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Willcox orchard owner creates wind to battle cold Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:02PMWILLCOX, AZ (KOLD) - As temperatures continue to drop across southern Arizona, one orchard owner is discovering new ways to battle the cold. John Holcomb owns Apple Annie's Orchard in Willcox and creates his own wind to protect his crops from the cold weather.
Oasis of the Seas overflowing with things to do Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:45PMRoyal Caribbean's newest $1.4 billion cruise liner is packed with 'wow' factors with an 82-foot-long zipline, outdoor Central Park, a levitating bar and so much more.
Hard science and soft humanity: At home with Ian McEwan Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:20PM'Bald, short, fat, clever", Ian McEwan's latest protagonist gorges on junk food, routinely cheats on his myriad wives and lovers, robs a dead employee of his breakthrough ideas about cheap renewable energy, and rests in his randy, portly way on the laurels of the Nobel Prize in physics that he won many years before. Surely no biographical truth could ever match this florid fiction? Yet McEwan ...
Virtual Linux Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:06PMDatamation: "The definition of virtual Linux is as fluid as the Linux platform itself. For the desktop user, virtual Linux translates into being able to use Linux without changing their existing operating system. For those working with servers however, virtual Linux can mean something very different altogether."
Intel’s 6-Core Gulftown Gets Tested, Blows Us Away Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:46PMSix cores. That’s how many are in Intel’s ridiculous new Core i7-980x. MaximumPC takes us deep inside the world’s fastest CPU, with full, mind-searing benchmarks. (more…)
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Stark State students school the governor Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:38AMTwo years ago, George Judson punched a time clock for the final time at the Hoover Co.
Oak Park & River Forest Community Calendar Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:31AMOak Leaves and Forest Leaves welcome items for the Community Calendar, as well as items for Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, School Digest and Newsmakers. Items must be received minimum of 10 days prior to publication; earlier is better. E-mail oakpark@pioneerlocal.com; fax (708) 383-3678; or mail to Pioneer Press, 1010 W. Lake St., Oak Park, IL 60301.
CORRECTED RELEASE -- LMI Aerospace Announces Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:50PMST. LOUIS -- LMI Aerospace, Inc. , a leading provider of design engineering services, structural components, assemblies and kits to the aerospace, defense and technology industries, today issued a corrected press release to correct an error in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA set forth in the Non-GAAP Financial Information Table included with the release and to indicate that the 2009 financial ...
Mysterious noise solved in Kennewick Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:30PMA deafening noise woke up a Kennewick woman last night and she had no idea what it was.
Fallbrook Technologies Inc. and Hodyon Sign Joint Development Agreement Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:00AMFallbrook Technologies Inc. , a technology company dedicated to improving the performance and flexibility of transmissions for engine- and human-powered devices, announced today that it has signed a joint development agreement with Hodyon, a manufacturer and distributor of climate control systems, to develop an air conditioner compressor for mobile applications.
Harsh reality awaits Rowland Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:27AMSTAMFORD (AP) - Former Gov. John G. Rowland , the boy wonder of Connecticut politics affectionately referred to as "Johnny" by the president, will soon trade his expensive suits for prison scrubs and a new job that will pay about 12 cents per hour.
Growers, regulators craft methods to manage frost water Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:17AMGEYSERVILLE -- Winegrape growers that depend on water in the Russian River Basin to protect their vines from frost assert they have a better idea of how much water they're using and how to limit such use, while wildlife regulators say they're getting more precise information of water overuse and tools to curtail it.
Fujitsu Revises Story on Ex-President Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:04AMThe company revises earlier statement that former Kuniaki Nozoe retired last year for health reasons
Fujitsu Falls After Reason for Nozoe’s Exit Revised (Update2) Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:00AMMarch 8 (Bloomberg) -- Fujitsu Ltd. fell in Tokyo after the company said it asked former President Kuniaki Nozoe to resign for his links to a firm with an “unfavorable reputation,” revising an earlier statement he quit for health reasons.
Flights of fancy or fancy flights Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:24AMUnfazed by murky water below, birdmen in all manner of machines took the plunge, but experience won out, writes Andrew Heasley.
Traffic Camera Debate Returns In Connecticut Legislature Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 9:01AMNew technology has made the state's roads more hazardous, and so police need to use technology to make them safer, says West Hartford Police Chief James Strillacci.
