Boeing Begins Certification Testing on 747-8 Performance Improvement package that improves fuel burn by another 1.8 percent
EVERETT, Wash., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Intercontinental successfully completed its first test flight this week with a package of performance improvements including enhanced GE engines. This package is designed to improve the fuel efficiency of the popular jetliner.
Maeklong Railway Market: Marketplace With a Railway Track Through it
Maeklong Railway Market, located in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, around 37 miles west of Bangkok, looks like any other open-air market in Asia. There are tropical fruits and vegetables such as lychee, durian, and mango in big brightly colored piles, variety of dried spices, pastes and herbs, freshly caught seafood and other local foods.
Lead singer of Toots and the Maytals injured at concert
Frederick “Toots” Hibbert lead singer of Toots and the Maytals, was injured in the head when a bottle was thrown by an audience member at a concert in Richmond, VA on Saturday.
Hibbert was taken to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and treated for a forehead laceration then released.
U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Leaders to Bring Key Business Development Strategies to Washington, D.C
(Washington, D.C., May 6, 2013) – Business and government leaders from the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) will promote best practices for successful business ventures in the U.S. territory at the first ever U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Summit on Friday, June 7, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Entitled "U.S.
A Happy Mother's Day to all
A Happy Mother's Day to all of our readers. We dedicate the song below to everyone in the role of Mothers.
We have attached the wonderful lyrics for all to sing or whisper to their mothers.
Jim Brickman A Mother's Love (featuring Mark Masri) Lyrics
Thank you for watching over me
All of the sleepless nights you lay awake
Thank you for knowing when to hold me close
Conrad Hunte: A classy batsman and a good human being of strong moral character
Conrad Hunte, born on May 9, 1932, was one of the greatest West Indian openers. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at an unsung hero of the calypso nation.
Let us do some number-crunching first.
Boeing Rolls Out First 787 Dreamliner at Increased Production Rate
EVERETT, Wash., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has rolled out of the factory the first 787 Dreamliner to be built at the increased production rate of seven airplanes per month. The airplane, which rolled out earlier this week, is the 114th 787 to be built overall and the 100th 787 to be built at the Everett, Wash., factory.
Cover Drive - Reggae, Dub, Soca, "Carib Pop" group from Barbados
Cover Drive is a band on a mission to bring the sunshine and sounds of their native Barbados to the world. The young quartet has already ignited the UK charts twice. Debut single Lick Ya Down reached the Top 10 last year, while its fabulous follow-up Twilight shot straight to No.1 at the tail end of an otherwise dreary January.
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