Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Dutch scientists have said in a study that burning your food may lead to certain types of cancer, particularly in women. Scientists also say that more research is needed to make a definite determination and that there are other factors that could be to blame. “This new study supports our current…
Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday, October 15, 2007 Sam Brownback is perplexed. The U.S. Senator from Kansas and Presidential candidate is a Republican whose politics—he is against marriage for gay people, he is against abortion, and…
Funding gap forces library closures in Jackson County, Oregon
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Due to a US$23 million budget shortfall, all public libraries in Jackson County, Oregon are scheduled to close April 6. The U.S. Congress did not renew the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Act, which replaces property tax revenues with revenue sharing from timber harvests. Jackson County used the revenue to pay…
Make A Commitment To Ongoing Self Improvement
Read An Opinion On: English Language Skills Course Make A Commitment To Ongoing Self Improvement by Hal Aumann It doesn\’t matter if you are a manager for someone else\’s business, or a company owner yourself, you need to keep ahead of new trends and changes in the market place and the general business environment. If…
New York executive files $60 million libel lawsuit over insurance scandal
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 A former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executive has hit former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer with a $60 million defamation lawsuit over an online magazine article regarding an insurance bid-rigging scandal. William Gilman, a former Marsh managing director, filed a complaint last Friday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, over…
Personal Injury Lawyer Helping You Get Compensation For Unnecessary Injuries
Read An Opinion On: Dispute Lawyers Gold Coast By Susan Chen Everyday, many people get injured from accidents or negligence, such as when the neighbor’s untrained dog bites a toddler in the park. Or when someone you love suffers from scars or trauma from a physician’s sheer negligence. You may feel helpless to deal with…
French workers use threats in compensation demand
Friday, July 17, 2009Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform cranes. The JLG factory announced in April 2009 that it will fire 53 of its 163 workers by the end of 2009, while the remaining 110 jobs will not be…
2008 COMPUTEX Taipei: Three awards, One target
Monday, June 23, 2008 2008 COMPUTEX Taipei, the largest trade fair since its inception in 1982, featured several seminars and forums, expansions on show spaces to TWTC Nangang, great transformations for theme pavilions, and WiMAX Taipei Expo, mainly promoted by Taipei Computer Association (TCA). Besides of ICT industry, “design” progressively became the critical factor for…
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran….
Hvac Supports
Read An Opinion On: Air Cooled Water Chillers HVAC Supports by Owen Gibson An HVAC, which stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, is the technology of an indoor, automotive environmental comfort. HVACs are designed while using the principles of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. Heating There are many different kinds of heating units….