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  1. May 2023
    1. “Suicides at a young age have a major impact on the economy. Families and governments spend vast amounts on the education of children and young adults but do not reap the rewards of that investment since the young adults who commit suicide [do not have many] productive years. This deteriorates the dependency ratio (active population divided by non-active folks like seniors and young people), as active people bear the burden of caring for children, teenagers and seniors,” says Lemaire.

      Useful quote on impact of suicide on economy

    1. Eddie Bernard

      3rd source

    2. Costas Synolakis

      2nd interviewee

    3. NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

      photo source: NOAA

    4. Hermann Fritz

      source

    5. Videos are an incredible advancement.”

      shows the difference that new technology makes individual evidence, enabling scientists and researchers to study and analyze the impact and behavior of tsunamis in greater detail.

    6. sprinter like Usain Bolt”

      vivid imagery, something we didn't expect, most people know usain bolt and how fast he is, a comparison that will resonate with many people

    7. the US earmarked $55 million for tsunami research and preparedness, setting aside more than $20 million per year in additional funding through 2011.

      Funding improvement.

    8. It came six years later. In 2011 a devastating tsunami swept over Japan's northeastern coast. By then, smartphones with built-in cameras were growing in popularity, and millions of amateur videographers were suddenly able to record the disaster as it happened. Horrified onlookers recorded the event in hi-def from high-rises, instantaneously uploading their footage to social media. The trip wire for this tsunami was a 9.1 earthquake 45 miles off the coast; the wall of water induced meltdowns at three nuclear reactors in the now-infamous Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant.

      Progressive development of a solution to learn about tsunamis and detect earlier

    9. Fritz is now 47. Clean shaven with dark hair, he has circled back to studying his first interest: uncommon triggers for destructive waves. When he's not teaching at Georgia Tech, he can often be found at Oregon State University, in the O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, located 40 miles inland in Corvallis.

      Looking to the future, the next step tsunami research

    1. No mugshot, but Trump fakes one to raise money

      Circles back around to trump's perspective

    2. e's no sta

      Preceding image: specific tagline, move of story from outside courtroom to charges inside the court room

    3. 34 counts

      Story broken up into 7 take-aways/subsections

    4. first image: descriptive tagline who - donald trump what where - court in New York when - tuesday why - court arraignment

    1. Kim Jong Un is often accused of exaggerating North Korea's military capacity

      the tagline doesn't describe what is happening in the photo

    2. On Tuesday, it provided the first piece of evidence.

      reference to inital photo at the beginning of the article

    3. Yang Uk, a weapons expert

      second authority figure source

    4. North Korea's underwater test has caused concern

      tag line includes who but now where this is, when it was taken, context is missing from tagline, but included in paragraph beneth.

    5. Dior-style jacket Mr Kim's daughter

      to me this seems like unecessary information to the story line -- is the point that North Korea is attempting to show off more than weapons?

    6. Analyst Ellen Kim,

      source, quoted evidence from authority figure

    7. use of image: many weapons in image, uniformed officials, kim jong un in center of image

    8. Kim Jong Un with what North Korean state media says are tactical nuclear weapons

      who, what in tagline, not where, when, why

    1. In this photo provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry, fighter jets from the U.S. Air Force and South Korean Air Force fly over South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill on Feb. 19, 2023.

      who, what, where, when in tag line

  2. Apr 2023
    1. f lots of key workers and NHS workers can't work and can't get sick pay because this isn't properly recognised then they will lose jobs. This has so many secondary implications.

      Possible effect on economy

    1. Homes along the cliffs of Pacifica are hanging on to time

      Also for a larger, less involved audience, shows severity of the issue

    2. There are only so many ways to play against the rising sea.

      This type of visualization is useful to people who are just learning about the issue, but do not necessarily have a direct hand in the issue. It is useful for people to get over that knee-jerk reaction of the government should fix it by "build a wall" or "just add more sand" and gets people to think about the limitations of these solutions.

    3. Seawalls form a line of defense against the rising ocean. But a beach gets sacrificed in the process.

      This type of visualization of how the coast is changing appeals to enviornmentalists and townspeople interested in how the beach is being affected.