d r o w t s a l e Th Don’t look at a gift horse too closely … Cynical, that’s the only way to describe it! But Mike Moeller, head of Remy Battery, is starting his recruitment drive early — with the donation of an all terrain vehicle to his former school — Martin Luther High in Wisconsin. The ATV will be used as part of the school’s new power technology program to help students
Photoshop has a lot to answer for Rumours that Mark Thorsby, the charismatic head of BCI and the brainy Boris Monahov, ALABC technical head, were one and the same person — how many times have we heard “have you ever seen them both in the same room?” — can now be dispelled. Every picture tells a story. The new word on the street is of course they are identical twins separated at birth. One was sent to live under an oppressive and despotic regime run by a succession of mad tyrants. But less about Chicago, the other went to glorious Bulgaria.
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gain skills and experience that is in high demand for today’s workforce. So cynical? Why? Moeller said he’d planned to trade in his ATV for a new model. “But this is a much better use for the vehicle. The kids gain hands-on training, and Remy Battery has a new roster of potential future employees.”
Blood, blood, glorious blood “There’s no lead in my pencil,” boasts Brian Wilson, one of the world’s top trouble shooters in dealing with lead contamination in developing countries. “In fact my blood lead level is so low — its under 2µg/dl — that you wouldn’t even be able to test me.” Brian, a former smelting manager at Britannia Refined Metals, knows every trick going in keeping lead levels down — “personally I still do everything that I did in my smelting days, I wash my hands thoroughly, I don’t touch my hair, I drink plenty of fluids and much, much more. “But the things I’ve seen! When we instituted a ban on overtime for those with high lead levels at Britannia, we were astonished to find that some of our staff were getting round this by donating blood and then filling themselves up with water. Once I got wind of this, I instituted haemoglobin testing. There may not be lead in his pencil, but he’s as sharp as ever.
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