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Administration for Children and Families
Collects information to evaluate its programs for children and youth, such as Head Start, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, child support enforcement, adoption assistance, foster care, child care, and child abuse programs.
Child abuse
Child care
Child support enforcement
Foster Care
Head Start program
(ACF) Dept of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Produces and disseminates information about the cost, quality, access, and medical effectiveness of health care. AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys provide public and private sector decision makers with timely national estimates of health care use and expenditures; private and public health insurance coverage; and the availability, costs, and scope of private health insurance benefits among the U.S. population. AHRQ prepares analyses of changes in behavior as a result of market forces or policy changes on health care use, expenditures, and insurance coverage; develops cost/savings estimates of proposed changes in policy; and identifies the impact of changes in policy for key groups in the population.
Health care use and expenditures
Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project
(AHCPR) Dept of Health and Human Services
Agency for International Development
Collects and analyzes data to assist developing countries in planning and evaluating population and health programs and programs for socioeconomic development, and to understand trends across countries and emerging problems. Statistical activities include measuring the impact of immunizations, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases, and studying methodological approaches to collecting the core data needed for program planning, monitoring, surveillance, and evaluation.
Regional HIV/AIDS information
(AID) Independent agency
Administration on Aging
Collects data to assess the quality and impact of supportive services to the elderly and to measure the effectiveness of programs for the aging. AoA also compiles demographic and social data on the elderly from Federal surveys for the purpose of research on the needs of the elderly.
Profile of Older Americans
(AoA) Dept of Health and Human Services
Agricultural Research Service
Conducts research and provides information to ensure safe food and other agricultural products, assess the nutritional needs of Americans, sustain a competitive agricultural economy, enhance the natural resource base and the environment, and provide economic opportunities for rural citizens, communities, and society as a whole. Monitors and assesses food consumption and related behavior of the U.S. population by conducting surveys and providing information for food and nutrition-related programs and public policy decisions.
Food consumption patterns
(ARS) Dept of Agriculture
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Conducts public health assessments, health studies, and health surveillance for those exposed to hazardous materials, and maintains exposure and disease registries for long- term follow-up or specific scientific studies. ATSDR analyzes the statistical significance of human disease, biomarkers, and other health outcomes in the presence of environmental contamination to establish possible relationships between exposure and health.
HazDat Database
Top 20 hazardous substances
(ATSDR) Dept of Health and Human Services
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Oversees and coordinates the research and statistical functions for all broadcasting entities under its purview, including the Voice of America, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks. The BBG consolidates its research function into a centralized International Audience Research Project so that all entities and broadcasters can be assured of current, reliable and statistically valid market and audience research on a periodic basis. In addition, the BBG oversees a priority schedule of research projects and monitors the individual research projects to ensure that they adhere to high professional standards and utilize the latest and most appropriate research and statistical methodologies.
(BBG) Independent agency
Bureau of Economic Analysis
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is one of the world's leading statistical agencies. Located within the U.S. Department of Commerce, BEA is responsible for preparing the national economic accounts of the United States including Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Personal Income, Corporate Profits and International Transactions Statistics. The accounts, which cover national, international, regional, and industry statistics present essential information on such key issues as economic growth, the nation's position in the world economy, regional economic development, and the relationships among industries These closely watched statistics are key ingredients in critical decisions affecting monetary policy, tax and budget projections, and business investment plans. BEA obtains data from a wide range of government and private sources, conducts research and analysis, develops methodologies, and provides its statistics to the public free of charge. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is one of the w
Balance of payments
Foreign direct investment
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Gross domestic product by state
Industry data
International trade
National income and product accts (NIPAs)
Personal income
Personal income, by state
Gross domestic product (GDP) by metropolitan area
Gross domestic product by industry
Personal income by county and metropolitan area
(BEA) Dept of Commerce
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates statistical information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. BJS provides technical and financial support to state governments in developing capabilities in criminal justice statistics and improving their criminal history records and information systems.
Crime and victims
Drugs and crime
Criminal offenders
Law enforcement
Courts and sentencing
Expenditure and employment
Criminal record systems
Firearms and crime
(BJS) Dept of Justice
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Produces statistics on employment and unemployment; projections of the labor force and employment by industry and occupation; consumer expenditures; prices and inflation at various levels of the economy; wages and employee benefits; collective bargaining; and productivity and technological changes in U.S. industries. Collects and reports data on the occurrence of work-related injuries and illnesses in private industry and on work-related fatal injuries in private and public-sector establishments, including the self-employed.
Consumer expenditures
Consumer price index
Contingent workers
Displaced workers
Employee benefits
Employer provided training
Employment cost trends
Employment projections
Foreign labor
Import-export prices
Industry employment
Job injuries
Labor force
Locality pay
Longitudinal surveys
Occupational projections
Producer price index
Real earnings
State and area employment
Union members
Weekly earnings
(BLS) Dept of Labor
Bureau of Prisons
Conducts studies on topics such as population projection models; inmate classification; the association of inmate participation in education, training, and industry programs to post-release employment; staff and inmate perceptions of social climate in institutions; the effectiveness of drug and sex offender treatment programs; the impact of religious experience on prison adjustment; the prevalence of mental health conditions among the inmate population; privatization; and inmate and staff misconduct. The National Institute of Corrections within BoP focuses its research on areas of emerging interest and concern to corrections practitioners.
(BOP) Dept of Justice
Bureau of Reclamation
Collects and analyzes data to characterize the water quality of reservoirs and streams affected by reclamation facility operations in high priority watersheds in the western part of the United States.
Dams, projects, and powerplants
(BOR) Dept of Interior
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the Nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas; and enhances the quality and effectiveness of DOT's statistical programs through research, development of guidelines, and promotion of improvements in data acquisition and use.
Airlines - on-time performance & financials
Economics and finance
Commodity Flow Survey
Household travel
International travel and transportation
Transportation snapshot
Publication: National Transportation Statistics
Ferry operators
(BTS) Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Dept of Transportation
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Collects and verifies tariff and trade data that are tabulated, analyzed, and disseminated by the Census Bureau. Additionally, CBP collects entry data on aliens entering the United States and denied admission, and produces statistical measures used to address trade compliance issues, identify questionable import activity, and identify importers for audit purposes.
