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Kremlin Plans To Create Alternative to Wikipedia: To allow to objectively present country
The Russian government has announced its plans to create an alternative to Wikipedia. A statement posted on the website of the Russian Presidential Library named after Boris Yeltsin says...
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DENVER - Denver Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders was declared dead by Wikipedia after a vicious hit during Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams.
However, the Wikipedia report of his untimely death was greatly exaggerated, according to Sanders.
Sanders took the brutal hit from Rams safety Rodney McLeod during the third quarter of the game at the Edward Jones Dome. Medical staff helped Sanders off the field for a concussion evaluation soon after.
That's apparently when fans noticed an update to Sanders' listing on Wikipedia displaying his place of death as St. Louis.
Wikipedia has Emmanuel Sanders listed as dead. pic.twitter.com/gepEGcwEme
The "death" notice on Wikipedia wasn't up for very long, but there was enough reaction to prompt Sanders to tweet about it on Monday, saying "Someone changed my Wikipedia 2 I died last night in St.Louis. lol I guess I'm resurrected."The Wikipedia account of the person who made the change was deleted.
McLeod ended up receiving a 15-yard penalty for the hit against Sanders, but it couldn't help the Broncos catch up to the Rams who won the game 22-7.
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Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory were able to make extremely accurate forecasts about the spread of dengue fever in Brazil and flu in the U.S., Japan, Poland and Thailand by examining three years worth of Wikipedia search data. They also came up with moderately successful predictions of tuberculosis outbreaks in Thailand and China, and of dengue fevers spread in Thailand.
However, their efforts to anticipate cases of cholera, Ebola, HIV and plague by extrapolating from search data left much to be desired, according to a report published Thursday in the journal PLOS Computational Biology. But the researchers believe their general approach could still work if they use more sophisticated statistics and a more inclusive data set.
Accurate data on the spread of infectious diseases can be culled from a variety of sources. Government agencies typically get it from patient interviews and laboratory test results. Other data sources include calls to 911 lines, emergency room admissions and absences from work or school.
The problem with these methods is that they can be time-consuming and costly. By the time the numbers are crunched, an outbreak may be in full swing.
If you want to stop an outbreak before it startsand if you want to save lives and money, you certainly dowhat you need is a forecast that is both accurate and timely. And so the Los Alamos researchers turned to the treasure trove that is Wikipedia.
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