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 […]
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More On This Topic: Trust Accounting System Australia Effects of Renouncing American Citizenship by kevinkallisIt is a known fact that one can become a citizen of the US by birth or through Naturalization. Getting citizenship through US citizen parents are also possible depending on satisfying certain requirements. If you qualify on your own eligibility, you […]
G20 protests: Inside a labour march
Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London – “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London. […]
Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark
Friday, January 12, 2007 The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was resented on Wednesday for the first time) – Apple Inc. – and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose […]
The Deadliest Fall
18 December 2004 http://www.ideaexplore.net/news/041116/flu.jpg Emergency hospital during 1918 influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas (source: National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP). A bout of the flu can be mild. In young, healthy adults, many infections pass unnoticed. But sometimes the influenza virus evolves into a strain that decimates its victims. The worst known strain swept […]
Parts of US airplane fall from sky in Brazil
Friday, March 27, 2009 Portions of a DC-10 jet registered to the Miami, Florida-based Arrow Cargo company fell from the sky over a residential area in the city of Manaus, Brazil on Thursday. Parts of one of the turbines of the aircraft caused some damage to a car and a few houses, but no injuries […]
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UK mounts rescue operation for Spanish trawler in distress in North Atlantic storm
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 This afternoon the RAF launched an operation to rescue nineteen sailors from a Spanish trawler in difficulties in a North Atlantic storm. Radio contact with the FV Cibeles was lost yesterday evening at 2030 UTC when the crew reported to the ship’s owners that they were in trouble. Last night, UK […]
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More On This Topic: Mining Truck Australia Australia Mining Truck Submitted by: Jerry Lawler So, you have given your SNAP test, scored well and have finally got the coveted call to the Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management in Pune. You are all happy and excited but is the end of the story that will suffice […]
Gorillaz Nominated for 5 Grammy Awards
Monday, December 12, 2005 The smash hit “Demon Days” from cartoon concept band Gorillaz has been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards: Record Of The Year, “Feel Good, Inc.” Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, “Feel Good, Inc.” Best Urban/Alternative Performance, “Dirty Harry” Producer Of The Year, Danger Mouse “Demon Days” Best Short Form Music Video, “Feel […]