(CBP) Dept of Homeland Security
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides data on morbidity, epidemiologic surveillance of infectious diseases, chronic diseases, occupational diseases and injuries, vaccine efficacy, and safety.
(CDC) Dept of Health and Human Services
U.S. Census Bureau
The principal source of periodic demographic data. Major programs include the Census of Population and Housing (decennial census) and the Intercensal Demographic Estimates. The Census Bureau's current demographic statistics program provides information on the number, geographic distribution, and social and economic characteristics of the population, including official estimates of income and poverty, estimates of health insurance coverage and homeownership rates, and a quarterly indicator of housing vacancies. The principal source of periodic economic data. Conducts several periodic censuses every five years, covering the years ending in two and seven and major programs include the Economic Census and Census of Governments. The Census Bureau's current economic statistics program provides information on retail and wholesale trade and selected service industries; construction activity, such as housing permits and starts, the value of new construction, residential alterations and repairs, and quarterly price ind
Business ownership
International trade
Income and poverty
Population estimates
Population projections
Social and economic characteristics
Retail-wholesale trade
1990 Census data
Census 2000
(CEN) Dept of Commerce
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Fosters coordination and collaboration and to enhance and improve consistency in the collection and reporting of Federal data on children and families. Also, the Forum aims to improve the reporting and dissemination of information on the status of children and families. The Forum's annual report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, provides the Nation with a summary of national indicators of child well-being and monitors changes in these indicators over time.
America's Children
Economic circumstances
Family and social environment
(CHILD) Interagency forum
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Collects administrative data associated with oversight of the Medicare and Medicaid programs; studies the quality of care delivered by those programs; and sponsors a survey of current Medicare beneficiaries to obtain data on health care utilization and expenditures, including expenditures not covered by Medicare, the sources of health care coverage and payment, and the assets, income, health, functional status, work history, and family support systems of the Medicare population.
(CMS) Dept of Health and Human Services
Army Corps of Engineers
Collects and publishes statistical data on waterborne commerce and vessel operations in waterways, ports, and harbors of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center maintains a database to respond to special requests for data and to produce monthly, quarterly, and annual products including the annual five-volume Waterborne Commerce of the U.S. that summarizes trips and tonnage by ports and waterways.
Port and waterway facilities
Vessel characteristics
Waterborne commerce
(CORPS) Dept of Defense
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Conducts data collection, analysis, and dissemination activities on consumer product-related hazards and potential hazards. As part of its statistical program, CPSC maintains the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) that provides national consumer product-related injury statistics based on the reporting of a sample of hospital emergency rooms. CPSC also collects data on non-consumer product-related injuries.
Consumer product safety, injury and death
(CPSC) Independent agency
Drug Enforcement Administration
Produces data related to the enforcement of Federal drug laws.
Drug trafficking & abuse
(DEA) Dept of Justice
Defense Manpower Data Center, Statistical Information Analysis Division
Maintains the largest archive of personnel, manpower, and training data in the Dept of Defense. DMDC's statistical activities include the personnel survey program, an enlistment testing program to support screening of military applicants, and a client support program to provide statistical support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Collects Dept of Defense contract information in support of national economic indicators and the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. DMDC also produces statistics on DOD purchases from educational and nonprofit institutions and from state and local governments.
Casualty information
Civilian DoD personnel
Military personnel
Glossary of DoD work force terms
Work force publications
(DMDC) Dept of Defense
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Collects data from public and private employers and union and labor organizations about the composition of their workforces by sex, race, and ethnicity. These data are used to carry out EEOC's enforcement activities under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Enforcement and litigation
Job patterns for minorities and women
(EEOC) Independent agency
Office of Health, Safety, and Security
Supports projects associated with epidemiologic and worker medical surveillance and the United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries. The United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries analyze the distribution of radioactive elements in the body to ensure that radiological protection standards and workplace control measures for occupational exposures to plutonium, uranium, and other long-lived radioactive materials are protective of worker health. Supports the Russian health effects studies. The Russian Health Effects Studies are a joint effort by the United States and Russia to conduct epidemiologic studies on the health effects of exposure to radiation.
(EH) Dept of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Collects and disseminates information on energy reserves, production, consumption, distribution, prices, technology, and related international, economic, and financial matters. EIA's programs include data on coal, petroleum, natural gas, and electric and nuclear energy. EIA maintains a comprehensive energy database, disseminates energy data and analyses for a wide variety of customers in the public and private sectors, maintains the National Energy Modeling System for mid-term energy markets analysis and forecasting, maintains the Short-Term Integrated Forecasting System for near-term energy market analysis and forecasting, conducts customer forums and surveys to maintain an up-to-date product and service mix, and maintains systems supporting the electronic dissemination of energy data.
Coal supply and disposition
Energy, forecasts
Energy, statistical overview
Environmental data
Gasoline prices
Fuel economy
Natural gas
Power plants
Prices, monthly all sources
Diesel prices
Refinery capacity
State energy profiles
(EIA) Dept of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Monitors the quality of the air; drinking, surface, and ground water; ecosystem status; and the use and release of toxic or hazardous substances. EPA conducts research and studies to provide baseline data and to evaluate and support environmental monitoring systems. Projects include state and local programs to report ambient air quality levels of pollutants and estimated emissions of pollutants from major stationary sources, and projection of future air quality levels through models that take into account past air quality monitoring data and emissions data. Other statistical activities develop methods to document the distribution and determinants of exposure to pollutants experienced by the U.S. population, and methods to measure exposure to and the potential effects of pollutants on human health and ecosystems.
Air pollution
Envirofacts: online database
(EPA) Independent agency
Economic Research Service
Conducts research, commodity market projections, and outlook analyses, and develops economic and statistical indicators in the following areas: farming and farm households, commodity markets, agricultural trade, food and consumer economics, nutrition and feeding programs, natural resources and the environment, and the domestic rural economy.
