Monthly Archives: August 2010

National Model Lynncoyia Bradley and Naudia Daise Perform at “2010 Black Family Reunion”

August 22, 2010
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National Model Lynncoyia Bradley and Naudia Daise Perform at “2010 Black Family Reunion”

Cincinnati, OH – National Model Lynncoyia Bradley hit the runway as a featured model for the Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion Fashion Show in Ohio.  The 22nd Annual Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion Celebration will be held August 20th through the 22nd, 2010 in Cincinnati, OH. This year’s theme is “Families Helping Families”. The...

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15 Scientific Achievements in Competition for 83rd Academy Awards®

August 21, 2010
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Beverly Hills, CA — The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 15 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration. The list is made public to allow individuals and companies with similar devices or claims of prior art the opportunity...

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Liberia: Ellen Listed Among Top 10 World Leaders

August 21, 2010
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Liberia: Ellen Listed Among Top 10 World Leaders

NEWSWEEK has done a list of ten outstanding Leaders of the world who have won respect, with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia mentioned. President Sirleaf, holding the eighth position is described as the “Rebuilder” for the level of transformation and sound leadership she has exhibited since she took power in 2006. The NEWSWEEK’s...

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Using Semantic Technology as a base for our World Cup site is a Revolution

August 21, 2010
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As Ontotext announced earlier, the company’s own semantic repository BigOWLIM was successfully integrated into the high performance Semantic Web publishing stack powering the BBC’s 2010 World Cup website. BigOWLIM is used there as a triple-store performing OWL reasoning on continuously changing data and handling millions of page requests per day. A couple of recent...

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Torrance collapses, hospitalized

August 21, 2010
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Torrance collapses, hospitalized

Former Alabama standout point guard Mikhail Torrance collapsed after a workout in Bradenton, Fla. on Friday and is hospitalized in critical condition, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Torrance had been training at the IMG Academies when he lost consciousness, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity...

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The Academy Presents Animator Chuck Jones’s Oscar®-nominated and Winning Shorts

August 20, 2010
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The Academy Presents Animator Chuck Jones’s Oscar®-nominated and Winning Shorts

Academy special events programmer Ellen Harrington (left), Craig Kausen (center), grandson of Chuck Jones, and animator Jeff DeGrandis prior to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ presentation of animator Chuck Jones’s Oscar®-nominated and winning shorts, at the Academy’s Wilshire Grand Lobby in Beverly Hills on Thursday, May 13, 2010.

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