Submitted by Ron on Sun, 2010/10/17 - 01:34
Submitted by Ron on Sun, 2010/10/17 - 01:32
Chilean miners emerge to glare of sunlight and publicity as world rejoices -
After 69 days trapped 700m below surface, workers are winched up in cramped escape capsule to a hero's welcomeIn another era it would have been a tomb, the mountain that swallowed men. But as the 33 miners emerged one by one, blinking and waving and shouting for joy, the scene became a stage.Instead of a slow, lonely death in the bowels of the earth, the fate of so many other miners, they escaped to the surface 69 days later as triumphant heroes in a very modern drama.
Hey, China, are you paying attention? This is what a first world, industrialized country does for its citizens.
Just saying, while there was a rescue of >100 miners in China this year, the industry is still unacceptably dangerous.
Anyway, back to the story... (Ron)
Submitted by Ron on Thu, 2010/09/02 - 23:03
Judge's nude photos ordered returned - A provincial court judge has ordered a Winnipeg man to return sexually explicit pictures of a prominent Manitoba judge to her husband. [CBC Canada]
It seems to me that Mr Chapman has just poked his head into a hornets' nest.
Submitted by Ron on Mon, 2010/03/29 - 01:45
The advertising for the Vancouver 2010 Spring (WINTER) Olympics was brilliant from many of the sponsors.
Particularly liked the musical one ending on a hockey rink; "Let Them Know ... Who's ... Game ... They're Playing!" Lots of fiddle music, amateurs playing street hockey for fun, crowds in stands, faces painted, Canada gear on, screaming...
Who'd have thunk that an advertisement showing ecstatic crowds *all* in colours and face paint would, in fact, be the most accurate depiction of the whole of Vancouver?!? The whole of Canada even. Incredible to experience, says this Olympic skeptic.
Submitted by Ron on Fri, 2009/09/04 - 23:46
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