Desiderata~

 DESIDERATA
Go placidly amidst the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its shame, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

Political budgets compared....

This comparative budget chart focuses on programs that affect the nation‘s safety net — access for low-income families and the unemployed to jobs, food, housing and health care. Some of the proposals include actual amounts and percentages, listed by budget categories, while others only address priorities, so the comparisons may at times be a little difficult. Nonetheless, we thought highlighting them side-by-side would be interesting and useful, and you can click on each of the plans to read them in their entirety if you wish to dig deeper. If you would like to compare them with our current budget, check out this nice snapshot from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Sources: Six budget proposals (linked above), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Special thanks to Sister Marge Clark at NETWORK for her research assistance and advice.

FSA - Disaster Assistance Programs

A concise one-page summary of the disaster programs administered by FSA (PDF, 752KB).

 

A two-page summary, including a short description, the triggers, key requirements, payments and funding levels for each disaster program administered by FSA (PDF, 376KB).

 

A list of fact sheets describing the disaster programs offered by FSA (PDF, 14 KB).

 

 

Disaster Designation Information

 

 

Download Disaster Designation Maps in PDF Format:

 

 

• U.S. Counties with Drought Level D0 or Above, (PDF, 233 KB, July 19, 2012)

 

 

• Primary nesting Season Map, (PDF, 104 KB, July 19, 2012)

 

 

• Fast Track Disaster Map 1, (PDF, 603 KB)

 

 

• Disaster Map Crop Year 2012, (PDF, 3.3 MB) August 22, 2012

 

 

• Download Disaster Designations Map, (PDF, 2.3 MB) August 22, 2012

 

Map shows designations across the country under USDA's amended rule. The faster, more efficient process will immediately expand assistance to more than 1,000 counties in 26 counties.

 

Download a list of designated Primary and Contiguous Counties in PDF Format:

 

• Listing of Disaster Designated Counties, (PDF, 93 KB) August 22, 2012

 

 

• Listing of Counties with a D0 Status or above, (PDF, 144 KB) July 19, 2012

 

• Listing of Disaster Designated Counties, Drought Specific , (PDF, 71 KB) August 22, 2012

 

 

• Emergency Haying and Grazing of Conservation Reserve Program Acres for 2012 Fact Sheet

 

 

 

Loans for losses to crops, trees, livestock, farm land and farm property

 

The Emergency Loan Program provides loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine. For emergency loan data by state and fiscal year, click here (PDF, 59 KB).

 

The Disaster Debt Set-Aside Program provides producers who have existing direct loans with FSA who are unable to make the scheduled payments to move up to one full year’s payment to the end of the loan. For disaster debt set-aside data by state and fiscal year, click here (PDF, 45 KB)

 

Assistance is available in counties, or contiguous counties, who have been designated as emergencies by the President, Secretary or FSA Administrator.

 

 

Farm land damage

 

The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides assistance to producers if their land was damaged by a natural disaster and needs conservation practices.

 

 

Crop Losses

 

The Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)provides assistance for crop losses when federal crop insurance is not available.

 

The Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program is also available to producers who suffered crop losses in counties declared a disaster by the Secretary of Agriculture. Losses must occur before September 30, 2011.

 

 

Tree Losses

 

The Tree Assistance Program (TAP) provides cash payments to orchardists and nursery tree growers for qualifying tree losses due to natural disaster in counties declared a disaster by the Secretary of Agriculture. Losses must occur before September 30, 2011.

 

The Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)provides payments to eligible owners of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land in order to carry out emergency measures to restore land damaged by a natural disaster.

 

 

Livestock and Grazing Losses

 

The Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program (LFP) provides cash payments to eligible producers who suffered grazing losses because of drought. It also provides cash payments for fires on federally managed land leased by producers. Losses must occur before September 30, 2011.

 

The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm- Raised Fish Program (ELAP) provides assistance for grazing losses due to blizzards and wildfires which are not adequately addressed by other disaster programs. Assistance for feed losses is also available. Losses must occur before September 30, 2011.

 

The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) provides cash payments to eligible producers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather. Losses must occur before September 30, 2011.

 

Haying and Grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres allows producers to hay or graze CRP acreage during an emergency.

 

 

Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish

 

The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybeesand Farm- Raised Fish Program (ELAP) provides assistance for honey bee death, honey bee feed losses, farm-raised fish death, and farm-raised fish feed losses. The program is available in counties declared a disaster by the Secretary of Agriculture. Losses must occur before September 30, 2011.

