Tuesday, April 5, 2005Terry Vo, the 10-year old Australian boy who had two hands and a foot reattached by surgeons after losing them in an accident, has had to have the foot re-amputated. He will be given a prosthetic foot in its place.
The operation to re-attach three limbs was thought to have been a first - but was ultimately unsuccessful, with the foot having died inside, and receiving...
Thursday, May 27, 2010
A US Coast Guard official said today that BP's latest effort to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been successful in slowing the amount of oil leaking from the well.
The official, Admiral Thad Allen, said that the procedure, known as a "top kill" operation, has been able to block some of the leaking oil at the source, the top of the damaged well. The operation involves...
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When you were a kid, nobody told you how hard married life could sometimes be. Sure, you saw adult married couples arguing now and then, but the seriousness of the issues they faced eluded you as kid. Now that you have experienced being married for yourself, you probably have a whole new appreciation for what...
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
AMD filed an antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation two days ago in U.S. federal district court for the district of Delaware under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, and the California Business and Professions Code.
According to the complaint, Intel has unlawfully maintained its monopoly by, among other things:
Forcing...
Monday, August 6, 2007
At least six miners are trapped approximately 1700 feet underground in a coal mine in Utah after portions of the shaft collapsed. The mine is owned by Utah American Energy and is close to the town of Huntington, Emery County, 160 km south of Salt Lake City.
Robert Murray, The CEO, President, Director and owner of Murray Energy and the owner of Utah American Energy, said...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The Singaporean branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) published a guide yesterday critiquing the practices employed to catch seafood destined for sale in the country. According to the publication, three-quarters of the more than 40 species of seafood commonly consumed by Singaporean residents were obtained in a manner detrimental to environmental sustainability.
The...
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We live in a world wherein we, as humans, go through our everyday lives side by side with technology. However, there are those times when our artificial companions communicate with us in a baffling way. For sure, you have encountered one of those numerous cryptic messages that suddenly flash on your computer monitor,...
Friday, September 29, 2006
Diamond Brownridge, a 5-year old girl from Chicago, Illinois, has died after a visit to the dentist. Children's Memorial Hospital officials say that the girl was rushed to the hospital when she never woke up after being sedated for a dental procedure. She had been in a coma, on life support, since being admitted to the hospital early in the weekend.
"She passed very...
Sunday, October 3, 2021 Nominations were declared on September 21 for South Gippsland Shire's upcoming council elections, to be held by post from October 5-22. A total of 24 people in the Australian council's three wards have put themselves forward to stand as candidates. The shire has been governed by administrators appointed by the Victorian state government since August 2019, when the council...
Monday, December 11, 2006
On December 7, BBC News reported a story about Dr James Anderson, a teacher in the Computer Science department at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. In the report it was stated that Anderson had "solved a very important problem" that was 1200 years old, the problem of division by zero. According to the BBC, Anderson had created a new number, that he had...