Sunday, February 06, 2011

Stuff below the fold



Snow one, Cars zero

check out photos At DarkRoastedBlendBlog.

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Franken-cassava to the rescue!

African tribes that eat a lot of cassava tend to be protein deficient and kids get kwashiorkor; and then there is the cyanide danger.


This might improve things: add bean genes to improve the protein content by changing the cyanide into protein.

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The floods have now hit Jolo.
How bad is it?
It's so bad that the Abu sayyaf and their families have sought shelter and food at the gov't evacuation centers.

PhilNavy ship bringing supplies, AFP helping refugees, and even the local US troops training in the area are helping.


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Kandahar Springs bottled water!

the Brits have made a local bottling plant that bottles water for NATO.
that means you don't have to bring in the safe bottled water over the Kyber pass..


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Hmm...World gets fatter, but blood pressure goes down.

It's the salt. Now you can afford a lot of tasty foods, but in the past all you had was soysauce or fish sauce to make the rice etc. tasty; and now you can eat fresh meat, and not rely on salted meat and fish.

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An Army of Davids in archeology:

searching google earth for clues.


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and the really exciting headline of the day:

Billy Goat Geordie lands part in Hobbit movie

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