The Army’s $200 Billion Makeover March to Modernize Proves Ambitious and Controversial By Alec Klein Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 7, 2007; A01 EL PASO — A $200 billion plan to remake the largest war machine in history unfolds in one small way on a quiet country road in the Chihuahuan Desert. Jack Hensley, one of a legion of contractors on the project, is hunkered in a slowly moving SUV, serving as target practice for a baby-faced soldier in a Humvee aiming a laser about 700 yar
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Fleissner to present nonwovens innovations at INDEX Fibre2fashion.com, India - 2 hours ago The AquaJet was put on the market by Fleissner more than 10 years ago and has been used for bonding of all kinds of nonwovens from low weights (20 g/m²) to …

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How early is too early for a kid and a cellphone? Posted by Antonio 6 days, 12 hours ago (Feb. 9, 2008) Having just heard that in this fast-paced world we live in, it is possible for a 5 year-old to be given a cellphone, I got to thinking about this wonderful Economist piece on toys with an ethic. Specifically the piece calls out Lego and Playmobil, Danish and German respectively, and talks about some of what the design and manufacture of these toys says about their intended audiences nat
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