TweetShareThe New York Law Journal Thursday reported that a lawsuit brought against a four-year-old would be allowed to go forward. Juliet Breitman and her friend Jacob Kohn, also four, were racing their training-wheel-equipped bicycles down the sidewalk of East 52nd Street when they hit 87 year old Claire Menagh. Mrs. Menagh suffered a hip [...]
Archive for October, 2010
4 Year Old Sued For Negligence
Posted by Amy Sue Andrews on October 31st, 2010
Posted in TRENDS 
Tags: 4 year old, Bicycle, Child, Lawsuit, Manhattan, negligence, New York Law Journal, Training wheels 
Comments OffIndia Almost Polio Free: WHO
Posted by Dominic Costillio on October 31st, 2010
TweetShareThe World Polio Day was observed on October 24. There are now only four countries in which polio is considered endemic: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and India. Within India only two states are considered endemic: Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. In a happy surprise, the World Health Organization data showed a sharp drop in new cases in [...]
Posted in HEALTH NEWS UPDATE Tags: India, polio, Poliomyelitis, Pulse Polio, Rotary International, Vaccine, WHO, World Health Organization Comments OffChina Plays Rare-Earth Hardball
Posted by Tom Carroll on October 30th, 2010
TweetShareChina cut off Japan’s source of strategic rare earth industrial materials last month after a Chinese fishing boat captain was taken into custody by the Japanese Coast Guard. The fishing boat is said to have rammed the Coast Guard vessel. Secretary Clinton sought “clarification” on China’s rare earth export policy. The U.S. is also dependent [...]
Posted in INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, MONEY Tags: Center for Strategic and International Studies, China, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Japan, navy, Pacific Ocean, rare earth, senkaku, South China Sea, spratley, United States, Yang Jiechi Comments OffBio-Protection Treaty Signed in Japan
Posted by Dominic Costillio on October 30th, 2010
TweetShareTalks at the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity in the Japanese city of Nagoya have resulted in a treaty signed by 193 nations. The treaty is designed to protect the world’s bio-diversity and stop the catestrophic loss of species. The talks had been deadlocked until October 30. Some parts of the deal had been [...]
Posted in INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, TRENDS Tags: Biodiversity, Convention on Biological Diversity, Nagoya, Natural resource, Ryu Matsumoto, United Nations Comments OffSaudi Tip-Off Alerts Bomb Inspectors
Posted by Amy Sue Andrews on October 30th, 2010
TweetShareTwo bombs have been discovered after a tip off from Saudi Intelligence. The bombs had passed inspection by “sniffer dogs.” Experts called the two devices “sophisticated.” One was a time bomb intended to destroy the cargo plane en-route over the Atlantic, the other device had a cell phone trigger and is not known if it [...]
Posted in INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, MONEY Tags: Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah, bomb, Cargo aircraft, chicago, East Midlands, Janet Napolitano, Saudi Arabia, synagog, Theresa May, United Arab Emirates, Yemen Comments OffObama Not Obama? Now What?
Posted by Dominic Costillio on October 29th, 2010
TweetShareObama addressed the students, their parents and faculty at the Stamford American International School (SAIS) in Singapore yesterday. He stood on stage and whipped the students in the audience into a frenzy. You could realize your dreams if people “stayed the course” he said. “This will take some time but if you stick to [...]
Posted in INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, TRENDS Tags: Barack Obama, Family of Barack Obama, Mark Obama, Mark Obama Ndesandjo, Ndesandjo, Singapore, Stamford American International School Comments OffFirefox Add-On Spies at WI-FI Hotspots
Posted by Tom Carroll on October 29th, 2010
TweetSharePCWORLD today disclosed a Firefox add-on called Firesheep that allows the user to hack other on-line sessions at a cafe or other open WI-FI hotspot. In a company blog post titled “Firefox Add-on Firesheep Brings Hacking to the Masses,” author Ian Paul claims the program does, indeed work. Firesheep is the creation of Eric Butler, [...]
Posted in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRENDS Tags: cookie, Facebook, firefox, firesheep, Google, Hotspot (Wi-Fi), HTTP cookie, Session hijacking, sidejacking, Yahoo Mail Comments OffChina Supercomputer World’s Fastest
Posted by James H. Abernathy on October 29th, 2010
TweetShareThe National University of Defense Technology at the National Supercomputer Center In Tianjin, China announced today that their Tianhe-1A Supercomputer is now the world’s fastest. The machine cranked out 2.507 petaflops, about 40% faster than the Cray XT5 Jaguar at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the U.S. They also earned the number two position [...]
Obama Hitching On India’s Rising Star
Posted by Amy Sue Andrews on October 28th, 2010
TweetShareThe White House has begun to announce the details of the President’s upcoming trip to India. The main focus of the visit will be to increase U.S.- India trade. Not announced were the details of aid packages for the region. A trip to India necessarily involves Pakistan. While the details were not [...]
Google Took More Than Pictures
Posted by James H. Abernathy on October 28th, 2010
TweetShareDavid C. Vladeck, the director of the bureau of consumer protection, said that the F.T.C. was satisfied with Google’s response after being reprimanded for collecting emails and passwords from un-secured wi-fi locations. Last Friday Google said that its “Street View” cars had collected more information than they had thought. The Street View cars take pictures [...]
Posted in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tags: Consumer Watchdog, data collecting, email, Google, google streetview, password, Privacy Comments Off
