27th July, 2006
I rode the mechanical thoroughbred and lived to tell about it
Thank goodness I'd just been watching "Seabiscuit."
I'd paid close attention to how the jockeys rode -- hands halfway up the horse's neck, body hunched low with their seat out of the saddle -- because I was interested, generally. But also it was fun to try to catch editing errors: now ......
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24th July, 2006
Brockway repeats
The Brockway Mechanical Senior Babe Ruth baseball team made it two state championships in a row when it came home a winner Sunday in the Eastern New York State Senior Babe Ruth Tournament at Collins Park.
Brockway Mechanical, representing the Adirondack Region, defeated HudsonValley twice, 2-1, 12-2, to defend its crown ......
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24th July, 2006
Coast Guard Donates Mechanical ?Keeper? to Lighthouse Museum
After standing silent sentinel at a lonely Maine lighthouse for a number of years, a faithful mechanical ?keeper? has been retired for good by the United States Coast Guard and donated to the Museum of Lighthouse History in Wells.
During a recent American Lighthouse Foundation benefit dinner held in Rockland, ......
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22nd July, 2006
Mechanical problem grounds Army helicopter in bean field
RUTLAND TOWNSHIP -- PJ Kulak got a surprise tour of an Illinois Army National Guard helicopter early Thursday evening.
And the 12-year-old didn't have to travel far from home as the CH-47D Chinook was parked in a nearby soybean field near Rutland.
Three Guardsmen had to make a precautionary landing ......
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22nd July, 2006
The Mechanical Advantage Tourniquet (MAT)
Some of the greatest developments in medicine have come from the military and I think this new tourniquet qualifies. Even though your average ER doesn't deal in high volume limb amputations, I can still see this device finding its way to ERs across the country.
In late 2003, American Special Operations ......
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20th July, 2006
Mechanical problems 'not cause' of chopper crash
Mechanical failure has been crossed off the list of possible causes of last Thursday's fatal military helicopter crash off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Investigators are now looking at human error and environmental factors as more likely causes, Air Force spokesperson Major Kevin Toone said.
The CH-149 Cormorant helicopter crashed ......
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20th July, 2006
US firm to sell mechanical and motor business
Process-manufacturing speci-alist Rockwell Automation in June announced its plan to sell the com- pany?s Dodge mechanical and Reliance Electric motors and motor repair-services businesses.
These are leading producers of mechanical power-transmission products and industrial motors, and are the principal businesses of the company?s Power Systems reporting segment. Rockwell Automation will retain ......
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19th July, 2006
Solid-state drives expected to overtake mechanical storage by 2013
Flash is definitely becoming one of the quickest growing markets in high tech devices and is one that many of us look forward to. It's nice to hear that some people, such as research company In-Stat, are saying that in about 6 years they estimate that 50% of all mobile ......
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19th July, 2006
Kadon Electro Mechanical Services acquired by Siemens Canada
Don Clews, President of TurboCare, Inc. announces that Siemens Canada Ltd. has acquired Kadon Electro Mechanical Services Ltd. and effective immediately, Kadon becomes a member of the TurboCare group of companies, another Siemens subsidiary, with worldwide operations.
"Kadon is an integral component to expanding our business initiatives in Western Canada," says ......
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17th July, 2006
Monteiro suffers first double DNF.
Tiago Monteiro failed to finish two consecutive races for the first time in his F1 career when a mechanical problem resulted in him exiting the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours in a spectacular way.
A disappointing start saw him fall behind Franck Montagny over the first few laps but coming up ......
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