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Silicone Devices catalogue available...

With over 70 years experience in plastics and silicone processing, Sterilin promises unrivalled expertise in all aspects of custom design and manufacture in particular for the medical device and diagnostic markets, from general laboratory silicone products to radical new bespoke medical devices

This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 27 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)

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Make guests feel at home and follow the customs of your host...

Filed under:Analysis , culture , language Tags:China , culture , German , olympics

There is a heated debate going on regarding the lack of Chinese characters on China's official Olympics uniforms in contrast with those on German's sportswear.

Personally, I see no point in not printing Chinese text on China's official uniforms. But for this post, I will purposely play the role of...

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Evil lurks beneath a painted smile...

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You, too, can be a real-life caped crusader...

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Hellboy (Ron Perlman), his fiery girlfriend, Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and amphibian-pal, Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), are all that stand in the way of mankind's destruction at the hands of Prince Nuada (Luke Gross) and his magical army of trolls, monsters and fairies. If you've seen Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated "Pan's Labyrinth," you're familiar with the kind of in...

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State still most obese in the US...

ATLANTA - Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reported Thursday.

More than 30 percent of adults in each of the states tipped the scales enough to ensure the South remains the nation's fattest region.

"We're the epicenter of the obesity epidemic," said Dr. Mary Currier, Mississippi state epidemiologist.

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McCartney appeals for peace over Quebec concert...

"I think it's time to smoke the pipes of peace and to just, you know, put away your hatchet because I think it's a show of friendship," McCartney said on Radio-Canada.

McCartney tried to deflate the political rhetoric around Sunday's show on the Plains of Abraham, site of the pivotal 1759 battle between British General James Wolfe and France's Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm.

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Many ills found at Chicago jail, nation's biggest...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal investigation of the nation's largest single-site county jail has uncovered serious sanitation and medical care problems, as well as violence against prisoners who clashed with guards or failed to follow commands, officials said Thursday.

Among the problems cited in the report: Old or mentally ill inmates struck by guards for dressing too slowly; inmates b...

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Macca peace plea to Quebec critics...

Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists "to smoke the pipes of peace" over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary.

Several artists and politicians have questioned McCartney's participation in the weekend birthday celebrations of French-speaking Quebec City because of his British roots.

But McCartney said he was unmoved by their claim his pres...

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New Makati BPO facility employs 1100...

"We are delighted to begin operations in the Philippines, which has attained a high level of visibility within the BPO industry in recent years for its exceptional talent pool and reputation for quality service delivery," said Larry Jones, president and CEO of StarTek.

"The Philippine government and the BPO community in the Philippines have made our entry into this market exceptionall...

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Thomas quits after pub cigar gaffe...

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Texas OKs standards for elective Bible classes...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to establishing Bible classes in public high schools, rejecting calls to draw specific teaching guidelines and warnings that it could lead to constitutional problems in the classroom.

The Legislature passed a law in 2007 allowing Bible courses to be offered as an elective. They are supposed to focus ...

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Germans Unhappy With Muslim Mosque Construction...

(Henning Kaiser/AFP/Getty Images) Germans Unhappy With Muslim Mosque Construction July 18, 2008 From theTrumpet.com

German citizens in Cologne are outraged at the planned construction of a giant mosque in the area, and they aren’t the only ones. Spiegel Online reports that the scheduled construction of more than 180 mosques in Germany is stirring not only right-wing resentment but...

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Chinese Artist Swipes at Kung Fu Panda...

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