SocioSite: PECULIARITIES OF CYBERSPACE: INTERNET USE(ERS) Academic paper giving analysis of the geography and demography of the Internet. By Albert Benschop of the University of Amsterdam. http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/websoc/demography.html
Extractions: Cybergeography We used to live in a local world that was divided into geographically demarcated units, like home, office, street, cafe, train, rugby field, or dancing. The internet age seems to have blurred any geographical structure. Yet, the virtual reality of the internet has its own particular geography. It is a geography which is built out of networks and nodes which transport information flows which are created and controlled on special locations. Cyberspace as such is no tangible space, but the information processes which constitute this space are embedded in the local world with brick-and-mortar rooms and hard-wired computers. The information space of the internet is constituted by connections between computers and networks of computers. So internet is not a monolytic or placeless 'cyberspace', but rather a series of new technologies that are used by millions of people on different places of the local world. The technical geography refers to the telecommunications infrastructure of the internet, the connections between the computers that organize internet traffic (routers), and the distribution of the internet's broad bandwidth. Through a myriad of possible routes every node of the network is connected to every other node. The USA used to play a central role in the connections between the countries. The technical structure of the internet was highly concentrated round the USA, but this hegemony has been diminished by the emergence of new powerful nodes (hubs and routers) in other areas of the world, particularly in Europe. The strategic differences between the countries are declining. The highly USA-concentrated structure of the technical geography is gradually replaced by a technical dependency between the metropoles of the world.
Gorland Information on the history, mythology, geography, world events, magic, conflicts, flora and fauna, technology, trade, races, and magic. http://members.tripod.com/~BadDwarf/gorland_main.htm
Welcome To Signals Of Spring 2003 us Satellite Laboratory. All rights reserved. Development was funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Sponsored by National Geographic in http://www.signalsofspring.com/
CDC | Reproductive Health This online public resource uses interactive geographic information systems (GIS) technology image Child Health Epidemiology Conference Please join us at the http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/
Extractions: More than half of married women in Azerbaijan and Armenia, and more than a third of married women in five other countries in the region want to limit or space their childbearing but are not using modern contraception. These and other reproductive health findings of 12 countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia are presented in a comparative report of 16 surveys conducted between 1993 and 2001. View highlights of this report view the entire report* , or order the printed report
The World Beyond Contains world information, geography, history, races, and a fourm. http://www.waloonga.com/
Extractions: Our best source for inspiration is the gaming group, The Waloonga Headhunters, that we very rarely play with. It forces us to put down our ideas on paper and in as all of us now are over 30 and we tend to have families and live spread across the country, we don't rely too heavily on regular gaming. This is another reason for putting together this homepage. We want this to be a living campaign, where we can come together and share out thoughts on the ongoing campaign. Please see the Forum for further details. We also have a gaming group in Uppsala, with 8 people in total - this campaign is referred to as "A New Beginning". However, as a visitor, we hope that you find this page not only inspiring, but captivating and that you continue to come back for more. Please feel free to send links to friends to make this page a popular one. Daniel Spahr contact: daniel_spahr@hotmail.com Waloonga A New Beginning 2003-11-26: The characters have now embarked on a new journey, traveling to Dremmern with a transport that turned out being Valera, an illegal drug. They have been convicted to 6 months penal work. They will also have to bust the drug dealers.
Extractions: Alton is a town located in Penobscot County, Maine . As of the census, the town had a total population of 816. edit According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 110.7 km² mi² ). 109.8 km² (42.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.87% water. edit As of the census of , there are 816 people, 309 households, and 241 families residing in the town. The population density is 7.4/km² (19.3/mi²). There are 347 housing units at an average density of 3.2/km² (8.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.26% White, 0.12% African American Native American Asian , 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.25% from two or more races. 0.49% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 309 households out of which 37.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.1% are married couples living together, 8.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% are non-families. 16.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 2.93. In the town the population is spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 34.8% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 105.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.8 males.
