Simple. Stunning. Stupendous. Three words which immediately come to mind when contemplating the photos that accompany this article on telegraph.co.uk which describes the transformation by some very creative artists of a favela or slum in Rio de Janeiro. An...
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Today, April 29th, 2010 marks the 65th anniversary of the test flight of Bad Penny, a Lancaster bomber flown by Bob Upcott of Windsor, Ontario into war-torn western Holland. Upcott's mission was to be the first to...
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Sixty-five years is an eternity for most ten-year-olds. Chances are, anything that happened that long ago would be ancient history in their young minds. But thanks to the marvels of 21st century technology, the significance of an event that took place long before they were...
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Saw this on-line today. Crazy!!Jacko leaves behind £1.25m for chimp Bubbles!IANS | Wednesday, 08 July , 2009, 16:46http://sify.com/movies/hollywood/fullstory.php?id=14898538Michael Jackson has reportedly left his ex-pet Bubbles the chimp 1.25 million pounds in his...
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Windsor has been transformed! For a few days anyway.... The Red Bull Air Races are giving new hope to the citizens of Windsor who have been hit hard by the recession, a 9-week city workers' strike and the new...
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With no end in sight to the outside city workers strike in Windsor, Ontario, which started April 17th, an estimated 100+ residents of all ages spent Sat., May 30/2009 mowing two-foot-tall grass, trimming, raking...
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64th Anniversary of WWII Test Food Drop Flight, April 29, 2009 Early morning, April 29, 1945 Delayed by horrendous weather for two days, a Lancaster bomber finally rumbled down the runway to begin a dangerous...
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July 30, 2009 The Transformation Has BegunMowing, or should I say, threshing and baling of the tall grass in city parks, as well as garbage and recycling pick up has begun. It will likely take a couple of weeks...
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We were about to pull into the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant in Ft. Meyers, Florida one night in February when we noticed something very odd next to the road: a camel standing in a pen under brutally bright...
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New Orleans NOW: For the very first timeAugust 29th, 2009 is the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating visit to New Orleans. Perusing CNN's online coverage I was intrigued by, "New...
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