Saturday, December 7, 2013

How Amazon's Drone Will Transform Government

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On Monday morning, everyone was talking about Amazon’s future plans to use personalized drones to deliver purchases within 30 minutes to certain destinations. Several years ago, prognosticators started proclaiming that drones would be as ubiquitous as cell phones and would be used for everything from deliveries to data collection. Indeed, last year at the Consumer Electronics Show, I was introduced to about 15 startups focused on consumer drone applications. The University of Alaska at Fairbanks is developing a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem around drone technology.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies at 95


Nelson Mandela, the prisoner-turned-president who reconciled South Africa after the end of apartheid, died on Thursday, December 5, according to the country's president, Jacob Zuma. Mandela was 95.


Nelson Mandela, the prisoner-turned-president who reconciled South Africa after the end of apartheid, died on Thursday, December 5, according to the country's president, Jacob Zuma. Mandela was 95.
Freedom fighter, prisoner, moral compass and South Africa's symbol of the struggle against racial oppression.

That was Nelson Mandela, who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his country out of decades of apartheid.
He died Thursday night at age 95

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Oklahoma Tornado Victim Search Efforts Winding Down

Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of eight children.

Monday, May 20, 2013

WWE Extreme Rules Features No Contest For WWE Title, Big Night For The Shield


This year's Extreme Rules pay-per-view event left us with some unanswered questions but also some new beginnings.

In the main event (a rare moment in WWE history where all wrestlers in a final match on PPV weren't on a full-time WWE schedule), Brock Lesnar defeated Triple H in a cage match. Lesnar went up 2-1 on "The Game" and is likely poised for another future match in WWE (not against Triple H), perhaps at Summerslam or Wrestlemania 30. Questions coming out of this match are: will Triple H wrestle again? And what will Brock turn his attention to next? Perhaps we may see Rock vs. Brock after all.

Earthquake: 5.2 Quake Felt In Toronto, Began In Ottawa Valley; More Tremors Expected


Toronto has been shaken many times this week.An Icarus-like brush with the Stanley Cup for the Maple Leafs, a tragic murder with no discernable motive in the Tim Bosma case, a narrowly avoided LCBO strike, our mayor making international headlines ... It made Friday’s actual earthquake seem too much to be true.