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Can Big Data Help U.S. Cities Adapt to Climate Change? – Scientific …

Imagine a map that shows years of rising sea levels in a matter of seconds, and the water is surrounding your house. There might soon be an app for that.
That’s the sort of visualization that the Obama administration believes can spark action toward climate adaptation in communities around the nation. To help push technologists to create these new climate tools, […]

Retirement Woes Remain As Housing, Stock Markets Rebound

Despite a rebounding stock market and recent housing gains, retiring comfortably remains an elusive goal for the majority of Americans. Many whose plans for their “golden years” were disrupted by the recent recession must still work longer and save more to get back on track.Fidelity Investments, which has 12.5 million participants in 401(k) plans, said 35% of those who left […]

Pro-Gun Sentiment Dominates Social Media (Video)

Liberals may think a majority wants gun control because they only talk with other liberals. It’s a result of their penchant for suppressing views other than their own!Via The Blaze:A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.Lately there has been much […]

Saving the Truth Movement: Pro-Gun Sentiment Dominates Social …

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Lately there has been much debate over what that means. As a firearms enthusiast and social media analyst, I wanted to cut through the noise and listen to the unscripted, unsolicited, social media conversation […]

Advocacy groups tout big-data civil rights rules | SiliconBeat

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A consortium of 14 civil-liberties and other advocacy groups have come up with a list of civil rights principles for the big-data era.The organizations – including the American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, National Council of La Raza and Common Cause – said the principles are needed because of the vast array of new data-gathering technologies.Declaring it “vitally important […]

Twitter 'big data' can be used to monitor HIV and drug-related …

ImagesVideoBlogsFor News MediaMedia contactsat UCLANews releasesAdvisoriesFaculty expertsAbout UCLABroadcast studioCampus mapNews van parkingCurrent IssuesUCLA budgetConference and guest centerDiversityAnimal researchAdmissionsCollege rankingsUseful LinksChancellor Gene BlockUCLA TodayUCLA MagazineEvents calendarAthleticsVeterans Resource CenterUCLA AlumniDaily BruinWestwood trafficUC NewsroomUCTVUCLA Newsroom > All Stories > News ReleasesTwitter ‘big data’ can be used to monitor HIV and drug-related behavior, UCLA study showsStudying link between HIV, drug use could […]

Qataris profit as Mesaieed stocks surge during trading debut | Doha …

QEThousands of Qataris cashed in this morning by cashing out their stock in Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Co. during its first day of public trading, as buyers bid up the company’s share price by 450 percent.Shares in the firm – a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum (QP) – were sold in an initial public offering restricted to Qatari citizens last month for […]

NOAA Moves to Unleash “Big Data” and Calls Upon American …

Printer-friendly versionGuest blog post by Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator From the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), part of the Department of Commerce, works to keep citizens informed about the changing environment around them. Our vast network […]

Researchers propose a better way to make sense of 'Big Data'

Big Data is everywhere, and we are constantly told that it holds the answers to almost any problem we want to solve. Companies collect information on how we shop, doctors and insurance companies gather our medical test results, and governments compile logs of our phone calls and emails. In each instance, the hope is that critical insights are hidden deep […]

Will Stock Market 2014 be Like 2008? :: The Market Oracle …

Will Stock Market 2014 be Like 2008?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Feb 08, 2014 – 06:04 PM GMTBy: Clif_Droke

One of the biggest problems for the stock market entering 2014 was the near unanimous belief on Wall Street that stock prices would only go higher this year. Indeed, you had to look a long way to find […]