More On This Topic: A Plan By Vincent Platania I still remember the old monster of a Norge refrigerator that hummed away in my grandmother’s kitchen. It was easily 20 years old when I was born – and when we moved ten years later, it was still going strong. Long after friends’ parents had replaced their refrigerators – some of them even twice – Nana’s Norge was freezing foods solid
Monday, November 5, 2007 In the 1980’s and the 1990’s there were multiple allegations of sexual abuse of children or non-consenting adults in the context of Satanic rituals that has come to be known as The Satanic Panic. In the United States, the Kern County child abuse cases, McMartin preschool trial and the West Memphis 3 cases garnered worldwide media coverage. One case took place in Jordan, Minnesota, when children
A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, March 15, 2007. Contents 1 Potter #7 to break Potter #6’s record 2 Harry Potter to appear on French stamps 3 Wal-Mart’s package reduction strategy results 4 TV show about a card game to launch in Canada 5 Wind tunnel free-fall record set 12 million copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be printed by American publisher Scholastic, a record setting
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 New currency notes are being introduced in Ghana today. The new currency, to be called the Ghanaian cedi, replaces the previous cedi which has been in circulation since 17 February, 1967. The Ghanaian cedi will be exchanged at 10,000 old cedis to one new Ghanaian cedi. The exchange rate against the U.S. dollar starts at GH¢0.92 to one U.S. dollar. The new ISO code for the
More On This Topic: Aria Charts byAlma Abell If you have ever been in the city, then you know that to go anywhere, you need Taxi Service like Long Beach Airport Transportation. Hailing a taxi can be tricky, they seem to be moving thousands of miles an hour, and everyone in the city is trying to get them to stop. Although hailing a taxi is pretty simple, you need to
Friday, June 19, 2009 Several organizations have increased their Farsi services in the wake of the events surrounding the recent presidential election. Google has added Farsi-to-English translation as one of its translation options to its Google Translate service. Similarly, Facebook has launched a Farsi version of its web site. The BBC has increased the number of broadcasting satellites that it uses for its Farsi news channel, BBC Persian Television. Google’s
Saturday, October 9, 2010 The 10.10 version of Ubuntu (codename Maverick Merkaat), a free operative system is to be released in the next few days. French Wikinews contributor Savant-fou (Baptiste) has interviewed Fabrice (fabrice_sp on Ubuntu), an Ubuntu’s MOTU (Master Of The Universe), member of the development team of the operative system. Ubuntu is a computer operating system, based on Debian, which is created collaboratively by thousands of people. There
More On This Topic: Newcastle Luxury Granny Flats byAlma Abell When disaster strikes the home that you love, it can be hard to sit long enough to concentrate on the damage that has been done and start the cleanup process. That is why home damage restoration in Panama City is so important to its citizens and is used quite often. Many homeowners don’t realize that there are different types of
Thursday, October 10, 2019 On Monday, United States District Court Judge Victor Marrero issued a ruling against President Donald Trump finding that New York City prosecutors could view his tax records after a subpoena issued by a grand jury. The Manhattan district attorney’s office is investigating Trump over alleged hush money paid to two women with whom he has been alleged to have had affairs. Such payments could be considered
Thursday, April 9, 2009 Protests which began Monday escalated to a riot on Wednesday consisting of over 10,000 people in Chi?in?u, the capital of Moldova, protesting the results of Sunday’s 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election, which showed an apparent, narrow victory for the Communist Party (Partidul Comuni?tilor din Republica Moldova, PCRM). Demonstrators claim the victory was the result of electoral fraud. The demonstration escalated to a “flash mob” of between 10,000