1skholloway1975, Author at Women Leadership Magazine USA

A huge tunneling machine called Dorothy digging underneath ancient woodland as the HS2 rail project goes full-speed ahead, on July 22, 2022. HS2 is the largest infrastructure project in Europe and is meant to connect northern cities with London and Europe. (HS2, SWNS/Zenger)

Video Shows Huge Machine Tunneling For Britain’s High-Speed Rail Project

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Dorothy is named after Dorothy Hodgkin, who in 1964 became the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Han Solo's 'BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster' that was featured in the 1977 sci-fi classic A New Hope will go up for auction from August 26-28, 2022. The estimated price for the memorabilia is $300,000 - $500,000. (Rock Island Auction Co., SWNS/Zenger)

Han Solo’s Original Star Wars Blaster To Break Hollywood Auction Records

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Rock Island Auction Company are set to host the sale of the ‘BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster’ during their August 26-28 event.
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A rare 100-year-old piece of Louis Vuitton luggage is being sold at auction on Saturday, July 30, 2022. The case was originally bought in 1984 for $14 and is now worth more than $5,000. (Steve Chatterley, SWNS/Zenger)

Battered Storage Box Bought For $14 Turns Out To Be Rare Louis Vuitton Case Worth Thousands

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Melissa, 56, is now selling the 100-year-old luggage to protect it from her rescue cats.
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People look at new Volkswagen cars at the Auto Forum VW display rooms on February 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Average Americans Are More Cautious When Making A Deal Online

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Over the past year, used cars were the most commonly-bought items both online (34 percent) and in person (31 percent).
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The first Apple computer's printed circuit board that was hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak in 1976, in undated photograph. The prototype will go up for auction held from July 21 to August 18, where it's expected to sell for $500,000. (Dean Murray, SWNS/Zenger)

Steve Jobs’ Original Apple Computer Prototype Goes Up For Auction

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Bidding, as of July 26, was at $278,005 – but the lot is expected to sell for over $500,000 when the auction ends on August 18.
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The Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter before completion in an undated photograph. A group of 60 volunteers has been working on the airplane for over 20 years. (Simon Galloway, SWNS/Zenger)

Team Of Volunteers Finish Building WWI Plane After More Than 20 Years

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Now after 22 years, the plane could be just a few months away from finally leaving the ground.
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The filaments of the enzyme HDCR, which produces formic acid from gaseous hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2), are wound around each other like a plait. Undated photo. (Verena Resch, luminous-lab.com/Zenger)

High-Speed Storage Of CO2 Discovered In Bacteria Could Help Fight Climate Change

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The bacteria, which lives in environments scarce with oxygen such as the deep sea, was initially discovered in Lake Kivu in 1981.
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Young brothers Ollie and Harry Ferguson pose in this undated photograph while building their replicas of the Erebus and the Terror. (Matthew Newby, SWNS/Zenger)

Two Boys Whose Toy Pirate Ship Crossed Atlantic Ocean Now Launch Antarctic Mission

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The account of the famous James Clark Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic from 1839 to 1843.
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Research conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Cricket Wireless reveals the average age for introducing kids to technology remains at 10 years old. Undated photograph. (Francesca Collado, SWNS/Zenger)

Most Parents Believe Their Kids Should Own Basic Technology

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The survey revealed more than 67 percent think their kids will have access to tech no matter how strict they are.
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Research commissioned by travel agency Go City shows that British travelers are more laid-back vacation planners than their American counterparts - with those in the USA packing earlier, spending longer planning and getting to the airport hours in advance. (Jon Mills, SWNS/Zenger)

American Travelers Are More Diligent Vacation Planners Than The British

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Jon Owen, CEO of Go City, which commissioned the research, said: “These results offer interesting insight into travel patterns.“
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