conformism in, freedom out.http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/363973.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christianiahttp://www.christiania.org/main/lan.php?lan=gb

South American Explorers has introduced a new exclusive ($7,500) Membership category: Afterlife!!Blurb excerpt: "...when you pass into the realm beyond, you will face eternity with serenity, assured of your Club's perpetual gratitude. You will know the true meaning of immortality as you return each year to preside at the annual Club bacchanal held in your honor. Imagine the envy of your fellow spirits when they witness this outpouring of affection and devotion to your revered memory, a blessed dividend..."Interested, affluent souls can fly over to: http://www.saexplorers.org

Latest research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that antioxidant supplements such as vitamins A and E, rather than prolonging life, may “significantly increase mortality" while there was no evidence for any positive life-prolonging effect of vitamin C either. And as soon as the ink on the journal article dried, a cacophony of eminent scientists boosted by vitamins and vitamin manufacturers, started claiming just the opposite.

Gatakos, 2000-2007since this morning "Gatakos", the ecoclub catis exploring the big garden.we thank him for the joy he gave us,sitting patiently by the mouse & laptopGatako kalo taxidi! - bon voyage.

Viriathus, leader of the Lusitanians (now Portuguese) and previously honoured as "a friend of Rome" was executed/assasinated on Roman orders. When the perpetrators came to collect, the Roman consul Servilius Cipianus ordered their execution saying: "Roma proditores non pendit" (Rome does not pay traitors). With the death of Viriathus, Lusitanian resistance waned and Lusitania was romanized and lost its language.As Karl Marx wrote “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor's_justicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriathus

We are all descendants of migrants. Many of us migrate during our lifetime, even for short periods. There are no illegal human beings. Yet, many 'worry' about the 'problem' of 'illegal' migration. They are scared by people who are seeking a better life, at the same time that they are hiring them, for peanuts and without medical insurance, to clean their homes, offices and cars and babysit their children. Others have no moral problem, but still want to 'integrate' migrants by force, to interfere with what clothes they should or should not wear, to teach them history, a new language, to ensure that they enjoy from day 1 the same rights and privileges as old citizens. In effect, they may be creating in the short term as many obstacles as those who oppose migration. It is a difficult topic. Ideally, we should be able to do away with borders, but the...

Modern greeks are more or less laggards in the EU in terms of computer use, rather opting for the great outdoors. Not so for our ancient forefathers, as the 2,100 year old 'Antikythera mechanism' has now been confirmed as the world's earliest computer: "The level of miniaturisation and complexity of its parts is comparable to that of 18th century clocks."http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1960316,00.htmlhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/...E933C9C66E22E65

Quiz: in which major travel awards the winner in one of the categories was a subsidiary of the award sponsors? Shurely shome mishtake? But who cares, they take turns winning awards.

A great movie, Babel by the new, great Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, in another powerful screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada) In a way, a hymn to globalisation, a criticism on borders and their dehumanising influence, the plight of immigrants, the anti-terrorism hysteria, urban loneliness and the sometimes surreal position of tourism in all these. A must see!

Just received an evaluation form for a conference I had attended er,  four years ago.One of the questions asks 'what did you expect to gain from our conference'Honestly? Er, I don't remember.