Is America next for this new "fad"? :rolleyes:
Hunkering doesn't count :D
Telegraph
But now health experts say there is real benefit in letting men escape to their simple sanctuaries, that could even help them live longer.
As a result a network of communal 'men's sheds' that provide...
BBC
Amnesty International has called for the US to stop sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole.
More than 2,500 adults are in US jails for crimes committed as a child - under current rules they will never be freed.
In its new report, Amnesty says the practice is...
BBC
Global food giant Nestle says it has taken a major step to end child labour on cocoa farms supplying its factories.
The firm, one of the world's largest chocolate producers, says it is going to work with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) on tackling the problem.
The FLA is set to...
Uh Oh heard on the news this morning that coffee supplies are running low (way to go to put the price up now :() and the reason given for this ...... GLOBAL WARMING :p
Anyone for tea? :rolleyes:
:D
BBC
Police in the US have reopened an inquiry into the death of film star Natalie Wood, who drowned in 1981.
Los Angeles police said they had received new information relating to the case, but have not given details.
Wood was found dead during a boat trip off the coast of California...
I noticed on Fleetvision that one of the drivers has sent in 3 Macro 19's and no replies - over an hour now. He has had other issues with his QC recently.
from Wiki
The San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, marked the end of the Allied occupation, and after it came into force on April 28, 1952, Japan was once again an independent country
:)
Update
BBC
Obama stakes US claim to Pacific
US President Obama says Asia-Pacific is key to future
US President Barack Obama has said that the Asia-Pacifc region will play a key role in defining the world's future.
Speaking to the Australian parliament in Canberra, Mr Obama said...
BBC
Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced at a news conference with US President Barack Obama in Canberra.
She said about 250 US Marines would arrive next year, eventually being built up to 2,500 personnel...
BBC
An international study has linked an industrial solvent to Parkinson's disease.
Researchers found a six-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson's in individuals exposed in the workplace to trichloroethylene (TCE).
Although many uses for TCE have been banned around the...
Thats ok ... we are going to frame that "HUGE" post and hang it in Load 1 HQ for all to see :p
Now the suggestions for the best place to hang it :rolleyes:
:D:D
BBC
Egypt has closed the Great Pyramid outside Cairo after rumours that groups would try to hold special rituals on 11 November at 11:11 (09:11 GMT).
The rumours sparked an internet campaign to stop any ceremonies.
However the head of Egypt's antiquities authority said the pyramid had...