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">Author</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Military-Actions-James-Erwin/dp/0816078424/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317760129&sr=8-1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">military historian</a>, and <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=6177" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">two-time <em>Jeopardy!</em> champion</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jlerwin" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">James Erwin</a> has just sold his first screenplay to Warner Bros. — a war epic developed from comments he left <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118044449" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">in response to a question on the social news site </a><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118044449" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Reddit</a>.</p><p>The Des Moines native’s reply to a hypothetical scenario involving time-traveling marines battling Augustus in ancient Rome proved so popular that it shot up <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k067x/could_i_destroy_the_entire_roman_empire_during/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">to the top of the comment thread</a> (spoilers), where it was eventually noticed by Adam Kolbrenner of Madhouse Entertainment.</p><p>Kolbrenner, who worked with Erwin to polish the idea, pitched it to Warner Bros. exec Chris Gary, who convinced the studio to buy it.</p><p>The project will be overseen by John Ridley and produced by Kolbrenner and Gianni Nunnari (<em>Immortals</em>). No word yet on a director, or if the working title “Rome, Sweet Rome” will become the film’s official name.</p><p>[<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118044449" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">variety</a> / <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k067x/could_i_destroy_the_entire_roman_empire_during/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">reddit</a> / image: <a href="http://hustlersquad.net/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">hustlersquad</a>.]</p></div></div></div></div></span>Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-89156162568123411102011-10-12T08:55:00.000-07:002011-10-12T08:55:00.391-07:00Spartacurtus and the Nymphs of the Island of Lesbos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Salve! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Consul Spartacurtus sum! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In our Classics Club meetings, we've discussed performing a play. It just so happens that I wrote a play for my Latin class as part of an extra-credit project, so I'd like to contribute my Latin writing to the cause. I have included the original play about me, Spartacurtus, and how I ended up with the Nymphs of the Island of Lesbos. I understand that this play is terribly self-aggrandizing, but I never really wrote this play with the intention that anyone except me and my Latin teacher, Magistra Lemmon would ever read this, and I certainly never expected it to be performed. I haven't gotten to make the corrections as notated by my former magistra, (alas, even Spartacurtus' Latin isn't quite perfect.) but I have included the original transcript with all its errors and corrections. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you enjoy. Unfortunately, the English translation has been lost. If any of you Latin scholars wish to translate this, please feel free to do so, and PLEASE post the translation in the comments section! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">~Spartacurtus Rex Ancillarum~ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">The amazing likeness has come to light as part of a sale of ancient antiques by the auction house Bonhams.</p><div class="clear" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; "></div><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/22/article-1037205-0209465A00000578-397_468x529.jpg" width="468" height="529" alt="elvis" class="blkBorder" style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 235px; float: right; "><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/22/article-1037205-01518363000004B0-795_233x351.jpg" width="233" height="351" alt=" Elvis" class="blkBorder" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black; " /><p class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">The real thing: Elvis in concert in 1968</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">It forms part of a collection owned by Melbourne-based Graham Geddes - one of the world's most foremost collectors - which is estimated to sell for more than £1m when it goes on sale in October.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">Even the Geddes himself has nicknamed the astounding lookalike ‘Elvis’.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">Antiquities specialist Georgiana Aitken added: 'It bears an uncanny likeness to Elvis Presley. It's the quiff that does it.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">You do some weird and wacky things at the corners of sarcophagi.<br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">'I don't know what purpose they served and the quiff was not a hairstyle of the day as far as I know.'</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">The 'Elvis’ sculpture is 2nd Century AD and is estimated to make £25,000 to £30,000.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">A spokesman for Bonhams said: "It is perhaps the strangest item in the sale, certainly to modern eyes.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">"Fans of the King of Rock 'n Roll, seeing this face from the distant past will be forgiven for thinking that their idol may well have lived a previous life in Rome!<br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; ">"Looking at this face with its Elvis-like quiff, strong jaw and nose, one is inevitably led to the thought that the human face for all is diversity and subtlety has after all an ability to repeat itself."