Spooks

Media: Series (BBC) Name: Spooks IMDb / review: IMDb Torrent: Torrentz *

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Why bother: A BBC series about a team of agents in MI:5. Now normally the simple thought of a spy series would make me want to gauche my eyeballs out because the makers simply can't know what really goes on in such a place. Therefore most of these series and films end up being completely unrealistic/James Bond like, where spies get smashed, tortured, drowned using futuristic vehicles but after redoing his tie all is well and has sex with a 24 year old, incredibly hot, nuclear physicist who also excels in multiple foreign languages. Spooks on the other hand does look quite realistic, although I can't know because I'm not, and have never spoken with, a spy. But it has this "Midsummer murders" with a "Touch of Frost" vibe which makes it, well actually quite good. One episode covers one story (operation). The stories are diverse; it's not all Islamic terror bladibla. Although the personal issues of the characters do flow through several episodes, because it's not a Hollywood production it isn't annoyingly juicy/soapy or something. Now be advised, do not confuse this with Spooks - Code 9, this is an lame spin-off in which the makers were trying to attract a younger crowd. So here the 24 year old, incredibly hot, nuclear physicist comes along again... At this moment I'm working my way trough Season 2, so far so good. Don't know how the series develops during coming seasons, but at request I can keep you updated. Rating: ★★★★ - Warm and fussy feeling inside * Torrents for complete seasons are available but have a disappointing quality (still fine to whatch), so If you only want high res I think you'll need to download episodes separately.

How to become a spartan

Fulko wanted me to show you guys this: "The only way to get a body like the spartans is to do the Spartan trainingsprogram, it really works, you can join for free and you can do it at home"

Different versions of Barricade (Board Game)

I had so much fun playing this game last saterday that I decided to do some googleing on this simple board game. People on Amazon.de are lyrical about this game although it has a bad rating at BoardGameGeek. The BoardGameGeeks think it is a simple game without any tactics("As you will already know by reading the rules this game lacks almost all kind of strategy and is mainly played the way the dice roll.") Here are a few versions of the game. There even is a 6 player version, that has to be chaotic.

Olympic Games: Who Was The Real Winner?

The Olympic games have ended again. China won, US second. To summarize: The country with the most inhabitants wins, the country with the a hugh sports budget second. No surprise here. So who did perform the best on the Olympic games when you take the size, GDP or income into account? The boys from geencommentaar.nl (Dutch, 12th) did a very nice job and this resulted in the following lists: Gold medals per million inhabitants:

Pos Country        Gold        (Actual)
1.  Jamaica        2.139546958 (6)
2.  Bahrein        1.392164342 (1)
3.  Estland        0.764756941 (1)
4.  Nieuw-Zeeland  0.718828023 (3)
5.  Australië      0.679583411 (14)
6.  Mongolië       0.667538695 (2)
7.  Georgië        0.647830491 (3)
8.  Noorwegen      0.645931268 (3)
9.  Slowakije      0.549913141 (3)
10. Slovenië       0.498079654 (1)

12. Nederland      0.420538803 (7)
25. Rusland        0.16346594  (23)
33. VS             0.1184894   (36)
47. China          0.038344579 (51)

Gold medals per billion GDP

Pos Country    Gold        (Actual)
1.  Zimbabwe       0.403781984 (1)
2.  Jamaica        0.277863241 (6)
3.  Mongolië       0.208605842 (2)
4.  Georgië        0.137836275 (3)
5.  Kenia          0.077493519 (5)
6.  Ethiopië       0.063894424 (4)
7.  Noord-Korea    0.044832727 (2)
8.  Bahrein        0.043369606 (1)
9.  Cuba           0.038904614 (2)
10. Wit-Rusland    0.037887804 (4)

30. Rusland        0.010636648 (23)
31. Nederland      0.010923086 (7)
35. China          0.007234826 (51)
47. VS             0.002587105 (36)

Gold per $1,000.- income per person

Pos Country    Gold        (Actual)
1.  China          9.622641509 (51)  
2.  Zimbabwe       5           (1)
3.  Ethiopië       5           (4)
4.  Kenia          2.941176471 (5)
5.  Rusland        1.56462585  (23)
6.  Noord-Korea    1.052631579 (2)
7.  Oekraïne       1.014492754 (7)
8.  VS             0.786026201 (36)
9.  Jamaica        0.779220779 (6)
10. Georgië        0.638297872 (3)

29. Nederland      0.181818182 (7)

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Cows truly have animal magnetism

German scientists using satellite images posted online by the Google Earth software program have observed something that has escaped the notice of farmers, herders and hunters for thousands of years: Cattle grazing or at rest tend to orient their bodies in a north-south direction just like a compass needle. Studying photographs of 8,510 cattle in 308 herds from around the world, zoologists Sabine Begall and Hynek Burda of the University of Duisburg-Essen and their colleagues found that two out of every three animals in the pictures were oriented in a direction roughly pointing to magnetic north. [...] Researchers have long known that certain bacteria, birds, fish, whales and even rodents have minute organs in their brains containing particles of magnetite that can act like a compass. But the new results are the first hint that larger land-based mammals may also have such organs, said biologist Kenneth J. Lohmann of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was not involved in the research.

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