Canadian Federal Elections 2008 Day Stories from the 2008 Canadian Federal Elections 13 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: Libertarian John Kittridge in St. Paul’s 13 October 2008: Canadian scientists protest Harper’s attacks on science 10 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Paul Arbour in Carleton—Mississippi Mills 10 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Jo-Anne Boulding in Parry Sound—Muskoka 10 […]
New Tricks From Old Charter Dogs For A Better Charter Experience
More On This Topic: Crane Truck For Sale Austin Crane Submitted by: Jon Tulien Yelp is a well-known review site that offers a great method for consumers to write online reviews. While Yelp offers a great way to review a simple business (restaurant, printing shop, retail, etc) it falls well short of what s needed […]
Canadian National buys Chicago railroad
Monday, February 2, 2009 Canadian National (CN), the Montreal-based rail operator, has bought the main lines of the U.S. Elgin (EJ&E). CN began to buy the railway from U.S. Steel in September 2007. Regulatory approval in the US was given in January. The Canadian railway company will use the lines to avoid congestion in Chicago, […]
Pakistani train derailment kills at least 56
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Early this morning, an express passenger train (carrying about 700 passengers) derailed in Pakistan, leaving at least 56 dead and 150 more injured. At least ten of the carriages that comprised the service between Karachi and Lahore left the track and fell down an embankment, ripping them apart. The disaster occurred […]
Lift accident in Hong Kong skyscraper kills six
Sunday, September 13, 2009 Six construction workers at Hong Kong’s International Commerce Centre (ICC) were killed on Sunday when they fell seventeen stories down a lift shaft. The workers were standing on a platform on the 27th floor of the building when it collapsed. The ICC’s building developers from Sun Hung Kail Properties, Ltd., said […]
New Tricks From Old Charter Dogs For A Better Charter Experience
Submitted by: Jon Tulien Yelp is a well-known review site that offers a great method for consumers to write online reviews. While Yelp offers a great way to review a simple business (restaurant, printing shop, retail, etc) it falls well short of what s needed for Charter Sailors and Charter Professionals to benefit from a […]
Everything You Need To Know About Gas Powered Blenders
More On This Topic: Fruit Juicer Best Juicer Submitted by: David H. Urmann Gas powered blenders are kitchen blenders that use gas to run. The three types are the Gas Powered Party Blender, the Tailgator and the Daiquiri Whackers. Each has unique features and advantages. Gas powered blenders have a stream engine capable of pulverizing […]
Tamil Nadu Elections: DMK, AIADMK promise freebies
Thursday, March 24, 2011 Both the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) parties have announce “freebies” as part of their election manifestos in the lead-up to the vote in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Freebies have been a success from the 2006 Tamil Nadu elections when […]
Frenchman climbs skyscraper in 20 minutes without any equipment
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 File:FrenchSpiderMan HongKong.jpg 48-year old Alain Robert, affectionately known as the ‘French Spiderman’, has climbed a 57-storey {[w|Sydney}} skyscraper without any equipment in 20 minutes. The purpose of Alain Robert’s actions was to raise awareness of global warming. Following the previous like events in other cities, he was arrested and will possibly […]
Blender Foundation launches open movie, open game projects
Monday, June 11, 2007 The Blender Foundation, which maintains the open source 3D tool Blender, has announced two new projects, codenamed Peach and Apricot. Project Peach will be a new open source movie, following in the footsteps of last year’s Elephants Dream project (which was initially codenamed Orange). Apricot, on the other hand, will use […]