The blue notebooks that neatly lined the south wall of my room were reserved for "Maps of People Doing Things, " as opposed to the green notebooks on the east wall, which contained zoological, geological, and topographical maps, or the red notebooks on the west wall, which was where I mapped out insect anatomy in case my mother, Dr. Clair Linneaker Spivet, ever called upon my services.

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The green rooms have a microbiome that closely maps to the surrounding area outside.

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The maps show, in dark green, Indonesia's virgin jungle and, in a lighter shade, the secondary forest which, in many places, surrounds it.

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And he called for local authorities to be "totally upfront" about what roads have been cleared, perhaps providing maps with gritted areas in green and non-gritted areas in red.

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The facility's most obscure recreation, though, is that of a Thai district government office, adorned with old country maps, framed official documents, tan-and-green safari helmets, and even a mounted rifle.

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The game will launch with a dozen characters, including Flash, Gaslight Joker, Green Lantern, Poison Ivy, Wonder Woman and Doomsday, and three maps.

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Before Andersen hits the trails, he downloads digital maps of his destination--usually New Hampshire's White Mountains or Vermont's Green Mountains--to his iPad and iPhone.

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