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A smashed boom in 50 knots of wind slowed the progress of the Irish entry Green Dragon on the second leg of the Volvo round the world race yesterday.
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Green Dragon skipper Ian Walker has reported that they had broken their boom just four days after the start of the Vendee Globe's second leg.
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British skipper Ian Walker leads his crew into pole for first time in race.
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Ian Walker and his crew spent 12 hours in hiding under the new StealthPlay initiative of this year's Volvo World Race.
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Dark rain clouds snuff out breezes as Volvo Ocean Race fleet picks its way through Doldrums.
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Ian Walker's crew were holding their own though fickle conditions in the Doldrums.
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Bouwe Bekking's Volvo Ocean Race curse struck again when his Volvo Open 70 Telefonica Blue suffered damage to the rudder on first night.
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The 'Green Dragon' is funded by a business group put together by Galway men John Killeen, Eamon Conneely and Enda O Coineen.
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By time conditions improve at Volvo Ocean Race Green Dragon may well have surrendered 22mile advantage.
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Fourth on the water but third highest points scorer, Ireland's Green Dragon, skippered by British double Olympic medallist Ian Walker and partnered by China, took over the third-placed spot overall after finishing the opening leg of the Volvo round the world race yesterday. There was a price.
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The clean-tech industry is suffering from the downturn like everyone else, but eventually, the economic crisis may spur its success
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Green Dragon's boom snaps in half as the crew attempts to erect a jury rig in the middle of a 50knot squall in the Southern Ocean.
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A sharp decline in investment in the construction sector and weaker household spending caused a contraction in the Spanish economy during the third quarter. Data released on Wednesday confirmed the preliminary estimates of a 0.2% contraction in the third quarter gross domestic product, the first since 1993. In the second quarter, the economy had expanded 0.1%. A breakdown of the data showed that household spending fell 1% in the third quarter, after rising 0.1% in the second quarter. On the othe
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Enrolment in trade schools in Newfoundland and Labrador is booming, all because of the economic downturn in the oil fields of Alberta, according to some instructors.
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The excesses of lending and gambling had destroyed the new financial system - the one built on securities as an alternative to bank lending - and left old commercial banks too weak to step in.
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Analysts think German companies are likely to cope better than their rivals with weaker demand, however.
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Toyota is considering setting up a separate brand for Prius, and may broaden the Prius lineup with new models, the head of Toyota’s American sales arm said.
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Nathan Green got off to a rocky start Thursday in the Texas Open. It ended up jump-starting the best round of the Australian's PGA Tour career.
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Newgeneration boats and altered route will test sailing crews' wits to the hilt in the newlook Volvo Ocean Race.
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AUSTRALIAN golfer Nathan Green has shot an eight-under 62 to take a two-stroke lead over Americans Olin Browne and Paul Claxton in the Texas Open in San Antonio.
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Protestors assembled outside Tesco in Bethnal Green to voice their anger over the company's massive profits whilst food prices soar. Tesco have announced £1.43 billion in profits in just six months.
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Dragon-vein agate is so called because of the veining pattern in the stone.
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Semi-precious gem bead banana shape in yellow green agate make strong design statements.
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Australia's Nathan Green shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Olin Browne and Paul Claxton in the Texas Open.
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Grizzlies G Marko Jaric missed the start of the preseason as he continued to nurse a broken nose sustained during training camp. There is no timetable for his return yet.
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Ahman Green is finally healthy, but he hasn't returned to the role he once had. The 31-year-old four-time Pro Bowl running back is now Houston's backup to rookie Steve Slaton. Green was signed before last season to shore up Houston's running game and sat out 10 games with knee problems. He started Houston's opener this season before a sprained ankle kept him out of the next two games and gave Slaton time to nab the starting gig. Slaton started last week and had 16 carries for 93 yards and two touchdowns. Green had 12 carries for 47 yards. "It doesn't bother me," Green said of the switch. "It actually excites me because it keeps the defense honest and you've got two different runners interchanging throughout the game. So somebody is always fresh every third or fourth play, which is a good thing when you're playing against an aggressive defense."
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As that great pundit Kermit the Frog once famously mused, it?s not easy being green, especially for environmental journalists.
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The Australian has never won in three seasons on the PGA Tour. Australia's Nathan Green shot an eight-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Olin Browne and Paul Claxton in the Texas Open at San Antonio.
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Kirsty Wark, the journalist and 'Newsnight Review' presenter, has been getting a taste of a new genre of "extreme portraiture" being practised by the artist Michael Landy, who was last seen destroying all his worldly possessions in Oxford Street as an art project. This time, he's creating a Who's Who of the art world, and asking subjects including Tracey Emin, Rebecca Warren, Michael Craig-Martin and... Ms Wark, to sit nose-to-nose while he studies every feature for hours at a time over three days to capture every blemish and wrinkle. "I was very chatty at first, but then went into a kind of trance as I sat for him. It was an intense experience. I liked the outcome, it looked like a cross between a Rembrandt drawing and an anthropological exercise." The series of lifesize heads will go on show as part of an exhibition at the Thomas Dane Gallery, London SW1, from 14 October.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Gerald Green scored 18 points to lead six Dallas players in double figures, helping the Mavericks beat the Chicago Bulls 110-102 in a preseason game on Thursday night....
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With all the danger in financial markets on shore, is anybody much in the mood for the Volvo Ocean Race, which starts Saturday in Spain?
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What, you expected the Cubs' sale to go smoothly?
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Scammers and fraudsters are capitalising on the changes sweeping through global financial markets and sectors.
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British Olympian Ian Walker skippers Irish entry Green Dragon as eight teams set sail in the Volvo Ocean Race on Saturday.
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Infosys Technologies, India's second largest outsourcer, Friday reported slower growth in revenue and profits for the quarter ended September 30, reflecting the impact of the economic crisis in the U.S., its largest market.
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Oct. 10: TODAY’s Jenna Wolfe talks to professional golfer Tiger Woods about fatherhood and some of the new projects he’s working on. (Today Show)
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After reading an msnbc.com story on the phenomenon of long-time couples who die close together, readers wrote in with their own experiences — the love stories of family and friends.
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Greenpeace is pointing its finger at auto giants like Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen, saying their new cars emit more carbon dioxide than earlier models. The new findings blacken the environmental report cards of the German firms -- and undermine an industry trend of flaunting green credentials.
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Jellyfish plays lead role in the prize for work on fluorescent protein.
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You don't have to be an architect or scientist to make green knowledge valuable at your job.
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It's always struck me as rather perverse that it's so very easy to get your hands on a stolen bike in London. Just about everyone knows that if you take a trip down to the end of Brick Lane in Shoreditch, east London, on a Sunday morning, you'll find dozens of kids peddling (not pedalling) expensive and often shiny new bicycles for knock-down prices. Yet even though this is common knowledge, the police never seem to do anything about it.
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