Saturday, May 2, 2015

Friday, May 1, 2015

Is the internet on the brink of collapse? The web could reach its limit in just eight years, warn engineers

  • Internet speeds have increased by 50-fold in the last decade alone 
  • Optical fibres have reached capacity and cannot transfer any more light
  • Laying down more cables may solve problem but this will increase costs
  • 'It is harder and harder to keep ahead,' said Professor Andrew Ellis

By BEN SPENCER SCIENCE REPORTER FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 00:28 GMT, 2 May 2015 | UPDATED: 00:28 GMT, 2 May 2015

The refugees forbidden from setting foot on land - so they built a village on stilts and live their whole lives at sea... and now they get 'ground sickness'

  • The Bajau are a small refugee community found just off the coast of Malaysia who live their whole life in the ocean
  • They live in wooden huts on stilts and survive by catching fish, octopus and lobsters off handmade boats
  • Photographer Ng Choo Kia travelled to the remote community to capture their profound relationship with the sea
  • He said the children have little opportunity to leave the ocean community as they don't receive a 'proper' education
  • 'The children should be educated on topics like hygiene, and I do not encourage people to grow up there' 
By BELINDA GRANT GEARY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 05:19 GMT, 1 May 2015 | UPDATED: 07:57 GMT, 1 May 2015

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Nước Mỹ sau nội chiến và bài học hòa hợp dân tộc

Tầm nhìn
07:32 | 26/04/2015

  Tháng 4 của Hoa Kỳ là một ngày tháng đáng lưu ý của lịch sử. Cuộc nội chiến Nam Bắc Hoa Kỳ bắt đầu vào ngày 12 tháng 4-1861. Bốn năm sau vào ngày 9 tháng 4-1865, tướng Lee của miền Nam đầu hàng tướng Grant của miền Bắc...

Cuộc chiến tranh với hàng trăm trận đánh tại miền Ðông Hoa Kỳ trong trọn vẹn 4 năm đã làm cho quân hai bên chết 620 ngàn và hàng triệu người bị thương tích. Miền Bắc thắng trận, thống nhất đất nước, giải phóng nô lệ và hy sinh thêm vị anh hùng Mỹ quốc. Ðó là Tổng Thống Lincoln.

Trịch thượng, ban ơn… làm sao hòa giải?

30/04/2015
Nguyễn Ngọc Lanh

Bốn mươi năm nay, hễ có dịp là rộ lên chủ đề “hòa giải”. Năm nay, kỷ niệm ngày 30-4 là một dịp như vậy. Chỉ cần thế, đủ nói lên hòa giải chưa thành công. Tôi chú ý mấy bài viết liên quan, mới nhất, rất dễ tìm đọc:

Giả dạng nữ tu?!

DAN NEWS
Thiên Hạ Luận - 29/04/2015

Mừng lễ 30.4

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Nepal earthquake: Homeless urgently need tents; death toll above 5,500

By Manesh Shrestha, Jethro Mullen and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN

Updated 0455 GMT (1155 HKT) April 30, 2015

Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN)-Half a million tents are urgently needed for the huge number of people forced from their homes by Nepal's devastating earthquake, a government minister said Wednesday.

Luxury hotels in China under fire after video footage shows staff using the same cloth to wipe bathtubs, toilets and DRINKING glasses

  • Undercover reporters set up cameras to record the cleaners at work
  • One cleaner can be seen wiping sink, bath, cup then toilet with same rag
  • Follows scandal staff at other hotels using bath towels as cloths
By KATE PICKLES and EDWARD CHOW FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 13:20 GMT, 29 April 2015 | UPDATED: 15:11 GMT, 29 April 2015

The cleanliness of top hotels in China have been called into question after staff at two high-end establishments were accused of using the same cloths to wipe toilets and drinking glasses.

Chờ nhìn quê hương sáng chói


Sunday, April 19, 2015

Muslim migrants threw 12 Christians overboard to their deaths because they were not praying to Allah when they asked God for help when their dinghy suffered a puncture

  • Nigerian Muslims threw 12 Christians overboard when he refused to stop
  • Surviving refugees on dinghy looked distressed when they arrived in Italy
  • Italian ships have rescued 10,000 refugees fleeing war in Africa this week
  • Among them was boat of Libyans who were suffering from severe burns 
By JAY AKBAR FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:20 GMT, 18 April 2015 | UPDATED: 15:03 GMT, 18 April 2015