ComScore: Internet Population Passes One Billion; Top 15 Countries
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/23/comscore-internet-population-passes-one-billion-top-15-countries/

interesting stats ... need to learn chinise soon if u wana reach majority ....

The energy scale..kind of like circle of fifths

Scale representation of magnitude energy, usually in Earthquakes.

Before the credit crisis, the world was awash with money. Now central banks are pumping in more than ever before and still everyone is short. Dan Roberts explains the illusion of wealth.

Daily ranking

世界で人気のiPhoneアプリのランキング情報を毎日更新中！

A global perspective on Americans’ religiosity offers a few surprises

Great charts.

"A global perspective on Americans’ religiosity offers a few surprises"

The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

Big Picture

This shit is AMAZING.

It is Carnival Season in many countries around the world with a Roman Catholic heritage. Celebrations and parades put on just prior to the observance of Lent.

The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

羊

Have you ever come across a web site that you could not access and wondered,"Am I the only one?" Herdict Web aggregates reports of inaccessible sites, allowing users to compare data to see if inaccessibility is a shared problem. By crowdsourcing data from around the world, we can document accessibility for any web site, anywhere.

检测一个网站是否可以访问的服务

"Have you ever come across a web site that you could not access and wondered,"Am I the only one?" Herdict Web aggregates reports of inaccessible sites, allowing users to compare data to see if inaccessibility is a shared problem. By crowdsourcing data from around the world, we can document accessibility for any web site, anywhere."

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I honestly can't believe this is real. Appalling, but true.

With all the recent talk about the decline of big media (eg. Seth Godin's article at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/when-newspapers.html), I thought it relevant to point to this piece about the shocking state of world slavery: "For four years, I saw dozens of people enslaved, several of whom traffickers actually offered to sell to me. I did not pay for a human life anywhere. And, with one exception, I always withheld action to save any one person, in the hope that my research would later help to save many more. At times, that still feels like an excuse for cowardice. But the hard work of real emancipation can’t be the burden of a select few." What place does four years worth of investigative journalism have in an internet driven meritocracy? Philanthropic endeavours? Streamlined news journals?Reportage is going to change and it is important we don't lose the power to expose issues like this.

Standing in New York City, you are five hours away from being able to negotiate the sale, in broad daylight, of a healthy boy or girl. He or she can be used for anything, though sex and domestic labor are most common. Before you go, let’s be clear on what you are buying. A slave is a human being forced to work through fraud or threat of violence for no pay beyond subsistence. Agreed? Good. Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1817, more than a dozen international conventions have been signed banning the slave trade. Yet, today there are more slaves than at any time in human history.

"Standing in New York City, you are five hours away from being able to negotiate the sale, in broad daylight, of a healthy boy or girl. He or she can be used for anything, though sex and domestic labor are most common. ... The total number of Haitian children in bondage in their own country stands at 300,000."

Standing in New York City, you are five hours away from being able to negotiate the sale, in broad daylight, of a healthy boy or girl. He or she can be used for anything, though sex and domestic labor are most common.

There are now more slaves on the planet than at any time in human history

Vistazo a donde las personas alrededor del mundo estan direccionando algo de su poder de compra

Who is buying what.

Shows average yearly expenditures per citizen by type of item (5 categories) around the world.

nice short film, holographic thingy

funny ww2 comic

via seetha

Sprekende foto's over de financiele crisis

Another great entry from The Big Picture. #30: Unused newspaper racks clutter a storage yard.

Damn, jeg mangler mange

I love to travel and plain trips...

Winner of 47 educational awards, Geography World lists 86 categories of the top geographical sites on the Net!

Winner of 47 educational awards! 12 years online!

كيبورد

LiteType.com is a Free Online Virtual Multilingual

Type and Search in your language with LiteType.com

Type and Search in your language with Free Online Multilingual Virtual Keyboard - LiteType.com

tastiere virtuali per scrivere e tradurre in tutte le lingue del mondo

คีย์บอร์ดเสมือนทุกภาษาในโลก

Thousands of protesters gathered in London, England on April 1st and 2nd to demonstrate against an array of issues, largely anti-capitalist or pro-environmental in nature.

Download BlackBerry App World for free to load up your BlackBerry smartphone with games, social networking, shopping, productivity, organization and other fun BlackBerry apps.

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

Opened in April 2009

The global economy is being remade before our eyes. Here's what's on the horizon...

The global economy is being remade before our eyes. Here's what's on the horizon

Revista Time lista 10 idéias que estão mudando o mundo tipo agora.

The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and more. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research.

