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Skyhook reserve static line
Read more: Skyhook reserve static lineFollow the link from the photo for a sequence of images showing how, when the main parachute is cut away in an emergency, the Skyhook RSL deploys the reserve parachute using the main as a drogue. The reserve…
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The Cobden Centre: What is money?
Read more: The Cobden Centre: What is money?Writing for The Cobden Centre, I ask “What is money?“: In their working paper “Assessing UK money supply measures in the light of the credit crunch”, Toby Baxendale and Anthony J. Evans provide a better measure of the…
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Skype under threat from eBay licence row | Technology | The Guardian
Read more: Skype under threat from eBay licence row | Technology | The GuardianVia Skype under threat from eBay licence row | Technology | The Guardian : The internet auction company paid a total of $3.1bn for the telephone service between 2005 and 2007 and is now locked in a legal…
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FTSE 100: stock market has best month in more than six years – Telegraph
Read more: FTSE 100: stock market has best month in more than six years – TelegraphVia FTSE 100: stock market has best month in more than six years – Telegraph: The stock market has enjoyed its best month in more than six years, boosting the savings of millions of investors and bringing hope…
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BBC NEWS | Town switches off speed cameras
Read more: BBC NEWS | Town switches off speed camerasVia BBC NEWS | England | Wiltshire | Town switches off speed cameras. Swindon has become the first English authority to scrap the use of its fixed speed cameras. The Conservative-run borough council said it was reinvesting the…
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Norwich North, the Greens and the credit crisis
Read more: Norwich North, the Greens and the credit crisisToday while telling in Norwich North, I was joined by a charming lady from the Green Party. In conversation, she indicated the Green view that the present crisis was caused by the liberalisation of banking and the operation…
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Off to campaign in Norwich North
Read more: Off to campaign in Norwich NorthFor the next four days, I’ll be in Norwich North, campaigning for Chloe Smith. [mappress]
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Royal International Air Tattoo
Read more: Royal International Air TattooThe weather was unsettled at the Royal International Air Tattoo today. Nevertheless, the aircrew achieved some fantastic flying in the murk, particularly the pilot of this Hornet, who displayed in awful weather. Of course, the Red Arrows were…
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Armed forces chiefs call for more troops and helicopters – Telegraph
Read more: Armed forces chiefs call for more troops and helicopters – TelegraphGeneral Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the Army and Sir Jock Stirrup, the Chief of the Defence Staff, have called for more troops and helicopters in Afghanistan. Sir Jock said his forces needed as many helicopters as…