"There are more people living in this circle than outside it"

The Daily Mail published a load of fascinating maps this week.

My favourite was this one:

Included in the article is another map showing the average age at which people say (whether they are telling the truth or not) they first have sex; the average age is far higher in exactly that very populous region. Cause, effect, who knows?

Musing #2, the Philippines typhoon was a tragedy and 10,000 people died. Using the figures from here, about 6,000 babies are born every day in the Philippines.

Musing #3, a far worse natural town planning disaster was the Boxing Day tsunami which killed/drowned about 200,000 people in Indonesia. According to the UN, about 12,000 babies are born every day in Indonesia, which means that the population would have replenished itself within two or three weeks.

"UK steps up Typhoon relief effort"

From Panay News:

MANILA – British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced further assistance to the super typhoon relief efforts.

At a speech in London, he pledged another £280 million, sufficient to acquire up to four of the twin-engine, canard-delta wing multi-role Typhoon Eurofighters from the BAE-MBB-Dassault consortium, bringing the total amount pledged to over £14 billion.

To help the rapid disbursement of this assistance, Cameron has also directed the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to order two new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers at a cost of £6 billion each.

According to the British Embassy in Manila, the Royal Navy will have HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales ready for action by 2020 at the latest.

In consultation and cooperation with the French and German governments and international partners, the aircraft carriers and crews will be able to provide military assistance to the beleaguered Philippine government, helicopter rides for local dignitaries in their on-board Lynx helicopters and engineering and first-aid expertise.