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Month: April 2006
Worldmapper: The world as you’ve never seen it before
Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. Even cereal…
15 Best Skylines in the World
With panoramic pictures – San Fransisco will be upset to not have made the list.
Hispanic immigrants do the 3D jobs – dirty, dangerous and difficult.
From Tom Barnett's Blog:
Nice piece by David Brooks today on immigration ("Immigrants to Be Proud Of," NYT, 30 March 2006). All sorts of arguments about how Hispanic families tend to be–relatively speaking–paragons of family values.
My arguments tend to be more grubby. Hispanic immigrants do the 3D jobs a lot–as in, dirty, dangerous and difficult. They earn every year upwards of a half trillion in wages. They spend over 90 percent here in the States and sent a mere fraction to families back home, yielding a cash flow that, in Latin America alone, is roughly ten times what America sends the entire Gap annually in Official Developmental Aid.
If dry weather sticks, 1910 record won’t hold water
If dry weather sticks, 1910 record won't hold water
Without significant rainfall before midnight tonight, this month will skid into the books as the driest March since record-keeping for Baltimore began in 1871.
Pacific Ocean getting warmer, more acidic
United Press International – NewsTrack – Pacific Ocean getting warmer, more acidic
The ocean is becoming increasingly acidic because of its absorption of carbon dioxide.
1906 Ca. Earthquake Simulations
CSI USGS
Using three-dimensional geological and seismic velocity models, scientists at the USGS have recreated what they think was the ground shaking due to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Such as the Golden Gate Bridge.
If you liked that, here are more simulations.
Top 87 Bad Predictions about the Future
2Spare – Top 87 Bad Predictions about the Future
# «We will bury you.»
Nikita Krushchev, Soviet Premier, predicting Soviet communism will win over U.S. capitalism, 1958.
# «Everything that can be invented has been invented.»
Charles H. Duell, an official at the US patent office, 1899.
Just when you thought that glass of wine did you good!
Just when you thought that glass of wine did you good!
Initially it appeared the abstainers were at higher risk for heart disease because they refrained from drinking alcohol, and so did not get its protective benefit, when in fact Fillmore says those in the abstainer category were often already frail and predisposed to death.
Nesting Eagle Web Cam
Thanks to Adam Brown, wildlife bioligist, who says:
You gotta check this out…so cool, a close-up video of a nesting, the camera is in the nest with it, Bald Eagle in Washington State:
Since I am sending along web cams…here is a seabird research camera that is used by colleagues of our with FWS…this site is right off the coast of San Fransisco…the birds aren’t there in huge numbers now, but in a month it will be teeming. You can see if we are living in the fog or not…
It appears that the Hornby Island bald eagle eggs are infertile. But another successful nest is in their place instead.
Here is a link to nest in Harrisburg Penn. of 4 Periguine Falcon hatchlings.
Reasons for the Failure to Hatch:
We cannot be sure, why the initial Eagle nest in Vancouver failed. For Some educated guesses follow,Click here.
Check out the Seal Cam