There are parallels between America’s current political situation and the conditions leading to the collapse of the Roman Republic more than 2,000 years ago, according to an International Business Times commentary published on RawStory.com.Ned Resnikoff, political capital reporter for IBT, writes that the Roman Republic was decaying long before Julius Caesar marched on the city in 49 B.C. and toppled it for good ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
More than a foot of rain in some places flooded low-lying areas across the Houston region on Monday, forcing officials to suspend bus and rail service, close schools and government offices and urge residents to stay home amid what authorities said were extremely dangerous conditions, CNN reported."This is a life-threatening emergency....
A report in the Belfast Telegraph Monday says dinosaurs were already on the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, scientists said.Experts have always believed dinosaurs were flourishing on Earth just before the disaster struck when a huge asteroid or comet hit the planet just off the coast of Mexico, the report said....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNot only is New York State the future face of the two main political parties, but with 400 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary race starring presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, everything can change in a “New York minute.” Indeed, the Empire State is where millions of immigrants suddenly got a new start in life and fortunes made overnight on Wall Street....
Relief efforts continue in southern Japan following back-to-back strong earthquakes that killed at least 42 people last week and left the country in shambles, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.The U.S. military will join rescuers as they redouble efforts for 10 missing people on the southern island of Kyushu, where many area were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage ... The U.S....
Kendrapada. The six-km-long Siali beach in Erasama block of Jagatsinghpur district has the potential of becoming a major tourist destination ... "I often visit Siali beach ... "We plan to develop it into a beach resort ... Besides proper roads, small huts and tents, food kiosks, drinking water facilities, toilets, parking lots and recreational areas will be created, he said, adding, high-mast lights will ensure proper security at the spot ... ....
A financial trading firm’s plan to make millions by building a mast higher than the Shard in rural Kent has suffered a setback after its proposals were challenged by Dover council. VigilantGlobal is one of two companies hoping to build a communications mast designed to boost profits by shaving milliseconds off the time it takes to beam information to European markets....
This is part of a larger, high-resolution color mosaic made from images obtained by Curiosity's MastCamera... This view of a Martian rock called "Rocknest 3" combines four images taken by the right-eye camera of the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument, which has a telephoto, 100-millimeter-focal-length lens ... The NASAMars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 120th Martian day, or sol (Dec....
DHAKA, Bangladesh--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, MasterCard, Western Union, bKash, one of the world’s leading mobile financial service (MFS) providers and BRACBank launched a new, international remittance receiving service in Bangladesh... (Tweet. International money transfers into mobile phones now available to 22mil Bangladeshis thanks to #bKash @Mast ... ....
By hacking into or otherwise gaining access to the SS7 system, an attacker can track a person's location based on mobile phone mast triangulation, read their sent and received text messages, and log, record and listen into their phone calls, simply by using their phone number as an identifier.Also from the report, "60 ......
Ranchi... The Ranchi district administration and the Pahari Mandir Vikas Committee (which set up the flag on a 272 ft high mast and is responsible for managing it) have been left searching for answers as the heavy flag continues to be damaged on a regular basis ... "The wind speed is very high on the hill. The manufacturers had told us the flag was made with the material used for making parachutes, the best one which can be used ... ....
Organizers of a major Gulf Coast sailboat race are making changes to improve safety a year after the regatta ended in chaos and death when a powerful storm struck Alabama's Mobile Bay while dozens of boats were on the water ... Fewer than 10 boats participated in a warmup race Saturday, but the tracking system worked ... SailorTom Long plans to return to the race this year even though his sailboat lost its mast as the storm hit last year ... ....
(Source. Manx Telecom plc). Globalstar EuropeSatellite Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. (NYSEMKT... If a terrestrial network is not available, network connectivity will be transferred onto Globalstar's system ... First responders need truly ubiquitous and affordable mobile communications. Previous attempts have included using satellites as 'backhaul' to deliver signals to terrestrial masts ... OriginalDocument ... (noodl....