 

 

Payments by State for the 5 Disaster Programs (SURE, LFP, ELAP, LIP, TAP) (Updated weekly)

 

 

State data (XLS, 52 KB, August 21, 2012)

 

County data (XLS, 1.0 MB, August 21, 2012)

 

 

 

Access the FSA Disaster Payment Maps

 

 

Have Questions?

 

Maybe we can help. Please check our Online Knowledge Base.AskFSA

Rape statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rape statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

UN Rape Statistics

This list^[17] indicates the number of, and per capita cases of recorded rape. It does not include cases of rape which go unreported, or which are not recorded.^[18] Nor does it specify whether recorded means reported, brought to trial, or convicted. Nor does it take the different definition of rape around the world into account.

According to the American Medical Association (1995), sexual violence, and rape in particular, is considered the most under-reported violent crime.^[4][5]

The most common reasons given by victims for not reporting rapes are the belief that it is a personal or private matter, and that they fear reprisal from the assailant. A 2007 government report in England says "Estimates from research suggest that between 75 and 95 percent of rape crimes are never reported to the police."^[6]

Rape at the national level, number of police-recorded offences

Country/territory	Total count								Rate per 100,000 population
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Kenya		1440	1365	1291	876	735	847			4.1	3.8	3.5	2.3	1.9	2.1
Mauritius	53	40	38	64	77	69	57	51	4.3	3.2	3.0	5.1	6.0	5.4	4.4	3.9
Mozambique		102	64	46	41	47	44			0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Uganda	537	549	732	750	599	1536	619	709	2.0	2.0	2.6	2.6	2.0	4.9	1.9	2.1
Zimbabwe	3858	4997	4790	4967	4762	3186			30.6	39.7	38.1	39.6	38.2	25.6
Cameroon	451	555	592	580	447				2.7	3.2	3.4	3.2	2.4
Algeria	723	630	376	495	836	812			2.3	1.9	1.1	1.5	2.5	2.4
Egypt	20	21	44	48	63	87			0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Morocco	618	453	475	1063	1215	1130	1507		2.1	1.5	1.6	3.5	3.9	3.6	4.8
Sudan						1189								2.9
Botswana							1754	1865							88.5	92.9
Lesotho					1797	1878	1777						85.3	88.3	82.7
Swaziland	785	849							72.1	77.5
Guinea					92								1.0
Senegal			301	159	167	416	710	693			2.8	1.4	1.5	3.5	5.9	5.6
Sierra Leone					135	79							2.5	1.4
Bahamas			87	72	135	118	109	78			27.2	22.2	41.1	35.4	32.2	22.7
Barbados							68								24.9
Grenada			23	22	30	31	57	32			22.4	21.4	29.0	29.9	54.8	30.6
Jamaica							695	668							25.5	24.4
Saint Kitts and Nevis							16	15							30.9	28.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		66	87	50	60	36	54	28		60.8	80.0	45.9	55.0	33.0	49.4	25.6
Trinidad and Tobago		305	334	259	317	236	247			23.3	25.4	19.6	23.9	17.7	18.5
Belize			48	44			30	21			17.1	15.3			9.8	6.7
Costa Rica	576	600	543	485			1685		13.8	14.2	12.6	11.1			36.7
El Salvador			1185	1140			756	681			19.6	18.8			12.3	11.0
Guatemala		363	314	289	318	385	401			2.9	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.8	2.9
Mexico		13650	13550	13894	14199	14078	14850	14993		13.0	12.7	12.9	13.0	12.7	13.3	13.2
Nicaragua			1322	1524				1829			24.4	27.7				31.6
Panama *		629	771	792	855	713	809	996		19.8	23.8	24.0	25.5	20.9	23.4	28.3