Sammlung digitalisierter historischer Dokumente

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

Das Digitalisierungsprojekt der UNESCO hat Material aus einer Vielzahl renommierter Bibliotheken, Schriftensammlungen und Archiven aus der ganzen Welt versammelt. "Das kollektive Gedächtnis der Menschheit bewahren und das interkulturelle Verständnis fördern" ist das Ziel dieses Projekts

world maps with photos

Valokuvia kartalla.

tagmaps and geotagged photos

Great stuff - building on top of our TagMaps widget to create a more comprehensive service...

If this video doesn't bring a tear to your eyes and makes you smile for the rest of the day, you are a cold hearted bastard. Watch it from beginning to end—you won't regret it. This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added some metal percussion to it. And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple

Nice little music video.

If this video doesn't bring a tear to your eyes and makes you smile for the rest of the day, you are a cold hearted bastard. Watch it from beginning to end—you won't regret it.

Dados sobre o mundo, estatísticas interessantes.

About a year ago the United Nations announced UNdata, a way to disseminate data stretched out across 22 United Nations databases through one central application. While UNdata houses 66 million records, it's tough to get a sense of what's going on without a visual representation. Progress is an effort to make this world data visible. More than anything though, it was a chance for me to mess around with some data. TAKE A LOOK --- A Project by FlowingData

"About a year ago the United Nations announced UNdata, a way to disseminate data stretched out across 22 United Nations databases through one central application. While UNdata houses 66 million records, it's tough to get a sense of what's going on without a visual representation. Progress is an effort to make this world data visible. More than anything though, it was a chance for me to mess around with some data."

これはすごい！世界史好きだったので、時々読みに来よう！

高校世界史授業を誌上公開。脱線話も含め、可能な限り再現。古代史、中世史、近代史、東洋史、西洋史。生徒達に世界史を語ります。歴史の面白さ、楽しさを、伝えることが出来れば幸いです。

Cool game for finding countries!

Added from delicious

“Here lies Europe, overwhelmed by Muslim immigrants and emptied of native-born Europeans.” That is the obituary some pundits have been writing in recent years. But neither the immigrants nor the Europeans are playing their assigned roles.

Apparently Europe is no longer going to be drowned in a sea of Muslim babies. Because I know you were all so worried.

"At the turn of this century, the conventional wisdom among demographers was that the population of Europe was in precipitous decline, the Islamic world was in the grip of a population explosion, and Africa’s population faced devastation by HIV/AIDS. Only a handful of scholars questioned the idea that the Chinese would outnumber all other groups for decades or even centuries to come. In fact, however, the latest UN projections suggest that China’s population, now 1.3 billion, will increase slowly through 2030 but may then be reduced to half that number by the end of the ­century." Fascinating article on demography, including the prediction that in 2050, Africa will have a majority of the world's Christians, in addition to being the demographic center of Islam.

Not sure exactly what lesson tie-in I can use this for in a unit, but saving it anyway.

As the tanks neared the Beijing Hotel, the lone young man walked toward the middle of the avenue waving his jacket and shopping bag to stop the tanks. I kept shooting in anticipation of what I felt was his certain doom. But to my amazement, the lead tank stopped, then tried to move around him. But the young man cut it off again. Finally, the PSB (Public Security Bureau) grabbed him and ran away with him. Stuart and I looked at each other somewhat in disbelief at what we had just seen and photographed. I think his action captured peoples’ hearts everywhere, and when the moment came, his character defined the moment, rather than the moment defining him. He made the image. I was just one of the photographers. And I felt honored to be there.

Interesting site which allows manipulation and animation of set data. Bears further investigation.

The number of Internet users in the US is nearly static compared to China and India. Wonder what this holds for the future of the Internet?

Behaviour and customs vary greatly from country to country. We discuss the correct travel etiquette so that you won't be caught out.

smouldering

According to the protagonist in Kurt Vonnegut's "Timequake": "...The world's second unsucessful attempt to commit suicide."

This is truly amazing.

terse yet comprehensive AND humourous

Belissimas fotos de nós, seres humanos em todo o mundo, profissionais e amadores, em movimento de todos os motivos acima e muito mais. Via RT @ritacao RT @Antropologias (twitter)

Gorgeous full-color photos of recent images of dance from around the world.

行ってみたい所ばかりなのでメモ。

読子・リードマンがいそうな風景だ

photography

fotos de raios

Collection of images showing lightning.

World Press Photo: Winners gallery 2009

"Winners gallery 2009 - World Press Photo" http://bit.ly/1MxnNi

The winners for each category.

Mambo - the dynamic portal engine and content management system

Fotos ganadoras del año 2008.

