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Friday, April 7, 2006
Accra —The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT introduced the Semacode technology and the Semapedia application to a segment of the Ghanaian public in a presentation delivered by Guido Sohne, Developer-In-Residence at the Centre and Chief Software Architect of CoreNett Ltd, a Ghanaian electronic transaction processing company.
Introduced for the first time in Africa, Semapedia is a way of associating Internet sites with physical barcodes that can be read by cameraphones, enabling one to look up information about physical objects quickly and easily.
byAlma Abell
Many of us have a loved one that we like to surprise from time to time, and one of the sweeter gifts you can give is an arrangement of flowers. You can usually set this up ahead of time for that important day by getting flower delivery in Charleston, WV. By ordering ahead, you can pick the exact time and date you want your flowers to arrive. This means you can make plans for special days with these small bundles of warmth, and give the person you’re having them delivered to a nice show of affection.
Adding Something Extra from the Heart
Many florists offer more than just flowers for sale; they typically carry a variety of little trinkets and knickknacks that can be added to any order as just that little something extra. You may want to add a special message along with a small statuette of an animal or person. It’s also possible to send along things like fruit baskets or special containers that are holding your arrangements nice and neat. Some stores even offer some charms and necklaces that can be given away as a sign of love. You should check with your florist about any special services they offer with their deliveries, and see if they can help you design the perfect gift package.
Not All Flowers Are About Love
You may have another reason to send someone a floral arrangement. There are many situations where sending a small bouquet may be appropriate. For example, offering someone well wishes for the birth of a baby, or heartfelt congratulations about their promotion at work. There is always the get well soon bouquet, or a small set of lilies for those that are grieving the loss of a loved one. As you can plainly see, there are several different reasons why this kind of token might be warranted in a variety of situations. Just remember that all of these can have smaller additional things added to them for a personal touch, and they can all be delivered when and where you need them to go.
Flower delivery services are a good tool for someone who is looking to have a little gift sent to someone they care about. It’s a nice gesture during times of strife, and they make a great way to show someone that you are thinking about them. So when you’re thinking about getting someone a card for a birthday, why not send an arrangement instead?
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Monday, August 20, 2007
An unnamed woman from Mitchell, Queensland, Australia has died after her pet camel knocked her down to the ground, stomped on her, and then laid on top of her, in what police suspect was an attempt by the camel to mate with her. The woman was found at 18:30 (AEST) by her husband after he finished feeding his stock at the family ranch.
The woman in question had a fondness for exotic pets, and received the camel as a 60th birthday present. The camel was ten months old, and weighed 152 kg (336 lbs). Camels have lived in Australia since they were transported there in the 1840s. Camels are not normally aggressive, but can become more dangerous if treated as pets.
According to the police, the camel displayed possible mating behaviour. Craig Gregory, Detective Senior Constable for Queensland Police said, “I’d say it’s probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing.” One camel expert, Chris Hill, claimed that the animal’s behaviour was definitely sexual.
Monday, April 6, 2009
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a major moment magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck Central Italy at 3:32 a.m. local time with a 4.8 aftershock about an hour after. Earlier reports from the USGS had said the quake was a 6.7. Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics registered the quake at a Richter magnitude of 5.8.
The epicenter was registered 95 kilometres (60 miles) Northeast of Italy’s capital of Rome. It registered a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles). At least nine aftershocks, with the highest being a magnitude 4.8, have shaken the area since the initial earthquake.
At least 150 people have been killed in the region and officials say the death toll is likely to rise. According to the RAI (Italian public broadcasting service) and press agencies, at least 1,500 people have been injured. No less than six people, four children, and an elderly woman, are reported to have been killed in a building collapse in L’Aquila, where most of the shaking was felt and at least six students are trapped beneath the rubble of a partially collapsed college dormitory. The USGS says nearly 70,000 people live in L’Aquila, with hundreds of thousands more people residing in the surrounding areas.
