How Secure are We?
ANSWER : NOT VERY
The U.S. Government in their fight to keep the nation safe, spent some time on the internet recently checking how easy it might be for potential enemies to obtain "sensetive military items". explains New Scientist magazine.
After a superficial search they were horrified to find that it was, in fact, extremely easy to obtain such items using well known online trading sites. Also purchasing the items was remarkably easy. Amongst the items for sale were: pieces of US military body armour, nuclear-biological chemical protective suits, jet fighter parts and other sensetive items. Several of the traders involved now face criminal prosecution.
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Showing posts with label just interesting stories. Show all posts
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Thursday, 26 November 2009
Just Interesting Stories - New Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Just Interesting Stories - New Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest.
There are vast areas of the Southern Amazon which are now thought to have hosted extremely large human communities.
In the area of Mato Groso in Brazil, anthropologists discovered a network of towns and villages surrounded by walls. These areas, which are now overgrown with tropical rain forest, cover an area of approximately 30,000 square killometres. Some towns occupied areas covering 60 hectares. The settlements date from 1250 to 1650 before European colonists arrived, most probably bringing with them diseases that the native people could not fight off.
There are vast areas of the Southern Amazon which are now thought to have hosted extremely large human communities.
In the area of Mato Groso in Brazil, anthropologists discovered a network of towns and villages surrounded by walls. These areas, which are now overgrown with tropical rain forest, cover an area of approximately 30,000 square killometres. Some towns occupied areas covering 60 hectares. The settlements date from 1250 to 1650 before European colonists arrived, most probably bringing with them diseases that the native people could not fight off.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Just Intresting Stories - Sandkat. Stray Baggage!!
Ever lost your luggage on-route?
Loss of luggage during air travel is definately not infrequent. It has been estimated that around 42 million bags go missing annually, this figure increases by approximately 25% per year as air travel increases. Most bags are delivered back to their owners within 48 hours but 1 in every 2000 customers (or 3%) will never see their baggage again!
Lost baggage costs the airlines around 4 billion dollars per year. Amongst some of the causes that airlines quote are : congestion due to increasing numbers of passengers, tight turnaround times, mishandling of baggage and tagging errors.
Loss of luggage during air travel is definately not infrequent. It has been estimated that around 42 million bags go missing annually, this figure increases by approximately 25% per year as air travel increases. Most bags are delivered back to their owners within 48 hours but 1 in every 2000 customers (or 3%) will never see their baggage again!
Lost baggage costs the airlines around 4 billion dollars per year. Amongst some of the causes that airlines quote are : congestion due to increasing numbers of passengers, tight turnaround times, mishandling of baggage and tagging errors.
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