Referência/Turismo

Local Time, Weather and Travel Information

RT @dannynic Ramadan photos for RE teaching http://bit.ly/oqsfj [from http://twitter.com/FelipeMorales/statuses/3649382785]

In Muslim nations and regions around the globe, this is the first week of the holy month of Ramadan, a time for followers to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activity during the day, breaking their fast each sunset, with traditional meals and sweets.

In Muslim nations and regions around the globe, this is the first week of the holy month of Ramadan, a time for followers to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activity during the day, breaking their fast each sunset, with traditional meals and sweets. During this time, Muslims are also encouraged to read the entire Quran, to give freely to those in need, and strengthen their ties to God through prayer. The goal of the fast is to teach humility, patience and sacrifice, and to ask forgiveness, practice self-restraint, and pray for guidance in the future. This year, Ramadan will continue until Saturday, September 19th

pictures illustrating ramadan

It's that time of year again, the Earth's northern hemisphere is tipping away from the warmth of the Sun. Days in the north are getting cooler and shorter, leaves are changing, animals migrating and many harvests are underway. The wet summer in New England this year should make 2009 a banner year for brightly-colored fall foliage in the area. Collected here are a group of photographs of recent Autumn scenes around the northern hemisphere.

.... The Big Picture ... O our God, how majestic is Your name in all the earth.... Your people bow low.

Szkoda że tylko na obrazkach:(

Charts showing the world today and 30 years ago.

New Scientist infographic

Chart with statistics and trends

good summary

the state of the world across a number of parameters

is the world getting better or worse?

Evidence of steady human progress but unsolved environmental issues

Collected here are a handful of recent images from the rough world of illegal drugs across the globe.

FOTOS DE DROGAS Y DROGADICYTOS!

http://xkcd.com/503/

I Agree

The stuff they say about time travel is right. You go back in time and change one little thing, and suddenly the future is full of Nazis and dinosaurs. If you go back through history, you find that time and time again the huge changes that shape our world today all hinged on some utterly random coincidence. Change it, and the entire course of history changes with it.

Fotografias dos políticos mundiais

Grade 5 LEAP

cool walking tours

Game did not load.

geography game

Article on 926 tweeting from CNN.

Interesting! how social media sites can be helpful (as well as harmful?) during a crisis...

Article suggests 6M Twitter users ...

More hi-res images from Haiti

I won't waste money donating to Haiti.

read the comments... brilliant!

Haiti photo story

Tehgrauniad's search engine for government data sets.

more info : http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/07/government-data-world

The one-stop shop for World Government datasets from The Guardian.

Buscador de datos gubernamentales mundiales de The Guardian

Governments around the globe are opening up their data vaults – allowing you to check out the numbers for yourself. This is the Guardian’s gateway to that information. Search for government data here from the UK (including London), USA, Australia and New Zealand – and look out for new countries and places as we add them.

Why Iran has such a sh1t government

concise and straight forward explanation of a decidedly complicated government

How Iran is ruled

Note:50% of the adult population is missing. So that's all what they call democracy

New York Time's selection of the 44 Places you Must go in 2009.

From the Aegean Sea to Zambia, this year’s most compelling destinations are awash in sublime landscapes, cutting-edge art, gala music festivals, and stylish new resorts.

Places to go.

I love this list - although some of my favorite places aren't on it.

Aguas Calient

The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

The Colorado-based Love Hope Strength foundation hosted an event recently called "Peru Rocks", where 63 travelers - including musicians from The Fixx, Fastball, The Alarm and more - along with cancer survivors, and their supporters from around the world joined together to raise funds and awareness of cancer-related issues in Peru. The trip took the trekkers from Cuzco, Peru to the heights of Machu Picchu, back down to Lima, where they met with patients and doctors of INEN, Peru's main cancer center. The travelers finished their trip with a concert in Lima on October 15th. Funds raised on the trip were donated to INEN, and will be used to establish a fully staffed and equipped medical bus that will serve rural Peru, screening residents for cancer.

Every city looks and feels unique. Regional culture, typography, dialect, local customs and many more factors play a part in defining a city’s differences.

Fotos del agua para el Día del agua por The Big Picture http://bit.ly/aFYqWU [from http://twitter.com/inti/statuses/10892432483]

A geography game that uses pictures as questions.

Fun site!!! I could play this site all night long.

Placefy is a fun and challenging geography game that uses pictures as questions. Placefy presents players with an image of a city square, buildings, and other famous landmarks. Players then have to choose the correct answer from four answer choices. Playing the game is simple, but the images as questions make it a challenging game.

