Monthly Archives: May 2011

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Kh7nLplWo] In 1827, nearly half of the population of New South Wales were ex-convicts (called Maroons.) During an extreme drought when all the sheep were dying, they were not allowed to cross the river to seek better pastures. http://trove.nla.gov.au/

Temperatures are in Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=71.38749695&lon=-156.48110962&zoom=8&pin=Barrow%2c%20AK

 According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are  ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. http://detroit.cbslocal.com/

Patrick Vieira has said he is shocked at reports that the France coach Laurent Blanc and other officials discussed introducing quotas to limit the number of non-white players in the national team set-up. http://www.guardian.co.uk/

“So when does Seal Unit 6, or whatever it’s called, drop in on George Bush? Bush was responsible for a lot more death, innocent death, than bin Laden. Wasn’t he, or am I wrong here?,” liberal radio talk show host … Continue reading →

“I can tell you that there was a time period of almost 20 or 25 minutes that we really didn’t know just exactly what was going on.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/

He had an AK-47 and a 9mm Makarov within reach, but couldn’t get to them during the White House’s claimed long  gun battle to reach him. When Bin Laden was shot, in a room on the top floor of the … Continue reading →

DNA sequencing is a very time consuming, compute intensive process. It requires taking millions of slices through a sample of molecules, and doing a large amount of image processing and other computation on electron microscope photographs of each slice. This … Continue reading →

U.S. lifts photo ban on military coffins By Elisabeth Bumiller Published: Monday, December 7, 2009 WASHINGTON — In a reversal of an 18-year-old military policy that critics said was hiding the ultimate cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, … Continue reading →

They are congenital liars who can’t be trusted to tell the truth about anything. The U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team 6 is easily one of the best-trained, best-equipped combat teams on the planet today. When at least 20 of them helicoptered … Continue reading →