Flights of fancy Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:23AMBirdmen in all manner of machines take the plunge at Moomba, but experience wins out.
Mitsubishi Turns To UK In Giant Turbine Deal Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:23AMJapanese engineering firm Mitsubishi has confirmed it is considering several sites in the UK to build a giant factory to test the largest wind turbines in the world.
Cold weather running: Tough it out in the snow for marathon training Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:44PMMost anyone, with a certain amount of determination and a decent pair of running shoes, can rack up the miles on a track, road or running trail.
Way down south in Hateruma Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:55PMIn 1965, a Dutch anthropologist named Cornelius Ouwehand sailed with his Japanese wife, Shizuko, to the remote island of Hateruma to undertake research. The series of monochrome images they took of daily life, work and ritual there were eventually published under the simple title "Hateruma." Back then, it would have taken the couple several hours in their small craft to reach Hateruma from ...
Day one of RYA Volvo Dinghy Show 2010 a great success Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:08PMThousands of dinghy sailing enthusiasts flocked to Alexandra Palace, London on day one of the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, in association with Yachts & Yachting and Suzuki, the only show in the world dedicated to all things dinghy sailing.
Helen Skelton the Amazon queen Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:05PMCritics scoffed at Helen Skelton's proposed kayak trip. Yet she did it - and broke records, too. She talks to Cassandra Jardine about the bliss (and the blisters).
Motorsports: Points leader Prillaman is Top Dog in first of back-to-back Arena nights Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:06PMARENA RACING HAMPTON ROADS at Hampton (Va.) Coliseum Race Report: Chick-fil-A 200/All Faiths Night Friday, March 5, 2010 HAMPTON, Va. (Mar. 5) -- Looking to solidify his position atop the standings, Scott Prillaman moved out front on lap 20 and sailed to his first Top Dog win -- his seventh win overall on the season.
Russian River frost watch Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:21PMBy BOB NORBERG THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Regulators will be watching closely as vineyard owners undertake frost protection measures that could reduce diversions of Russian River water for spraying the vines.
Stimulus funds local job training Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:42PMIt's been more than a year since Wells Fargo closed an office in Fontana and Jaqueline Bermudez of Rialto lost her job as an office assistant.
'Once A Spy' Excerpt: Keith Thomson's Satirical Thriller (Part Three) Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:25PMWhat's Your Reaction? Over the next few weeks, HuffPost Books will be rolling out a series of excerpts from Part One of Keith Thomson's debut novel, " Once a Spy ." Read Thomson's introductory blog, "What Happens to a Spy with Alzheimer's?"
Fly like a Zephyr while snowmobiling at Lake Tahoe Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:56PMPowering through the snow, we entered a washed out world of grays and off-whites. We felt as if we were riding in the clouds, which we were, cruising at 9,000 feet in the crisp, cold air of the High Sierras. Some riders were disappointed that we wouldn't be able to see the crystal blue waters of Lake Tahoe below us, but the surreal scenery made me glad that we had taken a day off skiing to try ...
Dr. Frank Lipman: Sleep And Rhythm: How To Live In Accordance With Your Natural Cycles Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:56AMWe evolved according to the natural rhythms of darkness and light; our bodily functions reflect this and undergo similar fluctuations. They perform best when we live in accordance, as much as possible, with these cycles.
Double Dice game hits Majestic Star casino Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:02AMNote to readers: The first Friday of each month, John Grochowski reports on a casino visit. While scanning the Web sites of local casinos, I came across something rare -- a table game I'd never seen. If I haven't seen a game in a casino, I've nearly always seen it at a trade show or in a demo version. So when the Majestic Star site touted a new game called Double Dice, a drive to Gary was ...
Africa And The World Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:58PMSIX African countries will make it to the 2010 World Cup. That is quite an achievement for the continent. But what else is there to show for the continent? What really is Africa’s place and role in the broader structure, process and trajectory in the contemporary world development?
Is British industry the new financial services? Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 7:07PMManufacturing has long been the poor relation of the British economy, often characterised as a sector in inexorable decline, overshadowed by the booming modernity of super-sexy high finance. But in the wake of the collapse of the banks, politicians from across the spectrum are turning back to making things, in an effort to "re-balance" the British economy. And to coincide with "Manufacturing ...
