Correlation between the results of the recent presidential election and the cotton centres in 1860s
330 – From Pickin’ Cotton to Pickin’ Presidents: “ I received an overlay of both maps from Mark Root-Wiley: ‘The borders do not line up perfectly but came closer than I thought they would. The top layer had to be made semitransparent in order to see the blue vs. red breakdown in Arkansas/Lousiana/Mississippi, but I think it’s pretty useful. The correlation was even stronger than I thought.”
(Via Strange Maps.)
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UNHCHR: “The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the document presented by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on how the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are being implemented in Kosovo which under Security Council resolution 1244 is being administered by UNMIK.”
(Via UNHCHR.)
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