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Dataset of the Day: Australian Gas Crisis

On June 18, 2008 By admin

On June 3rd Apache Corporation reported that a pipeline ruptured and caught fire at its Varanus Island gas processing and transportation hub. The plant is located off the coast of Western Australia, and is responsible for one third of the state’s gas supply. Thankfully no one was injured and the 153 people on [...]

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Dataset of the Day: Up with Gas Prices, Up with Public Transportation Ridership

On June 16, 2008 By admin

Unless you have been living in a cave for the past couple months, you are well aware of the rising price of gas. The rising costs have affected many aspects of daily life for Americans from car buying to vacation plans. One area that has seen a big change is in the way Americans are [...]

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Dataset of the Day: Firearm Traces in the USA

On June 12, 2008 By emily sciarillo

The Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives recently came out with a report on firearms trace data from 2007. This report provides state level data on the origins of firearms recovered from crimes for each state. This has drawn much attention from local and state authorities, especially in cities [...]

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Dataset of the Day: A Spatial Look at Subprime Lending and the Credit Crisis

On June 10, 2008 By admin

The recent strain on the economy in the United States can be felt throughout all facets of life for Americans. On June 3rd, chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke spoke about the economic outlook of the United States in his speech (via satellite) at the International Monetary Conference (Barcelona, Spain). [...]

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Dataset of the Day: Obama Faces Familiar Landscape

On June 10, 2008 By admin

After a marathon of 50 plus primaries/caucuses while raising record sums of campaign money and more than a year and half of campaigning that had more twists and turns than a roller coaster, Obama clinched the nomination after crossing the threshold of requisite number of delegates on 3 Jun, 2008 and received the full [...]

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Introducing "The Dataset of the Day" – Feeling the Pinch at the Pump

On May 28, 2008 By Sean Gorman

With all the data we are pushing into Finder! sometimes it is easy to loose track of the interesting pieces unless you are searching for something specific. So, we thought it would be fun to post up a “dataset of the day” on the blog. The goal is to let folks know about new datasets [...]

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