“We are doing every effort possible to expedite this in a safe manner. It is a rescue mission.”-Melanie Hennessey, Hecla Mining Compnay
The Lucky Friday Mine, in northern Idaho, collapsed Friday afternoon, trapping one employee. News of the collapse didn’t hit the media until Saturday.
There were two miners in the area when the tunnel […] Continue Reading…
PJ Production has released three new figure kits. Two in 1/72 scale, and one in 1/48 scale. The kits are polyurethane resin, so you’ll have to use cyanoacrylate (super type) glue.
F-16/F-18 Pilots Sitting F-16/F-18 Pilots Standing
Philippe Jacques (PJ) has issued two 1/72 scale “F-16/F-18” pilots, one set […] Continue Reading…
It might be soon that the people of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran will have a common visa, that will allow unhindered travel between the countries.
The visa (international travel document) is being called Shamgen, similar to the European Union’s Schengen visa. Sham is the ancient name for Syria.
Shahbaz Yazdani, Deputy Head of Iran’s Cultural […] Continue Reading…
Iran is building a fence along its Pakistani border. They say since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan drug trafficking has increased, along with anti-Iranian terrorists.
Iran has spent U.S.$700 million, in the last two years, fighting drug trafficking and U.S. supported terrorist. They also claim that a Pakistani based group known as Jundollah, has been […] Continue Reading…
In a confusing report, Iranian media says the Iranian navy has just upgraded their missiles with laser guidance.
The reports call the missiles “hawk” or “cruse missiles” which is incorrect. Iran does still use the old U.S. designed Hawk anti-aircraft missile, with upgraded tracking systems, but it is not a cruse missile (they actually make […] Continue Reading…
“Mr. Maliki rejected Gates’ demand, saying that Iraq will deal with the issue based on the security pact (signed between Washington and Baghdad).”-Ali al-Dabbagh, Iraqi Government Spokesman
Iraqi officials say they did not ask the United States to keep troops past the 2011 withdraw date, in fact they say U.S. Defense Secretary […] Continue Reading…
The German government announced that they will end the use of nuclear power plants as soon as possible.
Germany is prepared to spend the money necessary to make renewable clean energy sources their main power supply by 2020. Germany will keep its coal and natural gas fire electrical plants in operation.
In a National Geographic article, researchers say the magma under Yellow National Park, is even bigger than before.
The latest scans of the super volcanic plume under Yellowstone, measured electrical conductivity, and is described as being like a giant medical CT scan.
Scientists now say the super volcanic plume extends 643km (400 miles), that’s increased […] Continue Reading…
“Just pointing a measuring device at your food before dinner is pretty much meaningless.”-Katayama Atsushi, Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry.
The Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry says you should use scintillation counters to detect iodine-131 in milk and vegetables. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers should be used to trace uranium. Nitric acid and dehydrated […] Continue Reading…
“As (Toyota) continues to address its production situation in Japan following the disaster, it has decided that vehicle production from May 10 to June 3 will proceed at approximately 50 percent of normal.”-company statement
Basically the situation for “key component suppliers” (parts makers) is still too unreliable to resume full production.
Toyota says it will continue […] Continue Reading…