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Concretions occur when an iron object corrodes in water, causing a reaction that forms sand and other nearby items into a dense layer around the object. “Anything around that [iron object] gets absorbed into its presence,” Milburn added.
President’s sinking was a tragic end to a highly eventful voyage. The ship’s crew had already survived a battle with pirates off India’s Malabar Coast during her voyage home, as well as near starvation. After the devastating storm that sank the East India Company ship, only two of President’s 120 crew members made it b...
The survivors' accounts of the ship's final voyage were revealed in a pamphlet published a few months after President's sinking.
Milburn, who is also the owner of Atlantic Scuba, told Fox News that he will be visiting the wreck site again. “We have to wait for the right time in the weather,” he said.
Soon enough we’ll all be texting and sending emojis from the moment we pop out of the womb.
Facebook announced on Monday it’s rolling out its own version of Messenger for youngsters — aptly titled “Messenger Kids” — to give families a “fun, safer solution” to talking online.
The app, aimed at kids 13 and under, doesn’t require children to sign up for a Facebook account. Rather, parents authorize their accounts and approve all friends that their kids have on Messenger Kids. Parents can add other family members to their child’s contacts. And if their kid wants to add their BFF Johnny from el...
Facebook said it talked with the National PTA, “thousands” of parents, and “parenting experts” when crafting Messenger Kids.
Messenger Kids comes stocked with “kid-appropriate” GIFs, stickers, frames, masks and drawing tools. Video chat is also featured. And if kids run into any creeps, they can report and block them.
The app is a win-win for Facebook: It gives parents a “safe” messaging option, while at the same time pulling more people under the social network’s umbrella. It’ll also give Facebook access to messaging habits between kids and parents — something that will help it refine its business moving forward. Messenger Kids is ...
Atorkor (V/R), April 13, GNA- The Chiefs and people of Atorkor in the Volta Region have raised 105 million cedis towards the construction of a school block and sponsorship for students in the Junior Secondary School (JSS) in the town.
The amount was realized at the homecoming ceremony organized to coincide with the Easter festivities in the town on Sunday. The initiative was to increase the motivation for teachers in the town by providing them with incentives besides their salaries in order to improve the academic standard of students in the area.
Addressing the people, Torgbui Akumey Geli Adzorlolo III, chief of the town, said he considered the provision of educational infrastructure as a pre-requisite for bringing development to the town. He said the first phase of the project involves the construction of a six classroom one-storey block for the school.
Torgbui Adzorlolo said the Atorkor Development Foundation (ADF), is working with other organizations in the village to make the project fruitful.
The ADF, he noted, has since last year provided scholarships to 51 needy but brilliant children in schools and awarded 30 children who excelled in their BECE examinations and rewarded distinguished citizens in the town.
Torgbui Adzorlolo, who is a medical doctor by profession said a former patient of his in London, has put aside 3.3 million cedis to sponsor 41 children of the Atorkor Basic Schools, made up of 26 children from the primary school, and 15 from the J.S.S this year.
"He has also decided to sponsor the best female student from Atorkor at the end of the J.S.S. for the three-year Senior Secondary School programme."
On the December elections, Torgbui Adzorlolo commended the Electoral Commission (EC) on the recent registration exercise and urged the citizens to make effort to exercise their franchise for people who are sincere, dedicated and ready to promote their interest. He said no cure has been found for the HIV/AIDS and urged ...
Mrs Agnes Okudzeto, Second Vice-Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) said government is keen on completing road infrastructure in the area, adding, "In no time, accessibility to every town and village will become a possibility"
She said Atorkor would soon benefit from the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative Fund that would bring basic amenities to the town.
She said the Anlo Secondary School at Anloga would soon be upgraded to a first class second cycle institution in the district.
TALISAY City Mayor Eduardo Gullas submitted the City’s proposed 2017 budget worth P887 million to the City Council yesterday.
With majority of the council members his allies, Gullas is confident his proposed budget, which includes a P15-million confidential fund allocation, will be approved without any slashes.
