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Limbless person swim between new guinea and Indonesia. 7 and half hour of swim, this is part of his personal list of achievements, like swim the British channel.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18100850

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Kids risking their life for not miss school

There is a picture in this article showing the precarious of the bridge used by the local kids to reach school. 

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How wasting food impact the enviroment

There is a study from the university of Edinburgh claiming that UK is waisting an estimate of 360,000 Tons of milk per year, this generate the same amount of Nitrous oxide (N2O)  equal to 20'000 cars.

The study is informing that if the UK reduce the Chicken consumption to the Japanese level they will be able equal to remove from the road 10 million cars. 

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Information Overload

In this article the Dr Lynda Shaw is explaining that we are experiencing constant bombardment of information during the normal day .

This overflow of information is overwelming the brain is not capable of retaining them and as side effect the decision making is slowed down. This is mainly due to the release of cortisol hormon produced by our body to reduce the stress. 

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Spilberk Food Festival 11 till 13 of May

It will take place on friday the following days:

11th (12:00 to 21:00)

12th (12:00 to 21:00)

13th (12:00 to 19:00)

Ticket price:

(on the 11th)

1250 = 500cz in entrance and 750cz in food and drinks

The price includes:

Basic package of 30 Florens for consumption

Welcome drink voucher

Capacity of festival site reduced

Friday side events

Wine degustations

Tastings

Beer is gratis

Free entry into Špilberk Castle exibitions: 12:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m. (except of Casemates)

(on the 12 and 13)

400cz = 150cz entry and 250 in food and beverages

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Is fame a bad thing ?

This is a well written article regarding Fame and how three of the most popular singers Elvis, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon. 

The article is an extract from"Geniuos and Madness" from William Todd Schultz. (2009).

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CIA testing LSD on random civilians

The CIA was running a project in the 1950 till the 70's, testing LSD on random civilians. 

They used to have safe houses with prostitutes picking up customers and dose them with LSD.  This is a quite long article explaining the Midnight Climax project. 

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UK proposal to increase the monitoring on people

The UK government will soon propose a new law to force the Service Providers to keep records of e-mail exchanges and phone calls made by the customer. 

Those information will be then available to the Government under request. 

Quote from the article:

"Communications data includes time, duration and dialling numbers of a phone call, or an email address. It does not include the content of any phone call or email and it is not the intention of Government to make changes to the existing legal basis for the interception of communications."

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30 people set them-self on fire on the last year

The article is related to the last self immolated Tibetan.  He has done to raise the world awarness regarding the Tibet indipendence. 

It's a clear sign of desperation but I'm not sure it's the best way to promote your opinion. China is calling the self immolation a form of terrorism and claim that the Dalai lama is supporting it. 

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War of the words

The department of education want to ban the use of some words on schools tests. They want to avoid upsetting the kids by applying a ban on the following words:

Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological)

Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs

Birthday celebrations (and birthdays)

Bodily functions

Cancer (and other diseases)

Catastrophes/disasters (tsunamis and hurricanes)

Celebrities

Children dealing with serious issues

Cigarettes (and other smoking paraphernalia)

Computers in the home (acceptable in a school or library setting)

Crime

Death and disease

Divorce

Expensive gifts, vacations, and prizesEvolution

Gambling involving money

Halloween

Homelessness

Homes with swimming pools

Hunting

Junk food

In-depth discussions of sports that require prior knowledge

Loss of employment

Nuclear weapons

Occult topics (i.e. fortune-telling)

Parapsychology

Politics

Pornography

Poverty

Rap Music

Religion

Religious holidays and festivals (including but not limited to Christmas, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan)

Rock-and-Roll music

Running away

Sex

Slavery

Terrorism

Television and video games (excessive use)

Traumatic material (including material that may be particularly upsetting such as animal shelters)

Vermin (rats and roaches)

Violence

War and bloodshed

Weapons (guns, knives, etc.)

Witchcraft, sorcery, etc.

The full article:

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