Top Searches from Yahoo! News: 2012 – Year in Review

Thanks: 2012 Year in Review — Yahoo! News

#1 Elections

#2 iPhone 5

#3 Kim Kardashian

#4 Kate Upton

#5 Kate Middleton

#6 Whitney Houston

#7 Olympics

#8 Political Polls

#9 Lindsay Lohan

#10 Jennifer Lopez

The World’s Best Countries in Science

 

Source: The World’s Best Countries in Science: Scientific American

A: RESEARCH PAPERS: Score, on a 100-point scale, based on science papers in top journals (Digital Science, 2011)
B: PATENTS ISSUED: Number of patents (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2011)
C: EXPENDITURE: Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (2009*)
D: HIGHER EDUCATION: Number of science and engineering doctoral degrees awarded (2009*)

	RESEARCH PAPERS	PATENTS ISSUED	EXPENDITURE	HIGHER EDUCATION
	1. U.S.	1. U.S.	1. U.S.	1. U.S.
	2. Germany	2. Japan	2. China	2. Germany
	3. China	3. South Korea	3. Japan	3. U.K.
	4. Japan	4. Germany	4. Germany	4. Japan
	5. U.K.	5. Taiwan	5. France	5. France
	6. France	6. Canada	6. U.K.	6. Italy
	7. Canada	7. France	7. Russian Fed.	7. Brazil
	8. South Korea	8. U.K.	8. Italy	8. Canada
	9. Italy	9. China	9. Canada	9. Spain
	10. Spain	10. Italy	10. Spain	10. Australia
	11. Switzerland	11. Australia	11. Australia	11. Sweden
	12. Australia	12. Israel	12. Sweden	12. Switzerland
	13. Netherlands	13. Netherlands	13. Netherlands	13. Poland
	14. India	14. Switzerland	14. Switzerland	14. Netherlands
	15. Taiwan	15. Sweden	15. Austria	15. Turkey
	16. Israel	16. India	16. Turkey	16. Portugal
	17. Singapore	17. Finland	17. Israel	17. Czech Reublic
	18. Sweden	18. Belgium	18. Belgium	18. Austria
	19. Belgium	19. Austria	19. Finland	19. Belgium
	20. Denmark	20. Denmark	20. Denmark	20. Mexico
	21. Austria	21. Singapore	21. Mexico	21. Finland
	22. Russian Fed.	22. Hong Kong	22. Poland	22. Israel
	23. Hong Kong	23. Spain	23. South Africa	23. Slovakia
	24. Brazil	24. Norway	24. Norway	24. Denmark
	25. Finland	25. Ireland	25. Portugal	25. Greece

Top countries with the most competitive educational systems: Best Schools and Colleges

Source: Can U.S. Universities Stay on Top? – WSJ.com

Education Strength

The Boston Consulting Group’s new E4 index assigns points in four categories, each equally weighted in the final score. Of the 20 countries ranked, here are the top 10.

Country	Total points	Enrollment points	Expenditure points	Engineering grads points	Elite university points
U.S.	237	25	73	48	91
U.K.	125	4	26	46	48
China	115	86	17	4	8
Germany	104	5	25	37	38
India	104	90	4	3	6
France	87	4	24	41	18
Canada	85	2	25	39	18
Japan	72	7	31	19	16
Brazil	38	17	16	2	3
Russia	32	9	10	10	3

Source: Boston Consulting Group analysis

FBI’s National Security Threat List: Who’s on the NSL?

The FBI’s National Security List (NSL) has two parts, the Issues Threat List (activities that get you on the list) and the classified Country Threat List (states whose activities are “so hostile, or of such concern” that investigations are warranted).

1. Russia
2. China
3. Syria
4. North Korea
5. Iran
6. Belarus
7. Cuba
8. Sudan
9. Democratic Republic of the Congo
10. Republic of the Congo
11. Somalia
12. Myanmar (Burma)
13. Bosnia
14. Vietnam
15. Libya
16. Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast

Classified Country Threat List

1. Japan
2. Israel
3. France
4. South Korea
5. Taiwan
6. India
7. UK
8. Germany
9. Netherlands
10. Belgium
11. Canada
12. Iraq
13. South Yemen

இலக்கிய நிகழ்வுகளுக்கு செல்லாமல் இருக்க ஏழு காரணங்கள்

அயல்நாடுகளில் எழுத்தாளர்களுடன் உரையாட நிறைய வாய்ப்புகள் கிடைக்கின்றன. சமீபத்தில் கட்டுரையாளரும் நாவலாசிரியருமான பி ஏ கிருஷ்ணன் லண்டனுக்கும் பே ஏரியாவிலும் வாசகர்களை சந்தித்தார். நாஞ்சில் நாடனும் அமெரிக்கா முழுக்க உலாவி வருகிறார். வெகு விரைவில் எஸ் ராமகிருஷ்ணனும் வட அமெரிக்காவை வலம் வரப் போகிறார்.

