Reblogged from NOAA's Response and Restoration Blog:
The Japanese Consulate has confirmed that a 65-foot, concrete-and-foam dock that washed ashore in Washington’s Olympic National Park in late December 2012 is in fact one of three* docks from the fishing port of Misawa, Japan. These docks were swept out to sea during the earthquake and tsunami off of Japan in March 2011, and this is the second dock to be located.
The robot’s decision is triggered after waiting a fraction of a second to observe the movement of the human hand.
Reblogged from Financial Post | Business:
India's GDP slowed to 5.3 percent in the January to March quarter. Since then S&P has warned that the country could lose its investment grade, and Fitch revised India's outlook to 'negative'.
Sentiment has turned against India not just on a slew of weak economic data, but also the country's political unwillingness to implement reforms, and on allegations of corruption.
As if you had not guessed that China's weekend releases of economic data were going to be weak after that surprise rate cut late in the week, the tally is out and it is weak on all fronts. The U.S. and other major industrial nations would kill for growth numbers like these. China just requires higher numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics of China for the world to be growing more.
Reblogged from National Post | News:
In the supposed workers’ paradise of North Korea, inequality is assigned at birth, a study by a U.S.-based human rights group says.
Education, jobs, access to scarce food and health care, and even whom you marry all hinge on how loyal your forebears are viewed to have been to the Kim dynasty that took power six decades ago.
The study released Wednesday by the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea says all adults in the socialist state are categorized as one of three classes: loyal, wavering or hostile.
South Korea has by some measurements the highest suicide rate among industrialized nations. According to the latest data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD), 28 out of 100,000 Koreans took their own lives in 2009 -- nearly triple the rate in the U.S. On any given day in Korea, an average of 40 people kill themselves.
Reblogged from National Post | News:
The body of Shriya Shah-Klorfine, a Canadian woman who died while returning from the summit of Mount Everest, has been brought off the world’s tallest mountain.
A spokesman from Utmost Adventure Trekking says Shah-Klorfine’s body has been taken via helicopter from Mount Everest to her family in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.
Ganesh Thakuri says a team of climbers managed to bring the Toronto woman’s remains down from an area more than 8,000 metres above sea level to a camp within helicopter rescue range on Monday, but bad weather prevented the body from being flown off the peak right away.
Sweetened condensed milk is an essential ingredient in conventional Vietnamese coffee.
There are all kinds of futuristic-looking energy-efficient light bulbs on the market -- not just the traditional piggy-tail model, but liquid-cooled bulbs that look like glass jellyfish, and bulbs with gills like a mushroom or fins like a Cadillac. But for our money, this wooden bulb by artist Ryosuke Fukusada is the most beautiful energy-efficient light fixture going. (And yes, it really is a light fixture.)
Pizza deliverance for a Japanese trawler stranded on Clifton beach in Cape Town.
Where: At Lisson Gallery, Milan, Italy
When: until may 25th, 2012
Chinese conceptual artist, architect, activist, antiques collector, and designer ai weiwei's first solo exhibition in italy has opened at lisson gallery in milan. Each work has been developed by the artist in either ceramic or marble, calling upon the traditional techniques typical to either medium.
marble plate' by ai weiwei, 2010…
Reflection Of Mineral
The site is located near the center of Tokyo. It is a small 44 m² corner plot bounded by two streets. Conforming to legal conditions and in response to the client’s wish for a ‘roofed garage’ the volume was trimmed from various directions. Using the words ‘Mineral’ and ‘reflection’ as guiding concepts, Atelier Tekuto proceeded to use subtraction as a positive tool for design.
Hitchens describes the state of fear he witnessed during a visit to North Korea.
An American marine in Afghanistan does an outstanding impression of Herbert the Pervert from Family Guy while sharing some candy with the local kids. Appalling satire aside, it’s truly touching to see unedited interaction between soldiers and locals. Extra points for the accidental lightsaber effects.
[via LiveLeak]
Hong Kong Skyline // Wikipedia.
Place |
City |
Population |
Area |
Buildings² |
Points³ |
|
1. |
Hong Kong |
6,943,600 |
1,053 km² |
7,685 |
128,575 |
|
2. |
New York City |
8,391,881 |
800 km² |
5,919 |
39,786 |
|
3. |
Chicago |
2,853,114 |
589 km² |
1,124 |
19,411 |
|
4. |
Singapore |
4,351,400 |
710 km² |
4,366 |
18,870 |
|
5. |
São Paulo |
10,990,249 |
1,523 km² |
5,667 |
17,230 |
|
6. |
Seoul |
10,331,244 |
616 km² |
2,877 |
16,880 |
|
7. |
Shanghai |
9,145,711 |
6,639 km² |
990 |
14,847 |
|
8. |
Dubai |
1,954,000 |
3,885 km² |
564 |
14,831 |
|
9. |
Bangkok |
7,587,882 |
1,569 km² |
786 |
13,483 |
|
10. |
Tokyo |
8,653,000 |
621 km² |
2,702 |
13,376 |
Full Ranking >> Here.
The World’s Wealthiest People are now richer than before the Financial Crisis, according to the Capgemini / Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report.
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U.S Economy Adds Just 54,000 Jobs As Unemployment Rises To 9.1%.
An Historic Parallel To The Current Macro Situation.
When Washington Took On Wall Street.
Selling Sex In Switzerland: Organized In Sex Boxes.
The Correlation Between Well-Being And Wealth.
A Producer Of Land Where There Was No Land, Has Announced Plans To Build A Golf Course On The Ocean In The Maldives.
Beautiful Machines In The Classic Circuit De La Sarthe.
Freakonomics Radio: Hour-Long Episode 1.
Men’s Tennis Accelerates At An Absurd Pace.
Interview With Gene Hackman.
Plane Crash Near Qazvin, Iran (video).
Beyond Slumdog Millioniare (video).
BBC Comedy: Young Girl (video).
Precious Fishing Moment (video).
Manhattan Time Lapse (video).
The Daily Show: Sarah Palin Visits Donald Trump And Anthony Weiner’s Twitter Scandal (video).
The Colbert Report: Congress Rejects Raising The Debt Ceiling And The Weiner Scandal (video).
BBC Hardtalk About One Of The World’s Most Influential Investors:
«Aged five, Jim Rogers was selling peanuts for profit. He became a hedge fund pioneer, a commodities trader and, years ago, he shifted much of his money, and his family too, out of the US and into Asia. But can even this maverick investor see new opportunities in a world riddled with economic uncertainty?
We need some brave leadership and knowledgeable decision making in the UK and elsewhere to bring back our manufacturing from China, enact agricultural and energy reforms and the necessary fiscal and monetary control/planning. Maybe then Jim would bring back some of his money to invest here given the opportunity.»
HT: Paul Kedrosky.
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