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Washington State's 'Slide Hill' Has A History Of Landslides
2014-03-26 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Robert Siegel speaks with Seattle Times reporter Ken Armstrong about the instability of the land in Snohomish County in Washington that was affected by the massive mudslide.
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VIDEO: Candy Crush IPO 'to make history'
2014-03-26 11:32:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The games developer behind Candy Crush Saga, King, has been valued at over $7bn (4.2bn) after it raised $500m listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
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History of Threaded Screws: Small but Vital Component of an Actuator
2014-03-24 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
There are more than 4,300 years between the invention of a threaded screw and the modern industrial threaded screw as it is known nowadays. That's a long period of time since the threaded screw is something the majority of the world doesn't spend much time thinking about. Every time you turn a screwdriver in the process of making something, you can thank thousands of years of innovation. And the next time you use an object (car, washer, TV…), whether screws were used to manufacture the ...This story is related to the following:Mechanical Power TransmissionActuator Screws | Electrical Actuators |
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Timeline: most notorious marine oil spills in history
2014-03-23 19:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: 1967 Tanker Torrey Canyon carrying BP oil hit a reef between the Scilly Isles and the Cornish mainland on a short-cut from Kuwait to Milford Haven, Wales. World's worst oil spill then, UK's worst to date. Some 35 million gallons reached 120 miles of Cornwall's coast. The Labour government under Harold Wilson eventually bombed the ship to destroy it. 1978 Tanker Amoco Cadiz was on the approaches to English Channel when she lost her rudder during severe gales. After delays, arguments about who was...
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For Marvel, a digital timeline for 75-year history
2014-03-22 10:30:49| Toys - Topix.net
From the Golden Age Toro to Ultimate Human Torch, characters sprung from Marvel Entertainment are as varied as the people who read, watch, listen and even play them in video games.
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