OAK PARK & RIVER FOREST Community Calendar Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:36AMOak Leaves and Forest Leaves welcome items for the Community Calendar, as well as items for Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, School Digest and Newsmakers. Items must be received minimum of 10 days prior to publication; earlier is better.
India's Budget Focuses On 'Inclusive Growth', Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:50AMThe Union Budget focuses on 'inclusive growth and insuring food security' according to an Indian Ministry of Finance Statement, but includes credible measures for improving the investment climate, strengthening infrastructure and fiscal consolidation.
Winter Training: Faster and Safer Indoors? Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:20AMPAUL THOMPSON, a fast marathon runner and cardiologist at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, finally broke down this year and bought a treadmill. At age 62, he had had it with running on icy mornings when temperatures were in the single digits.
My Building's Protocol, Altered in a Flash Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:19AMLITTLE LOUIE was a star at my Upper West Side apartment building, where he worked as a doorman. Every day, he parked his red Harley-Davidson outside the front entrance. I always enjoyed looking for it as I walked down the block, but last Thanksgiving, it wasn't there.
Portsmouth schools damaged in wind storm Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:05AMPORTSMOUTH — Last week's wind storm took its toll on school buildings, causing significant damage to the roofs at all facilities and ruining classroom materials — incidents that have some parents fearing the potential consequences of further...
Business buzz Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 12:07AMPromotional chief for the Chamber
Snow where to go Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:51PMNature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I am going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway." – Maya Angelou
Just another day at the gym: Francis Smith celebrates 102 at Planet Fitness Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:02PMFrancis Smith walked into the gym around 10 a.m., just like any other Wednesday. He works out three times a week, and tends to keep to a routine. Smith’s wife Priscilla drove him, as she always does, from the mobile home they own at Naples Estates, off Rattlesnake Hammock Road.This Wednesday, though, the staff at Planet Fitness threw him a little party. And why not? It’s not every day a guy ...
Lease Up/Lease Down (Feb. 28 - Mar. 6): Hummer: Stalling Out for Good? Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:21PMCoStar compiles news of corporate expansions, relocations, extensions, closures, layoffs, lease cancellations and mergers in the weekly Lease Up/Lease Down news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial...
Fire sparks bird-scarer alert Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:09PMA grass fire on Dillons Point Rd has reignited concerns about the risk posed by gas-powered bird scarers.
Wind of change blows in smokers' paradise of Japan Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:34AMThe street-front patio of the A971 bar in Tokyo’s Midtown centre confronts smokers with an odd demand: “No cigarettes outside, please smoke indoors.”
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-03 10:53 STOCKS NEWS UK-RPS down on weak outlook Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:12AMSTOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Europe Real-time Equity News UK Stocks on the move UK smallcaps UK smallcaps news
The green Ferrari: No more roaring revs as Italian supercar goes electric Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:50AMThe legendary car-maker and F1 racing stable has unveiled the Ferrari 599, a 200mph electric hybrid vehicle that aims to cut pollution and fuel consumption.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pushes green jobs in visit to valley Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:22AMWith a line of wind turbines north of Palm Springs serving as a backdrop, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday challenged lawmakers in Sacramento to move quickly to pass his five-point plan to bring green jobs and investment to California.
There's something about Alice Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:04AMWith its unforgettable creatures, games with language and logic and ever-curious hero, Lewis Carroll's Wonderland is not only vivid but thrillingly different from other imagined worlds. In the week Tim Burton's film is released, AS Byatt takes another trip down the rabbit hole to celebrate classics she first enjoyed as a child As a child, I think, I kept the Alice books in a different box in my ...
Accor, Carrefour, Fiat, Mediobanca, UBS: Europe Equity Preview Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:02AMMarch 1 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies’ shares may be active in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the last close.
BILL EGGERT | Still runnin' against the wind Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 10:22PMAn ambitious reporter writing a profile on legendary movie star Cary Grant sent the actor the following telegram: “How old Cary Grant?” The witty Grant replied with the telegram “Old Cary Grant fine. How you?” Even the ageless star was a bit sensitive about his age.
Global warming, healthcare, Leonard Pitts Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 4:38PMHealthcare issues