The legacy of the World Trade Center attack, Olsen and colleagues found, is recorded in New York Harbor sediments as a layer containing high concentrations of several elements, copper, zinc, calcium, strontium, and others. Results indicate that the deposition of World Trade Center ash, via fall-out from the atmosphere, urban runoff in streams or site remediation activities, could account for all of these elevated concentrations.

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The oldest image of a star pattern, that of the famous constellation of Orion, has been recognised on an ivory tablet some 32,500 years old.

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No information has been supplied to MPs as to who is deciding which words are deemed offensive. The Parliamentary Communications Directorate require MPs to apply in writing to find out which words they can or cannot use.

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The report upholds a 1999 New Media Exemption Order, which essentially states that the Internet does not fall under the purview of the CRTC. The exemption also prevents Web sites that broadcast TV signals, like JumpTV.com, from benefiting from copyright tariffs. If they could pay these tariffs, like television stations licensed by the CRTC, they wouldn't have to make individual deals with TV copyright holders.

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Here's how that works: Every month, instead of paying into a savings or investment account, pay down your principal mortgage as much as you can. At the same time, borrow money on your house equity, and invest. Capitalize your interest costs, making interest on the interest deductible. Einstein said, the eighth wonder of the world is compound interest, why not let it work for you?

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We are merely pointing out the (apparently heretical) truth that the current tax system is very skewed against upper-income Americans. According to IRS data from 2000, the top 5% of tax filers paid more than 50% of total income tax revenue, and the top half of tax filers were responsible for almost all revenue -- 96% of the total take. This burden on the upper-income holds even when the payroll tax is included in overall distribution tables. (The payroll tax includes the regressive Social Security levy and the 1.45% Medicare tax that applies to every dollar of income.)

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