sugihara enka

http://enkarock.com/
http://starcollector.jp/manga/gari/gari.htm

China: Area & Population: Hypothetical calculation

*China
Population (2007): 1,321,851,888 (estimate) = around 1,321,850,000
Population (2004): 1,298,847,624 = around 1,298,850,000
Area: 9,598,086 km2 or 9,640,821 km2 or 9,602,716 km2 = around 9,600,000 km2

Hypothetically minus below controversial or potentially controversial regions:

-Xinjiang Uyghur A. R.
Area: 1,660,000 km2
Population (2004): 19,630,000

-Tibet A. R.
Area: 1,228,400 km2
Population (2004): 2,740,000

-Inner Mongolia A. R.
Area: 1,183,000 km2
Population (2004): 23,840,000

-Guangxi A. R.
Area: 236,700 km2
Population (2004): 48,890,000

-Ningxia A. R.
Area: 66,000 km2
Population (2004): 5,880,000

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Net area - A.R. area = 5,225,900
Net population '04 - A.R. population = 1,197,870,000
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-Heilongjiang
Area: 460,000 km2
Population (2004): 38,170,000

-Jilin
Area: 187,400 km2
Population (2004): 27,090,000

-Liaoning
Area: 145,900 km2
Population (2004): 42,170,000

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-Sichuan
Area: 485,000
Population (2004): 87,250,000

-Qinghai
Area: 721,000
Population (2004): 5,390,000

-Gansu
Area: 454,000
Population (2004): 26,190,000

-Yunnan
Area: 394,100
Population (2004): 44,150,000

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Net area - A.R. area - Other area = 2,378,500
Net population '04 - A.R. population - Other population = 927,460,000
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Net Population (2004):
1,298,850,000 ("full") (world ranking: 1st)
1,197,870,000 ("mid") (2nd)
927,460,000 ("core") (2nd)

Net Area:
9,600,000 km2 ("full") (world ranking: 4th)
5,225,900 km2 ("mid") (7th)
2,378,500 km2 ("core) (12th)

tragedy, once again

Une petite fille de la famille d'Alaa Hisham Abu Dheim, l'auteur de la fusillade, tient son portrait devant la maison familiale de Jérusalem-Est.
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http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2008/03/06/une-fusillade-dans-une-ecole-religieuse-juive-fait-au-moins-huit-morts-a-jerusalem_1019774_3218.html#ens_id=891944

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=527968&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3516199,00.html

Children's book

Czech children's book on-line store (jp):
http://kulicka.ocnk.net/

blog: Czech children's book store:
http://kulicka.jugem.jp/

blog: kyukyoku-eizo-kenkyujo:
http://bp.cocolog-nifty.com/bp/

International Library of Children's Literature:
http://www.kodomo.go.jp/index.jsp
http://www.kodomo.go.jp/event/exb/index.html

French ad poster

http://www.guyantique.com/
http://www.guyantique.com/savignac.html

c-i-n-e-m-a

::lists-in-the-making::
---i/
(04/16/1889) -> (12/25/1977): Charles Chaplin
((12/05/1890) -> (08/02/1976): Fritz Lang)
(05/06/1915) -> (10/10/1985): Orson Wells
(01/20/1920) -> (10/31/1993): Federico Fellini
(07/26/1928) -> (03/07/1999): Stanley Kubrick
---ii/
(01/03/1929) -> (04/30/1989): Sergio Leone
(12/01/1935): Woody Allen
((04/07/1939): Francis Ford Coppola)
(11/17/1942): Martin Scorsese
(09/03/1953): Jean-Pierre Jeunet
(05/08/1963): Michel Gondry
(05/01/1969): Wes Anderson
---iii/
(08/13/1899) -> (04/29/1980): Alfred Hitchock
(03/23/1910) -> (09/06/1998): Kurosawa Akira
(11/22/1940): Terry Gilliam
(01/22/1953): Jim Jarmusch
---comic/
Richard Pryor (best stand-up)
Woody Allen (at a basic level)
Eddie Murphy (irregular performance)
...more to come...

Soviet posters & co

Posters:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpx/sets/72057594117941491/

Architectures:
http://www.muar.ru/ve/2003/moscow/index_e.htm
http://metro.ru/stations/arbatsko-pokrovskaya/arbatskaya/
http://www.polarinertia.com/jan07/bus01.htm
http://englishrussia.com/?p=395
http://www.funmansion.com/pics/underground_city.html
http://rusos.livejournal.com/325496.html
http://russos.livejournal.com/