FAT VS FIT: “Body scan of 250 lb woman and 120 lb woman. If this isn’t motivation to work out, I don’t know what is! I’m NOT implying that a women needs to weigh 120 lbs…that’s no where near realistic for some people…but it is about health and longevity and the damage obesity causes. Look at the size of the intestines and stomach; how the knee joints rub together; the enlarged heart; and the fat pockets near the brain. Not good.” Borrowed from Mike Meads on Pinterest.
Fukushima radiation: What deadly radiation “hot spots” look like
See the red spots? You know, the ones surrounded by blue and green? Those represent 10 sieverts per hour of radiation. That is extremely high and could lead to death within seconds. And at the Fukushima site, that’s what they’re apparently still dealing with … mind you, five months after the fact. “Radiation leakage at the plant may have been contained or slowed but it has not been sealed off completely,” noted Osaka University professor and nuclear engineering expert Kenji Sumita. ”The utility is likely to continue finding these spots of high radiation.” To put this in perspective, add three zeros to the number 10, to make it 10,000 millisieverts per hour (mSv). Then, take a look at this graphic. Yeah. Scary as hell, right? We’ll say. source
It’s a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings – one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one.
Today, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.The dock landing ship Oak Hill has been gone for nearly three months, training with military allies in Central America.
As the homecoming drew near, the crew and ship’s family readiness group sold $1 raffle tickets for the first kiss. Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta bought 50 - which is actually fewer than many people buy, she said, so she was surprised Monday to find out she’d won.
Her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, was waiting when she crossed the brow.
They kissed. The crowd cheered. And with that, another vestige of the policy that forced gays to serve in secrecy vanished.
By Corinne Reilly
The Virginian-Pilot
© December 21, 2011
Fantastic Music^^
The Beat Oracle: Year.End (Part One) [2011]
One of my favourite new music podcasts have released the first part of their review of the year:
The time has come to present selections from our favorite albums of 2011! After another year of terrific releases, we’ve collectively assembled two hours of some notable beats. We hope you enjoy this look back on some of the year’s best future music!
Tracklist:
- Tycho - Dive [00:01:46]
- Clams Casino - Brainwash By London [00:05:57]
- Little Dragon - Ritual Union [00:08:13]
- Radiohead - Separator [00:11:28]
- Jamie Woon - Street [00:16:42]
- Peaking Lights - All the Sun that Shines [00:19:45]
- Ludique - Der Zauberer [00:26:12]
- SBTRKT - Pharaohs [00:32:41]
- Rustie - All Nite [00:35:57]
- Adventure - Smoke and Mirrors [00:38:55]
- Ott - Adrift in Hilbert Space [00:41:52]
- 4mat - Surrender [00:49:20]
- The Sea and Cake - Lyric [00:52:30]
- Seekae - Mingus [00:57:45]
- Com Truise - Ether Drift [00:02:22]
- St. Vincent - Cruel [01:06:27]
- Extrawelt - Blendwerk II [01:09:58]
- Blue Daisy - Spinning Channels (feat. Anneka) [01:14:55]
- The Black Dog - The Black Maria [01:21:40]
- Byetone - Helix [01:25:57]
- Zomby - Natalia’s Song [01:30:40]
- Biosphere - Ikata-1 [01:34:41]
- bvdub - The Wall Between Us [01:39:37]
- Tim Hecker - No Drums [01:46:15]
- Loscil - Stave Peak [01:49:23]
- Robag Wruhme - Ende [01:54:30]
Also, in their latest blog post, they have compiled their lists of favourite albums of the year. You can see their top 20 albums and download the mix from here
WWTB
Been slow lately, so even with the catch-up being played here, there’s just a few…
- Atlas Sound - Parallax (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Jonathan Coulton - Artificial Heart (buy straight from him)
- Tom Waits - Bad as Me (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
