New car buyers being sold ‘lemons’
MORE than two-thirds of the new cars sold in Australia cause problems for their owners inside five years, with high-tech electronic systems the biggest culprit.
MORE than two-thirds of the new cars sold in Australia cause problems for their owners inside five years, with high-tech electronic systems the biggest culprit.
Brazil’s government is in crisis as President Dilma Rousseff faces rising calls for her ouster. The next few months could prove critical in determining whether she finishes her second four-year term, which runs through the end of 2018. Here’s why the leftist leader is struggling:
New and potentially big apps are emerging — without looking hard I have stumbled on three
Jermone D’Ambrosio has been awarded first place in the inaugural Formula E Mexico ePrix after Lucas di Grassi, who took the checkered flag in the race, was stripped of the win for contravening car weight rules. Race officials found that the Brazilian’s car used during the first half of the 43-lap contest — in Formula […]
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Personal heaters are a summer survival tool for many office workers chilled to the bone by hyperactive ventilation systems — an act of self-defense against an epidemic of overcooling that is wasting energy and confounding comfort in not only offices but also large shops, schools, and other buildings. An audit of US government buildings found that over three-fifths of their occupants felt too cold in the summer. The most likely culprit behind this big chill? Читать дальше...
Time flies when you're having fun! Was great doing the roundup this week. Catch you all next time!
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It was fascinating watching CNN's David Gergen swoon about discussing his time with Donald Trump, the man, not the politician. He had the kind of one on one, good old boy relationship that would make most men jealous. After CNN host Ashleigh Banfield listened to Gergen's schoolboy infatuation of the billionaire, she imparted to the audience a very different kind of experience she with the former host of Celebrity Apprentice.
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Chancellor George Osborne feels the need to ask the crew to keep it down as scenes for the new series of Top Gear are filmed in Whitehall
Genelkurmay Başkanlığı, Hakkari'de hendek kazan PKK'lı teröristlere yönelik dün gerçekleştirilen operasyonda 11 teröristin etkisiz hale getirildiğini açıkladı.Devamı için tıklayınız
YOUNG African refugees are a significant challenge for authorities but their communities have huge potential and we mustn’t abandon them, writes Les Twentyman.
THE race riot at Moomba proves our refugee program has made our streets unsafe, and the police and media cover-up must end, writes Andrew Bolt.
A VIOLENT gang involved in Saturday night’s outbreak of thuggery has marauded CBD streets and badly dented public confidence in city safety for four months.
More than 25,000 Syrian refugees are starting over in Canada. CBC has been getting to know members of the Al Meslamani family as they begin their new lives in Winnipeg.
A flammable brew of populist anger, a candidate's provocative remarks and disruptive protesters found a fuse, and the result, at what was to be a Donald Trump event in Chicago this weekend, was an explosion that continued to reverberate through the presidential campaign Saturday.
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A flammable brew of populist anger, a candidate's provocative remarks and disruptive protesters found a fuse, and the result, at what was to be a Donald Trump event in Chicago this weekend, was an explosion that continued to reverberate through the presidential campaign Saturday.
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INDONESIA
Slide show
Pierre Odier will present a slide show and lecture on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
When, where: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Distant Lands, 20 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena.
Admission, info: Free. RSVP to (626) 449-3220.
UTAH
Presentation
Experts will discuss the natural flora, fauna...
There are generals and regular grunts in this group, men who were drafted into military service as well as those who hated mandatory retirement. But no one pulls rank at the monthly Veterans Breakfast Club of Fredericksburg meetings.
It was a project so big, Karl Stoltzfus said, that he wasn't thrilled about undertaking it. But facing the prospect that the first plane known as "Air Force One" — an aircraft that shuttled President Dwight Eisenhower around the globe — could wind up on the scrap heap, it was a project he couldn't resist.
Long-delayed Highway 20 project in final stages
SUNDAY, March 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Toxic buildup of a protein in the brain's language centers may help drive a rare form of dementia that causes people to lose their ability to use lan…
Recent reports of criminal activity from our local law enforcement agencies.
SUNDAY, March 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Toxic buildup of a protein in the brain's language centers may help drive a rare form of dementia that causes people to lose their ability to use language, a new study finds.
The Westby Area Historical Society is seeking entries for its Grandmother of the Year Contest.
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Ever been in the middle of a heated argument when suddenly the other person pulls out their phone and starts texting?
If the answer is yes, and if you find it happening constantly, we hope that person isn't your significant other.
This behavior, known as stonewalling, is one of four reactions that John Gottman, a psychologist at the University of Washington and the founder of the Gottman Institute, has identified as a telltale sign that all is not well with a married couple. Читать дальше...