Topic: NEWS english - on February 27, 2009 at 11:59:00 AM CET
'Oldest English words' identified
Some of the oldest words in English have been identified, scientists say.
Reading University researchers claim "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the most ancient, dating back tens of thousands of years.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on February 26, 2009 at 12:59:00 PM CET
Vote for Russia's 'Miss Atom' 2009
Meet Alyona Kirsanova of Novovoronezh, one of the contestants in Russia's "Miss Atom" 2009. She is 22, works for Novovoronezhatomenergoremont, and loves "enjoying life." Don't you just want to take a dip in the cooling pond with her?
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on February 21, 2009 at 11:42:00 AM CET
The Crisis of Credit Visualized - Jonathan Jarvis
Graphic artist Jonathan Jarvis has produced a short animated film describing the roots of our current economic crisis today. There have been numerous websites and cartoons attempting to explain the crisis, but this is one of the very best. To the point and easy to understand, there comes a point in the presentation when the reality of what will happen and what has happened will hit you.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on February 12, 2009 at 1:29:00 PM CET
Master of Miniatures — 'The higher goal, the greater should be the desire'
Master Microminiature Aldunin Nikolai was born September 1, 1956 in the village of South Lamovatka Voroshilovgradskoy area. Of all the natural and artificial materials from childhood love of metals and metal izdeliya.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on January 28, 2009 at 1:25:00 PM CET
Climate Change Could Choke Oceans for 100,000 Years
According to a simulation of planetary warming trends, failure to drastically cut greenhouse gas pollution within the next half century could choke Earth's oceans for the next 100,000 years.
With warmer temperatures reducing its ability to absorb oxygen, much of the water would become barren and lifeless. Oceanic food chains could be profoundly disrupted.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on October 28, 2008 at 4:59:00 PM CET
Cost of crash: $2,800,000,000,000
How much is that?
The Bank of England may have put the paper cost of the global crisis at a staggering $2.8 trillion, but how does one come to grips with such a sum? Think of it like this: it could pay for 46 bail-outs of the kind the Treasury handed to the banks RBS, HBOS group and Lloyds TSB; or pay off the last quarter's public debt 45 times. It is more than three times the sum of UK annual public spending, and also equivalent to the wealth of 100 Oleg Deripaskas - before the credit crunch anyway. It's equal to 138m bottles of 1947 Petrus Pomerol, the bankers' favourite vintage; or, if it's your turn in the coffee round, 773bn lattes - nearly 13,000 each for every UK citizen.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on October 19, 2008 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards: 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets Of 2008
Popular Mechanics announced its picks for the 2008 Breakthrough Awards awards in what the publication called The 10 Most Brilliant Gadets of the Year. Here's the list of international winners; you may be surprised at the gadgets on the list.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on October 15, 2008 at 1:58:00 PM CEST
MoJo Audio: PETA Co-Founder and President Ingrid Newkirk
This is a Mother Jones podcast. Ingrid Newkirk is the president and co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA], the world's largest animal rights organization. The English-born Newkirk has shepherded PETA for two decades, penning multiple books and promoting the organization with controversial publicity campaigns featuring naked models. Mother Jones editor Jen Phillips talks with Newkirk about her newest book, and about the feminists who have a beef with PETA's ads.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on October 2, 2008 at 12:58:00 PM CEST
Crystal Head Vodka - Dan Aykroyd approves
Thousands of years ago, thirteen crystal heads were scattered across the earth – and they are greater and more powerful than anything we have the ability to manufacture today. Their workmanship is perfect: they contain no tool marks and have been cut against the natural axis of the crystal, defying the laws of physics. Some say they are artifacts from the lost civilization of Atlantis, some say they date back to the Mayans, still others say they were created by a higher intelligence.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on October 2, 2008 at 12:50:00 PM CEST
£1m banknote auctioned for £78K
A £1m Treasury note has fetched £78,300, twice the expected price, at an auction in London.
The note, numbered 000008, was issued after World War II in connection with the Marshall Aid Plan.
The Marshall plan was a programme of funding given to Western Europe by the United States to help with recovery after the 1939-45 conflict.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on September 28, 2008 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
Goodbye letter from Lehman Brothers
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS english - on September 14, 2008 at 11:42:00 AM CEST
70 Amazing Houses from Around the World
Do you prefer the quiet calm of a house on the water or the daring adventure of a house hanging off of a cliff? A giant space in which to sprawl or a tiny nook in which to seek solitude? Whether you aspire to something exotic and unique or comfortable and cozy there is sure to be a house here for you. Sorted into eight types, here are seventy of the most amazing, unusual, offbeat and unique houses in the world.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
