Which Countries are Faced with a 'Critical' Health Worker Shortage?

There are 57 countries with fewer than 23 health workers for every 10,000 people, as a result infant and maternal mortality rates far exceed that of developed countries, such as the UK and US

via www.guardian.co.uk
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Cracking The Credit Card Code

This infographic shows you what those 16 digits credit card numbers really mean? Contrary to what you may think, they aren’t random. Those 16 digits are there for a reason and, knowing a few simple rules, you could actually learn a lot about a credit card just from its number.

via www.mint.com

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SocialAction

SocialAction is a social network analysis tool that integrates visualization and statistics to improve the analytical process.

via slate.com



SocialAction in Demo

(SocialAction: Analyzing the Social Network of US Senators)

SocialAction is a research project by Adam Perer and Ben Shneiderman at the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab.

For more information, visit cs.umd.edu/​hcil/​socialaction/

 

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Most Overused Buzzwords in Linkedin.com Profile - 2010

LinkedIn Analytics Team decided to take a crack at finding the most clichéd and overused phrases for the past year using over 85 million LinkedIn profiles.  Here are their most overused buzzword in LinkedIn.com Profiles in 11 countries – 2010


via chartsbin.com via blog.linkedin.com

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What's in a Surname?

A new view of the United States based on the distribution of common last names shows centuries of history and echoes some of America's great immigration sagas. To compile this data, geographers at University College London used phone directories to find the predominant surnames in each state. Software then identified the probable provenances of the 181 names that emerged.

via ngm.nationalgeographic.com
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The State of Wikipedia

Leading data visualization firm JESS3 produced the video. "To be able to educate people about how and why Wikipedia works was the challenge"

The State of Wikipedia not only explores the rich history and inner-workings of the web-based encyclopedia, but it's also a celebration of its 10th anniversary. With more than 17 million articles in over 270 languages, Wikipedia has undoubtedly become one of the most visited and relied upon sites on the web today.

World Party For 7 Billion People

There will soon be seven billion people on the planet. By 2045 global population is projected to reach nine billion. Nigel Holmes is a British graphic designer and theorist, imagines how much space we would need to host a world party for 7 billion people in 2011.

Can the planet take the strain?

via ngm.nationalgeographic.com
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