Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Officials say equipment failure may have caused Mexico-bound bus to crash in Texas, killing 2
Cause of fatal bus crash in Texas unknown CAMPBELLTON, Texas - The bus had been on the interstate about an hour when the spring breakers and other travelers headed toward the U.S.-Mexico border heard a noise and then felt the bus flip around before toppling on its side in a grassy median. A jumble of passengers landed ... Read more : Officials say equipment failure may have caused Mexico-bound bus to crash in Texas, killing 2.
Israel lifts closure of West Bank as east Jerusalem tensions calm
Israel lifts closure of West Bank as tensions calm JERUSALEM - Israel has lifted its closure on the West Bank and granted open access to Jerusalem’s holiest shrine. Police say thousands of troops will remain on high alert but reported no disturbances Wednesday as calm returned. Israel originally sealed off the territory last week. Wednesday’s measures came a ... Read this article on Gaea Times at : Israel lifts closure of West Bank as east Jerusalem tensions calm.
Va. man named as passenger in small plane that struck, killed jogger during SC beach landing
Va. man was passenger in plane that killed jogger HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Authorities say a Virginia man was the passenger in a small plane that hit and killed a jogger during an emergency landing on a South Carolina beach. The Island Packet newspaper in Hilton Head reported that the sheriff’s office Tuesday named the passenger ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Va. man named as passenger in small plane that struck, killed jogger during SC beach landing.
Siegel+Gale Wins Gold for Best Rebrand at Transform Awards
LONDON, March 16, 2010 - Global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale (www.siegelgale.com) received two gold awards from the UK's prestigious Transform Awards 2010 in recognition for its rebrand of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.siegelgale.com/work). (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100120/NY40758 ) Siegel+Gale's work for ITFC-an independent entity within the Islamic Development Bank Group-received one [...]
NPI Program Manager III job in SanDisk - Milpitas, CA
Position: NPI Program Manager III job in SanDisk - Milpitas, CA Location: Milpitas, CA Job Description: In this position, the individual will be responsible for driving the development of Serial new products from the concept phase through the pre-production phase, and through the ramp to full volume production. Projects will primarily involve products like SD, microSD, and M2. [...]
Americans suspected of terror-related activities
Americans suspected of terror-related activities Americans who have been charged or suspected of terror-related activities over the past year include: -Young Somali men from Minneapolis who left the U.S. in waves from December 2007 through November 2008 to join a Somalia-based terror group with links to al-Qaida. Family members say the men were good kids and only ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Americans suspected of terror-related activities.
Clarification: Amylin FDA information request story
Clarification: Amylin FDA info request story SAN DIEGO - In a story March 15, The Associated Press reported that Bydureon is the proposed trade name of exenatide, a diabetes treatment being developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., Eli Lilly & Co. and Alkermes Inc. The story should have specified that the once-weekly form of the drug, exenatide ... Original article on : Clarification: Amylin FDA information request story.
Annamalai University Researchers Hog Headlines
TAMIL NADU, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- South India based reputed educational institution Annamalai University has come into the spotlight again, this time for the right reasons. A few days back this month, the death of a few of its students and the subsequent student unrest forced the authorities to shut operations for a period. It ... Read : Annamalai University Researchers Hog Headlines.
JLo's ex-dog 'sued' for biting woman's breast!
NEW YORK - A German shepherd that had once belonged to Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony has allegedly attacked a fifth victim, biting her on the breast and hand. The dog, whose full name is Floyd vom Meierhoff, had earlier brought about a lawsuit against Lopez and Anthony after he allegedly attacked a fight ... Read this article on Gaea Times at : JLo’s ex-dog ’sued’ for biting woman’s breast!.
Mom says jogger killed by small plane on SC beach was looking forward to daughter's birthday
Mom: Jogger hit by plane was excited to head home HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A father of two in town on business was jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing, officials said Tuesday. Robert Gary .... Original article on Gaea Times at : Mom says jogger killed by small plane on SC beach was looking forward to daughter’s birthday.
Stomach wraps more effective approach to treat severe acid reflux
WASHINGTON - For treatment of severe acid reflux, stomach wrap operations could be a more effective option than acid suppression tablets, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The study shows a more pronounced improvement in symptoms shortly after surgery than with drug treatment. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a common chronic disease in which acid reflux ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Stomach wraps more effective approach to treat severe acid reflux.
