Natural hazards are termed disasters when they kill and displace humans, damage livelihood and development infrastructure. Families and societies with adequate resources and capacities are able to avoid or limit the disastrous consequences of natural hazards, to an extent, and are able to recover whatever the losses they face. People […]

I started another one of my cleanse a couple of weeks back minus all the drama I have encountered over all my other cleanses. I ended up with soft, glowing, perfumed skin and so decided to post my results online. First of all, collect your ingredient: the delicious smelling, Lush […]

EU Legislation The Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) has sparked controversy amongst financial players and politicians following a proposal of cutting remuneration, which is said to be the strictest limits on payouts in Europe. The directive forms part of the CRD IV package which was implemented in July 2011 to address […]

A number of media reports, arguing that South Ossetians are offered free quality medical care in exchange for taking Georgian citizenship, caused a public outcry and strong reaction from Leonid Tibilov, the head of unrecognized republic. In particular, the president of South Ossetia declared unfounded the referrals to medical institutions of […]

Innovative new service enables consumers to turn Ukash back into cash at more than 3,000 Bank Machine ATMs Global online cash payments provider, Ukash and independent ATM operator, Bank Machine, have joined forces to give consumers more flexible access to cash. Consumers can transfer money into their accounts using the specific […]

Musician Nick Cave is known for his dark gothicism, but the original ‘Man in Black’ will always be Johnny Cash. In a recent interview with Marc Maron (listen to the full interview here), Nick Cave talked about meeting the legendary Cash during a once off collaboration in 2002, a year […]

Back in 2001, Pixar worked their magic on Monsters Inc. and delivered a cute, thought-provoking, hilarious film which has since remained one of the most beloved family films ever. Following its success and worldwide fame, a sequel had been rumored. However, Pixar go down a different route and instead produced […]

‘Pacific Rim’ is this summer’s blockbuster action flick. From viewing the trailer, it was something that looked a bit too familiar. It seemed to be just another ‘Transformers’ knock-off being touted out by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros studios to milk the ‘Transformers’ cash cow. But ‘Pacific Rim’ is something […]