bloglog » Tuesday 08 July 2008
08 July 2008
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buzz hargrove will step down early
08-07-08
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Filed under: Etc., UAW/Unions, CanadaBuzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers, Canada's largest in the private sector, will step down earlier than anticipated. Hargrove wasn't expected to retire until he reached the CAW's mandatory age of 65 next year. It's tough to resist the allure of cuddling with Yorkies, Bingo every Monday night, and shuffleboard to fill in those long, wistful hours recalling the glory days of torquing valve cov
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bentley to release continential flying spur speed at british int'l motor show
08-07-08
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Filed under: Sports/GTs, Bentley, Misc. Auto ShowsClick above for a high-res gallery.Big, blocky, heavy, low - whatever. The one and only phrase you need to remember is "hellaciously fast." Bentley's Continental Flying Spur Speed, officially announced in June, is pretty much what it'd be like to strap an EMD powertrain from a freight locomotive into a car, without all the noise and industrial fumes. Set off by subtle cues, the Flying Spur Speed t
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sandisk sansa fuze review
08-07-08
21:27
GMTSanDisk have already released two MP3 players - the Clip and the View, but their latest MP3 player, the Fuze, is the first of the range that I've had a look at. (Note: this is a review model sent by...
the human mirror
08-07-08
21:27
GMTImprov Everywhere freak out some subway riders by using 50 pairs of twins to create a 'human mirror'. Lots more photos and a video here.
video: tornado compilation
08-07-08
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GMTThe title of this video was "F5 Tornado Destruction" but I don't think all of the videos in this compilation are of that strength (I could be wrong). Still, the footage is breathtaking particularly the CCTV footage of a house...
apple to ship 2.5 million macs thanks to vista?
08-07-08
21:16
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Filed under: Apple Financial, .Mac, MobileMeWith all the current hype surrounding the imminent release of both the upgrade to Apple's .Mac service, now to be forever known as MobileMe, and Friday's launch of the new, improved iPhone version 2.0, let's not forget that Apple also makes other types of hardware that seems to be selling pretty well these days. In fact, according to a recent article up over at AppleInsider, Apple is apparently poised t
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paris' low-rise skyline inching upward
08-07-08
21:16
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The city of light is looking to add a little height.
amid oil boom, inflation makes saudis feel poorer
08-07-08
21:16
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Sultan al-Mazeen recently stopped at a gas station to fill up his SUV, paying 45 cents a gallon - about one-tenth what Americans pay these days.
syria says it will soon send ambassador to paris
08-07-08
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Syria will soon send an ambassador to Paris for the first time in two years, ending a freeze in relations between the two nations, the country's top diplomat in London said Tuesday.
g-8 summit not as green as billed, activists say
08-07-08
21:16
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At the Group of Eight summit, you can go for a spin in a hydrogen-fueled Mazda or tour a home powered by solar panels and a wind turbine. And don't forget to test the water-saving toilets, complete with seat-warmer and built-in bidet.
activists in rome urge ban on horse-drawn carriages
08-07-08
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Tourists love to view the Colosseum and other famous landmarks in Rome from the back of a horse-drawn carriage but animal rights activists said Tuesday it's time to ban the practice.
uranium liquid leak in southern france
08-07-08
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Liquid containing traces of unenriched uranium leaked Tuesday at a nuclear site in southern France, and some of the solution ran into two rivers, France's nuclear safety agency said.
china shushes parent protesters about earthquake
08-07-08
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Angry parents whose children were crushed to death in schools that collapsed in China's mighty earthquake are no longer being allowed to march, wave banners and vent their rage in public.
us chief: iraq needs time to stabilize after fight
08-07-08
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Even in the chin-high piles of roadside rubble, the crumbled cinderblock and the eerily empty streets of this neighborhood in western Mosul, America's top military officer sees hope. But he also sees peril and an urgent need to get the economy going - jobs, services, some semblance of regular life.
texas border city actually embraces fence idea
08-07-08
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This city on the Rio Grande stands virtually alone, and not just because it's in vast, desolate West Texas.
receding floodwaters give up trove of debris
08-07-08
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Duffels of police riot gear. Thousands of pens. Toys, water heaters and even dog houses. As floodwaters retreat across the Midwest, remnants of washed-out households are turning up in the muddy ooze miles from the families who lost them. 




