Archive for August, 2008

More than 100 have plots in rural community garden - Argus Press

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

More than 100 have plots in rural community gardenArgus Press, MI - 8 hours agoThe garden, on ground leased from Thomas Manufactured Homes in Perry, now has several garden sheds, a raised garden bed for the use by handicapped gardeners …

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Summer intern weathering storm at New Orleans airport - Knoxville News Sentinel

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Willow Nero while in East Tennessee this summer. Here’s one vignette of someone in New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the region. An intern at the News Sentinel this summer, Willow Nero, tells about what has been happening with her today …
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Invasion of the aliens: The exotic species that are colonising Britain - The Independent

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Britain’s climate may have been wretched for humans this summer, but foreign spider species are loving it. The population and range of exotic-looking migrants like the black and yellow striped wasp spider and poisonous false widow spider are booming …
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Invasion of the aliens: The exotic species that are colonising Britain - Independent

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Invasion of the aliens: The exotic species that are colonising BritainIndependent, UK - Aug 30, 2008Ten years ago, these were seen only in houses; five years ago, they ventured out to garden sheds. In the past two years, they have been spotted outside. …

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Son of Rambow – DVD Review - Blogger News Network

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Son of Rambow – DVD ReviewBlogger News Network - 20 hours ago… home-made short “Aron”, with an all star cast of his friends and sibs, filmed on location in an assortment of back yards, front yards and garden sheds. …

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Son of Rambow – DVD Review - Bloggernews.net

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Read 16 times. This is a slight and rather endearing little movie - which I do not ever remember seeing or hearing anything about – was in limited release in the United States early this year, and until release on DVD was apparently mostly to be …
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Changing the meaning of ‘change’ - Spiked

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Changing the meaning of ‘change’Spiked, UK - 1 hour agoBut this isn’t about lone inventors slaving away in their garden sheds. Instead, We-Think argues that, because of the withering of top-down models of …

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Murders linked to underworld gunsmith - This is Local London

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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Murders linked to underworld gunsmithThis is Local London, UK - 2 hours ago… deadly Mac 10s known as “Spray and Pray” guns capable of firing 32 rounds in under two seconds - from a secret gun factory he ran from two garden sheds. …Man who ran illegal gun factory sentenced to life guardian.co.ukGarden-shed gunmaker behind 50 […]

Murders linked to underworld gunsmith - Staines Guardian

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Two local murders have been connected to a man who converted replica sub-machine guns in his shed, before supplying them to gangland criminals. Grant Wilkinson, 34, who converted the guns into lethal weapons which were used in at least eight murders …
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Life sentence for the man behind garden shed gun factory - Guardian Unlimited

Friday, August 29th, 2008

A self-taught gunsmith who ran an illegal arms factory converting replica sub-machine guns into lethal weapons was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday, with a minimum term of 11 years. At least eight people, including teenager Michael Dosunmu …
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