plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on a plane crash that killed a Tuscumbia man. Steven Raddatz, 41, of Tuscumbia was killed May 23 when the plane he was flying collided with another plane and crashed onto the lawn at Calhoun Community College in Decatur. The pilot of the other plane, B.J. Kennamore, 59, was able to land at Pryor Field and had only minor injuries.

According to the NTSB report, the two pilots had flown to Pryor Field for an open house. They were about to fly home to the Shoals and had planned to perform some aerial stunts so spectators could take photos. The report says Raddatz was going to fly in formation during a low pass over the airport, but he was flying faster than Kennamore. When Kennamore started to turn his plane and climb, Raddatz's left wing hit Kennamore's right wing. Raddatz's wing partially separated, causing him to lose control of the plane and crash.

Two people were killed yesterday when a single-engine training aircraft crashed just a few minutes after takeoff in the area of Kopaida, in the prefecture of Viotia, north of Athens. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed the deaths of the 42-year-old pilot and the 35-year-old trainee, both Athenians, in the early afternoon. The plane took off shortly after 2 p.m. from the airstrip of a small aviation club in Kopaida and went down just a few minutes later after reaching an altitude of 150 meters, CAA officials said.

Chemistry

Chemistry is an integral component of S&T, and sadly, the Philippines has been slow in adapting to changes which are brought about by the rise of international standards and global competition. Recent developments and innovations in the field have underscored the urgency of repealing the decades-old Chemistry Law," said Angara who chairs the Congressional Commission on Science, Technology, and Engineering (COMSTE).

Angara, who recently filed the amendments to the country's Chemistry law, seeks to emphasize the role of chemistry in national development by promoting and protecting the interests of chemistry profession. It also aims to elevate the standards of the profession by strengthening the promotion, regulation and measures for continued development in the field.

Republic Act No. 754 also known as the Chemistry Law was enacted almost six decades ago - June 18, 1952. The senator told that it is now outdated and fails to respond to the demands of global trends. The proposed Chemistry Law will boost the country's aspirations towards global competitiveness. COMSTE is expected to introduce or amend legislation that will make the Philippines more globally competitive, particularly in Science and Technology.

Brazil Map

Brazil Map has been produced by the Network Youth Program, whose aim is to promote social participation amongst young people from low income families through the use of new communication technologies. So far Wikimapa is available in five communities in Rio de Janeiro, Complexo do Alemmo, Complexo da Mare, City of God, and Santa Marta-Pavao Pavaozinho.

Using Wikimapa young people can add and find information about different points of interest, e.g. schools, hospitals, churches, clubs, bars, etc. Users can add comments and photographs about locations and add comments to locations already mapped. Gruelling efforts to craft a pact on climate change enter a crucial phase on Monday when the 192-nation UN forum takes its first look at a draft text for negotiations.

Little more than six months are left before the "Bali Road Map", launched in Indonesia in 2006, reaches its supposed destination at a Copenhagen summit: an accord that will transform global warming from a monster into a manageable problem. On the table is a small mountain of paper whose notable feature is curly brackets, denoting discord among scores of submissions.