Monthly Archives: May 2012

Originally posted on regionalperspectives:
Yesterday, the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), a group made up of the twelve South American countries, finally agreed to open up their defense budgets to the other members in order to have transparency in…

Originally posted on Black Diamonds:
Carbonado sample (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The characteristics of carbonado noted in this section are based mainly on the summary of Heaney et al. (2005), unless otherwise noted. Carbonado diamonds are typically pea-sized or larger porous aggregates of…

Originally posted on Tradesman4u.com Construction Blog:
Burst water pipes can be a real plumbing emergency, potentially leaking gallons of water all over your house. Your best bet would be to pick up the telephone and call an emergency…

Originally posted on Down by the Dougie:
This was another exhibit I particularly liked at the Cotton – Golden Threads exhibition at the Whitworth Gallery. The work of Aboubakar Fofana, it was a forest created from rolls of cotton cloth all…

Originally posted on Mike's Blog:
So, Semester 2 officially finished today. No more lectures, labs, coursework, only revision and exams, and looking back, it hasn’t been too shabby. There were definitely some bad parts, Mobile Systems was annoying, Prolog is a…

Originally posted on Scarycanary's Blog:
Kino’s next event will be our fourth Vintage Kino event at The Three Minute Theatre, Affleck’s Arcade, Oldham Street, M1 1JG. We’re presently trawling though our archive of 16mm film cans to put a…