Geography Geographic facts, lists, and statistics, including highest mountains, longest rivers, latitudes and longitudes, and explorations and expeditions. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001742.html
Distinctive Geography Of The Earth Identifiese the biggest, highest, deepest, lowest, tallest, longest, and most populous countries, landmasses, oceans, lakes, rivers, mountains, and land surface depressions on Planet Earth. http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/Earth.html
Audean: The Dark A dark world of conflict, cults, disease and wars. A map and several brief notes describe geography, history, and races. http://www.euronet.nl/users/kbest/audean/audean.htm
TriviaZone66 Online Trivia Trivia quiz games organized into topics that include art, astronomy, geography, history, movies, music, sports, and a picture image quiz of locations. Players may submit questions to be added to the database. http://www.triviazone66.com/
Extractions: Play on-line trivia games free. Trivia Zone66 Welcome to Trivia Zone66, the free online trivia quiz page! Test your knowledge in a variety of fields like Music, Sports, Movies, History, Geography, Art, Animals and Astronomy. All Games are completely free, so just enjoy it! And try to reach the highscore list! New as of beginning of 2002: Help me expanding this page by adding your questions to the trivia sections. Every time one of your questions is displayed your name is shown right above the question. You can check the statistics of your and all other questions here Check out the following trivia topics!!! Mixed Read HighScores Animals Read HighScores ... Picture Quiz Do you know where these pictures were taken? Click to play the picture location quiz
James Howard Kunstler -- Author And Lecturer Kunstler believes a lot of people share his feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, megamalls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work. (Books The geography of Nowhere, Home from Nowhere). http://www.kunstler.com/
Extractions: "One of the great commentators on American space and place writes a hysterical romance novel chock-full of mishaps seemingly never-ending. The theme is common, but Kunstler's writing is immaculate and draws a detailed and vivid portrait of the Maggie Darling character. This novel about wealth, power, sex and drugs, will keep you in stitches."
The World Beyond Contains geography, history, and races for a new world. http://rain.prohosting.com/waloonga
Philenos Contains geography, history, and organizations. http://frobizdarkmage.tripod.com/philenos/
Extractions: Philenos Characters Life in Philenos Deities History ... Links Welcome to the World of Philenos This is a d20 3E Dungeons and Dragons based world. Welcome to the land of Philenos. A magical world where Dragons rule the skies, and Magic works. A land of great deeds and even greater heroes and heroines.
Lawton - Ft Sill Chamber Of Commerce & Industry - About Us Includes a brief history of the area as well as geography, climate, population, demographics, government, quality of life, education, health care, culture, employment, cost of living, tax, shopping, transportation, utility and library information from the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce and Industry. http://www.lcci.org/about.html
Extractions: Lawton was founded on August 6, 1901, when the Kiowa-Comanche reservation was opened for white settlement. A lottery was used to distribute the land, meaning a person wanting a claim-which was 160 acres in the new section-had to register for a drawing. The town site was selected by federal authorities and located on a section of prairie south of Fort Sill, which had been in existence since the 1860's. General Henry W. Lawton is the town's namesake. Today, Lawton is the third largest city in the state. Lawton serves as the prominent shopping, medical, recreational, educational and religious center for the region. It is the retail and distribution center for the area's cattle, dairy and agricultural industries. In addition, Lawton is the home of manufacturing and processing companies and is continually working toward expansion of existing industries and acquisition of new ones. Fort Sill was founded in 1869 by Major Philip Sheridan. At the beginning of the twentieth century, it seemed that the post would be abandoned following the demise of other U.S. Army installations in Oklahoma. However, American leaders decided in 1911 to utilize the post as an artillery training facility. Since that time, it has remained an artillery center. Present day troop strength is approximately 18,830 with civilian employees numbering about 7,500. Annual military and civilian payroll totals more than $171 million.
EnviroMapper To begin, click on the map or zoom in by geography. Stepby_step on-line help. You can also classify NPL sites or zoom in by geography. All Sites, NPL Status, http://map3.epa.gov/enviromapper/
Extractions: You can zoom in by specifying a city, county, state, ZIP code, watershed, EPA Region, or pair of lat/long coordinates. To select a city, county, state, or watershed, click on the toggle button (circle) next to the selection, then select the appropriate state from the scroll list. A scroll list of the cities, counties, or watersheds for the chosen state will be shown on the next screen. To zoom in by EPA region, select an EPA region from the "Select EPA Region" scroll list. To zoom in by ZIP code, click on the toggle button next to "Enter ZIP code:" and enter your ZIP code in the text box. To zoom in by lat/long coordinates, select your coordinate format and type the coordinates in the corresponding text boxes.
Extractions: Information categorised by subject. See also other subjects . Please mail hmcadam@cormier.icomos.org or fill out the experimental suggestion fill-in form if you know of online information not in these lists. ANU landscape ecology services Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products SUNY/Buffalo list of resources the University of North Carolina Institute for Transportation Research and Education Canadian Geographical Names Data Base English homepage English look-up form ... Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - a database of placenames in the United States produced by the USGS. Project GeoSim - Geography Education software developed by the Departments of Geography and Computer Science at Virginia Tech Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) American Geophysical Union Home Page - AGU programs, meetings, publications, information services, and news about the earth, ocean, atmosphere, and space sciences; short scientific articles, press releases, current awareness of geoscience research for members, media, educators, students and society. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) - Institute at the University of Colorado dedicated to study of past and present earth-surface processes CIA World Factbook 1994 City.Net
CIA - The World Factbook -- Namibia Features map and brief descriptions of geography, economy, government, and people http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/wa.html
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