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<strong>January</strong> 16 th , <strong>2023</strong> Serving Cathedral City | Coachella | Desert Hot Springs<br />
Indian Wells | Indio | La Quinta | Palm Desert | Palm Springs | Rancho Mirage<br />
PALM SPRINGS<br />
‘The Embrace’<br />
Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy<br />
The bronze sculpture, by the artist Hank Willis Thomas,<br />
symbolizes the hug Dr. King and Coretta Scott King shared<br />
after Dr. King won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
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EMAIL: adamsartexpose@gmail.com<br />
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DORON LANGBERT YOUNG<br />
ISRAELI PAINTER BRINGS<br />
NEW EMPHASIS TO GAY ART<br />
Doren Langbert, born in Israel now<br />
working in New York City, sometimes<br />
referred to as the center of the art<br />
world and a dream of Lanberg since he<br />
was 12 years old.<br />
He describes his art, “as a desire to<br />
communicate something that is very<br />
fundamental to what it means to be<br />
a person and has always been there.”<br />
He asssociates with other LGBTQ artist<br />
who identify with Intimism an art form<br />
related to expressionism that evolved<br />
in the early 1900s in Europe. Itimism is<br />
described as a movement that depicts<br />
sometimes considered boring subjects<br />
like daily activities such as eating<br />
around a dining table, or reading,<br />
or someone sleeping. Intimism as<br />
it is being introduced to the LGBTQ Langbergs art consists primarily of<br />
world is an expression of the lifestyles paintings of life around him such as<br />
in this societal area. Boring would the portrait of Yossi a friend in Israel.<br />
not fit the description of the art that He says he paints only people he is<br />
Doron Langbert creates in showing this close to and that he has some sort of<br />
lifestyle.<br />
connection to. He works from small<br />
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Dani Toro Pours the Sugar<br />
At Sydney WorldPride<br />
By Paul Hutnick<br />
Sydney Australia will become the<br />
planet’s gay epicenter in March<br />
when the city hosts WorldPride<br />
<strong>2023</strong>. As part of the weeklong<br />
festival, Daywash will present six<br />
massive Pride Amplified events with<br />
live acts, laser and light shows, and<br />
performances by the world’s most<br />
famous international circuit DJs.<br />
Dani Toro will headline the<br />
Candyland XXL event as well as<br />
the Circuit Festival Waterpark Day<br />
at Raging Waters amusement park.<br />
We spoke with the prolific DJ to<br />
learn what he has in store.<br />
Are you excited about<br />
WorldPride Sydney?<br />
Yes! Sydney World Pride is going<br />
to be a tremendous gathering of<br />
LGBTQ people from all around the<br />
world, many of whom will get to<br />
experience Sydney’s Mardi Gras for<br />
the first time!<br />
Dani Toro headlines the CandyLand party at Sydney WorldPride<br />
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drawings, paintings, and photographs.<br />
His primary works are large paintings.<br />
He is a young artist in his thirties but is<br />
considered to have made important<br />
contributions to bringing to the public<br />
homosexual intimacy that exudes light,<br />
warmth and expressions of love coming<br />
from his relationship to the art and the<br />
subjects as well as the subject matter<br />
itself. He has contributed work to the<br />
Visual AIDS project, a nonprofit that<br />
uses art to challenge AIDS by providing<br />
knowledge around the disease and<br />
artists who preserve the legacy of<br />
HIV.<br />
with positions of a figure creating small<br />
paintings or sketches laying out the<br />
basic environment of the theme. He<br />
uses transparent colors initially, then as<br />
the painting evolves he brings more<br />
opaqueness to the painting. His figures<br />
