猫にまたたび、御女郎に小判 Wer jetzt noch lacht, hat die neuesten Nachrichten noch nicht gehört. "THE OFFICIAL E.R.A. LITTER-BOX"

Saturday, August 28, 2010

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  • Most tweets (some 41%) can be characterized as "pointless babble," while only 4% can be considered actual news.
  • Twitter trends rarely last longer than a week and almost always trend one time only
  • The average (median) lifetime number of tweets for a single user is 1, while 10% of the users contribute 90% of the traffic
  • A 2010 study ("Understanding the psychological motives behind microblogging") found that highly extroverted participants use Twitter "to relieve their existential anxiety"

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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Image: Tiny frog
Indraneil Das / Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
A freshly metamorphosed Microhyla nepenthicola frog sits on a penny.

Their singing normally starts at dusk, with males gathering within and around the pitcher plants. They call in a series of harsh rasping notes that last for a few minutes with brief intervals of silence. This "amphibian symphony" goes on from sundown until peaking in the early hours of the evening.




Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Friday, August 20, 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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Daniel Wani, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning in the Government of South Sudan, explains a map of Wau in the shape of an giraffe - 18 August 2010A long boulevard will run down the neck of giraffe-shaped Wau

The authorities in southern Sudan have unveiled a $10bn (£6.4bn) plan to rebuild the region's cities in the shapes of animals and fruit.

Elaborate blueprints for the new cities have already been drawn up.

The regional capital, Juba, will be relocated and designed in the shape of a rhinoceros. Wau, the capital of Western Bahr el-Ghazal state, is to be a somewhat unwieldy giraffe.

Southern Sudanese are due to vote in a referendum on independence next year.

In Juba, the office of the regional president is situated where the rhinoceros's eye should be.

In Wau, the sewage treatment plant is appropriately placed under the giraffe's tail.

There is talk that the town of Yambio will be shaped like a pineapple.

The reason for these shapes is not entirely illogical - they match the symbols that appear on the flags of southern Sudan's states.

But how will the authorities raise the $10bn they say they need to make this plan a reality? They say they are talking to investors but it is all a bit vague.

Although there is plenty of oil in southern Sudan, people there are extremely poor.

The United Nations says more than 90% of the population lives on less than a dollar a day.

The plans for the new cities perhaps reflect the heady optimism of a potential new independent South Sudan, but whether they will ever get beyond the drawing board is another matter.


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In the recent results, only 24% of the graduating class of 2010 scored high enough on the ACT in math, reading, English and science to ensure they would pass entry-level college courses. This is a slight uptick from last year, when 23% were ready for college, and from 2008, when 22% were ready.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Monday, August 16, 2010

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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