Agribusiness/industry concentration
Chemicals and production technology
R&D and productivity
Diet, consumption, and health
Farm financial and risk management
Farm structure, income, and performance
Farm/rural finance and tax
Food and nutrition assistance programs
Food market structures
Food prices, spreads and margins
Food safety
International agriculture
Livestock, dairy, poultry, aquaculture
Macroeconomics in the ag & food conomy
Natural resources, environment, and conservation
Policy topics
Rural America
U.S./State facts
(ERS) Dept of Agriculture
Economics and Statistics Administration
Carries out congressionally-mandated studies, such as the annual assessment of foreign direct investment in the United States. ESA disseminates current economic statistics through a subscription-based electronic system known as STAT-USA.
(ESA) Dept of Commerce
Employment Standards Administration
Supports surveys of occupational wages in selected industries to determine prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for service occupations in Federal procurement activity.
Minimum wage
(ESA/DOL) Dept of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Supports the collection and dissemination of local, state, and national occupational, wage, and other labor market information, as well as the production of Unemployment Insurance (UI) information, for administration of employment, training, and UI programs. ETA also conducts the annual National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) that provides data on wage and migration history, type of crops worked, unemployment, benefits, housing, health care, and use of public programs. NAWS data are used in the formula to calculate resource allocations for the Workforce Investment Act section 167 Migrant and Seasonal Farm workers program.
National Agricultural Workers Survey
(ETA) Dept of Labor
Federal Aviation Administration
Collects data on aviation safety.
Unruly passengers
Runway safety
FAA operations & performance
Publication: Administrator's Fact Book
(FAA) Dept of Transportation
Foreign Agricultural Service
Maintains a worldwide agricultural market intelligence and commodity reporting service to provide U.S. farmers and traders with information on world agricultural production and trade for use in adjusting to changes in world demand for U.S. agricultural products. Reporting includes data on foreign government policies, analysis of supply and demand conditions, commercial trade relationships, and market opportunities. In addition to survey data, crop condition assessment relies heavily on computerized analyses of satellite, meteorological, agricultural, and related data. The FAS program serves as the analytical foundation for USDA's export programs and is an important source of information in trade policy efforts.
World agricultural production, supply & distribution
World agricultural trade
(FAS) Dept of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Uniform Crime Reporting program collects data on the incidence of criminal acts as reported by 17,000 local law enforcement agencies nationwide and includes the following statistical programs: the National Incident-Based Reporting System, Federal Crime Reporting, Hate Crime Statistics Collection, and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted. Data are collected on the following categories that comprise the Crime Index: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Statistical information on arrests, property loss, and other factors relevant to criminal activity is also produced by the FBI.
Hate crimes
Law enforcement officers killed and assaulted
(FBI) Dept of Justice
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Provides direct support to families and individuals recovering from disasters and evaluates disaster victims' satisfaction with services received and manner in which they were provided. FEMA also analyzes data from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) to help track compliance and implementation nationwide, to identify incident management and emergency related standards for potential adoption as NIMS standards for State and local government in compliance, and to test and evaluate the system.
(FEMA) Dept of Homeland Security
Federal Highway Administration
Collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on the Nation's highway system, including financing, travel, fuel consumption, vehicle registrations, highway system extent and safety, drivers licenses, and personal travel characteristics.
Publication: Highway Statistics
National Household Travel Survey
(FHWA) Dept of Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Collects and analyzes data on motor carriers and on commercial vehicle drivers and crashes.
Safety ratings and crash statistics
Commercial motor vehicles
(FMCSA) Dept of Transportation
Food and Nutrition Service
Conducts surveys, program evaluations, and studies to evaluate the Food Stamp, Child Nutrition, and other food assistance programs which it administers.
Child nutrition programs
Food distribution programs
Food stamps
(FNS) Dept of Agriculture
Federal Railroad Administration
Collects and disseminates data on the Nation's railroad system, including traffic, safety, and accident reports, such as intermodal safety data for the geographic information system, and information on grade crossings and inspections.
Railroad traffic, accidents, and grade crossings
(FRA) Dept of Transportation
Forest Service
Conducts renewable resource inventories of forest lands and collects statistics on forest products. These data are used to identify trends in the extent, condition, ownership, and quantity and quality of timber and other natural resources.
Forest land
Publication: Forest Resources of the U.S.
Land areas of the National Forest System
Timber output
(FS) Dept of Agriculture
Federal Transit Administration
Maintains the primary database for statistics on the transit industry known as the National Transit Database. These data, which must be reported by every FTA formula grant recipient, are used to report to the Congress on the performance of the transit industry, to make transit service and investment planning decisions, and to apportion FTA formula funds. The FTA also collects and analyzes data related to safety and security, including drug and alcohol testing results of safety sensitive personnel.
Transit safety and security
(FTA) Dept of Transportation
Fish and Wildlife Service
Conducts annual surveys to monitor the fish and migratory bird populations, track diseases of cultured and wild fish, measure the changing status of waterfowl and game bird populations, and evaluate harvests by fishermen and hunters. It also conducts surveys of fish and wildlife associated recreation by the U.S. public and satisfaction surveys of visitors to the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Endangered species
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation
(FWS) Dept of Interior
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing
Maintains and analyzes statistics on housing and property improvement loans and on housing or property insured or rehabilitated under HUD mortgage insurance programs, including the inventory of HUD-held mortgages or HUD-owned properties
(HOUSING) Dept of Housing and Urban Development
Health Resources and Services Administration
Collects data on general health services, the health professions workforce, and resource issues related to access, equity, quality, and cost of care. HRSA maintains the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
U.S. Health Workforce Personnel Factbook
State health workforce profiles
(HRSA) Dept of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service
Provides vital event, demographic, social, and economic statistics on American Indians and Alaska Natives living in IHS service areas, as well as patient care and morbidity information for those who use IHS services.
