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7362 acres of Mull of Kintyre for a mere £3 Million?

A country estate made famous by Sir Paul McCartney’s song Mull of Kintyre has been put up for sale. BBC News Carskiey Estate is an idyllic getaway spot with over 9 miles of dramatic coastline and a climate that is cushioned by the Gulf Stream. 7,362 acres and includes the Mull of Kintyre, one of [ READ MORE ]

Air Safety : When The Pilot Understates The Take-Off Weight

Not by a few tonnes. But by 100 tonnes. Where : Melbourne When : 20 March 2009. What : Emirates Airlines flight 407. Who : 257 passengers and 18 crew How : Because the plane had been told it was 100 tonnes lighter than it actually was, it generated insufficient thrust for takeoff. And the [ READ MORE ]

2010 Golf R : Now Official

Well here it is – the new Golf R. Not R20t and not R20. Just Golf R. This is what the Mk6 Golf GTI should have looked like. And a Golf R ought to be even more macho looking than this. But this is what you get . specs : 4motion four wheel drive Turbocharged [ READ MORE ]

The Biggest Swimming Pool In The World…

… is to be found in Chile, a nation with a very, very long coastline – 4300km. According to the Guinness World Records, the largest swimming pool in the world is San Alfonso del Mar Seawater pool in Algarrobo, Chile. It is 1,013 m (3,324 ft) long and has an area of 8 ha (20 [ READ MORE ]

Paperhouse Kiosks To Dot The London Streetscape

These are wooden newspaper kiosks reinforced with brass and having an underlying steel frame. Roof gets a toughened glass to keep things bright and cheery. Designer Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio has been commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, to produce kiosks that look good and are robust enough to survive the [ READ MORE ]

A $1.4 Quadrillion Bubble

According to DK Matai, the Chairman of Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance (ATCA), the global size of the derivatives bubble is more than $1000 trillion ie $1 quadrillion. Relying on figures from the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, he says listed credit derivatives stands at $542 trillion and Over-The-Counter (OTC) derivatives stands at $863 trillion. Total? [ READ MORE ]

Hazard A Guess About The Size of The Global Derivatives Market

How big and how bad is the world’s derivatives market? In a word? Humongous! $200 trillion? Guess again! $300 trillion? Guess again, but you’re getting warm! You’d be right in 2006. $500 trillion? Wrong again and no more guesses for you. The correct figure is $600 trillion, give or take $10 trillion. And who says [ READ MORE ]

Serena Is The 2009 Wimbledon Champion

Well done Serena! And yes, I predicted wrong. Serena deserved the win today[ READ MORE ]

It Is A Serena and Venus Wimbledon Final!

Serena came close to losing to Elena but Venus makes Dinara look like a novice. I predict Venus to be the champion of Wimbledon [ READ MORE ]

1994 Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography

This photo won Kevin Carter the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. quote from a 1994 article in nyt “His picture of an emaciated girl collapsing on the way to a feeding center, as a plump vulture lurked in the background, was published first in The New York Times and The Mail & Guardian, a [ READ MORE ]

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