The phoenix, the mythical bird which was consumed by fire only to rise up again out of the ashes, was an appropriate choice to grace the crest of a new $ 1 billion addition to the American naval...
German scientists have developed a steel hook and loop fastener that is strong enough to support 35 metric tons. The invention, called Metaklett, can withstand over 1,500 degrees fahrenheit (800°C) and is...
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The following report from China Wrap News will be essential reading for those wondering what is going on in the news re. China's iron ore imports and take-over bids, and the recent Rio Tinto ‘espionage’ investigation claims.EXCERPT: "...changing the face of domestic iron...
South Oak Cliff High School, a high school in Dallas Texas, is in trouble after reports came out in the local newspaper, the 'Dallas Morning News' that the staff allowed students to settle their differences by holding cage fights between 2003 and 2005. There were reportedly...
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The United States Steel Corp., the largest US based steel maker, announced Tuesday that it will temporily idle two Ontario facilities, affecting 1,500 employees in Hamilton and Nanticoke, as demand suffers from...
" Manhood is a slippery idea. It seems to rest most comfortably in the chests of simple, brutish men. Men with biceps. Men that unbutton their shirts that one extra button. I have long since desired to be a simple...
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Barry Artiste Op/EdThough one can certainly understand the US Position of "Buy American" in these troubling times. US Taxpayers, like Canadian Taxpayers want to know that if their money is going to Bailout...
Have you always wanted to ride in a paper airplane? In the future, computers, TVs, cars and planes may be made from "buckypaper"; a nanotube-based material that's stronger than steel and possibly...
A company out of New Mexico, PFNC Global Communities, has come up with a novel solution to the growing homeless problem; turn shipping containers into social housing. Career homebuilder Brian McCarthy...
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This type of thing should have been done for Katrina victims, and with today's economy and foreclosures, this could end up being the home for millions of Americans."CORRALES, New Mexico (AP) -- It was a side trip...
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Comments and Suggestions for Revisions on the NIST WTC 7 draft final report: submitted to NIST 9/15/08 by Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice and Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Excerpt from the...
NIST WTC 7 report does not address evidence of melted steel documented by FEMA"by Tony Szamboti, M.E. The NIST WTC 7 report does not attempt to explain the “severe high-temperature corrosion attack” on apparently the only piece of WTC 7 steel which was tested, as...
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...
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...
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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...
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