| Not just a building, but a joy to behold. Ken Livingstone must hate St ...
Camden council demanded that the only reuse be as a railwaymen's hostel. Even the heritage lobby gazed at the mighty pile and despaired. For years the fate of St Pancras rested with one man - BR's environment director, Bernard Kaukas, who battled to win £3m from his board to prevent the collapse of the roof. His love of the place, again unsung, almost certainly saved St Pancras from demolition. A developer, Trevor Osborne, was the first to seek to restore the hotel, which had been closed in 1935. Architects pondered about how to fit bathrooms into a Grade-I listed hotel. I even booked the "bridal suite" for some putative opening night. But St Pancras seemed to honour JB Priestley's quip that "Pancrastination is the thief of time", and the Frenchman's "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la gare".
Liberty Medical Center in Chester enters video contest to win MRI ...
When Liberty Medical Center CEO Ron Gleason received a letter for Siemens Medical Solutions about a contest to win an MRI for the hospital, he nearly threw it in the garbage. Instead, his wife, Ginny Gleason, who was having lunch with him, looked at the letter and said, "We can do this," according to marketing director Tracey Hansen. .
Feb. 4, 1915: Improve Your Diet and Live Better, Longer
1915: The dawn of the "nutrition age" begins, haltingly, with the first results of experiments showing that poor diet is the cause of pellagra, an often fatal disease affecting impoverished communities. Pellagra was a regional phenomenon in the United States, occurring primarily in the rural South. Victims developed skin rashes, mouth sores and diarrhea. If left untreated, mental deterioration and death could follow. In 1915, more than 10,000 people died from the disease. Because the medical world was obsessed with the possibilities of infectious disease, a relatively new field of study then, pellagra was believed to be caused by airborne microbes. The first experiments were carried out using volunteer inmates at a Mississippi prison farm. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, who had established his credentials as an effective fighter against infectious disease while with the Marine Hospital Service, conducted the experiments at the behest of the surgeon general of the United States.
U.S. House panel calls hearing on tanker deal
Northrop says it will assemble its A330 aircraft and modify it for military operations in Mobile, Alabama, creating at least 2,500 new jobs and supporting 25,000 around the country. EADS has promised to assemble all A330 commercial freighters at the new facility it plans to build in Mobile. Testifying on Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST will be Sue Payton, the top Air Force arms buyer, and Lt. Gen. Donald Hoffman, the top military official in charge of acquisitions. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and his special assistant for acquisitions, Kenneth Miller, have also been busy answering the questions of Boeing supporters on Capitol Hill. Reflecting overall market weakness, Northrop shares were 2.3 percent lower at $80.63 in mid-morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange, while Boeing shares were down 1.5 percent at $79.46.
32 GB iPod Touch: Best in Class, If Not Value
The new 32 GB iPod touch lets you carry around a whole lot of music and movies, but it's more expensive than many other comparable devices out there. You're paying more, of course, for the ability to access the Internet via WiFi, and to do so via a touch interface. Oh, and you're also paying a premium for that cute Apple logo on the back. So is it worth it? Vendor White Papers Featured ListingsECT News Network's directory of e-business, IT and CRM white papers provides resources you need to make informed purchasing decisions. Browse Listings. .
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