During a formal ceremony held at City Hall at 8 a.m. yesterday, Gullas submitted copies of the proposed budget to members of the Talisay City Council led by Vice Mayor Alan Bucao.
Dubbed as the “People’s Budget,” the proposed annual budget next year was made in consultation with city and barangay officials and other sectors.
The turnover of the proposed budget also coincided with the deadline of the submission of next year’s budget.
Of the amount, P152 million will be for various infrastructure projects, including the construction of a technical-vocation school in Barangay Lagtang; repair of barangay roads; and construction of school buildings and other facilities for the Talisay City College.
Also included in the proposed infrastructure appropriation is the implementation of the city’s drainage master plan and the improvement of facilities for the city slaughterhouse in compliance for their Double-A accreditation.
Aside from infrastructure projects, P3 million will be set aside for tourism projects, P4 million for sports development, P10 million for peace and order, and P4 million for the city’s anti-illegal drug campaign.
Gullas also seeks the approval of P15 million worth of confidential funds, which is P4 million more compared to that of former Talisay City mayor Johnny de los Reyes.
Edgar Mabunay, Talisay City budget officer, told reporters that they are seeking an increase in the mayor’s confidential funds after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) issued a circular for the prioritization of such funds to assist the city’s drive against illegal drugs.
Aside from the executive department, the city’s legislative department is also seeking a P74-million appropriation.
Gullas said he is confident the City Council will approve his proposed budget due to the “harmonious relationship” he has with the city’s legislators.
The Trump administration is planning to privatize the international space station instead of simply decommissioning the orbiting international experiment in 2024, according to a report in The Washington Post.
The U.S. government has already spent roughly $100 billion to build and operate the space station as part of an international coalition that also includes the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the Russian Space Agency.
But as one NASA engineer noted in a Quora post explaining the NASA decision to decommission the Space Station, the agency simply lacks the resources to do everything that it wants to do.
“… unfortunately there just isn’t enough funding for space exploration to simultaneously operate multiple large programs. The Space Shuttle program was essential to building the ISS, but once ISS was assembled, the Space Shuttle program had to be decommissioned before the next program (Constellation) could start.
A public private partnership is the most likely way to ensure that the space station remains aloft, rather than burning up in orbit and having its remaining pieces fall into a watery grave.
Some companies are already pursuing the vision of a network of privately held space stations operating in low earth orbit and beyond.
Axiom Space, which is helmed by Michael T. Suffredini — a former NASA employee who managed operations for the ISS for a decade — has raised $3 million in seed funding to build a commercial space station. And Bigelow Space, the company founded by the eccentric Las Vegas billionaire, Robert Bigelow, is working on buildin...
While some question whether the operation of a space station is commercially viable, the fact that something would have to be done with the space station once the NASA shuttle program was decommissioned was a foregone conclusion.
And what to do about the Space Station has clearly been on astronaut’s minds. Last week in an editorial for The New York Times, Mark Kelly pleaded for continued support for the Space Station.
“Two companies, SpaceX and Orbital ATK, now regularly deliver cargo to the station. Just this week, SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 Heavy, a rocket powerful enough to lift 141,000-pound payloads. And after a few years’ hiatus, crew members will once again leave American soil for space and make their way to the space stati...
But all of this will come to a screeching halt (though you won’t hear the “screech” in the vacuum of space) if the Trump administration ends funding for the International Space Station program beyond 2024, a step it is considering. The reasons are unclear, though President Trump has said that he wants to prioritize hum...
Whatever the priorities, this sort of trade-off is shortsighted. Cutting funding for the station, now between $3 billion and $4 billion a year, would be a step backward for the space agency and certainly not in the best interest of the country.
Over the past year, the United States abandoned its leadership position on the global stage in many ways. We stopped leading the effort to combat climate change. We stopped leading on trade and commerce, and raised questions about our continued commitment to multilateral organizations and military alliances. We stopped...
NASA programs have benefited the people of our planet since the founding of the agency in 1958. Solar technology, miniaturized computer chips, CT scans and M.R.I.s are just a few examples of the technologies that were developed and delivered to the American consumer as a result of NASA’s innovation.
