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Britons must steel themselves for a sharp fall in living standards
Britons to be hit by a sharp drop in living standards....."Britons must steel themselves for a fall in living standards which could be as sharp and painful as in the 1970s, as the western world faces up to a new era of stagflation, a former Bank of England policymaker has...8 Year Old Girl Swallows 30 Magnets, Steel Balls
I find this story is very strange. Why would an 8 year old swallow 30 steel balls thinking they were candy? Does she have some disability that would make her think this? I can't imagine why any 8...
Surgeons cut 16 washers from penis
I can not even begin to imagine how they got there."A MAN was operated on in Hornsby Hospital with fire brigade equipment early today to remove 16 stainless steel washers from his penis. Berowra Fire Rescue officers were called to alleviate the man from his awkward... May 15th is nylon stockings day!
May 15th marks the 68th anniversary of the first sale of women’s nylons. Du Pont Corporation were the first to introduce them back on May 15th, 1940 and sold over 5 million pair on that day. Celebrate today by... High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace
Very well written - exciting - article from Wired Magazine:
"Salvage work has long been viewed as a form of legal piracy. The insurers of a disabled ship with valuable cargo will offer from 10 to 70 percent of the... Krakatau Steel earns big income from CDM
"The production of one ton of crude steel would need energy equivalent to the energy a car needs to cover a distance of 5,100 kilometers, or to the energy contained in three barrels of crude oil. "It has been estimated that 5 to 10 percent of the global greenhouse gas...PT Antam dan China`s Tshingshan eye steel project
"Tsingshan is China's top private stainless steel producer. Antam, 65 percent owned by the Indonesian government, is involved in exploration and production of nickel ore, smelting of ferro-nickel, exploration, production and refining of gold, silver, bauxite and iron...Krakatau Steel seeking strategic alliance
"The company`s president director, Daenulhay, at a press conference in Cilegon on Monday said Krakatau Steel would explore the possibility of developing a strategic alliance with four world companies and with domestic steel producers. The four international companies it is...Guns, Germs, and Steel
Probably many of you have read or heard of this text, but it's a major work that everyone should read. A synopsis and discussion with one of my friends:An environmental explanation for the diversity and inequality of human societies, and what it entails for the future of...Nigeria President's Son in Mega Fraud
"The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the Ministry of Solid Minerals and Steel Development and other government agencies are set to give away the multi- billion dollar Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited to an Indian...New Radiograph Measurement Calibration Marker(MCM) from Airball Medical Works...
"New Radiograph Measurement Calibration Marker(MCM) from Airball Medical Works at Any Angle Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document. Enables accurate measurement of images viewed on film, CR and DR, regardless of enlargement or reduction. South Glastonbury, CT...Public Action Inc [unusual topics]
FIRE / WACO / GOVERNMENT / PENTAGON / FBI / MILITARY / RESCUE400 Year Old Nanotechnology
"A team led by Peter Paufler, a physicist at Germany's Technical University of Dresden, recently made that discovery when the researchers found multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in steel from a 17th-century Damascus saber (Nature 2006, 444, 286)."Russia Herald [news]
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