How Big is the Mendocino Complex Fire?

The Mendocino Complex Fire has now become the largest fire in California's history. This has led to an outbreak of mapped visualizations of the fire. Some of these maps have attempted to visualize the size of the fire and how it compares to previous Californian fires.

The Guardian's report on the fire includes an animated map which shows how the fire has spread since it started on 27 July. How

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Upvote or downvote for makeup products

Pann: Upvote or downvote for makeup products

OP: [+754, -113] No-sebum powder

1. [+356, -176] Peripera Ink The Airy Velvet vs. Tony Moly Liptone Get-it

2. [+281, -150] Innisfree flat eyebrow pencil vs. Aritaum matte formula eyebrow pencil

3. [+274, -76] Kiss Me mascara!

4. [+171, -7] Bbia lip tint

5. [+103, -17] Eglips powder pact

6. [+79, -15] The Face Shop Ink Lasting Foundation

7. [+74, -3] 3CE velvet lip tint

8. [+69, -4] Etude Glow-on Base

9. [+69, -40] Peripera Ink The Velvet

10. [+52, -27] Clio Kill Cover

11. [+44, -20] Kiss Me eyeliner

12. [+39, -2] Aritaum Mono Eyes

13. [+37, -38] Double Lasting Foundation

14. [+36, -12] Luna concealer

15. [+33, -6] Senka perfect whip cleansing

16. [+30, -2] Estee Lauder double wear foundation

17. [+28, -23] Matte lips vs. moist lips

18. [+28, -2] Canmake blusher

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Red Velvet's stages are bad for a big company?

Pann: Red Velvet's stages are really bad for a big company

1. [+216, -35] Bad choreography + the members can't dance

2. [+206, -17] Seeing this, the choreo seems bad and the members also can't seem to dance. Irene is a dancer in Red Velvet but... Anyways, a lot of their title track choreos are weird. There's no fun in watching Red Velvet's stages.

3. [+185, -19] Some of the members can't dance at all.

4. [+119, -3] I liked Bad Boy... I think the members just can't pull of the choreos. Except for Seulgi, all of them seem to be bad dancers.

5. [+83, -26] The members have short arms and short legs, so their dance looks weird.

6. [+78, -4] Red Velvet has the worst choreos of all famous girl groups.

7. [+71, -2] Their dance is indeed a bit weird...

8. [+71, -1] 7/7 was legendarily terrible... SM needs to fire the choreographer.

9. [+59, -1] Joy is too tall compared to other members and it ruins the balance. It's like having a Nine Muses members in Crayon Pop. Also, the choreos are bad and the members can't dance. But their songs are so catchy. I still listen to Rookie Rookie.

10. [+52, -1] They can't really dance except Seulgi. At least Irene seems decent. Joy stands out because she's tall. Wendy had never danced until she joined SM. Yeri was a trainee for a long time but she's so-so.

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How skinny female idols' legs are in real life

Pann: Female idols' legs in real life

1. [+155, -1] I really want the broadcast cameras to change. I know it's impossible but it doesn't make sense that the celebrities look 1.5 times thicker than they actually are.

2. [+110, -2] They look perfect on TV but in real life, they look weak and thin.

3. [+71, -1] I think it can't be helped. We think 45~50kg is the normal weight for girls and 55kg makes people go "hul..."

4. [+26, -0] They were being harsh on these girls' bodies? I feel so bad and sad.

5. [+24, -6] Ah... They don't even look pretty. They look like starved refugees. It's too much.

6. [+23, -0] In real life, you'll only notice their bones like like anorexic patients. I don't understand why the cameras make them look fat.

7. [+17, -4] Wow, Yoona looks no joke in the first picture...

8. [+15, -1] In real life, those tiny and skinny girls look like rats. You'll only notice how skinny they are. Those who look chubby and tall on TV look the best in real life regardless of the gender.

9. [+15, -0] They have to be skinny like that to look good on the cameras. They have no choice but to lose weight. I feel so bad.

10. [+13, -4] Wow... Yoona though... Is she a doll? She's so pretty.

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Explaining Droughts in Taiwan

It rains quite a lot in Taiwan. However despite all that precipitation the country also often suffers from water shortages. One reason for these water shortages is illegal land use in reservoir catchment areas. CommonWealth Magazine has created a wonderful story map to visualize how such illegal land use around the Shihmen Reservoir has led to a huge silt build-up in the reservoir, severely

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Mapping American Anti-Semitism

The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish non-profit organization, has released an interactive map documenting over 3,000 incidents of extremism or anti-Semitism in the United States in 2017 and 2018. Their new H.E.A.T. Map shows the locations of incidents of extremism, anti-Semitism and terrorism across the whole country.

