NAIROBI, Kenya — Here in the Kibera slum, life sometimes seems like a free-for-all. Residents steal electricity by connecting to overhead lines, children walk barefoot through sewage-filled alleyways, and people must sometimes dodge “flying toilets,” plastic bags that residents use as toilets and then dispose of by dumping them in one direction or another. However, …
Since the 2010-11 season, Oregon State (7-9) has posted just two wins against No. 9 Arizona (14-2), but the Beavers look for a third win since when they host the Wildcats on Thursday night. . Arizona is off to a surprising 3-2 start in the Pac-12, but Oregon State trails in the conference to start …
Comcast‘s (CMCSA 1.95%) It may seem like Universal Studios is taking a sabbatical from the theme park arms race in Central Florida, but it has bigger plans across the country. Universal announced Wednesday that it will build a small theme park in Texas aimed at young families. Not forgetting the teens and adults, either: Plan …
Property owners in Martinsville are learning this week that their values have increased dramatically since the last reassessment, but that doesn’t necessarily mean taxes will increase by the same amount. Reassessment notices were mailed Monday, and residents are finding that the median home value in Martinsville has risen 31.42% over the past two years. “It …
2020 Toyota Corolla Altis CVT 1.8V Hybrid The title sums up what the 2020 Toyota Corolla Altis 1.8V Hybrid CVT is all about. The test unit came in with a reading of 14.4 kilometers per liter. After just two days and under average driving conditions (some passing, maintained top speed on the freeway), it performed …
Petty GMS has been on the quest to strive to be the best there is in NASCAR. However, they are nowhere near Hendrick Motorsports or Joe Gibbs Racing. But, just a few weeks ago, the king of NASCAR, Richard Petty’s Cup team, announced the addition of Hendrick Motorsports legend Jimmie Johnson. DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – …
Photo provided by Brett Norris COLUMBUS, Ohio – Being part of a basketball family isn’t always filled with what Hilliard Bradley men’s basketball coach Brett Norris calls ‘sunshine and rainbows.’ One memory he will always cherish was March 8, 2022, when he along with his wife, Carrie Norris, and three of their children traveled to …
We started the year on a strong note with the suspension of “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Disney) and a $30 million start for low-budget horror film “M3EGAN” (Universal). Now we have the Martin Luther King weekend, historically one of the strongest before May. This time around, he faces some impediments: a lack of carryovers, …
The love horoscope for each zodiac sign in astrology is here for Friday, January 13, 2023. This is what is happening in love and what advice is best for your relationships, according to astrology. One of the toughest transits we have endured in recent months has finally begun to loosen its grip on how we …
The book “Fractional calculus: new applications in the understanding of nonlinear phenomena” contains ten chapters in three sections. The first section, Chaotic Systems and Control, contains three chapters. In Chapter 1, Sene proposed a numerical procedure and its applications to a chaotic system of fractional order represented by the Caputo fractional derivative. In Chapter 2, …