Power of Data Visualization

Apportionment is the process of dividing the seats in the House of Representatives among the 50 states based on the population figures collected during the decennial census. The number of seats in the House has grown with the country. Congress sets the number in law and increased the number to 435 in 1913. The Constitution set the number of representatives at 65 from 1787 until the first Census of 1790, when the it was increased to 105 members.

But how does apportionment actually work? Through animation, the U.S. Census Bureau helps explain how the apportionment formula is used to ensure equal representation for all, just like the Founding Fathers planned.

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It’s time to update your calendar. This Grass Calendar designed by Juan Osborne.

There is also a new white background version.

via www.juanosborne.com

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What would happen if we legalised drugs? This is David McCandless' take

via www.guardian.co.uk

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One in four people paid a bribe during the past year, according to the latest Global Corruption Barometer, which is published annually by Transparency International, an anti-corruption campaign group. The report focuses on the bribes paid by ordinary members of the public to at least one of nine different service providers, including customs, education, medical services and the judiciary, rather than the bribes paid to politicians or public officials that are the mainstay of most corruption scandals.

via www.economist.com

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There are still notable differences by generation in online activities, but the dominance of the Millennial generation that Pew Research Center documented in their first “Generations” report in 2009 has slipped in many activities.

via www.pewinternet.org

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Life Calendars is a series of a different calendars which highlights an aspect of life.

"How was your day?" is the first of the series. The 365 days are represented by an emotion that you have to draw as the day has gone (very good, good, regular, bad, very bad).

via brigadacreativa.bigcartel.com

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This year's movies have legitimately transformed Gen I's idea of what is creatively possible. To commemorate, She sifted through clips from 270 films that were either produced or distributed in 2010 and edited them into a video.

via filmography2010.blogspot.com
(click above link to see films in order of appearance)

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With climate conditions changing in the future, due to increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, conditions for pests also change. The primary Malaria agent, the falciparum malaria parasite, will be able to spread into new areas, as displayed in this map, by 2050 using the Hadley CM2 high scenario. Other areas, not displayed in the map, will be uninhabitable by the parasite, and thus free of the pest.

via maps.grida.no

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Some 192m migrants 3% of the world population sent remittances totalling $316 billion to developing countries last year, according to the World Bank. The cost of sending remittances is negatively correlated with the number of migrants and service-providers in a country; the more competition, the lower the cost. this chart shows, for each country, which is the most expensive country to send $200 to.

via www.economist.com

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Sysomos is the leading provider of social media monitoring and analytics technology release of a new report taking a look at how people are using Twitter, and it compares with a year ago. they examined 1.02 billion tweets made by 20.3 million Twitter users. Some of the highlights of the report include:

• 44% of the total Twitter population joined between January 2009 and Aug 2010.
• 82% of Twitter users now provide a name, compared with 33% in 2009.
• 73% provide location information compared with 44% in 2009.
• 63.3% now provide a bio, compared with 31% in 2009.
• 45% of users submit a Web site address, compared with 22% in 2009.
• 80.6% have made fewer than 500 tweets.
• 22.5% have accounted for about 90% of all activity.
• Users with more than 100 friends has increased by three-fold to 21% since 2009.
• Justin Bieber is one of top two-word phrases and top name in user’s bios.
• An in-depth report at Twitter´s Growth 2010, compared with 2009

via sysomos.com

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