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US Poorest Cities – Top 10 List

Jay — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:25:02 +0000

TEN POOREST U.S. CITIES

City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level

1. Detroit , MI 32.5%
2. Buffalo , NY 29.9%
3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8%
4. Cleveland , OH 27.0%
5. Miami , FL 26.9%
6. St. Louis , MO 26.8%
7. El Paso , TX 26.4%
8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2%
9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1%
10. Newark , NJ 24.2%

U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007

Cat Attacks Babysitter After Glass Breaks

Jay — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:12:33 +0000

Protective cat attacks babysitter! This awesome cat that rushes to protect the baby after it starts crying.

Not sure why I can’t get the embedding stuff to work off LiveLeak. Click Here to watch the video.

Average American Income

Jay — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:17:58 +0000

When income is adjusted for family size, the percentage of prime-age American adults earning between $35,000 and $70,000 declined by 12 points between 1979 and 2007. But that’s largely because the percentage earning more than $105,000 increased by 14 points. Over the last 10 years, 60 percent of Americans made more than $100,000 in at least one of those years, and 40 percent had incomes that high for at least three.

American Fertility Rate Trumps Globe

Jay — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:15:45 +0000

The American fertility rate is 50 percent higher than Russia, Germany or Japan, and much higher than China. Americans born between 1968 and 1979 are more family-oriented than the boomers before them, and are having larger families.

2050 : The US population will be younger and more optimistic

Jay — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:13:24 +0000

In 2050, only a quarter will be over 60, compared with 31 percent in China and 41 percent in Japan.

Veteran Twitter Users Double Their Activity

Jay — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:52:00 +0000

In December 2009, Twitter veterans – members who have used the service for nine or more months – accounted for 26 percent of the activity on the service.

As of March 2010, though, that number has almost doubled, to 41.6 percent. Ninety one percent of the Twitter users polled also said they used the service the same or more than they did six months ago.

Will Obama Lift the Cuba Embargo?

Jay — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:37:11 +0000

Seems like one of those things that’s so assbackwards he can’t ignore it for 2 terms.

United States Housing Prices Chart

Jay — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:21:05 +0000

Graph of current and historic housing prices.

Number of Tweets Graph

Jay — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:30:36 +0000

Following graph shows the number of tweets per month posted to twitter.

Google experimental fiber network official video

Jay — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:50:09 +0000

Which community will be lucky enough to get the 1Gb/s connections?!