The 2010 Shanghai a scheduled World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions has been held in Shanghai China for the last six months. The first Expo was held in London in 1851 and this Chinese World Expo comes to a close on 31 October 2010 after participation by over 246 Chinese and [...]

Bed Bugs have been around since ancient times and while initially they were thought to have some medicinal purpose through their  blood-sucking behaviour this was disproved long ago. They did not take kindly to the introduction of strong pesticides such as DDT and improvements in sanitation and general living conditions in the 20th century and [...]

One of New York City’s best known landmark hotels the Chelsea Hotel located at 222 West 23rd Street, Manhattan is up for sale. It first opened in 1884 as an apartment co-operative and became an hotel around 1905. It has a history and reputation as a center of artistic activity and many famous names have [...]

While the world was watching and celebrating the miracle of the 33 miners being rescued from the San Jose mine in Chile after 70 days incarceration, halfway across the world the miners at the St Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) in Switzerland were planning their own miracle.  The countdown had started for the final 1.8 meters [...]

Virgin Galactic is the company which is part of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and plans to offer sub-orbital space flights to the paying public. The company announced on Monday, 10 October 2010 that its SpaceShip Two had achieved a major milestone with its first successful flight over the Mojave Desert.  Piloted by Pete Siebold [...]

Aunty Beryl van Oploo an Aboriginal elder with 50 years experience in the hospitality industry runs the Yaama Dhiyaan Hospitality and Training school in Redfern, Sydney.  The school runs four courses annually and has a 65 to 70 per cent success rate with its students finding employment. The centre is available for hire for private [...]

Despite the growing chorus of opposition  against the Serengeti Highway Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete is ignoring the latest pleas from a group of 27 scientists and has confirmed the planned highway to be  created through the Serengeti National Park will go ahead. President Kikwete in a speech to the nation in July said the road [...]

The operations of the Navitaire computer system external provider of reservations and check-services for Virgin Blue in Australia went down early today.  The result was a day of chaos at airports and disrupted travel plans for thousands of Virgin Blue passengers around Australia. Following the computer outage which started this morning domestic and international flight [...]