by admin at Thursday, May 07, 2009 in Health, Other News
Tags: Connie Culp, face transplant recipient, first face transplant, groundbreaking operation
Connie Culp, the 46-year-old Ohio woman, is the world’s first person who went through a face transplant. The face of the nation’s first face transplant recipient horribly disfigured in a shotgun blasted by her husband, who later turned the gun towards himself. This blast ruptured her nose, cheeks, her mouth and an eye leaving her upper eyelids, forehead, lower lip and chin. Upon calling herself a monster by a little kid, she decided to represent herself in a complete new look.
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by admin at Friday, August 01, 2008 in Other News
Tags: Google Plans Venture-Capital Arm
A report on The Wall Street Journal’s web site tells that Google is considering again developing a venture capital arm.
The people who were told about the discussion explained that David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president, would lead the effort .According to the reports, 33-years-old William Maris who is a former entrepreneur has been hired by the group for this purpose.
The search engine has considered that idea before but couldn’t work on that plan.
If this new venture succeeds, it would put Google in the more-official role of supporting commencement off the ground as Google well-known for buying companies instead of investing in them. Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola are some other Silicon Valley companies that have extensive VC track records.
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by admin at Tuesday, May 06, 2008 in Other News
WASHINGTON: President Bush here on Monday said that there is no quick fix for rising gas prices. He said that he is troubled by the rise in gas prices in the US. He also mentioned that he will consider the proposals in minimizing gas prices.
More over, President George W. Bush in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America”, said: “It’s been a while in the making and it’s going to be a while that we solve the problem”. He also said: “We’re too dependent on foreign oil and we need to be exploring more at home”. Click here to read more »
by admin at Saturday, February 23, 2008 in Other News
Tags: energy drink, Red Bull
World-famous high energy drink, Red Bull, reached its peak in terms of sales last year. High record sales had been currently reported by its Austrian owner. A record-breaking sales performance in Asia, South America and Africa had greatly contributed to the significant success of this energy drink over the past year.
Red Bull’s sales had been reported to reach a 17% to 3bn euros increase which is equivalent to $4.4bn. This success happened amidst certain issues that were linked to the product.
Red Bull, the high energy drink that is said to give you “wings” was able to sell to the worldwide market a total of 3.5 billion units. This company is a private firm wherein 49% is solely owned by Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz. The firm’s enormous success can be attributed to its avid fans and loyal consumers. It proved that drinkers of this popular energy-boosting beverage continued to patronize the product despite speculations and rumors concerning its caffeine levels.
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by admin at Sunday, January 13, 2008 in Other News
Tags: Battery Life, Micro Hydrogen, Mobile Devices
‘Micro Hydrogen’ is the new concept of fueling the mobile devices. The first ever innovative platform for powering the mobile devices was launched by a Vancouver based developer company, ‘Angstrom Power’, in this year’s ‘International Consumer Electronics Show’ at Las Vegas.
‘Micro Hydrogen’, the power platform combines fuel cell architecture, micro-fluidics, and hydrogen storage tank that can be refilled at one place. It is quite different from the traditional lithium batteries. Instead the ‘Micro Hydrogen’ facilitates all such implementation in side the mobile device only. Thus the ‘Micro Hydrogen’ as a result, offers double the talk time and “fast recharge times of about 10 minutes”, according to the Angstrom Power.
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by admin at Wednesday, October 24, 2007 in Other News
Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi has set her eyes on making fiction movie which will be based on the documentary she filmed for HBO by the name “Journeys with George”. Avid HBO viewers will remember that this documentary followed President George W. Bush’s presidential campaign of 2000.
The film, which is not yet titled, centers around a young, very impressionable news story producer, finding herself starting to deal with the huge challenges of professional life and personal love in the middle of covering and reporting on a much publicized presidential campaign.
Oscar-winner screenwriter, Mr.Steven Zaillian is producing the film. Zillian said that the tone of the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” seemed quite apparent in the documentary and he encouraged Alexandra Pelosi to use and film her experiences to give a stunningly beautiful screenplay for the movie. The project is also one which will mark Alexandra Pelosi’s debut as a screenwriter.
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