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Top Major Shipping Lanes and Ports in the World

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If you've ever wondered how busy the oceans are, or where things are shipped to/from over the oceans, this is a fascinating map.  It lists the top 20 ports, as well as showing the top shipping lanes on the world's oceans.  You can also easily see the connection between wealthy nations (the US, Western European nations, China) and the number of ports/trade routes between them as opposed to South America, and Africa.

If you're gonna be lost at sea, and want the best chance of being found, the North Atlantic is definitely the place to do it.

Source: Pablo Kaluza et al., “The complex network of global cargo ship movements,” 1001.2172 (January 13, 2010), http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.2172.

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Typing Speed Test

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Do you know how fast or accurately you type?  Enter keybr.com Keybr.com is very straightforward. You can choose from three basic lessons that start with a certain number of keys on the keyboard, and then, as you progress through the lessons, more keys are introduced to the mix to make things a little tougher. Once you have determined that the lessons you have completed have reached their maximum result you can play with custom mode, where you can edit and personalize the text that you wish to practice. Finally, to up the entertainment level of your typing lessons, you can import content from a web site or blog into Keybr.com to type it out. Find out how fast you type, practice so you can type faster and more accurately, and get things on the internet/computer done faster.

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Rocker Video Mocks U.S. for 37th-best Health Care in World

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While Hipp is right that the U.S. ranked 37th in the most widely known barometer in the WHO study, it ranked 15th by another WHO ranking and, for one factor (responsiveness) it actually ranked No. 1. The number 1 is very lonely however, and it's not the overall number 1 many Americans seem to believe their health care is rated. More Breakdown and Information at PolitiFact

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Police Officer Over-Reacts

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There have been a number of police taser abuses recently.  Yes, they are very effective, mostly safe, and 99% non-lethal, but some officers have taken to using them without discrimination.  The video below shows the dash-cam of a police officer who pulled over a mother in a mini-van.  Not only did he change his story about why he pulled her over, but proceeded to give confusing orders (ordering her back in to her vehicle, then right back out again). The mother is not entirely blameless.  She didn't follow instruction, and acted aggressively, but officers are trained to handle these types of situations.  At this point there was no reason for the tasering.
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Debunking the 'Birthers' So Called "Birth Certificate" From Kenya

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So called Kenyan "Birth Certificate"

First, the hospital is Coast Provincial General Hospital (sometimes said to be Coast Province General Hospital), not Coast General Hospital.

Second, Kenya was a Dominion the date this certificate was allegedly issued and would not become a republic for 8 months.

Third, Mombasa belonged to Zanzibar when Obama was born, not Kenya.

Fourth, Obama's father's village would be nearer to Nairobi, not Mombasa.

Fifth, the number 47O44-- 47 is Obama's age when he became president, followed by the letter O (not a zero) followed by 44--he is the 44th president.

Sixth, EF Lavender is a laundry detergent.

Seventh, would a nation with a large number of Muslims actually say "Christian name" (as opposed to name) on the birth certificate?

Eighth, his father (born in 1961) would have been 24 or 25 when he was born and not 26.

Ninth, it was called the "Central Nyanza District," not Nyanza Province. The regions were changed to provinces in 1970.

This piece of paper certainly looks nice and new to be 45 years old -- unless the Kenyans were using acid-free paper back in 1964.

Finally, Officials of Coast Province General Hospital reported:  “We do not have computerized records going back to the 1960’s and can only sort through our archives by hand,” Dr. Christopher Mwanga, an administrator at the Mombasa hospital tells GLOBE. “We have searched for all the names of babies born on Aug. 4, 1961, and have not found the name of Barack Hussein Obama. That is all I can tell you.

All in all.... the Kenyan one is the fake.  Not the Hawaiian one.

More detailed debunking.

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