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  1. njslim

    Escort duty

    Been informed that our fire department will be escorting steel from WTC next weekend. Our apparatus will be part of convoy for the steel column as its transported by flat bed trailer from construction company to its destination as part of a memorial
  2. GregoryUrich

    Failure mode in WTC towers

    Major Tom has, after a review of 100s and 100s of photos, pointed out that columns (both external annd internal) showing member failure (rupture or buckling) represent a very small minority compared to columns failing at their connections (i.e. welds amd bolts). If there was consensus on this...
  3. Mojo

    New column in [i]The Guardian[/i]

    The Guardian's "Health" page had a new column on Thursday. Nice if it keeps going.
  4. Tony

    More on the Growing Christian Fifth Column

    http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050627fa_fact Yep, Patrick Henry college, named after a man who opposed the Constitution and Bill of Rights and wanted to establish a state church in Virginia.
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  5. E

    One in the 'win' column.

    A couple of weeks ago I posted a thread about how our local Science museum had decided not to show the film "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" because they were worried it was "too in your face" about evolution and might upset the fundies. Enough peopled voiced their displeasure at this stupid...
  6. H

    Column in major NYC paper discusses homeopathy

    In an "Ask Dr. Hecht column" the good doctor rips apart homeopathy. (ahem, disregard his recommendation of chiropractic as a possible option in the first question asked!) http://www.nydailynews.com/city_life/health/story/283616p-243017c.html Q: I received by mail a free sample of a natural...
  7. C

    The War Nerd - Fantastic Online Column

    The War Nerd This fellow is great. If you can stomach his acerbic wit, and aren't so jingoistic that you can understand his contempt for the US military; if you enjoy military history, this column will be fun to read. Here is the Archive Here is a great Article about how we should hendle...
  8. N

    Ben Stein's Last Column ........

    How Can Someone Who Lives in Insane Luxury Be a Star in Today's World? Beyond that, a bigger change has happened. I no longer think Hollywood stars are terribly important. They are uniformly pleasant, friendly people, and they treat me better than I deserve to be treated. But a man or woman...
  9. CurtC

    The Guardian's "Bad Science" column

    Anyone who hangs out in this forum should regularly read Ben Goldacre's Bad Sciencecolumn at the Guardian site. From this week's column titled "The homeopaths strike back", comes this tidbit:
  10. shemp

    Column: Faith-based science is not really science

    SCIENCE MUSINGS by Chet Raymo Excerpt:

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