See More About: Independent Financial Advice Best Financial Advice byAlma Abell Estate attorneys can help you writing your will and offer financial planning advice. Having a skilled professional by your side is highly beneficial to you and your family. Many people have troubles and legal questions regarding their will. You want to be able to […]
Parts of US airplane fall from sky in Brazil
Friday, March 27, 2009 Portions of a DC-10 jet registered to the Miami, Florida-based Arrow Cargo company fell from the sky over a residential area in the city of Manaus, Brazil on Thursday. Parts of one of the turbines of the aircraft caused some damage to a car and a few houses, but no injuries […]
HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that no […]
China sets up US$10 billion credit line with European nations
Sunday, April 29, 2012 China has pledged US$10 billion in credit to back joint projects with Central and Eastern European countries. Visiting Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao announced the deal at a business forum in Warsaw, Poland, and said he hopes the deal will facilitate the two sides’ cooperation. To boost business and trade, Wen said […]
Theresa May’s Conservative Party wins UK election but loses majority, leaving Brexit plan in question
Sunday, June 11, 2017 While Theresa May remains Prime Minister of Britain, her party, the Conservative Party, won Thursday’s general election but lost its majority in Parliament. The next scheduled general election was not until 2020. May requested this general election, called a snap election, in April, when polls indicated it would strengthen the then-slight […]
Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in […]
Zimbabwe submits to popular pressure: foreign currencies now legal tender
Thursday, January 29, 2009 Zimbabwe has decided to abandon its currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, in favour of other currencies. Acting Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced today that Zimbabweans will be allowed to make transactions in other currencies along with the local currency. “In line with the prevailing practices by the general public, [the] government is […]
The Lancet study suggests inactivity now as deadly as smoking
Thursday, July 19, 2012 A report published by public-health journal The Lancet suggests living a sedentary lifestyle is now as-fatal for individuals as smoking. Compiled by 33 research workers, the report speaks of a “pandemic” in which an estimated one-in-three adults worldwide are inactive, leading to approximately 5.3 million fatalities from this. Research for The […]
Scientists say excess cerebrospinal fluid may serve as early sign of autism
Thursday, March 9, 2017 In a study that appeared on Monday in Biological Psychiatry, scientists from the Universities of California and North Carolina, with several other universities in the United States and Canada, report a strong correlation between abnormal distribution of cerebrospinal fluid in infants and later development of autistic symptoms. “The more extra-axial CSF […]
Great Pizza Takeout
See More About: Restaurant Takeaway Menu United Kingdom Hungry Human byAlma Abell It has been a long week of working away from home in a strange city. You have one more night in the hotel and another night of dining in a restaurant. You just do not want to head out and have a sit […]