Using Google's Motion Chart to visualize population trends, HOT NEWS !

In my Demographic Dashboard I have a scatter plot that shows the trend towards an aging society. Today I wanted to test the new Google Chart API and the Motion Chart with the same data set.

The chart displays the old dependency ratio against young dependency ratio. It clearly shows the shift from high ratios of young dependency to high ratios of old dependency specially in Europe and other developed countries. This means tough times ahead (the adult population will not be able to pay for social security systems, expensive medical care, etc.)

If you click a specific country a persistent label will allow you to track its evolution.

If you want to play with the chart click on it to go to the published spreadsheet or follow this link. [Update: you could play with the chart directly in the post but I was getting some problems with Microsoft Explorer so I decided to remove it.]

If you are not familiar with the demographic concepts, this is what you need to know to understand the chart:

* Old dependency ratio: ratio between population 65+ years old / adult population (15-64 yeas old);
* Young dependency ratio: ratio between population 0-14 years old / adult population (15-64 yeas old);
* Total dependency ratio is the sum of the above two.
by Jorge Camoes on April 10, 2008

Japanese Surrender, nuclear reactors will be Disabled

The Government of Japan and Tokyo Electronic Power Co. (Tepco) said that the crisis in Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Fukushima Daiichi can no longer overcome. To that end, the four reactors at nuclear power plants will be immediately deactivated and ignored. MUST READ !

As quoted from the pages of The Guardian, Thursday, March 31, 2011, Director of Tepco, Tsunehira Katsumata, said that four nuclear reactors at the nuclear problem will be ignored because they did not efforts are also bearing fruit.

If continued, the business will take up for weeks, even months, with no certainty of the situation will return to normal. Katsumata said there was no other option but to ignore and disable the reactor units one to four in the nuclear power plant.



Deactivation and neglect will be conducted at four reactor units, but the fifth and sixth reactor units will still operate. Both reactors are located separately from the other four reactor units reported no damage, because it does not operate during the earthquake and tsunami occurred March 11 last.

However, the intention to maintain the two reactors was opposed by the government. Yukio Edano government spokesman, said that all the reactors in nuclear power plants have 40-year-old will be disabled. "This decision is very clear, look at the situation that developed at this time," said Edano.

Not sure when this will be done by disabling the government or by Tepco.

Deactivation decisions taken at the middle of the deteriorating situation in the nuclear power plant. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported a radiation coverage as far as 40 kilometers. The IAEA also saw an increase in radiation levels in the sea water around the plant.

Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan (NISA) said as of Thursday, the level of radioactivity in the sea around nuclear power plants reached 4385 times higher than the normal limit. This figure rose on Wednesday after previously undetected radioactive 3355-fold higher than the normal limit. (

NUCLEAR REACTOR WORKERS PAID 20-fold, SEA WATER POLLUTION 3335 TIMES

The workers who survived to overcome the damage at the reactor Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Fukushima Daiichi reportedly paid handsomely. However, only a few employees who dare to risk his life to save Japan from the crisis more severe radiation.

As reported by the page the Daily Mail, Wednesday, March 30, 2011, nuclear power plant operator company previously offered salaries up to more than 100,000 yen per day, or about Rp10, 6 million, if the reactor would remain correct. Salaries are 20 times more than the normal salary workers before a crisis occurs.

However, only a handful of people who want to take this offer. A total of 200 people who lived a brave warrior named as nuclear. They spent the days at the nuclear power plant risk his life, fight with great risk.SEA VIEW AIR POLLUTION

The device they use reportedly is also not adequate. A few days ago, two workers burned his feet after going through a puddle of water containing plutonium. Wear their shoes were not covered until the top of the ankles.

Radiation levels at the site was also still not stable. Sea water and a few puddles of water that allegedly leaked from one of the reactors contain radiation levels of 1000 miliseverts per hour.

Shingo Kanno, a resident who offered to work helping in the reactor, said the company offered a big salary because the job was dangerous conscious. "They know the dangers, so they have to pay 20 times more than usual," Kanno said.

Kanno said he rejected the company's offer to stay, knowing the risks to be faced. "My wife and entire family opposed it because it is very dangerous," Kanno said.

The situation in the reactor is still far from improving. Radiation and leakage continues to increase, causing the risk of workers exposed to radioactive substances is very large. Registration on Friday last week showed radiation levels 1250 times higher than the normal limit.

Sea water outside the NPP is also rumored to have radioactive contamination. According to the test, the sea water at the site contains 3335 times more radiation than before the crisis.

JAPAN NUCLEAR RADIATION spread to NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

A number of neighboring Japan detected a small-scale radiation, which is probably derived from complex nuclear power plant (NPP) in Fukushima. However, radiation is not to harm humans. These countries are the Philippines, China and South Korea.

According to news station ABS-CBN, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (relationship can only be) to detect the existence of isotopes from Japan. "We have detected a number of isotopes, but we ask the public not to panic. The amount of air is very little," said spokesman relationship can only be, Tina Cerbolis, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

Relationship can only be noted that radiation levels are monitored on Tuesday morning are still within the normal categories, which range from 93-115 nano-Sieverts per hour (NSV / h). The Institute estimates that the air shipment of northern Japan, moved east toward the Pacific Ocean within the next three days.