Reading: Hyperlinking the Real World http://bit.ly/nm1gu [from http://twitter.com/sandroalberti/statuses/1466115202]

Retweeting @Hirkani: Ljubljana on Read Write Web: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hyperlinking_the_real_world_redux.php [from http://twitter.com/brianking/statuses/1461934137]

a new system that will allow camera phone users to hyperlink the real world

European researchers working on the MOBVIS project have developed a new system that will allow camera phone users to hyperlink the real world. Intéressant en situation de mobilité, notamment pour les piétons.

Ooooh that's how I wish my world could be!

bandeiras

flags. where did they come from? how did they get here?

bandeiras, simbolismo etc

Graphic comparisons of the US to other countries in the areas of life expectancy, education, etc.

Site regroupant un gros paquet de données de la banque mondiale.

If you are in search of a high quality vector World map, then your search is now over. Most of the vector maps below are of the highest detail and accuracy, some have been designed specifically for designers and others to be used by everyone for whatever the project.

Killer hand-drawn map of London, slightly bird's-eye viewish.

RT @cunabula: Amazingly detailed map of london, completely handcrafted and beautifully illustrated. http://bit.ly/boKNmX via @martin_isa ...

The Island satirises the London-centric view of the English capital and its commuter towns as independent from the rest of the country. The artist, a Londoner with a love of his native city, offers up a huge range of local and personal information in words and symbols. Walter speaks in the dialect of today, focusing on what he deems interesting or mundane.

Cenas do Paquistão

ポンテシティアパート@南アフリカ、ヨハネスブルク

生存時間15秒、世界で最も荒廃した高層ビル ヨハネスブルグ＠南アフリカ

外国人が一人で生存できる時間15秒ともいわれる、ヨハネスブルグの九龍城、高層ビル

ヨハネスブルグ Ponte City Apartments。本当にこの街でワールドカップは開催できるのか。

ポンテシティアパート

やばい

これは良いなー。

very cool

8% wereldwijd is econoom; de meerderheid jurist

The presence of so many engineer-politicians in China goes hand in hand with a certain way of thinking.

ter, Wen Jiabao, specialised in g

Economist article on the prevalence of lawyers in U.S. and U.K. politics.

Le système mis en place par Twitter pour la Coupe du Monde est impressionnant http://twitter.com/worldcup/ #soccer

Watching the World Cup unfold on Twitter at http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup #fb

do you want to know what’s happening in the world cup 2010? Twitter is here again. #twitter #worldcup http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup

RT @twitter_es: Países hispanohablantes en la Copa Mundial: #arg #mex #esp #chi #par #uru #hon http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup

http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup Página de Mashable para estar al tanto de los partidos que se juegan, en el mundial Sudáfrica 2010.

Watching the World Cup unfold on Twitter at http://bit.ly/9jFFol. Pretty slick idea. Nicely done.

World Cup 2010: Ghana v Australia, June 19 (10:00 AM) Watch It Live Here! World Cup 2010: Cameroon v Denmark, June 19 (2:30 PM) Watch It Live Here! Please Check all Channels to find best for you: We Fix Channels, Check Again! Bookmark and Share

a list of ten fascinating webcam feeds from around the world that offer a scintillating glimpse into other people’s lives, and fascinating looks at famous landmarks.

Check out these great webcam feeds that offer a scintillating glimpse into other people's lives, and fascinating looks at famous landmarks.

Fotos toll gestaleter schwedischen U-Bahnstationen

RT @petapixel: The Swedish subway system: http://j.mp/cZUzWE

RT @catarino: Swedish subway system http://bit.ly/aWR0kM :|

concert-splash

Copa Africa do sul - lançamento

new artists to checkout check out

Compartilhe seus vídeos com seus amigos, com sua família e com o mundo

esperaré http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday interesante pa ud http://youtu.be/LdyNdlw8zaA una así en el transmilenio http://vimeo.com/1665301

Ridley Scott wants to crowd source footage from YOU: http://bit.ly/bGb0Gv

LG partnership - Crowdsourcing...Everyone to upload photo and crowd source.

The World Cup is currently taking place in South Africa and people all over the world are glued to television sets at home, in bars and in town squares, to watch their country play.

The Best Website Designs of the 2010 World Cup

The World Cup is currently taking place in South Africa and people all over the world are glued to television sets at home, in bars and in town squares, to watch their country play.

The Best Website Designs of the 2010 World Cup

for once I'm in a country where I don't need to convert times for the world cup :-) http://bit.ly/9AWivx #denmark [from http://twitter.com/vijayk/statuses/15922184988]

RT @Zac_eMINTS: RT @rkiker: http://bit.ly/afdd01 Top 50 library sites worth bookmarking from around the world