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David Hilton

Census Finder - Free Census Records Online - 7 views

www.censusfinder.com

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  • David Hilton on 19 Dec 09
     
    "Census records are among one of the best and most often utilized tools for genealogy research. Many censuses are recorded or transcribed online. Locating free census records online can present a challenge. With a bit of patience, you will find thousands of census links to free census transcriptions, census indexes and census images in our categorized directory. "
  • David Hilton on 19 Dec 09
     
    Has links to free census information from the US, Canada and the UK.
David Hilton

Decennials - Census of Population and Housing - 0 views

www.census.gov/...index.htm

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  • David Hilton on 20 Jul 09
     
    Census of Population and Housing data present here ranges from our most recent census to the historical decennial census conducted throughout the decades.
David Korfhage

Welcome - 1940 Census - 7 views

1940census.archives.gov

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  • David Korfhage on 22 Apr 12
     
    Read through the US census records from 1940.  If you're in the US, and your house is old enough, you can see who lived in your house back in the day.
Fabian Aguilar

Strictly Business « Library of Congress Blog - 0 views

www.loc.gov/...strictly-business

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  • You might be surprised at what can be found in the stacks of the Adams building (at 101 Independence Ave. S.E. in Washington). Looking for statistics? We have railroad statistics dating back to 1888, as well as many U.S. Census publications.
  • To learn more about the Library’s Business Reference section and view the variety of resources available, visit Business Reference Services online. It also has a number of databases and e-resources available for on-site use. If you’re not in the neighborhood, try the Library’s Ask a Librarian service.
  • Fabian Aguilar on 11 Aug 09
     
    Great resource for students. Great link for analyzing the past, by the numbers. Advanced historical inquiry.
Lance Mosier

Redistricting the Nation - 8 views

www.redistrictingthenation.com

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  • Lance Mosier on 19 Nov 10
     
    Redraw the map on redistricting. Legislators have long used redistricting as an opportunity to select their constituents, rather than empowering voters to elect their representatives. The redistricting following the 2010 Census is an opportunity to change how the process is conducted. Armed with knowledge and the right tools, the public can redraw the map on redistricting.
Brian Peoples

A Vision of Britain through Time | Your national on-line library for local history | Ma... - 5 views

www.visionofbritain.org.uk

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  • David Hilton on 03 Aug 09
     
    An excellent collection of historical maps, statistics and descriptions of British locales back in those old glory days when they still had an empire.
  • David Hilton on 03 Aug 09
     
    A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
  • Kay Cunningham on 08 Dec 10
     
    data drawn from data historical maps, census records, descriptive gazetteers, and election results
David Hilton

University of Virginia Library - 0 views

fisher.lib.virginia.edu/...histcensus

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  • David Hilton on 21 Jun 09
     
    Information from the US Census of Population and Housing beginning around the time of the War of Independence.
HistoryGrl14 .

Population Projections - Population Pyramids and Demographic Summary Indicators for States - 14 views

www.census.gov/...statepyramid.html

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  • HistoryGrl14 . on 05 Feb 12
     
    Any AP Human Geo teachers, this site is GREAT for examples from all 50 US states for Population Pyramids....
  • HistoryGrl14 . on 05 Feb 12
     
    Any AP Human Geo teachers, this site is GREAT for examples from all 50 US states for Population Pyramids....
David Hilton

Social Explorer - 0 views

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  • David Hilton on 04 Jul 09
     
    This site has demographic information on the US. It has a free service section which is still useful. Looks comprehensive.
David Hilton

Explore GovDocs | MLibrary - 8 views

www.lib.umich.edu/...explore

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  • David Hilton on 19 Dec 09
     
    A large bank of sites with sources and resources for history research.
Javier E

The Panda Factories - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • from the beginning, zoos saw panda cubs as a pathway to visitors, prestige and merchandise sales.On that, they have succeeded.
  • Today, China has removed more pandas from the wild than it has freed, The Times found. No cubs born in American or European zoos, or their offspring, have ever been released. The number of wild pandas remains a mystery because the Chinese government’s count is widely seen as flawed and politicized.
  • Because pandas are notoriously fickle about mating in captivity, scientists have turned to artificial breeding. That has killed at least one panda, burned the rectum of another and caused vomiting and injuries in others, records show. Some animals were partly awake for painful procedures. Pandas in China have flickered in and out of consciousness as they were anesthetized and inseminated as many as six times in five days, far more often than experts recommend.
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  • Breeding in American zoos has done little to improve genetic diversity, experts say, because China typically sends abroad animals whose genes are already well represented in the population.
  • Yet American zoos clamor for pandas, and China eagerly provides them. Zoos get attention and attendance. Chinese breeders get cash bonuses for every cub, records show. At the turn of the century, 126 pandas lived in captivity. Today there are more than 700.
  • Kati Loeffler, a veterinarian, worked at a panda breeding center in Chengdu, China, during the program’s early years. “I remember standing there with the cicadas screaming in the bamboo,” she said. “I realized, ‘Oh my God, my job here is to turn the well-being and conservation of pandas into financial gain.’”
  • Kimberly Terrell, who was director of conservation at the Memphis Zoo until 2017, said, “There was always pressure and the implication that cubs would bring money.” She noted that zoo administrators insisted on inseminating its aging female panda every year, despite concerns among zookeepers that it was unlikely to succeed. It never did.
  • “The people who actually worked day to day with these animals, who understand them best, were pretty opposed to these procedures,” she said. The zoo said its breeding efforts followed all program requirements.
  • The Times collected key documents and audiovisual materials from the Smithsonian archives and supplemented them with materials obtained through open-records requests. The trove, which spans four decades, includes medical records, scientists’ field notes and photographs and videos that offer crucial evidence of breeding procedures, side effects and the conditions in which pandas were held.
  • They show that the riskiest techniques happened in the program’s infancy, but that aggressive breeding continued at the National Zoo and at other institutions for years. A panda in Japan died during sperm collection in 2010. Chinese breeding centers, until recently, separated cubs from their mothers to make the females go back into heat.
  • This panda proliferation has prompted debates among zoo workers and scientists over whether it is ethical to subject animals to intensive breeding when they have no real prospect of being released into the wild. But those discussions have largely played out privately because researchers and zookeepers said that criticizing the program could hurt their ability to work in the field.
  • when a species is on the verge of extinction, conservationists sometimes make a last-ditch effort to save it.
  • with pandas, zoo administrators take chances again and again simply to make more cubs, while keeping the grimmest details from the public.
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