Random links
- Worrying demographic changes
- From a Chinese government portal: "China's working-age population, that is people aged from 15 to 59, registered a rare and worrying decline in 2012, decreasing by 3.45 million to 937 million, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. ... This is worrying as the NBS predicts the decline will continue to 2030." It's hard to describe something as "rare" when it's predicted to continue to 2030 (and, given the one-child policy, seems likely to continue further after that).
- Israelis urged to be ‘vigilant’ after locusts descend on Egypt ahead of Passover
- Locust count: over 30 million
- Leg injury cuts short female kicker's NFL tryout
- Just a quick reminder that most major sporting leagues typically don't prohibit women from playing.
- Stalin’s Long Shadow
- "In 1994, 27 percent of Russians had a positive view of Stalin. In 2011 it was 45 percent. Fifty percent of the respondents thought that Stalin was a wise leader who brought might and prosperity to the Soviet Union. Yet at the same time, 68 percent agreed that he was a cruel tyrant guilty of the death of millions of innocent citizens."