Have just returned from my trip to Svalbard, which was part of a course on “Climatic changes in the Arctic region” that I’m currently following…
Svalsat (link):
Fossile of a leaf…around 65 million years old:
Polar bear guard…No one leaves Longyearbyen without being armed:
Madsen @ Scott Turner Glacier:
Unbelievable place…and just 800 km from the North Pole…
More than a full second…incredible.
Bonus info:
Long jump world record 1901: Peter O’Connor (Ireland) 7.61 meters
Long jump world record 1991: Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 meters
High jump world record 1912: George Horine (USA) 2.00 meters
High jump world record 1993: Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.45 meters
“Taliban behind the masks” from vid on Vimeo.
A few additional links:
A group of eight doctors, thought to include a Briton, have been found shot dead alongside three bullet-riddled cars in a remote northern province of Afghanistan. (The Telegraph)
Taliban Wages War on Afghan Girls’ Schools (NPR)
Taliban treatment of women (Wikipedia…horrific)
The Broken Beats…Danish band from Copenhagen who did the title song for a Danish series called “Manden med de gyldne ører” (”The Man with the Golden Ears”)…Anyway…the song “The Rules” is somewhat of a hit here in Denmark…cool “feel good” song with some great energy…The lead singers voice and the overall feel of the song reminds me of The Divine Comedys “Something for the weekend” (Kick-ass song!!):
Benny Hinn…Christian tv-evangelist…founder of Benny Hinn Ministries…self-proclaimed healer of AIDS, cancer, deafness, blindness! Donations, tours and tv-shows brings in around $200 million a year to his ministry…That’s right…people give this guy $200 million in donations…each year.
Anyway…his technique reminds me of these guys:
As Drug War Turns Into Quagmire, Fear Rules Mexico…interesting article about the ongoing brutal drug war in Mexico…
From the article:
More than 3 1/2 years after Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched his war against the drug cartels, violence in Mexico continues to escalate, and 2010 is on track to be the deadliest year yet in a campaign that has already claimed some 25,000 lives.
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