Month: March 2019

Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate ‘green’ on city green

March 11, 2019 By

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Coinciding with Easter Sunday, Glasgow Cannabis Social Club’s annual 420 event was held on Glasgow Green, under sunny blue skies, and overlooking the river Clyde. Despite the city’s council attempting to revoke permission for the gathering at the last minute, police were happy for it to go-ahead with approximately a dozen […]

Software giant Adobe Systems to acquire Magento Commerce for US$1.68 billion

March 10, 2019 By

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 On Monday, San Jose, California, US-based software company Adobe Systems announced their plans to acquire California-based e-commerce handling web service Magento Commerce for 1.68 billion US dollars (USD). After Adobe made the announcement via their official website, Adobe’s stocks rose by around one percent, ending Monday extended trading at USD 238.10 […]

Rocketeers find possible impact crater in Nevada

March 9, 2019 By

Friday, March 9, 2007 Imagine coming back from a camping trip in the desert. Then a few months later you notice in your photos from the trip that you camped inside a giant impact crater so big that no one documented it before. Could it happen? During several trips to the Black Rock Desert, mostly […]

On the campaign trail in the USA, August 2016

March 9, 2019 By

Friday, September 23, 2016 The following is the fourth edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: the vice presidential nominee of the Reform Party is revealed; […]

New fossils from 10 million year old ape found in Ethiopia

March 9, 2019 By

Thursday, August 23, 2007 Researchers say that new, ten million-year-old fossils found in Ethiopia, prove that the theory that humans may have evolved from a species of great apes eight million years ago, may not be true, but that humans may have split from apes as long as 10.5 million years ago. At least nine […]

News briefs:May 26, 2010

March 6, 2019 By

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Spreading floods in Pakistan worsen, at least 1600 dead

March 6, 2019 By

Friday, August 6, 2010 Since last reported, the flooding in Pakistan has spread and has now struck more than four million people. The UN reports it has left at least 1,600 people dead. The floods have been confirmed as the worst in eighty years. Heavy monsoon rains led to the flooding of the huge Indus […]

Business Process Management: A Top Down Approach To Improvement

March 6, 2019 By

More On This Topic: Land Survey Company Hatch And Hatch Site Submitted by: Frank Lucer All businesses cope with a growing level of competition. Over time, competitors create methods for producing products at lower cost with reduced cycle times. What’s more, the marketplace for any given product has expanded over the last decade; competitors and […]

Children killed during suicide attack in Afghanistan

March 6, 2019 By

Monday, April 2, 2007 As many as five children were killed Sunday during a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The children were close to the convoy when it was hit. Police said two soldiers and two civilians were also killed, and several civilians injured. Local witnesses report that over […]

Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam

March 6, 2019 By

Sunday, February 13, 2005 New York –”Buy cheap Viagra through us – no prescription required!” Anyone with an active email account will recognize lines like this one. According to some reports, unsolicited advertisements (spam) for Viagra and similar drugs account for one in four spam messages. BACKGROUND Spamming remains one of the biggest problems facing […]