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Daily Mail
The tiny metal heart that saved the life of toddler ahead of transplant operation
This tiny titanium heart, which weighs just 11grams and is the smallest artificial heart in the world, was implanted in a 16-month-old boy at Rome's Bambino Gesu hospital while a donor organ was found.
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China Daily
China's towering metal stockpiles cast economic shadow
When metals warehouses in top consumer China are so full that workers start stockpiling iron ore in granaries and copper in car parks, you know the global economy could be in trouble.
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Daily Mail
British teacher, 40, fighting for his life in Thailand after 'stranger savagely attacked him with a metal bar'
Adam Pickles, 40, from Bradford, is in a coma after the brutal assault in the Thai resort of Pattaya which left him needing emergency brain surgery.
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Daily Telegraph
Sims' shares dive after profit warning
SHARES in Sims Metal Management have dropped six per cent in early trade after the scrap metal recycler warned of a weaker profit.
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ElPais
El viaje en el tiempo de Metallica
La mítica banda reinterpreta este sábado en el festival Sonisphere de Getafe su famoso ‘Black album’
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TMZ
TMZ Hollywood Tour -- Where GWAR Fans Go to Pop the Question
The TMZ Hollywood Tour -- the only way to see huge celebrities ... and a well-dressed speed metal fan working up the nerve to ask his gf to marry him. Yeah, that really happened ... Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local listings!
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Wired
Metal Machine Music: Ford Fusion Gets Funky
Music and cars go together like Page and Plant, Strummer and Jones, Marr and Morrissey and Auerbach and Carney. And Detroit, music and cars go together like Holland/Dozier/Holland, Kramer/Smith/Tyner and Atkins/Saunderson/May. If you?re from outside of 8 Mile, we may forgive you for not knowing the last trio of names, aka the Belleville Three, acknowledged ...
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American Scientist
Carbon Capture and Storage: A Shiny New Pipe Dream
As Helene Boksle, one of Norway's favourite singers, hit the high notes at the Mongstad oil refinery on May 7th, the wall behind her slid open. It revealed, to the prime minister and other dignitaries present, an enormous tangle of shiny metal pipes. These are part of the world's largest and newest experimental facility for capturing carbon dioxide...from the Economist
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siliconindia
Khosla Invests in Liquid Metal Battery, Joins Bill Gates and Total
The venture capital firm co-founded by Vinod Khosla is leading a $15 Million second round funding towards Liquid Metal Battery. Started by MIT professor Donald Sadoway, the company has already bagged investments from Bill Gates and Total
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NEWS.au.com
Worker's death 'a dark day for manufacturing'
THE family of a metal worker who was crushed to death at factory in Sydney's west will be "absolutely desperate", a union boss says.
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BoingBoing
A practical use for volcanic lightning (besides metal album covers)
Here's a story that combines two favorite bits of volcano news into one interesting discovery. You know those great, freaky photos of volcanic lightning? (In case you don't, I've got one posted above.) Remember how the Icelandic volcanic eruptions totally screwed up everybody's airplane travel plans? Apparently, studying volcanic lightning could lead to better eruption [...]
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Washington Post
Uninspiring by design
Last week I was looking at a pile of smartphones I’d recently been given to review. The devices were virtually indistinguishable from one another.
Slab after slab, no keyboards, no color. Just black blocks with shiny touch screens, maybe a few buttons dotted along the side. Some had fake metal rings that wrapped around the body of the phone, a kind of mimic of the iPhone’s metal antenna. Some w...
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Scientific American
Peru Dolphin Death Mystery Deepens
By Caroline StaufferLIMA (Reuters) - The mystery surrounding the deaths of at least 877 dolphins in Peru deepened on Wednesday as the government said human activity was not to blame but failed to pinpoint a natural cause for the massive die-off.A final report from the Peruvian government's Ocean Institute, which manages one of the world's richest marine ecosystems, said the dolphins did not die...
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Rolling Stone
Mick Jagger, Foo Fighters Perform at 'SNL' Cast Party
After performing on the Saturday Night Live season finale last weekend host Mick Jagger and musical guests Foo Fighters played a set of covers for the SNL cast's afterparty Taking the alias Chevy Metal the Foo Fighters ripped through renditions of the Rolling Stones' "Miss You" and Joan Jett's "Bad...
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Huffington Post
Bjarne Melgaard Brings Real Live Tigers To Ramiken Crucible
In recent years, dead animals have been everywhere in art: David Shrigley's taxidermy cat, Adel Abdessemed's various grotesqueries, Damien Hirst's butchered menagerie. Lately, though, live beasts have been mounting a comeback, thanks in large part to artist Darren Bader. He deposited a goat at Andrew Kreps last year, cats and an iguana at his MoMA PS1 show that opened in January: good, adorable...
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Number10
Prime Minister's Questions - 23 May 2012
Employment legislation, metal theft and prisoner voting rights were on the agenda at today's PMQs.
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physorg
How ion bombardment reshapes metal surfaces
To modify a metal surface at the scale of atoms and molecules for instance to refine the wiring in computer chips or the reflective silver in optical components manufacturers shower it with ions. While the process may seem high-tech and precise, the technique has been limited by the lack of understanding of the underlying physics. In a new study, Brown University engineers modeled noble gas...
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FAZ
Biedermann: „Das Rennen meines Lebens kommt noch“
Er ist einer der besten Freistil-Schwimmer der Welt: Paul Biedermann spricht im F.A.Z-Interview über vorolympische Psychospielchen, seine Rivalität zu Schwimmstar Michael Phelps und seine Leidenschaft für Heavy Metal.
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China Daily
'Bachelors' ready to run with breeding
The four young stallions obviously preferred to run free on the vast grassland of the Karamoni nature preserve in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region than squeeze into metal boxes.
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Les Echos
Reprise du LME: le CME hors course, ICE et Hong Kong seuls en lice (presse)
Le premier opérateur mondial de marchés à terme CME Group a été évincé de la course pour reprendre le London Metal Exchange (LME), qui se jouera entre l'InterContinentalExchange (ICE) et la Bourse de Hong Kong (HKEx), affirme mercredi le Financial Times. Les deux finalistes ont soumis des offres...
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Telegraph
Vicar catches metal thief in the act
A vicar whose church had been targeted by metal thieves six times camped out overnight to catch an offender in the act and shopped him to the police.
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Gizmodo
Sculpted Metal Strainers Create Beautiful Portraits with Shadow and Light [Art]
Spanish artist Isaac Cordal worked with regular metal cooking strainers, or colanders, sculpting them into mask-like mesh grids, to create these stunning cast-shadow portraits. More »
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Irish Times
Xstrata takes punt on copper market recovery
GLOBAL MINER Xstrata is betting sluggish copper demand in China will pick up in the second half as it makes plans to boost production of the metal by 60 per cent, shrugging off more cautious approaches by rivals.
