Notes from the Surf
Offices
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/offices
I never expected much out of architecture before.
Program Manager
http://www.michaelv.org/
Not a faithful reproduction.
Rewarming shock: Capillaries reopen all at once, causing sudden blood pressure drop
http://outside.away.com/outside/magazine/0197/9701fefreez.html
"In 1980, 16 shipwrecked Danish fishermen were hauled to safety after an hour and a half in the frigid North Sea. They then walked across the deck of the rescue ship, stepped below for a hot drink, and dropped dead, all 16 of them."
Float like a bear, sting like a cat
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=966_1264213759
Speed vs strength.
New Mexico State Legislator Introduces Bill To Move State's Money
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/new-mexico-state-legislat_n_433325.html
"Egolf said the account, which is essentially the state's checking account, holds $1.4 billion and is managed by Bank of America. Egolf's bill directs state officials to study the feasibility of dividing up the account and distributing it between community banks and credit unions throughout the state."
ALBA to support agriculture, production, food imports and distribution
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=351054&CategoryId=10717
“Haiti has no debt with Venezuela, just the opposite: Venezuela has a historical debt with that nation, with that people for whom we feel not pity but rather admiration, and we share their faith, their hope”
India: jail is the cost of filing a public interest litigation plea
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article81403.ece
police were involved in the early morning ‘sanitisation operation’ and killed nine villagers (seven from Gompad and two from nearby villages), including three women and a 12-year-old girl. “The police also cut off the fingers of a two-year-old infant,” said one witness speaking on condition of anonymity fearing police retribution.
Plan Colombia: "Obama has decided that Latin America isn't worth it. He gave it to the right."
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100208/grandin/single
"Colombia remains the hands-down worst repressor in Latin America. More than 500 trade unionists have been executed since Uribe took office. In recent years 195 teachers have been assassinated, and not one arrest has been made for the killings. And the military stands accused of murdering more than 2,000 civilians and then dressing their bodies in guerrilla uniforms in order to prove progress against the FARC."
Jupille, Belgium: InBev employees block premises in unofficial strike
http://www.revleft.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1656955&postcount=20
"They got loads of support from locals, people would bring wood to keep a fire going, couches to sit on and people from other breweries brought beer"
Serbia: “Hungry policemen cannot attack hungry workers.”
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=25&nav_id=64744
the Serbian Police Union said in its press release that it received “with indignation” the government’s announcement that it will use police to stop the “demonstrations of hungry workers throughout Serbia... That would only turn police against their own people”