</p><span><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1037205/Are-Roman-tonight-Statue-Elvis-chiselled-1800-years-birth-goes-hammer.html#ixzz1XTCwCi2L" style="margin-top: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; " /><div class="caption" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); display: block; font-size: 12px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">The Colosseum in Rome – the largest amphitheatre built in the Roman empire. Photograph: Francesco Survara/Alamy</div></div><div id="article-body-blocks" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Archaeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a huge amphitheatre used to train gladiators east of Vienna, describing it as a "sensational discovery".</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">They claim that the ruins found through ground radar measurements rival the Colosseum and the Ludus Magnus in Rome in their structure. The Ludus Magnus is the largest of the gladiatorial arenas in the Italian capital, while the Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman empire.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">A statement on Tuesday from the Carnuntum archaeological park gave no details about when the find was located and excavated.</p></div></div></div><div id="related" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; float: right; width: 140px; position: relative; z-index: 50; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><ul id="article-toolbox-side" class="b4" style="padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; list-style-type: none; border-top-color: rgb(214, 29, 0); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(214, 29, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 29, 0); border-left-color: rgb(214, 29, 0); background-image: none; float: left; text-align: left; width: auto; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><li class="printable" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></li></ul></div></span>Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-23526461657899670742011-08-29T15:10:00.000-07:002011-08-29T15:10:39.651-07:00Confusion in a clothing store<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wulffmorgenthaler/~3/I8LCpN0-ET0/">24. 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<br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Wulffmorgenthaler/~4/I8LCpN0-ET0" height="1" width="1" />Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-22237449759602665002011-08-22T09:29:00.001-07:002011-08-22T09:30:43.025-07:00Perseus with the Head of Ronald McDonald<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5989097467_649c78abb2_b-500x666.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 666px;" src="http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5989097467_649c78abb2_b-500x666.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
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<br />Italian artist Giuseppe Veneziano updated the Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa with this sculpture. It’s a bit harsh. I mean, Ronald McDonald never turned anyone into stone.
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<br />Artist’s Website (some NSFW images) -via Kurositas | Photo by Flickr user mamasaurus rex used under Creative Commons license
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<br />UPDATE: In the comments, Sylvian proposes that this sculpture is actually a take on Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath. I think he’s right.Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-89739524816564040522011-08-20T16:11:00.000-07:002011-08-20T16:12:47.385-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/demotivational-posters-troyans.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 548px;" src="http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/demotivational-posters-troyans.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<br />Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-75405989929187322542011-08-11T07:35:00.001-07:002011-08-11T07:35:46.827-07:00Rome police arrest Colosseum 'gladiator' gang<a href="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zYP.cv531X_iXG_nX.R1Yw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zNDE7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1313063976718-1-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="A child looks at men dressed up as gladiators in front of Rome's Colosseum in June" border="0" class=" vlz" height="341" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zYP.cv531X_iXG_nX.R1Yw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zNDE7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1313063976718-1-0.jpg" title="A child looks at men dressed up as gladiators in front of Rome's Colosseum in June" width="512" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #7d7d7d; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 26px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="provider org" id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313073306082188">AFP</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div id="yui_3_3_0_1_131307321670332" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Italian police have arrested 20 <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1313064395_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">gladiator</span> impersonators in an undercover sting aimed at ending a violent racket operating around Rome's most famous tourist sites, Italian press reported on Thursday.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Police disguised as gladiators, dustbin men and members of the public raided the gang made up of seven families working with five tourist agencies.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_131307321670340" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The modern gladiators are accused of attacking and intimidating competitors for a lucrative business in which gladiators collect up to 10 <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1313064395_5" style="color: black; cursor: pointer;">euros</span> ($14) for having their picture taken alongside tourists in front of attractions.