(March 2014) Photos Of Russian troops In Crimea The Top 75 'Pictures of the Day' for 2012 *Update: The Top 100 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2012 have just been published. Click here to check out the most up-to-date post! After the positive reception from last year’s “Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2011“, the Sifter promised to highlight the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day‘ at the end of every quarter, eventually culminating in an epic Top 100 for 2012. It’s hard to believe we’re already into the final quarter of 2012. *Please note the photographs themselves were not necessarily taken in 2012, they just happened to be featured as a ‘Picture of the Day’ this year. Enjoy!
Home - Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Center of El Paso, TX Holi 2014: The Festival of Colors This week Hindus around the world celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colors. Holi is a popular springtime celebration observed on the last full moon of the lunar month. Participants traditionally throw bright, vibrant powders at friends and strangers alike as they celebrate the arrival of spring, commemorate Krishna's pranks, and allow each other a momentary freedom -- a chance to drop their inhibitions and simply play and dance. Gathered here are images of this year's Holi festival from across India. Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Young Indians adorned with colored powder take part in celebrations for the spring festival of Holi in Bhubaneswar on March 16, 2014. A man throws colored powder on a woman during Holi in Mumbai, India, on March 17, 2014. Hindu devotees raise their hands to receive colored holy water from a priest (unseen) outside a temple during Holi celebrations in Ahmedabad, on March 17, 2014. People celebrate Holi in Kathmandu on March 16, 2014.
Photos of the Week: 7/12-7/18/2014 This has been a very eventful week. This edition features images from Ukraine, Israel, and Gaza, as well as other events large and small around the world. From Germany's victory in the World Cup, to Manhattanhenge, the Supermoon, Bastille Day, and much more. [40 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: The Supermoon rises over houses in Olvera, in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz, on July 12, 2014. Russell Norris, 15, of Tylertown, Mississippi, dives into the chilly Swift River at Coos Canyon in Byron, Maine. Germany's Mario Goetze (left) celebrates near teammate Thomas Mueller after scoring the winning goal during extra time in their 2014 World Cup final against Argentina at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on July 13, 2014. Members of the German soccer squad wave to fans after the arrival of the German national soccer team in Berlin on July 15, 2014. My cabbages! Smoke from rockets fired from Gaza City, after being launched toward Israel, on July 15, 2014.
Photos of the Week: 8/30-9/5/2014 This week we have a look at the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, Ecuador's still-erupting Tungurahua volcano, Iraqi forces taking the battle to ISIS, the massive Jurong Rock Caverns below Singapore, a kitesurfing world record in Spain, and an 82-foot-tall white rabbit in Taiwan, as well as many other subjects. [35 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Leng Yuting, 26, poses underwater for her wedding pictures at a photo studio in Shanghai on September 3, 2014, ahead of her wedding next year. Her fiance Riyang said they had their wedding photographs taken underwater because "it's romantic and beautiful." In this aerial view, fountains of lava, up to 60 meters high, spurt from a fissure in the ground on the north side of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland on September 2, 2014. A dancer poses for a photograph during the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, on September 1, 2014. Cars sit on a street damaged by heavy rains in Veracruz, Mexico, on September 2, 2014.
2014 Gates Annual Letter: Myths About Foreign Aid - Gates Foundation More and more, technology will help in the fight against corruption. The Internet is making it easier for citizens to know what their government should be delivering—like how much money their health clinic should get—so they can hold officials accountable. As public knowledge goes up, corruption goes down, and more money goes where it’s supposed to. Aid Dependence Another argument from critics is that aid holds back normal economic development, keeping countries dependent on generosity from outsiders. This argument makes several mistakes. Second, the “aid breeds dependency” argument misses all the countries that have graduated from being aid recipients, and focuses only on the most difficult remaining cases. Even in sub-Saharan Africa, the share of the economy that comes from aid is a third lower now than it was 20 years ago, while the total amount of aid to the region has doubled. Critics are right to say there is no definitive proof that aid drives economic growth.
