To Strange and Difficult Paths
posted in: Library, The Cultural Devision
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Places to Avoid on the Weekend
posted in: Maps, The Geography Club
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Tourists. Don’t live with them, can’t live without them? Whatever the case, Eric Fischer’s Locals and Tourists map collection uses Flickr picture locations to show where you should or shouldn’t go, depending on your disposition, in 50 cities around the world. Blue is for the peaceful locals and red for the invading tourists hordes…
Find these maps and much more at here.
[via Dohop Travel Blog]
Schizophrenia Kit: China
posted in: Ape Con Myth, External Other
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What to feel a lot of different ways about China in the span of a few minutes?
Simply start with any Business Insider post on China and then go to the next one they suggest at the end…
- 18 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind
- 10 US States That Will Get Murdered If China Slow Its Imports
- Think Again On China: It’s Really A Debt-Burdened Builder Of Bridges To Nowhere
- Here Are The 10 Chinese Brands Set To Take Over US Households by 2020
- Stephen Roach: 10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Bet Against China
- How One Of The Worst Stock Markets In The World Will Raise The Most IPO Money
- IT BEGINS: China To Do 2-3 Trillion Yuan Bailout of Indebted Local Governments
Out of all that, what can’t ACM get out of its head? Five words from the 17th fact about China that will blow your mind:
“mobile execution vans for efficiency”
…Â What the hell is the rush?!
Search for Restuarants: within 380 Million Light Years
posted in: External Images, The Space Cadets
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Turns out you really haven’t been anywhere. Below is an infrared view of your local universe of galaxies and dark matter out to 380 million light years. … Yeah, that isn’t even everything. The observable universe was thought to go 14 billion light years out (equaling the age of the universe), is now considered to go 46 billion (age + 32 billion light years of universal expansion) and one estimate of what we can’t see puts the universe’s total diameter at 150 billion…
Now consider how much you are paying for your apartment. Square feet? Let’s get off this rock!
[Image from Center for Astrophysics via New Scientist via Hacker News]
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
posted in: External Charts, Features, The Political Devision, Video
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Before we get to the chart, let’s refresh ourselves on the drill…
Okay, now look at the chart and pick out what’s different…
Did you pick the Bush-Era Tax Cuts? Then you’re absolutely right!
Unlike wars, downturns, bailouts and recoveries, we can project the direct financial effect of tax cuts before the fact. Everything else on the subject is speculation. At this point, that there is still a debate about it at all points to much deeper problems.
[Chart via GOOD]
THINK
posted in: Ape Con Myth, Video
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“All of the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think.” – Thomas J. Watson
@Peanutweeter
posted in: Library, The Cultural Devision
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Random Twitter posts + Peanuts comic strips = Wonderful
[@Peanutweeter – Thanks, Pete!]
Update: Peanuts comic strips + Brand management company = No sense of humor
Historical U.S. Metro Area Population Ranking
posted in: The Cultural Devision
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The history of American cities, based on metropolitan population, is about to be all over your face. There’s so much here you just have to see it for yourself. Click the image and enjoy a simple, yet powerful, American history lesson…
SLC Punk
posted in: Library, The Cultural Devision
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Do You Believe?
posted in: ACM images, The Economics Devision
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Amazon’s Risk Factors make for Bad Corporate Poetry
posted in: External Other, The Economics Devision
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We face intense competition.
Our expansion places
a significant strain
on our management, operational, financial and other resources.
Our expansion into
new products, services,
technologies and geographic regions
subjects us to
additional business, legal,
financial and competitive risks.
We may experience significant fluctuations
in our operating results
and growth rate.
We may not be successful in our efforts
to expand
into international market segments.
If we do not successfully optimize
and operate
our fulfillment centers,
our business could be harmed.
The seasonality of our business
places increased strain
on our operations.
Our business could suffer
if we are unsuccessful
in making, integrating, and maintaining
commercial agreements, strategic alliances, and other business relationships.
Our business could suffer
if we are unsuccessful
in making, integrating, and maintaining
acquisitions and investments.
We have foreign exchange risk.
The loss of key senior management personnel could
negatively affect our business.
We face risks
related to system interruption
and lack of redundancy.
We face significant inventory risk.
We may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property rights
or may be accused of infringing intellectual property rights of third parties.
We have a rapidly evolving business model
and
our stock price is highly volatile.
Government regulation is evolving and
unfavorable changes could harm our business.
Taxation risks could subject us to liability
for past sales
and
cause our future sales to decrease.
We could be subject to additional income tax liabilities.
Our supplier relationships subject us to
a number of risks.
We may be subject to
risks related to government contracts
and related procurement regulations.
We may be subject to
product liability claims
if people or property are harmed
by the products
we sell.
We are subject to payments-related risks.
We could be liable
for breaches
of security.
We could be liable
for fraudulent or unlawful activities
of sellers.
[from Amazon.com’s 2010 Annual Report (PDF)]