For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
ELLENSBURG — As people fill out their ballots and drop them in the mail box for the Nov. 3 election, it will come as no surprise to anyone that many, around half in fact, of the voters are women.
More here: Local celebration looks at a century of women's suffrage (The Daily Record)
Morning all. Perhaps, on Friday evening, you saw that Attorney General Peter Nickles had determined that controversial parks contracts routed through the D.C. Housing Authority had to be approved by the D.C. Council ( LL , Examiner , WaPo ) and you thought, perhaps, that the brinksmanship between Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and councilmembers was finally easing.
New Jersey's own David Smith is enjoying his 15 minutes right about now, as the world is finally talking about his model train set. You see, this model train set isn't just any model train set. No -- it's probably the world's smallest, most ridiculous and most awesome all at once (all at once). The so-called James River Branch community has been in the works for months on end, and the $11 ...
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Planet's smallest model train set revealed to macro lenses, microscopes (video) (Engadget)
What do Canada Post and the Mars Rover have in common with mammograms and video games? All use image sensors designed and made by Waterloo-based DALSA Corp.
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Waterloo firm guides Mars rover (Toronto Star)
wo years ago, the Wichita Toy Train Club lost its lease at the Twin Lakes Shopping Center.
More here: TOY TRAINS APPEAL TO YOUNG AND OLD (The Wichita Eagle)
Highly Recommended Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express: They just keep throwing DVDs at the kids. And I'm happy to catch them, as long as they include juicy extras like a diecast Holiday Thomas engine. Yet this insistence on keeping your kids glued to a screen - any kind of screen - can't possibly be good. As a parent, I've grown to know and love Thomas the Tank Engine; I know the programming is ...
More here: Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express (DVD Talk)
After eight years of reading Tropicalia copy, I've learned one of the things that makes this magazine special is the people whose voices are included...
Continue here: Our collective voice tells the tale (The News-Press)
Sultanpur, Oct 24 : Sultanpur Railway Station is going to be developed as a model station with more passenger-friendly and hi-tech facilities.
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Sultanpur railway station to be developed as model station (New Kerala)
Hot, crowded cars, manual braking add up to discomfort The next time you ride the Washington Metro, consider this: Some of your fellow passengers are trying desperately not to lose their lunch. Or breakfast.
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Post-crash D.C. Metro is uneasy ride, users say (Baltimore Sun)
Next time you ride Metro, consider this: Some of your fellow passengers are trying desperately not to lose their lunch. Or breakfast.
More here: Changes after Metrorail crash give some riders the queasies (Washington Post)