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Odds 'n Sods:
Patrick sent us a link to a
promising new steam engine design. (I mentioned it once before in the
blog, but their web site has recently been expanded, so it is worth another
look.)
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Steve sent this: Citi
Falls on Worries About Cash Levels. Steve's comment: "The largest banks
are
in trouble and main stream media is reporting it." Meanwhile, we read: Wall
Street to Citigroup: Come clean
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Two more links from Eric, with more cheery news from abroad: International
experts foresee collapse of U.S. economy and, Already we have riots,
hoarding, panic: the sign of things to come?
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Scientists
Make First Map of Emerging Disease Hotspots. Out of curiosity,
I'd like to see a version of that map "normed" to a population density
map. I would guess that it would still show some relatively hot spots in east
Asia.
But undoubtedly, latitude and population density play key roles.