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omg
Review: Was anyone clamoring for 'Men in Black 3'?
for running around New York in matching dark suits, chasing down aliens and zapping them with their shiny metal weapony doo-hickeys.
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AP
Review: Was anyone clamoring for `Men in Black 3'?
There's a moment early on in "Men in Black 3" when Will Smith's Agent J sits down next to his longtime partner, Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K, and bemoans the fact that he's too old for this sort of thing - for running around New York in matching dark suits, chasing down aliens and zapping them with their shiny metal weapony doo-hickeys....
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Daily Mail
Traveller family 'paid vulnerable worker just £80 in 15 years to collect scrap metal'
The worker, who cannot be named for legal reasons, gave evidence at the Luton Crown Court trial of seven members of the Connors family, including Josie Connors (pictured), accused of forcing vulnerable people into servitude
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Le Point
Métaux: plus que deux candidats en lice pour le rachat du LME
Le London Metal Exchange (LME) a indiqué mardi avoir retenu deux offres de...
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-CME no longer in bidding for LME
LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. exchange group CME
is no longer in the bidding for London Metal Exchange, leaving
InterContinental Exchange and Hong Kong Exchanges and
Clearing Ltd (HKEx) still in...
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Huffington Post
Julie Bindel: Where Have All the Buttons Gone?
In the 1970s and '80s those of us on the political left used to declare our views on bits of metal pinned onto denim and leather. Buttons make a message so much more intimate.
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Science Daily
Proven friction stir welding technology brings together reliability and affordability for NASA's space launch system
NASA's next heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, is moving further in development faster thanks to proven advanced technologies like friction stir welding. Friction stir welding uses frictional heating combined with forging pressure to produce high-strength bonds virtually free of defects. The welding process transforms metals from a solid state into a "plastic-like" state, and u...
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BBC
Metal theft costing '£1m a week'
Insurers are paying out more than £1m a week to victims of metal theft, the Association of British Insurers claims.
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Los Angeles Times
Monday’s Highlights: 'Clash of the Commercials' on CBS
Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 20 - 26 in PDF format
TV listings for the week of May 20 - 26 in PDF format are also available here
This week's TV Movies
MR. QUIGGLY, center, is featured in the new special “Clash of the Commercials: U.S.A. vs. the World,” at 10 p.m. on CBS. With Heidi Klum and Kevin Frazier.SERIESRichard Hammond’s Crash ...
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The Guardian
Revealed: types and quantities of drugs seized by police at UK music festivals
Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act provide a unique insight into changing patterns of drug use at British music festivalsOn the Isle of Wight it's been largely about cocaine and ecstasy, at Glastonbury the hauls of ketamine have been creeping up, while the drug of choice for heavy metal fans would seem to be Jack Daniels and other booze.As a tens of thousands of young (and no...
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Telegraph
Is this the beginning of the end for gold?
Drama in the gold market this week. The metal was at one point trading around 20pc below its summer peak, sparking warnings that the traditional "safe haven" is now in a bear market.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Oz Council recognises death metal
OUROBOROS is a Sydney band that has all death metal's hallmarks: arcane name, long hair, singer with a baritone like Beelzebub.
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The Sun
Sun replaces stolen plaque to bomb boys
MEMORIAL for two lads killed in IRA atrocity is to be replaced by The Sun after it was swiped by mean scrap metal thieves
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BBC
Plaque to IRA bomb victims stolen
Thieves steal a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys killed by IRA bombs in the Cheshire town of Warrington.
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Times of India
Gold demand plunges 29% in Q1
High gold prices coupled with the three-week strike by jewellers has resulted in a sharp fall in purchase of the yellow metal during the first quarter, with sales falling nearly 29% to a little over 200 tonnes during January-March, 2012.
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Telegraph
Man implants magnets into his wrist to secure iPod
A New Jersey body piercer has implanted metal studs into his wrist to magnetically attach his iPod.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Gold's hasty demise from safe haven to risky asset
Precious metal posts 11th decline in past 13 trading sessions on Greek political fears, slumping Indian demand
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perez hilton
James Badge Dale Is Coldblooded In Iron Man 3
More news for next summer's Iron Man 3!!
Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 will also star James Badge Dale as a U.S. army officer who gets a Robocop style upgrade after stepping on one too many land mines and becomes Coldblood.
Dale's Q Score is skyrocketing these days!!
He danced with wolves AND Liam Neeson in The [...]
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Times of India
Gold crashes to 5-week low, down Rs 100
Gold today plummeted by Rs 100 per 10 grams to a five week low in the national capital, after global investors shifted away to dollar from the precious metal as a safe haven.
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La Voix du Nord
Marché des métaux: le LME rejette l´offre de rachat du NYSE
Le London Metal Exchange (LME), qui contrôle 80% des échanges de métaux dans le monde, a rejeté l'offre de rachat faite par l'opérateur boursier transatlantique NYSE Euronext, a indiqué mercredi à l'AFP une source proche du dossier.histoires liéesWall Street en hausse, soutenue par de bonnes statistiques aux Etats-UnisLes marchés financiers toujours fébriles, inquiets de la situation en GrèceLa...
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Rolling Stone
Black Sabbath's Bill Ward Officially Pulls Out of Reunion Gigs
Bad news for Black Sabbath fans Bill Ward will not be playing drums at any of the group's three gigs scheduled this year In a long message posted on his website Ward explained that he was simply not able to come to terms with his bandmates The metal pioneers are...
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National Post
Palestinians and Israeli soldiers clash by throwing stones, firing tear gas
Israeli forces faced off with Palestinian stone-throwers in the West Bank on Tuesday during the annual Nakba Day protests over the “catastrophe” that befell the Palestinians in 1948.
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WSJ
Chile y Perú prevén un alza en la producción de cobre
La producción de cobre en Chile y Perú, los principales productores mundiales del metal, aumentaría este año, señalaron el lunes altos funcionarios de ambos países.
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Hindustan Times
Sensex closes 112 pts up; snaps 5-day losing streak
Snapping a five-day losing streak, the BSE benchmark Sensex today bounced back from its 4-month lows and closed 112.41 points higher led by capital goods, metal and IT stocks after higher trends in European markets.
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dlisted
Open Post: Co-Hosted By A Drunk Girl And Gravity
In case you didn't already know that sitting your drunk ass on a flimsy metal window awning is a bad idea that will end with you splitting your butt bone in two on the concrete, here's a girl sitting her drunk ass on a flimsy metal window awning before Darwin pulls the lever and cackles she falls to the ground. The guy who uploaded this video to YouTube says that despite the fact drunk girl pr...
