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Jim Pickett

Swine Flu News - The New York Times - 0 views

  • Swine Flu Navigator A list of resources from around the Web about Swine Flu as selected by researchers and editors of The New York Times. Swine Influenza Breaking News Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy News Focus: Influenza A(H1N1) United Nations News Service Key Facts about Swine Influenza Centers for Disease Control and Prevention FAQs about Swine Flu PandemicFlu.gov (U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services) U.S. Cases of Swine Flu Infection Centers for Disease Control and Prevention H1N1 (Swine) Flu Virus Vaccine Production U.S. Food and Drug Administration Understanding Flu: Cause, Transmission, Symptoms and Treatment National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Flu Guidance for Specific Groups and Industries Centers for Disease Control H1N1 Influenza Center The New England Journal of Medicine Timeline of Human Flu Pandemics National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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      Great set of influenza resources here in one place. Keep coming back to this page.
Andy Modell

wikipedia knows all - 0 views

  • Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface. Contents [hide]
  • Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface.
  • Human geography broadly differs from physical geography in that it has a greater focus on studying intangible or abstract patterns surrounding human activity and is more receptive to qualitative research methodologies. It encompasses human, political, cultural, social and economic aspects of the social sciences. While the major focus of human geography is not the physical landscape of the Earth (see physical geography), it is not possible to discuss human geography without going into the physical landscape, on which human activities are being played out and environmental geography is emerging, as an important link between the two. Human geography is methodologically diverse, using both qualitative methods and quantitative methods, including case studies, survey research, statistical analysis and model building, among others. Thematically, human geography may be concerned with an array of human enterprises, from villages and cities, schools, health, commerce and trade, to name a few. The spatial human architecture of a variety of institutions and practices unites these entities within the discipline. For example, a human geographer might be concerned with the geographic patterns of communicable diseases, school performance in rural versus urban school districts or the rise of innovative technology clusters.
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    Not amazing, but an adequate definition
Jim Pickett

Definitions of Geography - 0 views

  • "The purpose of geography is to provide 'a view of the whole' earth by mapping the location of places." - Ptolemy, 150 CE "Synoptic discipline synthesizing findings of other sciences through the concept of Raum (area or space)." - Immanuel Kant, c. 1780 "Synthesizing discipline to connect the general with the special through measurement, mapping, and a regional emphasis." - Alexander von Humboldt, 1845 "Man in society and local variations in environment." - Halford Mackinder, 1887 "How environment apparently controls human behavior." - Ellen Semple, c. 1911 "Study of human ecology; adjustment of man to natural surroundings." - Harland Barrows,
    • Jim Pickett
       
      Pretty decent source of common definitions for geography... old scholl...
Jillian Williams

Rogue Waves: Monsters of the deep (The Economist) - 0 views

    • Jillian Williams
       
      1995- 2004 Waves are getting larger & more requent
  • Rogue waves are not tsunamis, which are set in motion by earthquakes
  • Rogue waves seem to occur in deep water or where a number of physical factors such as strong winds and fast currents converge. This may have a focusing effect, which can cause a number of waves to join together.
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  • Africa’s wild coast
  • ogue waves—which begin with a deep trough followed by a wall of water the size of an eight- or nine-storey building.
  • 1995 an oil rig in the North Sea recorded a 25.6-metre wave.
  • 2000 a British oceanographic vessel recorded a 29-metre wave off the coast of Scotland
  • 2004 scientists using three weeks of radar images from European Space Agency satellites found ten rogue waves, each 25 metres or more high.
Christiaan Tahyar

Human geography: Definition from Answers.com - 0 views

  • Population density (people per km2) by country, 2007 Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface.
    • Christiaan Tahyar
       
      this is a good simple definintion
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    this seems good
Thomas Scoggin

Space required to power the entire planet with only solar. - 0 views

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    I don't believe this is true. I really doubt that's possible
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