Trends & regional differences in Indian health
(IHS) Dept of Health and Human Services
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Through grants, contracts and cooperative agreements, supports the collection and analysis of data about how the public uses libraries, museums and online resources to support learning throughout the lifetime. Recent topics explored include an analysis of the health information seeking behaviors of seniors, the long and short term impacts of museum and zoo visitation, an exploration of query behaviors of users of online information, and the role of public libraries and community technology centers in providing online government information.
(IMLS) Independent agency
International Trade Administration
Collects and disseminates data on imports, exports, production, prices, and foreign direct investment in the United States, as well as other economic data to analyze domestic and foreign market situations. ITA also tracks data on tourism industries and international travel to and from the United States for many private sector firms. The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries in ITA maintains a web site to provide current statistical data to U.S. companies on international travel to and from the United States; provides projections of international arrivals to the United States; and conducts the In-Flight Survey of International Air Travelers, partially funded by states, cities, and the private sector.
Commodity trade, by geographic area
U.S. aggregate foreign trade data
Inbound and outbound tourism
(ITA) Dept of Commerce
Maritime Administration
Collects, maintains, and disseminates data on domestic and international transportation, vessel characteristics and itineraries, port facilities, shipbuilding and repair, ship values, financial reports and vessels' operating expenses, shipping activities, and maritime employment. MARAD also publishes reports on marine transportation and cruise passenger statistics, and conducts research on maritime issues.
Waterborne trade
Vessel calls
(MARAD) Dept of Transportation
Minerals Management Service
Collects data on oil, gas, and minerals activities occurring on Federal and American Indian lands. This information is collected as a part of MMS's responsibility for the management of both the Outer Continental Shelf Lands and Minerals Revenue Management programs. The Minerals Management Service is responsible for resource evaluation and classification; lease management activities; and the collection, auditing, and distribution of revenues and production data from mineral leasing on Federal and Indian lands.
Federal offshore lands and activity
Mineral commodity and revenue
(MMS) Dept of Interior
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Collects and analyzes current information on employment and production, as well as on accidents, injuries, and illnesses in the mining industry. The data provide current accident, injury, and illness information to MSHA's enforcement personnel, and to engineering, education, and training staff. Statistics on accident causes are published and available to the mining industry and the general public at MSHA's web site.
Mine employment and production
Mine accidents and injuries
(MSHA) Dept of Labor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Collects remotely-sensed data to improve our understanding of and contribute to improved predictive capability for climate, weather, and natural hazards. Research and satellite programs study atmospheric chemistry and ozone, ocean surface height and winds as well as biological productivity, precipitation and the global hydrological cycle, the global carbon cycle and land surface and vegetation and ecosystems, and solid earth geophysics. Data assimilation is used to provide accurate and consistent estimates of the global distribution of a broad range of environmental parameters and to initialize forecast models.
Shuttle and Rocket Missions
(NASA) Independent agency
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Collects, summarizes, analyzes, and publishes agricultural production and marketing data on a wide range of items including number of farms and land in farms; acreage, yield, production, and stocks of grains, hay, oilseeds, cotton, potatoes, tobacco, fruits, selected vegetables, floriculture, and selected specialty crops; inventories and production of hogs, cattle, sheep and wool, goats and mohair, mink, catfish, trout, poultry, eggs, and dairy products; prices received by farmers for products, prices paid for commodities and services, and related indexes; cold storage supplies; agricultural chemical use; and related areas of the agricultural economy. The Census of Agriculture is conducted by NASS every five years to collect information on the number of farms; land use; production expenses; value of land, buildings, and farm products; farm size; characteristics of farm operators; market value of agricultural production sold; acreage of major crops; inventory of livestock and poultry; and farm irrigation pract
Today's Reports
Crop Progress and Condition
Field Crops
Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables
Guide to NASS products and services
Calendar of NASS reports
Census of Agriculture
On-Line Data Base
Statistical Bulletins
Commodities: charts and Maps
County Maps: Crops
Publication: Trends in U.S. Agriculture
Publication: Agricultural Statistics Book
Publication: Statistical Highlights
(NASS) Dept of Agriculture
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Supports research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), trains researchers in CAM, and disseminates information to the public and professionals on which CAM modalities work, which do not, and why.
Complementary & alternative medicine use
(NCCAM) National Institutes of Health
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Conducts studies that assess the impact of education programs on academic achievement, particularly in the areas of reading, mathematics, and science. NCEE also reviews selected evaluation work supported by others outside the department to assess the quality of studies and the significance of such evaluations for improving education.
(NCEE) Institute of Education Sciences, Dept of Education
National Center for Education Statistics
The principal Federal agency that collects and analyzes data on education in the United States. NCES maintains a survey program that provides information on children's health, early care, and early school experiences; on the condition of public and private education; and on libraries and information centers. It conducts studies of student financial aid, postsecondary faculty, and doctoral degree recipients, as well as transcript studies and various longitudinal studies. NCES collects and reports information on the academic performance of students as well as the literacy level of the adult population. The National Assessment of Educational Progress is NCES's primary tool for assessing what American elementary/secondary students know and can do in academic subjects. NCES also administers the Statewide Data Systems program, which provides grants to the states for the management and analysis of individual student data to improve student academic performance and close achievement gaps.
Education assessment
Early childhood education
Elementary and secondary education
International comparisons
Other education subjects
Postsecondary education
(NCES) Dept of Education
National Center for Health Statistics
Collects data on family formation, growth, and dissolution; and vital events (i.e., births and deaths). The principal agency that produces general-purpose health data. NCHS is responsible for the collection, maintenance, analysis, and dissemination of statistics on the nature and extent of the health, illness, and disability of the U.S. population; the impact of illness and disability on the economy; the effects of environmental, social, and other health hazards and health care costs and financing.
Child and infant health
Health insurance coverage
Heart disease
Home health/Hospice care
Hospital utilization
Leading causes of death
Life expectancy
Mammography/Breast cancer
Men's health
Nursing home care
Occupational health
Overweight prevalence
Prenatal care
Prescription drugs
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teen pregnancy
Women's health
(NCHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Cancer Institute
Conducts extensive surveillance research on cancer incidence, mortality, morbidity, survival, patterns of cancer care, cancer risk factors and health practices, cost of care, health systems operations applied to cancer control, and progress against cancer.
