Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, UnitedContinue Reading

Thursday, March 8, 2007 Results are coming in for the Northern Ireland Assembly election held on Wednesday 7 March. With all first preference votes counted, both the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin have made gains: the DUP received 30.1% of first preferences, an increase of 4.4 percentage pointsContinue Reading

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Skyservice, a Canadian charter airline, has cancelled several flights from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, with reports that the airline has ceased operations. The company cites debt levels and changes in the vacation travel market with its decision to shut down operations and file for receivership. AtContinue Reading

Here’s An Opinion On: Financial Planning In Sydney byAlma Abell Setting up a 401K Colusa is easy enough. Your employer K Colusa. Other plans are riskier but may gain or lose money depending on the market. Some plans are based around certain technologies. You have plans that focus on greenContinue Reading

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, has died at the age of 91. Considered the “founding father” of Singapore, Lee led Singapore through the aftermath of independence to become one of the world’s richest nations. He died yesterday under treatment for pneumonia atContinue Reading

Monday, September 5, 2005 The nations hard hit by last year’s devastating tsunami are now lending advice to the United States on how to cope with the Katrina crisis. Nopadol Somboonsub, the head of tsunami corpse identification in Thailand noted that the U.S. needs to “…examine the bodies slowly andContinue Reading

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 On Tuesday, Juventud Rebelde reported that the Central Administration of Cuba is organizing a migration to free and open source software. The announcement was made during a free software workshop organized at the “Convención Internacional Informática 2005” by the director of the state office of informationContinue Reading

Here’s An Opinion On: Radio Controlled Helicopters In previous articles, we have given some insight into the purchasing of ship models, and the different options for displaying them. Having completed those two steps, your next task is to protect them in the best way you can. Taking regular care ofContinue Reading