100 tons of ivory burned in Africa; estimated at $250 million on black market

 Correction — May 5, 2016 This article at publication misstated the monetary estimates as thousands of dollars instead of millions of dollars. We apologize for the error.  Sunday, May 1, 2016 Yesterday, over one hundred tons of ivory was burned in Kenya. The elephant ivory’s estimated worth on the black market was about $170 million and…

UK inflation rate increases to 4%

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have made a statement saying the inflation rate of the United Kingdom measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 4% in January 2011. In December 2010, this figure was 3.7%. According to BBC News Online, 4% is the highest CPI that the UK…

Dannie Abse hurt, wife killed in car accident

Monday, June 13, 2005 Welsh poet Dannie Abse (81) and his wife Joan (78) were involved in a car crash while driving from Golders Green to their holiday home in Ogmore-by-Sea, South Wales. Mrs. Abse died instantly; Mr Abse suffered a broken rib. The driver of the other vehicle was unhurt. The couple was returning…

Long Island Toyota Corolla Customers Listen Up Pandora Is Coming To Entune System

Long Island Toyota Corolla customers listen up – Pandora is coming to Entune system by Terry BuseSomeone apparently opened a box and now Pandora is joining with Toyotas Entune multimedia system to bring a smile to Long Island Toyota Corolla buyers. The partnership was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas recently and…

Stanford physicists print smallest-ever letters ‘SU’ at subatomic level of 1.5 nanometres tall

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 A new historic physics record has been set by scientists for exceedingly small writing, opening a new door to computing‘s future. Stanford University physicists have claimed to have written the letters “SU” at sub-atomic size. Graduate students Christopher Moon, Laila Mattos, Brian Foster and Gabriel Zeltzer, under the direction of assistant…

British computer magazine discovers electricity cost of running computers

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 British computer magazine PC Pro has investigated the electricity costs of running today’s computers. Their investigations showed that an individual could save £250 a year while a medium-sized business could potentially save £5,000 a year by making changes to the way computers and their peripherals are operated. A CRT monitor uses…

New kids’ drink sparkles up debate

Monday, April 23, 2007 A new drink called Robby Bubble has sparkled up some sparkled debate with distributors and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Calgary, Alberta. The drink, similar to sparkling wine, is a non-alcoholic sparkling drink which is currently for sale in Alberta liquor stores. The bottle has the words “Party, Party!” with…

Saudi Arabia blocks access to Blogger, Flickr, LiveJournal

Monday, October 10, 2005 The government of Saudi Arabia blocked access to Google‘s Web blogging service Blogger, Yahoo!‘s photo sharing website Flickr, and the diary service LiveJournal as well as some other websites through their nationally run Internet Services Unit (ISU) last Tuesday. As a result, English-speaking Saudis were prevented from publishing blogs, reading journals,…