Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Stuff below the fold

Who really invented the internet?

If you are reading this, thank....Xerox? (and Steve Jobs)

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The latest Hobbit Vlog is up.

a report from Comic.con and the last days of shooting...and it will probably be  posted later today on youtube...
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Latest "we're all gonna die" hysteria says we're all gonna get cholera because of climate change.

Well, that explains the 1854 London , and the 1832 Philadelphia cholera epidemics.

Well, it's more PC to blame global warming than the fact that governments aren't doing their job keeping the water supply clean.

I actually heard a lecture about public health that told how the introduction of tea helped eliminate cholera...and  of course, the reason Paul told Timothy to "add a little wine to your water for your stomach's sake" is that he knew from experience drinking ordinary water made you sick....

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An interesting article in AlJezerah, about hunger elimination via government food distribution

He notes that giving out vouchers means they lose value due to inflation, and reminds us corruption doesn't destroy the ability to keep people from hunger...

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Jellyfish pacemakers?
Scientists have created an artificial jellyfish .. made from silicone and heart tissue from rats, could be used to help create a new generation of ‘biological’ pacemakers which do not need electrical signals.
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Cebu is getting one of their own declared a saint.
A teenaged OFW who worked with the Jesuits in Guam as a catechist, and was martyred there.

The Ceremony will declare several others are saints, including two Americans: Sister MaryanneCope, a nun who nursed lepers in Molakai, and Kateri Tekawitha, a Native American from the Iroquois/Algonquin tribes.

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Michael Auslin's essay reminds us that behind the terrible stories, Bravery still exists... 
 
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Survival tip of the day _

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  fashion advice to Wonder Women and other superheroines:

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