இந்த மாதிரி சந்திப்புகளுக்கும் இலக்கிய கூட்டங்களுக்கும் செல்லாமல் இருப்பதற்கான காரணங்களைப் பட்டியலிட்டு பார்க்கிறேன்.

1. எனக்கு அங்கே யாரையும் தெரியாது; அதனால் கூச்சமாகவோ அச்சமாகவோ இருக்கிறது.

2. கார் ஓட்டத் தெரியாது; அவ்வளவு தூரம் ஓட்ட முடியாது.

3. அதுதான் அவரோட எழுத்தைப் படிச்சிருக்கோமே… அப்புறம் எதற்கு சந்திக்கணும்?

4. மகளுடைய பியானோ ஒப்பித்தல்; மகனுடைய கராத்தே பயிற்சி.

5. ஏற்கனவே சென்ற கூட்டங்கள் சிலாகிக்கவில்லை; வந்தவர் பேசாமல் வேறு ஒருவர் ஆக்கிரமிப்பார்; நெறியாக ஒருங்கிணைக்கப்படவில்லை என்பதால், இதுவும் ஒழுங்கற்று இருக்கலாம்.

6. சோம்பேறித்தனம் + போரடிக்கும்.

7. நான் அவரை முன்பே சில முறை சந்தித்து உரையாடிருக்கிறேன்.

கொசுறு: நான் அவரை வாசித்ததில்லை; என் கவிதைத் தொகுப்பை தரட்டுமா?

The Global Gender Gap 2011 Rankings – Top 20

Thanks: http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-2011/

India

Gender Gap Index 2011 Rank (out of 135 countries)
#113
Score (0.00 = inequality, 1.00 = equality)
0.619

Key Indicators
Total population (millions) 1,170.94
Population growth (%) 1.34
GDP (US$ billions) 971.49
GDP (PPP) per capita 3,240

The Global Gender Gap 2011 Rankings – Top 20
Country	2011	Score*	2010	Change
Iceland	1	85.3%	1	0	→
Norway	2	84.0%	2	0	→
Finland	3	83.8%	3	0	→
Sweden	4	80.4%	4	0	→
Ireland	5	78.3%	6	1	↑
New Zealand	6	78.1%	5	-1	↓
Denmark	7	77.8%	7	0	→
Philippines	8	76.9%	9	1	↑
Lesotho	9	76.7%	8	-1	↓
Switzerland	10	76.3%	10	0	→
Germany	11	75.9%	13	2	↑
Spain	12	75.8%	11	-1	↓
Belgium	13	75.3%	14	1	↑
South Africa	14	74.8%	12	-2	↓
Netherlands	15	74.7%	17	2	↑
United Kingdom	16	74.6%	15	-1	↓
United States	17	74.1%	19	2	↑
Canada	18	74.1%	20	2	↑
Latvia	19	74.0%	18	-1	↓
Cuba	20	73.9%	24	4	↑
* Scores produced on zero-to-one scale and can be roughly interpreted as percentage of gender gap that has been closed.

Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw Poll results on The worst and best G20 countries for women

Full coverage: G20women.trust.org

 

1. Canada
2. Germany
3. Britain
4. Australia
5. France
6. United States
7. Japan
8. Italy
9. Argentina
10. South Korea
11. Brazil
12. Turkey
13. Russia
14. China
15. Mexico
16. South Africa
17. Indonesia
18. Saudi Arabia
19. India

Top 10 SuperZIPs

Thanks: Charles Murray on the New American Divide – WSJ.com

In ‘Coming Apart,’ Charles Murray identifies 882 ‘SuperZIPs,’ ZIP Codes where residents score in the 95th through the 99th percentile on a combined measure of income and education, based on the 2000 census. Here are the top-ranked areas:

