Read An Opinion On: Baby First Aid Training Sydney By John Harricharan / Anita Bergan Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. — Robert Frost When it is dark enough, men see the stars. — Ralph Waldo Emerson In the face of uncertainty, there is nothing…
California meat packing firm recalls 143M pounds of beef
Sunday, February 17, 2008 I am dismayed at the in-humane handling of cattle that has resulted in the violation of food safety regulations at the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company. In a press release today, California-based Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. indicated that it has voluntarily recalled just over 143 million pounds (65 million kilograms) of raw…
Annie Awards for animation Sunday; Wikinews will be there
Thursday, February 8, 2007 This Sunday, the International Animated Film Association (Association International du Film d’Animation) or ASIFA will hand out the Annie Awards in Glendale, California. As animation’s highest honor, the crowd is always a who’s who of direction, art design, character design, layout, visual effects, and voice artists. There are 23 award categories…
Blizzard Entertainment’s victory over bnetd sealed in Appeals Court
Saturday, September 3, 2005 Blizzard Entertainment has won a federal ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals against the programmers of bnetd, a software package that emulates Blizzard’s Battle.net service. The court reaffirmed the original judgement, given in October, that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and click-through EULA’s prohibited the reverse engineering of Blizzard’s software…
Where Is The Best Place To Learn Hypnosis?
Read An Opinion On: Best Dog Grass Pad Submitted by: Ken Ericsson Hypnosis can offer numerous benefits. You will be able to relax deeply and remove stress out of your system through hypnosis. You can also use hypnosis to promote weight loss and as a tool to quit smoking. However, you should learn hypnosis first…
Blue Jackets Send Mason back to OHL
Saturday, January 12, 2008 The NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets returned goaltender Steve Mason back to the OHL on January 11 after an emergency recall since January 7. Mason never played for the Blue Jackets during the recall. Before the recall, Mason led Team Canada to victory against Team Sweden in the 2008 World Junior Ice…
French fashion brand Lacoste announces limited-edition logo change from crocodile to endangered animals
Saturday, March 3, 2018 On Wednesday, French sports clothing brand Lacoste announced producing a limited edition of polo shirts featuring top-ten endangered animal species as the logo, instead of the company’s usual crocodile logo, in a measure to protect those animals, partnering with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Lacoste announced partnering with…
Pregnancy And Maternity Discrimination Factsheet
Read An Opinion On: Egg Donor Applications Submitted by: Martin Searle What is pregnancy and maternity discrimination? The Sex Discrimination Act specifically prohibits discrimination on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave. Discrimination on these grounds is deemed to be automatically discriminatory on the grounds of sex without the need to provide a male comparator….
Transgender woman hired as city manager for Lake Worth, Florida
Thursday, April 9, 2009 Susan Stanton, the former city manager of Largo, Florida, has been hired as the new city manager for Lake Worth. Stanton was fired from her job as Largo’s city manager in 2007, apparently when her gender transition became public knowledge. “We said all along that we’d pick the best candidate regardless…
Ozzy Osbourne’s personal possessions fetch $800,000 for charity
Sunday, December 2, 2007 American heavy metal performer Ozzy Osbourne, who became famous as the lead vocalist for Black Sabbath and later as a solo act, has raised more than US$800,000 for The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program, founded by his spouse Sharon Osbourne at the Cedars Sinai Hospital, by auctioning off personal items. A…