Learn Geography and Donate Rice

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Jan 132009
 

FreeRice

I am glad I stumbled upon this site today. The FreeRice site provides a great opportunity to learn geography and at the same time contribute to world hunger by donating 20 grains of rice for every right answer t0 the United Nations World Food Program.

There are two ways you could learn geography on this site – Identifying Countries on a Map and World Capitals. The site also allows you test and improve your knowledge of art, english, math, chemistry and foreign languages. You can choose a level to start off with or let the game adapt to your answers.

If you need to keep track of your donations, make sure you set the option in the options page.

Now go visit FreeRice.com, start learning and relish your contribution by watching the grains pile up..

 Posted by Sriharsha Vankadara at 3:55 pm  Tagged with: , ,

Most Wired Airports in the World

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Nov 222008
 


Here’s a second post in the Most Wired series posts. Forbes reports the 30 Most Wired Airports in the world, based on three criteria: the passenger traffic in 2007, the breadth and cost of wi-fi access in the airport and availability of facilities such as seating, electrical outlets and wired access.

A Google Map of airport rankings is available here.

 Posted by Sriharsha Vankadara at 9:25 pm  Tagged with: , ,

Other side of the world !!

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Oct 282008
 

Did you ever wonder, where your current location could be on the other side of the planet?

Well, here’s a simple tool that serves the purpose – antipodr

This tool works with any address, city, state or zip code and uses Google Maps to display the entered location and its relative location on the other side of the planet, along with their coordinates.

Here’s a sample:

I should be able to turn myself into some aquatic creature if I ever decide to live on the other side of the planet.

 Posted by Sriharsha Vankadara at 5:27 pm  Tagged with: , ,

Most Expensive Stadiums

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Sep 182008
 

Much like the race among nations to build tallest buildings, a very much similar scenario seems to be existing in building expensive stadiums.

Andrew Egan at Forbes writes about the most expensive stadiums in the world listing factors such as cost, their capacity and the purpose these arenas serve. The Wembley Stadium in London, which cost $1.5 billion and home to the English soccer team is currently the most expensive. Following Wembley, is an engineering marvel from 1970s, the Olympic Stadium in Montreal which is host to the 1976 Olympics. Third in the list is New York’s Madison Square Garden, which cost more than a billion way back in 1968.

Here’s a google map of the ten Most Expensive Stadiums in the world.

 Posted by Sriharsha Vankadara at 9:43 pm  Tagged with: , ,

Travel Etiquette Tips

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Sep 022008
 


The next time you plan to visit one of these ten countries listed by Forbes, make sure you imbibe some quick travel etiquette tips which can make your trip more pleasurable and worth it.

I have put together a Google Map showing general dining and travel tips for the ten most visited countries in the world.

 Posted by Sriharsha Vankadara at 8:18 pm  Tagged with: , ,

Most Earthquake – Vulnerable Cities

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Jul 262008
 
Forbes.com has an article on the 20 most earthquake vulnerable cities in the world, of which a large number belong to developing countries. GeoHazards International, a non-profit organization identified cities across the world that are at a higher risk of seismic calamities, by considering variables such as building frailty, emergency preparedness, potential for land slides and fires.

Of the 20 cities listed, Tokyo, Nagoya and Kobe are the only ones in a first-world nation, Japan. Kathmandu, Nepal tops the list with a possibility of 70,000 deaths if struck by an earthquake of 6 magnitude.

Most Earthquake-Vulnerable Cities

I have put together a Google Map of the cities and the number of deaths that may result as reported in the article.

Alternatively, you can click on the image to view the map

 Posted by Sriharsha Vankadara at 7:03 pm  Tagged with: , , ,
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