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New York Times
On Par: Adding Oomph, a New Breed of Fairway Woods
Drivers have dominated sales for golf retailers, but the other metal woods are making inroads.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Shiny metal not so precious as market releases hot air
Some experts say it could be a good time to invest, though shares could fall further before they rise
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el universal
Black Sabbath lanzará disco de éxitos
La legendaria banda de heavy metal regresa a la escena musical con su material discográfico Iron man: The best of Black Sabbath, el cual estará disponible a partir del 4 de junio próximo
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Irish Times
Everyone's a passenger
THE ERRATIC, irate, or simply stupid all share our roads, charging about in a ton of metal. It’s the human behind the steering wheel who is the weakest link in the motoring world. So why not hand the wheel over to technology? It won’t get tired or distracted, it ignores backseat drivers and screaming children, and it doesn’t overreact to silly mistakes by others.
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Los Angeles Times
'Battleship' premiere: Rihanna rocks, Taylor Kitsch gets his kicks
As befits a movie filled with explosions and visual effects spectacle, “Battleship” director-producer Peter Berg rolled up to the film’s U.S. premiere Thursday in a “shredder,” modeled after aliens' powerful metal machines in the movie.
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Slashdot
U. Chicago's Epic Scavenger Hunt Is Back For 2012
gotfork writes "The world's largest scavenger hunt, covered in previous years on Slashdot, is now taking place at the University of Chicago. The competition is fierce: in 1999 one team build a working breeder reactor in the quad, but only won second place. Items on this year's list include your appendix in a jar (210), a disappearing spoon made of metal (105), a chromatic typewriter (216), an x...
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Mashable
Budget Camera Accessories on Kickstarter Stabilize Moving Shots [VIDEO]
Professional and amateur movie-makers have been there before: After you spend hours capturing video, you realize your footage is too shaky. Move…
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Times LIVE
Golden Gods awards to 'liquefy' fans brains
The Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards will make fans brains "liquefy" according to Chris Jericho.
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Irish Times
IFA urges metal tracing for scrap dealers to combat thefts
The Irish Farmers’ Association has called for the introduction of a “track and trace” scheme to compel scrap dealers to record the source of all scrap metals.
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FOXnews
Metal stars call KISS 'Beatles of our generation'; critics still scoff
Despite selling over 100 million albums worldwide and accumulating 24 gold records, they have received little critical acclaim.
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Daily Mail
David Haye v Dereck Chisora: Neither should be allowed to fight - Jeff Powell
The descent of superman has hit rock bottom. David Haye’s fall from world heavyweight champion to football hooligan was confirmed by the erection of a metal terrace railing between himself and fellow brawler Dereck Chisora on the Upton Park football pitch.
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CNN
Body scanning gaps cause for concern
A foiled plot to sneak a bomb through airport checkpoints and onto a plane bound for the United States calls attention to gaps in screening measures that are supposed to detect threats airport metal detectors miss.
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Daily Mail
MARKET REPORT: Ferrexpo deal may be dug up
As shares of the Swiss-based iron ore producer shed 18.3p more to 253.8p in sympathy with depressed metal prices, revived rumours suggest that corporate activity could be just around the corner.
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Times of India
MBBS exam centres in Tamil Nadu to install mobile jammers
Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University today informed the Madras high court it has directed examination centres to install mobile phone jammers and metal detectors in view of instances of some MBBS students allegedly using mobile phones for copying earlier this year.
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Telegraph
New underpants bomb: The device
The underpants bomb poses such a huge threat to passenger aircraft because it has no metal parts and can be concealed close to the body.
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Hoy
Sanidad aconseja a niños y embarazadas no comer carne cazada con plomo
Los niños menores de seis años, las mujeres embarazadas o aquellas que planeen quedarse en estado no deben consumir carne procedente de animales cazados con munición de plomo, porque este metal afecta al sistema nervioso central en desarrollo. Así se desprende de un informe del Comité Científico de la Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (AESAN), dependiente del Ministerio de S...
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WSJ
Bids for LME Submitted to Board
Binding offers to buy the London Metal Exchange have been received and are being evaluated by the exchange's board, the LME said.
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The Jerusalem Post
Heavy metal unites Jews, Muslims across Middle East
While Israel’s relationship with Arab, Muslim world has deteriorated, a Israeli heavy metal band is uniting them.
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science blogs
There is another underwear bomber, upgraded [Greg Laden's Blog]
A more sophisticated form of underwear bomb has been developed, but the CIA has thwarted an attempt to deploy it to blow up a US based plane.
The plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009. [it has] a more refined detonation system...
... the device did not contain metal, meaning it probably could have passed thro...
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politico
Motley Crue bassist is over Obama
(Photo Credit: AP)
Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe isn’t feeling good about President Obama anymore.
The heavy metal band’s bassist was an Obama supporter but now says POTUS has been a disappointment. Knocking Obama for keeping up with celebrities, Sixx tweeted on Saturday, “Our president is commenting on Kanye, having Lindsey at his party and failing our economy.I used to believe in him but it's ti...
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The Nation
007’s birthday to be marked
Movie bosses are to mark the 50th birthday of the James Bond franchise this year by staging the biggest ever exhibition of iconic props from the spy films.
Eon Productions chiefs have released a dazzling array of costumes, gadgets and cars from the 007 movies to go on display in London in the summer.
The famous exhibits include Goldfinger henchman Oddjob’s bowler hat, the metal teeth ...
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China Daily
LME to expand in China
The London Metal Exchange, the biggest marketplace for industrial metals that's set to consider takeover offers next week, wants to expand its warehouse network into China.
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TechCrunch
TidePool Raises $1.5 Million To Discover And Match Personalities From Photos
TidePool, a startup that is trying to determine consumer personality from photos, has raised $1.5 million in a seed round led by Mike Hirshland of Resolute.VC and Michael Dearing of Harrison Metal Capital. Participating investors include Jarl Mohn, Tim Draper, Peggy and Jim Davis, and Jeff Lipp.
The startup's central goal is simple—Tidepool uses a proprietary technology to uncover personality ...
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Handelsblatt
Schleswig-Holstein vor der Wahl: Sex, Marzipan und Heavy Metal
Kleines Land, große Wirkung: Im Vergleich zu den meisten Bundesländern ist Schleswig-Holstein ein Zwergstaat. Doch das Land zwischen den Meeren hat einige Exportschlager hervorgebracht, die weltweit Kultstatus genießen.
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WirtschaftsWoche
Schleswig-Holstein vor der Wahl: Sex, Marzipan und Heavy Metal
Kleines Land, große Wirkung: Im Vergleich zu den meisten Bundesländern ist Schleswig-Holstein ein Zwergstaat. Doch das Land zwischen den Meeren hat einige Exportschlager hervorgebracht, die weltweit Kultstatus genießen.
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La Voix du Nord
Un jeune homosexuel battu à mort : indignation en Belgique
Une association de défense des homosexuels et deux partis de gauche en Belgique ont exprimé leur «indignation» jeudi après le meurtre d'un jeune homosexuel, même si la justice ne retient pas pour le moment le caractère «homophobe» du crime.Articles en rapportLE VISAGE - Bruce Dickinson : heavy metal et costume-cravateMonde en brefFrance en brefL´IMAGE DU JOUR - Roumanie : la statue de Trajan fa...
