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Forecast of July 2015—New Jersey: prospects for the long term
No full textThe July 2015 R/ECON forecast shows more rapid growth for the state in 2015 than in 2014. Nonagricultural employment rose by 0.7 percent—or 27,700 jobs in 2014—after growth of 1.2 percent or 45,100 jobs in 2013. Growth will improve to 1.1 percent in 2015 and 2016 and then average 0.8 percent over the rest of the forecast period, which goes through 2045. At these rates the job base will return to the peak level reached in the first quarter of 2008 in mid-2017. By the end of the forecast period in 2045 the employment base will be nearly a million jobs, and 23 percent, greater than its level at the peak.1 These projections assume no specific recession/recovery cycle disrupts the state’s or nation’s growth. Although this seems rather far-fetched given that the average business cycle (peak to peak) in the U.S. since World War II has lasted about 24 quarters and the current cycle is now in its seventh year, a caveat to keep in mind is that this is a long term TREND forecast; it does not purport to indicate at what point(s) CYCLES may occur.Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON) quarterly repor
"Trying to Find the Middle Ground": Drug Policy and Harm Reduction in Black Communities
No full textU.S. federal drug policy has long emphasized criminalization and incarceration, and many negative policy outcomes have disproportionately impacted communities of color and Blacks in particular. The framework of harm reduction informs a range of alternative policy strategies from decriminalization to legalization, treating drugs more as a public health than a criminal justice issue. While Black communities are seen as opposing harm reduction with illicit drugs, Black leadership has recently supported ending the war on drugs. Using in-depth interviews with 21 substance abuse service providers in a Northeastern U.S. urban hub, this study explores views toward the potential impact of, and support for, harm reduction illicit drug policies in Black U.S. communities. Cognizant of the racially skewed impact of drug policies, respondents endorsed policy changes but were generally mixed on harm reduction, opposing liberalization of "hard" drugs, yet supporting it for marijuana given its link to race-based policing. Respondents indicate many Black communities need more than drug policy change, at best seeing harm reduction as only part of larger scale reinvestment. Findings inform considerations of reforming drug policy strategies and priorities for these communities, given views toward illicit drugs and racially skewed outcomes of current drug policy.Peer reviewe
Harm Reduction and Illicit Drugs in U.S. Newspapers
No full textIllicit drug abuse remains a serious problem in the United States. While contemporary U.S. drug policies emphasize a prohibitionist “War on Drugs,” other countries have embraced public health based harm reduction. Whereas the current U.S. policy aims to eliminate drug use, harm reduction seeks to reduce its inevitable consequences, revealing an important ideological tension. Newsprint media depictions of drugs influence public opinion, discourse, and policy, particularly surrounding harm reduction programs and services. Combining textual discourse and qualitative content analyses, this study explores and describes discursive use of the term “harm reduction” with illicit drugs in a sample of 296 U.S. newspaper pieces published between 1990 and 2012. Typically describing harm reduction and “Drug War” strategies as incompatible, harm reduction supporters advocated a range of policy changes, whereas opponents described harm reduction as something to be avoided given the danger of drugs. A discourse theory framework situates the debate over harm reduction as tension in the U.S. drug policy hegemony, and considers domestic and international politic dynamics, and beliefs regarding the nature of substance use, addiction, and recovery.Peer reviewe
Ryhiner-Kartensammlung / 5 America siue India Nova : ad magnæ Gerardi Mercatoris aui vniversalis imitationem
No full textin compendium redacta, per Michaelem Mercatorem Duysburgensem3 Nebenkarten: "Haiti nunc Hispaniola" (Durchmesser 7,5 cm, unten links), "Golfo Mexicano" (Durchmesser 7,5 cm, oben links), "Cvba" (Durchmesser 7,5 cm, oben rechts)Lateinischer Text auf der Kartenrückseite ("America.")Titelkartusche unten rechtsSeitennumerierung (Rückseite): "39" und "40" (oben), "M" (unten)Ursprungswerk: "Gerardi Mercatoris atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura" hrsg. von H. Hondius (Amsterdam, 1630
[Von den ausgebrannten Wassern]
No full text[Michael Puff]Impressum: Datum in der Vorlage erwähnt, Ort und Drucker nach ISTCIn Sack, Freiburg the author is identified as Michael Puff, nicknamed Schrick (H. Walther, Sudhoff's Archiv 54 (1970) p.285)Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500, Unit 15 - Medical Incunabula Part V, MI 62 (Research Publications (Primary Source Media) Reading, 1995
The economic and fiscal impacts of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, a macroeconomic analysis
No full textThis report estimates the macroeconomic and fiscal impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the economy of New Jersey using the R/ECON™ forecasting model of the state’s economy. The model consists of more than 250 quarterly time-series equations and 30 employment sectors.The analysis takes into account both the economic losses resulting from the hurricane and the offsetting positive economic impacts associated with recovery and reconstruction spending in the months and years following the storm.However, the estimates of impacts depend upon the restoration expenditures actually being made. If the funds for these restoration and recovery expenditures are not made available, the offsetting positive impacts to the economy will not occur and the New Jersey economy will be significantly damaged. See Section 3 for estimates of the negative impacts if restoration expenditures are not made.This report was published as Issue Paper Number 34, January 2013, in Rutgers Regional Report
Union County: Baselines for the Future
No full textIn 2015, the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service group (R/ECON™) of Rutgers University prepared the third Union County Baseline report (commissioned by the Union County government). It follows and expands upon preceding studies conducted for the Union County Alliance in June 1994 and June 2000.
This third baseline report uses recent historical data to explore the impacts of the Great Recession and the nation’s subsequent recovery on Union County’s economy. In addition, it aims to identify local industries that may offer the County a competitive advantage given the local labor force and its skill diversity. This industry identification is partially enabled through the use of economic forecasts for New Jersey and Union County, which assess the region's prospects for employment growth in the next decade.
The current study is designed to inform economic development efforts and establish a common base of knowledge from which long-range plans and strategic initiatives can be developed. Additionally, through the targeting of industrial development programs developed in this report, it is hoped that Union County will be able to use its economic development resources more efficientl
Michael Shuman on going local: creating self-reliant communities in the global age
No full textMichael H. Shuman argues that there are a number of initiatives communities must take to support local economies and small business – and that the knock-on effects of local investment are vast: building strong communities and fostering employment, food and industry growth and security.
Shuman has been working on local economy issues for 15 years. He’s an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur
Handwritten note by Judge Michael J. Roche
No full textNote by United States District Judge Michael J. Roche: "Filed July 2, 1943 In the above-entitled cause it appearing upon the face of the petition that petitioner is not entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, and it further appearing that she has not exhausted her administrative remedies under the provisions of Executive Order No. 9102 (7 Fed. Reg. 2165) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, IT IS THEREFORE ordered that the petition for a write of habeas corpus be, and the same is, hereby denied, dated: July 2, 1943." Note is written on the back of a document titled "Statement of Oswald Garrison Villard on Chinese Exclusion before the H. R. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization on May 20, 1943."The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case Ex parte Mitsuye Endo (1944), in which the United States Supreme court unanimously ruled that the federal government could not indefinitely detain United States citizens who were loyal to the government. Files include documents related to the Gordon Hirabayashi Supreme Court case Hirabayashi v. United States
Adult status in Trapper Creek and thermal and physical habitat suitability in 2016
No full textSteven J. Starcevich, Elizabeth J. Bailey, and Michael H. Meeuwig (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife - Native Fish Investigations Program).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-33).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
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