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_131307321670337" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1313064395_4" style="color: black; cursor: pointer;">police officers</span> disguised as gladiators were beaten up by the alleged criminal gladiators before other undercover officers swooped in.</div><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Gladiators" are a feature of the Roman landscape for tourists, with men decked out in bright red capes, helmets with plumes of red feathers and sandals while carrying swords and round shields.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_131307321670325" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">They can be found outside the Colosseum, Castel Sant'Angelo, <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1313064395_1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">Piazza Venezia</span> and even in front of St Peter's Basilica in <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1313064395_3" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">the Vatican</span>, preying on the millions of tourists who pass through <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1313064395_7" style="color: black; cursor: pointer;">Rome</span> every year.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313073216703166" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Criminal gangs had divided up these tourist sights and were defending their territory with violence, the police said.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313073216703161" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Five competitors who had been chased away alerted police to the gang's activities, leading to the sting operation.</div></span>curthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03063504761179811670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-20163496010678742382011-08-10T19:59:00.000-07:002011-08-10T19:59:18.127-07:00Putin 'discovers Greek urns' on scuba dive<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #7d7d7d; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 26px; white-space: nowrap;">By <span class="fn" id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361220">Dmitry Zaks</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nMimerh39hXDVKEKqqwpkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MzY3O2NyPTE7Y3c9NTEyO2R4PTA7ZHk9MDtmaT11bGNyb3A7aD0xMzc7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1312991217318-1-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) cleans an ancient amphora as he visits a site of archaeological excavations on the Taman Peninsula. Putin pulled on a wetsuit and went scuba diving at an ancient Greek Black Sea site in the latest populist stunt preceding next year's elections" border="0" height="230" id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361409" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nMimerh39hXDVKEKqqwpkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MzY3O2NyPTE7Y3c9NTEyO2R4PTA7ZHk9MDtmaT11bGNyb3A7aD0xMzc7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1312991217318-1-0.jpg" title="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) cleans an ancient amphora as he visits a site of archaeological excavations on the Taman Peninsula. Putin pulled on a wetsuit and went scuba diving at an ancient Greek Black Sea site in the latest populist stunt preceding next year's elections" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div id="yui_3_3_0_1_131303148036125" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1312991840_9" style="color: black; cursor: pointer;">Russia'</span>s hard man <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1312991840_0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">Prime Minister Vladimir Putin</span> pulled on a<span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1312991840_6" style="color: black; cursor: pointer;">wetsuit</span> Wednesday and went <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1312991840_8" style="color: black; cursor: pointer;">scuba diving</span> at an ancient Greek Black Sea site in the latest populist stunt preceding next year's elections.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361335" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">State news reports said he descended just two metres (6.6 feet) and "luckily" discovered two sixth century urns in full presence of the media, because the water was so clear.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361338" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Television footage showed two moss-covered vases with ear-like handles sitting neatly next to each other on top of the sandy bottom as Putin swam into view.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361341" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Treasure!" a dripping wet Putin told reporters with a big grin. "They drank it all already," he added when asked if there was anything left in the jars.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361344" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Putin -- a novice only attempting his third scuba dive -- "came across" the objects during an expedition on the southern Russian coast near Ukraine.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361347" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"The head of the expedition said they are from the sixth century AD," Putin said with a diving mask imprint still clear on his face. This would date them to the time of the early Byzantine era.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361350" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"When the ships were being loaded at the port, the jars would often break and then they would get tossed overboard," Russia's de facto leader explained.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_131303148036132" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Footage showed Putin accompanied on the diving raft by Russia's emergencies minister <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1312991840_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">Sergei Shoigu</span>and the powerful metals tycoon <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1312991840_3" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">Oleg Deripaska</span>.