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Los Angeles Times
L.A. coastal waters dramatically cleaner, study finds
Metal contaminants in Southern California coastal waters have plummeted over the last four decades, according to a new study that attributes the cleaner water to 1970s environmental regulations. Water samples by USC researchers found a 100-fold drop in concentrations of...
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La Voix du Nord
Athlétisme (20 km de Maroilles) : Le Français Ben Lkhainouche surprend les Kenyans !
Articles en rapportLezennes : une cinquantaine de tombes dégradées par des voleurs de métal au cimetièreCyclisme (Tour de Bretagne, 6e étape) : Guay 10e, Sénéchal 15eRugby (Tournée d´automne) : France - Argentine à Lille !Handball (coupe EHF) : le tirage de la finale de l´USDK demainCamphin-en-Carembault : un enfant de deux ans retrouvé mort noyé
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La Voix du Nord
Le 1er mai, c´est aussi le festival de la soupe à Lille (VIDEO)
Des milliers de personnes ont donné vie ce mardi à la douzième édition de la Louche d'or, festival international de la soupe à Wazemmes.histoires liéesThe Voice : Vigon mis à l´honneur par la ville de Condé-sur-l´EscautLezennes : une cinquantaine de tombes dégradées par des voleurs de métal au cimetièreLe point sur les défilés du 1er Mai dans le Nord - Pas-de-Calais (VIDEO)Lille-Breda : sur la ...
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BBC
Hong Kong confirms LME interest
The owner of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange confirms it is talking to the London Metal Exchange about a possible deal.
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AP
HK exchange considers London Metal Exchange bid
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong's stock market operator said Monday it's studying a bid for London's metal trading market, a move that comes after the exchange earlier this year announced plans to expand into commodities to capitalize on Chinese demand....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Carney's debt warnings at odds with monetary policy
Bank governor has kept the pedal to the metal for years now with ultra-low interest rates, flooding the financial system with easy money
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The Lancet
[Case Report] Peripheral neuropathy after hip replacement failure: is vanadium the culprit?
In September, 2011, a 70-year-old man was admitted to our orthopaedics department. In 2005 he had been fitted with a total right hip prosthesis with a ceramic-on-ceramic bearing couple; the cotyloid metal back and the stem were made of a titanium-aluminium-vanadium alloy (Antega stem and Plasmacup SC, B Braun Aesculap, Melsungen, Germany). The patient had experienced increasing pain over the pr...
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Daily Mail
Rihanna steps out in a bright silver dress made out of Lycra for dinner
Last week she enjoyed her first date in two years, stepping out hand-in-hand with her best friend Melissa Forde And tonight Rihanna showed her metal in a long shiny silver dress as she stepped out to dinner in New York tonight.
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Technology Review
Making Liquid Metal Batteries
Behind the scenes at a startup developing batteries for grid storage.
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Daily Mail
JANET STREET PORTER: I don't carry a torch for these naff, car boot sale Olympics
Seb Coe has at least been consistent — everything connected with his London Olympics looks totally naff. From the rubbish logo to those pitiful one-eyed mascots and that laughable bit of metal posing as a torch, all of them make me want to weep.
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Daily Mail
iPhone 5 rumours: 'Liquid metal' could make new Apple phone ultraslim
Apple's new iPhone 5 could be housed in a little-known hi-tech alloy known as 'liquid metal' - which feels like glass to the touch.
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USA Today
Long-gone lead factories leave dangerous poisons
In hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods, children are living and playing near sites where factories once spewed lead and other poisonous metal dus ...
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Hoy
MTV recupera a 'Beavis & Butt-head'
La cadena MTV recupera esta noche, a las 22.00 horas, la mítica serie de dibujos 'Beavies & Butt-head'. Con la mala leche que les caracteriza, esta pareja se planta en el 2012 con más humor, ironía y 'heavy metal' que nunca. No han crecido desde que Mike Judge los creara en 1993, ni han cambiado sus costumbres; les encanta analizar todo lo que ven. Los últimos vídeos musicales, realities sh...
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el universal
México, principal productor de plata en el mundo
Un estudio del Instituto de la Plata revela que la producción de plata en México aumentó 8.0% en 2011, consolidándose como el principal productor de este metal en el mundo
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Reuters
Oldest Croatia dock slowly sinks as EU entry nears
KRALJEVICA, Croatia (Reuters) - The smell of machine oil and scrapped metal lingers in the musty workshops of the Kraljevica dock, the only reminder of the oldest Croatian shipyard's glory. That, and two almost-finished boats that may never be completed.
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USA Today
Poisons lurk where lead-smelting factories once stood
In hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods, children are living and playing near sites where factories once spewed lead and other poisonous metal dus ...
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Nikkei
S'tomo Metal Mining To Raise Output Of Battery Materials For Green Cars |
DieZeit
Tarife: Metallarbeitgeber wollen 3 Prozent mehr zahlen
Köln (dpa) - Die Metallarbeitgeber bieten in der laufenden Tarifrunde 3,0 Prozent mehr Geld bei einer Laufzeit von 14 Monaten. Bei der dritten Tarifrunde für die rund 700 000 Beschäftigten der Metal...
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New York Times
Q & A: Why M.R.I. Machines Make That Loud Noise
M.R.I. machines pass rapid pulses of electricity through metal coils, resulting in banging noises as loud as a rock concert.
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New York Times
Q & A: Why M.R.I. Machines Make That Loud Noise
M.R.I. machines pass rapid pulses of electricity through metal coils, resulting in banging noises as loud as a rock concert.
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Times LIVE
The business of South Africa's rubbish
Nokwanda Sotyantya sits among heaps of garbage and patiently sorts through it, separating cardboard, plastic, glass, paper and metal, piece by piece. The recycled piles of trash are then weighed and sold to packaging manufacturers in South Africa that reuse the materials to create new products.
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Bild
Zeitung klauen und mehr - Wann kleine Recht-Sünden teuer werden
Fast jeder hat schon einmal einen Kuli mitgehen lassen oder im Supermarkt vom Obst genascht. Doch Vorsicht! Diese Schummeleien können einem zum Verhängnis werden. Foto: shotsstudio - FotoliaMehr zum ThemaTeure Schäden drohen - So schädlich sind Kurzstrecken für Ihr AutoNur die Farbe bleibt - So sieht das neue New Yorker Taxi ausG-Klasse mit 612 PS - Heavy Metal fürs GeländeMiley Cyrus lebt glu...
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Barrons
Alcoa: No China Aluminum Slowdown
Investors have fretted of late that slowing growth in China could chill global markets. However, one more optimistic commentary came today from Alcoa (AA) CEO Klaus Kleinfeld. Kleinfeld said in an interview that he sees China continuing to ramp up aluminum production to meet demand. Still, that shouldn’t be a threat to worldwide market, as [...]
