The Environmental Protection Agency, together with other federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, developed AIRNow.gov, offering the public daily Air Quality Index forecasts and real-time Air Quality Index conditions for over 300 cities across the country as well as links to detailed state and local air quality cites.
An unofficial reading from the US embassy's air quality index recorded over 500 early in the morning, but changed to 168 as of 13:00 (05:00 GMT).
Indeed, the United Nations has developed a measure of quality of life called the Human Development Index ( UN HDI).
The government's Air Quality Index shows "unhealthy" pollution levels in much of Southern California.
Its report grades cities using, in part, the EPA's color-coded Air Quality Index, as well as its own weighting system that ranks the severity of pollution on a daily basis.
But note that the Wine Spectator index of auction prices on 150 of the most popularly traded wines of quality vintages is up 16% over last year.
This allows price rises due only to higher quality to be knocked out of the index.
The second most blissful job is senior quality assurance engineer, which earned an index score of 4.23.
The jobs figures were important for asset quality, said Peter Esho, chief market analyst at City Index.
The ETF tracks a NYSE Arca index that selects stocks based on price and earnings momentum, earnings quality, management and value, says Ed McRedmond, senior vice president of institutional and portfolio strategies at Invesco PowerShares, the fund's sponsor.
In fact, this index included some lesser credit quality companies whose ratings might be suspect in a drastic decline of the European economy.
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There is no magic that insurance companies can do to enhance long term returns on a bond portfolio, and given the costs involved most investors would be far better served to invest in a short-term, high quality bond index fund.
The overall index score was determined by performance in 26 image attributes across five key association dimensions: Value System, Quality of Life, Good for Business, Heritage and Culture, and Tourism.
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