In May, we posted about the death of Claude Choules at 110. Choules was the last surviving veteran of World War I. Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that the ex-Royal Navy Largs Bay, a Bay class landing ship dock, would be commissioned as HMAS Choules. The Largs Bay served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 2006 to 2011 until she was sold to Australia earlier this year. Mr. Choules, like the ship named in his honor, served in both the Australian and the Royal navies.
Ex RN ship to be named after last WWI vet
One wonders how Mr. Choules might has responded to the honor. As reported by the BBC,” … despite his military record, Mr Choules became a pacifist. He was known to have disagreed with the celebration of Australia’s most important war memorial holiday, Anzac Day, and refused to march in the annual commemoration parades.”
Last week, a bright orange jelly or “goo” floated up on the beaches of Kivalina, a remote Alaskan village of just over 400 residents. Now scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have determined that the goo is not man-made but rather millions of microscopic invertebrate eggs, filled with fatty droplets. Experts are guessing that they are from some sort of crustacean, but so far have been unable to identify which species of invertebrate laid all the eggs or whether the mass of eggs will prove harmful to the village water supply or impact local fishing.
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The Viking longboat replica, 
In May, we posted about what appears to be the deck of an aircraft carrier built onto the top of a government building in China (
The Royal Navy has appointed Lt Cdr Sarah West the command of 
After adverse winds carried her off course, marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, 61, ended her attempt to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. She had been swimming for 29 hours when she ended the swim.
Last December