Argentina			3154	3264	3276	3367					8.2	8.4	8.3	8.5
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)			1137	1137	1437	1596	1989	2587			12.4	12.2	15.2	16.6	20.4	26.1
Chile	1658	1845	1974	2034	1980	2233			10.4	11.4	12.1	12.4	11.9	13.3
Colombia		1188	2627	3347	3379	3380	3540	3149		2.8	6.1	7.7	7.6	7.5	7.8	6.8
Ecuador	1488	1246	1499	1484					11.5	9.4	11.2	10.9
Guyana							62	117							8.2	15.5
Paraguay			387	359							6.6	6.0
Peru	5991	5721	6268	6569	7208	7560	6751		22.3	21.0	22.7	23.6	25.6	26.6	23.5
Suriname	186	223							38.2	45.2
Uruguay	297	327							8.9	9.8
Bermuda	36	43							56.6	67.3
Canada	531	587	565	570	528	490	471	576	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.7
United States of America	93883	95089	94347	94472	92610	90750	89241	84767	32.2	32.3	31.8	31.5	30.6	29.8	29.0	27.3
Kazakhstan			1583	1584	1514	1298					10.4	10.3	9.8	8.3
Kyrgyzstan	296	278	298	271	300	303	303	314	5.9	5.5	5.9	5.3	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.9
Tajikistan		53	54	56	47	55	36			0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.5
Turkmenistan	37	36	27	27					0.8	0.8	0.6	0.6
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China	70	92	99	96	107	105	136	112	1.0	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.9	1.6
Japan	2472	2176	2076	1948	1766	1582	1402	1289	2.0	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.0
Mongolia	386	378	320	314	355	354	332	342	15.5	15.0	12.6	12.2	13.5	13.3	12.2	12.4
Republic of Korea	5899	6321							12.7	13.5
Brunei Darussalam	24	26	24	28					6.9	7.3	6.6	7.6
Philippines	3084	2918	2962	2584	2409	2585	5813		3.7	3.5	3.5	3.0	2.7	2.9	6.3
Singapore	110	103	124	118					2.7	2.5	2.9	2.7
Thailand			5071	5308	5152	4641	4676	4636			7.6	7.9	7.6	6.8	6.8	6.7
Bangladesh			11291	11682							8.0	8.2
India		18233	18359	19348	20737	21467	21397	22172		1.6	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8
Maldives	2	1			5	9			0.7	0.3			1.6	2.9
Nepal			191	210							0.7	0.8
Sri Lanka	1378	1432							7.1	7.3
Armenia	3	9	15	7	5	15	15	11	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.4
Azerbaijan	49	25	44	35	34	25	35	16	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.2
Bahrain	19	27	25	17	21	36			2.9	4.0	3.4	2.1	2.3	3.4
Cyprus	32	41	39	29	19	34	27		3.2	4.0	3.8	2.8	1.8	3.2	2.5
Georgia	52	62	141	167	156	100	84	82	1.1	1.4	3.1	3.8	3.5	2.3	1.9	1.9
Israel		1319	1223	1291	1270	1243				20.4	18.5	19.1	18.4	17.5
Jordan			78	110							1.5	2.0
Kuwait		98	108	125	137	120	119			4.5	4.8	5.3	5.6	4.7	4.5
Lebanon			39	19							1.0	0.5
Occupied Palestinian Territory	85	98	105						2.5	2.8	3.0
Oman					132	183							5.2	6.9
Qatar	11	13							1.7	1.8
Syrian Arab Republic	131	97	135	112	125	156			0.7	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8
Turkey	1604	1638	1694	1783	1148	1071			2.4	2.4	2.5	2.6	1.6	1.5
United Arab Emirates	44	52	62	72					1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5
Yemen			95	95	125	158	176				0.5	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.8
Belarus	432	386	483	353	336	240	218		4.4	3.9	4.9	3.6	3.5	2.5	2.3
Bulgaria	611	529	403	310	225	262	246	211	7.8	6.8	5.2	4.0	2.9	3.5	3.3	2.8
Czech Republic	646	687	596	530	637	529	480		6.3	6.7	5.8	5.2	6.2	5.1	4.6