Still, hashing out the details of how to commercialize a project that was created with international cooperation will be difficult and involve negotiations with parties that have seen their relationships chill substantially over the past decade (at least in the case of the U.S. and Russia).
As the U.S. government ponders its withdrawal from low earth orbit there’s at least one country waiting in the wings to secure more of a leadership position in space.
The Chinese government has been spending billions on a space program that’s surging onto the aerospace scene and it’s certainly interested in taking a more active role in the development of space.
The 182 students at All Saints School in Etna, Pennsylvania, know only too well that fund-raisers are a way of life at Roman Catholic schools. The suburban Pittsburgh students have sold everything from gift-wrapping paper to candy to help meet expenses.
But this year's fund-raising campaign has become a history-making event. With the backing of one of the country's wealthiest men and the blessing of the Pope himself, All Saints' students are among the first people in the world to sell officially licensed reproductions of artwork from Vatican museums in Rome. Several s...
Pittsburgh businessman John Connelly struck a deal with Vatican officials that gives him exclusive worldwide rights to sell reproduced images from the Vatican's 13 museums and the Sistine Chapel. Connelly, a longtime supporter of Catholic education, decided to make the items available first through the schools of the P...
"There's never, ever in the history of the church been a way to get those things out, unless you go to Rome," said the Reverend Kris Stubna, secretary of education for the diocese.
Although All Saints isn't encouraging its students to go door to door, officials have asked each student to make at least six sales from the 14-page "Treasures of the Vatican Collection" catalog. From plates to note pads, the items are replete with images of angels and other scenes from the famous frescoes in the Vatic...
The diocese officials hope the sale will raise enough moneyso that parishes don't have to increase tuition next year. Fund-raising accounts for about 6 percent of the $68 million needed to run the diocese's 130 schools. Tuition at All Saints is $1,350 a year.
The man behind the venture has a lifetime of marketing experience. Ranked among the 400 wealthiest Americans by Forbes magazine, the 70-year-old Connelly launched a riverboat-excursion business in Pittsburgh in 1958. In more recent years, he's ventured into the gambling industry; his company, President Casinos Inc., ow...
He turned his marketing skills to school fund raising several years ago when he founded "Apples for the Students," a nationwide program that has put thousands of computers in classrooms. The for-profit venture buys machines from Apple Computer Inc. at bulk rates and sells them to supermarket chains at a discount. Schoo...
Connelly, who is helping to raise money to build a residence for the College of Cardinals in the Vatican, said his work with schools helped clinch the art deal with church officials. "They know my involvement with the schools," he said.
Helping Pittsburgh's Catholic schools raise funds is just the beginning for Treasures Inc., the division of J. Edward Connelly Associates that is marketing the Vatican reproductions. Connelly hopes to expand the fund-raising efforts nationwide. He has estimated that the venture could evolve into a $1 billion-a-year bus...
"This is the biggest thing to ever hit Catholic schools," he claims.
KUWAIT CITY: Yemeni government delegates to peace talks in Kuwait have demanded that deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh be excluded from any political settlement, and that militias be disbanded before any agreement is reached.
The UN-backed unity government delegates said Saleh and Houthi Leader Abdel-Malek Al-Houthi need to be excluded prior to any political agreements.
The delegation has also urged militias to release Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Al-Subaihi and other political prisoners.
Al-Subaihi was leading a counter-offensive against the Houthis in Lahij governorate in March last year when he was captured by militia forces along with Faisal Rajab, commander of the pro-Hadi 119th Armored Brigade.
They also called for the immediate release of journalists imprisoned in Houthi militia prisons, who have reportedly been on hunger strike while in custody.
Peace talks in Kuwait ended with no resolutions as yet after the government representatives returned to the negotiating table, with close sources reporting that no topics of major disagreements and controversial topics being discussed during the last meeting.
ISTANBUL: Turkey has frozen assets of three senior Yemeni Houthi militia leaders in line with UN Security Council sanctions against the rebels, the state’s official gazette said on Thursday.
The UN imposed sanctions in 2014 on the Houthi leadership and then Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was forced out in 2012 and blacklisted for obstructing peace by later backing the Shiite militia after it seized power in Sanaa.
