Saturday, March 5, 2005The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) have released figures showing that world-wide, deaths from the disease measles have dropped by 40% over the last five years. In 1999, 873,000 people died from disease, while that number fell to 530,000 in 2003 – a drop of 39%.…
Here’s An Opinion On: Grantor Trust Accountants Specializing In Overseas Income byadmin Bankruptcy is a traumatic experience to have to go through for most people. In the United States bankruptcy is under federal jurisdiction-as per the United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, clause 4. There are varying ‘chapters’ of the bankruptcy laws, namely chapters,…
Thursday, August 17, 2006 The discovery of a suspect bottle of fluid in a passengers carry-on luggage has prompted the evacuation of Tri-State Airport, located near Huntington, West Virginia. The bottle was identified by a security screener as a woman passenger attempted to board a flight to Charlotte, North Carolina. Since the discovery of an…
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Two Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball players, Shelley Chaplin and Leanne Del Toso, are cycling around Fiji to raise money for people in Fiji with disabilities. They hope to cover the route, which is roughly 500 kilometers (300 miles) long, in just ten days. They started on June 7, 2013 and plan…
Here’s An Opinion On: Asset Tracking Software Cycle Counting Do You Really Need A Smart Phone? by Winston Takeda Everybody seems to have them. You can see people doing all sorts of things with them. How in the world did we live without them? Well, live without them we did, as Yoda would say. But…
Monday, August 7, 2006 Dogs can be trained to detect early and late stages of lung and breast cancer accurately according to a study published by California scientists in the little-known scientific journal Integrative Cancer Therapies. The study took place over the last five years at the Pine Street Foundation, a non-profit organization which conducts…
Monday, September 3, 2007 Freelance journalist Gabriel Pollard interviewed John Ballinger who has what is believed to be the first unlocked iPhone working in New Zealand on the Vodafone New Zealand GSM network. Ballinger, director of Bluespark Ltd., managed to unlock the iPhone without having to solder anything. This is unlike George Hotz, the first…
Thursday, February 24, 2005 A paste containing synthetic tooth enamel can seal small cavities without drilling. Kazue Yamagishi and colleagues at the FAP Dental Institute in Tokyo say that the paste can repair small cavities in 15 minutes. Currently, fillers don’t stick to such small cavities so dentists must drill bigger holes. Hydroxyapatite crystals, of…
Here’s An Opinion On: Sa Passive House Construction Adelaide Passive Home Design byadmin One of the most beneficial aspects of wood flooring is how long the flooring can last. If it is taken care of, the floor may never have to be replaced. Occasionally, scratches may need to be buffed out or broken planks may…
Sunday, September 2, 2007 From August 17 to September 3, 2007 the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE or The EX) came back to Toronto for its 128th year. It is the largest in Canada and the fifth largest in North America. The three day Canadian International Airshow, the horse show called “Tom Bishop’s Trick Riding Show”,…