More On This Topic: Thomson Ford Which Tires Should I Choose ? by david burton Picking new tires for your vehicle can be a complete minefield if you’ve never done it before. When you’re considering which tires you require, you need to consider factors such as performance, price, brand, comfort, appearance and safety. But how…
GM and Chrysler receive Canadian loans amid US restructuring ultimata
Friday, April 3, 2009 General Motors (GM) and Chrysler will receive bridge loans from the government of Canada and the provincial government of Ontario, however no more will be forthcoming from either Canadian or US governments unless the companies can reinvent themselves. “This is a regrettable but necessary step to protect the Canadian economy. We…
Joey Logano wins his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race of 2016
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 On Sunday, Team Penske driver Joey Logano claimed his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win of the 2016 season in the FireKeepers Casino 400 at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. The 200-lap race began with Logano starting from the pole position, and featured nine cautions and fourteen lead changes…
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More On This Topic: Purchase Fine Art Online Art Exhibitions And Galleries Brisbane Submitted by: Eliz Guide The way art is duplicated has changed drastically with Giclee reproduction. Before this method of duplication, the only way to make multiple copies of a work of art was to do it by hand. With the help of…
Refurbished cafeteria opens in Romanian parliament
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 A new, refurbished cafeteria at the Romanian Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest has opened for the use of parliamentarians. The new cafeteria, which has mahogany furniture and leather draped armchairs, was officially opened yesterday, and is situated at the entrance to the Senate headquarters in the Palace of the Parliament….
Tensions continue to rise in Middle East over “Mohammad Cartoons”
Friday, February 3, 2006 The publishing of a series of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a Copenhagen newspaper sparked a string of harsh and in some places violent reactions in the Middle East, forcing European leaders to try to calm the situation. This backlash started in late September 2005, when the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten…
John Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing
Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel like Snowball’s Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell‘s Animal Farm which he was inspired…
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More On This Topic: Polypac Site Polypac Website Submitted by: Stephanie Gallagher Is your Christmas list starting to look like a telephone book? It’s time to consider making your own gifts. Here are several easy ideas for wonderful homemade Christmas gifts. * Winter Warm-Up Baskets with Homemade Marshmallows and Hot Chocolate You can purchase hand-crafted…
Pakistan: Twelve suspected Taliban rebels die in airstrikes
Sunday, April 11, 2010 Twelve suspected Taliban insurgents were killed by Pakistani forces in the Orakzai region of the North-West Frontier Province. The attack came a day after nearly 100 rebels died in airstrikes, 54 of them from the Orakzai area. Three hideouts of suspected insurgents were blown up by fighter jets, according to officials….
Telstra becomes the first in the world to switch to HSPA+ wireless Internet technology
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 On Monday, Australian telecommunications company Telstra has introduced dual carrier HSPA+ standard for broadband Internet business customers in the Next G network. This is the first time this technology is being introduced on national scale. The bandwidths the users can deploy increased into two to three times, with Telstra becoming the…