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Poll: Most say U.S. doesn’t have a responsibility in Ukraine

09 Friday May 2014

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65 percent of Americans do not think the U.S. should provide military aid and equipment to Ukraine in response to Russia’s actions, while only 26 percent think the U.S. should. Majorities of Republicans (59 percent), Democrats (67 percent), and independents (69 percent) are opposed to providing military aid and equipment to Ukraine.
~ CBS News Polls

Gun Ownership in US

09 Friday May 2014

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The estimated total number of guns (both licit and illicit) held by civilians in the United States is 270,000,0001 to 310,000,0002
~ gunpolicy.org

Gullup: Gun in US homes

~ Gallup Inc.

50 years low support of Handgun ban

~ Support for stricter gun laws in general is lowest Gallup has measured by Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Inc.

US Internet ad revenue surpasses broadcast TV

09 Friday May 2014

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NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, U.S. Internet advertising revenue has surpassed that of broadcast television thanks to sharp growth in mobile and digital video ads… Internet advertising revenue rose 17 percent to a record $42.8 billion in 2013. Broadcast TV ad revenue, in comparison, was $40.1 billion in 2013. Mobile advertising revenue more than doubled to $7.1 billion from $3.4 billion in 2012 … The report is based on a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Associated Press

Beef prices reach highest level since 1987

09 Friday May 2014

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The highest beef prices in almost three decades have arrived just before the start of grilling season, causing sticker shock for both consumers and restaurant owners — and relief isn’t likely anytime soon. A dwindling number of cattle and growing export demand from countries such as China and Japan have caused the average retail cost of fresh beef to climb to $5.28 a pound in February, up almost a quarter from January and the highest price since 1987.

~ Associated Press

Hate Crime in USA

09 Friday May 2014

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Religion Hate Crime 1995-2000

Religion Hate Crime 2001-2012

Major Religious Traditions in the U.S.

09 Friday May 2014

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Among all adults %

Christian 78.4

    Protestant 51.3

      Evangelical churches 26.3
      Mainline churches 18.1
      Hist. black churches 6.9

    Catholic 23.9
    Mormon 1.7
    Jehovah’s Witness 0.7
    Orthodox 0.6
    Other Christian 0.3

Other Religions 4.7

    Jewish 1.7
    Buddhist 0.7
    Muslim* 0.6
    Hindu 0.4
    Other World Religions
    <0.3
    Other Faiths 1.2

Unaffiliated 16.1

~ From Pew Research Center

Amazon Is Attacking A Trillion-Dollar Industry And No One Ever Talks About It

08 Thursday May 2014

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For all the attention focused on Amazon’s new TV-streaming deviceand expanding selection of Prime Instant TV and movies, the company’s next big money-maker could be something scarcely talked about and entirely less sexy: wholesale distribution.  AmazonSupply — which is still listed as a beta product — …  prices were about 25% lower than others in the industry…  the potential market is enormous: Wholesalers made $7.2 trillion in revenue in 2012

Amazon Is Attacking A Potential Trillion-Dollar Industry …  Jillian D’Onfro, Business Insider.

See also: Amazon’s Wholesale Slaughter: Jeff Bezos’ $8 Trillion B2B Bet. By  Clare O’Connor, Forbes.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee has had a busy day on the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web

19 Saturday Apr 2014

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… when asked why Robert Cailliau wasn’t credited with co-creating the Web, Berners-Lee said this was because he hadn’t.
“Robert didn’t invent it. I invented it by myself, and coded it up on a NeXT, but Robert was the first convert to it, and a massive supporter,” he explained.  “He got resources together at CERN, helped find students, gave talks. He also later wrote some code for a Mac browser called Samba. He also put a lot of energy into persuading the CERN directorate that CERN should declare that it would not charge royalties for the WWW, which it did in April 1993.”

Web inventor Berners-Lee: …  By Iain Thomson. The Register

See also: Birth of the World Wide Web Netvalley.com

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