Published on April 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
Heavy Rain Kills 95 In Rio – Mudslides swept away shacks in Rio’s hillside slums, turning the city’s main lake and the sea brown during the heavy rains that started on Monday and continued to fall through most of Tuesday. Most victims died in more than 180 mudslides, authorities said. Rio’s fire service said at [...]
Tags: 2016 Olympics, 6 Million, Beaches, Carnival, Death Toll, Eduardo Paes, Fire Service, Guanabara Bay, Heavy Rain, Heavy Rains, Hillside, Hospitals, Morning Flights, Mudslides, Olympics, Rain Forecast, Rio, Shacks, Slums, Soccer World Cup
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Published on March 2, 2010 by Technology Slice
Ovechkin – Although disappointed that he was unable to lead Russia to a medal in Olympic hockey, Alex Ovechkin says Canada deserved to take home the gold. Ovechkin participated in the closing ceremonies Sunday but returned in time to participate in practice with the Washington Capitals on Monday. Although he’s looking forward to the resumption [...]
Tags: 2010 Winter Olympics, Alex Ovechkin, Bad Situation, Game Winner, Great Time, Hockey Canada, Memory, Mvp, Nhl Season, Olympic Canada, Olympic Hockey, Olympics, Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Resumption, russia, Sidney Crosby, Unbelievable Atmosphere, Washington Capitals, Winter Olympics
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Published on March 1, 2010 by Technology Slice
Sochi Russia – The 8 minute segment of the 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremony that introduced the host city, Sochi, Russia included an amazing contraption called a Zorb. These balls, with humans in the center were wheelde around the stadium and as the light struck the ball it made it look like a giant hamster ball. [...]
Tags: 2014 Olympics Sochi, Balls, Contraption, Hamster, Hamster Ball, Host City, Minute Segment, Olympic Closing Ceremony, Olympics, Sochi Russia, Zorb
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Published on March 1, 2010 by Technology Slice
CJ Spiller – Clemson running back C.J. Spiller, regarded as one of the top prospects at his position in the 2010 draft pool, will be running the 40-yard dash at the Scouting Combine on Sunday, as we recently reported. But Mike Mayock of NFL Network recently said that Spiller will only run, and that he’ll [...]
Tags: C J Spiller, Cj Spiller, Clemson, Draft Pool, Football Drills, Football Football, Goal Line, Mike Mayock, Nfl Network, Olympics, Running, Scouting Combine, Toe Injury, Top Prospects, Underarmour, underwear, Vague Reference, workout, Yard Dash
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Published on February 28, 2010 by Technology Slice
Steve Holcomb Eye Surgery – Steve Holcomb reportedly had eye surgery in 2009. He had suffered from degenerative disease that would have resulted in Steve going blind if not corrected. He has piloted the two- and four-man bobsleds in the last two Olympics and now finally has his medal. Steve Holcomb piloted his USA-1 sled [...]
Tags: Bobsleds, Degenerative Disease, Eye Surgery, Holcomb, Olsen, Olympic Gold Medal, Olympics, Sled, Steve Mesler
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