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Times LIVE
Implats confirms culpable homicide charge over miner's death
Impala Platinum, the world's second-largest producer of the precious metal, confirmed on Wednesday that it had been charged with culpable homicide following a fatality at one of its mines five years ago.
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Nature
High-valent organometallic copper and palladium in catalysis
Copper and palladium catalysts are critically important in numerous commercial chemical processes. Improvements in the activity, selectivity and scope of these catalysts could drastically reduce the environmental impact, and increase the sustainability, of chemical reactions. One rapidly developing strategy for achieving these goals is to use ‘high-valent’ organometallic copper and palladium in...
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Irish Times
Stereotypical hate figure was once a heavy-drinking bouncer at a Soho club
WITH HIS one missing eye and a metal hook instead of a hand, the radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza was a ready-made stereotypical hate figure for many in Britain unsettled by his firebrand speeches against liberal, western society and in favour of jihad.
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Barrons
Atmel: FBR Optimistic on ‘Xsense’ Prospects
FBR Capital‘s Craig Berger today reflects on Atmel‘s (ATML) announcement last Wednesday of a “flexible” touch sensor device, called “Xsense,” which he thinks will get the company’s wares a bigger market. Atmel described the new part as a “roll-to-roll metal mesh technology,” and said it would let manufacturers “develop larger, lighter, sleeker, curved and edgeless [...]
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Reuters
Zimbabwe happy with Amplats ownership plan: Minister
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe is happy with a plan proposed by Anglo American Platinum , the world's top producer of the precious metal, to sell a 51 percent shareholding in its Unki project to locals...
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Daily Mail
HMS Invincible turned into metal two-inch commemorative square blocks
Tiny remains of the once magnificent 22,000 tonne ship have been turned into commemorative plaques for a select few former crew members.
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Washington Post
In Pennsylvania, Romney focuses on Obama
BROOMALL, Pa. — It was an energized Mitt Romney who spoke to the standing-room-only crowd at a metal shop in this Philadelphia suburb.
Children stood on a scissor lift and two metal cutting tables to get a better look at Romney as he gave what has become his standard attack on President Obama’s “government-centered society.”
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Reuters
Exclusive: Glencore unit ramps up metal stores in Dutch hot spot
LONDON (Reuters) - A warehouse company owned by commodity trader Glencore is rapidly expanding its lucrative storage facilities at a Dutch port that has become a hub for storing aluminum, a metal increasingly used by bankers and traders as a financing tool.
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BBC
Metal hips cancer fears allayed
There is no evidence that metal-on-metal hip replacements increase the risk of cancer, a study suggests.
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WSJ
Silver's Storm Before the Calm
Silver's wild days may be behind it. The so-called devil's metal raced up a mere 33% in the first two months of 2012, before giving up almost half of the gains.
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Amnesty International
Isolated and dehumanised: inmates in Arizona’s isolation units
Headline Title:
Inside Arizona's isolation units
03 April 2012
It has been three years since John Wilson – not his real name – was allowed normal interaction with another human being.Since mid-2009, the 30-year-old has spent nearly 24 hours a day, every day, in a small, windo...
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Le Figaro
Rock en Seine : le programme complet
Dionysos, Bloc Party, Grandaddy, Caravan Palace, C2C, The Shins, Frank Ocean, Lissie, Agoria, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Bewitched Hands participeront à la dixième édition du festival.Articles en rapportBanga , le nouvel album de Patti Smith
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Le Figaro
Rock en Seine : le programme complet
Dionysos, Bloc Party, Grandaddy, Caravan Palace, C2C, The Shins, Frank Ocean, Lissie, Agoria, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Bewitched Hands, Stuck In The Sound, Little Dragon, The Dandy Warhols, Social Distortion et Friends participeront à la dixième édition du festival.
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AP
Fire at Moscow market kills 17 migrant workers
MOSCOW (AP) -- A blaze Tuesday at a Moscow market killed 17 migrant workers who were unable to escape from the metal shed where they were sleeping, the city fire department said....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Fire at Moscow market kills 15 migrant workers
Video showed that windows of blue metal shed they were sleeping in were barred
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Wired
We Can Survive Killer Asteroids — But It Won’t Be Easy
Killer asteroids are a somewhat remote danger, but they are possible and can deal Earth what amounts to an extinction-level event. The dinosaurs didn't escape that fate, and it would be shame (to say the least) if we humans, with our larger brains and space programs, didn't fare better. But avoiding death by asteroid requires commitment, and some tough decisions we need to make now.
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Washington Post
In Islamabad, some call for city to let down its guard
ISLAMABAD — To visitors, Islamabad appears to be a mostly green and peaceful city whose relative prosperity is evidenced by the manicured lawns and neat flower beds gracing many residences and public buildings. But increased security measures put in place after the Marriott hotel was bombed in 2008 added a bunker-like feel to Pakistan’s capital, especially at hotels, where patrons must pass tho...
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ElPais
Desmanes urbanísticos
Cuando todo el mundo habla de las maravillas de Madrid-Río, me pregunto cómo es posible que para acceder al metro y al intercambiador de Príncipe Pío se hayan construido cinco módulos de cristal y metal, dos de ellos inmensos, que tapan completamente la vista de la fachada de la antigua estación, un bien protegido, declarado de interés cultural.
Y, por si fuera poco, desde hace más de dos años ...
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science blogs
Kommentar von roel bei "Langlebige Plastiktüten" (Frischer Wind) am 28.03.2012
@Theres Vielleicht nimmt sich ja mal jemand dieses Themas an. Früher wurde der komplette Hausmüll in eine Tonne gekippt und in der Müllverbrennungsanlage verbrannt. Heute wird getrennt in Kompostierbaren Müll, Verpackungsmüll (=grüner Punkt) und Restmüll. Glas und Metal werden meist gesondert recyclet. Der Restmüll ist für die Müllverbrennungsanlage gedacht und wird da thermisch recyclet (=Ener...
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The Sun
Gaga's Lady lumps
THE star will struggle through airport metal detectors with those facial implants
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The Sun
Gaga's Lady lumps
THE star will struggle through airport metal detectors with those facial implants
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Rolling Stone
Songs
This Brit beatmaker's productions ("Cockney Thug") and DJ'ing (Fabric Live 37with Caspa) helped define early subwoofer-punishing dubstep well before Skrillex made it rage like new metal But on Songs rather than go full-on aggro (or even collaborate again with various Dirty Projectors as on 2010's OMG) dubstep is outweighed by effervescent house pop R&B dancehall even twostep garage – a...
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el universal
Santiago de Cuba listo para visita papal
Mujeres y hombres trabajaban afanosamente limpiando vasos sagrados de metal en la Catedral, planchando casullas, estolas y bordando otros ornamentos eclesiales para los sacerdotes
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China Daily
For metal fans, a return that dreams are made of
Dream Theater, the American progressive metal band will return to the stage of Beijing.
