Archive for August, 2010

Find solution for all sorts of problems

Posted on 8/24/2010 at 5:14:00 PM

The current technology has provided us with cheap solutions for all our financial and technical needs. If you suffer from financial downfalls, then just opt for some sort of loan or loan modification programs. But you should be very keen in finding the best lowest rate while choosing such financial programs. If you are a [...]

Machu Picchu was not so lost after all

Posted on 8/24/2010 at 10:54:00 AM

Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, may not be so lost after all.Historians have uncovered documents and maps suggesting the city had been lost and found several times before the man who officially discovered the ruins, American Hiram Bingham, got there.Funded by the National Geographic Society and friends at Yale University, Mr Bingham [...]

South America: Thrills and spills in the Andes

Posted on 8/23/2010 at 10:53:00 AM

Many travellers to South America take a bus, but not many journey the full length of the continent on a bus, as Michael Jacobs did. This is what he learnt…The bus was heading towards Colombia in the middle of a terrifying tropical storm. Swerving into deep mud, its wheels turned desperately for a few moments [...]

Peru with children: A beano in the Amazon

Posted on 8/23/2010 at 10:50:00 AM

Treetop walks, lurking tarantulas and women in bowler hats – Peru is full of surprises. Jessamy Calkin went with her 12-year-old daughter, who took it all in her stride.With its high-rise buildings, shopping malls and traffic jams, Lima is as bustling and contemporary as any capital city can be. It is a shock, therefore, to [...]

Killer vampire bats attack 500 people

Posted on 8/22/2010 at 10:48:00 AM

Rabid vampire bats have attacked more than 500 people in Peru’s Amazon, leading to the deaths of four children.The attacks occurred in the village of Urakusa, in northeastern Peru, where the indigenous Aguajun tribe lives. At least four people are believed to have succumbed to rabies as a result.Medical supplies and vaccines to treat those [...]

3 Fla. kids buy plane tickets, fly alone to Tenn.

Posted on 8/22/2010 at 10:48:00 AM

hree Florida children bought tickets with baby-sitting money and flew to Nashville, Tenn., on Southwest Airlines — unbeknownst to their parents.Fifteen-year-old Bridget Brown had $700 saved and asked a 13-year-old friend where he wanted to go.The friend, Bobby Nolan III, suggested Nashville.Together with Brown’s 11-year-old brother, the three took a taxicab to Jacksonville International Airport [...]

Iran’s nuclear plant to get fuel next week

Posted on 8/21/2010 at 10:47:00 AM

Russia announced Friday it will begin the startup next week of Iran’s only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with international sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over pressuring the Islamic Republic to give up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms.Uranium fuel shipped by Russia will [...]

JetBlue flight attendant wants his old job back

Posted on 8/21/2010 at 10:43:00 AM

he flight attendant whose dramatic departure from a JetBlue plane at a New York City airport has transformed him into a folk hero to some wants his job back, his lawyer told reporters Thursday.“That’s his life,” Steven Slater’s Legal Aid defense attorney Howard Turman told reporters outside his client’s home in Queens, near John F. [...]

Green Carpet cleaning in San Diego

Posted on 8/21/2010 at 2:41:00 AM

If you stay at any one of the following areas: Cardiff, Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Encinitas, La Jolla, San Marcos, Leucadia, Rancho Penasquitos, Rancho Santa Fe, Solana Beach, Vista then you can fulfill your carpet cleaning needs through North County San Diego Carpet Cleaning service. The unique thing about Carmel Valley Carpet Cleaning is they [...]

THE BEST ANDROID SMART PHONES

Posted on 8/20/2010 at 10:46:00 AM

The Google-developed Android mobile operating system is an alternative to the Apple iPhone, Blackberry and Palm. Even though the Android operating system is relatively new to the market, the popularity of Android phones such as the Evo 4G, Droid Incredible and Motorola Droid suggests that these multitasking feature-rich smart phones are coming in line with [...]