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The passage from the Cape Verdes across the Atlantic to the north-eastern corner of Brazil is pretty much the shortest ocean crossing that one can possibly make – it’s less than half the distance of the passage between the Canary Islands and the Caribbean – but although the miles are far fewer, weather conditions on this route are apt to be somewhat less favourable. Somehow or other you have to get through that infamous belt of calms which girdles the centre of the world. At best, things are slow; at worst you might sit around for days on end, “a painted ship upon a painted ocean”.
We dropped the main and furled the genny, but even under mizzen alone we were still travelling through the water at 7 knots. However, according to the GPS we were only actually making up at 2 knots…!
The infamous area around the Equator has frustrated and puzzled sailors for centuries
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It has a bit of a reputation. In fact, a pretty bad one. The Doldrums holds a distinct place in maritime history, having developed a reputation as a potentially deadly zone which could strand ships for weeks on end, causing them to run out of food and drinking water. In those days, with supplies running low, and scurvy setting in, delerium, starvation and cabin fever could all set in – and getting through this mysterious patch of Atlantic Ocean quickly wasn’t just a matter of first or last place, but life and death.
Maps not only represent the world, they shape the way we see it. The revolutionary Peters Projection map presents countries in their true proportion to one another: it has been adopted by the UN, aid agencies, schools and businesses around the world.
WHAT IS THE PETERS MAP
The Peters World Map is an Equal Area cylindrical projection with standard parallels at 45 degrees thus resulting in a distortion of shape which is stretched about the equator and squashed towards the poles, but having the great advantage that all countries are correct in size in relation to each other.
Stop being so f*cking selfish about it.
Give me and a bunch of countries billions of dollars for our tech
Can we drop the dollar?
Many people in the US are famously insular and don’t seem to care much what is going on anywhere else. This may blow your mind but in many countries people do care about what’s going on outside their borders, especially when it’s stuff going on in a powerful country like the US which affects the rest of the world.
So yeah, when Trump pulls the US out of the Paris Climate agreement then I have an opinion about that. It might be a good thing for the US economy in the short term but it’s a bad thing for the world in the US in the long term. And contrary to popular belief the US is in the world so that will also be bad for the US.
And I have an opinion about him as a person. I have made that opinion pretty clear. I see almost no redeeming qualities. So I asked you what you see in him. Most of your answer was “I don’t like the alternative”. That’s not an answer.
Umm... I AM an American.
Trump is widely acknowledged by political authorities as a terrible president. But you encouraged people to think for themselves. Follow the evidence. You should take your own advice. Incidentally Bernie Madoff was widely regarded as a hedge fund wizard.
Power and influence are also rewards. You trying to limit this discussion to only money speaks to a massive blind spot in your thinking.
I didn't get any of this from media propaganda.
You complain of people speculating then assert Trump is a billionaire despite there being no public record of his wealth. You are also speculating. One doesn't need to speculate about Trump's bankruptcy's as those are a matter of public record.
Of course he can be bought. Often greedy people are quite vulnerable to have their greed exploited. Thinking that being a billionaire makes him beyond reproach is about as silly a position as you can hold.
You agree, then, that he has no qualifications, nor civic/public service which would suit him to taking up the role of the highest office in the land? He's merely a businessman
Serious question. Why do you like Trump so much?
QuoteI'm from a small town, most people are white, but I have a niece who is black. The school once told her she couldn't come to school with her hair in a fro - they said it was a distraction, and they thought it meant she hadn't been showering, so CPS was nearly called.
Would that justify her participation in riots and crime in protest of this perceived racism?
No, not at all.
If nothing justifies riots and crime, then why are you here trying to plead and justify and argue in favor of this movement which causes riots and crime to occur?
An argument of "some people there aren't throwing bricks and destroying property" is rather poor justification for this movement which causes crime to occur.
I’m not in favor of violence, and I never said I was.