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When your average salary is a $250/month, you don't buy a car. You ride a scooter, a vehicle which for much of Asia's population is the de facto mode of transportation. Of course, putting four or five people on a seat meant for one and a half isn't comfortable or even safe. The children have to be constantly held. Occasionally they'll sit on the rear tire shield or stand on the front, skipping the seat entirely. Accidents are common-- and without any sort of protection, even the most trivial often cause serious injury. Exposure to the elements has its health effects, especially for small children who in bad weather typically arrive rain-soaked and covered in mud from foul city streets. The Indian company Tata is trying to change all that. Its new vehicle, the Nano, has a starting cost of only $2,500.
Jathedars put off parallel meetings in ‘Panth’s interest’
As per the news-item reported in The Tribune, dated February 5, a special leave petition has been filed before the Supreme Court against the orders. Since the Supreme Court is now seized of the mater, it will not be justified and proper for us to adjudicate on this criminal miscellaneous application. The same is adjourned sine dine till a final decision is taken on the special leave petition pending before the Supreme Court, the judges added. The court, on December 11, had handed over the investigations of the matter to the CBI after taking suo motu cognizance of news-reports carried in these columns. A public prosecutor contended that the order was liable to be modified as "the core issue regarding the jurisdiction of the High Court to refer a matter for investigation to the CBI without the consent of the state government was pending consideration before a larger bench of the SC.
Leapin' Labs
Dock diving, a performance sport for dogs, is picking up speed thanks in part to the Outdoor Channel television series “DockDogs." Among the animal handlers featured on the show are John Nicholson Jr. and John Nicholson III of Hazel Dell. Here's a video clip of the father and son training their Labrador retrievers to do high and long jumps in the family pool. .
Affiliate Classroom Awards Five More Professionals with Honorary ...
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Affiliate Classroom, a leading publisher of educational tools for the interactive advertising industry, today awarded an additional five affiliate managers with Honorary Affiliate Manager Certifications. "Like the nine recipients awarded thus far, we believe that these five people exemplify the true meaning of a 'Professional Affiliate Manager'," says Anik Singal, the company's CEO. "On behalf of our staff and our Board of Advisors, we extend these awards in recognition of the contributions that these individuals have made to the Affiliate Marketing community." The award recipients, as announced in a video on the company's blog at www.accertified.com/blog are: Angie Seaman, Director of Client Services for KowaBunga - Though she rarely steps into the spotlight, Angie is receiving this award as the strategist behind some of the industry's most high-profile affiliate programs, including the Microsoft Affiliate Network.
Unraveling TV's switch from analog to digital
But it's pretty clear which business interests stand to gain. Cable and satellite TV companies could see a wave of new subscribers as people with older TVs pass on hooking up converter boxes to older televisions or buying new sets. Local stations are already using some of the extra capacity digital broadcasting frees up by launching auxiliary TV channels with weather and traffic reports, and they're looking for ways to bring programming to portable devices. The Federal Communications Commission began the switch many years ago to free up a large chunk of U.S. airwaves, which the government is in the process of auctioning off, a process that will net billions of dollars for public coffers. Making all UHF broadcast spectrum above channel 52 available will allow for powerful new wireless services, and possibly for a new network for public safety officials to use during disasters.
One reason to vote for Hillary.
"It's all about the Giants winning," said Greg Packer, 44 ..." ... 1:38 A.M. ___________________________ Monday, February 4, 2008 After you've trolled the usual spots, this Ben Smith page is the best fix I've found (though Drudge found it first). ... 4:23 P.M. .
Iron Mountain stand-off ends
Is it fair to judge people,to tell people like Mr.N. to grow up or put Christ in his life.Isn't that God's job to judge. Why don't we direct our thoughts and prayers to the young gentleman who got himself the this sad situation in the first place. To MR. North, I think your writing is brilliant,you should do it for a living! — ki petro, up north all said and done I think that the police did fine. They did what they had to and no one got hurt, but that also makes it seam like the lock down was unnecessary. Not only that but the school decided to give us all pizza. The distribution of which was as thus: most students got at least one. Some students had more, but doesn't it seem like a big expenditure that could be put to a better use. Not to mention that no one got hurt, yet all of the Iron Mountain High School students who had a first block vocational class were sent home (something we had all hoped for by the second hour in the same classroom).
Sino-Blizzard 08: The ice factor
In my last post I jested that China's recent snow trouble was nothing like what we face back where I'm from. And while that may be true, there is one aspect of China's dilemma that resembles what we faced back in Canada. For us, it wasn't so much the snow that caused the problems as it was the ice. When ice covers transmission towers, it can potentially bend them to the ground as if they were made of straw: This youku.com video, which graced their front page today, shows that China is, indeed, facing the same icy problem. Scaling and repairing icy transmission towers likely was not a big part of the workers' training, I'm sure. Let's hope it's covered somewhere in their manual. For a comprehensive look at China's snow woes, drop on over to All roads lead to China, where he points out that the problem runs far deeper than simply an uber-crowded train station.
Motorola Highlights New Products at IWCE 2008
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (IWCE, Booth #1400) -- Motorola, Inc. NYSE: MOT today introduced several new products from its MOTOA4(TM), wireless broadband and professional two-way radio portfolios designed to improve communications for public safety, commercial and business customers. New products making their debut include the PM1200(TM) Mobile Two-Way Radio, CP110(TM) Portable Two-Way Radio, Motorola Bluetooth(R) Wireless Adapter, and the DigitalPatroller(R) DP-2 In-Vehicle Video System. These purpose-built solutions are the latest two-way radios, the accessories that bring the convenience of Bluetooth to public safety radios, and a mobile digital video recorder (DVR) that features a server-based video data management system. These Motorola products will be on display at Booth #1400 at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) Feb.
Perquimans, D.F. Walker, to share $1M tech grant
Local educators hope a $1 million state technology grant will make an impact on the way students learn. Perquimans County Schools, along with D.F. Walker Elementary School in the Edenton-Chowan Schools, was one of four recipients of a $1 million-plus IMPACT grant. The grant will ensure that each classroom has a SMART Board (interactive whiteboard), a video projector, a laptop computer, speakers, a digital camera and a scanner. Funded through the state Department of Public Instruction, the grant goes toward implementing the IMPACT model at each school. A collaborative model, IMPACT pairs teachers with technology facilitators and media coordinators to teach across the curriculum. Perquimans Central School was selected as one of the state's initial IMPACT model schools in 2003.
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We are awash, of course, in clouds of yellow pollen, now that the oaks have begun their annual sex party. I'm still sort of amused at myself for thinking yesterday was the right day to wash our cars. In fact, I remember thinking, as I did so, "Oh, good, this means it'll rain soon." But no...just waves and waves more pollen...coating everything, including this sunflower seedling in the back garden.Posted by PicasaFortunately, the pollen doesn't give me too much trouble, except as regards appearances...and the odd explosive sneeze. Which is good, as this is sort of an exciting time in the garden. In the fall, and throughout the spring, in my quest for the ultimate, overgrown cottage garden look, I've followed each weeding session with a pretty casual scattering of different seeds. Some were collected in other parts of the garden, or in other gardens...or just along the side of the road.
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