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DerSpiegel
Webvideopreis: Pixelklötze spielen Heavy Metal
Man muss dieses Video gesehen haben, es zu erklären ist einfach zu schwierig. Es treten auf: Figuren aus extragroßen Pixeln, Gitarren, Keyboards, Verstärker, fette Riffs. Und Gronkh. Wer das ist? Der König der Videospielvorspieler. Wie gesagt - man muss es sehen.
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Zeit
Heavy Metal: Gute, kleine, hässliche Rockfans
Heavy Metal ist heute die große konservative Kraft der Musikbranche. Seine Anhänger beharren auf den Insignien des Rock'n'Roll. Moritz von Uslar gehörte auch mal dazu.
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National Post
Ron Sexsmith, Anvil join list of performers for 2012 Juno Awards
A number of newly announced performers have been added to the 2012 Juno Awards lineup, including Ron Sexsmith, Sarah McLachlan and members from the Toronto heavy metal band Anvil
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Art Review
Esther Naor shared their photo on Facebook
Esther Naor shared their photo on FacebookHome, 2004, cooked rice mounted on a metal frame, 210x210x210 cm
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The Sun
Pedal to the Metal
LISBON handed plum Europa League draw against minnows Metalist Kharkiv
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Barrons
Betting on Silver Fatigue
Use an option on an exchange-traded fund to position for short-term decline in the bid-up metal.
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AP
British doctors urge against metal hip joints
LONDON (AP) -- British experts at the world's biggest artificial joint registry said doctors should stop using metal-on-metal hip replacements, citing an analysis showing they have to be fixed or replaced more often than other implants....
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The New Yorker
Peter Schjeldahl: John Chamberlain retrospective, at the Guggenheim.
An air of arch novelty has always attended John Chamberlain’s abstract sculptures in crumpled-car metal, dozens of which—along with others made of galvanized steel, foam rubber, plastic, and paper—fill the ramp of the Guggenheim in a retrospective of the artist, who died last . . . (Subscription required.)
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Irish Times
Twilight of Irish metal's demi-gods
Being ignored by your own can be frustrating, but Irish metal groups can point to fanbases in many other countries, writesLAUREN MURPHY
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FOX
TSA's Body Scanners Not Revealing the Naked Truth?
Blogger says shirt trick allows passengers to slip metal objects past TSA's $1 billion nude scanner tech
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New York Times
American in Egypt, Robert Becker, Appears in Court
An American charged for his work with United States-backed nonprofit groups refused an offer to leave the country, instead appearing Thursday in the metal cage where Egyptian criminal courts keep defendants.
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Times LIVE
Metal, fur and pleats: style-spotting for next winter
As Paris Fashion Week draws to a close, here are some of the looks likely to travel from catwalk to sidewalk next winter, from long skirts over pants to hints of metal, lots of knitwear and touches of fur.
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DailyTech
Security Theater: Engineer Shows TSA Nude Scanners are Useless, Sues TSA
Scanner couldn't even perform as well as a basic metal detector, but it's good at looking at your genitals
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siliconindia
Number of frauds rising in Gold loans
by Hardeep Singh Saini Frauds are proving to be a headache for gold loan companies which are grappling with the problem of borrowers pledging spurious and even stolen metal to meet their funding requirements. For instance, Muthoot Finance , the largest player in the rapidly growing business, had to write off gold worth Rs 4 crore last year after it discovered that borrowe...
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Les Echos
Jean Paul Gaultier inspiré par le graffiti et la brillance du métal
[[371200]] PARIS (AFP) : Jean Paul Gaultier a présenté samedi soir une collection pour l'hiver prochain riche en couleurs et en cuivres scintillants, inspirée par les graffiti new-yorkais des années 1980, sur une bande son du Velvet Underground. "J'ai joué sur le graffiti sur un mode plutôt couture...
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AP
Wake begins for victim of Ohio school shooting
EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) -- Bullying and metal detectors were on the minds of some mourners as they lined up at a northeast Ohio funeral home for the wake of a student killed in a high school shooting....
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Irish Times
Minister rejects scrap metal Bill
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has rejected legislation to clamp down on the sale of stolen gold and scrap metals.
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Reuters
Tale of father-daughter love that survives tough times
TOKYO (Reuters) - The young girl clings to her deaf mother's hip in a crowded bowling alley, watching as a deaf man with hooks for hands talks using sign language, scraping the curved metal claws...
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Reuters
Colorado undertaker accused of stealing dental gold from corpses
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado undertaker is accused of stealing dental gold from corpses and cremated remains at funeral homes where he worked and then pawning the ill-gotten bits of precious metal for nearly $4,300, authorities said on Wednesday.
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New York Times
Metal Hips in Britain Require Longer Monitoring, Regulators Say
Out of concerns that problems could occur for up to 20 years, health regulators said patients with the device — which was also used widely in the United States — should undergo annual examinations.
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Scientific American
Navy Unleashes Its Electromagnetic Railgun Outside of the Lab [Video]
Just weeks after the U.S. Navy trotted out images and a few short videos of its devastating electromagnetic “railgun”, (EM Railgun, blowing a fiery hole in a target at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., a new and longer video has begun to make the rounds (see below). Whereas previous testing had taken [...]
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Irish Times
Food complaints include 'dead rodent'
A dead rodent in a bag of bananas, live and dead insects, a tooth, a false nail, pieces of metal and a plaster were among the foreign objects found in food by consumers last year, the Food Safety Authority has reported.
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Reuters
Britain wants stringent checks on metal hip implants
LONDON (Reuters) - Most British patients with all metal artificial hips should be followed up throughout their lifetime with regular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to check for any potential problems, Britain's medical regulator said on Tuesday.
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Reuters
Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future
ISHINOMAKI, Japan (Reuters) - The young Japanese woman clutches a beige blanket tight around her shoulders as she stares into the distance. Behind her hulks twisted metal and splintered wood left by the tsunami that devastated Ishinomaki, her hometown.
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National Post
Chaos, broken glass and twisted metal: The scene aboard train 92
A deep rumbling sound was the first sign of trouble, but when train cars plowed to a sudden, jumbled halt, it was clear a train had crashed on the busy stretch of track
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Pravda
Strange object with something inside falls down from space in Brazil
A metal object of unknown origin fell down on Earth in the Brazilian state of Maranhao. The unusual event caused panic among the local population
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Daily Telegraph
Rocker needs anger management
A WELL-known heavy metal rocker has been sentenced to community service and anger management classes after beating up his lover.
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Hoy
Una reyerta en una prisión mexicana se cobra 44 muertos
Los fallecidos fueron atacados con barras de metal, piedras y otros objetos punzantes.
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Mail & Guardian
Durban elephant sculptures damaged
Vandals have destroyed an elephant sculpture in Durban, and damaged two more, apparently in search of scrap metal.
