U.S. Wildfire Maps

On Sunday I reported on two useful maps for helping to keep track of the spread of wildfires this summer. The San Francisco Chronicle's California Fire Tracker is mapping and providing information on the wildfires currently burning across California. You can also view information about wildfires inside and outside of California on the US Wildfire Activity Public Information Map.

Esri has now

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This is an AI World

Google is building a new world designed by artificial intelligence (and it is a world that is actually a lot less creepy than it sounds).

World Draw is an AI experiment which you can take part in simply by submitting simple drawings. World Draw takes user submitted sketches and uses artificial intelligence to recognize what has been drawn. It then turns those recognized objects into 3d models

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The Native People of Australia

Back in 2015 Native-Land started mapping the territories and languages of the indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada. Native-Land now also shows the territories and languages of the indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand.

The map consists of two main layers, one showing the 'territory' of indigenous peoples and the other showing the geographical spread of indigenous

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Bigbang fans complain to Kang Sunghoon's cover of 'Flower Road'

Article: Sechs Kies Kang Sunghoon covers Bigbang's fansong 'Flower Road'... Bigbang fans complain

Source: Star Today via Nate

1. [+378, -133] I don't think this is a big wrongdoing...

2. [+337, -67] You shouldn't mess with fansongs out of respect. Imagine an artist covering Sechs Kies' fansong. I'm sure the fans will make a bigger fuss ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+257, -51] I can understand covering other artists' songs, but I don't think covering a fansong is right.

4. [+37, -20] The fact that he sang another artist's fansong at his own concert is wrong enough, but he also changed the lyrics and added a choreo. OK, I can tolerate them all, but some Kang Sunghoon fans are acting aggressive and demanding us to be thankful for covering their fansong. By the way, Flower Road hit the roof and was #1 for weeks without any promotion.

5. [+33, -11] I remember him going to courts for committing fraud. He cleaned up his image with Infinity Challenge.

6. [+33, -10] The problem is that Bigbang has never even performed the song... And Kang Sunghoon added a choreography on top of that ㅋㅋ

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Pann: Reasons why Bigbang fans are upset with Kang Sunghoon

1. [+261, -28] When us VIPs complained, we were treated like an ungrateful hoobae fandom.

2. [+235, -34] I'm not a fan but Sechs Kies and their fandom also have a lot of controversies but they got buried. The way they treated Lee Young Ja was so rude.

3. [+223, -28] I'm a Sechs Kies fan but I don't understand Kang Sunghoon and his fans... I apologize on behalf of them, sorry VIPs ㅠㅠ

4. [+149, -10] I'm not interested in any idol but I really pity Bigbang fans. For example, my boyfriend proposes me with his self-produced song. And then my boyfriend's sunbae edits the song and proposes his girlfriend. The girlfriend posts the song on Instagram and I have to see that. This is supposed to be my song since he dedicated the song to me but I can't even complain since it's a sunbae who stole the song from my boyfriend. If I complain, I'm gonna be called rude and ungrateful by the sunbae's girlfriend.

5. [+141, -6] Sechs Kies fans say VIPs should be thankful for promoting the song but the song got excellent results, we don't need any promotion ㅋㅋㅋ

6. [+119, -2] It's not like Bigbang fans are mad because Bigbang never performed the song before. First of all, Bigbang produced the song for the fans 2 years ago to release it before enlisting. When the first articles were out, they clearly called it a 'fansong'. But Kang Sunghoon re-recorded the song and even changed the 'Bigbang' signature sound to 'Hoony'. Even non-fans recognized the 'Bigbang' sound, imagine how it's like for the fans. But Kang Sunghoon changed that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ He also added a choreography. It's understandable why the fans are upset.

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A scene from Chinese version of 'Boys Over Flowers'

"When you want to cry,"

"You just have to stand on your hands."

"So that the tears won't come out."

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Pann: Issued Chinese version of Boys Over Flowers

1. [+114, -1] ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The tears won't come out because it's absurd.

2. [+72, -1] Isn't the actress Shen Yue from A Love So Beautiful? Haven't seen her in a while ㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+53, -1] Why does he look so serious while standing on his hands ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

4. [+32, -0] The tears will come out like this.

5. [+32, -0] I think he's standing on his hands only in the full shot. In the close-up shot, his hair isn't affected by the gravity.

6. [+26, -0] Is this real ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is more severe than Jihoo sunbae asking to make Jandi an honorary fireman ㅋㅋㅋ

7. [+17, -0] I thought this was SNL ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

8. [+14, -0] How come his hair isn't moving when he's standing on his hands?

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How Gerrymandered is Your District?

The United States is one of only a few democratic countries that allow politicians to play a major role in redistricting. Most countries appoint an independent commission to handle how political districts should be defined. It is almost as if the American system was designed to encourage gerrymandering.