blend into the environment with brush<br />
strokes causing the viewer to study the<br />
painting to find the figure or figures<br />
within the totality of the painting. Topics<br />
emerge from everyday experiences he<br />
has observed or participated in.<br />
insert erotic encounter<br />
Doron Langberg has accomplished<br />
creating a reality of intimism that<br />
connects and reveals gay life in light,<br />
Doron’s finished paintings are large with color and emotion.<br />
swashes of color and movement. He<br />
describes his work as having chromatic<br />
density. He explains that he works<br />
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NEW IMMERSIVE MUSICAL PROGRAM<br />
SHOWCASES COACHELLA VALLEY’S<br />
CULTURAL ICON: THE BIG SCREEN AT THE<br />
HISTORIC CAMELOT THEATRE<br />
Jazz On The Ocean Floor: See the<br />
Amazing Immersive Big Screen<br />
Experience Featuring Leanna and the<br />
Jazz Collective on Jan 27 At The Palm<br />
Springs Cultural Center.<br />
From the producers of the widely<br />
popular “Jazz On The Second Floor”<br />
lounge show and the uniquely local<br />
sensation “Drag Pop” comes a whole<br />
new musical experience: JAZZ ON THE<br />
OCEAN FLOOR: AN IMMERSIVE BIG<br />
SCREEN EXPERIENCE.<br />
Explore the wonder and majesty of the<br />
world’s oceans as they come to life in<br />
the Historic Camelot Theatre on the<br />
largest screen in the valley.<br />
“The Historic Camelot Theatre has<br />
been well-loved by the community<br />
for generations and we are thrilled to<br />
offer a next-level experience as only<br />
this theatre with this GIANT screen can<br />
deliver,” said Tim Rains, Marketing<br />
Director for The Palm Springs Cultural<br />
Center.<br />
Leanna said “We are so excited to<br />
be bringing this visually and musically<br />
stunning show back, after the rave<br />
reviews we received from the inaugural<br />
immersive production we brought to<br />
the theatre just a few short months ago.<br />
We have even more exciting sensoryimmersive<br />
experiences in store for the<br />
audience this go around, and I cannot<br />
wait to reveal all the fun! You don’t<br />
want to miss this!”<br />
Arrive early for a pre-show ocean<br />
themed cocktail “hour” in our lobby.<br />
The underwater journey begins in the<br />
theatre at 6:30pm. Seating is on a first<br />
come, first seated basis.<br />
Mildred’s opens at 4pm for a preshow<br />
dinner! For one night only - Chef<br />
Corey has prepared a Fish Fry special<br />
featuring hand tossed sole in a panko<br />
crusted beer batter. It’s served with our<br />
signature crispy house fries, coleslaw,<br />
and homemade tartar sauce.<br />
With a personality and heart as large<br />
as the screen itself, local jazz sensation<br />
Leanna Rodgers will helm the evening<br />
and has invited a collective of national<br />
and local jazz legends to create a multimedia<br />
sensory experience like none<br />
other.<br />
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Temple Isaiah presents<br />
WITH PIANIST JOEL BAKER & MEMBERS OF THE FABULOUS<br />
DESERT WINDS FREEDOM BAND<br />
Sunday, February 5 th ~ 2:00 PM<br />
Temple Isaiah, 332 West Alejo Road, Palm Springs, CA. 92262<br />
Join Hazzan Ken Cohen and some of<br />
America’s most talented up and coming<br />
cantors as they take a memorable musical<br />
tour through Broadway’s most beloved songs.<br />
TICKETS: $35. Order online at templeisaiahps.com or call<br />
the office: 760-325-2281. RECEPTION TO FOLLOW.<br />
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BUSINESS<br />
BAR| FOOD | RESORTS<br />
Cathedral City<br />
BARS|FOOD<br />
The Barracks<br />
Runway<br />
Sunshine Cafe<br />
AMP Sports<br />
Lounge<br />
Roost<br />
Trunks<br />
Studio One 11<br />
Desert Hot Springs<br />
BARS|FOOD<br />
Playoffs Sports Bar<br />
Palm Springs<br />
BARS|FOOD<br />
Eagle 501 Bar<br />
Rio Azul<br />
Tool Shed<br />
Toucan’s<br />
Streetbar<br />
Oscar’s<br />
Chill bar<br />
