Yearly Archives: 2014

Did you know that Detroit bid for the summer Olympics six times? most recently for…

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Did you know that Detroit bid for the summer Olympics six times? most recently for the 1968 games

Sadly, I don't think things would have worked out much differently had they won the games.?

The ’68 Games: Detroit’s Unrealized Olympic Dreams
This post was authored by Christian Salcedo and Paul Beshouri As the Winter Olympics fire up in Sochi, it’s worth remembering that Detroit was once an aspiring Olympic host. “Aspiring”…

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Lesson of the day: do NOT use an arc welder to thaw frozen pipes?

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Lesson of the day: do NOT use an arc welder to thaw frozen pipes?

Ann Arbor house catches fire when landlord tries to thaw frozen pipes
Brent Robertson, who owns the Ann Arbor property, said he had been trying for days to restore water for his two elderly residents after the pipes froze over late last week.

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45 years ago today, the first prototype Boeing 747 took the skies for the very first… 26

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45 years ago today, the first prototype Boeing 747 took the skies for the very first time

During my lifetime, I've been fortunate to fly on 747s many times and It remains one of my favorite aircraft. Sadly, by the time the 747 gets to 50, it may no longer be in production and the number of passenger versions in service will likely be dwindling fast. 

The current 747-8 has not sold well and Boeing has had to cut the production rate. Large twin-engine widebodies like 777 and Airbus A350 are so much more efficient that this pioneer aircraft is almost certainly entering the waning years of its service life. 

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Worse living through chemistry, are agricultural chemicals causing chronic kidney…

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Worse living through chemistry, are agricultural chemicals causing chronic kidney disease??

Left for dead: the mysterious disease killing thousands in Central America
A sugarcane worker receives treatment for chronic kidney disease at his home in Nicaragua.
Ed Kashi arrived in Nicaragua last January to shoot some photos for a local nonprofit organization. At…

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