According to this article from 2011, which appeared in the Fiscal Times, it costs more than 44,000 USD to incarcerate a prisoner for a year in California. This is nearly the same price as a year at Harvard University with…
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Runaway prison costs
Tagged with: California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Harvard University, Prison, Prisons in California, United States
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The odds of dying from an asteroid impact
In the recent days there have been a lot of rumours about deadly asteroids or meteorites (don’t mix those two!!!). For those of you who are worrying, here are the facts:
Tagged with: Asteroid, Astronomy, Meteorite, Planetary science
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How to insure the man on the Moon?
Importunate insurance brokers can be found in any country around the world. Their job is to sell insurances to people, irrespective of the ideas and wishes of their customers. Even here in Japan I sometimes have people from insurance companies…
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Tagged with: Apollo, Apollo 15, Apollo 8, Apollo program, Human spaceflight, Japan, life insurance
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To serve or not to serve?
Austria is one of the few countries in the world where military service is mandatory. Those who feel that they are not able to serve the country with a weapon are given the choice to join the civilian (social) service.…
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Tagged with: Austria, Austrian's army, Conscription, Elections, Military service, Referendum
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The man who moved a mountain
Since Christmas is coming closer, I think it is time for the really heart-warming story of a man from from India who literally moved a mountain. Five decades ago, the landless farmer Dashrath Manjhi from Bihar, India suffered the loss…
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Anamorphic Illusions
Watch this video and see how anamorphic illusions play tricks on our brain …
Six billion dollar
Six billion dollar – this is the amount of money which has been spent on the US presidential elections 2012. At the moment when I write this post, elections are still ongoing and it is not decided who will be…
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Car colors around the world
Do you have a car? If so, what color does it have? If you live in Japan, South Korea, or China chances are quite high that you drive a silver, black or white car. According to this study presented on…
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The price of life expectancy
Yesterday I stumbled upon www.globalhealthfacts.org, which I think is a very interesting page that allows you to access different statistical and demographic values related to health of individual countries in the world. You can search different criteria or compare countries…
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Tagged with: Austria, Demography, G-20, Health, Health economics, health systems, Healthcare, Japan, Life expectancy
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The radome – cover for the ear to the sky
In order to protect a microwave or radar antenna from the direct influence of the weather, such equipment is sometimes put in huge ball-like structure called “radome”. Thereby, the radome needs to be manufactured by a material which does not…
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Tagged with: antenna equipment, Domes, Electronic engineering, intelligence services, Radar, Radome
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