Monday, July 18, 2005 The outer bands of the Category 4 storm Hurricane Emily started to affect Jamaica shortly before 8:00am Saturday. Increasing winds and rain swept the island nation throughout the afternoon as the eye of the storm passed 100 miles off the southern coast. Utility poles were downed and storm debris closed the […]
Australian governments to meet for first COAG meeting of 2006 today
Friday, February 10, 2006 The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will meet in Canberra today for its first meeting of 2006. Members of COAG are the Prime Minister, State Premiers, Australian Capital and Northern Territory Chief Ministers, and the President of the Australian Local Government Association. COAG is chaired by the Prime Minister. On the […]
Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Neverland Valley Ranch, owned by Michael Jackson, is to be sold at auction on March 19, 2008, unless Jackson pays over US$24 million. Financial Title Company, the trustee of his Santa Barbara County, California, home and amusement park, has foreclosed on the property. They notified Jackson of the foreclosure and sale […]
Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans graduate students
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list.Tuesday, September 13, 2005 NAICU has created a list of colleges and universities accepting and/or offering assistance to displace faculty members. [1]Wednesday, September 7, 2005 This list is taken from Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students, and is intended to make searching […]
Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice
Sunday, January 15, 2017 In research released on Thursday in Cell, scientists from Yale University report they managed to trigger instinctive hunting behavior in mice using optogenetics, a manner of priming cells within an organism’s brain to switch on when exposed to a laser. The research team used an engineered virus to target and alter […]
How I Turned Getting Fired Into The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me}
Submitted by: Ursula Jorch Twenty years ago, I was fired from my corporate job. After being walked out of the building after the meeting with my boss and the HR director, I sat in my car and burst into tears. I was devastated. True, I didnt enjoy being in corporate. True, I knew that choosing […]
Rape-accused Russian political artist Pyotr Pavlensky to seek asylum in France
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 On Monday, controversial Russian political artist Pyotr Pavlensky, currently in Paris, informed media that he and his family are to seek political asylum in France. Pavlensky said he and his partner Oksana Shalygina were falsely accused under Section 132 of the Criminal law for rape. The 32-year-old artist has been charged […]
Samuels Jewelers to be acquired by a DTC sightholder
Monday, December 11, 2006 A major purchase transaction is being prepared in the diamonds’ industry: Samuels Jewelers started a discussion with a sightholder from Diamond Trading Company (DTC). The latter is to acquire the majority part of retailer’s shares. There is still not much information about this particular sightholder, except for the fact that it […]
Greed And Fear: Common Stock Trading Traps And How To Avoid Them}
Read An Opinion On: De SA Australia Site Submitted by: Ethan McRae Greed and fear are the two dominant emotions that affect the stock market. Although there are many other factors that influence the change in stock price, these two emotions are the underlying cause for the unpredictable fluctuation of stock price. As emotional creatures, […]
‘Apple’s data is dirtiest,’ says Greenpeace
Sunday, April 24, 2011 In a report on cloud computing issued this week, the environmental group Greenpeace rated ten top Internet companies, including Apple, Google, Twitter and Amazon, on several factors such as each company’s willingness to be transparent by providing information on its energy sources and the energy efficiency of its data centers. In […]