‘We Have Vital Stake In Each Other’s Well-Being And Prosperity’ Kathmandu (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee has said that the destinies of India and Nepal are interlinked and the two nations have a vital stake in each other’s well-being and prosperity. He was speaking at a banquet hosted in his honour by […]
Device that wakes up dozy drivers
Dozy drivers will soon be alerted with a device that detects their drowsiness and wakes them up to stop for a rest. Swedish aviation, defense and car manufacturing company Saab is launching an in-car warning system that uses two tiny infra-red cameras linked to a dashboard computer to monitor alertness. […]
Optimism toward big box store growth in Canada
Like in past holiday seasons, retailers across Canada this year hoped their deals, bargains and sales lured in more customers and scored them a larger share of the market. While all retailers enjoy the increase in sales that occur during the holiday season, the competitiveness of the marketplace has also increased in recent years thanks […]
Danger: Managing Hazardous Waste
Courtesy of LinkedIn Hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to the public’s health or the environment. By definition, these materials can be harmful and should never go into your community’s regular trash. Proper waste disposal is critical due to the fact that certain types of wastes can be dangerous and can […]
Vines in the Auxois Hills Once Again
We had a white wine from Viserny last week. That’s Viserny there in the photo. It’s just down the road from where we live. And you would never guess but it’s the most important wine village in the area. The wine we tasted was a well-made-home-made inscrutable, and enough of a curiosity that we wanted […]
US water crisis: in more than one way, this is more than it seems
You know about Flint. You’ve heard about Sebring, OH. In both places, basically the same thing happened: lax controls, oversight, and regulation allowed corrosive river water to leach lead from old pipes into the drinking water. Flint is finally being treated like the catastrophe that it is, more than a year after it should have been. […]
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