This Week's Facts:
State of the Environment
Location Challenge
National Women's Health Week
SPR Fitness Challenge
Center for Economic Studies
DNR's Mobile
Apps
Do you need to get directions to your favorite
state park? There’s an app for that! Do you need to see the
latest hunting and fishing guides? There’s an app for that! Just
in time for summer vacations, the
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
and Indiana Interactive now have an application for the iPhone.
You can download the free application from
iTunes. This can be a
helpful tool in planning your trips or by finding out more
information about your favorite park or inn. For more
information, or to provide feedback, please email the
webmaster.
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Friday Facts Editorial Team:
Katharine Springer
State Data
Center Coordinator
Elisabeth
O’Donnell
Federal Documents Librarian
&
Kim Brown-Harden
State
Documents Coordinator
 
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State of the
Environment Location Challenge
 Aspiring
photographers have yet another opportunity from the
Environmental Protection Agency to hone their photography
skills. The
State of the Environment Locations Challenge is an
update of the Documerica program from the 1970s. For Documerica,
the EPA hired freelance photographers to take pictures of scenes
showcasing environmental problems, EPA activities and everyday
life in the 1970s. Now, the EPA is releasing one photo from that
project each week. Using information provided with each original
photograph, citizens are encouraged to visit that location and
take a new photo from the same vantage point, thus creating
“before” and “after” shots. There is no set deadline for each
challenge, but the EPA website states that this will probably
last until Earth Day (April 22) 2012. The photo that best
captures the after shot for each original photo will be posted
on the EPA website. For more information on the challenge and a
link to the current “Location,” see the
instructions.
Of course, not everyone will be able to easily get to each
week’s location. Visit the Documerica
page from the National
Archives to view photos by location. Check out the photos from
Indiana or any of the surrounding states! Be sure to view
previous submissions
here.
National Women's
Health Week
 The
Indiana State Department of Health’s Office of Women’s Health is
participating in National
Women’s Health Week, May 8-14, 2011.
The theme for this year is “It’s Your Time!” According to the
Department of Health and Human Services, most women tend to
neglect their health in order to care for their loved ones and
significant others. This initiative encourages communities,
businesses, health and government organizations to promote
women’s health issues. Women’s Health Week empowers all women to
improve their mental and physical health with physical activity,
healthy diets and preventive screenings; you can take the
pledge
to begin your healthy journey.
INShape Indiana offers tips,
resources and information to help you achieve a healthier
lifestyle. To learn more about National Women’s Health Week,
click
here. Now is the time to take control of your health and
to help your sisters, daughters, mothers and friends do the
same.
SPR Fitness Challenge
 It’s
that time of year again! Warmer weather and longer daylight
hours bring out the athlete/fitness enthusiast in many Hoosiers.
The
Indiana Department of Natural Resources is once again
sponsoring the
SPR Fitness Challenge. Whether you walk, ride or
swim you can find your way to a healthier summer and win prizes!
The challenge begins May 6 and ends October 31, 2011. Once you
complete your 25 miles of activity, you’ll be entered to win
prizes such as annual park passes, Indiana camping gift cards
and more. Indiana has many
parks and reservoirs to help you
navigate a healthy summer. You can also check out
INShape
Indiana to find resources and tools to help you get active and
track your aerobic activity. Finally,
No Child Left Inside has
tips, tools, and resources to get children involved with
physical activity. Click
here to take the fitness challenge and
get ready for your healthy, summertime adventures!
Center for
Economic Studies
The U.S. Census Bureau’s
Center for Economic Studies provides a
number of data products for public use. It also administers the
Bureau’s
Research Data Center (RDC) Program. Its research
produces the new
Business Dynamics Statistics, which measure
U.S. business dynamics by state, firm, size, age and industrial
sector. These are created using the Longitudinal Business
Database (LBD), a confidential database available to researchers
throughout the network of Census Research Data Centers. The
first release of BDS data covers 1976 through 2005. There will
be annual updates.
The Center also produces data on employers and employees via
Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD). The
Stats
Indiana topic page on
Local Employment Dynamics leads users to
the
Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) website,
where Indiana data is available in tables and maps at state,
county, and region- level. Here you’ll find
OnTheMap, which
enables users to zoom in to Indiana at the street-level, select
areas to analyze and retrieve information on jobs and workers
between 2002 to 2009. Download the
Getting Started with OnTheMap
PDF for instructions and tips on how to best use this analysis
tool. Stats Indiana also features downloadable
Unemployment Rate
Maps for Indiana counties for 2000 through 2011 and an
additional interactive map featuring data from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. |
