Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Monday, September 4, 2017

Odds and ends


Karnazes became increasingly interested in his own Hellenic heritage as he researched the feats of one Pheidippides, the messenger who, some 2,500 years ago, ran from Athens to Sparta to enlist aid in repelling the invading Persians.

He then ran back to the field of Marathon — where the name comes from — where battle took place.

He finally scarpered back to Athens to announce the Greek victory: ‘a single inspired athletic endeavour’ of 153 miles of continuous running.

Pheidippides then dropped dead of exhaustion at the Acropolis.

Pheidippides was the original Marathon Man, and Karnazes sees himself as a kind of reincarnation. ‘I was Greek and running was something that brought with it great pride. I saw no higher calling.’





Thursday, August 31, 2017

Odds and ends

First cancer 'living drug' gets go-ahead - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41094990

Cabinet Approves Liquid Natural Gas For Electricity Generation: 1,000 MW Power Plants By 2019 - http://anynews.lk/s/wnti


New Colombo canal boat service to commence shortly – move to ease traffic congestion - http://anynews.lk/s/wnwf

Life of Julian Assange
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4789462/The-paranoid-life-Julian-Assange-exile.html

British vacations of yester-years

Dana - All Kinds of Everything - Ireland - Eurovision 1970