Philippine coastline nearest to the location of nuclear power plants in Fukushima is about 2,500 km from southwest Japan. While the distance that shoreline with the Philippine capital, Manila, as far as 500 km.see radioactive hazard to health

Besides the Philippines, two countries located close to Japan, namely China and South Korea, also detects a number of particles of radioactive iodine-131 in their respective territories. However, the same as in the Philippines, the authorities in China and South Korea claim that small-scale particles that are not dangerous.

FACEBOOK Not Able to Protect Children?

Recent research conducted by research institutes of The Pew Internet & American Life Project, revealed a startling fact: 46 percent of children aged 12 years in the United States already participate in social networks.

Additionally, 73 percent of teens aged 13 to 17 years claimed to have used social networking sites, including Facebook. MUST READ FACEBOOK CAN MAKING CHILD PROSTITUTES

In fact, lately there has been a trend in which cyber criminals (cyber crime) switched to attack from the conventional model, send a virus via email or plant malicious scripts on websites. to the latest methods, namely by committing fraud in the social media sites.

At last report, Symantec, corporate security specialists say, of all the fraud that occurs in all social media is, by almost 95 percent occur in the two leading networking sites ie Facebook and Twitter.



Ironically, users are children or adolescents are the most vulnerable targets.

To that end, earlier this month, Al Franken, a Democrat lawmaker in Minnesota, United States, wrote a letter of protest to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's Chief Executive Officer. He asked the social networking site overhaul its security settings.

"Currently, about 13 million users are under 18 years may share their personal information such as adult users," Franken wrote, as quoted by the Associated Press, March 24, 2011.

Users of this young age, Franken said, is very vulnerable to criminals who use the Internet or in particular up. "They should not be allowed to share phone numbers and home addresses to anyone," he said.

In fact, numbers called Franken has not depict actual number of Facebook users who are under age.

As is known, the fourth article Statement of Rights and Responsibilities are listed up, are clearly stated in article 1 and 5 that the user may not enter false information, creating an account for someone else without permission, and should not be used up if the users under 13 years.

However, not much can be done by Facebook with the method currently used policy.

"There are many people who lie. Many are still under 13 years but allowed to sign up for Facebook, "said Mozelle Thompson, Chief Privacy Adviser up.

Figures for 13 years, said Thompson, is a minimum age limit which allowed the system to register. "However, the system is not perfect because there is no mechanism to detect whether children are registering with a fake age," he said.



Concerns the number of underage users who sign up and interact in social networks also complained of cyber security committee of parliament of Australia.

Monday, March 21, they had called, not only representing up Mozelle Thompson, the parliament also called representatives of Microsoft and Yahoo for questioning about the Internet-related security issues.

In a statement, Thompson said, they actually made an effort to reduce the number of children under 13 years in their social networking sites.

"We remove up to 20 thousand users per day because they have violated the policy up as disseminating spam, inappropriate content, and including also those who are under age," said Thompson, who was quoted by the Daily Telegraph.

In fact, data from the Global User Demographics up, out of 629,982,480 million Facebook users as of March 2011, noted that 20.6 percent aged 13 to 17 years.

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Besides Facebook, social networking and other sites popular with children also continue working to fix the problem although in a different way.

For example, MySpace, also requires that users aged 13 years and over. Unfortunately, just like Facebook, he had no mechanism for verifying the age of applicants.

Disney.com allow children under the age of 13 years to explore the site and play around in there. But Disney does not collect information about children unless they register, for example, to follow the race, and so forth.

At enrollment, children were asked to fill in his parents' email addresses so that they get a notification. But Disney does not collect any other information beyond that.

Similar steps were taken by Yahoo. They do not allow children under the age of 12 years to do the registration without the knowledge of their parents. After that, just as Disney, Yahoo restrict what information is used to participate in competitions or other similar interactive features. Does up need to implement something similar?

Japanese Import Free Compulsory Certification Radiation

Importers are required to have a radiation-free certificates for food from Japan

As a result of nuclear radiation, the world obliges Japan to issue a policy on the quality of food or beverages that are exported to overseas. This policy is to ensure food safety in Japan that is free RADIATION RADIOACTIVE! see AMERICAN JAPANESE food bans

Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) requires importers of foodstuffs from Japan to include a radiation-free certificates from competent authorities in the countries concerned.

Kementan also preparing rules of food safety requirements are affected by radiation. Prepared a draft rule within two weeks was a continuation of the anxiety of contamination of food products imported from Japan after the leakage of nuclear reactors in Fukushima.

"In two weeks could draft was passed into Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture," said Head of the Agricultural Quarantine Ministry of Agriculture, Banun Harbini a press conference in his office, Ragunan, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

According Banun, discussion of the current rule tengan reviewed with relevant agencies such as the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM), ICRP, BAPETEN, and the Directorate General of Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Kementan.

