Saturday, March 14, 2009 Rico Daniels is a British TV presenter living in France who is known for his two television series — The Salvager — whilst he still lived in the UK and then Le Salvager after he moved to France. Rico has been in a variety of jobs but his passion is now…
Cessna to display seven aircraft and new cabin concept at Paris Air Show
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 The US-based Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., is expected to statically display seven of its aircraft and a mock-up of its latest business jet large cabin concept at the 47th International Paris Air Show, dubbed the LCC. The seven aircraft expected to be on display are the Citation…
How To Make Water From Air
Read An Opinion On: Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Site By Erik Leipoldt Global warming brings many water problems. One way around them is to use desalination. Another is to obtain water from air! Several products are in development or are on the market already. You watch – this trend will become a tsunami. Global warming…
Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home
Sunday, May 28, 2006 Stardust is a NASA space capsule that collected samples from comet 81P/Wild (also known as “Wild 2) in deep space and landed back on Earth on January 15, 2006. It was decided that a collaborative online review process would be used to “discover” the microscopically small samples the capsule collected. The…
Racist scuffle on Anti-OBE Teachers’ forum
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 A Western Australian teachers’ website has come under fire by the Education and Training minister for publishing racist comments.Education and Training Minister, Ljiljanna Ravlich, today expressed concern about racist, abusive and offensive comments appearing on the anti-outcomes based education website PLATO. Minister Ravlich said she was disgusted by some of the…
Canada’s Eglinton—Lawrence (Ward 16) city council candidates speak
This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontoians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Eglinton—Lawrence (Ward 16). Two candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for an…
How Will I Go About Starting My Own Candy Vending Business?
Read An Opinion On: Energy Savings Australia By Mario Churchill There are several ways to start a candy vending business of your own. The first thing to consider when starting a candy vending business is to learn the business inside out. You need to know everything about the business to be able to run it…
Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
Monday, May 14, 2007 Buffalo, New York —A massive warehouse complex of at least 5 buildings caught on fire in Buffalo, New York on 111 Tonawanda Street, sending a plume of thick, jet black colored smoke into the air that could be seen as far away as 40 miles. As of 6:40 a.m., the fire…
Wikinews Shorts: May 15, 2009
A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, May 15, 2009. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed budget cuts and layoffs for California yesterday. Californian education budgets would be cut by $3 billion USD for the next five years if California voters gave a yes votes to the budget-related measures for May 19’s special election. Schwarzenegger is…
Wikinews tours London Paralympic Village wheelchair repair workshop
Saturday, September 1, 2012 1 2 3 4 London, England — Yesterday Wikinews had the opportunity to tour the Ottobrock wheelchair repair workshops at the Paralympic Village in London. It is one of a network of workshops at every Paralympic venue. They are run by Ottobrock, which has been repairing wheelchairs at the Paralympics since…