CMA Awards Dinner and AGM
The Cayman Motorsports Association (CMA) are reminding members and friends of their awards dinner THIS WEEKEND at Tom Kirkconnell’s home at 55 Ella Ray Gardens off Crewe Rd. The awards dinner will start at 7:00 pm with Trophies being presented…
Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ jets grounded in Japan after series of issues and by USA’s FAA
TOKYO – Japan’s two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet. All Nippon Airways said a cockpit message…
Foreigners held hostage by Islamist militants in Algeria
Two foreigners, one of them British, have been killed and more taken hostage in an attack by Islamist militants on a gas facility in Algeria, reports say. At least 20 foreigners – including US, French, British, Norwegian and Japanese citizens…
BA compensates man ‘humiliated’ over child seat policy
By Dhruti Shah BBC News BA has compensated a passenger who was “humiliated’ over its policy of not allowing single male flyers to sit next to solo child travellers on its planes. British Airways cabin crew told Mirko Fischer to…
US gun debate: Obama unveils gun control proposals
US President Obama has unveiled the most sweeping gun control proposals in two decades, setting up a showdown with firearms rights advocates. He called for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and wider background checks on gun buyers….
Lion-dog causes panic
By Cherise Udell Last week in the town of Norfolk, Virginia, 911 dispatchers received three near-hysterical calls that a lion was roaming the streets. One caller reported: “There was a lion that ran across the street — a baby lion….
Are you healthier than a 100-year-old?
AgingCare.com There used to be this great game show on TV: “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” The premise of the show was to determine whether or not the average adult could answer questions based on a typical elementary…
Irony Alert: Coca-Cola ad says, “It’s helping to fight obesity
By Brandi, selected from Diets in Review In an effort to soften its reputation as being one of the main causes of the childhood obesity epidemic, this week Coca-Cola released a new series of ads directly addressing the issue. It…
Groundbreaking Maternal-Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida patients
Patient Counseling Regarding Groundbreaking Maternal-Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida Now Recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Committee on Obstetric Practice has issued a new opinion recommending that patients with…
Northrop Grumman’s Azusa Campus Provides Holiday Gifts to Children in Need
AZUSA, Calif., Jan. 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Azusa campus recently concluded its 16th Annual Holiday Shoe Box Gift Project drive, collecting more than 1,500 shoe boxes for the Kid’s Stuff U.S.A. program sponsored by Feed…
