Alchemy World Charitable Foundation Launches, Focused on Improving Ethiopian Economy through Information Technology

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Poverty alleviation through social entrepreneurship and focusing on Information Technology. This is the idea behind Alchemy World, a new Charitable Foundation based in Addis Ababa and Oxford. Launched today, the concept behind this Non Governmental Organization (NGO) is to try to alter the economic situation in the Ethiopia via Information Technology entrepreneurship. By the development […]

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Hackers Taking Advantage of Valentine’s Day

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Hackers are taking advantage of Valentine’s Day and the vulnerabilities that people have when they see an email related to Valentine’s Day. The Nurech.B arrives in emails with subject lines such as: “Happy Valentine’s Day,” “Valentines Day Dance,” “The Valentines Angel.” The email sender is always a woman’s name such as Sandra, Willa, Wendy, or

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Compu-Sketch Helps Solve Crime – Featured on Forensic Files TV Show

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Compu-Sketch is computer software that contains a library of more than 40,000 artist-rendered physical features and uses pull-down menus to simply define specific features and accessories. A built-in witness module helps stimulate memory, assuring a most accurate sketch. Compu-Sketch is going to be featured on Court TV’s “Forensic Files,” 9 pm on April 18, 2007.

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DEA Judge Recommends End to Government Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research

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MAPS, the ACLU, and a broad array of medical and public policy groups nationwide are commending the recent official recommendation by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner that University of Massachusetts- Amherst Professor Lyle Craker be permitted to grow research-grade marijuana for use in privately-funded government-approved studies that aim to develop

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Judicial Watch Releases US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Figures on Non-Immigration Saudi Visas

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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, has released records from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detailing the number of Saudis living in the United States on student visas. The records report that, as of January 25, 2007, there were 9,952 “active Saudi Arabian students” in the United States,

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If Your Heart Gets Broken this Valentine’s Day Don’t Let it Break the Bank

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You’ve booked the table, ordered the flowers and bought the expensive engagement ring, but how do you get your money back if she says no? Last year, Consumer Direct, the UK government advice service, received numerous calls from spurned lovers asking how they could get a refund on engagement rings that were no longer needed

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New Research Says that Fashion Models Report Feeling Less Happy and Fulfilled Than Others

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Researchers at The City University, London, have found that fashion models experience lower psychological need satisfaction and well-being than those not in the modeling profession. After questioning a group of models and non-models of the same age range on their need satisfaction, life satisfaction, subjective happiness, self-actualisation and general mental health across two studies, it

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National Geographic Shines Spotlight on First Ladies From Martha Washington to Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush

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The U.S. Constitution does not define the role of the first lady nor assign her any official duties. Yet ever since Martha Washington, presidential wives, daughters, nieces and friends have contributed to the efficient functioning of government, acting as hostesses, advocates, ambassadors and confidantes. Now, just in time for President’s Day and Women’s History Month,

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Radio Address by President Bush to the Nation for February 10, 2007

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The following is a radio address by President Bush to the Nation: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Last Saturday, I addressed the annual retreat of Democrats from the House of Representatives. I thanked the Members of the new majority for their service in Congress. And we discussed our responsibility to work together on a wide range

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