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A week with Bosch Indego lawnmower
This little green goblin is the Bosch Indego, an automatic lawnmower. Robochop, if you will. It pootles around your garden cutting the grass, then when it's done it tootles back to its docking station (or nest, as I like to think of it) and recharges itself. If it bumps into anything on its way, it will stop, then chart another course away from the branch/barbecue/bird bath in its path. I ...
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Bull Durham turns 25 -- and whats your favorite sports movie
The other day, I was picking out some movies to give to my nephew, who just graduated from high school and who hinted that he’d like, as a gift from me, some great DVDs for his collection. I was having fun choosing some classics that I thought he’d like . . . a little Hitchcock here, a little Kubrick there . . . and then I thought I should include a sports movie, as he loves sports. ...
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Kate Moss Naomi Campbell came to John Gallianos aid after infamous rant and backlash
Supermodels Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista helped disgraced fashion designer John Galliano get back on his feet after his infamous anti-Semitic rant and subsequent stint in rehab. Galliano's fall from grace came after he was arrested for hurling racist comments at a couple during a night out in France in 2011, which cost him his job as head designer at Christian Dior later ...
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British and Irish Lions 2013 George North passes fitness test to provide huge boost ahead of first clash against Australia
The Lions have received a massive confidence boost following yesterday's loss to the Brumbies with the news that George North will be fit for the opening Test against Australia on ...
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T Magazine On View | An All-American Roadside Attraction in West Texas
Over the next few months, motorists speeding through the West Texas desert on Highway 90, just outside the arts town of Marfa, will encounter an unexpected roadside attraction: a white neon Playboy logo hovering above a matte-black 1972 Dodge Charger perched at an 18-degree angle atop a concrete plinth. Playboy Marfa, as it’s being called, is the first in a series of art projects ...
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Group gives $100K for sports complex
The Daily Journal reports The Bailey & Wood Financial Group donated the money to help pay for somewhere between 700 and 1,000 visitor-side seats. The money will also be used to build a pole barn for baseball and softball teams. In return, the financial company will get non-exclusive advertising on the scoreboards. The deal was accepted by the Clark-Pleasant school board Tuesday ...
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Cynthia Bower omitted from report into Cumbrian hospital baby deaths
Bower announced her resignation as chief executive of the CQC in February 2012 after the organisation had come under fire. Photograph: Teri ...
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Franklin Bash and...dragons
who joins the law firm as name partner Rachel King ,in tow. ';She's come in to sort of kick our asses a little bit,'; Mark-Paul Gosselaar explains. ';Because we became equity partners last year, and because Stanton [Malcolm McDowell] is sort of on our side of a lot of things, we just needed somebody to push back against the boys. So that's what she brings this year: She ...
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Movies to coach Little League by
baseball — a hard truth that I’ve discovered this season with a child playing Little League. First off, talking to a gaggle of 7-year-olds for more than 30 seconds is nearly impossible. I rarely can string three sentences together before one of the players interrupts to tell me about the bee that stung him yesterday, or quizzes me on the name of his new hamster. The more they ...
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Video Is obesity a lifestyle issue or a disease
Dr. Arya Sharma, Scientific Director of the Canadian Obesity Network, joins Hannah Sung to discuss the American Medical Association's announcement that they are newly classifying obesity as a disease and whether this type of labeling affects the health care of overweight ...
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Sports Queens Revive Hopes
Mombasa Region 2-0 in a tough girls' hockey match to revive their hopes of reaching a respectable position in the ongoing Pepsi National Secondary Schools Championships at Nakuru Boys High ...
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G8 Open Data Charter will increase transparency and fuel innovation
Open Data Charter : five principles to ensure that government data is made freely available in an effort to spur both transparency and ...
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Police cells holding more than 9000 mentally ill people a year
police custody despite official guidance saying such powers should only be used in exceptional circumstances, watchdogs say.The official investigation of the watchdogs finds that some people being detained are as young as 14. The majority in a 70-strong sample of those detained said they were held after either attempting suicide or self-harm, or indicating that they were thinking of doing so.The ...
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The science of sport Exploring ways to be better faster and stronger
Expectations are growing for our top athletes and cutting-edge sports technology is helping them achieve their goals. Science reporter Jamie Morton tours an Auckland facility taking our high-flyers from the lab to the podium. Marathon runner Scott Winton (right) gets his aerobic fitness tested by Andrew Kilding at the institute. Photo / Greg BowkerThe young cyclist pumps her legs upon the pedals ...
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Uncooked curry leaves caused mass outbreak of salmonella say health officials
Uncooked curry leaves in a chutney left more than 400 people who ate at a street food festival with diarrhoea and vomiting or salmonella poisoning, health officials have ...
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Italian designers Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been sentenced to 20 months behind bars after they were convicted of tax evasion in Milan, Italy on Wednesday. Dolce and Gabbana were found guilty of failing to declare $1.3 billion in income to tax authorities. The fashion gurus were previously hit with a $440 million fine by Italy's Tax Commission following allegations they sold their company to a ...
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Skin Deep Rethinking Makeup’s Sun Protection
So if your makeup offers broad spectrum SPF 15 (the recommended minimum level of protection) or above, you're covered, right? short answer: "No," said Dr. Jeanine Downie, a dermatologist based in Montclair, N.J., and a contributor ...
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Fashion Review Men’s Wear Displays Some Bold Plumage
But surely the suave designer must have meant birds of paradise? For his designs for spring/summer 2014 were vivid and exotic, especially when it came to a selection of evening brocade jackets that apparently are selling up a storm, and the decorative fancy slippers that Mr. Ford claimed he would be happy to wear on vacation in ...
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Terence Stamp on Zods and ends
Original General Zod Terence Stamp talks about why 'Man of Steel' made him 'sad' and discusses removal of Richard Donner and Marlon Brando on 'Superman ...
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Paris tackles rudeness to tourists with new manual
PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:29pm EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - One of the world's most visited cities but also famous for its rudeness, Paris has embarked on a campaign to improve its reputation and better cater to the needs of tourists. Waiters, taxi drivers and sales staff in the French capital all too often come off as impolite, unhelpful and unable to speak foreign ...
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Sports Thiago hat-trick leads Spain to lift U-21 title
Italy 's unusually hesitant defence as Barcelona's Thiago scored with an easy header in the sixth minute, a close-range drive in the 31st and a penalty in the ...
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Sports Athletes converge for National Championships
National Bank /Athletics Kenya national track and field championships at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, from today, setting the stage for ...
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Sports Gor and AFC to play in empty stadia says IDAC
Both clubs are scheduled to host current table-toppers Thika United in their next home matches. Gor will take on the milkmen on June 26 before Leopards entertain them on July ...
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Sports Uganda wins Cecafa tourney opener
Uganda n taxmen still managed to win their opening match even after travelling without head coach Paul Nkata and striker Frank Kalanda. The two did not travel with the team after failing to process their passports on time but are expected to join the rest of the squad later this week. URA were brought into the tournament to replace Kenyan champions Tusker who pulled out citing insecurity ...
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Sports Gor In Quandary as coach Logarusic gives club conditions for return
It is not different this time again after the coach failed to return as expected yesterday and, instead, wrote an email to club chairman Ambrose Rachier complaining about a number of issues including lack of a formal ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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