In the desire to take something of fantasy and eluded it to be factual, Delane Meadows, a graphic designer from Florida, mapped out the travels of characters from the 7th installment of the Harry Potter books. She plotted out a time line that coincides with a map, along with key elements pointed out along the conquest.
via www.delanemeadows.comIf you like what you see, you can find more work of Delane Meadows on the www.delanemeadows.com
Deepwater Disaster: The scope of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the toll of the damage, the voices of loss.
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The Political and Economic Risk Map is Aon's benchmark review of political and economic risks facing corporations doing business globally. It provides an invaluable guide to trade credit and political risk insurance markets' perceptions of key risks around the world. Specific risks featured in the map include government interference, legal and regulatory risks, currency and credit risks.
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A recent study was undertaken by Technorati, in order to help put things in perspective. Consisting largely of a survey, asking bloggers about their demographic information,blogging activity, and profitability, the data yielded some rather interesting findings.via www.flowtown.com
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and the University of Cork in Ireland discovered a new genetic strain of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) in people inhabiting Australia and some parts of the Pacific region. By tracing back in time, they verified that this vast area was populated by two completely different groups of early humans. Two different forms of the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori show that the human settlement of Australia and the Pacific islands was undertaken from different routes.
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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) national seismic-hazard map, earthquake hazards exist throughout the United States. USGS national and regional seismic-hazard maps forecast the amount of shaking expected over specified time periods. Many parts of the Central and Eastern United States have moderate to high long-term hazard, even though they have not experienced recent large quakes. Successive updates of USGS seismic-hazard maps are used to revise building codes and are also widely used by structural engineers and government agencies. The next generation of such maps will provide time-dependent probabilities that take into account the effects of prior quake occurrence on future earthquake likelihood.
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Which are the 15 countries with the biggest prison population? What is the National Detention Rate and how does it range? How much the United States spends for the prison system or to maintain one person in prison?
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The Washington Post recently did some excellent journalism about the expanding new industry Top Secret America. This new industry is unprecedented in American history and raises some critical questions about who reigns over our nation’s security and deepest secrets.
Here are some of the basic stats by Wall St. Cheat Sheetvia wallstcheatsheet.com