Life imitating Art.
Here is a version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.
Hadfield is not only an astronaut, he is a social media star who invited the world to experience space differently by sharing the photos and videos he captured during his stay on the International Space Station.
With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World. youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9d…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) May 12, 2013
In the clip, Hadfield floats around the space station singing the 1969 track (with modified lyrics such as, “Ground control to Major Tom, lock your Soyuz hatch and put your helmet on,”) and playing an acoustic guitar while gazing at Earth from space.
Kind of fun to watch.
Asia By the Numbers - A Growing Opportunity
A lot of smart traders are putting greater emphasis and focus on Asia.
More Than Half Of The World's Population Lives Inside This Circle.
Take a look at this simple, but eye-opening, take on global population distribution.
There are more Muslims in the circle than outside of it. There are more Hindus in the circle than outside of it. There are more Buddhists in the circle than outside of it. Moreover, the circle pulls all of this off while being mostly water and including the most sparsely populated country on earth (Mongolia).
via valeriepieris on Reddit
OK, the 'circle' in this image is not actually a circle (it is a Winkel Tripel projection, to be precise), but that's besides the point.
By 2050, the U.N. predicts that 3.3 billion people will live just in Asia’s cities.
Clearly, a lot of people in the circle ... Yet, the chart below highlights why traders expect and believe that more smart money will move there.
by Aberdeen.
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