Links to Your World, Tuesday May 3

A Tourist Trip Around the Moon Can Be Yours for $150 Million

 

Prince William Might Be Second in Line to the British Crown, but Karin Vogel, at No. 4,973, Still Has a Shot - WSJ.com http://ow.ly/4I08a

 

“For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the “Age of America” will end and the U.S. economy will be overtaken by that of China. And it’s a lot closer than you may think. According to the latest IMF official forecasts, China’s economy will surpass that of America in real terms in 2016 — just five years from now.” (Market Watch)

 

The Civil War Today is an iPad app that for the next 4 years will follow the events of the Civil War in real time. Cool.

 

How to Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone

 

Here’s a map indicating which metro areas of the country have the highest risk in terms of natural disasters. Most are in Texas: The Metroplex is first; Austin is seventh. Yikes. The lowest: Corvallis, Oregon.

 

Scientists fiind way to wipe out painful memories

Four things Christianity and capitalism have in common.

 

The (possible) story behind “Mudflap Girl.”

 

“Top Gun” turns 25. Wired collects some of the best Top Gun cultural references of the last 25 years.

 

“Two years after his discovery by a team of developmental psychologists, David Sullivan, a man raised by a pair of mated parents, is still struggling to adapt to normal human society, sources confirmed Friday. According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, Sullivan, 25, has made significant progress since moving into his own apartment in 2009, but the decades he spent being reared by parents has made joining civilization a desperately difficult task” (Man Raised By Parents Struggling To Adjust To Human Society)

 

Posts at “Get Anchored” Since Last Tuesday:

Old Trees

 

“Aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands”

 

“Caius really was mortal, and it was right for him to die; but for me…with all my thoughts and emotions, it's altogether a different matter”

 

Happy 90th Birthday, John Stott!

 

Winning Ways: Get Busy Living

 

What Was THAT Like?

 

Review of Martin Hengel’s “Crucifixion in the Ancient World”

 

How many church leaders think gospel fishing works

 

“Today’s songs are more likely be about one very special person: the singer.”