Ho John Lee’s Weblog

• Myanmar Cyclone: Before and After: Scientific American
  Satellite imagery before and after (April 15 and May weather disaster in Myanmar (Burma). The river delta areas are nearly all flooded.
  (tags: global disaster weather asia myanmar rice)
• GOS - Geospatial One Stop
  Access to US government map data.
  (tags: us government mapping database maps)
• BBC NEWS | Business | Cyclone fuels rice price increase
  Most of Burma/Myanmar’s spring rice production has been wiped out, adding to pressure on rice markets.
  (tags: asia food rice global commodities agriculture futures trading)
• FreeRice
  Practice your vocabulary and help raise funds for donating rice. I was skeptical, but it doesn’t appear to be a fraud, and does actually provide interesting practice.
  (tags: charity rice food children education vocabulary global collaboration donation marketing)
• El CAPTCHA definitivo para desalentar a los usuarios gratuitos de RapidShare | Microsiervos (Humor)
  “No Premium User. Please solve the Riemann Hypothesis.”
  (tags: blogging math random internet humor)
• Is It Time to Invade Burma? - TIME
  The Myanmar/Burmese military government is largely blocking international relief for the cyclone and flooding, leading to discussion of “coercive humanitarian action”.
  (tags: asia food myanmar global politics strategy ethics)

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