Citizens of Rome got the surprise of their lives when they opened the morning paper on July 18. Sprawled across the front page of the Vatican newspaper was a picture of a painting many are saying is the work of renowned baroque maestro, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
The news couldn’t have been timelier as, over the [...]
For most people who live in an urban setting, a monsoon sounds like something to be dreaded. It becomes harder to travel, the weather is utterly inconsistent so that you have to lug around extra rain gear, and it just gets cold and depressing. But for people all over India, the early arrival of the [...]
Filed under: Community, Environment, News on July 18th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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An Israeli startup company recently won a prestigious technology award with a product that addresses a need that may sound trivial, but actually affects millions upon millions of computer users worldwide.
A program by Tel Aviv-based Soluto targets a widespread source of frustration – computer boot-up time – and earned a TechCrunch Disrupt award in the [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on July 6th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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The United States Postal Service has recently selected Quantum Fuel Systems to produce an advanced electric postal delivery vehicle that will be designed specifically for the needs of a delivery vehicle. This doesn’t just mean more storage space, but advanced features to maximize the efficiency of the electric drive system for the conditions that a [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on May 19th, 2010 @ 11:00 am
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The rare contemporary art collection of recently deceased author, Michael Crichton, was auctioned off last week at 20 Rockefeller Plaza by Christie’s Auction in New York. The collection included more than 90 works by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Pablo Picasso and Roy Lichtenstein.
Doctor and author Michael Crichton is best known for his fictional novels, many [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News on May 18th, 2010 @ 11:00 am
A near 10 percent drop in clean tech investments last year indicated that the U.S. might be losing its place as the world’s top investor and enabler of clean tech innovation.
Last year, U.S. clean tech investments dropped to a five year low, from 72 percent of the worldwide total in 2008 to 62 percent, [...]
Filed under: News on February 26th, 2010 @ 7:54 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, economy, government, growth, innovation, markets, networks, News, Technology
President Hu Jintao has called for further efforts to increase the independent innovation and upgrading of the Chinese industrial structure during his inspection tour to Shanghai, which ended Sunday.
Hu visited scientific research bases, industrial parks, and workshops of enterprises during the four day tour, investigating the mode of economic growth and work to promote sound [...]
Filed under: News on January 20th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
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Like most performing art institutions, the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco had a lousy 2009. ACT had its budget cut by almost $1.5 million and eliminated three high-level positions, including its associate artistic director.
While it’s fair to say that things are not exactly rosy for the company, it looks like the New Year has [...]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced it’s going to use a philanthropic vehicle called program related investments (PRI) through the creation of a $400 million fund. PRIs are new and largely unused investments that allow a philanthropy to achieve its charitable mission.
The other part of the story is about L3Cs, which are a [...]
Filed under: News, Uncategorized on January 4th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
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A new poll of U.S. healthcare quality improvement experts shows that solving payment problems and restructuring malpractice reform top the list of areas that will help to eliminate waste.
The online poll was conducted with 120 healthcare quality professionals who are members of The American Society for Quality. The individuals surveyed work in a diverse [...]
Filed under: News on December 25th, 2009 @ 9:00 am
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Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.