Hunters<br />
Stacy’s<br />
BlackBook<br />
QUADZ<br />
RetroRoom<br />
Resorts<br />
CCBC<br />
Triangle Inn<br />
Descanso<br />
All Worlds Resort<br />
Desert Paradise<br />
Resort<br />
LA DOLCE VITA<br />
RESORT & SPA<br />
THE HACIENDA AT<br />
WARM SANDS<br />
Shopping<br />
Q trading<br />
Gear<br />
Off Ramp Leathers<br />
Gay Mart<br />
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Directory<br />
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At the Triangle Inn Palm Springs, the<br />
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Resort is a feast for all your senses, with<br />
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Gear Leather and Fetish 760-322-3363<br />
We carry only the finest quality leather<br />
and fetish goods, gym wear, toys and<br />
furnishings, all designed to get you off<br />
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650 E. Sunny Dunes<br />
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GENERAL SERVICES<br />
Red’s Hauling. We remove trash and<br />
unwanted items. Garage clean outs.<br />
Red 760-288-6956<br />
Directory<br />
NATURIST<br />
Family DeAnza Desert Sun Resort<br />
Starland Community Desert retreat<br />
Sea Mountain Luxury Nude Resort and<br />
Spa Hotel DHS<br />
SOCAL Nude beaches which are also<br />
called “free beach”, or “clothingoptional”.<br />
Blacks Beach Nude Beach in San Diego<br />
is located just north of La Jolla Shores<br />
and beneath the Torrey Pines bluffs.<br />
Pirate’s Cove, Avila Beach<br />
Corona Del Mar is one of California’s<br />
best nude beaches.<br />
Transgender Community Transcc.Org<br />
Palm Springs Gay<br />
Men’s Chorus 760-219-2077<br />
Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert<br />
760 272-5553<br />
Palm Springs Pride<br />
Pspride.Org<br />
Prime Timers of the Desert<br />
760-424-8014.<br />
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(951) 659-2696<br />
Located less than a<br />
mile south of downtown<br />
Idyllwild, Bluebird<br />
Cottage Inn offers cozy<br />
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independent cabins.<br />
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NOTES: LGBTQ SHOWCASE @<br />
CALIENTE COMEDY FEB. 24 SHOW @ 8PM<br />
Don’t miss the hilarious Daniel Webb<br />
Local updates!<br />
LGBTQ Showcase at Caliente Comedy<br />
inside Agua Caliente Casino Palm<br />
Springs!<br />
LIVE COMEDY stand-up show featuring<br />
pro comedians from LA & PS! Don’t miss<br />
this hilarious 90 minute show full of LGBTQ<br />
festival comedians!<br />
Lineup:<br />
Daniel Webb (Headliner)<br />
Jackie Primrose Monahan (Feature)<br />
Max Mitchell (Opener)<br />
Amanda Michelle (Host)<br />
World Renowned Concert Pianist Angie<br />
Zhang To Perform At Palm Springs<br />
Modern Plus Keyboard Series<br />
A person in a blue dress Description<br />
automatically generated with medium<br />
confidence American Concert Pianist<br />
Angie Zhang will be the featured<br />
performer at the new Palm Springs<br />
Modern Plus Keyboard Series which is<br />
taking place at the Palm Springs Cultural<br />
Center. The festival will run for three<br />
nights (1/17, 1/18 & 1/19) and feature<br />
a different musical program each<br />
night. Dr. Charles Metz and Howard W.<br />
Schreiber will also perform.<br />
To connect with Angie please follow<br />
or message Angie on Instagram @<br />
angiezhangmusic.<br />
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WORSHIP WITH US IN PERSON<br />
SUNDAYS AT 10 AM<br />
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You will headline the<br />
Candyland Party.<br />
I can’t wait to put my unique<br />
stamp on Candyland! I will also<br />
headline the waterpark event<br />
later in the week.<br />
That party takes place at the<br />
Raging Waters amusement<br />
park in Sydney.<br />
Yes, the park will be closed to<br />
the public and open exclusively<br />
for Daywash attendees to enjoy<br />
all rides including Sydney's<br />
