Here’s An Opinion On: Scrub Store Submitted by: Brent McNutt The busiest walks of life belong to those who have sedentary lifestyles. But one must be very careful for lifestyle define what kind of life are you going to have. In most cases, heart diseases have been the biggest problem of people. It has been…
Africans keep the leading position at 2008 Mumbai Marathon
Sunday, January 20, 2008 The Standard Chartered Marathon, nicknamed “The Greatest Race on Earth“, held its third stage in Mumbai, India today. Because of the scorching hot weather in India, marathon runners had to adapt to the weather to overcome the challenge. More than 30,000 runners participated in this race, joined by local NGOs and…
Blu-ray prevails in high definition disc war
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 The battle between the two high definition optical disc formats, Blu-ray and HD DVD has ended after sole HD DVD manufacturer Toshiba has announced it will no longer produce HD DVD players. In a press conference yesterday, Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida announced and confirmed that Toshiba will terminate the R&D plan…
Gunman shoots during board meeting in Florida, then kills self
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 An armed gunman took hostages and fired shots during a school board meeting in Panama City, Florida at the Bay District Schools’ Nelson Building Tuesday. The gunman has been identified as Clay Duke, 56, whose wife had been fired by the school district. Duke fired at board members until he was…
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Here’s An Opinion On: Best Medical Scrubs New Zealand Submitted by: Barrie Semp The Smily Centre UK, has provided a number of common myths surrounding dentures, implants and cosmetic dentistry: MYTH #1: All dentures are alike and are made from a pattern or mold common to all patients. FACT: Since every person’s mouth is different,…
US automaker GM reports losses of $6 billion
Thursday, May 7, 2009 United States automobile company General Motors announced it has lost US$6 billion in the first quarter of 2009, amidst heavy declines in revenues. Not including special items, the firm said it had lost a net $5.9 billion dollars, or $9.66 per share. In the first quarter of last year, GM had…
In pictures: Japan earthquake and tsunami
Friday, March 18, 2011 A week ago today, at 2:46 pm JST, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the T?hoku region in Japan. The earthquake created an extremely destructive tsunami that spawned 10 metre (33 ft) high waves just moments later. The tsunami travelled 10 km (6 mi) inland causing massive destruction…
‘The Administrators were a disaster for the Shire’: Wikinews interviews Lindsay Love, Tarwin Valley ward candidate in South Gippsland, Australia
Sunday, September 26, 2021 Nominations were declared on Tuesday for South Gippsland Shire’s upcoming council elections, to be held by post from October 5-22. A total of 24 people in the Australian council’s three wards have put themselves forward to stand as candidates. The shire has been governed by administrators appointed by the Victorian state…
Addressing Endpoint Security Visibility And Management
Here’s An Opinion On: Body Corporate Management Addressing Endpoint Security Visibility And Management by Griffin Hill Generally speaking, you are required to spend a huge amount of money on the rental of a number of phone lines to assure that each employee can have a dedicated phone line in your company. This means that you…
Canadian university students would prefer MP3 players over car radios
Friday, March 30, 2007 At Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, students are finding that popular MP3 players, such as Apple’s iPod, are very convenient devices for listening to music at the gym, while traveling on foot, and in the car. In a recent ad-hoc survey conducted by Wikinews contributor Darren Mar, 150 students…