Several buildings are reported to be collapsed or damaged in the city, including a church and school. The BBC reports the area as “hard hit.” BNOnews reports that there are thousands of buildings damaged or collapsed in the region. Reports say as many as 50,000 houses and buildings have been destroyed, leaving thousands of people homeless. The mayor of L’Aquila, Massimo Cialente, declared that Onna fraction, a small conglomerate of houses near the capital of Abruzzo, was completely destroyed.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has declared a state of emergency for the region, and is returning to Italy to coordinate the relief operations. The Minister of the Interior, Roberto Maroni, is also travelling to L’Aquila to offer collaboration from the government.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman contacted Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini to offer the assistance of Israel’s natural disaster SAR teams.
This is the deadliest quake in Italy since November 23, 1980, when nearly 3,000 people were killed in a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Southern Italy in the Irpinia region. At least 10,000 were injured with over 300,000 being left homeless.
Monday, October 17, 2005
American helicopters and warplanes bombed 2 villages near Ramadi, Iraq on Sunday. The U.S. military said nearly 70 suspected insurgents were killed, while local witnesses said that at least 39 civilians, including 18 children, were also lost to the attack.
A Ramadi resident, Ahmed Fouad, said that just after 7 p.m. Sunday, U.S. warplanes killed 18 children, including Fouad’s son and 8-year-old daughter. “She was killed with her brother. Her mother had a stroke out of shock.” Fouad said.
Family members of victims gathered at a Ramadi General Hospital where refrigeration space for the dead bodies had been exhausted. In the garden the bodies of a woman and three children lay as relatives sifted through remains.
“[They] were not terrorists…they were only a bunch of civilians whose curiosity prompted them to gather around a destroyed Humvee,” said Dr. Dhiya Fahdawi in reference to the dead and wounded.
The U.S. military neither confirmed nor denied that civilians were killed and issued a statement saying; “All the attacks were timed and executed in a manner to reduce the possibility of collateral damage.”
Submitted by: Robert McNamara
Energy conservation has become one of the most vital topics of consideration all across the globe. We all are well aware about the problem of constant reduction in non-renewable energy resources. We cannot expect our lives without energy. Therefore, the need of discovering alternatives of energy has become extremely important. Thankfully, we have the option of solar energy with us. Simply put, solar energy is the energy that is produced by converting the light of sun into electricity. Today, we have this extremely useful option of using a residential solar panel that bestows upon different advantages. We can also buy the solar panels online and can live a better and happy life. Let us take a look at the top seven advantages of using a residential solar panel.
It helps you save electricity: The biggest advantage of using a residential solar panel is that it helps us to cut a good amount on our electricity expenses. By using solar panels in your home, you can easily fulfill your requirements of electricity and can get a better form of energy.
It is environment friendly: By using a residential solar panel at home, you can contribute your successful effort towards environment friendliness. Solar energy does not produce any harmful by-products that can be dangerous for the environment of our earth.
It is a cost effective energy alternative: The only amount of capital that is required for using a residential solar panel is during the time of its installation at your home. Once you have installed it you will notice your utilities bills going down at an alarming speed. There is no doubt that solar panels are expensive but this is a one-time investment which helps you save a lot in future.
It helps you use natural energy in a beneficial way: When you use a residential solar panel you feel satisfied that you are using natural energy in a good manner which is not only helping you out in your needs but is also helping our planet earth. Although, using a solar panel is a very minute effort in comparison of what harm the human race is doing to earth but still, I believe that even a small effort counts and so we should always try to do whatever we can!
It can be used in the remote regions: Those who are living in the remote areas can easily solve their problem of staying out of the electricity network by getting a residential solar panel installed. This residential solar panel works well in the remote areas and serves well to the needs of people living there.
It does not disturb you: The good point about using this environmental friendly residential solar panel is that it does not disturb you by producing any sort of noise. It works quietly and let you work peacefully too!
It is installed on roof and not in any useful area of home: As we know that a residential solar panel works with the light received from the sun, that is why, it is installed on the roofs of houses. This way, it does not occupy any useful space of house.
