Monthly Archives: September 2012

Originally posted on The Happy Hermit:
The Freakonomics podcast “Is college worth it?” was sadly centered on the economic returns of studying and on US colleges, but one student of economics and philosophy had this universally applicable answer: If a bunch of…

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Island Formation and Types of Islands

An island is a body of land surrounded by water. Continents are also surrounded by water, but because they are so big, they are not considered islands. Australia, the smallest continent, is more than three times the size of Greenland, … Continue reading

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Originally posted on Open Geography:
How much does the US spend on security each year? Taking everything into account, and including the Pentagon military base budget and overseas contingency operations (foreign wars), intelligence, Department of State, past wars that have…

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LBS market in China to Grow Phenomenally

Analysts at TechNavio forecasted that location-based services (LBS) market in China will grow at a CAGR of 57.9 percent over the period 2011-2015. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing use of LBS in … Continue reading

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