Monday, December 31, 2007 What would you tell your grandchildren about 2007 if they asked you about it in, let's say, 20 year's time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2007, what would the question be? The year that you first signed on to Facebook? The year Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse fell apart? The year author Kurt Vonnegut or mime Marcel Marceau died, both at 84?
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Friday, October 9, 2009
A bus driver thought to have caused a 2008 crash after falling asleep behind the wheel in California has been convicted of killing eleven on board. Quintin Watts was found guilty of eleven counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and 21 counts of causing great bodily injury.
Watts was driving a coach carrying 41 Hmong and Mien people from Sacramento to the Colusa Casino...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Investigators in Ireland have found wiring problems in several Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340s as part of their investigation into a fire on board one such aircraft that was forced to divert to Shannon Airport. The Virgin jet was headed from London Heathrow Airport to Chicago with 143 passengers and thirteen crew on January 11 this year. A small fire was noticed in a...
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When it comes to plumbing services, which usually include the cleaning of drain pipes, it is important to find the right plumber who can accommodate all of your needs. Drains can get clogged due to a variety of reasons, but when your drain pipes are not working properly, a professional and qualified plumbing technician is familiar with all of...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The James Bond film series is one of the most popular and successful, having grossed over US$4 billion worldwide. The suave, sophisticated secret agent has secured his place in popular culture as the definitive action hero that has appeared in twenty-three films between 1954 and 2006.
Daniel Craig was announced as the seventh actor to portray 007 in late 2005, making his...
More On This Topic: Victoria House Needlecraft By Low Jeremy Hosiery was knitted long before our parents were born or having used it themselves, and repeatedly in fashion in the year 1950s to the 60s. Since then, stockings were never out in the market; the most sophisticated nylon stockings, top-seamed with garter settled as a steady front liner in fashion and function. It fits in as basic...
Sunday, January 3, 2010
At least sixty people have been confirmed dead after mudslides in southeastern Brazil, mostly on Ilha Grande, caused by torrential rainfall.
Rescue efforts are still continuing in the state of Rio de Janeiro for people feared to be buried under houses, which collapsed due to the deluge of mud and rain. Rescuers used shovels and heavy machinery to dig through the...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Scientists have uncovered the largest Neolithic settlement in the United Kingdom at the Durrington Walls and believe that the village was inhabited by the people who built the Stonehenge monument.
Scientists say that the village was built around 2,600 B.C., roughly when Stonehenge was believed to have been constructed, and housed over 100 people.
Inside the areas which...
Sunday, January 7, 2007
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced Friday that its vote in May last year was not to reject the creation of 'Triple X', a top-level domain (sTLD). Rather, the corporation voted "not to approve the agreement as proposed, but did not reject the application".
A revised proposal for the .xxx domain is open to public comment until February...
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Most municipal water companies in the United States have converted all analog types of water meters to fully automated smart meters. This is true for both urban areas as well as rural areas.
By automating the monthly or alternate monthly meter reading process, municipalities were able to save cost in labor, fuel, and vehicles. Additionally, with accurate...