</div><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Basic Element company chief reportedly told Putin that he forgot his diving suit and refused to go into the water.</div><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"What, you ran out of money?" the LifeNews.ru website quoted Putin as asking the Russian oligarch.</div><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The high-publicity event took Putin to the Krasnodar region's Taman Peninsula -- home to the Phanagoria colony founded by the Greeks some 2,500 years ago and invaded by the ancient Rus in the 10th century.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361353" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Former Soviet intelligence officer Putin rose to the presidency in 2000 on the back of a carefully-cultivated image that mixed nationalist rhetoric with an action man image that set him apart from other Russian leaders.</div><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">He has flown a fighter jet into Chechnya and descended to the bottom of Lake Baikal in a special deep-sea vessel. Russian media have published photos of Putin wearing his judo black belt and stripped to his waist on a hunting trip.</div><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">One of his more daring escapades one year ago saw him chase whales off Russia's Pacific coast with a crossbow in hand.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361356" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Living in general is dangerous," his office later quoted Putin as telling a reporter at the scene. He later piloted a Formula One car on a circuit near his native city of Saint Petersburg.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361359" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Putin's adventures at times contrast with the apparently more sedate lifestyle of President Dmitry Medvedev -- a lawyer by training who has yet to commit himself to a second term amid speculation Putin himself may run.</div><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Russian president has also encountered the occasional media mishap.</div><div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Medvedev this summer nearly ran his SUV vehicle into a cheering crowd of supporters after forgetting to put the gear lever into park and has also become the hit of a viral video in which he was shown dancing at a friend's party.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313031480361379" style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Putin and Medvedev have vowed not to run against each other and decide which of them will stand for the presidency soon.</div>curthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03063504761179811670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-86429277474094706562011-08-07T10:10:00.000-07:002011-08-07T10:10:42.729-07:00Sisyphus by Interesni Kazki in Ekaterinburg, Russia [via Unurth]<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArchieMcpheesEndlessGeyserOfAwesome/~3/0Jms_bHCq2o/8603677754">Sisyphus by Interesni Kazki in Ekaterinburg, Russia<br />[via Unurth]</a>: "<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loateurYlT1qzfsnio1_500.jpg" /><br /><br /><p><em>Sisyphus</em> by <a href="http://interesnikazki.blogspot.com/">Interesni Kazki</a> in Ekaterinburg, Russia</p><br /><p>[via <a href="http://unurth.com/1715150/Interesni-Kazki-Sisyphus-Ekaterinburg">Unurth</a>]</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ArchieMcpheesEndlessGeyserOfAwesome/~4/0Jms_bHCq2o" height="1" width="1" />"curthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03063504761179811670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-20369402249443156272011-07-30T15:00:00.001-07:002011-07-30T15:00:34.336-07:00Spartacus Season 2<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GObQ_VCGu6w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-22476951719417201232011-07-20T14:38:00.000-07:002011-07-20T14:38:07.840-07:00Webcomic of the Day<a href="http://thedailywh.at/2011/07/20/webcomic-of-the-day-3">Webcomic of the Day</a>: "<p><img title="Webcomic of the Day" src="http://chzdailywhat.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/d8a6d542-7d6e-443c-b173-789d003ea297.jpg" alt="Webcomic of the Day" width="500px" height="185px" /></p><br /><p><strong>Webcomic of the Day:</strong> Hot off the e-press: Nick Gurewitch’s <a href="http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF250-Uncle_Duncan.jpg" rel="nofollow">first Perry Bible Fellowship strip</a> in over a year.</p><br /><p>[<a href="http://splitsider.com/2011/07/the-perry-bible-fellowship-releases-its-first-new-comic-strip-in-over-a-year" rel="nofollow">splitsider</a>.]</p>"curthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03063504761179811670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-31809808965231363692011-07-19T11:33:00.000-07:002011-07-19T11:33:06.079-07:00fine-art Spirograph<a href="http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/B6uaIuPQHqY/cnc-sharpie-fine-art.html">CNC + Sharpie = fine-art Spirograph</a>: "<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="entry-source-title-parent">from <a class="entry-source-title" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.boingboing.net%2Fboingboing%2FiBag?at=MYD4DlTz-yx2kfdSqjCF8w" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); text-decoration: none; ">Boing Boing</a></span> <span class="entry-author-parent">by <span class="entry-author-name">Cory Doctorow</span></span></span><img src="http://craphound.com/images/5951995446_33c5699349_b.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />Matt W. More and aarn teamed up to create these 'numerically controlled' posters made by fitting a Sharpie to a 3D CNC machine that then executed spirograpesque patterns. They come signed and numbered, with the Sharpie used to generate them.