A celestial event – so rare it happens just 13 times in a century – is going to have all eyes looking skyward beginning Monday, May 9, ABCNews reported Wednesday. Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, will begin to transit the sun beginning at 7.12 a.m. ET, the report said ... The astronomical event, where the planet will transit across the face of the sun, will take 71/2 hours ... ET, according to NASA....
Technology keeps marching on and with new advances – such as the Google/Fiat partnership to bring the driverless car to the mass market – Canadian officials are worried driverless cars will lead to a greater increase in sex while in those cars, according to experts at the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCE) and reported by Raw Story....
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich will end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, making Donald Trump the party's presumptive nominee. Three campaign officials who spoke to The Associated Press said the Ohio governor plans to announce his decision in a statement from his home state later Wednesday. The officials spoke anonymously because they are not authorized to disclose Kasich's decision ... ---....
Reykjavik, 18 April 2016 – With less than 10 days to go, the IcelandGeothermalConference is promising an exciting set of events, presentations, field trips and social occasions. Bringing together more than 600 participants from more than 50 countries, it will be Iceland’s largest geothermal event ever ... Hördur Arnarson, the CEO of Landsvirkjun; Ásgeir Margeirsson, CEO of HS Orka; Prof ... Register here. More details on the conference at....
(Source. Grand National Archery Society ). More than 700 students from 66 colleges and universities crowded into the TelfordInternational Centre with one sole purpose - glory in this BUCS Indoor Championships. And it resulted in some spectacular shooting ... He said ... In the novice competition, Jon Arnarson shot a record-breaking 558 to win to the novice non-compound team trophy for Southampton. He said ... Full results can be found ... @archerygb....
(Source. NationalEnergyAuthority). 21.12.2015. The Hydrocarbon Research Fund is an educational and research fund relating to hydrocarbon activities in Iceland. Oversight of the Fund is in the hands of the Minister of Industry and Commerce, but Orkustofnun is responsible for the daily administration of the Fund ... This shall i.a. be done by. ... Arnarson, email....
Turning to Brussels, Germany looked to drum up solidarity, provide personnel to open and run reception centres, military to manage borders and countries to take in the refugees and found, in the large part, unwilling partners ... They have brought from the coast of Norway a chieftain, Ingólfur Arnarson, together with his family, dependents and livestock. Arnarson establishes a settlement, based on fishing and sheep farming ... ....
Scotland's chances of qualifying for the European Under-21 Championship finals suffered another blow when they were held to a draw by Iceland. It took a series of excellent saves from visiting goalkeeper Frederik Schram to deny Ricky Sbragia's side ... Scotland U21 ... Schram, Arnarson, Orri Sigurdur Omarsson, Hermannsson, Bodvar Bodvarsson, Hoskuldur Gunnlaugsson, Sigurjonsson, Bjornsson, Thrandarson, Vilhjalmsson, Elias Omarsson ... ....
(Source. JSCFC Shakhtar Donetsk). The UkraineU21 national team entertained the group leaders Iceland as part of the Euro 2017 qualification round. FC Shakhtar midfielder Viktor Kovalenko took part in the game. October 8. Cherkasy. Tsentralnyi stadium. Ukraine U21 - Iceland U21 - 0.1 (0.0) ... Shram, Arnarson, Hermannson, Bedvarsson, Sigurjónsson (c), Ómarsson, Gunnlaugsson, Björnsson, Trandarson (Wilyalmsson 65), Iohanneson (Aygisson, 87), E....
(Source. Stora Enso Oyj) Stora Enso to sponsor the Lahti2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. The renewable materials company Stora Enso will be the presenting sponsor of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 2017 ... 'We are pleased to bring to a new level our excellent cooperation with Stora Enso,' adds Ingolfur Hannesson, Head of Winter Sports at Eurovision (EBU), holders of the media and marketing rights for Lahti2017....
So when I found out last week that yet another friend is Reykjavik bound, I went straight to the internet and spent about a half hour perusing Iceland’s Wikipedia entry. I gorged myself reading about geology and geysers and volcanos. I can happily tell you that Norwegian chieftain Ingólfur Arnarson first settled the island in 874, and it gained its full independence from Denmark in 1944... This habit was inculcated in childhood ... ....
There were celebrations throughout the night in Iceland as the country, which has only 21,508 registered players, qualified for its first tournament but the coach was keen to downplay his own role. @m_christenson ...There is a special bond between the players and fans too, shown by the celebrations after the game and the way the squad and the supporters partied together late in to the night at Ingolfstorg (Ingolfur square) ... ....