Lufivilág
Méretarányos világtérképek. Mintha a földrészek gumiból volnának. A sheffield-i egyetemen dolgozó csapat eddig 294 térképet rakott fel a honlapjára a tervezett összesen 366-ból. Itt van néhány:

Csatornázás
185

HIV/AIDS

227

Katonai kiadások
279

Háborús halálesetek 2002-ben:
288

Napi 10 dollárnál kisebb jövedelem
153

Napi 200 dollárnál több jövedelem
158
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Még egy kis globális felmelegedés
Ami tulajdonképpen, ugye, igazából lehűlés...

+20° - Greeks put on sweaters (if they can find them).
+15° - Hawaiians turn on the heaters (if they have them).
+10° - Americans shake, Russians are planting cucumbers.
+5° - You can see your own breathing. Italian cars don't start. Norwegians take a bath. Russians drive with lowered windows.
0° - Water freezes in America, in Russia it thickens.
-5° - French cars don't start.
-10° - You're planning a vacation to Australia.
-15° - Your cat insists to sleep in your bed. Norwegians put on sweaters.
-18° - New York landlords turn on the heaters. Russians make their last seasonal picnic.
-20° - American cars don't start. People in Alaska start wearing long-sleeves.
-25° - German cars don't start. Hawaiians are dead.
-30° - Politicians start talking about homeless people. Your cat prefers to sleep in your pajamas.
-35° - Too cold to think. Japanese cars don't start.
-40° - You're planning a 2-week hot tub bath. Swedish cars don't start.
-42° - Transportation stops in Europe. Russians eat ice cream on the street.
-45° - All Greeks are dead. Politicians really start doing something for the homeless.
-50° - Your eyelids start sticking when you blink. In Alaska, people close the window in the bathroom.
-60° - White bears start moving south.
-70° - Hell freezes.
-73° - Finnish special services evacuate Santa Claus from Lapland. Russians wear earmuff hats.
-80° - Lawyers put their hands in their own pockets.
-114° - Ethyl alcohol is freezing. Russians are unhappy.
-273° - Absolute zero, atomic movement stops. Russians wear boots.
-295° - 90% of the planet is dead. Russian soccer team becomes the world champion.
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Most menj Londonba
amíg még lehet. Ha a globális felmelegedés hatására megemelkedik a tengerszint, akkor csúnya világ jön a tengerparti városokra.

London-on-Sea: the future of a city in decay

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Miért is olyan nagy baj, hogy kis hazánk határait nem három tenger mossa?
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Boldog új évet!
New Year 2007 around the globe
Watch over 10 video clips of New Year celebration around the globe (Sydney, Hong Kong , Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, London, Moscow, Berlin, New York, Paris)!new-year-fireworks-hong-kongb
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Az Év Embere lettem
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Mert honlapom van.
Ezek itt a korábbiak:
1927
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
1928
Walter P. Chrysler
1929
Owen D. Young
1930
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
1931
Pierre Laval
1932
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1933
Hugh Samuel Johnson
1934
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1935
Haile Selassie
1936
Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson
1937
Generalissimo & Mme Chiang Kai-Shek
1938
Adolf Hitler
1939
Joseph Stalin
1940
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
1941
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1942
Joseph Stalin
1943
George Catlett Marshall
1944
Dwight David Eisenhower
1945
Harry Truman
1946
James F. Byrnes
1947
George Catlett Marshall
1948
Harry Truman
1949
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
1950
American Fighting-Man
1951
Mohammed Mossadegh
1952
Elizabeth II
1953
Konrad Adenauer
1954
John Foster Dulles
1955
Harlow Herbert Curtice
1956
Hungarian Freedom Fighter
1957
Nikita Krushchev
1958
Charles De Gaulle
1959
Dwight David Eisenhower
1960
U.S. Scientists
1961
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1962
Pope John XXIII
1963
Martin Luther King Jr.
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
1965
General William Childs Westmoreland
1966
Twenty-Five and Under
1967
Lyndon B. Johnson
1968
Astronauts Anders, Borman and Lovell
1969
The Middle Americans
1970
Willy Brandt
1971
Richard Milhous Nixon
1972
Nixon and Kissinger
1973
John J. Sirica
1974
King Faisal
1975
American Women
1976
Jimmy Carter
1977
Anwar Sadat
1978
Teng Hsiao-P'ing
1979
Ayatullah Khomeini
1980
Ronald Reagan
1981
Lech Walesa
1982
The Computer
1983
Ronald Regan & Yuri Andropov
1984
Peter Ueberroth
1985
Deng Xiaoping
1986
Corazon Aquino
1987
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
1988
Endangered Earth
1989
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
1990
The Two George Bushes
1991
Ted Turner
1992
Bill Clinton
1993
The Peacemakers
1994
Pope John Paul II
1995
Newt Gingrich
1996
Dr. David Ho
1997
Andy Grove
1998
Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr
1999
Jeff Bezos
2000
George W. Bush
2001
Rudolph Giuliani
2002
The Whistleblowers
2003
The American Soldier
2004
George W. Bush
2005
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, & Bono
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