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Share this article Why do explorers still take risks to reach the Poles, even when most ‘firsts’ have been claimed and records broken? Avid Pole-seeker and featured contributor Leon McCarron explains. When I was 10, I wanted to go to the South Pole. When I was 15, I decided that I’d like to go to […]
Kiev must acknowledge the mass killing of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists in the 1940s for what it is – ethnic cleansing – Polish President Andrzej Duda said after reportedly snubbing an invitation for a joint commemoration. On Sunday, Duda visited Ukraine to mark the 75th anniversary of the Volhynia massacres, the mass killing of civilians […]
Pole vaulter Alysha Newman wonders if having her equipment destroyed during a recent Air Canada flight followed by a strong performance in Qatar on little sleep and with borrowed poles has made her a more effective athlete. "It might have made me a better athlete knowing I was able to handle the adversity and perform […]
Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman received a brand new set of poles from Air Canada on Thursday morning, two weeks to the day her equipment was destroyed on a flight to Doha for a season-opening Diamond League meet. Newman said the airline covered the cost of the new set of equipment — which, according to the London, Ont., […]
ICYMI, this video made the rounds over the weekend. A traffic camera in Milwaukee captured this video of a pickup hopping up onto Jersey barriers on Interstate 43, mowing down two light poles, then hopping back down again. The poles fell into oncoming traffic. No one was hurt, but cars were damaged. The driver, to […]
Was it the poles, searing temperature or something else? Whatever the case, Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman didn’t appear herself during Friday’s season-opening Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar — where the temperature hovered around 34 C — but in fairness to the London, Ont. native, she wasn’t competing with her own poles. After clearing […]
Magnetic north changes by as much as 40 miles per year, and that means signage updates. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a61428b8d54c45db9d485cb/master/pass/MagnetRunway-FeatureArt-157741248.jpg
Supercars: Scott McLaughlin takes pole for Race 16, Ipswich SuperSprint James PhelpsThe Daily Telegraph Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend THE SCOTT McLaughlin show continued in Queensland with the V8 man of the moment breaking an Ipswich lap record to equal Dick Johnson’s record of […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | WIN-Initiative) Charter Communications has filed a complaint against Verizon, saying the telco violated New York state’s public service law and regulations by denying access to utility poles. Charter is required to extend its network in New York state to 145,000 homes and businesses by May 2020 under a condition imposed on its […]
Enlarge / A Comcast service vehicle. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) An electric utility in Tennessee has accused Comcast of not paying its bills for three years. The utility says it will start removing Comcast wires from utility poles next week unless the cable company pays up. In a notice on its website, the electric co-op […]