1. 60043: Kenilworth, Ill. (Chicago’s North Shore)
2. 60022: Glencoe, Ill. (Chicago’s North Shore)
3. 07078: Short Hills, N.J. (New York metro area)
4. 94027: Atherton, Calif. (San Francisco-San Jose corridor)
5. 10514: Chappaqua, N.Y. (New York metro area)
6. 19035: Gladwyne, Pa. (Philadelphia’s Main Line)
7. 94028: Portola Valley, Calif. (S.F.-San Jose corridor)
8. 92067: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (San Diego suburbs)
9. 02493: Weston, Mass. (Boston suburbs)
10. 10577: Purchase, N.Y. (New York metro area

Top 25 Passwords that people use

1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. 12345
7. monkey
8. 111111
9. consumer
10. letmein
11. 1234
12. dragon
13. trustno1
14. baseball
15. whatever
16. superman
17. 1234567
18. sunshine
19. iloveyou
20. fuckyou
21. starwars
22. shadow
23. princess
24. cheese
25. rockyou

Source: Troy Hunt/eWeek

25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World

25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World — Features — Utne Reader

1. Julian Assange :: The Sunshine Kid – Launched in 2007, WikiLeaks
2. Alex Gibney :: The Smartest Guy in the Room – From Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) through this year’s Casino Jack and the United States of Money and the new Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
3. Tani Ikeda :: Sex-Ed Trendsetter
4. Rebecca Solnit :: The Silver Cloud
5. Kieran Egan :: Teacher of the Years – professor of educational theory at British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University
6. Anil Gupta :: Intellectual Pollinator – Visit the Honey Bee Network website to see a full list of the projects in its database, including shared ideas on crop management and herbal pesticides, and read a profile of Gupta at Worldwatch Institute.
7. Woody Tasch :: Free-Range Capitalist
8. Nina Dudnik :: A Scientist’s Scientist
9. Natalia Allen :: Conscientious Fashionista
10. Judith Butler :: War Empathizer – her recent book Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler retells U.S. armed forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
11. Annette Rizzo :: Judge Advocate – thanks to a piece in Urbanite, which highlighted 10 ideas that could make Baltimore a better place to live, among them Rizzo’s foreclosure diversion program. Read more about the “face-to-face foreclosure” system Rizzo helped spearhead in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Rizzo also explains her approach to the housing crisis on Public Radio International’s radio show Here and Now
12. Perry Chen :: The Virtual Patron – Artists pitch their idea with a video on the Kickstarter website: Watch ideas being pitched on anything from power show laces to a travel show that highlights hostels around Europe at Kickstarter.
13. Michelle Ajamian and Brandon Jaeger :: Local Food Lovers – established the Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative in 2008. This year they opened Shagbark Seed and Mill, a prototype processing facility, at the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks in Athens
14. Elinor Ostrom :: The Commoner
15. Sandra Steingraber :: Her Body, Their Chemicals – Steingraber’s “Organic Manifesto,” which is available as a full PDF on her website. You can also read her columns for Orion magazine, one of which we reprinted as “Baring All Expense”
16. Ted Howard :: Workers’ Advocate – Howard’s work with Democracy Collaborative from an interview in Baltimore’s Urbanite. You can listen to a podcast featuring Howard on The Marc Steiner Show. Howard also co-wrote and article about the Cleveland model for The Nation this year, and we’ve been keeping tabs on Cleveland’s cooperative model as well
17. Rebecca Onie :: Home Health Advocate– MacArthur “genius award” winner Onie runs Project HEALTH, which enlists college students, many pre-med, as volunteer social workers who connect low-income people to housing, heating assistance, and other nonmedical resources vital to health
18. Elizabeth Scharpf :: Essential Entrepreneur
19. Alexander Petroff :: Sustainability Trainer
20. Glen Barry :: Eco–Rabble Rouser
21. Paul Ewald :: Virally Minded
22. Tim Wise :: The Confrontationalist – The promise of a post-racial society is premature, Wise argues in his book Colorblind. Read an interview with Tim Wise on the myth of post-racial America from The Sun. Catch him discussing racism on CNN. He’s also been on talk radio, discussing white supremacy and racism with host Gus T. Renegade. You can follow Tim Wise on Facebook, check out Wise’s website, and watch him talking about white privilege
23. Bryan Doerries :: Ancient Healer
24. Victoria Pettibone and Sasha Eden :: Dramatic Opportunists – Read an interview with Pettibone and Eden conducted by Gothamist. Learn more about the LOVE benefit show, WET’s annual production attended by dozens of celebrities, or watch Pettibone, Eden, and various stars discuss the project during the ritzy fundraising event, which features short plays about love written by some of the best women in television, film, and theater
25. Bill McKibben :: Voice of Reason, Man of Action