Polish President Lech Kaczynski and several other top government officials killed result of plane crash. The President and several other upper members of Polish government were killed when their plane crashed outside of Smolensk, Russia. The President and others were flying in a Tu-154 and missed...
Having brittle nails is a condition which can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, or race. This condition is characterized by brittle toenails or fingernails, which may crack or break. The medical term for brittle nails is onychorrhexis, and it can be caused by too much exposure to strong...
Sometimes fingernails may have white spots. These are called leukonychia. These are actually some kind of scar or bruise caused by a prior injury on the nail bed. They are not, as some people think, a symptom of a deficiency in vitamins or minerals.The reason why people don’t associate...
Poland adopts legislation legalizing castration of pedophiles and rapists. In September 2009, Polish officials passed laws allowing authorities to chemically castrate rapists and pedophiles. Prime Minister Donald Tusk proposed the laws after reviewing the increasing number of high...
Yellow toenails are rather unsightly, and no one really wants to have people see their yellow toenails. Yellow toenails may be the result of two things. One, it can be that nail polish has been left on for too long. Two, there could be fungi in the toenails, causing the yellow color as well as...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Several household cleaning products contain lye (also known as sodium hydroxide). It is considered an alkaline and has a caustic quality. It causes fat and other sticky substances to dissolve; unfortunately, it tends to disintegrate other surfaces too (including human skin!) and should be handled...
Football Manager 2011 will be released shortly before Christmas 2010, and promises a raft of new features including real-time contract negotiation, a revamped training system and a number of match engine improvements.
A popular native of the Lithuanian Republic, this rare hunting breed was developed from mixing big game hounds with the Beagle, Bloodhound, Polish Hound and later on the Russian Hound. It was close to extinction in the 1970s and was fortunately saved by a special kennel facility that kept the breed...
Quartz is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth. This hard crystal makes up twelve percent of the Earth’s crust. It is valued not only for its beauty—especially when it is shaped and polished by a jeweler who has trained on its particular qualities—but for its industrial and consumer applications....
