Read An Opinion On: English Language Skills Course You’re half-way through your presentation, and you realize . . .”This is not working!” by Darren LaCroix You ve prepared your presentation, you know your subject, and you know your audience. You have the presentation internalized. As you progress through it you have this bad feeling that […]
Saturday, October 23, 2010 Nearly 200 people are confirmed dead and approximately 2600 are ill in a central Haitian cholera outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and United Nations (UN). Haitian officials place the death toll at 194 deaths with 2,364 people being infected. According […]
Monday, March 13, 2006 If you thought Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Moon was enough, then meet Google Mars. Google officially launched the new Google Mars yesterday as another add-on to Google Maps. The service offers three different ways to view Mars: elevation, visible landscape, and infrared view. The images come from two different […]
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter. The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 […]
Read An Opinion On: How Long Does It Take To Become An Xray Tech In California What Is My Risk Of Getting Cancer? There are 3 types of cancer risk groups: Low risk (<15% lifetime risk) Medium risk (15% – 20% lifetime risk) High risk (> 20% lifetime risk) The lifetime risk is the chance […]
Sunday, February 7, 2021 The New Zealand Government on Thursday announced the creation of a new public holiday, Matariki. Matariki marks the beginning of the M?ori New Year, which coincides with the rising of the star cluster Pleiades, known as Matariki in the M?ori language. At Waitangi, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said “This […]
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 On Monday, United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak revealed in a media briefing that he will confirm in his Budget, scheduled for half-noon Wednesday, an end to the partial pay freeze on 2.6 million public sector employees introduced last November, alongside a 6.6% increase to the National Living Wage. […]
Friday, March 23, 2007 Yesterday, Belgian Archbishop Godfried Danneels visited the Catholic University of Leuven to give a lecture on health care and religion, entitled “Care for the body, care for the mind”. Some 120 people, mainly professors at the University Hospitals, but also clerics and students, attended the conference and following piano recital. In […]
Read An Opinion On: Energy Savings By Adriana Notton Low water pressure in the home can be a very frustrating experience as it can disrupt regular household activities that requite the use of water. There are many reasons why you may suddenly have low water pressure. There may be the accumulation of dissolved minerals resulting […]
Monday, October 23, 2006 More bones were discovered on Sunday, October 22 in manholes and utility areas on the site of the World Trade Center. The people are believed to have fallen victim to the September 11, 2001 attacks. City and utility officials have already excavated about five underground areas, yielding at least 100 pieces […]