Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة‎ "Khalifa Tower"), known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is currently the tallest structure in the world, at 828 m (2,717 ft)Burj Khalifa has been designed to be the centrepiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that would include 30,000 homes, nine hotels such...

Firesale

A fire sale is an unpopular term from popular fiction describing a three-stage coordinated attack on a country's transportation, telecommunications, financial, and utilities infrastructure systems. The attacks are designed to promote chaos and foster a leaderless environment. The term "fire sale" is used because "everything must go".The first part of a fire...

Fourth of July

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the chamber will cancel its July 4th recess next week, a decision aimed at pressuring negotiators to reach a deal on the looming debt limit.While the move throws a wrench into long-held plans by senators on both sides of the aisle, it also shows Reid is aware of the optics of taking a week off while the nation...

Canada Day

Typically, Canada Day celebrations include parades, fireworks, barbecues and other get-togethers. Get the complete Canada Day Checklist, including lyrics to O Canada in French and English.Schools, banks, government offices and many other stores and businesses are closed on July 1st. Call ahead to restaurants, stores and tourist attractions to confirm Canada...

Haiti Earthquake

Approximately 35,000 households in Haiti have received 'clean water' buckets - comprises a chlorine solution and an RFID tag of five liters bucket for handling and storage of water - the charity Deep Springs International (DSI).On each bucket has an RFID tag is read during the regular visits of community-based health workers NFC-equipped Nokia 6212 phones. Just...

Twitter Status

Social networking platform Twitter has suffered intermittent disruptions to its service and what it called an 'elevated error rate'.Twitter said the social platform was having stability issues worldwide.The company's status blog said users might experience some problems loading twitter.com and with Twitter clients.Twitter support said it was aware of the elevated...