Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Stuff below the fold

You know about the 300, but do you know about the Battle of Marathon?

This site has some podcasts about it.

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No one wants to stand up to the pirates, so a UK insurance company may hire their own Navy.

over 80 Filipinos are being held hostage by the Somali pirates. And here is a statistic for you:

"Filipino seafarers account for almost 30 percent of the global seaborne manpower or about 350,000 sailors, manning oil tankers, luxury liners, and passenger vessels worldwide, exposing them to piracy attacks."

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Cyberwarfare news from the BBC:Activists hijack N Korean Twitter and YouTube accounts

"...Hackers have taken over social media sites associated with the North Korean regime, to make derogatory posts.
On 8 January, a Twitter account affiliated to the North's regime began posting messages calling for an uprising.
Meanwhile a video appeared on the regime's YouTube channel, depicting heir-apparent Kim Jong-un driving his sports car into women and children.
Users of a popular South Korean website have claimed responsibility..".
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If you get "swineflu" does it leave you with "superimmunity" to other types of flu?
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PhenFen redux. Years ago, it was found combining two common medicines to treat obesity caused heart/lung problems.
Now, a related drug in France is being reported as responsible for over 500 deaths. more HERE.
luckily it was never released in the US or UK...

Bigfatblog has a discussion here.
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and headline of the day:

Poo-Gloos eat sewage


a new way to get rid of excess stuff in your wastewater lagoon.

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