Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov have just completed their mission’s first space walk aboard the International Space Station. The mission lasted 5 hours, 28 minutes, ending at 1311 UTC.The two astronauts, working in Russian space suits, performed a variety of tasks. Chiao and Sharipov installed a work platform, […]
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 The Tax Policy Center has published a table that states that taxpayers earning more than $10,000,000 in 2004 paid lower tax rates than taxpayers earning between $1,000,000 and $10,000,000. Among other things, it breaks down the average tax rate by cash income into various income tax categories. According to the Tax […]
Why Tiger Teak Ceilings is the Future of Home Design by Wooderra Makris A name to which Wooderra owns the copyright, tiger teak is a mixture of white teak (commercially known as teak sapwood) and teak heartwood. The distinctive teak heartwood carries itself in a golden brown hue, which turns into a dark mocha with […]
Friday, August 17, 2007 Wikinews has compiled the views from various politicians on New Zealand’s latest digital television service, Freeview. Those interviewed were Sue Kedgley, Jonathan Coleman, and Steve Maharey, the broadcasting spokespeople for their respective parties; the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, the New Zealand National Party, and the New Zealand Labour Party. […]
Read An Opinion On: Retail Industry Trends Brand Strategies Submitted by: Sydni Craig-Hart One of the most challenging aspects of webinar marketing is getting people to attend your webinar (not to mention getting people to buy once they’re there!). But there’s a reason webinars are one of the most effective content marketing strategies out there […]
Sunday, July 1, 2007 A young woman was killed Friday night after an accident occurred on a gyrating ride at the Playland amusement park in Rye, New York in the United States. The woman, Gabriela Garin, was a worker at the amusement park, and had worked there for the past seven years. The accident occurred […]
Saturday, January 29, 2011 U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate Jim Hedges of Thompson Township, Pennsylvania took some time to answer a few questions about the Prohibition Party and his 2012 presidential campaign. The Prohibition Party is the third oldest existing political party in the United States, having been established in 1869. It reached its height […]
March 23, 2005 Ottawa says it will allow the harvest of 320,000 young seals this year, prompting a backlash from international environmental activists who call for a boycott of the Canadian fisheries products. The seal hunt is an annual event on the ice floes off the east coast of Canada where the seal nurseries give […]
Thursday, December 7, 2006 The New Zealand Government has tabled the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill, despite unprecedented political opposition. In 2003 the Hon Annette King signed a Treaty with Australia agreeing to hand control of the natural health products sector over to an Australian regulatory body, however she needs to pass enabling legislation in […]
Sunday, February 10, 2008 The Internet group Project Chanology today held protests critical of the Church of Scientology. The protests marked what would have been the 49th birthday of Lisa McPherson, who is claimed to be a victim of the Church of Scientology’s practices. Lisa died in 1995 during a running of what Scientologists refer […]