<br /><p><br /><br /><a href="http://mwmgraphics.blogspot.com/2011/07/numerically-controlled-poster-series.html">Numerically Controlled : Poster Series. </a><br /><br />(<i>via <a href="http://thisiscolossal.com/">This is Colossal</a></i>)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=83593f06ac45474d54eb283564a488ff&p=1"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=83593f06ac45474d54eb283564a488ff&p=1" /></a><br /><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechCons&partnerID=167&key=segment" /><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.28925.rss.TechCons.7604,cat.TechCons.rss" /><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~4/B6uaIuPQHqY" height="1" width="1" /></p>"</div>curthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03063504761179811670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-31658877033733244192011-06-29T09:29:00.000-07:002011-06-29T09:29:49.715-07:00Time Lapse Lunar Eclipse over the Acropolis<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><span class="entry-source-title-parent">from <a class="entry-source-title" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.makezine.com%2Fblog%2Findex.xml" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); text-decoration: none; ">MAKE Magazine</a></span> <span class="entry-author-parent">by <span class="entry-author-name">Sean Michael Ragan</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/7xb6Cq-5CKM/time-lapse-lunar-eclipse-over-the-acropolis.html">Time Lapse Lunar Eclipse over the Acropolis</a>: "<p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kOXR1ga1UlE?version=3" width="600" height="475" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p><br /><p><img src="http://blog.makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/20110617_acropoclipse_01.jpg" alt="" title="20110617_acropoclipse_01" width="580" height="386" /></p><br /><p></p><p>Time lapse video by <a href="http://www.auhopu.com/blog/">Elias Politis</a>, uppermost, and single image composite of same, immediately above. It’s NASA’s <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110625.html">Astronomy Picture of the Day</a> for June 25. Not sure I can get 100% behind “Acropoclipse,” but otherwise: Magnificent. [via <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2011/06/27/lunar-eclipse-over-the-acropolis/">adafruit</a>]</p><p></p><br /><p><strong>More:</strong><br /><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/01/24-hour-sky-panorama.html">24-hour Sky Panorama</a></p><br /><div><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?a=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?a=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?i=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?a=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?a=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?i=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?a=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?a=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/makezineonline?i=7xb6Cq-5CKM:VBVP6XVA3XA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0" /></a><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/makezineonline/~4/7xb6Cq-5CKM" height="1" width="1" />"curthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03063504761179811670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-58298772082557545722011-06-27T11:19:00.000-07:002011-06-27T11:19:53.688-07:00classical cameos<h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" target="_blank" href="http://feeds.boingboing.net/%7Er/boingboing/iBag/%7E3/RoCyTUA-4y0/victorian-and-classi.html">Victorian and classical cameos carved out of Oreos</a></h2><div class="entry-author"><span class="entry-source-title-parent">from <a href="https://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.boingboing.net%2Fboingboing%2FiBag" class="entry-source-title" target="_blank">Boing Boing</a></span> <span class="entry-author-parent">by <span class="entry-author-name">Cory Doctorow</span></span><div class="entry-likers"><br /></div></div><img src="http://craphound.com/images/DSC_1374_light_bg.jpg.1200x1200_q85.jpg" /><br /> XXV sez, "Sculptor Judith Klausner has been carving classically- and Victorian-inspired cameos out of Oreo cookies. Her most recent series -- <a target="_blank" href="http://jgklausner.com/series/from-scratch">From Scratch</a> -- explores traditional handicrafts using mass-produced, packaged foods as her medium. In addition to the Oreo cameos, she has embroidered a fried egg onto toast, cross-stitched Chex cereal, and more!" <p> And she made <a target="_blank" href="http://jgklausner.com/work/music-box-different-kind-role-model">this</a>: a mechanical musical jewelry-box with a (mate-beheading) preying mantis in place of the traditional confectionery ballerina. FWOAR. </p> <a target="_blank" href="http://jgklausner.com/work/oreo-cameo#p2">Home ➺ Work ➺ From Scratch ➺ Oreo Cameo </a> (<i>Thanks, XXV!</i>)Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-53562638201651481732011-06-18T15:06:00.000-07:002011-06-18T15:06:01.046-07:00Venni Vetti Wha?!?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ugliesttattoos.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cb5a24e7-96a2-42b6-84c1-2042d48437f9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 667px;" src="http://ugliesttattoos.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cb5a24e7-96a2-42b6-84c1-2042d48437f9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-39124933456784226792011-06-14T08:09:00.000-07:002011-06-14T08:09:32.432-07:00NATO refuses to rule out bombing Libyan Roman ruins<a href="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/WORLD/africa/06/14/libya.war/t1larg.leptis.magna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="NATO can not verify rebel claims that Gadhafi may be hiding rockets at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Leptis Magna." border="0" height="180" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/WORLD/africa/06/14/libya.war/t1larg.leptis.magna.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br />