Incidents on the map are color-coded by the type of incident. If you hover

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Avoid the Sun Walking Directions

If even the mere thought of walking in the midday sun gives you sweaty palms then you need the new Parasol walking directions map. Parasol is a routing engine for Boston which can give you walking directions between any two points in the city, optimized for walking in the shade. If you love the sun then don't worry. Parasol isn't just for those looking for shade, it can also be used to find you

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Removing Pollution with Vegetation?

Around 1.4 billion kg of air pollutants are removed by woodlands, plants, grasslands and other vegetation each year in the UK. The amount of air pollution removed from the air where you live is dependent on the amount of local vegetation.

The UK's Office for National Statistics has created an interactive map which allows you to see how much air pollution in your area is absorbed by local

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Details on foreign tourists who visited Seoul in the first half of 2018

Foreign tourists who visited Seoul in the first half of 2018

Average days of stay

2017 - 5.22 days

2018 - 5.34 days

Rate of re-visit

2017 - 42.5%

2018 - 48.6%

Overall satisfaction (out of 5)

2017 - 4.16

2018 - 4.26

Purpose of visit

1) 55.3% - leisure, vacation

2) 17.2% - shopping

3) 10.0% - business

Source of travel info

1) Mobile Internet - 57.8%

2) PC Internet - 53.5%

3) Friends/people - 53.2%

Internet source

1) Portal sites - 84.3%

2) Social media - 36.5%

3) Travel agency/hotel - 26.1%

Accommodations

1) Hotel - 68.9%

2) Guesthouse - 8.6%

3) Youth hostel/hostel - 5.5%

Booking accommodations

1) Booking website - 43.9%
2) Travel agency - 29.2%
3) Website/app - 9.7%

Transportation
1) Subway - 59.1%
2) Taxi - 27.2%
3) Bus - 9.25%

Usage of pre-paid public transit card
- 82.5% (used the card)
- 17.5% (did not use the card)
- Average of $32 used per person

Visited places
1) Myungdong - 83.8%
2) Lotte department store - 52.7%
3) Lotte duty-free shops - 48.9%
4) N Seoul Tower - 45.3%
5) Four Palaces - 44.2%

Participated activities
1) Shopping - 92.1%
2) Food tour - 78.9%
3) Historical places - 41.8%
4) Nature places - 30.5%
5) Traditional experience - 30.1%

Shopping places
1) Duty-free shops - 57.0%
2) Traditional markets - 50.5%
3) Department stores - 49.8%

Shopping products
1) Cosmetics - 68.1%
2) Clothes - 55.1%
3) Foods - 39.0%

Food choice
1) Taste - 83.5%
2) Price - 39.5%
3) Variety of menu - 28.0%

Experienced food
1) Korean food - 94.3%
2) Street food - 64.5%
3) Cafe/coffee shops - 49.6%

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Article: Foreign tourists in Seoul stayed for 5~6 days, shopped at Myungdong, and enjoyed a food tour

Source: Yeonhap via Nate

1. [+240, -0] Myungdong became Chinatown already.

2. [+236, -12] You think Myungdong has hopes when Koreans turned their backs on them? The store owners have to be responsible since they're the ones who became greedy and turned the place into China. They should be banning Chinese signs in Myungdong. Change Myungdong back to Korea.

3. [+197, -3] Is it true that Myungdong discriminates Koreans more than the US do?

4. [+20, -0] Honestly, there's no good restaurant in Myungdong.

5. [+11, -0] They came to travel but all they do is shopping.

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Periods of enlistment under a new military law

New law: All men have to enlist by the age of 28

Periods of enlistment
89/90ers: until January 2019
91ers: January ~ June 2019
92ers: January ~ June 2020
93ers: January ~ June 2021
94ers: January ~ June 2022
95ers: January ~ June 2023
96ers: January ~ June 2024
97ers: January ~ June 2025

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Pann: Male idols will start enlisting one by one

1. [+63, -0] Crazy, by next year July, only Myungsoo and Sungjong will be in Infinite ㅠㅠ What do I do ㅠㅠ

2. [+49, -9] Ministry of National Defense... fuck... Wasn't the leader enough ㅠㅠㅠ I want to cry

3. [+46, -0] Hakyeon-ah Taekwoon-ah ㅠㅠ Will I be able to send them off ㅠㅠ

4. [+26, -0] I'm worried about my bias' enlistment more than my brother's enlistment

5. [+25, -0] He already enlisted!! Sunggyu-ya ㅠㅠ How are you doing in this hot weather ㅠㅠ

6. [+24, -0] Hul, EXO will start enlisting

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