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and ... success (for the leopard)
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Great action Piks- Getting the Jump on Your Lunch
by fulltimestudent in.
two frames together - in the first we see the leopard picking his mark and commencing his jump in the second frame.
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Great action Piks- Getting the Jump on Your Lunch
by fulltimestudent in.
two frames together - in the first we see the leopard picking his mark and commencing his jump in the second frame.
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Great action Piks- Getting the Jump on Your Lunch
by fulltimestudent in.
two frames together - in the first we see the leopard picking his mark and commencing his jump in the second frame.
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Two frames together - in the first we see the leopard picking his mark and commencing his jump in the second frame
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Russia and China to Build a Huge New Port south of Vladivostock
by fulltimestudent infrom: business insider, australia.
beijing (afp) china and russia will build one of the largest ports in northeast asia on russias sea of japan coast, reports said, in a further sign of the powerhouses growing alliance.. the seaport is expected to be able to handle some 60 million tonnes of cargo a year, chinas state-run peoples daily online reported late wednesday comparable to britains busiest port immingham or le havre in france, according to european commission statistics.. the new facility will be located in far eastern russia, just 18 kilometres (11 miles) away from the chinese border.
the region is also close to north korea.. chinese and russian leaders inked a deal on the port at mays conference on interaction and confidence building measures in asia (cica) in shanghai, the report said.. the move represents the latest step by beijing and moscow to boost their energy and infrastructure ties.. resource-hungry china is seeking to diversify its sources of energy amid booming domestic consumption, while russia at odds with the west over its annexation of ukraines crimea peninsula is seeking to refocus its gas and oil exports towards asia.. the same report spoke of the commencement of construction of the gas pipeline from yakutsk to china.
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National Rail Links.
Which nation has the biggest network?
In first position, is the USA with 224,792 km of track. The average population per km of track (an important factor in the viability of a network) is 1379.
China is now in in No 2 position, with 103,144 km of track and with an average population per km of 13227, which tells us something about the likely viability of the network.
Russia is third, and has approx 128,000 km total, counting all service lines, but Russian government statistics state the network has 87,157 km of track. The key statistic of population per km is 1117.
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But its in National attitudes to Rail services that we find the greatest differences.
For the USA, a 2005 report advocating the electrification of the American rail system, called the American network, "dilapidated." ( http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/Articles%202005/SuperiorRail.pdf )
In contrast, the Chinese government has set a goal of 150,000 km of track by 2020 and 200,000 by 2030. A minimun of 20% is stipulated to be high speed rail, providing a high speed (above 200 km/hr) network of 20,000 km.
Starting from 2007, China now has over 11,000 km of high speed track with scheduled services, the largest high speed network in the world.
Setting up a high speed network, means that all track must be built specifically for high speed operation. Normal track cannot be used to operate trains at high speed.
Here's an image of a section of new high speed track being fitted with overhead wiring, it gives an idea of what is required.
Some material above taken from this China Daily article: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-07/22/content_17880272.htm
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7 Reasons Why “Babylon the Great” was Jerusalem
by Tiresias inauthors david chilton (1987) and james stuart russell (1878) propose that the revelation is primarily a prophecy of the destruction of ancient jerusalem by the roman armies.
the revelation is jerusalem's armageddon (mountain of assembled roman troops).
i see the revelation as a war siren warning the first century christians of the imminent destruction of the city.
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Gaaawwd!
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How about
Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Sadly, those who know nothing of Christ have no hope.
Yup! - I'm hope-less (haha) but I consider that better than a deluded hope that i will:
Get a ressurection to: (a) eternal life in heaven. (b) eternal life on earth.
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Are first world countries to blame for the bulk of third world squalor?
by tootired2care inthroughout several past threads various posters have emphatically made the point that countries like great britian, united states, france etc.
basically countries where white people exist, are to blame for the poverty in many other third world nations.
some have even went so far as to suggest that the first world is to blame for all third world conditions.. i often see excuses such as these for why a country refuses to provide clean water, some food and basic sanitation for its people:.
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There are multiple factors involved in poverty. But one unassailable fact should be taken into consideration - for most of human history, the bulk (80-90%) of people were peasant farmers. Government taxation and agrarian landlords were factors to be ccnsidered in the well-being (or not) of peasant farmers.
The climb to prosperity is not well understood, perhaps because a large population of middle class people is a fairly recent phenomenon.
Clearly, industrialisation played a part in the prosperity attributable to western modernity. However, poverty was still a feature of working class life until the age of social revolution in the early 20th century. (Think of the labour unrest in the USA, in the late 19th and the first half of the 20th C).
Urbanisation seems to play a role, but in say the Roman empire, the urban poor were likely in a worse situation that the agrarian poor. They were kept alive by government handouts. In rural areas, the large rural estates of the aristocracies were worked by slave labour, making slavery (of one kind or another) another factor to be taken into consideration.
In China, the most successful example of huge numbers of people moving from poverty to a middle class life, urbanisation is considered an important factor. But in other poor countries, urbanisation leads to the creation of huge slums. Its ten years since I was in Manila (Philippines) but the deep poverty of the lowest levels of philippino society had a profoundly saddening affect on me. The sight of hundreds of kids begging, in one of the main roads overwhelmed me.
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Never try to talk to a tiger
by fulltimestudent inin india's delhi zoo, a schoolboy climbed into the tiger enclosure:.
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we are unlikely to know what motivated his foolish action.. in the above image, (taken on a mobile phone) he was supposedly begging the tiger not to kill him.. .
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The result, sadly, was predictable.
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Never try to talk to a tiger
by fulltimestudent inin india's delhi zoo, a schoolboy climbed into the tiger enclosure:.
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we are unlikely to know what motivated his foolish action.. in the above image, (taken on a mobile phone) he was supposedly begging the tiger not to kill him.. .
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Never try to talk to a tiger
by fulltimestudent inin india's delhi zoo, a schoolboy climbed into the tiger enclosure:.
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we are unlikely to know what motivated his foolish action.. in the above image, (taken on a mobile phone) he was supposedly begging the tiger not to kill him.. .
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In India's Delhi Zoo, a schoolboy climbed into the tiger enclosure:
We are unlikely to know what motivated his foolish action.
In the above image, (taken on a mobile phone) he was supposedly begging the tiger not to kill him.
