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		<title>The U.S. ranks 22nd in deaths by ultraviolet radiation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the World Health Organization, in 2002 the United States had deaths attributable to ultraviolet (UV) radiation at a rate of 2.93 per 100,000 population. That is enough to make the United States rank twenty-second out of one hundred ninety countries ranked in that category. Niue ranked first, with a UV attributable death rate [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5512&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Need for Common Frames of Reference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The U.S. ranks 15th in perceived press freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Political and Social Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Gallup, 87% of Americans believe that the United States has a free media. That is enough to make the United States tied for fifteenth with Senegal out of one hundred thirty-three countries ranked in that category. Finland ranks first, with 97% of Finns believing that their country has a free media. Filed under: [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5506&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. ranks 1st in wine consumption</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Wine Institute, 12.54% of the wine consumed in the world in 2010 was consumed in the United States. That is enough to make the United States rank first in that category. Five countries&#8211;the United States, France, Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom&#8211;accounted for just under half of all the wine consumed in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5501&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. ranks 7th in natural gas exports</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the CIA World Factbook, in 2011 the United States exported an estimated 42,670,000,000 cubic meters of natural gas, or 3.7% of the world&#8217;s total natural gas exports. That is enough to make the United States rank seventh out of forty-nine natural gas exporting countries. Russia ranks first, exporting 200,100,000,000 cubic meters of natural [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5497&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hanford Is No Place for a Park</title>
		<link>http://rankingamerica.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/hanford-is-no-place-for-a-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My most recent piece for Huffington Post, based on a recent visit to my hometown. Filed under: Commentary<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5494&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. ranks 96th in adolescent fertility</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the United Nations Development Programme, in 2010 there were 41.2 babies born to women aged 15 to 19 for every 1000 women aged 15 to 19 in the United States. This makes the United States rank ninety-sixth out of one hundred ninety-four countries ranked in that category. Niger ranks first, with an adolescent [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5491&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. ranks 1st in plastic surgeons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, in 2011 there were 5,950 plastic surgeons working in the United States, or 18.7% of all plastic surgeons working in the world. That is enough to make the United States rank first in that category. Filed under: Health and Welfare, Political and Social Life, Ranking of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5478&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. ranks 6th in public expenditures on health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the United Nations Development Program, in 2010 public spending on health care amounted to 9.5% of GDP. This is enough to make the United States rank sixth out of one hundred eighty-eight countries ranked in that category. The Marshall Islands ranked first, with public health expenditure amounting to 15.0% of GDP. Filed under: [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5474&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. ranks 22nd in gender equality</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the World Economic Forum, the United States has a gender equality score of 0.7373 (out of a possible 1.0000), which makes the United States rank twenty-second out of one hundred thirty five countries ranked in that category. Iceland ranks first, with a gender equality score of 0.8640. Filed under: Health and Welfare, Law [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rankingamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5856820&#038;post=5470&#038;subd=rankingamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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