largest water slide! Two dance<br />
floors will be set up on the<br />
grounds. Phil Romano and I will<br />
headline the main stage at the<br />
Beach Wave Pool Main stage.<br />
It’s going to be an epic<br />
WorldPride!<br />
It is! Daywash is bringing all<br />
the best party brands from<br />
around the world to Sydney.<br />
Brazil’s Guapo, Spain’s Matinee<br />
and LA Leche, Sweden’s Xcape<br />
Vikings Sauna, and more. See<br />
you all in Sydney!<br />
For Tickets, visit Daywash.com.au<br />
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VIRTUAL GALLERY<br />
This Virtual Gallery is a sample of created reproductions of famous art works that I have done. The question may be asked, isn’t<br />
copying another artist’s work plagiarism To copy another artist work is plagiarism if it is done deceptively,.that is, to claim that it is<br />
an original and not acknowledging that it is copied. Generally art work becomes public domain after 70 years. However it may still<br />
be owned by the estate of the artist. Any art that is copied and sold even if acknowledging it as a copy can be illegal. For this reason<br />
anyone buying a copied art work must be assured that it is in the public domain or permission has been granted for the copy.<br />
One artist that I admire for his technique and subjects is Franz Marc. He was a German artist who worked at the end of the 1800s<br />
into the beginning of the 1900s. The topics he worked with were generally animals, human figures, and nature His work was in the<br />
category of impressionism but he and a hand full of other artists followed Marc and Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian artist who Marc<br />
waa friends with. They each shared a belief in the this statement by Marc. “I try to intensify my sensitivity for the organic rhythm<br />
of all things.I<br />
seek....empathy with<br />
the vibration<br />
and flow of the blood of<br />
nature......in the<br />
trees, in the animals, in<br />
the air. ... I see no<br />
happier medium for the<br />
‘Animalization’<br />
of art, as I would like to<br />
call it”<br />
Although<br />
Kandinsky’s art was more<br />
abstract than<br />
Marc’s they shared the<br />
same philosophy<br />
From this philosophy of<br />
incorporating the<br />
rhythm of all nature they<br />
formed a group<br />
called Der Blaue Reiter<br />
(The Blue Rider).<br />
Marc loved animals and<br />
nature and<br />
portraid them in his art.<br />
He used the<br />
color blue for horses.. His<br />
use of color was<br />
also part of the shared<br />
philosophy with<br />
Kandinsky. The color blue<br />
they believed symbolized strength and masculinity. Marc completed several paintings of blue horses. The most celbrated was title<br />
simply, “The Blue Horses”. The original of this painting is owned by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<br />
This is one of Marc’s painting that I chose to “copy” as a project that<br />
helped me to more intimately understand Marc’s work. I used water<br />
color which is a more fluid medium than the oil paint that Marc used<br />
in the original. My copy is shown here along with a small photo of the<br />
original.<br />
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Franz Marc’s painting of “The Shepard” generally titled “Young<br />
Boy With Lamb” was an earlier painting done prior to his<br />
alignment with Kandinsky. It does illustrate his affinity to<br />
nature and animals.<br />
This copy was completed in acrylic which<br />
gives it s similar textural quality as the original which was<br />
done in oil. This copy is also approximately the size of the<br />
original painting which is currently in the Guggenheim<br />
Museum. The painting of the Blue Horses was much larger<br />
than the copy I made. The original was approximately 3.5<br />
feet by 6.5 feet. The copy was about one quarter of the<br />
original size.<br />
This copy was done for a show and was framed in a traditional<br />
