Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the […]
Read MorePigs fed contaminated pet food; meat sold to consumers
Saturday, April 21, 2007 The contaminated pet food that was recalled after it was found to contain a harmful industrial chemical called melamine, has been used as pig feed at a hog farm in Ceres, California, located in the United States. At least seven urine samples taken from pigs at the American Hog Farm, were […]
Read MoreInflame A Case In Favor Of Electric Bbq}
Read An Opinion On: Bbq Smoking Pellets Australia Submitted by: Sumit Mohil We literally love to grill; be it meat or anything vegetarian, mouths do water on mention of BBQ. Charcoal and propane gas grills have been dominating the arena for time immemorial, and in from of them, electric BBQ just seems the new kid […]
Read MoreScience Fiction author Ray Bradbury dies
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 U.S. science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who was 91, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, according to his daughter. Bradbury’s most famous novels are The Martian Chronicles (1950) and Fahrenheit 451 (1953), and a collection of short stories The Illustrated Man (1951), but he was also known for helping write the […]
Read MoreRussian choreographer Igor Moiseyev dies at age 101
Friday, November 2, 2007 Igor Moiseyev, who has been widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of folk dance, has died today after a long illness. He was 101 years old. Born Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev on January 21, 1906 in Kiev, Moiseyev graduated from the Bolshoi Theatre ballet school in 1924 and danced in the […]
Read MoreLost tomb of ‘Gladiator’ real life Roman inspiration found
Friday, October 17, 2008 The long-lost tomb of Marcus Nonius Macrinus, the inspiration of the character Maximus Decimus Meridius in Ridley Scott‘s popular film ‘Gladiator‘, was discovered off the ancient Via Flaminia road in Rome this Thursday. Pieces of the tomb first began to emerge from the ground during construction for a residential complex along […]
Read MoreInexpensive Projects A Cheapskate’s Guide To Home Improvement
Read An Opinion On: Painters Newcastle Submitted by: Randy Rater In most cases, home improvement projects are rather costly. A lot of people tap their savings to be able to get some home improvements done. This can be very harmful to ones pockets, leaving you short of a comfortable reserve in the event of an […]
Read MorePetition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Live music venues in Edinburgh, Scotland are awaiting a review later this year on the 2005 licensing policy, which places limitations on the volume of amplified music in the city. Investigating into how the policy is affecting the Edinburgh music scene, a group of Wikinews writers interviewed venue owners, academics, the […]
Read MoreNigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua reported dead
Thursday, May 6, 2010 Presidential aides and state television announced yesterday that the Nigerian president, Umaru Yar’Adua, died. Yar’Adua ascended to the presidency in 2007, but was later taken ill, and had not been publicly seen for the last few months. He was hospitalised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to get inflammated tissue around his heart […]
Read MoreCommunicating With Clients In Web Design
Communicating with Clients in Web Design by Valeria Stephens Whether you are working for yourself as a freelancer or part of a company of web designers, one of the hardest parts of your job is not the coding or the artistic side of the business, but dealing with the needs and demands of the clients. […]
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