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Europe 2 euro 2015 - 30 years of the EU Flag

New bimetallic commemorative design approved: Finally the commemorative coin competition has come to an end. More than 100,000 European citi...

United Kingdom 5 pounds 2015 - Edith Cavell

New silver commemorative: 'First World War: nurse Edith Cavell ' The coins is part of the First World War Six-Coin Set for 2015 , ex...

Insulin Resistance Strongly Predicts Cardiovascular Disease Risk

I recently came across a very interesting paper by the research team of Gerald Reaven, an endocrinologist at Stanford.  He has long been one...

USB devices, fitness bands have no place on network

by James Butler JBER Cybersecurity Office 5/28/2015 -  JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska  -- Did you know USB flash memory storage de...

Two Terrible

In some situations defined as less than desirable, it's a good idea to give it the it could always be worse test.  Even then sometimes y...

Toxic Algae Advisory Posted for Lawrence Lake

This advisory is no longer in place. A blue-green algae bloom in Lawrence Lake near Yelm has recently produced enough toxin to prompt an adv...

Secrets Of The Overground part 1

"In this video (the first of two parts) we find a one-a-day train, an abandoned curve of track which could be re-instated, a disused vi...

Could a Devon and Cornwall XI become the 19th first-class county?

View image | gettyimages.com When people talk of reform of cricket's County Championship they normally have one thing in mind: a reduct...