This is the latest from Tech Crunch: Angel investors gorged on one of their twice-a-year feeding frenzies at Y Combinator’s demo day earlier this week. Among other things, SV Angel and Yuri Milner finally got to see what they invested in a couple of months ago when they made a blanket $150,000 convertible debt offer [...]
( Wiley-Blackwell ) A newly published report reveals that children with epilepsy are more likely to have psychiatric symptoms, with gender a determining factor in their development. Findings showed that girls had more emotional problems, while boys had more hyperactivity/inattention problems and issues regarding peer relationships. Details of this study in Norwegian children are now available online in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy.
Here is the weekly update on hotels from HotelNewsNow.com: STR: U.S. ADR on the rise “The industry’s performance seems to be strengthening after Valentine’s Day and heading into Spring Break season,” said Steve Hood, VP of research at STR. “Last week was the fifth straight week with ADR increases in the 3% range. It was also the first full week since November with a running 28-day revenue per available room percent change in the double digits.” Overall, the U.S. hotel industry’s occupancy increased 5.1% to 64.6% and its RevPAR finished the week up 9.0% to US$66.01. Note: ADR: Average Daily Rate, RevPAR: Revenue per Available Room. Click on graph for larger image in graph gallery. This graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate. The 2011 occupancy rate (red) was fairly low in January and February, but appears to be improving recently – and is now closer to the rate in 2008 than in 2010. Data Source: Smith Travel Research, Courtesy of HotelNewsNow.com
Latest from RedState.com As events unfold along the Mediterranean rim the governing strategy behind US foreign policy, the Obama Doctrine, becomes increasingly clear. On the heels of supporting an insurrection managed by the Muslim Brotherhood against Hosni Mubarak, we have undertaken an ill-conceived military assault in favor of a racist and islamist insurrection against a [...]
Latest from Right Wing News. The Obama Administration has proclaimed TARP and the subsequent bailout for General Motors a great success. US Treasury Deputy Timothy Massad recently said , “Where we are today shows that the program, by any reasonably objective measure, was a success.” But is GM, now much derided as “Government Motors” the [...]
This post is syndicated from ‘The Claremont Conservative’. CMC alum (and former Assemblyman) Chuck DeVore, fresh off of spending an evening with the Claremont Republicans, has officially announced that he will be running for the position of Orange County Supervisor in what one analyst is calling a “battle royale” against Todd Spitzer. Unfortunatley, I have [...]
When Louis Saha jumped for a routine headed in the later stages of Everton ‘s 2-1 home win over Fulham , it was difficult to imagine that it could result in the end of the striker’s season. However, a slight bump to the back of the head and a bad landing later and suddenly Saha is looking at a serious ankle injury that could rule him out until the summer. In an interview with French magazine L’Equipe, the striker said: I’m on crutches, I don’t feel good. I don’t know whether I will have this ankle problem for days, weeks or months. But it’s going to be difficult for me to play again before the end of the season. It’s tiresome to get all these injuries. They all come along just when I’m starting to get a run going. It is hard. It sucks. But I’m trying to think positive. Saha’s ankle complaint is yet another blow to Everton’s attack, who’ve been routinely decimated by injury this season. Only Jermaine Beckford remains fit and ready to play up front for David Moyes’ club, who are currently in eighth place in the Premier League.
True fact: Some of the greatest minds in the world including Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Guglielmo Marconi believed that there was a civilization on Mars that was trying to communicate with us. Fast forward to the current day and blithering idiots like Hugo Chavez are telling people Mars had a civilization that was destroyed by capitalism , I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet,” Chavez said in speech to mark World Water Day. My theory? Someone on Mars figured out that they tasted like chicken and next thing you know, it was “Moylent Ying is made of Martians!” Next stop? Extinction. PS: If Hugo Chavez wants to personally go to Mars to explore this, preferably via some sort of gigantic socialist catapult, I am completely in favor of that. Tweet
True fact: Some of the greatest minds in the world including Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Guglielmo Marconi believed that there was a civilization on Mars that was trying to communicate with us. Fast forward to the current day and blithering idiots like Hugo Chavez are telling people Mars had a civilization that was destroyed by capitalism , I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet,” Chavez said in speech to mark World Water Day. My theory? Someone on Mars figured out that they tasted like chicken and next thing you know, it was “Moylent Ying is made of Martians!” Next stop? Extinction. PS: If Hugo Chavez wants to personally go to Mars to explore this, preferably via some sort of gigantic socialist catapult, I am completely in favor of that. Tweet
The latest news and information from BigGovernment.com Once again, the headline on a financial story reads: unexpectedly . At what point do we conclude the economists relied upon for these projections are worthless, as they never appear to expect what’s going to happen? US factory orders drop unexpectedly Lower demand for machinery and defense equipment [...]