Illegal immigration is much more complicated issue than the usual dichotomy of "Illegal immigrants are destroying our country" versus "Illegal immigrants play a vital role in our economy." Before we even embark on the discussion, we need to know who we're talking about. How many illegal immigrants are there, where are they from, and how do they fit in to the economy?
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A comparison of the ecological footprint (our demands on the ecological system) of different nations compared to the changes in biocapacity (the ecological systems ability to generate resources and absorb waste).
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Among 14- to 17-year-olds, 80 percent of boys and 69 percent of girls say they used a condom the last time they had sex, compared to well under half of sexually active adults. That's just one of many facts uncovered by a recent sex survey that you can learn.
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In 1960 a bathyscaphe took two men to the deepest point on Earth. In 2010 that manned descent to the Mariana Trench—still unmatched—won co-pilot Don Walsh the Hubbard Medal, National Geographic’s top honor for research and discovery. Yet it remains just a single, vital drop in an age of ocean exploration.
The secrets of the deep have emerged from research done far below the waves—and from far above them. Oceanographer Walter Munk deems the satellite TOPEX/Poseidon’s 13-year mapping of the sea surface, showing how currents affect climate, “the most successful ocean experiment of all times.”
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The distance between the Earth’s highest and lowest points is almost 20 kilometers.
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Transparency International, the leading civil society organisation fighting corruption worldwide, will release its 15th annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on today.
This chart made by chartsbin.com shows Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) around the world. The CPI index score on a scale from 10 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt).
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Sure Google has 66% of the search market. But what defines a monopoly, at least as far as the government is concerned, is shifting and interpretive set of criteria. Search isn’t steel, or oil. Monopolizing ‘finding stuff on the net’ can have a huge far reaching impact, as it operates as a gateway to information.
So is Google a monopoly? Have a look at a this infographic.
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What finally did in Al Capone? It wasn’t all the murders, rum running and bookmaking. The infamous mobster went to prison because of a far more mundane crime, tax evasion.
Tax cheats are nothing new. From the days of Al Capone to modern celebrities such as Martha Stewart and Luciano Pavarotti, taxpayers have been trying to cheat the government out of its tax dollars for years. via www.creditloan.comNote: If you read this via Email or Feed-reader click Permalink below to download bigger image.
To make studying the fundamentals of investing fun, this infographic explaining basic concepts Dividends.
Dividends aren’t that difficult to understand: they’re a part of the earnings of a company that is paid out to shareholders. Shareholders love them because, unlike a stock’s price, dividends provide a more stable income stream. But as with anything in the investing word, they’re neither 100% guaranteed, nor that simple.
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This is an video infographic about Changes California Law to Legalize Marijuana and Allow It to Be Regulated and Taxed. Initiative Statute.
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