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		<title>The Jersey Shore Data Hookup Part 2: The (Demographic) Situation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Born in Staten Island, NY, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino spent his formative tanning and toning years in Manalapan, NJ.  Last summer, he joined the cast of MTV’s The Jersey Shore.
From flashing his abs to regaling housemates with dating strategies, “The Situation” likes to put it out there, but Social Explorer can teach you even more. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=308</link>
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		<title>Social Explorer&#8217;s Andrew Beveridge on the Gender Wage Gap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s &#8220;Young Women&#8217;s Pay Exceeds Male Peers&#8217;,&#8221; Conor Dougherty reports the latest findings on 20-something women.
In 2008, single, childless women between ages 22 and 30 were earning more than their male counterparts in most U.S. cities, with incomes that were 8% greater on average, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=293</link>
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		<title>Social Explorer Posts First Tweet!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Explorer has started tweeting!  Click here to follow us for all the demographic action on our blog and Facebook Page.

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		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=285</link>
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		<title>Social Explorer&#8217;s Andrew Beveridge in the New York Times on Race and School Budget Decisions</title>
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In the New York Times article &#8220;Racial Patterns Are Found in Recent School Budget Elections,&#8221; Sam Roberts explores the connections between race and age patterns and school budget decisions.  He found that:
Budgets tended to fare worse in districts with a large number of white voters and a large number of nonwhite students. And in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=275</link>
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		<title>Social Explorer&#8217;s Andrew Beveridge on WNYC&#8217;s the Brian Lehrer Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Explorer’s Andrew Beveridge appeared on WNYC&#8217;s the Brian Lehrer Show for the wrap up of the show&#8217;s Census series.

You can listen to the entire segment here or on the show page.  (Beveridge joins the conversation at minute 30.)
The Brian Lehrer Show has been using Social Explorer maps to engage WNYC listeners in their Anecdotal Census [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=261</link>
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		<title>Counting and Miscounting Muslims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Muslims and mosques are much in the news with the current controversy over a proposed mosque near the World Trade Center site, as well as protests against mosques around the nation.
With all this attention on them, who are American Muslims?  Counting congregations and adherents can be difficult.  The US Census Bureau doesn&#8217;t track religion data&#8211;in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=250</link>
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		<title>Same Sex Partner Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent court ruling struck down Proposition 8, and now gays and lesbians can legally marry.  How many people might this affect?  Social Explorer can help you find out.
Since 2000, the Census has counted the number of unmarried partners, including same-sex unmarried partners, which can be an indicator of the number of people who might [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=240</link>
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		<title>Social Explorer on Italian Television</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Italy&#8217;s La Repubblica Television recently interviewed Social Explorer&#8217;s Andrew Beveridge about demographic changes in Harlem.  We hope that our Italian fans and admirers will enjoy this news story:

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		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=236</link>
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		<title>The Jersey Shore Data Hookup Part 1: Snooki’s Roots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Born in Chile, adopted at six months and raised in upstate New York by Italian parents, Snooki bloomed at the Jersey Shore last summer and is now taking over South Beach in season two of MTV&#8217;s The Jersey Shore.
From the top of her pouf to the bottom of her tanned toes, we know a lot about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=215</link>
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		<title>Tracking Vampire Data with Social Explorer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vampires are booming thanks to Twilight’s book sales, movie tickets and fainting fans.  With Social Explorer you can learn where they might be booming in the US too.

Count von Count wanted us to count up his vampire peers.
Of course, there is no “are you a vampire?” question on the census form, but using Social Explorer’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=179</link>
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