One of our cohorts (BT) spent part of his honeymoon in Tonga so I figured he’d have more than a passing interest in this story. A yacht crew sailing out of Vava’u came across a volcanic eruption creating an island in the ocean. Check out the pictures they took.

There are question that arise from this article about Wal-Mart’s benefits on the economy, but they make a statement that supports what I’ve said all along, “poor people get 50 percent more benefit from Wal-Mart than rich people”, which means Wal-Mart actually has a positive impact on the poor people near it.