Publication: Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the U.S.
(NCI) National Institutes of Health
National Eye Institute
Carries out studies of the causation, prevention, and treatment of eye diseases and vision disorders.
(NEI) National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Conducts basic epidemiological research related to heart, lung, and blood diseases, as well as research in theoretical statistics and biometric methods.
Publication: NHLBI Morbidity and Mortality Chartbook
(NHLBI) National Institutes of Health
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Collects information on motor vehicle related accidents and fatalities and highway safety.
Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Traffic safety fact sheets
(NHTSA) Dept of Transportation
National Institute on Aging
Conducts research on aging and age-associated diseases and conditions using population-based epidemiological and biometric methods.
(NIA) National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Maintains the Alcohol Epidemiology Data System, a national repository of alcohol-related databases; sponsors a longitudinal survey of alcohol use, abuse, and dependence; and makes available information on alcohol-related policies adopted by state governments.
National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
(NIAAA) National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Coordinates a multi-centered clinical trial of a comprehensive intervention program to reduce asthma morbidity in inner city children; creates databases containing chemical structures and biological data in order to monitor and analyze developments in the chemotherapy of HIV and opportunistic infections; makes available information on clinical trials that evaluate experimental drug treatments; and supports training activities that include statistical and clinical research training on AIDS and emerging infectious diseases, as well as training in biostatistical and data management and methods for analysis of HIV vaccine trials.
(NIAID) National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease
Provides support to National Center for Health Statistics for the inclusion of a dermatologic component and to perform body composition examinations and laboratory tests for Bone Alkaline Phosphates in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The Institute also provides support for the arthritis component of the National Health Interview Survey.
(NIAMS) National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Fosters, conducts, supports, and administers research and training programs in Bioinformatics, Image Processing, and Computational Modeling.
(NIBIB) National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Directs an epidemiological and statistical program that includes research on risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes, coordinates clinical trials for the evaluation of strategies of obstetric management and neonatal intensive care, and analyzes data to understand recent trends in indicators of maternal and child health.
(NICHD) National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Supports research on the nature, patterns, extent, causes, consequences, prevention, and treatment of drug abuse and works with state, Federal, and international governmental agencies to develop drug abuse surveillance capability through the establishment of epidemiology networks.
Cigarette & drug trends among American teens
(NIDA) National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Conducts epidemiologic studies related to deafness and other communication disorders, and maintains a data system to facilitate the monitoring of levels and analysis of trends in relevant health problems.
Human communication
(NIDCD) National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Studies the impact of sociodemographic and economic trends on oral health, surveys oral health knowledge and practices of health providers, and investigates the oral health status of populations. The Institute also provides support to National Center for Health Statistics for the inclusion of an oral health component in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Oral health
(NIDCR) National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Studies recipients of human growth hormones; the epidemiology of diabetes and its complications; digestive diseases and their complications; and major chronic kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases.
Digestive diseases
Kidney and urologic diseases
Overweight and obesity
(NIDDK) National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Supports national data centers that coordinate data collection activities of burn injury, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury model systems program grantees and provide technical assistance on data collection methodology. In addition, NIDRR funds a Rehabilitation Research Training Center on demographics and statistics and funds a small number of field-initiated projects that conduct secondary analyses on existing data sets.
(NIDRR) Dept of Education
National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director
Supports data collections and analyses examining populations training for and participating in medical research as well as biological and medical sciences instrumentation and research facilities, and maintains a database on characteristics of America's medical school faculties.
(NIH) National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
Provides biostatistical analysis and data management for studies in support of its mission to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior.
Mental illness
(NIMH) National Institutes of Health
National Marine Fisheries Service
Focuses on domestic commercial and recreational fisheries, fishery management monitoring, and stock assessments of the health of living marine resources. NMFS is responsible for data on the volume and value of commercial fish and shellfish landings, the catch by recreational fishermen, employment of people and craft in the fisheries, number of recreational fishermen, production of manufactured fishery products, and fishery prices.
Commercial fisheries
Foreign trade
Recreational fisheries
(NMFS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gathers worldwide environmental data about the oceans, earth, air, space, and sun and their interactions to describe and predict the state of the physical environment. In fulfillment of this mission, the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) maintains national data centers that preserve and disseminate the agency's climatic, oceanographic, and geophysical data and selected environmental information collected by other agencies.
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Supports research on water quality assessment in nationally owned public lands and natural resources, including studies of flood hazards, forest geomorphology, and ground water of campground areas. NPS's Public Use Statistics Program gathers, compiles, and issues public use data for forecasting future demand for services, planning for resource mitigation activities, and initiating marketing strategies. The Social Science Program conducts research on recreation and other visits to units of the National Park System, recreation demand and associated impacts on park resources, diversity of park visitors, non-visitors, employees and local communities, needs of special populations, visitor use management, and visitor satisfaction. NPS also conducts surveys to monitor the condition of key natural resources in parks to inform park managers of changes in resource conditions and the effectiveness of management actions.
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Natural Resources Conservation Service
Conducts soil surveys and maintains and updates a national soils computerized database containing physical land facts; administers water supply and snow surveys used in water supply forecasts to manage seasonal use of water for irrigation, flood control, fish and wildlife, recreation, power generation, municipal and industrial water supply, and water quality management; and conducts a national resources inventory using both remote sensing and on-site investigation, providing data on the status and condition of natural resources on non-Federal lands.
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Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
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Office of Population Affairs
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Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy
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Air Travel Consumer Report
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Preparedness Directorate
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State of the Cities data systems
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Patent and Trademark Office
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National Survey on Drug Use & Health
Substance abuse and mental health
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Small business indicators
Small business state profiles
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Income of the Aged Chartbook
Fast Facts and Figures
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Who hasnt sat with friends and family around a campfire laughing, talking, dreaming and scheming? Jason Alford did, and he ended up in business.
