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* A bomb attack in a city where the bulk of the Syrian refugees are in Turkey has killed 46 people. There is finger pointing at Assad and nine people have been arrested, but there's a whole lot of politics involved which means people are skeptical about nearly everything except the fact of the bombing and the tragedy of the deaths. I'm not expressing an opinion on which claims are true until more information is available. My thoughts are with the survivors and the greiving families of the dead.
* "WHO says new coronavirus may be passed person to person:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22502143
So far 18 are confirmed dead in a little over a year. It's not in a lot of places, nor is it spreading fast, but it's very bad if you get it. So far it's been found in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, France, the UK, and UAE. The bulk of the cases being in Saudi Arabia. The second victim in France in now in ICU, having got it through sharing a room with the first victim. The first victim in the UK was just back from travel in the Middle east, just like the first victim in France. In the UK, the second victim was the son of the first victim and caught it on an extended car trip. If you've just been traveling in the Middle east and have come down with pneumonia, best go to the hospital. Otherwise, don't panic.
* "Nigeria: Nok - a Visit to Africa's Ancient Civilization:" http://allafrica.com/stories/201305061211.html?viewall=1
* "Ten Things Romans Used for Toilet Paper:" http://flavias.blogspot.be/2013/05/ten-things-romans-used-for-toilet-paper.html
* "‘Pompeii of the north’ discovered in lost stream underneath London’s streets:" http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/06/pompeii-of-the-north-discovered-in-lost-stream-underneath-londons-streets-3714338/
* Speculations about The Elephant's Tomb in Carmona: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-elephant-tomb-carmona-temple-god.html
* "Necropolis bioarchaeology at Roman Sanisera:" http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2013/necropolis-bioarchaeology-at-roman-sanisera
* "Ancient Tchotchkes Deepen Our Understanding of Jewish Pilgrims:" http://forward.com/articles/175799/ancient-tchotchkes-deepen-our-understanding-of-jew/#ixzz2TARt88KN
* The girls spent the night moping between frantic pettins demands. Hector became increasingly distressed over the course of the evening, at first complaining, then searching the apartment for FuzzyButt, howling at the top of his lungs in an increasingly frantic search for his little friend. It was heartbreaking to watch. Somehow Hector's belief that I could fix it made the loss of the Butt worse.
* I've got a hot drink swap up over at BPAL if folks are interested: http://www.bpal.org/topic/80818-spring-drink-swap/
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* "WHO says new coronavirus may be passed person to person:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22502143
So far 18 are confirmed dead in a little over a year. It's not in a lot of places, nor is it spreading fast, but it's very bad if you get it. So far it's been found in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, France, the UK, and UAE. The bulk of the cases being in Saudi Arabia. The second victim in France in now in ICU, having got it through sharing a room with the first victim. The first victim in the UK was just back from travel in the Middle east, just like the first victim in France. In the UK, the second victim was the son of the first victim and caught it on an extended car trip. If you've just been traveling in the Middle east and have come down with pneumonia, best go to the hospital. Otherwise, don't panic.
* "Nigeria: Nok - a Visit to Africa's Ancient Civilization:" http://allafrica.com/stories/201305061211.html?viewall=1
* "Ten Things Romans Used for Toilet Paper:" http://flavias.blogspot.be/2013/05/ten-things-romans-used-for-toilet-paper.html
* "‘Pompeii of the north’ discovered in lost stream underneath London’s streets:" http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/06/pompeii-of-the-north-discovered-in-lost-stream-underneath-londons-streets-3714338/
* Speculations about The Elephant's Tomb in Carmona: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-elephant-tomb-carmona-temple-god.html
* "Necropolis bioarchaeology at Roman Sanisera:" http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2013/necropolis-bioarchaeology-at-roman-sanisera
* "Ancient Tchotchkes Deepen Our Understanding of Jewish Pilgrims:" http://forward.com/articles/175799/ancient-tchotchkes-deepen-our-understanding-of-jew/#ixzz2TARt88KN
* The girls spent the night moping between frantic pettins demands. Hector became increasingly distressed over the course of the evening, at first complaining, then searching the apartment for FuzzyButt, howling at the top of his lungs in an increasingly frantic search for his little friend. It was heartbreaking to watch. Somehow Hector's belief that I could fix it made the loss of the Butt worse.
* I've got a hot drink swap up over at BPAL if folks are interested: http://www.bpal.org/topic/80818-spring-drink-swap/
This entry was originally posted at http://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/312820.html. Please comment there using OpenID.