4-Antibody Announces a Long-Term Collaboration With Boehringer Ingelheim for Therapeutic Antibodies
BASEL, Switzerland, March 16, 2010 - 4-Antibody AG today announces a major long-term collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to discover and to develop fully human therapeutic antibodies for a number of targets in various disease indications. 4-Antibody will use its proprietary and unencumbered Hu-PAC(R) and Retrocyte Display(R) technologies for the discovery and development of fully human antibodies against novel targets [...]
N D Tiwari in fresh trouble over paternity suit
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined the plea of former AP Governor N D Tiwari on a paternity suit filed by a youth, who is claiming to be his biological son The court will now hear the paternity filed by the youth Rohit Shekhar on April 7, who had earlier challenged a ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at : N D Tiwari in fresh trouble over paternity suit.
Europe's Highest Court Rules Roma School Segregation by Language Illegal
BUDAPEST, Hungary, NEW YORK, STRASBOURG, France and ZAGREB, Croatia, March 16, 2010 - The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held today in the case Orsus and Others v. Croatia that the segregation of Romani children into separate classes based on language is unlawful discrimination, violating the European Convention on Human Rights. [...]
Jury convicts Arizona man of pulling over off-duty policeman while posing as officer
AZ man convicted of pulling over off-duty officer PHOENIX - An Arizona man accused admonishing motorists of traffic laws while posing as a police officer apparently picked the wrong driver to pull over. A Maricopa County jury on Tuesday found 62-year-old David Word guilty of impersonating a lawman for pulling over an off-duty police officer. Sentencing is ... Read more : Jury convicts Arizona man of pulling over off-duty policeman while posing as officer.
Endangered Olive Ridley turtles start mass nesting in Orissa
BHUBNESWER - The endangered Olive Ridley turtles began mass nesting at the Rushikulya beach in Orissa late on Monday night. Around 20,000 Olive Ridley sea turtles crawled ashore from the Bay of Bengal, almost after a month’s delay, to lay eggs at the 2.5km .... Source article : Endangered Olive Ridley turtles start mass nesting in Orissa.
Mayawati challenges Income Tax probe with another currency garland
LUCKNOW - Despite being criticised over the currency garland controversy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday defied the authorities by appearing again with a second currency garland. Sources said the garland was presented to Mayawati by her supporters and is worth Rs 18 lakhs. A BSP legislator said, “The money ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Mayawati challenges Income Tax probe with another currency garland.
Pope Benedict XVI to visit Scotland, England for 4 days in September
Pope to visit England, Scotland in September LONDON - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Scotland and England in September in a four-day visit combining preaching and diplomacy, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. British officials described it as an unprecedented “papal visit with the status of a state visit,” though some of the usual trappings laid on for a .... Source : Pope Benedict XVI to visit Scotland, England for 4 days in September.
Why nebulae around massive stars don't disappear
WASHINGTON - A team of scientists, using computer simulations, has solved a 20-year-old riddle about why nebulae around massive stars don’t disappear. Massive stars are dense enough to fuse hydrogen while they’re still gathering material from the gas cloud, so it was a mystery why their brilliant radiation does not heat the infalling gas and blow ... Read : Why nebulae around massive stars don’t disappear.
How to Recover Lost Data?
We need data recovery tools on daily basis. once we lose very sensitive data, we get desperate to retrieve them at any cost. Data recovery is very delicate job. The key is that once you lose your data in a particular hard drive, please, do not copy or install anything on it. Leave the .... Original source : How to Recover Lost Data?.
Lance Mackey notches 4th straight victory in 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Lance Mackey wins 4th consecutive Iditarod NOME, Alaska - Lance Mackey picked up a few rewards on his way to winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive win in the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The 39-year-old musher from Fairbanks stopped to pick up a moose rack along the trail, and, 10 miles from the finish line in [..] Read the original article: here.
Autonomy Delivers the First Meaning-Based Multichannel Customer Interaction Analytics Application
Autonomy Explore Identifies, Analyzes and Acts on Critical Patterns Across all Customer Touchpoints Including Contact Center, Web Sites, Mobile Phones and Social Media LONDON, March 16, 2010 - GARTNER CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SUMMIT — Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced the availability of Autonomy Explore, [...]
Southwest Air launches 72-hour sale on flights into and out of Philadelphia
Southwest Airlines launches 72-hour Philly sale DALLAS - Southwest Airlines on Tuesday launched a 72-hour fare sale for flights to and from Philadelphia, a step in its plan to grab customers from major Philly competitor US Airways. The airline said the fares are available for select markets nationwide, including Raleigh/Durham, N.C., starting at $30 each way, Chicago .... Read the original article : Southwest Air launches 72-hour sale on flights into and out of Philadelphia.
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