I recently read about the possibility that the US was involved in the manipulation of the election outcome in Iraq, which reduced the percentage of the vote received by the United Iraqi Alliance from...
OK, what's the deal with tipping wait staff in restaurants in the UK? As an american, I am in the habbit of leaving a 15 to 20% tip if the service is satisfactory. Before we moved to the...
My wife and I camped over night in the Mourne Mountains this last weekend - WOW! Those mountains are cool. We plan on spending lots of time exploring these mountains. On that...
http://www.neuticles.com/index1.html So, you can now have synthetic testicles implanted in your pet so that he will not miss them after he is neutered LOL! Do you think dogs or cats ...
Does anybody know of any good places in Northern Ireland to find some good mineral specimens? I know that volcanic, plutonic, and sedimentary rocks are all present, so ther must be some good...
Since I've moved to the UK, one thing that has been driving me crazy is this trend of sampling refrains from older pop tunes and repeating them over and over to a dance beat! So far, I've...
I just moved to the UK from the US and I would like to do some duck hunting or at least some target practice. What exactly do I have to do to be able to own a firearm of any...
Are there effective interrogation techniques that are not considered to be torture or abuse? What are they? Obviously, if someone does not want to say something, asking nicely and saying...
I found a 1998 2 pound coin with a typographical error on the side inscription. It reads "Standing on the shoulders of g ants" with a missing "i" in "giants". I have examined it very...
Exactly why does beer dehydrate you even though it contains water? How much water do you need to drink per beer to stay hydrated? How about per shot of hard liquor?
Can anyone recommend a website or reference that explains the basics of method of moment theory? I am interested in applying it to the interpretation of solute transport in tracer tests,...
What do you think about this possible knife ban for people under 18? When I was a kid, I was given a knife at a young age, as it was a useful tool to have. Why don't we concentrate on...
Part of Bush's stategy in fighting the war on terrorism is to spread democracy throughout the world. Bush acts like he is doing the world a favor and that we are helping people by liberating...
I'm in the process of writing a 100+ page document complete with figures and tables on Microsoft Word, and I am getting so frustrated with how Word deals with the placement of figures. I heard...
Are there any geochemists out there who can suggest a reference that talks about general guide lines concerning setting up through column tracer tests (injecting a tracer into a column filled with...
As far as I know, currently, there are no rules or regulations in place to regulate the quality of information on the world wide web. The world wide web has made it extremely easy for...