2021’s Safest Cities in America People encounter hazards every day, some serious, others rare and innocuous. We fear certain kinds more than others, though, and COVID-19 is one of the biggest concerns in 2021. A recent Gallup poll found that only 38% of Americans feel “very” confident they can protect themselves from COVID-19 while they are out in public, a sharp drop from around 51% in May. People can feel unsafe in other ways, too. No one can avoid all danger, however, and we take on a certain level of risk based on where we choose to live. Main Findings Embed on your website <iframe src=" width="556" height="347" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><div style="width:556px;font-size:12px;color:#888;">Source: <a href=" Safest Cities in the U.S. Ask the Experts Methodology Home & Community Safety - Total Points: 50 Natural-Disaster Risk - Total Points: 30
Blog Overlap in Govt. Programs Blasted: 10 HHS Offices to Help Minorities With AIDS Here’s a shocker; countless programs operated by the bloated U.S. government overlap or are needlessly duplicated across a number of federal agencies, translating into huge losses of American taxpayer dollars. Scandal-Plagued NSF Asks Congress for $83 Mil Budget Hike Long rocked by scandal, fraud and waste the federal agency that funds science and research in the United States is playing the China card to persuade Congress to approve an $83 million increase to its already excessive $7.2 billion annual budget. IRS Colluded With Dem Rep. to Hound Conservative Group The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) colluded with a Democratic congressman to harass a right-leaning voter integrity group during the tax agency’s illegal witch hunt of conservative nonprofits, according to explosive new emails made public this week by the House Oversight Committee. Sued for Fraud by DOJ, Security Co That Cleared Snowden Works for U.S.
Homicide Watch D.C. | Mark every death. Remember every victim. Follow every case. [Santé] ClinicalTrials.gov Wikipedia Free multilingual online encyclopedia Wikipedia has received praise for its enablement of the democratization of knowledge, extent of coverage, unique structure, culture, and reduced degree of commercial bias; but criticism for exhibiting systemic bias, particularly gender bias against women and alleged ideological bias.[13][14] Its reliability was frequently criticized in the 2000s but has improved over time, as Wikipedia has been generally praised in the late 2010s and early 2020s.[3][13][15] The website's coverage of controversial topics such as American politics and major events like the COVID-19 pandemic has received substantial media attention. It has been censored by world governments, ranging from specific pages to the entire site. Nevertheless, Wikipedia has become an element of popular culture, with references in books, films, and academic studies. History Nupedia Wikipedia originally developed from another encyclopedia project called Nupedia. Launch and growth Milestones Openness
Health costs rise while insurance coverage declines Preserving Cabrini-Green's images In the sharp sun of an April afternoon, Nate Lanthrum walks through the remains of Cabrini-Green giving away what he has taken. He looks out of place, a white guy carrying a $1,500 Nikon D700 camera, but the residents are used to him by now and greet... Blackhawks thrilled to have Brent Seabrook back Starting with Game 6 Sunday, Brent Seabrook's timeout will be over and the defenseman will be back on the ice — so long as he promises to play nice. NFL draft preview: Defensive ends As the NFL draft nears — it takes place May 8-10 — we're taking an 11-day, position-by-position look at what's out there and what the Bears need. In May 1974, Tribune delivered 2 Watergate bombshells Forty years ago this Thursday, Tribune readers found an extraordinary special section in their morning paper — a 44-page transcript of taped Oval Office conversations, the long-sought smoking gun of Watergate, perhaps the greatest political crisis... Northwestern women win at Wrigley
- World of Work La grande enquête en ligne « World of Work » est destinée aux jeunes de toute l'Europe. Un questionnaire ludique et interactif où chaque participant peut comparer ses réponses avec celle des autres. La génération des parents n'est pas pour autant mise au ban : pour eux, c’est l'occasion de mieux appréhender la relation qu'entretient la jeunesse au travail, à l'argent et à l’avenir. Dès que nous aurons recueilli suffisamment de réponses, vous pourrez accéder directement aux résultats. World of Work est un projet développé par Journalism++ pour Arte , avec le support du Prof. ARTE Idée et conception : Sinje Matzner, mise en ligne : Donatien Huet and Alexandra Maillet, social media : Jonas Schlatterbeck JOURNALISM++ Développement : Pierre Bellon, Paul Joannon, Pierre Romera, Edouard Richard, gestion de projet : Anne-Lise Bouyer, editorial: Sebastian Kraus, Nicolas Kayser-Bril and Iris Hartl, illustrations : Marion Boucharlat, web design : Thomas Guillembet
Search Backwards: Reverse Directory Lookups How to Do Reverse Directory Lookups Usually, you know someone’s name and you want their contact information, but in some cases it's just the opposite -- you have contact information and need a name. Maybe you found a scrap of paper with a phone number on it, and can't remember who it was for. Perhaps you missed a call from a number you don't recognize. Or you may have someone's street address or email, but no name to connect to that info. I always like to start with free, so try a search engine search first. If you’re searching for the name associated with an email address, you can enter an email address in Facebook's search box. The White Pages Reverse Phone directory will give you the name of the person associated with a landline phone. Fast People Search is a service I have been using more often, use when other people search tools come up empty or ask for money. MelissaData is a company that specializes in address verification software and services. Is it worth paying the fee?
