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Very interesting.
This showcases what families around the world eat in a week and how much they spend on it.
I now want to track my food intake and expense for a week.
1 FaverShareViewed: 103 Times1 FaverShareViewed: 168 TimesQuoted: Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental manservant Hop-Sing and I are off to Hollywood, where we've wangled a cameo as an actual waterboard in a forthcoming episode of 24. Apparently, we're going to have to cross some sort of picket line to do it, but as far as I'm concerned those rich writers are just greedheads. I mean, really
click to playFascinating documentary. Apparently the microparticles emited from combustion are having a net cooling effect on the world (in contrast to the CO2 emmited from the same combustion processes.) Apparently, the mere 3 day shutdown of air traffic in the US caused noticeable climate effects.
1 FaverShareViewed: 39 TimesQuoted: Global dimming.. Mar 15, 2007. View it on Google Video.
2 FaversShareViewed: 39 TimesQuoted: The UN and other international organisations collect large amounts of statistics each year from all over the world...With Globalis, we have made these statistics available in a simpler and more visual format. The tool contains a large database where we have explained and categorised new UN statistics...
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Rethinking globalization. An interesting article with interactive diagrams and video of Alan Binder.
1 FaverShareViewed: 29 TimesQuoted: Huge changes in the global economy are challenging long-held beliefs about free trade. See related data on jobs at risk, offshoring's impact and more.
Great article by Nayan Chandra, author of "Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization."
1 FaverShareViewed: 28 TimesQuoted: Intensified international trading affects the environment, but also raises global awareness...
click to playThis guy is very long winded - so his critique of global warming theories takes over an hour. But he's pretty entertaining, and he obviously done a lot of homework looking at the supporting evidence for different theories.
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Walking on eggs to teach evolution to those opposed to accepting it ...
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