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FT
NYSE Euronext and CME kick off race for LME
US exchange groups submit bids for the London Metal Exchange, valuing it at up to £1bn and jump-starting a contest for the commodities business
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Scientific American
Is Cadmium as Dangerous for Children as Lead?
It’s a heavy metal. It’s linked to learning problems in school children. And every child is exposed. [More]
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USA Today
Metallica's new festival doesn't offer just metal
Orion Music + More event in Atlantic City in June gets a good variety under its belt.
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Los Angeles Times
Joust horsing around, for olde times sake
A reality show called 'Full Metal Jousting' will debut on the History Channel and have a 10-episode run, with the champion winning $100,000. It is the creation of Shane Adams, a Canadian who has been instrumental in reviving the sport that flourished in the Middle Ages.Here's the instruction book for the newest/oldest/oddest sport you'll hear-ye, hear-ye about today:
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White House
Remarks by the President at the White House Science Fair
Release Time:
For Immediate Release
East Room
11:53 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. Everybody have a seat.
Well, welcome to the White House Science Fair. (Applause.) It is -- I just spent some time checking out some of the projects that were brought here today, ...
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Hoy
Mata a su madre al lanzarla por el balcón
La Guardia Civil detuvo a un joven de 29 años de edad y de origen lituano acusado de un delito de homicidio después de que arrojara a su madre por el balcón de un cuarto piso en el que cohabitaban en Aguadulce, en Roquetas de Mar (Almería). El joven padece un trastorno metal por el que se encontraba en tratamiento psicológico. A la llegada de los efectivos policiales al domicilio de la familia,...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Bourse falls on investor caution
THE sharemarket continued to stumble yesterday, as base metal prices fell and investors remained cautious.
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New York Times
Rare Earth Metal Refinery Nears Approval in Malaysia
The plant in Malaysia met protests over radiation fears, regulatory challenges and loss of a supplier, but its licensing appears imminent.
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euronews
Alerte à la pollution en Chine
Dans le sud du pays, la ville de Liuzhou et ses 4 millions d'habitants sont menacés par une pollution au cadmium, un métal hautement toxique. Des…
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Telegraph
Save our war memorials: Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer promises crackdown on metal thieves
The country's top prosecutor has promised "robust" action against criminals who target war memorials.
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Barrons
Moving the Metal
The future looks promising for Cliffs Natural Resources, as the iron-ore miner pushes more deeply into production abroad. Why a Chinese slowdown shouldn't be a disaster.
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National Geographic
Hottest Thing on Earth: X-rays Heat Metal to 3.6 Million Degrees
By zapping a scrap of metal with superpowerful x-rays, scientists created plasma that rivals the sun for heat.
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Technology Review
Apple and Labor
Following a scathing report, Apple CEO Tim Cook gets defensive.
The New York Times has published a lengthy report titled “In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad.” It begins with a scene that no Apple employee could feel particularly proud to read: “The explosion ripped through Building A5 on Friday evening last May, an eruption of fire and noise that twisted metal pipes as if they were di...
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BnAmericas
Metales - Regional - Oro cierra en US$1.726,00/oz
El metal amarillo cerró en US$1.726,00/oz el viernes en el London Bullion Market, lo que implica un dólar menos que los US$1.727,00/oz alcanzados la jornada anterior.
Los últimos dos precios de ci...
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FT
Kia: pedal to the metal
Is Seoul’s fifth largest company by market capitalisation getting ahead of itself by predicting another 10 per cent sales growth this year?
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Mail & Guardian
Water panic buying spurred by river pollution in China
Residents of a south China town have been panic buying bottled water after media reports of excessive levels of the carcinogenic metal cadmium.
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APA-OTS
Mit "dauerhaften Materialien" zu echtem Recycling und einer rohstoffeffizienten Gesellschaft =
Brüssel (ots/PRNewswire) -
In Zusammenarbeit mit Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy MdEP hat Metal
Packaging Europe (MPE) heute die Idee "dauerhafter Materialien"
vorgestellt, welche ihre Eigenschaften auch nach unbegrenzt vielen
Recyclingvorgängen behalten. Derartige Materialien fördern eine ...
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New York Times
Study Finds Mercury in More Northeastern Bird Species
Dangerously high levels have been detected in Northeastern songbirds as the most toxic form of the heavy metal moves through the food chain.
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FT
Year of Dragon lifts China gold demand
Lunar holidays boost Chinese purchases, already largest in world, of the precious metal
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Liberation
Faut-il revenir à l'étalon-or ?
Economistes ou politiques, ils proposent de refonder le système monétaire international sur la base du métal jaune. Avec passion, mais sans grand succès.
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New York Times
Op-Docs: Dismantling Detroit
The filmmakers focus on young men who salvage scrap metal from Detroit’s derelict buildings, set against the backdrop of globalization.
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USA Today
Photos and metal mix
A look at the practical and sometimes quirky aspects of tech products.
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SI
Steve Rushin: Winter Classic reminds us of a time when sports were simple, pure
It's a nice idea having two NHL teams play outdoors in January in a gentle snowfall, but the so-called Winter Classic is hardly an authentic approximation of hockey's roots, given that it takes place in a baseball stadium and not on a frozen pond, cleared by shovel, lit by the headlights of a '72 Dodge Dart and contested with a single puck, so that every time it's flipped out of play both teams...
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WSJ
Zambia Miners Warn of More Strikes
Copper mining companies operating in Zambia, Africa's top producer of the metal, should brace themselves for more strikes this year unless they meet wage demands, union officials warned.
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New York Times
Metal, Christian Rock, Dubstep: What’s the Next Grunge?
There are plenty of microscenes in rock. And though the mainstream has been resistant, who’s to say that one won’t break big?
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BnAmericas
Metals - Brazil - Lupatech to sell up US$375mn of new stock to meet debt payments
Brazilian valves and metal products maker Lupatech (Bovespa: LUPA3) announced the offer of 700mn reais (US$375mn) in new stock as a way to meet debt payments, the company said in a statement.
A com...
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Technology Review
Printing Parts
Systems that print mechanical components with metal powder could be used to build lighter, more efficient airplanes.
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Times of India
Anna Hazare's fast: Police take stock of security arrangement at MMRDA
Top police officials today took stock of security arrangements at the MMRDA ground, where CCTVs, metal detectors besides barricades will be installed for Anna Hazare's three-day fast from December 27 demanding a stronger Lokpal bill.
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BBC
US scrap metal artist dies at 84
The artist John Chamberlain, celebrated for turning scrap metal into sculpture, has died in New York aged 84, his widow announces.
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BBC
'New metal type' at Earth's core
Under the extreme conditions present in the Earth's interior, a common metal oxide changes its electrical properties without changing shape.
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Daily Telegraph
China's appetite for metal to slow
THE global economy's woes will hurt Asia next year and have implications for Australian miners such as BHP and Rio Tinto.
