The official position of planet Earth at the moment is that we can’t raise the temperature more than two degrees Celsius. Some context: So far, we’ve raised the average temperature of the planet just under 0.8 degrees Celsius, and that has caused far more damage than most scientists expected. (A third of summer sea ice …
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United Kingdom unemployment matches ours – and they use funny terms to describe it
Read this for news on the world economy, or just enjoy the interesting words the Brits use to describe their unemployment: Jobseekers Allowance (unemployment benefits), shadow work (?)… UK unemployment total falls to 2.58m The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in the period, down from 8.3% in the previous quarter. The ONS figures showed that the …
A map of the world’s undersea cables – as $5 billion-worth more comes online
…The rest of the world is continuing to demand more broadband, and the industry of undersea cables and long haul broadband providers has spent up to $5.5 billion to meet that demand with new cables coming online in 2012 and 2013, according to TeleGeography. The analysis firm released its latest submarine cable map that shows all of the …
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MLE – Major League Eating – championship contests for eating any kind of food
MLE – Major League Eating is the world body that oversees all professional eating contests. The organization, which developed competitive eating and includes the sport’s governing body, the International Federation of Competitive Eating, helps sponsors to develop, publicize and execute world-class eating events in all varieties of food disciplines. The world’s top competitive eating stars — …
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Sorkinisms – the viral video of recurring Aaron Sorkin dialogue
This video is a tribute to the work of Aaron Sorkin: the recycled dialogue, recurring phrases, and familiar plot lines. This is not intended as a critique but rather a playful excursion through Sorkin’s wonderful world of words. – @KevinTPorter Scenes taken from: Malice A Few Good Men Bulworth Sports Night The West Wing …
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What guide books tell foreign visitors to America
The United States is the second greatest tourist draw in the world, with 60-million-plus visitors in 2010 alone (France, number one, attracted almost 80 million). Flipping through a few of the many English-language tourist guides provides a fascinating, if non-scientific and narrow, window into how people from the outside world perceive America, Americans, and the …
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Google brings 130 World Wonders online – explore with photos, videos, and street view
The Google World Wonders Project is a platform which brings world heritage sites of the modern and ancient world online. Journey to more than 130 world heritage sites across the globe—like Stonehenge, the Palace and Garden of Versailles, temples of ancient Kyoto or The White City of Tel-Aviv. With videos, photos and in-depth information, you …
What blog platform do the best bloggers in the world use?
WordPress is no doubt a very popular web publishing platform for blogs and other types of websites. But just how popular is it? We just completed a study and found that WordPress is in use by 48 of the top 100 blogs in the world. This is an increase from the 32 we recorded three years ago. …
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San Diego takes the lead in craft beer breweries
Not since Prohibition have there been this many craft beer breweries. It’s a small business revolution and I am lucky enough to live next to one, San Diego: This year’s World Beer Cup lived up to its international name, with winners coming from all corners of the globe — including San Diego County, where breweries …
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America exports the magic of (billion-dollar) movies
When it comes to exports, America brings movies to the world. So which ones are having the biggest impact? “The Avengers” is likely to stand with”Avatar,””Titanic”and iterations of “Harry Potter,” “Star Wars,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Lord of the Rings,””Toy Story” and”Transformers,” as one of a new breed of globally dominant film franchises. via LA Times These are …
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