Archive for the 'Revista Trip' Category

27 Aug

Survey Says Better Choices for Pets a Priority

While pet owners might be pinching pennies in their everyday lives, a recent survey has found that they remain committed to maintaining their cat or dog’s quality of life, according to a recent survey.
Making better choices for the well-being of pets is a priority, according to the June 2008 survey, conducted on behalf of The [...]

27 Aug

Students on trip suffer food poisoning

At least 40 Kendriya Vidyalaya students from Kerala, who had come here to attend a social science fest, were admitted to the Government General hospital on Wednesday with symptoms of nausea, giddiness, fever and fatigue.
While most of them were discharged as outpatients, eight of them had to be administered intravenous fluids for extreme dehydration.
Doctors said [...]

20 Aug

Casilla will be in tow for road trip

“Everything went good,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. “Lefty, righty he hit both ways. Everything feels good, he played well.”
The Twins now have good middle-infield depth for the first time in recent memory. In addition to Casilla’s availability, shortstop Adam Everett told Gardenhire that he was ready to return for the road trip. Everett missed [...]

19 Aug

Twins set to begin grinding road trip

They will fly an estimated 6,234 miles to Anaheim, Seattle, Oakland, Toronto and back to the Twin Cities. They will be on the road for 15 nights and play 14 games.
This will be the longest road trip since 1969, when the Twins were gone for 17 days and played 15 games. It was a five-city [...]

05 Aug

A memorable trip to Tiananmen Square

I felt like we experienced the “real” China for the first time Monday evening when we took a taxi through hutongs narrow streets and alleys that form neighborhoods in Beijing’s center to Tiananmen Square.
Thousands and thousands of people, mostly Chinese, converge on the massive square in the evening to watch the Chinese flag be lowered. [...]

03 Aug

Trip to space may be possible on Virgin Galactic

It’s the next step for civilians who are looking to explore the final frontier: Billionaire Richard Branson and his partner unveiled the White Knight Two today. Branson’s partner, Burt Rutan, designed the first private manned rocket to reach space in 2004. Now their Virgin Galactic project aims to give others the chance to enjoy that [...]

30 Jul

Obama’s trip has dealt him new cards to play at home

I don’t want to feed into that ridiculous rightwing narrative about Obama thinking he’s the messiah. He’s a politician. He happens to have special talents, to which some people respond passionately. Others don’t. But that’s their problem. The Beatles didn’t order millions of teenage girls to scream, and Obama did not put pixie dust in [...]

29 Jul

Amy Winehouse Taken to E.R. After Rx Reaction

The troubled chanteuse was rushed to a London hospital Monday night after suffering an adverse reaction to medication, E! News has confirmed.
“Please be advised that Amy Winehouse suffered a reaction to medication at home this evening and was taken to the hospital,” the singer’s rep, Tracey Miller, said. “Doctors have advised that she will be [...]

27 Jul

Float trip ends in drowning of Illinois man in Meramec

A float trip over the weekend ended with the drowning of a 21-year-old man from Greenfield. His body was recovered Sunday afternoon.
He and a group of friends started their float trip at Meramec State Park about six miles upstream from where he drowned. Authorities say people don’t realize how tired you can get just being [...]

21 Jul

Posada on DL shoulder may need surgery

That same shoulder cost him more than a month earlier this season. Newsday says that surgery has not been ruled out yet, and that if an operation is required, Posada will miss the rest of the season.
Since returning from the DL on June 5, Posada has been limited in his catching duties, playing mostly as [...]