[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Archaeologists believe they are one step closer to confirming the resting place of Noah's Ark. I called Utu-Napishtim and he said that's not where he left it.
A team excavating a geological formation in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey has aged rock and soil samples they believe contain ruins of the vessel, which puts the site at the same time the Bible puts the Great Flood 5,000 years ago.
The project began in 2021 and is ongoing, but the initial analysis determined samples to contain clayey and marine materials and seafood.
According to the researchers, these results mean human activity was present on the boat-shaped mound between 5500 and 3000 BC.
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So this is the what, fifth or sixth times that Noah's Ark has been found?
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"Look, up in the sky! It's a pinkel!"
But though it grew dark in a twinkle,
Our boat remained whole
As it bounced round the bowl
Till ol' Marduk had finished his tinkle.
"What next?" Noah asked Dr. Finkel.
"Dunno. Guess we'll find out when he's done messing with his phone."
Violent fighting broke out over the weekend between M23 rebels
...a revived group of Tutsi rebels sponsored by Rwanda. They grabbed a swathe of North Kivu last year...
and pro-government soldiers and gangs in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , once again shifting the balance of power around a strategic town in Masisi territory, sources told AFP on Sunday.
"We have taken refuge in the parish, the M23 rebels have been in Kitshanga since yesterday (Saturday)", said one resident. Several of the maimed have been taken to hospital, a health source said. "This (Sunday) morning, there is no more fighting, but we are still afraid to go out," added this source, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... "The rebels are in Kitshanga and we are trying to find a way to retake the town," a security source told AFP on condition of anonymity. "The war is not going to stop, we're going to carry on", said a front man for one of the gangs who describe themselves as "patriots" fighting the rebels.
According to the security source, fighting was under way on Sunday in another part of North Kivu province, in the neighbouring territory of Rutshuru.
Kitshanga, located at a crossroads in the Masisi region, some 80 km north-west of the historic provincial capital Goma, has changed hands several times since the beginning of the war.
The M23 (March 23 Movement), a Tutsi-dominated rebellion supported by Rwanda according to many sources, took the town in January, continuing its conquest of vast swathes of territory. After six months of precarious calm, festivities resumed around three weeks ago.
At the beginning of October, the town passed from the hands of the EAC-RF (an East African force supposed to provide a buffer zone between the belligerents) to local militias, then to the M23, who took it back for less than 24 hours, before handing it over to the gangs and the army.
On 14 October, the army, which claims to be respecting a ceasefire ordered by a regional mediator, organised a press trip there, before the town fell back under rebel control a week later.
[Aljazeera] Taichung, Taiwan — On October 7, the Palestinian armed group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, firing thousands of rockets that quickly overwhelmed Israel’s state-of-the-art Iron Dome air defence system while thousands of fighters infiltrated southern Israel by air, sea and land.
The significance of Hamas’s surprise attack was not lost on Taiwan’s military, which lives with a promise by Beijing’s political leaders to unify self-ruled Taiwan with China, by force if necessary.
In the week after Hamas’s raid on Israel, the Taiwanese defence ministry announced the establishment of a task force to draw lessons from the Israel-Gaza war.
Taiwan’s defence minister, Chiu Kuo-cheng, has said that an initial lesson is that intelligence gathering will be key to counter China’s threats.
Taiwan also has the sea, said 42-year-old Tony Wei, who is a member of the Taiwanese reserves and a dentist by profession. Emphasis added.
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Taiwan’s defence minister, Chiu Kuo-cheng, has said that an initial lesson is that intelligence gathering will be key to counter China’s threats.
Emphasis added.
No Shi**er O'The Day
* Gratuitous collection tip: Do NOT reply on "friendly nation" contributions to your effort. Use your OWN systems and reporting. Employ collaborative systems as backup and verification.
[YouTube] The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during WWII and his battle to overcome his inner demons. Directed by Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandberg, starring Aksel Hennie as Max Manus.
Wiki - Maximo Guillermo "Max" Manus DSO, MC & Bar (9 December 1914 – 20 September 1996) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway. After the war he wrote several books about his adventures and started the successful office supply company Max Manus AS.
[ZERO] Research has shown that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines reduce bacteria belonging to the Bifidobacteria genus, a common and beneficial gut bacteria. COVID vaccination is also linked to reduced gut biodiversity.
Works by gastroenterologist Dr. Sabine Hazan, the CEO of ProgenaBiome, a microbiome genomic research laboratory, found that after COVID-19 vaccination, people's Bifidobacteria levels can fall by as much as 90 percent. Some of her unpublished data found that Bifidobacteria levels are negligible in vaccinated people.
Bifidobacteria are among the first microbes to colonize a baby's gastrointestinal tract as he or she passes through the mother's birth canal. They are believed to exert positive health effects on their host.
Bifidobacteria interact with the immune system, and their presence is linked with improved immunity against pathogens and cancer.
Who stands to lose? Yes, newborns and cancer patients.
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All antibiotics kill intestinal bacteria, too, so you’ll want to supplement with Align and other probiotics after you finish a course of antibiotics. Also yoghurt and a variety of fermented foods (sauerkraut, kimchi, etc. See here for a list of commonly available ones) — anything that kills Bifidobacteria will likely not stop with just one kind of intestinal critter.
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Of course it is, SteveS. Whether those bacteria are the best for your intestines is a different story, but I imagine it would be helpful as a secondary source — for variety, donchaknow.
[MAIL] A gastroenterologist has warned people about the risks of using phones on the toilet, and gave advice on how to fix the habit.
Dr Joseph Salhab confirmed that prolonged sitting and straining on the toilet - perhaps encouraged by taking your phone to the bathroom - can lead to an increased risk of developing hemorrhoids, also known as piles.
He also commented on how it can lead to undesirable bacteria on your device.
Dr Salhab, who goes by 'thestomachdoctor' on TikTok, said: 'Straining and prolonged sitting when you're trying to use the restroom puts you at risk for developing hemorrhoids which can be painful and bleed.'
He then gave tips on how to reduce time doing a number two, including limiting your mobile phone use.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka 
[ZERO] Research has shown that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines reduce bacteria belonging to the Bifidobacteria genus, a common and beneficial gut bacteria. COVID vaccination is also linked to reduced gut biodiversity.
