Odds ‘n Sods:

LDS Church increases some storage food useful shelf life estimates to up to 30 years. (Thanks to J McC. for the link.)

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Andre D. sent: The UN Braces for Stormy Space Weather

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B.B. sent this: Jim Rogers and Glenn Beck comment on the boom in Midwest farmland.

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Frequent content contributor K.A.F. sent: Doctors Struggling to Fight ‘Totally Drug-Resistant’ Tuberculosis in South Africa