Posts Tagged ‘Screws’
Quilting in prison
Interesting article by Maggie Fergusson in Intelligent Life magazine: When Colin Eliot, four years into a 15-year sentence, stuck a bird’s-eye diagram of HMP Wandsworth , London, to the wall of his cell on the high-security wing, the screws were straight on to him. Escapes do happen: it was from Wandsworth, in 1965, that Ronnie Biggs gave the authorities the slip, scaling a 30ft wall during afternoon exercise. And Colin, who was a successful architect on the outside, is crafty. As the dia
Baltimore City Truck Accident Lawsuit Results in $1M Verdict
A Maryland woman injured in a truck accident in Baltimore City was awarded just over $1 million last week for injuries that included a severe leg fracture that required two surgeries. The accident lawsuit was filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court by Shannon Brown over a collision that occurred on July 13, 2006, when a gas tanker ran a red light and collided with her vehicle. Brown’s right leg was crushed in the crash, requiring a plate and 18 screws. Her infant son, Elijah, was also in
Stimulus Screws Up On Opportunity To Create Jobs, Save Energy
“I’d love to be hiring people,” says Jill Miller, a small business owner in St Louis. Her company, White Caps, Green Collars , specializes in painting rooftops white, a cheap and proven strategy for reducing energy consumption–and potentially a great way to put people to work. The combination of benefits suggest residential and commercial roof whitening as a perfect candidate for stimulus funding. Miller certainly thinks so. But all she’s found so far are bureaucratic dead ends. “People keep te