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Macquarie Bank has sold its wheelchair-focussed Lime Taxi business at a multi-million dollar loss. A brainchild of trucking baron Lindsay Fox, former tourism minister John Brown and former head of Macquarie's banking division Bill Moss, the aim was to have 250 Lime cabs on the road by June last year. Instead, there are only 50 on Sydney streets, while others sit unused in a warehouse at Erskineville, The Daily Telegraph reports. Soon after Lime's launch, dominant Sydney cab service Taxis Combined added 60 wheelchair-accessible vehicles to its fleet, prompting the government to stem the number of disabled registration plates, preventing Lime's expansion. Lime's distinctive vehicles - Mercedes Vito vans - added to business problems because they are unable to transport some types of wheelchairs, while there is an ongoing reluctance by able-bodied passengers to hail disabled vehicles.
'No Country,' 'Blood' tie
Day-Lewis, an Oscar winner for "My Left Foot," grabbed another best-actor nomination as a flamboyant oil baron in "There Will Be Blood," for which he could emerge as the favorite.
Along with Day-Lewis, Clooney and Jones, the other nominees were Johnny Depp, who won the Globe for musical or comedy actor as the vengeful barber in "Sweeney Todd," Viggo Mortensen as a Russian mob member in "Eastern Promises."
With a Golden Globe and universal acclaim for his performance as a relentless killer, Bardem looks like the closest thing to a front-runner this Oscar season. Bardem is up against Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."
Joining Blanchett and Ronan in the supporting actress category were Ruby Dee for "American Gangster," Amy Ryan for "Gone Baby Gone" and Tilda Swinton for "Michael Clayton."
Left out of the Oscars completely was the musical "Hairspray." The fairy-tale comedy "Enchanted" had three of the five best song nominations.
LegalView Continues to Track Mesothelioma Information with Details of ...
Philip Northmore was employed as a dockyard worker where he was exposed to asbestos over several years. Northmore died at the age of 68 just as his daughter, Debbie Brown, is diagnosed with mesothelioma as well. LegalView.com is proud to provide readers of its mesothelioma blog with updated information on Brown, who recently launched her own Web site, Mesothelioma and Me, to help victims of mesothelioma.Mesothelioma is a rare and often fatal disease in which victims often are unaware that they even suffer from the cancer until it is far too late for treatment. Mesothelioma is nearly always caused by exposure to asbestos, which is a fireproof building material that was used in structures such as schools, government buildings and homes. The asbestos fibers are inhaled and form cancerous cells on the interior of the lungs.
Long-ago lead exposure, and possibly other pollutants, may hasten old ...
The notion of long-delayed effects is familiar; tobacco and asbestos, for example, can lead to cancer. But in recent years, scientists are coming to appreciate that exposure to other pollutants in early life also may promote disease much later on. "It's an emerging area" for research, said Dr. Philip Landrigan of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. It certainly makes sense that if a substance destroys brain cells in early life, the brain may cope by drawing on its reserve capacity until it loses still more cells with aging, he said. Only then would symptoms like forgetfulness or tremors appear. Linda Birnbaum, director of experimental toxicology at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said infant mice exposed to chemicals like PCBs show only very subtle effects in young adulthood.
Matewan caboose becomes town feature
The culinary arts of some crews became legendary, with specialties ranging from hot cakes so light they had to be weighted down, to holiday feasts of roast turkey and trimmings.As railroading grew more complex, and trains grew faster and went farther in shorter times, the caboose was no longer necessary to provide a home for extended periods.The money for the restoration came from appropriations from Senator H. Truman Chafin (D-Mingo) and Delegate Harry Keith White (D-Mingo). The total grant was for $5,000 and all the money has been spent."There are a few things left to do, but eventually we will get there," said Kessler. They need to replace some of the seat cushions and the stove that was once inside it need to be replaced and the restoration will be complete."A rededication ceremony is planned, but a definite date has not yet been set," said Kessler.
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