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		<title>Mondays with Minard: Cotton and Wool Comparisons</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Civil War, the Confederacy attempted to use &#8220;Cotton Diplomacy&#8221; to force Europe&#8217;s major industrial nations to enter the war.  The strategy was simple&#8211;British and French textile mills depended on Southern cotton, and if that cotton was cut off because of the war, it would force the European powers to intervene in the conflict [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cartographia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3608552&amp;post=171&amp;subd=cartographia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting the Folks at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many immigrants, especially those with family in their old homelands, make it a habit to send money to their loved ones to help pay the bills.  This trend isn&#8217;t true just for the US&#8211;immigrants to most of the world&#8217;s richer nations tend to send money home when they can.  As The Economist points out, this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cartographia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3608552&amp;post=169&amp;subd=cartographia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WalkScore Heat Maps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who lives in a city can tell the walkable neighborhoods&#8211;with a vibrant street scene, welcoming shops and restaurants, and high accessibility&#8211;from the remote, cold office and industrial complexes that are the bane of urban living.  Since July 2007, WalkScorehas been quantifying and mapping the &#8220;walkability&#8221; of neighborhoods throughout the country. The map above is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cartographia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3608552&amp;post=167&amp;subd=cartographia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>C-SPANistan and Other DC Neighborhoods</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington City Paper came up with this excellent fantasy map of Washington, DC for the cover of their most recent edition.  Georgetown becomes the Banana Republic Republic; Capitol Hill becomes C-SPANistan; Rock Creek Park is the Gary Conduit; and the Mall is Fannypackistan.  Click here or on the picture above to go to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cartographia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3608552&amp;post=165&amp;subd=cartographia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mondays with Minard: Wine and Liquor in a Land of Luxuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[France has always been a cultural trendsetter, from the architecture of Versailles to the fashions of modern Paris.  French wine and other spirits hold an important place in the French cultural pantheon, and Charles Joseph Minard sought to map how they were manufactured and shipped across the country.  Today&#8217;s map, the next in our ongoing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cartographia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3608552&amp;post=162&amp;subd=cartographia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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