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....
photo: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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....
The Pakistani authorities have opposed military action against the Afghan Taliban leaders days after President Ghani called on Islamabad to take actions against the group’s leaderships based in Peshawar and Quetta cities. The country’s foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz has said such a policy had not brought results for 14 long years ... ....
ASHBURNHAM – A Proposition 2½ debt exclusion request for nearly $7.9 million for a new Department of Public Works and water/sewer facility was defeated at town meeting Tuesday night, but all other money requests were approved. The DPW facility, which would have been constructed on the corner of Platts and Williams roads, would have increased taxes 49 cents per $1,000home valuation ...The ... ....
Re. “Hard to see where bridge project over Harry Hines is going,” by Robert Wilonsky, Wednesday Metro column. I wanted to thank Wilonsky for his column regarding the “Bridge to Nowhere.” This project is just one more idiotic decision by elected officials who are supposed to be working toward a better Dallas... Few people would choose to walk on Walnut Hill or Harry Hines ... PennyPlatt, Northwest Dallas ... Editor Picks. ....
Obesity may be contagious according to the latest study by Sanger Institute... Could obesity caused by imbalanced gut bacteria be spread through the air via bacteria spores? [Photo by SpencerPlatt/Getty Images]What do you think about the latest research suggesting that obesity may be contagious via gut bacteria spores in the environment? What about the 2007 study suggesting that obesity is contagious through psychological means?....
The world’s second-biggest diamond is up for sale, and its expected price at auction is $70 million. Lesedi la Rona is a 1109-carat uncut diamond the size of tennis ball, originally discovered in the southern African country of Botswana in November. The diamond, believed to be between 2.5 and 3 billion years old, is the largest discovered in over a century ... — CNN (@CNN) May 5, 2016 ... [Photo by SpencerPlatt/Getty Images]....
Where were you when you realized Donald Trump would be the Republican presidential nominee?. Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and DaraLind. TOPNEWS #EverTrump. SpencerPlatt/Getty Images. Donald Trump is the last remaining candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination for president. This is horrifying. It is okay to be horrified. [Vox / Ezra Klein] ... There's a case to be made that the party is facing inevitable civil war ... Winter] ... ....
(Source. The New Zealand Refining Company Limited) e331c047-bda3-4b3c-b5ac-3f8fa9761395.pdf Chairman's Address. 2015 was an exceptional year for the Company, marked out by a very strong business environment, healthy Singapore Refining Margins and a favourable currency ... $10m) ... Health and Safety ... USD 3.46) ... In January the Company changed the freight benchmark it uses, moving from the LondonTanker Brokers Panel to that published by Platts....
(Source. The New Zealand Refining Company Limited) 44439e61-36fd-4318-a37d-4d08f2b62cdc.pdf REVIEW. Over the past 20 years, the agreement has been subject to regular reviews to make sure it has remained fair and reasonable to all shareholders ... normal refining cycle." ... COSTS ... IMPORT ... Refining NZ works out the market value of both refined products and crude by using publicly sourced Singapore prices (quoted by agencies such as Platts)....
Platts) ...Oil production from key shale formations in North Dakota and Texas dropped slightly in March versus February, according to Platts Analytics, (formed by Bentek Energy and other analytics and forecasting units of Platts), a forecasting and analytics unit of S&P;GlobalPlatts ... Platts launched four new shale assessments on February 8, 2016..PlattsEagle FordCrudeHouston. Platts Eagle Ford Condensate Houston....
Platts) ...Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday is expected to report a 64-billion cubic feet (Bcf) injection for the week that ended April 29, according to a survey of analysts by S&P;GlobalPlatts, the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets ... Platts has been conducting this survey since January 2007 ... Bentek Energy was acquired by Platts in 2011....
Platts). Jack Laursen, Platts oil editor ... Analysts surveyed Monday by S&P;GlobalPlatts expected total U.S ... Analysts surveyed by Platts expect U.S ... S&P; Global Platts- Analysis. (the below may be quoted in part or full, with attribution to Platts Oil Editor Jack Laursen or a Platts analysis) ... According to S&P; Global Platts data, delivered U.S ... Despite this, analysts surveyed by Platts expect diesel stocks to have risen 1.5 million barrels....