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Im selling "American Style" hotdogs overseas and wanted to have them named after the States and/or cities each having a different style, like a Chicago-Style Hotdog and a Texas-Style Hotdog. I would appreciate any ideas and recipes from my fellow fringe freepers for other hotdog recipes. Many Thanks

The prospect of a new generation of devices that harness the spin of electrons has moved closer following a recent experiment in the US. Min Ouyang and David Awschalom of the University of California at Santa Barbara have transferred electron spins across molecular 'bridges' between quantum dots for the first time. Even better, the pair found that they could transfer the spins most effectively at room temperature (M Ouyang and D Awschalom 2003 Sciencexpress 1086963). Conventional electronic devices manipulate the flow of electronic charge, but spintronic devices would also exploit the intrinsic angular momentum or spin of electrons. Several proposals...

A 2ft 4in circus performer has disputed claims he has been pipped to the post for the title of world's shortest man.Hungarian Pitchu To'th, who is employed in Britain by Cottle amp; Austen Circus, believes he inherited the mantle in 1997 following the death of 1ft 10in Indian Gul Mohammed.But the Guinness Book of Records states the world's smallest man is now quot;believed to bequot; a Jordanian, Younis Edwan, who measures 2ft 1.5in.Mr Edwan has not been proved to be the world's shortest man, however, because his height was measured only once, and record book rules state contenders must be...