if they get a tattoo of their logo http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=7363877 San Francisco: The Mission http://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/mission/ Founding of the Mission Dolores http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist5/misdolor.html The Cambridge World History of Food: Mexico and Highland Central...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2010/0409
200,000 historic recordings are making their way to the Library of Congress

Universal Music Donating 200K Master Recordings to Library of Congress http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-music-donating-200k-master-69817 A Digital Library Race, and Playing Catch-Up [Free registration may be required] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09stream.html?src=busln Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/ Music for the...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2011/0114
2007 CEO Compensation Study

Charity Navigator provides high-quality information about charities in order "to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace." One of the more recently published studies is the 2007 CEO Compensation Study. Visitors can read this annotated report here in its entirety, and it contains a wealth of information about the subject. In the year 2007, their research shows that the top...

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=studies.ceo
2009 WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World

Three hundred museum and library professionals from across the United States gathered together in February 2009 to discuss the development of digital resources and how this development affects librarians and information specialists at cultural institutions. This straightforward website includes webcasts of the sessions and is the next best thing to attending the conference as visitors to their...

https://www.tvworldwide.com/events/webwise/090226/
2010 Census

Short forms, long forms, Alaska Native, and so on. Anyway you look at it, the United States Census is a complicated and fascinating event. It happens ever yen years (as dictated by the U.S. Constitution), and it is a process that is evaluated almost constantly. Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau created the 2010 Census site in order to inform the general public about the next census. Visitors to the...

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/dec...
2010 Census

Policy analysts, mayors, government officials, and many others are anxiously awaiting the results of the 2010 Census. It's not taking place for a few years, but the U.S. Census Bureau has already created this website to provide information to a wide range of interested parties and stakeholders. On the homepage, visitors can learn about the nuts and bolts of the Census, read about the "Census in...

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/dat...
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2014: The Year in Interactive Storytelling, Graphics, and Multimedia

For educators teaching current events and the developing technology of media, this special section on the New York Times website will provide fodder for hours of critically-minded discussions. Readers will find content divided into five categories: Multimedia Stories, Data Visualization, Data-Driven Stories, Explanatory Graphics, and Visual and Interactive Features. One fascinating entry from...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/29/us/year-in-in...
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2015: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics

Educators who prefer to root their lessons in current events will find much to appreciate in this beautifully arrayed section of the New York Times, in which the renowned news source recounts the year 2015 through visually stunning graphics and images. For example, Derek Watkins' account of Japan's new satellite that snaps a picture of the earth every 10 minutes is accompanied by a drawing of the...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/us/year-in-interact...
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