Saturday, March 7, 2009 After almost two months of delay, NASA has set March 11 as the launch date for Space Shuttle Discovery. On February 22, NASA had stated that they indefinitely delayed the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, which was originally scheduled for takeoff on February 12. Launch was then further delayed until February 25 before being delayed indefinitely […]
Considering A Career In Graphic Design? Artifact Advertising Designers Give Some Insight}
Click Here To Know More About: Design School Sydney Bachelor Of Visual Communication Submitted by: Lindy Taoushiani I realized Graphic Design is an easier way to pay the bills as opposed to being a starving artist contemplating slicing off and eating your own ear Why do many artistically talented people end up as Graphic Designers instead of artists and was […]
Food with cancer-causing dye recalled in Britain
Saturday, April 30, 2005 The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced a recall of foods containing banned dyes which increase the risk of cancer. The food products were sold at the Tesco, Waitrose, and Somerfield supermarkets. A Bristol company called “Barts Spices” found the illegal Para Red substance in their Barts Ground Paprika, which was sold in 48g and […]
2008 TaiSPO: Interview with Ideal Bike Corporation and Gary Silva
Friday, March 28, 2008 2008 Taipei International Cycle Show (Taipei Cycle) & Taipei International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO) not only did a best reunion with conjunctions of the launch of Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition and the concurrent cycling race of 2008 Tour de Taiwan but also provide opportunities and benefits for sporting goods, bicycle, and athlete sports industries […]
News briefs:May 16, 2010
Correction — August 24, 2015 These briefs incorrectly describe BP as ‘British Petroleum’. In fact, such a company has not existed for many years as BP dropped this name when becoming a multinational company. The initials no longer stand for anything. Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our […]
Synopsis Of Bios}
Click Here To Know More About: Electric Forklift Hire Forklift Hire Canberra Synopsis of BIOS by Roberto Bell The terminology BIOS stands for Basic Input/output System, Basic Integrated Operating System and sometimes Built In Operating System. The main purpose of the BIOS is to make the computer fully prepared so that the machine can download various software programs. It also […]
India successfully test-fires Agni-III missile
Correction — July 11, 2006 See India’s Agni-III test termed a “partial success”. Sunday, July 9, 2006 India‘s most sophisticated Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) to date, the Agni III was test-fired off the Orissa coast earlier today. The missile took off from a fixed platform at the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island at 11:05 IST (05:35 GMT) in the […]
Striking NYC transit workers will return to jobs
Thursday, December 22, 2005 Striking New York City transit workers will return to their jobs in 12-24 hours under an agreement reached today. While no final contract agreement has been reached, transit work will resume as negotiations continue. At 2:40 pm EST, the TWU board voted to end the strike. By 3:00 pm, the TWU Local 100 website had posted […]
Australian Senator arrives at Parliament dressed as a beer bottle
Thursday, March 13, 2008 Family First Senator Steve Fielding arrived at Parliament today, dressed as a beer bottle to raise awareness of a bill he intends to move in the Senate today. Senator Fielding will introduce a bill to establish a nationwide refund scheme for bottles and cans. A similar scheme has operated in South Australia since 1977. Family First […]
Russian territory expands by 4.5 square kilometres after seismic activity
Saturday, November 14, 2009 According to scientists, the land territory of Russia has expanded by about 4.5 square kilometres within the last few years in the Far East due to seismic and volcanic activity. The gained land was recorded in the Sakhalin Peninsula. Boris Levin, head of the Institute for Sea Geology and Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, […]