And, despite its relatively svelte dimensions (for a portable gaming rig), the baby Blade still has a 70Wh battery inside.

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Billy McNeely of the Northwest Territories told local media he had suffered itching and minor pain but did not know the blade was still embedded.

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Other finds include the bone comb once used by an image conscious lough dweller and a metal blade which is still sharp after hundreds of years.

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Even in this high-tech era of amazing medical tools--MRI scanners that can see deep inside the body, gamma-ray beams harnessed to zap tumors, implantable defibrillators that shock the heart to keep it pumping--surgeons still wield an old-fashioned blade to take life into their hands.

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Snipes, who stars in the vampire-hunting Blade movies, had sought permission for separate trips "to fulfill contractual obligations" concerning two still-unreleased movies in which he stars.

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Once the Roton has been slowed sufficiently by atmospheric drag, however, the pilot will change the blade-angles so that the blades are set spinning by the airflow, slowing the craft still further. (This technique, called auto-rotation, is used by helicopter pilots in emergency landings.) Small thrusters on the side of the Roton will stabilise it, so that it can be steered towards its landing site.

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