Yet more keen links one might want to share

[limey]

Thank you. It's a well-kept secret!


Sent by thought transference

[xoxoxoBruce]

Terrorism in the US.

The RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents (RDWTI) contains data on terrorist incidents worldwide from 1968 through 2009. Terrorism is defined as the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat of violence in the pursuit of political change.

If you buy their definition, they list 567 incidents in the US between 1968 and 2009.
The #1 perp group with 140 or 25% of the total, is anti-Castro Cubans.
The #2 perp group with 62 or 10% of the total, is the Jewish Defense League.
link

[Griff]

I guess the various white supremacist groups are considered as separate entities? We see more of those fucks around here, rural Amerika, than disgruntled Cubans and Jews. Still the Klan alone would put up some numbers.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Yes, I read PA has more white supremacist groups than any other state, and see a lot of it in Lancaster/York/Lebanon counties. I prefaced that ranking with "If you buy their definition" because the "goal of political change" is tenuous. I don't think the supremacists want political change, just someone to feel better than. Nobody wants be on the bottom of the totem pole. Interesting though, the bottom of real totem poles was the most respected and revered position.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The coffee-machine bacteriome: biodiversity and colonisation of the wasted coffee tray leach

Abstract


Microbial communities are ubiquitous in both natural and artificial environments. However, microbial diversity is usually reduced under strong selection pressures, such as those present in habitats rich in recalcitrant or toxic compounds displaying antimicrobial properties. Caffeine is a natural alkaloid present in coffee, tea and soft drinks with well-known antibacterial properties. Here we present the first systematic analysis of coffee machine-associated bacteria. We sampled the coffee waste reservoir of ten different Nespresso machines and conducted a dynamic monitoring of the colonization process in a new machine. Our results reveal the existence of a varied bacterial community in all the machines sampled, and a rapid colonisation process of the coffee leach. The community developed from a pioneering pool of enterobacteria and other opportunistic taxa to a mature but still highly variable microbiome rich in coffee-adapted bacteria. The bacterial communities described here, for the first time, are potential drivers of biotechnologically relevant processes including decaffeination and bioremediation.

Hah, die caffeine junkies, Bwahahahaha.

[lumberjim]

The fuck does that mean

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

The fuck does that mean

Damifino, waiting for Ortho to come 'splain it.

[fargon]

I think it means, that coffee rots in the garbage. Coffee grounds make excellent fertilizer.

[glatt]

What the hell is "coffee leach" and "coffee waste reservoir?"

Is that the spill tray under the cup? Is it the used grounds in the little pod you throw in the trash? Is it the reservoir for the clean water? Or are they swabbing surfaces that come into contact with the fresh coffee?

Speak English people.

[Clodfobble]

They basically are saying "you think your shit's clean but it ain't."

[Gravdigr]

The government is apparently very keen to hear our views on the proposed NHS mandate. But you’d better be quick; you have until 23 November to comment. And if you’re wondering how you missed such an important opportunity to comment on the future of the NHS, you’re not alone. Critics say the Department of Health has deliberately kept it quiet, with little publicity and only a month for the public to comment since the launch in October.

The mandate’s important. In its own words: “The mandate to NHS England sets the government’s objectives for NHS England, as well as its budget.” It “sets direction for the NHS, and helps ensure the NHS is accountable to parliament and the public”. A fresh mandate has to be published every year “to ensure that NHS England’s objectives remain up to date”. A new mandate is due to be published following the completion of the spending review, to take effect from April 2016. There’s a consultation document that sets out how the government proposes to set the mandate to NHS England for this parliament. And it’s this document that we’re invited to respond to.

...the hell?

What Glatt said, speakee English.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I posted that here, evidently the Brits know what it's about, but we know how they murder the King's English.

[Gravdigr]

Dammit. Goddammit.

I quoted the wrong fucking post!

I got shit for brains more, and more.

I was gonna fix it, but, fuck it. Sorry for any confusion.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Calm the fuck down, it's no biggie. That's like me putting a post in a completely wrong thread, that had LJ scratching his head.

[Happy Monkey]

Interactive periodic table.

Apparently Helium is the only element that is a liquid at 1Atm at absolute zero.

And Rhenium stays liquid longest as the temperature goes up.