The 25-year-old Franklin County resident and his partners can be found at festivals and outdoors shows selling locally printed clothing and locally made duck calls and lanyards.
It started about a year ago when Alford and friends and family decided to form a private hunting club. They combined family land and share expenses for seed, food plots and other needs. And they decided they needed a name.
And we just brainstormed on names, and we came up with Quacks and Racks, said Alford, a 2011 Wake Tech graphic design graduate and production manager for SpeedPro Imaging in Raleigh. We were just a hunting club, and we have a bunch of friends who loved the name and thought it was catchy. One friend mentioned making T-shirts. That idea grew.
Alford partners with friend Brad Butler, 29, who works at Lake Royale near Bunn, and his father, Jan Alford, who owns ProTronics in Knightdale. Co-founder Gary Lovy is a big part of the club, as is Alford cousin Cole Williams, Jason Alford said. All live around Pilot near the Franklin-Wake county line.
Its been really good, Jason Alford said. At our first show at the Wendell Harvest Festival, it just went a lot better than I expected to. Our Facebook page has really done well almost to 800 likes, and its only been up for a little over a month.
Logo-bearing items sold at www.quacksandracks.com ranges from a $5 drink koozie to a $59 Realtree camo hooded jacket. A pink shirt for women is popular. The site also offers hand-turned wooden duck calls made by Kenny Gwinn of Pilot and, for holding the calls, paracord lanyards created by Chad Barnett of Garner.
Alford and partners are planning to greet customers at the Dec. 21-22 Capital City Gun Show at the State Fairgrounds.
Friends who love to hunt and hunt together thats the people we want to make our products for, Alford said.
Spotted sea trout comment sought: The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is weighing whether to reduce recreational and commercial limits for spotted sea trout. To help with the decision, the division is accepting public comment until Jan. 18 on a draft supplement to the Spotted Sea trout Fishery Management Plan.
View the draft supplement at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/fmps-under-development, and send written comment to Chip Collier, 127 Cardinal Drive, Wilmington NC 28405 or email@example.com. For more information, go to portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf, or call (252) 726-7021.
Show returns: Shoppers can buy, sell or trade modern and collectible firearms, knives and hunting and fishing equipment at the Dixie Gun and Knife Show at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. Admission is $8 for ages 12 and up. The show runs 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10-5 Sunday. Learn more at www.dixiegunandknifeshow.com.
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Prisoner of Azkaban and the Moviefone AwardsHonors/Awards
January 22, 2005, 10:31 AM
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban received four nominations at this year's Moviefone Moviegoer Awards. The film was nominated for "Best Picture", and "Best Family Film". Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger, was nominated as "Best Supporting Actress". The scene in the film where Harry flys Buckbeak over the grounds of Hogwarts and the lake was nominated as "Greatest Moment".
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The New York Jets are selecting 30th overall in SB Nation's 2011 NFL mock draft and Gang Green Nation has made UCLA LB Akeem Ayers their selection. Rex Ryan loves rushing the passer and he'll get another linebacker for that.
Gang Green Nation says this is a situation where need meets value.
The front office has made it clear the status quo at outside linebacker was not good enough. Otherwise, Jason Taylor would be back at his reasonable 2011 salary. While Ayers is more raw as a pass rusher than the Jets would like, they have an excellent defensive coaching staff to try and mold his big time athleticism into a pass rushing threat.
If I were a linebacker in this draft, I would love to be picked by the Jets. Rex Ryan does incredible work with defensive players and he could have Ayers playing at his highest potential.
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"More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth." -- Napoleon Hill
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Happy Birthday Chad! Hope you're having a great day.
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Brian Gardner and Goth Swing Dancing in San Francisco
I once thought that it was impossible to get goths to actually dance with, rather than next to, their current romantic interest. But the San Francisco-based Swing Goth proved me wrong.
As founder Brian Gardner explains, the history of goths and swing dance actually goes back quite a ways. "Back in the 90's during the swing revival a bunch of my goth friends and I used to go to the swing dancing events. I don't remember how or why, but at some point we just started dancing at goth clubs too. I was in Pittsburgh at the time, but over in San Francisco Lee Presson started a band (Lee Presson and The Nails) that was dubbed 'Gothic Swing' by the local paper. So, when I came out here there were a bunch of goths that knew how to swing dance and even more who wanted to learn, but didn't want to go to the normal swing nights and dance to traditional music. So, when they saw me dancing to our music, they got excited and I started the club for them."
Given the fact that people often don't dance at clubs not because they don't want to, but because they feel as if they don't know how to do so without making a fool of themselves, you might assume that very public dance lessons would be even more terrifying. But in fact Swing Goth events demonstrate that the opposite is true — learning in a group seems to take some of the pressure off. Of course, a good teacher always helps. Although Gardner learned to dance at traditional swing nights and initially taught much the same way, the way Swing Goth does things is a little different. "I've completely re-approached partner dancing instruction for the modern age and for the alternative community," Gardner explains. "I want my students to develop their own personal flare, so I teach based on upper body connection rather than based on footwork, although we do include some default jitterbug footwork. The result is that people are freer to dance to more kinds of music and to add their own personal flare."
All Swing Goth events begin with a dance lesson. Gardner and partner (usually Kyna Wise, a dancer with quite the appropriate pedigree — her father Ray played Leonard Palmer on Twin Peaks) assemble the attendees, ask them to partner up and give instruction that's focused more on interaction than on technical details. Although they do cover the basics, the experience is more about gently teasing out people's desire to dance and reassuring them that they can, than anything strict or competitive. It isn't necessary to turn up with a romantic partner either. There's a system in place to make sure that everyone who needs a dance partner finds one. Overall it's a reassuringly low pressure, playful sort of experience, perfect for those who'd like to dance but are a little nervous (or for those who already know how but could use a refresher).
After everyone is feeling a little more sure of themselves, the actual dancing begins. This is where the whole concept starts to make sense. Goths are a theatrical lot, and being encouraged to dance to music they actually like seems to bring out everyone's inner diva.


