The Yes Men troll Wharton Business School with slavery proposal

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 The anti-globalization culture jamming group The Yes Men recently delivered a presentation at a Wharton Business School conference on trade and investment in Africa. A performance artist, using the name Hanniford Schmidt, pretending to be a WTO representative, announced a new WTO initiative for “full private stewardry of labor” in some parts of Africa. His talk […]

U.S. outlaws online gambling

Saturday, October 14, 2006 Over the weekend, millions of Americans faced the new ban of online gambling. The legislation was attached by Rep. Bill Frist to the Port Security bill. Many of the public companies that offer online gambling have been quick to react and give their outlooks on the legislature. Party Gaming and 888 among others have said that […]

Classic Jazz Artists: Indubitable Singers

See More About: Aboriginal Bark Paintings August, 2014 byAlma Abell It has never been easy to be a jazz singer. This is certainly true of those first men and women who stepped on the stage. These were classic jazz artists but many people chose to forget their contribution and focused overwhelmingly on the band. To some authorities, jazz was the […]

Hundreds of thousands of British public sector workers strike over planned pension changes

Friday, July 1, 2011 Hundreds of thousands of British public sector workers went on strike across the country yesterday to protest planned changes to pensions. As industrial action swept the country, half of all schools were hit when teachers walked out, thousands of emergency service responders did not arrive at work, and there were warnings of immigration delays at Heathrow […]

Dairy cattle with names produce more milk, according to new study

Thursday, January 29, 2009 Giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual with “more personal touch” can increase milk production, so says a scientific research published in the online “Anthrozoos,” which is described as a “multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals”. The Newcastle University‘s School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s (of the Newcastle […]

Advantages Offered By Online Flower Delivery

See More About: Buy Instant Air Fryer byAlma Abell With technology more prominent than ever before, the ability to order flowers online is now an everyday occurrence. You can order and have arrangements sent for any occasion from weddings to funerals without ever having to visit a florist. The fact is that there are a number of advantages offered by […]

Volvo announces all new car models electric or hybrid from 2019

Friday, July 7, 2017 On Wednesday, automobile company Volvo announced all of its cars to be released in 2019 onwards are to use some form of battery-powered engine, leaving conventional petrol-only vehicles altogether. The decision comes after Volvo announced in May their intent to cease production of diesel vehicles. The chief executive of Volvo Cars, HÃ¥kan Samuelsson, said, “People increasingly […]

Children find human bones, develop interest in anatomy

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Teachers at the elementary school of Reduzum in Friesland, the Netherlands were surprised at what their pupils turned up with yesterday. The children had found some human bones in a large pile of landfill, originating from the Oudehove cemetery in the Frisian capital city of Leeuwarden, which is being turned into an underground parking garage. Officials […]