The seagoing raft Kon-Tiki, modeled after an ancient Peruvian balsa, is carrying six Scandinavian adventurer-anthropologists on a voyage of historical induction (PTI, April 21).
Sure, you could roll off your raft and swim over, but wouldn't it be smoother to point your lounger in the right direction and just float on by?.
Six days into a rafting trip down the Franklin River in Tasmania's southwest, you'd think getting wet wouldn't worry me.
Yahoo's spending spree continues: conference call and photo apps, Sky News streaming deal After blowing $1.1 billion on Tumblr , we'd assumed that Yahoo would need a lie down in a darkened room while its accountants hunted around for more cash . Turns out that it was just the first in a raft of new deals that the company has made in the last week. First up, the search firm has splashed out on free conference-calling service Rondee, which has been folded into Yahoo's small business ...
June 13, 2013 - Engadget
Apple's new iOS 7: 10 new features SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple announced a raft of new features coming to its iOS software, which runs the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Here's a look at 10 new features in the iOS 7 software, which is expected to be available to consumers in the fall: 1. Control Center: You'll be able to swipe up from any screen to immediately jump into system settings such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
June 11, 2013 - The Arizona Republic
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Richard Lugar in USA Today The facts are that the United States has to work with Russia on Iran, on nuclear problems of proliferation, on a whole raft of trade issues at a time in which the United States has a huge domestic deficit,said Sen. Richard Lugar, the senior...