Category Archives: India

With This Toilet I Thee Wed – India Real Time – WSJ

May 22, 2013 – With This Toilet I Thee Wed:  A mass wedding ceremony organized by the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh featured an unusual vow. To take part, grooms had to prove their homes had toilets.  Pictured above, … Continue reading

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World Tree Map – For the First Time.

May 6, 2013 – Global Map of Forest Height (above): Produced from NASA’s ICESAT/GLAS, MODIS and TRMM sensors. The map will advance scientists understanding of Earth’s forest habitats and their role in Earth’s carbon cycle. A NASA-led science team has … Continue reading

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Quake Kills at Least 46 Along Iran-Pakistan Border.

April 16, 2013 – A Powerful 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Struck Iran: A major earthquake described as the strongest to hit Iran in more than half a century flattened homes and offices Tuesday on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border, killing … Continue reading

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Active Volcanoes of the World – Warning for California!

April 7, 2013 – Active Volcanoes of the World: The map above, from the Smithsonian Institute, shows 15 current active volcanoes of the world and the tectonic plate boundaries. A red plate boundary reflects built up stress and danger, yellow is … Continue reading

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Money Spigot Opens Wider.

April 5, 2013 – Money Spigot Opens Wider: Japan Unveils an Aggressive New Policy, Echoing the Fed and Other Central Banks. The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) new leaders delivered on their pledge to radically overhaul its strategy to revive Japan’s … Continue reading

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The Apocalypetic Catastrophic Future of the World!

March 20, 2013 – Thor not Ready to Bring Down his Hammer on the World - Yet:  In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding God associated with thunder, lightning, storms, strength and destruction. Thor is a prominently mentioned God throughout recorded … Continue reading

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Global Futures and Options Volume by Category.

February 5, 2013 – Global Futures and Options Volume by Category in Billions of Contracts: The figures above reflect the total number of contracts traded, over the last six months, in billions of contracts on all world futures and options … Continue reading

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40 Years of Global Earthquakes by Region.

February 3, 2013 – 40 Years of Global Earthquakes by Region: The chart above reflects global earthquakes, greater than or equal to 7.0 magnitude, by five regions of the world over the last 40 years. The SW (south-west) Pacific was the … Continue reading

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Life Expectancy Around the World!

February 1, 2013 – Life Expectancy Around the World:  The World Map, above, is color coded by life expectancy. The color scale is in the lower left. Dark red is greater than 76 years, red is 70.3 to 76 yrs, … Continue reading

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The Four Geeks of the Apocalyse.

January 30, 2013 – The Four Geeks of the Apocalypse: I remember the first time I interviewed a relatively unknown economist named Nouriel Roubini. It was 2005, and as we sat in his New York University office, he laid out … Continue reading

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