| Accident costs school student his leg
In peril: School students are exposed to road dangers. One such scene on Kamaraj Salai on Thursday. CHENNAI: A private car driver's reckless driving seriously injured six-year-old school boy S. Swaminathan. Doctors in the private hospital where he was admitted to had to amputate his leg on Wednesday. The episode stands as a strong example of what rash driving and lack of road safety consciousness could lead to. The child, his parents and teachers are in pain, shock and trauma. Police said the accident occurred when the boy was returning home at around 2 p.m. in an autorickshaw with his friends Ezhilan, Vaishali and Satish along the 21st Street, Fifth Sector in K. K. Nagar. All of them are class I students of a private school in the locality.
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Galleries on that side of the fairway had best watch the heck out or an errant golf ball just might land on their head. GRANTED, IT would be unfair to expect Wie to walk off the Stanford campus and swing with Paula Creamer from Day 1. She is not in tournament shape, as her final two rounds at the Fields Open clearly suggest. And you'd expect it to be that way. But the reason why Wie was able to cash a $20 million check in the first place several years back, was her ability to compete without the benefit of daily competition on the two major tours. Almost making the cut at the Sony Open as a 14-year-old led to a whirlwind tour toward disaster. Of course, it's easy to say that now, but many have been all along. A child prodigy who once filled the concert halls is now banging on the piano like a first-year student.
James Bond-inspired submarine ready for launch
A car that can be driven underwater is set to be unveiled next month at the International Geneva Motor Show, the Swiss manufacturer of the prototype announced. The 'sQuba', reminiscent of James Bond's underwater car in the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me is, according to manufacturer Rinspeed, the world's first real submersible car. Rinspeed's head, Frank Rinderknecht, is a James Bond enthusiast who has dreamed of making the amphibious vehicle come true. "For three decades I have tried to imagine how it might be possible to build a car that can fly under water," said Mr Rinderknecht in a statement. "Now we have made this dream come true." The convertible sports car transforms into an underwater vehicle in which passengers breathe with the help of compressed air masks.
West Virginia Radio Station Offers Free Valentine's Day Divorce for ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. A Charleston radio station is observing Valentine's Day with a reminder that Cupid sometimes misses his mark. WKLC-FM, better known as Rock 105, is giving away a free divorce. Valentine's Day isn't all hearts and flowers, says WKLC Program Director Jay Nunley. There is a darker side, he said, "where maybe you despise your spouse and resent the entire day." Through 4 p.m. on Thursday, Valentine's Day, applications for the free divorce will be accepted on the classic rock station's Web site, www.wklc.com. The winning name will be drawn at 5 p.m. Nunley cautions that this is a real divorce and people shouldn't enter if they aren't serious. Also, people expecting a long, drawn-out legal battle should hire a lawyer because the Rock 105 contest is for a relatively uncomplicated divorce.
Avs need to score at trade deadline
That's a lot of lost revenue. And consider that the Avalanche already announced that tickets prices are going up again next season. Wasn't it interesting that season-ticket holders were told that if they committed to renew for next season by Friday — or four days before the trading deadline — they will pay regular-season prices for their seats in this year's playoffs ... if the Avs make it? That means the Kroenke Sports folks already have at least a hint of how much their season-ticket base might further diminish for next season. And maybe about how desperate they want Giguere to be as he seeks a means to strengthen the Avs' chances of just making the playoffs, which might stem a bit of the bleeding. On Tuesday morning, the Avs still will be at least mathematically in the running for a postseason berth.
Delhi cleans up for Commonwealth games but leaves locals without ...
When Baldev Singh arrived to open his car parts showroom last September he found not customers but officials from Delhi's municipal council at his doorstep. Part of a drive to clean up Delhi in advance of the 2010 Commonwealth games, Singh was forced to close his business - sacking 12 of his staff. Officials told him that zoning laws, previously ignored, were now to be zealously enforced. "They said I was operating illegally in a residential colony. But for seven years I had paid taxes and customers had been coming," says Singh, whose half-a-million pound property remains impounded by the city. The 60-year-old says he lost 20m rupees (£260,000) in sales before renting a space on a grimy petrol forecourt. "I had a luxury showroom. Why have they killed my business? Just for 15 days of the games.
China tops India again
Inida's call center is established "purely" because of cheap labor. If it's not cheap, why would American companies go there?! Talking about brand names, lenovo and Haier are the names that would come to my mind. This just shows how ignorant you are. Show me one thing in the American household today that's made in India. None! In America, people use stuff made in America, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, sweden, switzerland, Finland. Do you know how many multinational corporations there are in China, such as Siemens technology, Motorolla, volkswagen (Chinese use volkswagen cabs), audi, BMW, mercedes benz, sony, sam sung, LG? Do you know China has been the leading participants of cancer treatments in the world?! Look at the British industrial revolution, it starts with making general stuff then you can afford to build your brand names.
July 2006
Mom would try to let Dad get a couple of hours of sleep before the long drive from Ohio to the Cape. We would normally leave late and drive through the night and get to the Cape around noonish. We tried to stop once and that was a disaster as no one sleep and it was a waste of money. Even into my years of driving, we have done the same. Only now that it is just my wife and I we do try to find a place to stop over night to and from. Personally I would rather get there and have more time for the Cape. But I am learning to take things a little easier now that the kids are not along for the ride. The only night with more anticipation was Christmas Eve, we couldn’t sleep, we didn’t want to sleep, we just wanted to go. We wanted to get to the beach. This year is a little different, with us changing to a September visit, I almost feel a little anxiety.
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