I want to know exactly what it's going to take.*

[bending_sickle]

Did YouTube or Adobe Flash Player suddenly update, or is YouTube playing silly buggers with me, telling me my Java might be off or my player too old? What's going on? Halp! Is ok now.

In other news, the Human Development Report 2005 is depressing as all hell and doesn't lend itself well to discussion points, so I'm at a loss for my three theses due today. Also, it's raining non-stop today, and I'll hanging with Elisa later this pm.

Nothing else to squee over, folks. Waiting on Lost.

ETA: From the Human Development Report 2005

Did you know that as of 2005 there were 33.2 million people infected with HIV, out of a 6.6 billion population?

Did you know that male Russian life-expectancy in 2005 was 59 years, compared to 72 years for women, due to disease, homicide and suicide, with these latter closely associated with over-consumption of alcohol?

Did you know that girls' education is "one of the most powerful catalysts for social progress across a wide range of indicators"?

Did you know that a child born in Zambia in 2005 had less chance of surviving than a child born in England in 1840?

Did you know that, under 2005 growth trends, were high-income countries to stop growing, it would take Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa until the year 2177 and 2236 respectively to catch up?

Did you know that the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo cost 4 million lives, "the greatest death toll since the Second World War"?

Did you know that the greatest "demographic shock" in Europe since the Black Plague - that of France between 1913 and 1918 due to WW1 and the influenza outbreak, was a reduction in life expectancy by 16 years? And how does that compare to the fact that HIV has caused a life expectancy reduction of 31 years in countries like Botswana?

Did you know that the cost of ending extreme poverty - lifting 1 billion people above the $1 a day poverty line - in 2000 was $300 billion? Did you know this amounts to < 2% income of the richest 10% of the world population?

Did you know that girls in India aged 1-5 are 50% more likely to die than boys? And that girls born in the state of Kerala are five times more likely to reach their 5th birthday, twice as likely to become literate and likely to live 20 years longer than girls born in Uttar Pradesh?

Did you know that "almost all child deaths happen in developing countries, while most of the spending to prevent child deaths happens in rich ones"?


* "Want", Recoil** (lyrics c/o greygirlbeast)
** Freakin' Mastery song, if'n you ask me. Or evil!Doctor.

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[blizzardcake.livejournal.com]

=( Those did you know facts are indeed depressing and worth some thought.

Did you know that the cost of ending extreme poverty - lifting 1 billion people above the $1 a day poverty line - in 2000 was $300 billion? Did you know this amounts to < 2% income of the richest 10% of the world population?

*shakes fist* People need to get their acts together.

[(Anonymous)]

three theses? like thesis topics? good luck!

xxx
kit-kat

PS- be careful on your new bike, dearest. i don't think i could ever work up the nerve to bike in the streets. scary!

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Nah, they're called "theses", but really they're just discussion statements. And yes, I'll be careful on my bike. I'm terrified of biking near cars anyway, and everyone else here's so hectic and ladida about it.