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Alexa Bluth, spokeswoman for Prop 39, says it will create green jobs, keep businesses in the state, and bring dollars and jobs back to California.
Ron Nehring, who opposes Prop 39, says it will be just another tax increase and more regulation.
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Should Major League Baseball's opening day be recognized as a national holiday?
The idea has been submitted by Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith, who is teaming up with Bud — the Anheuser Busch beer brand, not commissioner Allan "Bud" Selig — to collect 100,000 names on a petition. If enough supporters sign on within 30 days, Smith will deliver the signatures to the White House, where the Obama administration must consider it under the We the People petitioning program.
"Coming from St. Louis, of course, being such a baseball town, it's sort of an unofficial holiday, opening day, so they thought it would be a good idea for Mr. Smith to just take a trip to Washington," the Cardinals legend told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "I don't know what the odds of success are with the Budweiser machine behind it, I'm sure we'll get the 100,000 signatures."
I don't know what the odds of success are either, although I suspect the chance of national-holiday status for opening day is slimmer than a new edition of postage stamps honoring Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.
But I understand the sentiment: Opening day long has been a chance for students to skip school — and office workers to sneak out early — so they can regale in the fanfare of a first pitch thrown in Tokyo at 3 a.m.
Sorry, that's an exaggeration — and like any exaggeration, it's inaccurate. The first pitch of the 2014 season, scheduled to begin with a game between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks on March 22, will be thrown in Sydney, where TV viewers on the West Coast can see it at 1 a.m.
The domestic version of the 2014 opener is slated for March 30, when the Dodgers travel to San Diego for a Sunday game at 5 p.m.
Sunday at 5? What schools are open on Sunday at 5? Ditching class for opening day has become as passé as watching a driver's education film on one of those 16mm projectors that would get stuck and render the narrator's suddenly stuttering voice into something that sounded like the Loch Ness Monster.
Full disclosure: I was not a model student, merely a durable one. Among the few days of high school I missed was for the 1971 season opener between the Cardinals and Cubs at Chicago's Wrigley Field. It turned out to be a classic matinee duel between Bob Gibson and Ferguson Jenkins, two Hall of Famers who took the mound as if there were an early-evening plane to catch and they had remembered their luggage was jammed into the trunk of a car parked in front of a fire hydrant across the street from the police station.
The pitchers worked fast, the hitters were cold — everybody was cold — and the game, decided by Billy Williams' solo homer off Gibson, lasted two minutes short of two hours. It would've been played quicker than that, except Williams didn't connect until the 10th inning.
I got back to the house an hour before dinner, when my parents reminded me I had than enough time to catch up on the algebra and science I'd disregarded during the day.
Prevailing lesson learned from the 1971 opener: When ditching school for a baseball game, hope that Bob Gibson isn't facing Ferguson Jenkins on a chilly afternoon.
The opening day Ozzie Smith envisions as a national holiday apparently is March 31, the Monday following the Sunday domestic opener, eight days after the official opener in Australia. March 31 is packed with 13 games, beginning with the Cubs at Pittsburgh (10:05 a.m. in the West) and ending, inevitably, with the Mariners at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (7:05 p.m. in the West).
But what sort of opening day doesn't include the New York Yankees? Love 'em or loathe 'em, the Yankees are the most accomplished, most recognized baseball franchise on the planet. The Yanks open Tuesday, April 1, in Houston.
I understand Major League Baseball's determination to expand its market to audiences in Asia and Australia. I understand, too, baseball's commitment to ESPN, a trusted media partner that deserves first-night broadcast rights on March 30.
But as baseball continues to splinter its opening day schedule into bits and pieces — between ceremonial first pitches thrown in Sydney, then San Diego, then Pittsburgh — it's difficult to determine the precise definition of "opening day."
I hope Ozzie Smith brings a petition of 100,000 signatures to the White House, if for no other reason than it'll prove there are 100,000 American sports fans with interests beyond the ubiquitous NFL, where the off season is busier than the actual season.
But my real hope is for opening day to return to its roots: afternoon games, on the first Monday in April, at Cincinnati and at Washington (where the president is on hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitch). On Tuesday, every other team is in action.
So declare, say, the first Tuesday in April a national holiday?
Nah, that's too complicated, too charged with hot-blooded opinions on what merits these rituals. (Please, don't get me started on the sham of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln requiring to share February birthdays generically termed "Presidents Day," while Christopher Columbus, the Western Hemisphere's original invading village plunderer, is recognized with his own holiday in October.)
Better to give the first Tuesday in April a distinction appealing to class-ditching schoolkids: Call it a national "holler day," and trust they'll be home from the ballpark with enough time to catch up on the algebra and science they missed during a four-hour game interrupted by 14 pitching email@example.com


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A personal and historical remembrance of my family written to the last bud on this brance of the family tree.
Acerca del autorE. Katherine Kerr
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As an actress E. Katherine Kerr won an Obie for Cloud 9 and was twice nominated for a Drama Desk award. Her roles in films include Harriet Tollman in Songcatcher, Congresswoman Grace Comisky in Suspect, Gilda Schultz in Silkwood. As a writer, her play, Juno's Swans was presented at TAW and subsequently at Second Stage in NYC. Her play, Intelejunt Dezyne,was presented as a benefit at TAW, produced at Fairfield Theatre and has been optioned. A third play, The Edge of Chaos, has been under development at TAW. . She teaches acting in NY and conducts a two-day workshop called The Creative Explosion.
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Open Database Alliance to Save MySQL
MySQL founder Monty Widenius and the Finnish MySQL services and support company Percona have joined forces to create the Open Database Alliance. The intention of the new consortium is to protect the open source status of essential MySQL components.
Dissatisfaction with management and release policy caused Widenius to leave Sun earlier this year and form his own company, Monty Program Ab, to further develop his own storage engine (Maria). The further development of MariaDB and the work on MySQL are also the aims of the newly forged alliance. "Our goal with the Open Database Alliance is to provide a central clearinghouse for MySQL development, to encourage a true open development environment with community participation, and to ensure that MySQL code remains extremely high quality," says Widenius.
