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• The Many Uses of Limestone
• Levees in Illinois Can’t Be Trusted – Flood Maps Revised
• For Sale: The Only Domestic Producer of Platinum and Palladium
• Natural Gas Reserves Shoot Up for Shale States
• Christopher Columbus: Son of a Polish King?
• Undersea Telecommunications Cable Map
• A “Perfect Pink” Diamond

The Many Uses of Limestone Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:06 PM PST “Limestone has many industrial uses and can be used as mined or processed into a wide variety of products. It is the raw material for a large variety of construction, agricultural, environmental, and industrial materials.” Quoted from the USGS Fact Sheet.

Levees in Illinois Can’t Be Trusted – Flood Maps Revised Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:54 PM PST The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to reclassify land in Illinois protected by 75 miles levees. FEMA has determined that the levees can’t be trusted and says that the land behind them is now a flood hazard area. Now residents and businesses in areas like Granite City must rethink their flood insurance and many with mortgages will be required to buy the insurance.

For Sale: The Only Domestic Producer of Platinum and Palladium Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:41 PM PST Norilsk Nickel, a Russian mining company, plans to sell its 51% stake in Stillwater Mining Company, a mining, processing, refining and marketing company with a focus on palladium, platinum and related metals. Stillwater is the only domestic producer of palladium and platinum.

Natural Gas Reserves Shoot Up for Shale States Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:17 PM PST The Energy Information Administration has published a map that shows the increase in wet natural gas proved reserves by state for 2008-2009. There were huge increases for the states with large shale gas plays such as Pennsylvania, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Christopher Columbus: Son of a Polish King? Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:08 PM PST We learned in grade school that Christopher Columbus was the son of an Italian weaver. However, new research suggests that his father might have been a Polish king in exile.

Undersea Telecommunications Cable Map Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:21 PM PST Most internet and telephone connections across major bodies of water are still carried by undersea cables. Placing them requires information about sea floor features and they are also vulnerable to sea floor disasters such as landslides. Greg’s Cable Map is a website that shows the location of most of the major undersea cables.

A “Perfect Pink” Diamond Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:56 PM PST A flawless 14.23 carat pink diamond nicknamed “Perfect Pink” was sold in a Christie’s auction in Hong Kong for $23.2 million – a new record for a gemstone sold at auction in Asia.

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