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The sediment of runoff was between 103 and 308 kg ha-1 h-1, while the soil losses by needle erosion were between 6, 3 and 61, 0 ton ha-1.
UNESCO: AQUATACAMA
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Three minutes later a second satellite, the 3, 743-pound (1, 698-kg) GE-5 television broadcast satellite for New Jersey-based GE American Communications, separated from the Ariane rocket.
CNN: Ariane rocket orbits U.S. communications satellites
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Brief exposure to high levels of PCBs and dioxins may cause skin lesions and affect the liver (the tolerated daily intake for dioxin is about 1 picogram - one trillionth of a gram - per kg body weight).
CNN: THE GREAT DIOXIN SCARE
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And we do mean hefty -- this laptop apparently tips the scales at 1.88 Kg, which puts it a touch over the four pound mark. 4.1 pounds certainly isn't shoulder busting, but it's a solid half a pound more than you'd expect from a machine of this size.
ENGADGET: Acer launches 11.6-inch Sandy Bridge TravelMate B113