I hope all the advantages explained above will encourage you to get a residential solar panel installed in your house. If you wish to do so, you can check out the relevant sites and can buy solar panels online too.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
An English lawyer has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice. He faked a legal judgment and sent it to a father who was pleading in Taunton family court to be able to remain involved in his child’s upbringing. The lawyer, London barrister Bruce Hyman, now awaits his sentence. The judge indicated that he could receive a prison sentence. Bruce Hyman is well-known in media circles, having produced The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio. He also produced a series with Clive Anderson, at Above the Title Productions, called Unreliable Evidence.
The father, a former City financier, had attended a series of court hearings in order to make suitable arrangements to see his child following an acrimonious divorce. Shortly before one of these hearings he received an email, ostensibly from a self-help group to which he belonged, which had attached a Court of Appeal case that appeared favourable to an application he had made for the judge to stand down from the case. The father, who was representing himself, duly showed the case to the judge. At this point, Bruce Hyman, the lawyer representing the former wife, claimed to the judge that the case was a forgery, which indeed it turned out to be.
After confirming that the self-help group had not sent him the email, the father then embarked on some detective work his own. The fraudulent email was traced via its header to a dial-up internet connection and a phone number belonging to a shop in London. The shop was able to recover CCTV footage which showed a man sending the email from an Apple laptop. The man turned out to be Bruce Hyman.
Sentencing of Hyman is due in Bristol Crown Court on the 19th of September.
Update since publication
This article mentions that Wi-Fi stands for “Wireless Fidelity”, although this is disputed.
Thursday, July 7, 2005
A Florida man is being charged with 3rd degree felony for logging into a private Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet access point without permission. Benjamin Smith III, 41, is set for a pre-trial hearing this month in the first case of its kind in the United States.
This kind of activity occurs frequently, but often goes undetected by the owners of these wireless access points (WAPs). Unauthorized users range from casual Web browsers, to users sending e-mails, to users involved in pornography or even illegal endeavours.
According to Richard Dinon, owner of the WAP Smith allegedly broke into, Smith was using a laptop in an automobile while parked outside Dinon’s residence.
There are many steps an owner of one of these access points can take to secure them from outside users. Dinon reportedly knew how to take these steps, but had not bothered because his “neighbors are older.”
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Over 60 miners were killed in an abandoned gold mine shaft near Welkom, in the Free State province of South Africa, after a fire broke out inside the mine.
36 bodies from the Harmony Gold mining company Eland mine shaft were brought up earlier on the weekend from depths up to 1.4 kilometers (1 mi). On Tuesday, 25 more bodies were recovered by other illegal workers.
“We suspect there was a fire on the 18th of May. We never saw any smoke. Over the weekend [30 May] we were informed by other illegal miners that people had died,” said Tom Smith, Chief Operating Officer for Harmony’s South Region, “The bodies are not burnt. It seems more of a case of gas or smoke inhalation. I don’t know if there are any more bodies down there, we just have to wait.”
The workers may have died from poisonous gasses, smoke inhalation, suffocation, cave-ins or carbon monoxide poisoning.
Harmony gold mine will not send anyone in to the mine as the conditions are extremely dangerous and abandoned shafts are without safety equipment. Illegal workers may gain access bypassing security at one mine site, and exit via a series of interconnected underground tunnels many miles away.
Harmony is internationally the fifth largest gold mining company and has bought up old, abandoned mines.
Police were seeking relatives to help identify the bodies, and are instigating an investigation into the circumstances.
Almost 300 “gold pirates” were arrested over the past two weeks at the Eland mine shaft alone. Thousands of illegal workers can be underground, and remain working for weeks and months continuously. “These are ex-miners and unemployed people – we need to target the syndicates,” said Smith.
There are over 4.18 million unemployed in South Africa due to the economic decline, and another 1 million may soon join the ranks.
Susan Shabangu, the minister of mining, extended her condolences.
Welkom, with a population of over 400,000 is located 160 kilometers (99 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital.