Cardiff Mini Film Festival turns to music videos

The Cardiff Mini Film Festival is designed to showcase films made with little or no budget, but bucket-loads of hard work and dedication from passionate film-makers. Here Jody Tozer – director of festival organisers Bulldozer Films – talks about what the festival can offer to budding film makers, and their upcoming events. “The Cardiff Mini Film Festival is brought to you by Bulldozer Films, bringing film makers from the community together to collaborate on films. Bulldozer Films is Read more [...]

DomainTools and Domain Name Sales Should Hook Up

When I am in acquisition mode, I almost always use DomainTools to do my Whois searches to find contact information for domain owners. One advatage of using DomainTools is that I can see if a particular domain name is listed for sale on an aftermarket platform like Sedo, Afternic, or Aftermarket.com.Here’s what it looks like when a domain name is listed for sale:This graphic tells me two things. First and most importantly, the domain name is listed for sale by the owner, so I know that I can buy Read more [...]

AIM-Listed Oil and Gas Q2 2012 in review

London, 13 August 2012 Oil and gas investors are facing disappointment as AIM-listed companies appear set to defer and/or scale back on development commitments, according to Ernst Young. The firm’s latest Oil and Gas Eye Index – which measures the performance of the sector’s junior companies – plummeted by 20% during the second quarter of 2012, erasing almost all of the gains achieved in quarter one. Jon Clark, oil and gas partner at Ernst Young, believes that the only certainty facing Read more [...]

What Ryan told Human Events about a VP offer

When Human Events profiled Paul Ryan as part of our veepstakes feature earlier this year, we asked the House Budget Committee chairman what he would do if Mitt Romney “called and offered him second spot on his ticket?” “That kind of talk takes serious consideration—by family, friends, and oneself,” the six-term congressman from the Badger State replied. “And it’s someone else’s decision. If that bridge ever came to cross, I’ll make the decision then.” Early Read more [...]

Ubuntu Napa Listed for Sale

What's next for Ubuntu? Napa's first and only vegetarian restaurant had an enviable debut and an unexpected eclipse, making the New York Times list of America's top 10 new restaurants in 2008 and attaining Michelin-starred status before closing its doors last fall. "Ubuntu is where virtue meets naughty sensuality," the Times' Frank Bruni wrote in early 2008; and vegetarians, vegans and omnivores alike flocked to the Main Street eatery located, almost teasingly, hard by the meat-eaters' paradise Read more [...]

Why Nigeria should be de-listed from OIC now, by cleric

THE Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN) has called on the Federal Government to institute treason case against those Nigerians that facilitated the registration of the country in the Organisation of Islamic Country (OIC). It alleged that the action led the country into the precarious security situation it has found itself.According to the church, the panacea to the incessant killings in the country by the Boko Haram sect is the removal of Nigeria from the OIC.Prelate and Moderator of the PCN, Most Read more [...]

Pricier homes for sale in area see most traffic

Metro Detroiters are showing a growing appetite for homes above $100,000, and they're able to buy houses that may have been out of their price range before the real estate swoon.Sales of homes and condominiums for $100,000 and above — almost 40 percent of the market in Livingston, Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties — grew 20 percent in the first six months of the year compared with the same time in 2011, according to a report by Realcomp II Ltd., a Farmington Hills real estate information Read more [...]

50% of Bulgaria’s Lead and Zinc Complex up for sale

A private judicial enforcer has listed for sale 50% of severely financially troubled largest non-ferrous metal works, the Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC, OTzK) in Kardzhali.

The sale surfaced Saturday on the website of private enforser Rosen Sirakov, and is effective for a month starting Monday.

The enforcer has taken up the measure after OTzK’s main creditor, Bulgarian First Investment Bank won a court case against the factory and obtained a court order, Novinite.com reports.

Wait-listed pilgrims selected for haj

LUCKNOW: The haj pilgrims of Uttar Pradesh, who were in the waiting list from serial number 5,544 to 8,553 (3,009 pilgrims in all) have been selected for this year's haj pilgrimage. Similarly, selection of haj pilgrims in the waiting list from serial number 8554 to 9106 is almost certain, says a release issued by secretary, UP State Haj Committee Abrar Ahmad. He said that as per the guidelines of the Haj Committee of India, it is obligatory for these selected haj pilgrims to use the pay-in-slip Read more [...]