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Friday, 1 February 2013

Map of tourist atractiveness


Map for entire world.
Interesting. There is relative emptiness of France, with similar attractiveness as Ukraine. Not surprisingly Switzerland or Netherlands are covered with solid color. There is no tourism in Central Africa. Only heat spot around Persian Gulf is UAE. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan are empty; Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan aren't. All tourism in India is concentrated around Himalayas and west coast.

Does recognition of Armenia genocide brinks justice?


Not really. Recognition won't bring justice, because perpetrators are dead.
Neither should EU "force" anyone to change their history books.
You should realize that Turks don't know about the genocide. It is censored. They have something called "crime against Turkishness" or similar which forbid to freely publish about Young Turks. Let them repeal this (being against article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and there will be someone in Turkey who will speak about the genocide.
BTW, Turkish entry on ECHR is telling.

Federal European Union?


What would we need?
  1. Patriotism based on enlightenment goals: freedom, democracy, reason. I think that since Schuman there are lots of politicians, who would accept that.
  2. Cosmopolitanism, belief in shared morality of all Europeans or even all humans. That would be huge problem. Almost all politician speaks otherwise. Deceased Havel would be exception (he is hated in his country for claiming to be citizen of the world). This would pose as in stark opposition to USA.
  3. Communitarism, belief in connection between individual and community, values created in community and positive rights. This is core belief of United Nations or EPP and most politician would agree with that.
  4. Ethical individualism, belief that every individual know best their preferences. This is basis for wealth redistribution and something many people don't belief. This is sometnterest of the future.hing lack of trust can easily squander. This also often take away power from "protectors of our interests" - politicians.
  5. Sustainability, not compromising future enterprises. No problem.
  6. Being family friendly while changing definition of family. No problem.
  7. Multiculturalism, promotion of multiple cultures. There are multiple politician devoted to this, although in minority.
  8. Secularism. This would need multiple "corrections" for naughty politicians, but it is core value of EU already.
  9. Being understanding towards criminals: no capital punishment, respect of their individuality and welfare for them. This is opposed by same people as #4.
  10. Perpetual peace. This needs united European armed forces.
  11. Multilateralism, working in concert towards common goal. Every politician sharing dream of united European community will ascribe to that. This is core principle of UN.

Promotional video for Polish city of Gdansk from 2010


These are typical British people


"Green" meat


This is a reason most of meat is now artificially coloured. Meat contains iron, fat, and other compounds. When light hits a slice of meat, it splits into colors like a rainbow. There are various pigments in meat compounds that can give it an iridescent or greenish cast when exposed to heat and processing. Wrapping the meat in airtight packages and storing it away from light will help prevent this situation. Iridescence does not represent decreased quality or safety of the meat.
tl;dr That's like "normal" meat looks like.

Alexander Petrosyan

Authors sitecollection of his most picturesque images.