Ankara has in the past targeted assets of Saleh and his son, in line with UN sanctions against the ousted strongman who was assassinated two years ago.
The official gazette said the new sanctions targeted Houthi leader Abdulmalek Al-Houthi and two military commanders Abd Al-Khaliq Al-Houthi and Abdullah Yahya Al-Hakim.
It also listed Saleh and his son Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Assets belonging to Saleh and his son in Turkish banks and other financial institutions were already temporarily frozen more than two years ago.
Saleh amassed between $32 billion and $60 billion (€28 billion and €53 billion) through corruption and stashed assets in at least 20 countries during his 33 years in power, according to a UN report.
The Yemen conflict pits the Iran-linked Houthis against a regional coalition led by Saudi Arabia, which intervened in the conflict four years ago.
Since then the war has killed around 10,000 Yemenis, according to the World Health Organization, triggering what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Volunteers from the NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) Cowra and Weddin Shire have been recognised for their diligent service to their community at an awards ceremony.
There were eight award recipients representing 130 years of community service to NSW SES Cowra, Gooloogong and Grenfell Units.
Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke was honoured to represent Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott to present the prestigious National Medals and Long Service Awards on Saturday, April 13.
"There is no question that the people of this Zone and this State know they can depend on the men and women in orange for help and protection during floods, storms and other emergencies," Ms Cooke said.
"It makes me incredibly proud to see the depth of commitment in this room - well done to you all on your outstanding achievements and all your units on your community spirit and dedication."
NSW SES Commissioner Kyle Stewart says it's important to recognise the NSW SES volunteers' outstanding contribution and longevity of service.
"These awards highlight not only these volunteers' commitment to the NSW SES, but also their dedication in looking after their local communities," Commissioner Stewart said.
"Their accumulated wisdom and experience are irreplaceable."
He said the support of families and staff is also essential for the NSW SES to be the best volunteer emergency service agency in Australia.
"The presentation of these awards is a fitting acknowledgment of our volunteers' dedication and professionalism," he added.
"Team spirit, friendship and desire to serve the community are some of the great strengths of the NSW SES.
It creates a positive environment encouraging them to stay with the NSW SES for many years.
"Our volunteers support resilient communities, building capability across their local areas and beyond."
Information requests at the Geological Survey's National Energy Research Seismic Library in Denver used to generate a tale of the tape.
'We spent a lot of time physically packing and shipping the tapes to users,' said Frederick N. Zihlman, a physical scientist with the USGS energy team.
Now the library has the data ready online, stored on DVD jukeboxes. It's fairly typical of DVD use by agencies, among them the Army National Guard, Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation, NASA, Social Security Administration, and the departments of Commerce, Energy and Labor.
With a system that started with CD-ROMs, the Geological Survey library uses DVDs to hold geophysical data on the National Petroleum Reserves.
The information came from more than 12,000 magnetic tapes from the 1970s and 1980s, Zihlman said.
The library has transferred the field data from nearly 4,000 tapes and 15,000 pages of documentation to 265 disks that reside in jukeboxes from JVC Co. of America. The information is Web-accessible and available for free download by the public, though mostly oil companies and academic geologists use the information. A ...
'Now that the data is online in the jukeboxes, access is far simpler for users and we can spend our time more productively,' Zihlman said.
It's also far easier, he said, for users to search through the digital information in the jukeboxes than through pages of documentation and boxes of magnetic tapes.
Thelma Phillips Camara, 94, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Kaneohe. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by nieces Mary Annette C. Lopes, Sylvia D. and Cheryl L. Camara, and Priscilla M.C. Brede. Visitation at noon Saturday at Central Union Atherton Chapel. Services: 1:30 p.m. Burial: 3 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial...
PARIS – Signed by 164 nations on Monday, including France, the Compact supports unlimited migration and open borders by focusing on the “human rights” of migrants while any criticism of mass migration will be treated as “hate speech”.
The generals warned Macron that the deal will mean less sovereignty for France, providing yet another reason for “an already battered people” to “revolt”.

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