05/12/14

[Maik]

Bit of bad news for music lovers: NERIT, the puppet broadcasting station that replaced ERT, has been accepted into the Eurovision Song Contest.

[Maik]

Magnitude   ML 2.0
Region   SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Date time   2014-12-03 21:57:05.0 UTC
Location   55.80 N ; 3.19 W
Depth   6 km
Distances   201 km NE of Douglas, Isle of Man / pop: 26,218 / local time: 21:57:05.0 2014-12-03
17 km S of Edinburgh, United Kingdom / pop: 435,791 / local time: 21:57:05.0 2014-12-03
4 km SE of Penicuik, United Kingdom / pop: 17,011 / local time: 21:57:05.0 2014-12-03

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=411585

[Maik]

Heard a council workman was injured Tuesday in the main square in Argostoli when he fell while pruning trees. Employee taken to Argosoli hospital with head injuries, then transferred to Rio. Sounds as though H&S isn't a big priority over here, to the extent that the municipality (allegedly) hasn't filed the required report.


Big meeting in Poros last night re the closure of the Alpha Bank during winter months. Seems a noticeable decline in Poros this winter with fewer tavernas open and the two periptera closed. Heard the one on the square will be closed until Easter, the one in the port has changed hands, could be re-opened before Christmas. Meanwhile, ciggies available from Dimitra's supermarket in the port and Simotas s/m opp. the pharmacy.

[Maik]

An important archaeological discovery was made in the area of Saintes amphitheater in Southwest France, where hundreds of Roman graves were unearthed, containing individuals that have been buried there during the first or the second century AD.

Five of the skeletons found in the graves, four adults and one child, still had shackles on their necks and ankles, which has led the archaeologists to the conclusion that they were slaves.

http://en.protothema.gr/roman-slaves-skeletons-unearthed-still-in-shackles-photos/

[Maik]

A video has been released that shows the incredible moment a man in South Africa pulled three live baby shark pups from their dead mother.

In the amazing footage uploaded onto Youtube on Monday, we see the man pull out the three baby sharks and carry them back into back into the ocean.

The video begins after a family comes across the dead shark laying on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa.

As the family moves closer to the animal, the female filming the incident notices that there is still movement on the shark’s underside and that she believes the shark could be pregnant. One of the family members then decides to take a knife to the shark’s abdomen to investigate.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/video-three-live-shark-pups-rescued-from-the-stomach-of-their-dead-mother-9902782.html

[Maik]

Sony Pictures Entertainment saved thousands of company passwords in a file directory entitled 'Password', it has emerged, after hackers published a new trove of leaked documents online.

In what is turning out to be one of the most embarrassing corporate hacks in history, it appears that the leaked files include the Social Security numbers of 47,000 employees and actors, including Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow and Rebel Wilson.

They also include a file directory entitled 'Password', which includes 139 Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, zip files, and PDFs containing thousands of passwords to Sony Pictures’ internal computers, social media accounts, and web services accounts.

Most of the files are labelled in plain text and without password protection.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sony/11274727/Sony-saved-thousands-of-passwords-in-a-folder-named-Password.html