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June ends with rainfall deficiency of 11 per cent

Edit Deccan Herald 30 Jun 2016
Of the four-month monsoon season in the country, June has ended up with the overall rainfall deficiency of 11 per cent and it is fast declining. Monsoon is yet to reach several parts of the country, especially northwest India and all region barring the southern peninsula have received deficient rainfall until now ... However, some more positive news is in the offing....

Bargaining Update (CWA - Communications Workers of America)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jun 2016
CWA - Communications Workers of America). OFS ... CWA's bargaining team celebrates tentative contract at OFS ... At the bargaining table in Bedminster, NJ, T&T; Vice President Lisa Bolton said that 'CWA's goal in these negotiations is to make sure that our members and their families are better off at the end of the contract than they were at the start. That means secure jobs, secure health care and the promise of a secure retirement....

Venezuela Leads Coterie Of Latin American Oil Producers Heading For Rough Times

Edit Forbes 30 Jun 2016
If things could not get any worse for Venezuela and its national oil company PDVSA, it seems the country owes oilfield service (OFS) companies around $1.2 billion, many of whom are now unsurprisingly downing tools. Payments from PDVSA to Schlumberger, the world’s largest oil-services company by market capitalization, and its rival [...] ... ....

Looking Up: The nearest star: Journey to the center of our very existence

Edit Naples Daily News 30 Jun 2016
Constantly in a state of flux, its face changes minute by minute as new energy arrives from its million-year journey from the core to its surface ... However, stars are big "animals," and there are billions of them larger than ours. Antares, for instance, is a supergiant star that is almost 900 times the size of our sun ... It is our star, and the ever active center of our very existence....

GULFSTREAM LAUNCHES 3-D PAINT PROJECTION PROCESS (Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jun 2016
'The addition of 3-D technology into our already state-of-the-art painting process provides a number of benefits for customers,' said Scott Neal, senior vice president, Worldwide Sales & Marketing, Gulfstream. 'With this software, designers can make design changes in real time with the touch of a button ... Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE....

Recognized for promoting peace (Queen's University)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jun 2016
Political Studies Professor John McGarry named to Order of Canada for work in world's most conflicted regions. John McGarry, a professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's, was named today as an Officer of the Order of Canada, for his efforts to promote peace and stability in some of the world's most dangerous and conflicted regions....

Call center, first-floor gym planned for community center

Edit Orange County Register 30 Jun 2016
LAGUNA WOODS – – For residents who’ve experienced long lines or waits on the phone for service in the Village, a solution may be in the offing. Management officials have announced plans to install a call center they say will improve the... ....

The Five Greatest Problems With Modern Day Parenting

Edit Huffington Post 30 Jun 2016
A Fear of Listening to our Children ... Parents are warned to "be strong" and "don't let him get his own way" ... As much as we wish our children would behave like the Von Trapps, this sort of behaviour firmly belongs in the movies ... The Loss of the Village ... Parents Putting Their Own Needs Ahead of Their Children ... Parenting requires us to give up parts of our lives that are not compatible with children, albeit temporarily....

In depth: Don't underestimate tablets – one day they'll take over the world

Edit TechRadar 30 Jun 2016
When it killed off the Surface RT, which used the same basic idea of a mobile chip that Samsung and Apple use in ... The IDC predictions suggest that the Surface Pro inhabits a new world of more versatile laptops that have a tablet component to them, but will need to evolve before it can be considered a true alternative to more conventional tablets....

Audi City (Audi AG)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jun 2016
It doesn't matter whether visitors are there to surf through the world of Audi out of sheer curiosity, find out more about the latest technologies and services, or configure their own individual model with a specific intention to buy and place an order ... On the ground floor there is an exclusive Audi Sport area where visitors can immerse themselves in the high-performance world of the brand....

CNY Inspirations: Variety and Spice

Edit Syracuse 30 Jun 2016
... and InterFaith Works of CNY ... More than 40 languages are heard in our schools and the sidewalks flash of fabrics from Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East that adorn our neighbors ... In the face of another person, we may recognize our own trials and successes....

Check Out These Volcanologists Brewing Vast Batches Of Homemade Lava

Edit IFL Science 30 Jun 2016
Instead of waiting for volcanoes to erupt, they sometimes use explosives to simulate their own artificial eruptions. Similarly, instead of waiting for lava to pour out, they grab some rock and melt their own ... Some of the most unpredictable and explosive eruptions in the world are so-called “phreatomagmatic eruptions,” those that occur when magma erupts into water....

Architecture goes abstract in the illusory world of Fabiola Menchelli

Edit CNN 30 Jun 2016
"I suppose architecture helps me think about the way we construct this world and about how we think our perception of it is solid -- like concrete -- but in fact it's only a construction." ... Contrasting areas of darkness and light create positive and negative shapes that allude to the presence of planar surfaces, while gradients and overlapping layers introduce a sense of depth and perspective....
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