frame giving it a sense of the period it represents.<br />
Paintings or drawings of originals can be commissioned with the understanding that a<br />
commissioned work would be completed to be identified as a copy only and all rights to the<br />
original artist or artists’ estate would be honored.<br />
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BUSINESS<br />
Directory<br />
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS<br />
Thursday nights VILLAGEFEST takes place<br />
in downtown Palm Springs on Palm<br />
Canyon Drive every. villagefest.org<br />
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum<br />
760-329-7610<br />
McCallum Adobe 760-323-8297<br />
Indian Canyons 760-323-6018<br />
Palm Springs Aerial Tram<br />
760-325-1449<br />
Palm Springs Air Museum<br />
760-778-6262<br />
Palm Springs Art Museum<br />
760-325-7186<br />
Sunnylands<br />
760-328-2829<br />
Patton Memorial Museum 760-227-3483<br />
Joshua Tree National park 760-367-5500<br />
FREE COMMUNITY LISTINGS<br />
AAP - Food Samaritans (760) 325-8481<br />
Eisenhower HIV Clinic (760) 834-7930<br />
Borrego Health (Stonewall Medical<br />
Center) Cathedral City 760-507-3310<br />
Veterans Records https://vetrecs.<br />
archives.gov/VeteranRequest/home.<br />
html for vet or family or with written<br />
authorization.<br />
Lgbt community center<br />
760-416-7790 thecenterps.org<br />
American cancer society<br />
800-227-2345<br />
Coachella Valley sexual assault<br />
(760) 568-9071<br />
Desert Legal aid: 760-832-9770<br />
Stonewall democrats:<br />
desert-stonewall.org<br />
Desert winds freedom band<br />
760 776-2700Gay artists -760 835 0727<br />
Transgender Community Transcc.org<br />
Palm Springs Gay<br />
Men’s Chorus 760-219-2077<br />
Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert<br />
760 272-5553<br />
DAP/ DOCK Clinic (760) 992-0492<br />
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Now that 2022 is over, it is<br />
time to pause and reflect<br />
on some of the remarkable<br />
lives we lost in 2022. We<br />
remember the loss of those<br />
close to us every day. But<br />
we should take a beat<br />
to remember who also<br />
passed that have helped<br />
shape our lives through the<br />
strength of their character,<br />
abilities, or the difficulties<br />
they faced.<br />
Such<br />
Brazilian football legend Pele<br />
British podcaster and bowel cancer<br />
campaigner Dame Deborah James<br />
British soap star June Brown<br />
Broadway and film star Joan Copeland<br />
Canadian battle rapper Pat Stay<br />
Charlie Brown voice actor Peter Robbins<br />
Christine McVie, co-lead vocalist,<br />
keyboardist, and songwriter of<br />
Fleetwood Mac<br />
Comedian Bob Saget<br />
Country music star Loretta Lynn<br />
Country musician Jake Flint<br />
Country star Luke Bell<br />
Dame Angela Lansbury<br />
Dame Olivia Newton-John<br />
Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher<br />
Die Another Day and Rush Hour 2 actor<br />
Kenneth Tsang<br />
Die Hard and Top Gun actor Clarence<br />
Gilyard<br />
Director Peter Bogdanovich<br />
DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss<br />
Drag Race UK star Cherry Valentine<br />
Drill rapper Perm<br />
Entrepreneur Jamal Edwards<br />
ER and Ray Donovan actress Mary Mara<br />
ER, The X-Files, and West Wing actor<br />
John Aylward<br />
Faithless frontman Maxi Jazz<br />
Fame singer Irene Cara<br />
Fashion designer Issey Miyake<br />
Fashion designer Thierry Mugler<br />
First female Secretary of State<br />
Madeleine Albright<br />
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins<br />
Former child star Aaron Carter<br />
Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst<br />
Actor ‘Enfant terrible’ of French cinema<br />
Jean-Luc Godard<br />
Actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried<br />
Actor and comedian Louie Anderson<br />
Actor and diplomat Sidney Poiter<br />
Actor James Caan<br />
Actor Leslie Phillips<br />
Actress Anne Heche<br />