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Gizmodo
Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine lehrt euch wie Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine zu schreddern
"Dave Mustaine: Guitar Prodigy" verwandelt euch von einem Fußgängerzonen-Gitarristen in einen echten Schred-Gott. Natürlich zielt die App in erster Linie auf Metal- und Gitarrenfans ab. mehr...
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Le Figaro
L'or chute et repasse sous les 1600 dollars l'once
La hausse du dollar mais aussi la crise de liquidités pèsent sur le métal jaune.
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Le Figaro
Or
Or [or] n. m. Métal recouvrant la règle servant à punir les Etats dispendieux. Les gouvernements européens se sont mis d'accord pour instaurer une «règle d'or» proscrivant le déficit budgétaire. L'or peut être noir, ou vert, ou d'un jaune...
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Washington Post
The big move: Albert Pujols welcomed by thousands of Angels fans after landmark signing
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Every time Albert Pujols got close to the metal crowd-control barriers, fans shrieked and shoved forward for autographs and high-fives. With his new red cap shielding his eyes from the brilliant Southern California sun, Pujols soaked in the cheers and the rays on his first day in his new home.
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The Nation
Miniature World Cup marvel
A miniature metal engraver has carved the names of all 38 England World Cup scorers onto a single football stud. Graham Short, 65, even etched the iconic three lions emblem on to the head of the stud as well. And he engraved full names, like Nathaniel Lofthouse, Geoffrey Hurst and…
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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Reuters
Band in a rush: Metallica aims to beat euro crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - Heavy metal titans Metallica could have visited Europe in 2012 or 2013. A look at the euro crisis was enough to make up their minds -- the sooner the better.
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AP
5-pound hunk of metal crashes into Mass. warehouse
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- The owners of a Plymouth, Mass., furniture warehouse want to know the origin of a chunk of metal that apparently plunged through the roof....
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AllThingsDigital
Apple Wants Galaxy Tab 10.1N Banned, Too
Samsung's going to have to do a lot more than simply slap a metal border on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet if it hopes to fend off Apple's legal challenges. The iPad maker on Tuesday asked a German court to ban sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, a new version of the tablet with modifications intended to protect it from the Community Designs infringements Apple has claimed. A hearing is scheduled for De...
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sueddeutsche
Sensation im Metal-Zirkus: Rock-Pioniere Black Sabbath wiedervereint
Sie haben den Heavy Metal quasi erfunden: Black Sabbath aus Birmingham mit Ozzy Osbourne als Leadsänger. Jetzt wurden die Gerüchte bestätigt: Erstmals nach 33 Jahren arbeitet die Band in Originalbesetzung wieder an einem Studioalbum. Und sogar Live-Auftritte soll es geben.
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WSJ
High Metal Prices Lead to a Grave Situation
Sky-high metals prices have led brazen thieves to take thousands of vases at cemeteries across the country.
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amNY
Mastodon on the hunt for humor
Over the past decade, Mastodon has developed a reputation as the thinking person's metal band thanks to a series of concept albums that covered everything from Moby Dick and Rasputin to time travel and suicide. Yet Mastodon also has a fun side, recording the theme song for the Cartoon Network's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" movie and co-headlining a tour with the fictional band Dethklok from the net...
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The Jerusalem Post
18-year-old hit by pergola, killed in Eilat hotel
Initial investigation: 5 friends were sitting poolside at Meridian Hotel when metal structure collapsed; police investigating.
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Times of India
No excuses make a change
I'm sure every blogger out there is firing up their computer right now regarding this situation typing the information faster than their brain can spill it out and rightfully so!
The events that took place at the Metallica concert recently are disgraceful to say the least! I understand that die hard metal fans have been waiting for this opportunity for decades and no one can question their pa...
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Fortune
iPhone 4S chaos in Hong Kong
Thousands left empty-handed as scalpers rush to feed a hungry gray market
Photo: M.I.C.Gadget
Even with the support of Chinese riot police, police dogs, private security guards and an elaborate grid of metal barricades, Apple (AAPL) could could barely contain the chaos when the gates of the Hong Kong Apple Store opened Friday morning and customers began to run up the store's spiral glass stairc...
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USA Today
Metal Monday: Dropping by Utah's Heavy Metal Shop
Note: This Metal Monday entry was guest-written by Sam S. If you'd like to write a column for Metal Monday, e-mail a pitch to popcandy@usato ...
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La Voix du Nord
Chez Métal Sud, société coopérative basée à Wattrelos, « les salariés sont des entrepreneurs »
Chez Métal Sud, « on scie, on coupe, on plie, on soude ». Comme dans n'importe quelle entreprise où l'on travaille l'acier. Et pourtant... Métal Sud, cela pourrait être « une société anonyme comme les autres », si toutefois le patron n'appelait pas ses salariés « mes compagnons » et si ces mêmes employés n'avaient pas quelques particularités qui les distinguent des autres : ils sont pour la plu...
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Rolling Stone
Real Steel
The year is 2020 and the world of Real Steel is ruled by Michael Bay I'm only half-joking Boxing is illegal and audiences pay up to watch robots turn each other into scrap metal It's Transformers Live! To soften the horror of bot-boxing in a Bay world the PG-13 Real...
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Foreign Policy
The Arab world's youth army
SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — On the gray winter mornings at this
out-of-the-way farm town on the scrubby brown steppes between the Mediterranean
coast and the Sahara desert, you still see a few old farmers in hooded brown cloaks
rolling to market on donkey carts. The occasional old woman, hunched against
the cold, comes down the main road through town, tugging a camel.
But come about 9 a.m. in Sid...
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DnJournal
Peddle to the Metal: $165,000 Sale at Sedo Wins This Week's Domain Aftermarket Race
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A 165K sale at Sedo scored a runaway win in this week's aftermarket race. Four ccTLDs and a pair of .nets broke through the strong .com defensive line to join 14 .coms on our new Top 20 Chart. Two of those country codes crashed the top ten.
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Technology Review
This Antenna Bends but Won't Break
Injecting liquid metal into a polymer results in a twistable, stretchable antenna.
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| 1 | English | 55.685 |
| 2 | German | 15.369 |
| 3 | Spanish | 7.255 |
| 4 | French | 3.990 |
| 5 | Turkish | 2.380 |
| 6 | Hindi | 2.200 |
| 7 | Chinese | 1.510 |
| 8 | Romanian | 1.395 |
| 9 | Norwegian | 1.280 |
| 10 | Russian | 1.140 |
| 11 | Indonesian | 1.130 |
| 12 | Swedish | 0.980 |
| 13 | Polish | 0.970 |
| 14 | Portuguese | 0.945 |
| 15 | Japanese | 0.920 |
| 16 | Dutch | 0.609 |
| 17 | Italian | 0.335 |
| 18 | Czech | 0.240 |
| 19 | Hungarian | 0.210 |
| 20 | Danish | 0.165 |
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