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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9403A3EB-B5CF-43C3-9067-A84C99B1E19A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mugofcoffee/">mugofcoffee</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> so informative, a fresh thinking.. excerpts <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=439315&in_page_id=1811" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=439315&in_page_id=1811">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>How the world really shapes up</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Rather than defining each country by size, these computer-generated modified maps - or cartograms - redraw the globe with each country's size proportionate to its strengths, or weaknesses, in a whole series of categories. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>For instance, when it comes to military spending, the U.S. appears bloated, but Africa is huge when HIV prevalence is mapped. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The cartograms were produced in a unique collaboration between the universities of Michigan in the U.S. and Sheffield. 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