byAlma Abell Having rental properties can definitely have its perks; that extra income stream comes in very handy and there will always be a certain demand for rental units. There are, however, some aspects of ownership that many individuals don’t exactly relish; properties that sit vacant for months on end, tenants that don’t pay their […]
Saturday, August 12, 2017 Yesterday, the state government of Victoria, Australia announced their decision to trial self-driving vehicles on two of the state’s major connecting motorways, the CityLink and Tullamarine Freeway. The trial is to use autonomous vehicles from automobile companies including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, and Tesla. The two-year trial is to have three phases. […]
Thursday, April 12, 2012 The popular social networking site Facebook agreed to purchase the Instagram photo-sharing mobile app for US$1 billion in cash and stock Monday. The app, which can be used to apply faux-vintage filters to photographs, allows users to share photos with one another both directly and through posts to social networking sites. […]
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Here’s An Opinion On: Carrington Products Stainless Steel Fittings byAlma Abell New homeowners should be aware that the typical hardware store in NYC offers more than just plenty of nails and other basics. In fact, stores of this type will provide all sorts of additional resources that come in handy for managing a home. Here […]
Friday, April 25, 2008 At 15:35 UTC this afternoon (23:35 local time), the Chinese Long March 3C (CZ-3C) carrier rocket lifted off on its maiden flight, from launch pad 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. It placed the Tianlian-1 satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Tianlian-1, also known as Tian Lian 1 and TL-1, […]
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Fifteen Italians including police officers, doctors and prison guards were found guilty of abusing and beating protesters at the G8‘s 27th summit in Genoa in 2001. A judge handed down jail terms between five months’ and five years’ imprisonment. The charges include abuse, fraud, criminal coercion and inhuman and degrading treatment. […]
Monday, June 22, 2009 Following the resignation of Speaker Michael Martin, which took effect yesterday, members of the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Houses of Parliament, today elected John Bercow as the new Speaker of the House. The three rounds of voting were held as a secret ballot of all Members […]
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Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in […]