New Drug Tests Target the Poor A spate of new laws ties government assistance to sobriety—furthering an unfounded stereotype. A growing number of poor Americans now face a new indignity, thanks to a legislative trend sweeping through state capitols: mandatory drug tests for needy citizens. This year alone, at least 30 state legislatures (including Louisiana, Massachusetts and Illinois) have considered bills that would require people to pass a drug test to become eligible to receive welfare benefits. At the federal level, this year Sen. The state leading the new trend is Florida. While Floridians who pass are reimbursed, applicants who fail are denied benefits for a year unless they enroll in a treatment program and don’t test positive for six months (the state won’t pick up the tab for their recovery). Also on July 1, Indiana became the first state to require drug tests for unemployed people participating in state-sponsored job training programs. A February report from the Washington D.C. The facts don’t back him up.
La crise grecque expliquée par les datas en 1′40 Du point de vue des statistiques, la crise grecque était prévisible. Démonstration à l'aide d'outils statistiques et des données disponibles. La crise grecque, on la connait. Pourtant, quand on regarde de plus près les fondamentaux (déficits publics, dette, PIB), on constate que la situation de la Grèce est compréhensible du point de vue des marchés. On a collecté 3000 points de données chez Eurostat et Standards & Poors pour montrer pourquoi la Grèce doit faire face à de tels taux d’intérêts sur sa dette. Comme je le montre sur la vidéo (où j’ai mis un costard, pour faire sérieux !) Les services statistiques grecs ayant eu une légère tendance à enjoliver leurs résultats, Eurostat ne dispose pas des données sur le déficit grec entre 1995 et 1998. Au final, la crise actuelle s’explique en grande partie par une dette et des déficits publics parmi les plus importants de l’Union à 27 depuis 1995. Illustration CC Flickr: “Credit Crunch” par bitzcelt
Bible Hub: Search, Read, Study the Bible in Many Languages IBM's Watson to offer medical advice to doctors | Cutting Edge IBM has inked a deal with health insurer WellPoint that will let the latter use the technology behind "Jeopardy"-playing computer Watson to suggest patient diagnoses and treatments. The arrangement, which marks the first time the Watson technology will be used in a commercial application, will be announced Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. WellPoint hopes the technology will help improve the quality of patient care and help reduce costs. The Journal quotes WellPoint's chief medical officer, Sam Nussbaum, as saying that the project is "not about limiting care; it's about assuring the right care is given." IBM claims the Watson technology can process about 200 million pages of content in less than three seconds, which no doubt makes the system intriguing when it comes to reviewing various medical literature.
Qu’est-ce qu’Internet ? par Benjamin Bayart Benjamin Bayart est le président de l’association French Data Network, le fournisseur d’accès à Internet en France le plus ancien. Expert en télécommunications et activiste du Logiciel Libre, ses prises de position en faveur de la neutralité du net et de l’éthique d’Internet, popularisées par le concept de « Minitel 2.0 », en ont fait une personnalité remarquée de l’Internet français (plus d’informations sur Wikipedia). L’association Libertés Numériques l’a invité à Sciences Po en avril 2010 pour un cycle de trois conférences d’environ deux heures chacune. L’objectif : comprendre ce qu’est Internet. Les vidéos vous sont proposées de plusieurs manières : En visualisation directe si vous avez un navigateur récent qui supporte HTML5 et les standards ouverts (Firefox ou Google Chromium conseillés)À télécharger en format Ogg Theora/Vorbis (à lire avec VLC par exemple)À voir sur Youtube, Dailymotion et ViméoÀ télécharger de pair-à-pair en torrent.