Junior Firefighters Train to Be Future Life Savers

A pair of volunteer fire departments in Columbiana County are training tomorrow’s fire fighters this day through the Junior Firefighter Program. Click here to read the full story. Add your perspective to any issue by leaving comments on the site.

Future Building gives students hands-on construction experience

March 28, 2012 GREG MECKBACH Digital media editor Carolyn Butterworth heard that the construction industry is going to need 160,000 new workers. So the Grade 8 teacher at Whitchurch Highlands Public School north of Toronto took her students to Future Building, a job fair organized by the Ontario Construction Secretariat in Toronto. Butterworth made her comments Wednesday in an interview with DCN at Future Building at the Better Living Centre on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds.

'Technology first' for future homes

Suzi Perry was joined by designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen at the Ideal Home Show, at Earl’s Court, London Homes in the future will function like playing a computer game, according to gadget queen Suzi Perry.

NGO to campaign against use of toy gun by children

Imphal: An NGO will soon launch a campaign against the use of toy guns by small kids in interior Bishenpur district of Manipur as such toys may prompt the tiny ones to do ‘unwanted things’ in future life. Spokesman of the Association for Rural Development and Women Empowerment’ (ARDWE) Marjit Singh told the media the association was trying to contact different NGOs including All Manipur Kanba Ima Lup (Mothers association to save Manipur) to support the campaign in the insurgency-hit region. He stated during the campaign efforts ...

Microsoft Office Spotted Running on iPad

In what can only be described as a case of hell freezing over and pigs flying, Microsoft’s premier document editing suite has been spotted running on Apple’s portable future computer, the iPad. The photos, leaked by the Apple and News Inc. crossbreed digital newspaper The Daily, the pics don’t show much more than a Microsoft Office logo on an iPad.

Quebec's BTB Real Estate Investment Trust nets $16.2 million from public offering

February 17, 2012 Quebec’s BTB Real Estate Investment Trust nets $16.2 million from public offering MONTREAL, QUEBEC BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (TSXV: BTB.UN) of Montreal announced Thursday it has raised net proceeds of $16.2 million in a public offering of units, which will be used in part for future building acquisitions.

Future Homes for Facebook's Filthy Rich

Earlier this week, Facebook filed paper work for the most anticipated initial public offering since Google in 2004. Estimated to raise as much as $10 billion and value the company at up to $100 billion, about a 1,000 or so privileged Facebook employees are expected to hit the jackpot this summer. With a few Facebook employees valued anywhere from $700 million to $17.5 billion, it’s safe to state that these soon-to-be newly minted millionaires and billionaires will probably have more ...

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Collection

If you want to give up a massive chunk of your future life to watching a ’70s cult classic, you will be pleased to know that The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Collection is about to land.

Detroit Pistons Links: Pistons hope Brandon Knight, Greg Monroe are future's …

Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10:40 AM     Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10:44 AMThere won’t be any mistaking Greg Monroe and Brandon Knight for Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, but the Pistons hope they’re two young players are the building blocks in which they can build their future.

Art Across Campus: The Gourds

The Daily Cougar Staff Alicia Wilson/The Daily Cougar In 1966, the Board of Regents and former President Philip Hoffman voted to dedicate one percent of the cost of all future building projects to art, making UH the first say institution to establish a percent for an art program.  The most recent addition to campus resides outside Calhoun Lofts: A sculpture grouping of three gourds by Australian artist Lawrence Argent.