Topic: In the News !!! (Read 1037548 times)

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #50 on:** August 19, 2011, 09:23:09 am »

Amphibious cars, first item! - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14582667

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #51 on:** October 17, 2011, 07:54:52 pm »

Outcry in China over hit-and-run toddler left in street.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15331773

... what is our world becoming?

deadwood · « **Reply #52 on:** October 18, 2011, 02:09:56 pm »

Could it be that in densely populated areas the value of the individual decreases reciprocally to the congestion of individuals?

It is often reported by first aid professionals that your chances of receiving first aid by a passerby on a desolate road are much higher than in a crowded street.

Sadly, such things don't only happen in China.
Fallen states and districts where anarchy took over are other examples for seemingly lost empathy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/30/naples-police-release-maf_n_340076.html

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #53 on:** November 02, 2011, 12:25:53 am »

I bet that's the best landing he's ever made! - Boeing 767 emergency landing in Warsaw ( BBC )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15543209

richtea · « **Reply #54 on:** November 02, 2011, 12:41:37 am »

After a heavy landing in Corfu at night while waiting to disembark one of the flight crew came down from the cockpit to talk to the passengers,
as he was talking to one of our party I asked him whether that was an ordinary landing or a normal one for Corfu.
His reply was "every landing that I walk away from is a good un".

essex2visuvesi · « **Reply #55 on:** November 02, 2011, 08:17:34 am »

"If the plane can be turned around and airborne in half an hour its a good landing" - My Grandfather talking about duxford during WW2

malcolmfrary · « **Reply #56 on:** November 02, 2011, 11:40:53 am »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15543209

Probably a bit more than a half hour turn around, but still a good landing. Smoother than some I've had, but then, lacking wheels, the driver was probably concentrating more.

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #57 on:** November 06, 2011, 05:28:19 pm »

Man crushed by garden model train at his Wilmcote home

A man has been airlifted to hospital after being crushed and trapped by a model train in his back garden.

The man, in his 70s, was thought to have been sitting on the large-scale locomotive when it left the rails and came off a garden wall.

He was trapped for almost 30 minutes as ambulance crews and firefighters tried to free him at his home in Wilmcote in Warwickshire, paramedics said.

He suffered abdominal and pelvic injuries, they added.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "He was given pain relief and immobilised by ambulance crews with the use of a splint, neck collar and spinal board, before being airlifted to the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-15613032

Number 6 · « **Reply #58 on:** November 06, 2011, 06:07:03 pm »

That's done it, the 'Health and Safety' brigade will be out with the 'Nanny Police' tomorrow telling us we can't have model railways now... Hope he's ok though and makes a speedy recovery, Dave.

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #59 on:** November 21, 2011, 04:41:47 pm »

World's 'lightest material'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15788735

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #60 on:** December 11, 2011, 07:54:53 pm »

Who;s going to be the first to make a model then?

Queen's Diamond Jubilee royal barge design unveiled

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16124689

The long Build · « **Reply #61 on:** December 11, 2011, 08:04:56 pm »

Quote from: Martin - admin. on December 11, 2011, 07:54:53 pm

Who;s going to be the first to make a model then?

Queen's Diamond Jubilee royal barge design unveiled

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16124689

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=34345.msg340020;topicseen#msg340020

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #62 on:** December 26, 2011, 01:04:00 pm »

How Germany's feared Scharnhorst ship was sunk in WWII

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16265665

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #63 on:** January 18, 2012, 10:52:40 am »

Wikipedia off-line today - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

Why is Wikipedia blacked-out?

Wikipedia is protesting against SOPA and PIPA by blacking out the English Wikipedia for 24 hours, beginning at midnight January 18, Eastern Time. Readers who come to English Wikipedia during the blackout will not be able to read the encyclopedia: instead, you will see messages intended to raise awareness about SOPA and PIPA, and encouraging you to share your views with your elected representatives, and via social media.

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #64 on:** January 19, 2012, 02:56:46 pm »

Peterborough man finds extra terrestrial planet!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16612181

dougal99 · « **Reply #65 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:36:30 pm »

Quote from: Martin (admin) on January 19, 2012, 02:56:46 pm

Peterborough man finds extra terrestrial planet!

Now if he had found a planet on Earth that would be news

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #66 on:** January 22, 2012, 06:42:03 pm »

HMS Victory 'set to be recovered' from seabed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16671444

Welsh Wizard · « **Reply #67 on:** January 22, 2012, 06:51:50 pm »

To be honest I don't think this is a good idea at all simply as WHO is going to pay for the restoration of the hull,as surely it will need specialist treatment as soon as it hits fresh air and will cost Thousands to do so.At the end of the day WHO is going to foot the bill.....YES us the Taxpayers oh Brill

Dave

The long Build · « **Reply #68 on:** January 22, 2012, 07:02:41 pm »

Came across this while reading about the Wikipedia Blackout..

"Symantec's on-going saga over whether a hacking group had acquired current source code to several of its products took a strange twist. Previously, the company had claimed the hackers had the source code to enterprise versions of its security products and that it had been stolen from a third-party server. This week, the company acknowledged unknown adversaries had breached its network in 2006 and stolen source code to its Norton line of security products.
Security experts expressed concern at the fact that the company had been unaware of the breach for so long.

"How could Symantec have gotten hacked? Don't they use AV?" Apple hacker Charlie Miller joked on Twitter."

See for full article..

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/SOPA-PIPA-Online-Piracy-Lead-Weeks-Security-News-651755/

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #69 on:** January 22, 2012, 07:22:04 pm »

Quote

To be honest I don't think this is a good idea at all simply as WHO is going to pay for the restoration of the hull,as surely it will need specialist treatment as soon as it hits fresh air and will cost Thousands to do so.At the end of the day WHO is going to foot the bill.....YES us the Taxpayers oh Brill

I don't think there is much, if any hull left Dave. The report that I saw said that they just intend to bring up the cannon, artifacts and hopefully some treasure that will cover the salvage company's costs. The other stuff is destined to be distribituted to maritime museums around the UK - well, that seems to be the idea anyway.

Colin

Grub · « **Reply #70 on:** January 22, 2012, 07:22:26 pm »

My little girl won The Guardians photo competition this weekend

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2012/jan/20/weekend-readers-pictures-contemporary

catengineman · « **Reply #71 on:** January 22, 2012, 08:13:39 pm »

Well done to your little girl.

very clear image

Grub · « **Reply #72 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:22:04 pm »

Thanks catengineman, we found out at 23:55 last night after her friends mother saw it in the paper. Poor old Dad then had to go and find a petrol station that still had a copy before they were sent back

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #73 on:** January 23, 2012, 05:30:58 pm »

Yes, well done her!

catengineman · « **Reply #74 on:** January 24, 2012, 09:09:17 am »

You would be able to get a copy from the papers office and if you tell them your the father they (used to) give the paper to you and also a page print of the item.
Daughter had one when she was at school (now 34) bet she hits me for telling her age

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deadwood

richtea

The long Build

Welsh Wizard

The long Build

Grub

catengineman

Grub

catengineman