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04.21.08Winter weather sets several recordsAll that April snow this weekend was more than surprising -- it was also record-setting. The flakes that fell across the Vancouver region Friday night and Saturday represent the latest snowfall ever on record. At its peak, the storm dumped 2.5 cm of snow at the Vancouver International Airport, with 8 cm at Lynn Valley and 30 cm at Mount Seymour. Vancouver Island recorded 6.4 cm of snow at Victoria International Airport by 11 a.m. Saturday -- more than any on an April day since 1940. But the big record dump came in Nanaimo, where the city hadn't seen measurable snow on ...
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04.19.08Snowfall breaks recordJuneau's snowfall record for April 17 was buried under more than a half-foot of snow Thursday. The National Weather Service recorded 7.5 inches of snow Thursday at its Juneau International Airport weather station. The record had been only 1.1 inches, received on April 17 in 1948. The storm that started Wednesday night dropped a total of 10.5 inches at the airport, 12.5 inches at the service's Juneau office on Mendenhall Loop Road, and 9 inches downtown. Early Thursday morning, 10 inches of new snow was reported at the base of Eaglecrest Ski Area, which is closed for the season. Juneau has seen double the ...
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11.16.07Mark Penn and the PR of Recalled Chinese ToysHillary chief strategist, Mark Penn, is the CEO of Burson-Marsteller, the PR company that represents Aquadots. Aquadots were recalled by United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Aqua Dots recall is one of the most serious announced by CPSC in recent years. When we first announced the recall on Wednesday, we knew of two children who had fallen into non-responsive comas after ingesting the beads used with this arts and crafts toy. Since the recall was announced, we have learned of seven additional incidents, some involving children who had to be hospitalized. —Scott Wolfson, Deputy Director, Consumer Product Safety Commission, ...
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11.07.07Dave Winer on Social Advertising11/07/07: "Advertising will get more and more targeted until it disappears, because perfectly targeted advertising is just information. And that's good!" 8/3/06: "Information is welcome, advertising is offensive."
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11.06.07Going Back to OquenockWhen back to Oquenock, my Elementary School in West Islip, to vote today. I'm always surprised when they don't want to see My driver's license to make sure that I am who I say I am. Here's the first sign I saw as I walked in to vote. UPDATE: Translation courtesy of Michael P: "We prohibit electoral campaign activity and/or distribution of literature at this point."
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11.02.07I love these type of Articles.Here is an article on C|Net predicting Blockbuster will go out of business. The way I see it, Blockbuster has two options: sell off the company as soon as possible or spend huge sums of cash on research and development and strategic partnerships with distribution companies to make downloading movies a viable alternative to Netflix. Total revenues for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.24 billion. The sky has a long way to fall before they pack it in. UPDATE: Blockbuster partners with FACEBOOK.
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10.28.07Starbucks founder Invests in Pinkberry while Company Get SuedPinkberry has received a $27.5 million infusion of cash from Starbucks founder Howard Schultz's venture capital firm. The burgeoning chain now has 32 stores in New York and Los Angeles, and plans to to have 50 locations by year-end. Stores in Las Vegas and London are also on tap. Meanwhile, Bodum sues Starbucks for "alleged "patent infringements of the French Press or the "nonelectric coffee maker". Bodum USA, based in New York, accused Seattle-based Starbucks of copying its silver-domed glass carafe design and selling the copy as its own "Anniversary Press" coffee maker. The suit seeks more than $10 ...
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10.26.07Brian Eno - Inspirations For AirportAs of 2007 he is producing what will be U2's 15th studio album, along with Daniel Lanois, in Morocco, as well as Coldplay's fourth studio album which is due for release in 2008.
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10.23.07Where is this Apple Commercial Shot?UPDATED: We have a Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. Congratulation's to Thoma Kikis of Astoria Greece for correctly locating the new Apple commercial. UPDATE: We have a Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. Congratulation's to Beatrix of Cologne Germany for correctly locating the new Apple commercial. I see the high line, but what street is this? Close Up: Click image below to see this is on Google Street view.
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10.22.07Home-made HelicopterMubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, seen here, a 24-year-old physics under - graduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own helicopters from the parts. The chopper, which has flown briefly on six occasions, is made from scrap aluminium that Abdullahi bought with the money he makes from computer and mobile phone repairs, and a donation from his father, who teaches at Kano's Bayero university. READ MORE
