Tuesday, November 27, 2007 The mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia were just announced. Based on mythological characters, they are Miga, Quatchi and Sumi. Miga, a sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod near Tofino, and Quatchi, a young sasquatch, represent the Olympics, while Sumi represents theRead More
Virginians melee at used Apple iBook sale
Thursday, August 18, 2005 “Total chaos” is how many described the melee that resulted from a sale of used Apple iBook laptop computers at the Richmond International Raceway (RIR) by the Henrico County, Virginia school system. Officials estimated nearly 5,000 people thronged the sale for the $50, four-year-old computers. Among them were 17 injured, fourRead More
NZ man stabbed in the face with a 15-centimetre knife
Friday, July 7, 2006 A 36-year-old man, who is yet to be named, is undergoing surgery after an attacker lodged a knife through one cheek and out the other. The handle broke off, leaving the 15-cm (about 6 inches) blade inside him. The man was rushed to hospital today, July 7, at about 2 a.m.Read More
Martha Stewart Prison And The Power Of Public Relations By Ronn Torossian
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Behaviour Change Campaign Sydney Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results with Game-Changing Public Relations”. “You think I’m not aware that I’m living the first line of my obituary right now?” – C. J. Cregg White House Press Secretary on the West Wing Who would have thought onlyRead More
Divers safe from pesticide from MV Princess of the Stars
Friday, June 27, 2008 Divers from the Philippine Coast Guard and Navy were given a clean bill of health from any effects from the toxic waters surrounding the sunken passenger ferry, MV Princess of the Stars off the coast of Romblon province. Fifty six diving personnel tasked to retrieve bodies of passengers trapped inside theRead More
Pakistan President Musharraf in Kabul for talks
Wednesday, September 6, 2006 The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf is in Kabul for a two-day visit during which he is scheduled to hold talks with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai. The talks are expected to focus on the continuing militant activity on both sides of the border, with Taliban forces allegedly infiltrating into AfghanistanRead More
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi moves to drop Lockerbie bombing appeal
Saturday, August 15, 2009 Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was revealed today to have requested his second appeal to be dropped. Al-Megrahi was convicted of planting a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, which detonated as the aircraft flew over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 killing all 259 people on board and eleven more on the ground. MegrahiRead More
Flea Market Ing Lessons
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Salt Bed Spa Equipment A few days ago, I was signing copies of my book Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: the 9 habits of maximum happiness at the flea market. Nobody expects an author to sign books at a flea market. Some people sell a few worn-over books,Read More
New method of displaying time patented
Saturday, October 14, 2006 An American inventor has patented a pair of new time formats with a footprint less than 50% of that of conventional four-digit time. The more unusual of the two new formats, called “TWELV”, dispenses with numerals altogether. In place of clock hands or digits, the new clock uses color to conveyRead More
Conditions in the womb determine male sexuality
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Research published in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests a link between male sexuality and conditions in the womb. Initial research by Dr. Anthony F. Bogaert and his colleagues at Brock University, Ontario revealed a possible link between the number of elder brothers a boyRead More