While waiting for the entry into force provisions, the government said it would enforce the existing provisions in previous legislation. Import provisions that require the obligation for importers to attach a plant health certificate (Phytosanitary Certificate) and certificates of food safety (Food Safety / Health Certificate). "Before the new regulation, we live according to the procedures and equipment currently available," said Banun

The rules in question is Decree No. 0047/B/II/87 health of Necessity Including Health Certificate and Certification for Food Imports into the basis of the examination. This rule only requires that the implementation of regulations on food products such as milk and dairy products, fruit and fresh and processed vegetables, fish and fresh and processed seafood, meat and processed meat products, mineral water, Cereal, corn and barley flour.

In the field, Banun states Kementan will place the agricultural quarantine officers to check the test result certificate document radiation contamination in 51 Central Agricultural Quarantine in 33 Indonesian provinces

Kementan noted Japan is a trading partner for Indonesia for food products. In 2010, imports of agricultural products from Japan to Indonesia reached 650 frequencies with a volume of 689,386 tonnes of trade. This amount reached 0.05 percent of total imports of fresh food to Indonesia.

Most, national importers bring in food products in the form of fruits, vegetables and Cereal, meat and skin.

As is known, a number of countries in Asia such as South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines has implemented a contamination-free test of radiation contamination following the nuclear radiation disaster in Fukushima Japan.

Besides in Asia, countries in Europe and the United States also has increased its oversight of imported products from countries such Sakura.

Concerns the U.S. and a Japanese food importer countries arose after the Japanese government found radiation levels above the normal level found in milk and 11 kinds of vegetables in the area of ​​Fukushima. This is caused by a radiation leak at Nuclear Power Fukushima Daiichi happened since the quake and tsunami hit Japan, 11 March.

The Japanese government has also suspended food shipments from Fukushima and the surrounding area to several other prefectures in the country

Secret Side of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Wuettemberg Kingdom, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) on March 14, 1879. He was born as the eldest son of the couple and Pauline Koch Hermann Einstein. His father works as a merchant feather mattress. In 1980 his father's business failed. Einstein's family moved to Munich. In this city of Hermann and his brother founded the company's gas and water installations.must read, Einstein's diary

At the time little Albert Einstein look retarded because of the ability of speaking very late. Quiet temperament and likes to play alone. November 1981 Month of birth sister named Maja. Until the age of seven years of Albert Einstein like mad and threw objects, including his brother.

Enthusiasm and passion for the field of physics appear at the age of five years. While I was lying weak from illness, his father presented him with a compass. Little Albert was fascinated by the magic compass, so he made up his determination to open the veil of mystery that surrounds the glory and greatness of nature.

Although quiet and do not like to play with his friends, Albert Einstein still capable of achievement in school. Raportnya good and he became the champion class. In addition to school and to cultivate science, Albert activities is just playing music and a duet with her mother playing the works of Mozart and Bethoveen.

Albert spent his early studies at the ETH (Eidgenoessische Technische Hochscule). At the age of 21 years Albert passed. After graduation, Albert tried to apply for jobs as assistant professors, but refused. Albert finally got a job as a teacher while in high school. Then he got a job at the patent office in Bern. During that Albert still developing science of physics.instein bodybuilding, must read!

Year 1905 was a year full of achievements for Albert, because this year he produced brilliant works. Here are the works:

March: papers on the application ekipartisi the incident radiation, this paper is an introduction to the light quantum hypothesis based on Boltzmann statistics. Explanation of the photoelectric effect in this paper which gave him the Nobel prize in 1922.
April: his doctoral dissertation about the new determination of molecular sizes. Einstein obtained her PhD from the University of Zurich.
May: his paper on Brownian motion.
June: His paper is famous, namely the theory of special relativity, Annalen der Physik published under the title Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Kurper (Electrodynamics moving objects).

September: the continuation of his paper in June that came to the conclusion termahsyurnya formula: E = mc2, namely that the mass of an object (m) is a measure of energy content (E). c is the speed of light in a vacuum (c>> 300 thousand kilometers per second). The masses have equality with energy, a fact that the opportunity of developing nuclear power projects in the future. One gram equivalent mass so that energy can supply the electricity needs of 3000 homes (power 900 watt) for the full year, an amount of energy is enormous.

In 1909, Albert Einstein was appointed as a professor at the University of Zurich. In 1915, he completed both his theory of relativity. Highest award for his hard work since childhood paid off with the Nobel Prize she won in 1921 in the field of physics. In addition, Albert also develop quantum theory and unified field theory.
In 1933, Einstein and his family moved to the United States for fear of scientific activity - either as teachers or as researchers - disturbed. In 1941, he took the oath as U.S. citizen.

Because fame and his sincerity in helping others who need it, Albert became president of Israel offered the second. But this position was rejected because he did not have competence in that field. Finally on April 18, 1955, Albert Einstein died, leaving great work that has changed the history of the world.

However, Albert had wept bitterly in the liver because of his great work - general and special relativity theory - be used as inspiration to create an atomic bomb. These bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II lasted.