Ryanair Sorry After 'Mutiny' On Delayed Flight
Police are called to attend a grounded Ryanair flight after angry passengers claimed they were refused food and water.

More---> http://news.sky.com/story/1215664/ry...delayed-flight

Mercury: A beautiful but poisonous metal

Mercury is the quixotic bad boy of the periodic table - exquisitely beautiful, but deadly. The ancients believed it was the "first matter" from which all other metals were formed. Yet it is now in such disfavour that an international treaty...

I have a student house (5) students.
Last night got a Text from one. Saying they have Rats.
Now in the past there has been a problem when they leavefood out, and are generally unclean. We have always gone in and set traps andput rat poison down. Council stopped the free service 3 years ...

Deadlocked Congress brings U.S. government to edge of shutdown

The U.S. Congress, still in partisan deadlock on Monday over Republican efforts to halt President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, was on the verge of shutting down most of the U.S. government starting on Tuesday morning....

While temperatures drop, homes across the UK are gradually firing up the central heating. But why do some people feel the chill much earlier than others?

Each autumn - or earlier, if summer is particularly disappointing - there's an argument that sunders households up and down the country....

Come across this several times before.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24045598

Probability is weird.

New game Idea is to make a two word object or phrase, using the last word typed.


So if I posted Dinner Time
The next poster would have to think of a word associated with Time and they could post
Time Out




So I'll start off
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Is there any such thing as 'road tax'?

Cyclists often report that aggressive motorists justify their behaviour on the basis that they alone pay "road tax". But, there is no such thing.

Read more here------> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23694438

How are you keeping cool in this heatwave? Are you sleeping OK?

Let us know your tips

Working out your dog's true age used to be a case of simply multiplying it by seven. But it's more complicated than that, and here's a handy calculator to do it for you.
A recent Magazine feature explained that:

• Different breeds of dog age at varying speeds
• Dogs age

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The Royal Horticultural Society has temporarily lifted a ban on garden gnomes - normally deemed too "tacky" - at the Chelsea Flower Show. Garden historian Twigs Way charts the public's long love-hate relationship with these figurines.

History is full of curious tales - and none...

There's been weeks of debate over how much money benefits claimants should receive. But just how little money can someone realistically get by on?
The government says no family on benefits should receive more than the £26,000 - after tax - the average family earns.
A...

Most Ph.D. students spend their days reading esoteric books and stressing out about the tenure-track job market. Thomas Herndon, a 28-year-old economics grad student at UMass Amherst, just used part of his spring semester to shake the intellectual foundation of the global austerity movement.
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I am impressed, I fall into 1% of the population --> BBC News - Thatcher: Can people get by on four hours sleep?

The "Would You Rather" Game rules are simple, answer the question then ask one

I'll start us off

Would You Rather a Chinese meal or an Indian??...