Sun's take-over by Oracle has unsettled the community, the new partners claim. The Open Database Alliance will provide a central meeting place for developers and companies, providing numerous open source services and hopefully attract a multitude of new members. Support is already being offered. Open Query, the company created by MySQL developers Arjen Lentz, Peter Lieverdink, and Zak Greant has welcomed the move. Says Lenz in his blog: "This alliance is an excellent step, showing the maturity, breadth and depth of expertise for MySQL related services!" Meanwhile, Kurt von Finck, communications officer at Monty Program AB, is appealing for new members. "Think positively. With the Oracle acquisition of Sun, doors may close. But we have just removed a wall from the side of the house. In Free and open source software, doors are for chumps," he says in his blog.
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Somerset floods: Police alleviate crime fears as officers patrol empty properties
11:00am Tuesday 25th February 2014 in News By Michael Marsh
FLOODED villagers should not fear becoming a victim of crime while their homes stand empty.
That is the message from Avon and Somerset Police, which says only eight crimes have been reported within the whole of the flood areas over the last seven weeks.
Officers have been wading through moorlands to carry out regular property checks while they have also been working with the RNLI and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue to ensure 24 hour patrols.
Chief inspector Jeff Foreman said: "So far we have been delighted to see a real sense of community spirit between residents, people are really looking out for each other and there have been very few crimes. But we aren't complacent and will work hard to ensure this continues.
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KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) - Mohave County authorities will be targeting motorists who ignore speed limits on their way to the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
The roads that lead to popular tourist destination on the Hualapai reservation have posted speed limits and signs that warn of rough roads. But authorities say motorists often ignore that because of the remoteness of the area.
Sgt. Don Bischoff says a special weeklong traffic enforcement detail will start Thursday. It coincides with the Chinese New Year, a major holiday that honors the lunar new year. Many Chinese have taken commercial tours to the Skywalk from Las Vegas.
Bischoff says nearly one-third of the 100 traffic crashes on Pierce Ferry and Diamond Bar roads over three years have resulted in serious injury or death.
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Learn how to make an Easy Origami Penguin
This simple origami penguin is very easy to fold. One distinctive feature of this model is that you can learn easily what the folding technique of outside reverse-fold is.
Before working on this model, you need to know what valley-fold and mountain-fold are. If you know these two folding techniques, then you will have no problem in making origami penguin.
You may use any kind of paper to fold the origami penguin. It is a little easier if the front and the back side of the paper are slightly different whether it be in texture or color.
Make sure the paper that you use is a square (all sides are equal and all the angles equal 90 degrees). The paper I am using here is a typical origami paper with 15cm x 15cm.
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Learn how to make an origami penguin with this origami video from Howcast.
These are the instructions for a origami penguin. First step for the origami penguin is to start with a sheet of paper. We're going to start with the white side up and I'm going to go a diagonal fold. We're going to fold the bottom corner up to the top corner. So go ahead and make sure that it's nice and lined up, so it's not just off to the side or it's not just close, you want to be precise. You want to be right on there, just like this. Go ahead and slide your finger down and fold it all the way to the side on that way and the other way.
Then go ahead and open that guy back up and next step is going to be a version of a kite fold. Now a kite fold normally would be where you would take this edge and you'd fold it all the way into the middle, but what we're going to do it we're going to fold it about halfway, instead of all the way. Okay, so what's going to happen is when we fold it over, you see how from this point right here, this white section? You want that to be about the exact same distance as the black section or the colored section.
So just like that, I'm going to fold that over, so it's close to a kite fold, but a kite fold we would've folded this all the way in. This is just out about that far. You're going to do that on one side, and then also on the other, we want to make mirror images of each other, just like that. Okay, good. Next step we're going to go ahead and flip the penguin over and now we're going to fold him in half from the left hand side over to the right hand side.
Go ahead and pick up the whole sheet and flip the paper over and hopefully, you can find that same crease line that we made on the first step. Go ahead and fold that back in the other direction. So I'm going to fold that over like that. Next we're going to take this bottom corner and we're going to fold it up along this line. So go ahead and fold it where it lines up so this edge is going to line up along itself. It's going to line up on that own edge right there.
And make sure that it sticks out enough, this is the length of your tail, so if you want a really small tail, you can fold it where it comes out a little bit. If you want a bigger tail, you could fold it up a little bit farther. But right about here is good, for what I use. There we go. Now we're going to open that up and instead of having it be just a valley fold, we're going to make what's called an inside reverse fold.
So go ahead and open the model up to right here and you'll see that V right here. That peak is what we want to make mountain folds out of, so go ahead and keep this crease. The left hand side crease will sort of already be going in that direction, but the right hand side, it's going to want to fold that way. But we want to change the crease and fold it back the opposite direction.
So now we're going to make the other side as a mountain fold as well, and when we do that, you see when we refold the model back down, we flatten it back down, what happens is this little triangle section has now been pushed inside and it's now coming out the other end. And you'll see that little black tail stick out right there.
Great, next we're going to make the head. So go ahead and take a little bit of the paper and fold it over enough where you have a beak for where you want the head to stick out from the penguin. We're going to do the exact same thing. We're going to make a reverse fold. This one's called an outside reverse fold, where when you open it up, we're going to bring this forward, so that when it re-collapses, the head is now completely colored and it's covering on both sides.
So I'll show you that one more time. Instead of just folding it over like this, we open it up and we find that V again, and we make both of them pinch this direction, and when you do that it'll fall back together when you flatten it in half, and that makes the point. Now for the penguin to make the beak less pointy, you can fold in just a little bit of paper like that or if you want you could even have a pleat fold right here, where you go back and forth and that it'll make it even more prominent of a little beak.
And you can open it up and then move that, you can zigzag that forward and back, and that gives you a little beak right there for the penguin. Another thing you can do if you'd like is you can make little flippers here. Like to fold these out, and then fold them back down, make a little pleat fold right like that, it sort of gives him little arms or wings. And
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