<h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 30px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 18px; margin-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(CNN)</b> -- NATO refused to say Tuesday whether or not it would bomb ancient Roman ruins in Libya if it knew Moammar Gadhafi was hiding military equipment there.</span></h1><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We will strike military vehicles, military forces, military equipment or military infrastructure that threaten Libyan civilians as necessary," a NATO official in Naples told CNN, declining to give his name in discussing internal NATO deliberations.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But he said the alliance could not verify rebel claims that Libya's leader may be hiding rocket launchers at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Leptis Magna, a Roman city between the capital Tripoli and rebel-held Misrata.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wing Commander Mike Bracken, a spokesman for NATO's Libya mission, later said it "would be a concern for us that Gadhafi and pro-Gadhafi forces would choose to contravene international law in hiding themselves in such a location."</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And, he said, "If we were to take on any targets we would consider all risks."</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But he underlined that NATO could not confirm suggestions that weapons might be placed at the heritage site.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bracken briefing came a day after a top British military officer admitted that the bombing campaign was straining British resources.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"If we do it for longer than six months, then we have to reprioritize our forces," Admiral Mark Stanhope said Monday.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"That does not mean we won't be doing it," he added.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">NATO recently extended its mission -- officially to protect civilians in Libya from Gadhafi's efforts to crush an uprising that has left rebels in control of parts of the country -- for another 90 days, into September.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">British Minister of Defence Liam Fox said Tuesday the Libya mission showed "how capable we are" and emphasized that the United Kingdom has the fourth largest military budget in the world.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Concerns over British capabilities came as Germany's foreign minister visited the de facto rebel capital of Benghazi and rebels reported progress against government forces in western mountain cities.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Guido Westerwelle said Germany formally recognized the rebel Transitional National Council as the representative of the Libyan people, putting Berlin in line with the United States, France, Italy and a handful of other countries.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As Germany recognized the rebel leadership, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged countries in Africa on Monday to kick out diplomats representing Gadhafi's government.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also Monday, after a siege of nearly two months, rebels have freed the city of Al-Rayyana, northeast of Zintan, said rebel fighter Talha Al-Jiwali. Nine rebels were killed, and 35 were wounded, he said.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Al-Jiwali said forces entering Al-Rayyana found that more than 20 residents had been killed, a number of the women had been raped, and the town's electricity and water had been cut.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In nearby Zawiet al-Baqool, just east of Zintan, 500 to 600 government forces retained control, but the fighting was ongoing, he said.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Al-Jiwali added that nearly 100 members of Gadhafi's forces were killed in the two cities and that rebels confiscated their vehicles and arms.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clinton pressed for diplomatic support for the rebels at a meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She urged countries to "suspend the operations of Gadhafi's embassies in your countries," expel pro-Gadhafi diplomats and "increase contact and support" with the Transitional National Council, which represents the main opposition to Gadhafi's rule.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Your words and actions could make the difference in bringing the situation finally to a close and allowing the people of Libya, on an inclusive basis, in a unified Libya, to get to work writing a constitution and rebuilding their country," she said.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The United States views the council "as the legitimate interlocutor for the Libyan people during this interim period," Clinton said last week in the United Arab Emirates.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Monday, the United Arab Emirates notified Gadhafi's ambassador in that country that his diplomatic status there will expire in 72 hours, a diplomatic source in the country said. The UAE has recognized the Transitional National Council as the legitimate Libyan government.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">World powers beefed up financial and moral support for the Libyan opposition last week at an international coalition meeting aimed at charting the course of a post-Gadhafi Libya.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At that meeting, in the UAE, Clinton announced an additional $26 million in U.S. aid for the victims of Libya's ongoing war. She also said time will be on the international coalition's side so long as Gadhafi faces sustained pressure.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Italy pledged up to $580 million to the Transitional National Council, which is facing a budget shortfall, to cover its expenses, but not weapons, Foreign Ministry spokesman Maurizio Massari said.</div><div class="cnnInline" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kuwait will donate the $180 million it promised in April for humanitarian needs, said Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al Salman al Sabah, the Gulf nation's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs.</div><div class="cnn_strycbftrtxt" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CNN's Damien Ward, Laura Perez Maestro, Salma Abdelaziz, Frederik Pleitgen and Kareem Khadder contributed to this story.