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BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 'Toilet row' lowers space morale
Cosmonauts on the ISS say they are no longer permitted to use US facilities The International Space Station, once a place where astronauts would share food and facilities, is said to be embroiled in a Cold War-like stand-off. For several years after his first space mission in 1998, Mr Padalka and his American colleagues worked in total harmony, he told the newspaper. But space missions became more commercial in 2003 and Moscow started billing Washington for sending its astronauts into space, he said. Other nations responded in kind, he added.Grisi_Siknis
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Winter Solstice 2009: Facts on Shortest Day of the Year
Updated December 21, 2009 Today is the winter solstice and the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. It's all due to Earth's tilt, which ensures that the shortest day of every year falls around December 21. But it's not all about astronomy. Since ancient times people have marked the winter solstice with countless cultural and religious traditions—it's no coincidence the modern holiday season surrounds the first day of winter. Solstice in Space: Astronomy of the First Day of Winter
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Top 10 Bizarre Disappearances - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
History is peppered with intriguing tales of people who, for all intents and purposes, inexplicably vanish from the face of the earth without a trace. These stories – some of the most fascinating in the annals of the unexplained – vary from being well-documented to having the flavor of mere legend and folklore. This is the top 10 bizarre disappearances.
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Wikipedia was one site that went dark to protest SOPA and PIPA act now being debated in America’s Congress. If they pass, will the Internet look like this? In case you missed it, a good part of the Internet went “dark” on 18-Jan-2012 to protest two bills now being considered in US Congress.
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BBC News - Somalis accused of piracy are charged in South Korea
The five young suspected pirates say they were following orders from their boss The Busan prosecutor's office said that Captain Seok Hae-gyun had suffered a life-threatening wound from a pirate during the raid on the South Korean-owned Samho Jewelry on 15 January. He is a serious but stable condition. "When the commandos launched their raid, Captain Seok was lying on the floor," prosecutor Jeong Jeom-Shik told reporters, adding Seok was hit by stray bullets from the commandos after being critically injured. Forty-nine ships were hijacked in the area in 2010, and Somali pirates are currently reported to be holding 31 ships, with more than 700 crew on board.brilhante
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B efore the 1930s, the gems of choice for engagement rings included opals, rubies, and sapphires. But in the 1940s, De Beers --the South African mining firm that controls the majority of the world's diamond supply--introduced "A Diamond Is Forever." The success of this campaign turned diamond into the symbol of eternal love and dramatically increased demand for the gems. DIAMOND RING Because of its optical transparency, high thermal conductivity, and resistance to chemical attack, synthetic diamond is an attractive material for making optical windows for instruments used in extreme environments. ELEMENT SIX PHOTO Today, two start-up companies are staking their futures on the lure of more affordable, laboratory-grown diamond gemstones.
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Freezing and Food Safety
Foods in the freezer — are they safe? Every year, thousands of callers to the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline aren't sure about the safety of items stored in their own home freezers. The confusion seems to be based on the fact that few people understand how freezing protects food. Here is some information on how to freeze food safely and how long to keep it. What Can You Freeze? You can freeze almost any food.
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[Translations: French , German , Hebrew , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese , Spanish ] The long tail is famously good news for two classes of people; a few lucky aggregators, such as Amazon and Netflix, and 6 billion consumers. Of those two, I think consumers earn the greater reward from the wealth hidden in infinite niches. But the long tail is a decidedly mixed blessing for creators. Individual artists, producers, inventors and makers are overlooked in the equation. The long tail does not raise the sales of creators much, but it does add massive competition and endless downward pressure on prices.
les UX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UX (for Urban eXperiment ) is an underground organization that improves hidden corners of Paris . Their works have included restoring the Pantheon clock, [ 1 ] building a cinema, complete with bar and restaurant, underneath the Trocadéro , restoring medieval crypts, and staging plays and readings in monuments after dark. The group's membership is largely secret, but its spokespeople include Lazar Kunstmann . [ edit ] History Beginning around 1982, the founders of the group stole plans of the many underground passage ways and tunnels for which Paris is famous. Using this information venues as a base, [ 2 ] the group of anonymous artists and citizens have restored much of the underground infrastructure, including the restoration of the Pantheon clock which chimed for the first time in many years after their repair.China has detained the wife of one of the country’s most flamboyant politicians after announcing that the death of the British businessman Neil Heywood was murder. Gu Kailai, a lawyer and the wife of the politician Bo Xilai - who was Communist Party boss of the city of Chongqing until he was sacked last month - is under investigation in connection with the case. Xinhua, the state news agency, said: “The existing evidence indicated that Heywood died of homicide, of which Bogu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun, an orderly at Bo’s home, are highly suspected.”
