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29

Sep

Helicopter crash

Posted by Randy  Published in Business and work, General life, Health, News, Travel

I’ve been hearing on the news recently about how a local rescue helicopter crashed, killing four people.  The patient that was being transported from a car accident to the hospital survived, but the pilot, a paramedic, another police officer and a nurse all died in the crash.  They don’t know what happened to cause the [...]

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23

Sep

Plants make aspirin

Posted by Randy  Published in Computers and Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Environment, General life, News

I was reading in The Discovery News website that it has been discovered that some plants generate an aspirin-like chemical when they are under stress.  The article goes on to explain that this discovery was an accidental one, it was discovered near a walnut grove.  Scientists were monitoring the air (it doesn’t say why) when [...]

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17

Sep

Toddler starved to death

Posted by Randy  Published in Computers and Internet, General life, Health, News

I don’t know where I was when the incident first happened to appear in the news, apparently back in February 2007, but I was reading on the Internet today that a memorial service was held yesterday for a toddler that was starved to death by a religious cult because he would not say “amen” after meals.  [...]

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11

Sep

Tragic anniversary

Posted by Randy  Published in General life, News, Politics

Today is the tragic anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City.  I’ve been thinking about what a terrible mess that whole attack has created - we invaded Iraq when we should have concentrated on Afghanistan.  So many lives have been lost; not just that day, but since that day.  [...]

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5

Sep

Sony recalls 440,000 laptops

Posted by Randy  Published in Business and work, Computers and Internet, General life, News, Shopping and Product Reviews

I was reading that Sony is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptops due to faulty wiring which causes them to overheat.  This is problematic because at least one customer has received minor burns from the overheating!  These particular models were sold in 48 countries.  I don’t know if any of those countries are the US or not, [...]

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