http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/7317421.stm

The number of ships visiting the Antarctic is growing; and that brings an increasing risk of accidents that could pollute the coastline and the Southern Ocean. In the Green Room this week, James Barnes says that governments must act now to protect the White Continent.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7321647.stm

A Royal Marine who threw himself onto an exploding grenade to save the lives of his patrol has been put forward for the UK’s highest military honour.

Lance Corporal Matt Croucher, 24, a reservist from Birmingham, survived because his rucksack and body armour took the force of the blast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dmu-7sddik

A tour of the Toul Sleng Torture Prison and one of many Cambodian Killing Fields.

http://selenium.openqa.org/

From the page: “Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in a browser, just like real users do. It runs in Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Firefox on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh, Safari on the Mac. We have plans to target Safari on the iPhone in some months.

The quickest way to learn Selenium is via a Firefox plugin called Selenium IDE. It is quite compelling for developing tests in and quickly trying out Selenium before choosing Selenium for your project.”

http://pichaus.com/poster-e5a@

Found via runaway-mule

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1725762_1555842,00.html

The Peace Symbol’s 50th Anniversary

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=131414

The Nihilistic Beauty of Weapons Arranged in Patterns

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=548053&in_page_id=1779

Johnson vows to “yank” Fulham out of the relegation zone

I bloody hope so.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/28/tech/main3977071.shtml

A New York auction house is selling a primitive photograph that could be a much earlier work than originally believed. If so, it says, it would be one of the most important discoveries in the history of photography.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/356785_sbuxtip28.html

From the page: “San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett, in her ruling last week, said there was “uncontroverted testimony that Starbucks continues to utilize the distribution of tips from the tip pool to compensate shift supervisors as well as baristas.” Cowett ordered Starbucks to pay thousands of California baristas $86.7 million plus interest for breaking the law.”

but…

“Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz, in a voice-mail message to employees Wednesday night, called last week’s ruling by a California judge “extremely unfair and beyond reason” and said he wanted employees to know the truth.”

and won’t pay back the money.