Wednesday, May 4, 2005 Horia Teodorescu, a student in 10th grade at Costache Negruzzi College in Ia?i, northeastern Romania, won the annual worldwide NASA Space Settlement Design Contest. The contest is sponsored by the Fundamental Space Biology Program of the United States‘ space agency, NASA. The task of the contest is for students to develop […]
US airlines Delta and Northwest agree to merge
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Rival United States airlines Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced today that they have agreed to merge. The new airline, which will use the Delta name, will be the largest commercial airline in the world. Technically, Delta will be buying Northwest in a roughly US$3 billion deal. Northwest shareholders will […]
Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev dies at age 101
Friday, November 2, 2007 Igor Moiseyev, who has been widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of folk dance, has died today after a long illness. He was 101 years old. Born Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev on January 21, 1906 in Kiev, Moiseyev graduated from the Bolshoi Theatre ballet school in 1924 and danced in the […]
Building Muscle With No Weights 5 Exercises To Get You Bulked Up Fast
More Detail Here: Cheapest Treadmills Australia By Everett Maclachlan Most men and women want to have fit bodies. Why? It is only natural that most of us believe that fitness is not only attractive to look at, but that it also puts us in the position to be more physically-able and to remain healthier while […]
Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon moved out of ICU
Saturday, September 2, 2006 Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, 78, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Sheba Medical Center after his condition “improved.” “[There has been] noticeable improvement in his kidney function and the pneumonia in his lungs,” said David Weinberg, a spokesman for the medical center. Sharon’s condition […]
Two British girls arrested for smuggling in Ghana
Thursday, July 12, 2007 Two 16-year-old British girls were arrested in Accra, Ghana earlier this month for apparently attempting to smuggle £300,000 worth of cocaine in laptop bags. Yasemin Vatansever, of Cypriot descent and Yatunde Diya of Nigerian descent were arrested as they attempted to board a British Airways flight from the Kotoka International Airport […]
Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags
Wednesday, March 9, 2005File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery […]
College Sports Programs Need Automated External Defibrillators
More Detail Here: Certified Nurse Assistant Class Van Nuys Ca A defibrillator (AED) can save lives when sudden cardiac arrest due to arrhythmia (an abnormal electrical signal in the heart). Symptoms of cardiac arrest are chest pain or loss of consciousness. The AED restores the heart’s normal electrical signal…if the heart is not defibrillated in […]
Soul singer Isaac Hayes dies at age 65
Sunday, August 10, 2008 Grammy Award and Academy Award winning musician and vocalist Isaac Hayes was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States. According to initial police reports, his wife found him collapsed near a treadmill exercise machine in their home after she returned from running errands. The Shelby County […]
No survivors in Cambodian air crash
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 No survivors were found today when searchers reached the crash site of PMTair Flight U4 241 in Cambodia, a government minister said. “All have died. It is confirmed,” Information Minister Khieu Kanharith told reporters. The wreckage of the PMTair Antonov An-24 was spotted by a helicopter crew early this morning, two […]