Showing posts with label Geography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geography. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Percentages of life

Ok my roomate said this would be a hit. I noticed I've lived 1% of my life in New York- so I added up all the months of my life and time spent in each location. And so these are the locations of my life with percentage thereof. I don't think these percentages correlate with actual influence each location had, but who knows? (Each is listed with months and then percentage)

Total Months: 302

Location:
Brazil (Mainly Northeastern)
24 months
8%
Seattle, Washington
200 months
66%
Rexburg, Idaho
40 months
13%
California (half Bay Area, half Southern Ca)
8 months
3%
New York
3 months
1%
Denver
27 months
9%

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Life and Poverty

According to Statistics in the www.worldbank.com the life expectancy of high income countries is 79 years and a population growth rate of .7% annually. In low income countries the life expectancy is 59 years and growth rate of 1.8%. 1 Billion people live in high income countries and 2.3 billion in low income countries. These aren't exactly surprising- but just think what you could do with an extra 20 years of life?

Friday, February 16, 2007

Geography Moment- To make a bigger world




Croatia is situated in Southern Europe and is home of the necktie. The capital Zagreb is nicknamed 'little Vienna' and home to about 1 million of the nations 4.5million inhabitants. In June 1991 Croatia was separated from Yugosalvia and became a democratic Republic. It has long been a favorite tourist destination featuring the Dalmatian coast which was home to world explorer Marco Polo.