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Real time statistics for current population of any country. Real time data on population, births, deaths, net migration and population growth.
This site shows various demographic statistics for every country including some based on projections in demographic trends in the given country. If the current trends hold (which they won't, but that is still an interesting measure), the entire Japanese population will disappear in 1,000 years according to this Global Post article.
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Facebook most social cities: People everywhere use Facebook to check in to places. Here you can see the 5 top hotspots of the most "social"cities.
Questions to ponder: What attributes do these commonly 'checked into' landmarks have in common? Are you surprised that some are or are not on the list?
Tags: socialmedia, place, tourism, infographic, London, NYC, Paris. Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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After cutting a destructive path through the Caribbean, Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage along the East Coast this week.
While the damage wasn't as bad as many feared it could have been, place and spatial context are especially important in assessing the impacts of a natural disaster. This is a excellent collection of the many devastating images as a result of Hurricane Sandy. To see some more local images, Rhode Island Department of Transportation put this collection together. Via Seth Dixon 
oyndrila's comment,
November 4, 2012 2:08 AM
Thank you for the post. The images are moving and display the power of nature and our resilience
Lisa Fonseca's comment,
November 6, 2012 10:18 PM
I am speechless, these images have just torn my heart. Here in Providence, Rhode Island listened to multiple people say "oh this storm was nothing" they apparently need to view these photos, to understand Sandy was a monster of a storm. Mother nature is powerful and she can do just about anything. I am so mind boggled by the images, roads completely torn apart I never knew this could happen from a hurricane. It really made me appreciate how safe I was but now seeing these images really makes me want to get out there and tell more people to look at what happened in NJ,CT,NYC, and other places around the coast. My next step now is to get a donation bin started to send over to those states in major need. This is sure another natural disaster to go down in history.
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This article shows an alternate form of urbanism and city planning when the automobile isn't seen as the only form of vehicular transport with spatial needs. You view a city differently, and experience a city distinctly when peddling through neighborhoods than you do when racing by on an expressway. "It was recently announced that two-thirds of New Yorkers support bike lanes in their city. Cycling is now, undeniably, an integral part of life in the Big Apple." Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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Subway tunnels and parts of the Financial District have been flooded...
The flooding has been as devastating as expected given the height of the storm surge, but this image of Ground Zero still is chilling. Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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Had the protest begun almost anywhere else in New York City, it almost certainly would have been shut down far sooner.
While I'm sure we have readers across the political spectrum, the spatial component to this movement is undeniably a "teaching moment." Occupy symbolically laden space to strengthen your discursive case? This is a classic strategy (think Tiananmen Square and Tahrir Square for starters). The actual place occupied is privately owned, and ironically can therefore function as a public place of protest more effectively. What will you discuss? Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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