Styrofoam Homes: Typhoon-Resistant and Smurflike
A quick article about styrofoam home kits, currently on sale in Japan. These are touted as the home of the future, but several have made Smurf comments. Fair enough, but they look more Logan's Run on the... UPDATE 1-G8 energy ministers look inward on oil, spare OPEC
I don't have time to write about this properly, having to go to work and all. Hell, I cannot even afford (time-wise) to post more than one clip from the story before my shower.Suffice it to say this story is worth a look.And only one side note here. Talked with one local...
Large parts of US water supply contaminated
"The United States is facing a growing threat to its water supply from bacterial contaminition, especially as antibiotic resistant strains become increasingly common" METHOD AIMS TO 'OUTFOX' HIV VIRUS
"A way to outfox the HIV Aids virus has been discovered that may avoid the problems of drug resistance which limit current treatments. Scientists working in the laboratory were able to block HIV infection by inactivating a key human protein.Most drugs used against HIV...Prison Cigarettes: $1,000.00 a Pack
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IRAN & A Weapon Of Mass Destruction :: MAXINE
"It’s true and can be mentioned in the same breath. The fields in IRAN are producing a weapon of mass destruction and it is not what you think.
This weapon of mass destruction is aimed directly at IRAN itself and... Bacteria resistant to antibiotics
" Staphylococcus aureus According to an article in Governing.com by Zach Patton Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is a strain of staph bacteria that, in only a few decades, has become resistant to the antibiotics that once were counted on to destroy...Armoured gang car seized in Vancouver
This makes three in about a month. Scary stuff."West Vancouver Police have yanked a bullet-proofed gang-mobile off the road. WVPD Const. Jeff Palmer says police conducting a traffic stop Dec. 28, 2007,...Big Giveaway, Real Prize: RuffBook Water Resistant Laptop!
"Here's an offer to win a free LapTop without filling out endless surveys. All you have to do is blog about it. Like this example provided: Big Giveaway, Real Prize: RuffBook Water Resistant Laptop! ~ The...First China-made 1.5 megawatt wind-power generator hits market
" BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua)-- China's first 1.5 megawatt (1, 500 kW) wind-power generator with completely independent intellectual property rights has rolled off the assembly line in the southern Guangdong province. The price was at least 20 percent lower than similar...
Troops Will Have To Do With 1,000 Less Armored Vehicles
In more news on a fading Pax Americana occupation, now it seems American troops will have to make do with much less. Does Bush really want to continue with his suggestion that those of us who are...
UPDATE - Low Risk of TB Exposure from Infected Traveller
RE: Highly Infectious TB: Air Travellers Exposed"Updated
Wed. May. 30 2007 9:49 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A public health official won't rule out the possibility that a man
with tuberculosis who travelled aboard two... Fire Crew Escapes Flash Of Flame
" May 8, 2007 Ohio - The difference between life and death for a firefighter can be a matter of just a few feet or just a few seconds inside a burning building. Akron firefighter James Jimmy Kocsis knows this. Standing in his Akron driveway Monday, the 40-year-old looked at a...Craig Chirinda on Him Helping to Inject 4 Billion USD into African Economies
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