Actress Kirstie Alley<br />
Actress Nichelle Nichols<br />
Actress Ruth Madoc<br />
Actress Sacheen Littlefeather<br />
Actress Yvette Mimieux<br />
American Idol runner-up Willie Spence<br />
Australian cricketer Shane Warne<br />
Bachelorette reality TV star Clint Arlis<br />
Basketball star Bob Lanier<br />
Bodybuilding champion Cedric<br />
McMillan<br />
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French TV star Igor Bogdanoff<br />
Seinfeld actress Liz Sheridan<br />
Friends actor Mike Hagerty<br />
Seinfeld and Orange Is The New Black<br />
German actor Hardy Kruger<br />
star Kathryn Kates<br />
Goodfellas and Field of Dreams actor Sesame Street original cast member Bob<br />
Ray Liotta<br />
McGrath<br />
Goodfellas and Law & Order actor Paul Sesame Street star Emilio Delgado<br />
Sorvino<br />
Singer and actor Darius Danesh<br />
Harry Potter legend Robbie Coltrane Singer Lata Mangeshkar<br />
Hells Angels founding member Sonny Singer Ronnie Spector<br />
Barger<br />
Sopranos actor Paul Herman<br />
Italian actress Monica Vitti<br />
Sopranos star Tony Sirico<br />
Ivana Trump, the first wife of former U.S. Supernatural actress Nicki Aycox<br />
president Donald Trump<br />
The Clash guitarist and co-founder Keith<br />
John Aniston, father of Jennifer Aniston Levene<br />
K-Pop star and actor Lee Jihan<br />
The Dixie Cups singer Rosa Lee Hawkins<br />
Many we have loved!<br />
The Railway Children’s Bernard Cribbins<br />
Music executive Art Rupe<br />
The Specials Terry Hall<br />
Musician and actor Michael Lee Aday, The Wanted’s Tom Parker<br />
best known as Meat Loaf<br />
Triangle Of Sadness star Charlbi Dean<br />
NBA star Caleb Swanigan<br />
Tron, Titanic, and Omen star David<br />
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Warner<br />
actress Louise Fletcher<br />
Will & Grace star Leslie Jordan<br />
Orange Is The New Black star Brad Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel<br />
William Henke<br />
Woodstock co-creator Michael Lang<br />
Oscar-winner William Hurt<br />
WWE legend Scott Hall<br />
Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman WWE star Sara Lee<br />
Palm Springs favorite M*A*S*H actress<br />
Sally Kellerman<br />
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Primal Scream keyboard player Martin<br />
Duffy<br />
The current population of the United<br />
Punk icon Jordan Mooney<br />
States of America is 335,903,903<br />
Queen Elizabeth II<br />
You are one (so are the people around<br />
Rapper Lil Keed<br />
you seen and unseened)<br />
Rapper Takeoff<br />
Rapper Trouble<br />
The United States population is<br />
Rapper Wavy Navy Pooh<br />
equivalent to 4.25% of the total world<br />
Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis population.<br />
Screaming Trees frontman Mark<br />
Lanegan<br />
The U.S.A. ranks number 3 in the list<br />
Seals And Crofts star Jim Seals<br />
of countries (and dependencies) by<br />
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LIFE EXPECTANCY<br />
79.11 years<br />
1 New York City<br />
8,175,133<br />
2 Los Angeles<br />
3,971,883<br />
Latest official GDP<br />
figures published<br />
by the World Bank.<br />
Population figures<br />
based on United<br />
Nations data.<br />
World’s GDP is<br />
$80,934,771,028,340<br />
(nominal, 2017).<br />
GDP<br />
1 United States<br />
$19.485 trillion<br />
2 China<br />
$12.238 trillion<br />
3 Japan<br />
$4.872 trillion<br />
...179 Vanuatu*<br />
$863 million<br />
*Vanuatu is located<br />
between Australia<br />
and Fiji in the warm<br />
tropical waters of the<br />
South Pacific. This<br />
archipelago of 83<br />
islands has worldclass<br />
diving, active<br />
volcanoes, tribal<br />
villages, charming<br />
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hole golf courses,<br />
lush rainforests, and<br />
spectacular lagoons<br />
and deserted beaches.<br />
WORLD Data<br />
8,010,826,022<br />
Current World<br />
Population (/worldpopulation/)<br />
