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The SDA
Answers to the question 'Some people say that it is better for a country if different racial and ethnic groups maintain their distinct customs and traditions. Others say that it is better if these...
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Federal Reserve’s economic data
The St. Louis Federal Reserve has a Summer School program for teachers. Two of the sessions deal with current events (banking crisis and jobs) but the third covers the data and primary source documents...
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Nashville flooding and mid-latitude cyclones
Nashville, TN, May 4, 2010. (photo by David Fine/FEMA) Daily weather map for May 2nd, 2010. Note the cold front heading toward Nashville. Map from the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. Over 30 cm...
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What’s Needed for a Nation’s Peace
The Fund for Peace has been doing a lot of thinking about what it takes for a country to be considered peaceful, and what it takes for a state to fail. For the last seven years they’ve been putting...
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2010 – Most Extreme Weather Since the Year Without a Summer
Paths of hurricanes in 2010. The North Atlantic hurricane season was the 3rd most active on record. Visualization from NOAA's excellent Historical Hurricane Tracks interactive map. Forest fires in the...
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Snow and Ice Data
The National Snow and Ice Data Center has some interesting data-sets available, including a number of measures of the extent of Arctic sea-ice showing how fast it has been melting. Current extent of...
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Influence Explorer: Data on Campaign Contributions by Politician and by Major...
Influence Explorer is an excellent resource for assessing data about money in politics. The website Influence Explorer has a lot of easily accessible data about the contributions of companies and...
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Mapping Greenhouse Gas Emitters
You can now find the major greenhouse gas emitters (as well as other large facilities that emit pollutants) on the EPA’s mappable website. The Greenhouse Gas Emitter Database from the EPA is now...
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