Hungary	535	267	264	206	215	214	228	246	5.3	2.6	2.6	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.5
Poland	2322	2176	1987	2001	1827	1611	1530	1567	6.1	5.7	5.2	5.2	4.8	4.2	4.0	4.1
Republic of Moldova	272	297	280	268	281	306	264	368	7.0	7.8	7.4	7.2	7.7	8.4	7.3	10.3
Romania	983	953	1013	1116	1047	1016	1007		4.5	4.4	4.7	5.1	4.8	4.7	4.7
Russian Federation	8185	8848	9222	8871	7038	6208	5398	4907	5.6	6.1	6.4	6.2	4.9	4.3	3.8	3.4
Slovakia	233	224	200	174	182	152	142		4.3	4.1	3.7	3.2	3.4	2.8	2.6
Ukraine	1048	964	924	993	878	880	758	635	2.2	2.0	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.7	1.4
Denmark	472	562	475	527	492	396	352		8.8	10.4	8.8	9.7	9.0	7.2	6.4
Estonia	107	121	179	153	122	160	124	81	7.9	9.0	13.3	11.4	9.1	11.9	9.2	6.0
Finland	573	595	593	613	739	915	660	818	11.0	11.4	11.3	11.6	14.0	17.2	12.4	15.2
Iceland	69	51	75	72	87	68	78		23.8	17.4	25.3	23.9	28.5	21.9	24.7
Ireland	370	409	451	371	357	348	377	479	9.2	10.0	10.8	8.8	8.3	8.0	8.5	10.7
Latvia	123	319	251	129	93	100	69	78	5.3	13.8	10.9	5.6	4.1	4.4	3.1	3.5
Lithuania	278	260	265	253	200	164	149	208	8.1	7.6	7.8	7.4	5.9	4.9	4.5	6.3
Norway	706	739	798	840	945	944	998	938	15.5	16.1	17.3	18.0	20.0	19.8	20.6	19.2
Sweden	2235	2261	3787	4208	4749	5446	5937	5960	25.0	25.2	41.9	46.3	51.8	59.0	63.8	63.5
United Kingdom (England and Wales)	13272	14013	14443	13774	12673	13096	15084	15934	25.1	26.4	27.0	25.6	23.4	24.0	27.5	28.8
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	364	360	345	447	389	368	422	498	21.4	21.0	20.0	25.7	22.1	20.7	23.6	27.7
United Kingdom (Scotland)	794	900	975	922	908	821	884		15.7	17.7	19.1	18.0	17.7	15.9	17.0
Albania			49	40	41	39	34	24			1.6	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.1	0.7
Andorra					2	2	0	1					2.5	2.4	0.0	1.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina			39	40	44	35	29	46			1.0	1.1	1.2	0.9	0.8	1.2
Croatia	213	165	142	187	162	188	129	141	4.8	3.7	3.2	4.2	3.7	4.3	2.9	3.2
Greece	231	240	177	182	185	232	213	215	2.1	2.2	1.6	1.6	1.6	2.1	1.9	1.9
Italy	2744	3734	4020	4513					4.7	6.4	6.9	7.6
Malta *	11	13	7	17	10	19	12	11	2.7	3.2	1.7	4.1	2.4	4.6	2.9	2.6
Montenegro			8	11							1.3	1.8
Portugal	392	338	365	341	305	314	377	424	3.7	3.2	3.5	3.2	2.9	3.0	3.5	4.0
Serbia			89	115	105	123	111	72			0.9	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.7
Slovenia	70	87	58	55	97	57	79	63	3.5	4.4	2.9	2.7	4.8	2.8	3.9	3.1
Spain			2140	2102	2530	2437	2051	1578			4.9	4.8	5.7	5.4	4.5	3.4
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia			93	103							4.6	5.0
Austria		687	678	700	710	693	779	875		8.4	8.2	8.5	8.5	8.3	9.3	10.4
Belgium	2850	2944	3029	3194	3232	3126	2953	2991	27.7	28.4	29.1	30.5	30.7	29.5	27.7	27.9
France	10408	10506	9993	9784	10132	10277	10108		17.3	17.3	16.4	15.9	16.4	16.5	16.2
Germany	8766	8831	8133	8118	7511	7292	7314	7724	10.6	10.7	9.9	9.8	9.1	8.8	8.9	9.4
Liechtenstein	0	1	4	2	1	3	0	0	0.0	2.9	11.5	5.7	2.8	8.4	0.0	0.0
Luxembourg				40	44	57						8.6	9.2	11.7
Monaco	1		3	2					2.8		8.5	5.7
Netherlands	1700	1800	2485	2385	2095	1920	1850	1530	10.5	11.1	15.2	14.6	12.7	11.6	11.2	9.2
Switzerland *	547	573	646	639	648	612	666	543	7.5	7.8	8.7	8.6	8.6	8.1	8.7	7.1
Australia	18237								91.9
New Zealand			994	1183	1143	1130	1128	1129			24.0	28.3	27.0	26.4	26.1	25.8
Solomon Islands		170	65	79	61	56				37.2	13.8	16.4	12.3	11.0