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Having a much better day today. And trying to rework plans for Thanksgiving, because definitely not spending them at Mountain View.
BUT!
I have interesting links.
As some of you know, I've always been pretty fascinated with human rights and the mark of national development. Add to that my tyrades about intellectual property rights and suddenly my heart is all a-flutter. Hans Rosling is a professor in Sweden who actually studies/speaks to world health, but he has done some amazing talks about the mark of progress. He's created this really nifty program where you, too, can measure a nation's progress against that of other nations.
Here is a link to one of his talks:http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html
And here is a link to the program: http://tools.google.com/gapminder/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=30;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$wst;tts=C$ts;sp=6;ti=2004$zpv;v=1$inc_x;mmid=XCOORDS;iid=NY%2EGDP%2EPCAP%2EPP%2EKD;by=ind$inc_y;mmid=YCOORDS;iid=SP%2EDYN%2ELE00%2EIN;by=ind$inc_s;uniValue=20;iid=SP%2EPOP%2ETOTL;by=ind$inc_c;uniValue=255;gid=1004;iid=SP%2EPOP%2EDPND;by=grp$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=466;dataMax=64299$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=24;dataMax=82$map_s;sma=50;smi=1.2$inds=
And lastly... who knew that 4 in the morning was so wiley? http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/148
(PS: For really great talks on anything from global warming to black men skiing, check out www.ted.com. It's my new favorite place for academic talks that use adult vocabulary.)
BUT!
I have interesting links.
As some of you know, I've always been pretty fascinated with human rights and the mark of national development. Add to that my tyrades about intellectual property rights and suddenly my heart is all a-flutter. Hans Rosling is a professor in Sweden who actually studies/speaks to world health, but he has done some amazing talks about the mark of progress. He's created this really nifty program where you, too, can measure a nation's progress against that of other nations.
Here is a link to one of his talks:http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html
And here is a link to the program: http://tools.google.com/gapminder/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=30;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$wst;tts=C$ts;sp=6;ti=2004$zpv;v=1$inc_x;mmid=XCOORDS;iid=NY%2EGDP%2EPCAP%2EPP%2EKD;by=ind$inc_y;mmid=YCOORDS;iid=SP%2EDYN%2ELE00%2EIN;by=ind$inc_s;uniValue=20;iid=SP%2EPOP%2ETOTL;by=ind$inc_c;uniValue=255;gid=1004;iid=SP%2EPOP%2EDPND;by=grp$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=466;dataMax=64299$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=24;dataMax=82$map_s;sma=50;smi=1.2$inds=
And lastly... who knew that 4 in the morning was so wiley? http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/148
(PS: For really great talks on anything from global warming to black men skiing, check out www.ted.com. It's my new favorite place for academic talks that use adult vocabulary.)