The ACLU's What the District map allows you to explore how your election district has

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Upvote or downvote for recognizing pre-2012 songs

Pann: Upvote/downvote for recognizing an old song

1. [+1292, -81] Secret - Shy Boy

2. [+1155, -36] Into The New World

3. [+727, -749] Cocktail Love

4. [+616, -67] MBLAQ - It's War

5. [+565, -29] SHINee - Replay

6. [+487, -26] Fate

7. [+398, -85] T-ara - I Go Crazy Because Of You

8. [+378, -248] Davichi - Love and War

9. [+356, -83] Purple Scent

10. [+321, -58] Park Hyo Shin - Wildflower

11. [+299, -51] I Wish It Would Be That Way Now

12. [+291, -195] Coed School - Bbiribbom Bbaeribbom. Great song.

13. [+282, -77] FT Island - Love Sick

14. [+233, -107] After School - Because of You

15. [+212, -55] Lee Hyori - Miss Korea

16. [+199, -49] Sunny Hill - Goodbye To Romance

17. [+166 -3] Roly Poly

18. [+121, -20] Teen Top - No More Perfume on You

19. [+110, -85] Teen Top - Be Ma Girl

20. [+99, -3] Romantic Cat

21. [+88, -4] Infinite - Be Mine

22. [+85, -2] Leessang - Woman Who Can't Break Up, Man Who Can't Leave

23. [+83, -9] Infinite - Chaser

24. [+66, -3] Turtle - Airplane

25. [+64, -2] 2NE1 - I Don't Care

26. [+57, -15] T-ara & Cho Shin Sung - TTL

27. [+53, -10] Paparazzi

28. [+51, -1] Candy To My Ears

29. [+50, -21] Jadu - Kimbab

30. [+49, -5] Bigbang - Haru Haru

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The World According to Strabo

The title 'Father of Geography' could be given to the Greek philosopher, historian and geographer Strabo. Strabo lived during the transitional period when the Roman Republic developed into the Roman Empire. He is most well known for his 'Geographica', an historical and descriptive account of the people and places living in the different regions of the western world, during his era.

Strabo

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Fans question why Laboum's stages are in the ending on music shows

Pann: Why are Laboum's stages in the ending these days?

1. [+209, -21] Do Laboum fans still want to stan the group after Solbin's V-app controversy?

2. [+182, -7] Despite all the issues, Laboum is still promoting as if nothing happened... I respect them...

3. [+178, -3] They're the group that did sajaegi, beat IU, and won #1 ㅋㅋ

4. [+90, -0] I still don't understand how they beat IU and won #1 on Music Bank. I don't even remember what the song was ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

5. [+83, -3] I find Solbin really unlikeable...

6. [+70, -4] Solbin is the most interesting one. It's not like she was popular like Hyeri or Seolhyun but she did a lot of individual CFs. Sprite CF, contact lens CF, SK CF... Her sponsor must be someone really powerful.

7. [+70, -4] I also don't understand this. Are they even at the level to perform after Mamamoo and Seventeen?

8. [+45, -3] The fact that they perform after GFriend is so weird ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

9. [+44, -4] Sponsor~~~

10. [+43, -0] They're superstars who can beat IU. It's nothing weird ㅋㅋ

11. [+41, -0] I thought they were a rookie group but they debuted in 2014. They debuted in the same year as Red Velvet, Winner, and Mamamoo.

12. [+37, -1] One of the group that never become popular despite all the promotions. Also Fromis9.

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Brand value ranking of male CF models

Brand value ranking of male CF models

1) Park Seo Joon

2) Kang Daniel

3) Gong Yoo

4) Baek Jong Won

5) Kang Dong Won

6) Cha Eunwoo

7) Park Bogum

8) Lee Byung Hun

9) Lee Sang Min

10) Ha Seok Jin

11) Won Bin

12) Ha Jung Woo

13) Jung Haein

14) Lee Dong Wook

15) Cha Tae Hyun

16) Ryu Jun Yeol

17) Jung Woo Sung

18) Seo Kang Joon

19) Yoo Jae Suk

20) Jun Hyun Moo

21) Kim Soo Hyun

22) Kim Jong Kook

23) Song Joongki

24) Eric

25) Lee Seo Jin

26) Ahn Jung Hwan

27) Lee Jung Jae

28) Jo In Sung

29) Ma Dong Seok

30) Cha Seung Won

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Article: Park Seo Joon is #1 on the brand value of male CF models... #2 Kang Daniel, #3 Gong Yoo

Source: Xports News via Nate

1. [+801, -43] Gong Yoo is #3 without recent promotions, how amazing and cool of him. I hope to see him in a new project soon.

2. [+464, -176] I like Kang Daniel.

3. [+460, -161] Wow, Kang Daniel in the middle of actors. Amazing.

4. [+179, -8] Kang Daniel is always on the ranking, he's amazing.

5. [+166, -205] Why is Kang Daniel there ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

6. [+157, -11] Kang Daniel is always ranked with actors. He's indeed an idol that never existed before.

7. [+156, -13] Kang Daniel is cool, he's been in top 3 for a year~

8. [+122, -8] Kang Daniel's Hite CF is nice. I see him at every baseball game ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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