4,442,471<br />
Births this year<br />
37,315<br />
Births today<br />
2,224,581<br />
Deaths this year<br />
18,685<br />
Deaths today<br />
2,217,890<br />
Net population growth<br />
this year<br />
18,630<br />
Net population growth<br />
today<br />
GOVERNMENT &<br />
ECONOMICS<br />
$ 1,662,599,202<br />
Public Healthcare<br />
expenditure today<br />
Public Education<br />
expenditure today<br />
$ 481,802,774<br />
Public Military<br />
expenditure today<br />
2,789,410<br />
Cars produced this<br />
year<br />
5,153,468<br />
Bicycles produced this<br />
year<br />
7,896,536<br />
Computers produced<br />
this year<br />
SOCIETY & MEDIA<br />
91,734<br />
New book titles<br />
published this year<br />
47,285,272<br />
Newspapers circulated<br />
today<br />
68,396<br />
TV sets sold<br />
worldwide today<br />
735,428<br />
Cellular phones sold<br />
today<br />
$ 31,960,147<br />
Money spent on<br />
$ 1,116,121,961 videogames today<br />
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5,577,610,386<br />
Internet users in the<br />
world today<br />
29,482,341,746<br />
Emails sent today<br />
941,301<br />
Blog posts written<br />
today<br />
91,115,101<br />
Tweets sent today<br />
963,028,666<br />
Google searches today<br />
ENVIRONMENT<br />
172,417<br />
Forest loss this year<br />
(hectares)<br />
232,119<br />
Land lost to soil<br />
erosion this year (ha)<br />
1,209,370,794<br />
CO2 emissions (/co2-<br />
emissions/) this year<br />
(tons)<br />
397,844<br />
Desertification this<br />
year (hectares)<br />
324,653 tons<br />
Toxic chemicals<br />
released<br />
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in the environment this<br />
year<br />
FOOD<br />
866,669,302<br />
Undernourished people<br />
in the world<br />
1,738,513,687<br />
Overweight people in<br />
the world<br />
826,406,624<br />
Obese people in the<br />
world<br />
3,114<br />
People who died of<br />
hunger today<br />
$ 64,686,969<br />
Money spent for<br />
obesity related diseases<br />
in the USA today<br />
$ 19,251,012<br />
Money spent on<br />
weight loss programs<br />
in the USA today<br />
WATER<br />
150,578,847<br />
Water used this year<br />
(million L)<br />
this year<br />
776,092,262<br />
People with no access<br />
to a safe drinking<br />
water source<br />
ENERGY<br />
47,530,327<br />
Energy used today<br />
(MWh), of which:<br />
40,460,498<br />
-from non-renewable<br />
sources (MWh)<br />
7,157,653<br />
-from renewable<br />
sources (MWh)<br />
297,827,392,399 MWh<br />
Solar energy striking<br />
Earth today<br />
9,748,460<br />
Oil pumped today<br />
(barrels)<br />
1,415,487,953,504<br />
Oil left (barrels)<br />
14,762<br />
Days to the end of oil<br />
(~40 years)<br />
56,707<br />
Days to the end of<br />
natural gas<br />
4,288,370,626,877<br />
Coal left (boe)<br />
27,917<br />
1,077,433,148,550<br />
Deaths caused by Natural Gas left (boe)<br />
water related diseases<br />
272,270<br />
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147,875<br />
Days to the end of coal<br />
HEALTH<br />
430,362<br />
Communicable disease<br />
deaths this year<br />
16,600<br />
Seasonal flu deaths this<br />
year<br />
251,985<br />
Deaths of children<br />
under 5 this year<br />
1,473,520<br />
Abortions this year<br />
10,247<br />
Deaths of mothers<br />
during birth this year<br />
44,245,200<br />
HIV/AIDS infected<br />
people<br />
55,729<br />
Deaths caused by HIV/<br />
AIDS this year<br />
Deaths caused by<br />
cancer this year<br />
13,073<br />
Deaths caused by<br />
malaria this year<br />
1,541,433,452<br />
Cigarettes smoked<br />
today<br />
165,725<br />
Deaths caused by<br />
smoking this year<br />
82,915<br />
Deaths caused by<br />
alcohol this year<br />
35,550<br />
Suicides this year<br />
$ 13,262,167,111<br />
Money spent on illegal<br />
drugs this year<br />
44,751<br />
Road traffic accident<br />
fatalities this year<br />
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