</div>curthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03063504761179811670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-14000956445612161062011-06-09T15:38:00.000-07:002011-06-09T15:38:01.061-07:00Roman Fish Transportation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><p>From There I Fixed It, found at </p><p><a href="http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2011/06/09/white-trash-repairs-historical-thursday-roman-fish-transportation/">http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2011/06/09/white-trash-repairs-historical-thursday-roman-fish-transportation/</a></p><p>Ahoy, fixers! Sorry for the absence of historicism that occurred last week, I’ll do my darnedest not to let that happen again. One of my favorite aspects of Historical Thursday is being to write about ancient marvels that have only recently been brought to the world’s attention. For this week’s edition we’ll be heading to the Adriatic Sea, where the Roman fish trade is (was) booming.</p><p><a href="http://chzb.gr/lXfyOt" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); "><img src="http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/624cad88-a084-493f-baac-8b03ccd280911.jpg?w=500&h=296" alt="white trash repairs - Historical Thursday: Roman Fish Transportation" title="white trash repairs - Historical Thursday: Roman Fish Transportation" width="500" height="296" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a><br /><span></span></p><p>2,000 years ago a Roman ship sank on the Gulf of Trieste, near the Italian town of Grado. Fast forward to 1986 when the ship was found. Cool, a shipwreck. Nothing completely out of the ordinary but it’s not every day we stumble across the rotting hull piloted by the ancient Romans. Fast forward another 25 years and it turns out this ship may have actually been something rather special.</p><p>Just a few weeks ago, researchers discovered a small lead pipe drilled into the hull. Understandably, this puzzled them. Why would anyone want to drill a hole into the bottom of their ship, wouldn’t that only let water in? But the Romans have proven to be some pretty smart folk, so they must have had a damn good reason for wanting anything that could compromise the integrity of the ship.</p><p><img src="http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/a4289e93-795c-462c-9d2f-82c6f866ba0f1.jpg?w=500&h=183" alt="white trash repairs - Historical Thursday: Roman Fish Transportation" title="white trash repairs - Historical Thursday: Roman Fish Transportation" width="500" height="183" /></p><p>The newly-discovered pipe is just a couple inches in diameter and 4 feet long, rising from the outside of the hull into a chamber within the ship. Scientists believe the pipe was attached to some sort of piston or hand-crank to pump water up from the sea. The theory goes that the pipe was fixed to a large tank used to transport live fish. Holding 4 cubic meters of water and up over 400 pounds of fish, the aquarium is a bit larger than the one I smashed while growing up and subsequently blamed the cat for (sorry mom). Fish need oxygenated water to, you know, continue being fish, and it’s estimated that the crank could pump over 200 liters per minutes, completely replacing all of the water in the tank in just 16 minutes.</p><p>For hundreds of years we’ve seen records that show the Romans were adept at transporting fish. Without refrigereation it was just always assumed that the fish were dried and/or salted, giving them a short shelf life. And with this massive aquarium on a relatively small ship, it’s assumed that the movement of live fish wasn’t too uncommon.</p><p><img src="http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/506dd6af-198a-4cb5-8f13-9ba034dfa7a51.jpg?w=500&h=281" alt="white trash repairs - Historical Thursday: Roman Fish Transportation" title="white trash repairs - Historical Thursday: Roman Fish Transportation" width="500" height="281" /></p><p>The problem, unfortunately, is that this is the first of its kind to ever be found. While the hypothesis sounds great and really quite plausible, it can’t be proven. Currently, researchers are working on recreating a replica of the ship using only historically accurate parts to prove if any of the above is correct, or we’ve all just been lead on a wild goose chase.</p><p><strong>Pictures and Information courtesy of: <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110531/full/news.2011.335.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Nature</a> and <a href="http://io9.com/5807485/a-surprising-discovery-about-how-ancient-romans-used-lead-pipes-for-food" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">io9</a>.</strong></p><p>As always, if <strong>YOU</strong> have an idea for a Historical Thursday, let me know at <a href="mailto:thereifixedit@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">thereifixedit@gmail.com</a></p><div><br /></div></span>Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483787561543648572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000701221384007235.post-6433045949643812642011-06-07T01:23:00.000-07:002011-06-07T01:23:00.349-07:00Teleconference Lecture Tomorrow : "Epilogue: What happened after the Battle of Marathon"<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>"Epilogue: What happened after the Battle of Marathon"</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Wednesday, June 8, 2011<br />
Speaker: JOHN MARINCOLA<br />
4:00 PM ET/ 1:00 PM PT (90 minute lecture and Q&A) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>Professor Marincola (Ph.D., Brown) is the Leon Golden Professor of Classics at Florida State University. The editor of the Penguin Herodotus, Professor Marincola specializes in Greek and Roman historiography and rhetoric and in this final lecture of the Marathon2500 series, Professor Marincola will talk about what happened <em>after</em></span><span> the battle. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>Location: Teleconference/webinar from anywhere in the world<br />
Free registration: http://marathon2500-8.eventbrite.com</span></div><br />
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