Lopez Family’s Amazing Feat (and Feet)

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Congratulations to the Lopez family for bringing home three medals in an Olympics where Taekwondo was marred with controversy.

Men’s Heavyweight (Over 80 kg)
Gold Dongmin Cha KOR
Silver Alexandros Nikolaidis GRE
Bronze Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije NGR
Bronze Arman Chilmanov KAZ

Women’s Heavyweight (Over 80 kg)
Gold Maria del Rosario Espinoza MEX
Silver Nina Solheim NOR
Bronze Natalia Falavigna BRA
Bronze Sarah Stevenson GBR

Men’s Welterweight (68-80 kg)
Gold Hadi Saei IRI
Silver Mauro Sarmiento ITA
Bronze Steven Lopez USA
Bronze Guo Zhu CHN

Women’s Welterweight (68-80 kg)
Gold Kyungseon Hwang KOR
Silver Karine Sergerie CAN
Bronze Sandra Saric CRO
Bronze Gwladys Patience Epangue FRA

Men’s Featherweight (58-68 kg)
Gold Taejin Son KOR
Silver Mark Lopez USA
Bronze Servet Tazegul TUR
Bronze Yu-Chi Sung TPE

Women’s Featherweight (58-68 kg)
Gold Sujeong Lim KOR
Silver Azize Tanrikulu TUR
Bronze Diana Lopez USA
Bronze Martina Zubcic CRO

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Smog Eating Concrete? Someone Call Beijing!

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Apparently the Dutch don’t spend all their time getting high and visiting prostitutes, (yes I’m kidding - of course I know they do!). The small Dutch town of Hengelo is trying out a special concrete that turns car exhaust into “harmless nitrates.”

In laboratory conditions, the additive — under the influence of sunlight — binds the nitrogen oxide particles emitted by car exhausts and turns them into harmless nitrates.

“With one rain shower everything is washed clean,” the institution said in a statement. - Source

I see an enormous business opportunity in Beijing assuming they can deliver 100 Million Tons by tomorrow.

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Tags: Beijing, concrete, Dutch, Holland, pollution, smog
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