Winning Lottery Numbers
The top 10 source countries for green-card lottery winners, including the number of visas issued.
2010
1. Ethiopia 3,774
2. Uzbekistan 3,356
3. Egypt 3,253
4. Bangladesh 3,017
5. Nigeria 2,834
6. Ghana 2,660
7. Kenya 2,420
8. Nepal 1,936
9. Iran 1,854
10. Ukraine 1,807
2000
1. Ukraine 3,491
2. Albania 3,428
3. Nigeria 3,262
4. Bulgaria 2,818
5. Russia 2,564
6. Romania 2,460
7. Morocco 2,180
8. Ghana 1,972
9. Bangladesh 1,559
10. Egypt 1,525
Source: U.S. Department of State
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And then speaking of a lottery, here's a lottery you participate in everyday. The consumer products lottery. Is the product you bought going to kill you or not?
Here's an interesting recall I found. Books. That's right, home improvement books have been recalled because if you do what they say you could kill yourself. Exciting eh? Go here to read about dangerous reading.
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6 comments:
1% from North America? Are we being overrun with immigrants from - gasp! - California and New Jersey?
I remember entering the green card lottery years ago. Never expected to get it or anything but it was a real craze when I was working in Penang. But if I were to have got it, I think I would like to live some place that snows
B - You silly. These are just the people that 'apply' for green cards.
A - Last winter there would have been a lot of people that would have traded places with you in an instant.
Amanda - Mike's right. Snow is very pretty and desirable until you have to shovel it, drive in it, get rid of it, etc.
I always knew doing it myself would kill me, so I don't :)
Whew! I didn't see my Home Depot "Homer" book on the list - I'm saved! (But whenever I have a really tricky electrical question, I just call my Dad, 'cause he's one of those EE types - he gave me a Fluke Voltmeter as a gift - he's cool that way.)
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