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How poor is your area - and how much worse will it get? Credit ratings company Experian, besides supplying information to credit cards companeis and banks, also provides data for the public sector - and have given us this data. It ranks every English local authority are by a set of key poverty indicators

Watch the video on the video at the link. It's a fascinating look at some of the "indie" approaches the US government is taking to using web technologies to reach people.

A new app that lets voters flag polling-place irregularities will be tested at the primaries on Thursday and, if it works well, will be rolled out citywide for the November general election. The program, PollWatchUSA, enables voters to report in real time if they are experiencing undue delays, having trouble getting or casting a ballot, or being subjected to harassment or intimidation.

The Cyberinfrastructure Shell (CIShell) is an open source, community-driven platform for the integration, utilization and visualization of datasets, algorithms, tools, and computing resources. CIShell supports the plug-and-play of datasets and algorithms and their bundling into custom tools including Network Workbench, TexTrend, Sci² and EpiC.

Speakers: Jerzy Miller, Neelie Kroes Speakers: Jerzy Miller, Neelie Kroes, Rolf Alter, Harry van Dorenmalen, Juhan Parts Speakers: Riel Miller, David Broster, Samia Melhem Speakers: Ales Dobnikar, Adrian Duşa, Herbert Leitold Speakers: Ardita Driza Maurer, Austin Gatt, William Perrin Speakers: Ton Zijlstra, Witold Abramowicz, Emilio Garcia Garcia Speakers: Tim McGrath, André Hoddevik, Scott Bell Speakers: Charlotte Brogren, Gilles Polin, Nicolas Conso, Sónia Lascasas Speakers: Andreas Reisen, Bill McCluggage, Marc Hameleers Speakers: Jonathan Goldsmith, Bogdan Pękalski, Brigitte Mandt, José de la Mata Amaya Speakers: Corien Prins, Paul de Hert, Giovanni Buttarelli Speakers: Nigel Shadbolt, Bruno Lanvin, Haiyan Qian, John Higgins Speakers: Sasha Bezuhanova, Wojciech R.

Access paper here: http://www.albany.edu/~gpr/SmallModels.pdf