Burning Man 2013 Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They depart one week later, having left no trace whatsoever. See some of the finest moments captured on film during this years Burning Man festival… Photos of the Week: 7/26 - 8/1/2014 This week's edition includes a Canadian hitch-hiking robot, a British pier fire, Swiss Alpine wrestling, Irish Bog Snorkeling, German crop circles, and much more. [35 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Workers walk down stairs to a parking structure as water cascades down on them on the UCLA campus after flooding from a broken 30-inch water main under nearby Sunset Boulevard inundated a large area of the campus in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on July 29, 2014. The 30-inch (75-centimeter) 93-year-old pipe that broke made a raging river of the street and sent millions of gallons of water across the school's athletic facilities, including the famed floor of Pauley Pavilion, the neighboring Wooden Center and the Los Angeles Tennis Center, and a pair of parking structures that took the brunt of the damage. An MV-22B Osprey aircraft flies in view of downtown Seattle on July 28, 2014. Two spectacled bear cubs play at the zoo in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 28, 2014.
Lo que me ha enseñado vivir 6 meses con la gente más rica del mundo Según un reciente informe de la ONG Oxfam, en 2016 el 1% de la población más rica acumulará más riquezas que el otro 99%. Desde los años ochenta la brecha entre ricos y pobres no ha dejado de crecer, y no se libra casi ningún país. En España, en 2008, el 1% más rico de la población controlaba el 18,3% de la riqueza. De un tiempo a esta parte ha surgido el concepto de “súper ricos” para referirse a este 1% de mulitimillonarios que tiene pisos de lujo en las principales ciudades del mundo, jets privados y yates gigantescos, y cuya forma de vida es desconocida para el resto de los mortales. El periodista británico Jacques Peretti ha pasado seis meses conviviendo con algunas de las personas más ricas del planeta para grabar el documental The Super-Rich and Us (“Los súper ricos y nosotros”) que acaba de estrenarse en la BBC. Y ha aprendido algunas importantes lecciones. El increíble poder de los súper ricos les hace incapaces de tolerar la debilidad Tony Fernandes.
BG 303: The Next Generation of Enlightenment Podcast: Download Episode Description: Dr. In this episode, Jay joins host Vincent Horn to discuss his new book, which explores the evolution of Buddhism. Episode Links: Transcript: Transcript coming soon… Exploration de données Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Vous lisez un « bon article ». L'utilisation industrielle ou opérationnelle de ce savoir dans le monde professionnel permet de résoudre des problèmes très divers, allant de la gestion de la relation client à la maintenance préventive, en passant par la détection de fraudes ou encore l'optimisation de sites web. L'exploration de données[2] fait suite, dans l'escalade de l'exploitation des données de l'entreprise, à l'informatique décisionnelle. Histoire[modifier | modifier le code] Collecter les données, les analyser et les présenter au client. De 1919 à 1925, Ronald Fisher met au point l'analyse de la variance comme outil pour son projet d'inférence statistique médicale. L'arrivée progressive des micro-ordinateurs permet de généraliser facilement ces méthodes bayésiennes sans grever les coûts. Applications industrielles[modifier | modifier le code] Par objectifs[modifier | modifier le code] Par secteurs d'activités[modifier | modifier le code]
Photos of Ramadan 2013 Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, began earlier this week, with the observation of the Hilal, or new moon. Throughout this ninth month on the Islamic calendar, devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink, and sex from dawn until sunset. The fast, one of the five pillars of Islam, is seen as a time for spiritual reflection, prayers, and charity. After sunset, Muslims traditionally break the fast by eating three dates, performing the Maghrib prayer, and sitting down to Iftar, the main evening meal, where communities and families gather together. Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: A Yemeni girl wearing traditional costume, attends a festival for children to welcome the Holy month of Ramadan in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, on July 8, 2013. Muslim clerics scan the horizon for the crescent moon that will determine the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 8, 2013.
¿Por qué Rusia vendió Alaska a los Estados Unidos? La petición de adhesión de Alaska a Rusia, publicada en el sitio web de la Casa Blanca, ha recogido ya más de 35.000 firmas. Son muchos los que todavía creen que los norteamericanos robaron Alaska a Rusia, que la alquilaron y no la devolvieron a sus dueños, pero, contrariamente a los mitos populares, la transacción fue justa y ambas partes tenían razones de peso para llevarla a cabo. En el siglo XIX la Alaska rusa era un centro de comercio internacional. En su capital, Novoarjánguelsk (actual Sitka), se vendían telas chinas, té e incluso el hielo que se utilizaba en los EE UU antes de que se inventaran los frigoríficos. Se construyeron barcos y fábricas, se extraía carbón. Ya entonces se tenía conocimiento de los numerosos yacimientos locales de oro. A los comerciantes rusos les atraía de Alaska el marfil de morsa, cuyo precio no era inferior al de elefante, y las preciosas pieles de nutria de mar que obtenían gracias al trueque con los aborígenes. El Pizarro ruso Vil metal