Saturday, January 15, 2005 Jeff Tweiten, a 27-year-old graphic artist, is encamped in front of the Cinerama Theatre, on a blue sofa, in the northwest city of Seattle, Washington. Tweiten plans to wait 139 days for the premiere of “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith,” which opens May 19, 2005. He has received help from a community […]
Preparations for inaugural Bathurst International Motor Festival begin
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 The Bathurst Regional Council has begun preparing the Mount Panorama motor racing circuit for the inaugural Bathurst International Motorsport Festival (BIMF) to be held between April 13 and 16, 2006. The Mount Panorama motor racing circuit is considered to be the home of motorsport in Australia. Council’s staff have been busy cleaning the facilities, erecting signage, […]
French parliamentarian questions Jacques Chirac’s Elysée budget
Thursday, October 6, 2005 A member of the French National Assembly, René Dosière, denounces the “opacity” in the budget of the Élysée Palace, the office of the President of the French Republic. According to him, the president’s real budget is approximately three times the budget given for his services in the yearly national budget voted by the French Parliament, because […]
Wikinews’ overview of the year 2007
Monday, December 31, 2007 What would you tell your grandchildren about 2007 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 year’s time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2007, what would the question be? The year that you first signed on to Facebook? The year Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse fell apart? The year author Kurt […]
Wire Dog Crates For Small Pets
Submitted by: Ryan Pauline Dog crates are a necessity for every pet-owning household. Wire crates are the most versatile, because they can be folded for easy transport or to be stored out of the way. They’re also more attractive than plastic crates, and can be covered to complement the room’s d cor. A wire dog crate gives your pet a […]
Interview: Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 January’s second Interview of the Month was with Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on 23 January in IRC. The EFF is coming off a series of high-profile successes in their campaigns to educate the public, press, and policy makers regarding online rights in a digital world, and defending those rights in the legislature […]
New fossils from 10 million year old ape found in Ethiopia
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Researchers say that new, ten million-year-old fossils found in Ethiopia, prove that the theory that humans may have evolved from a species of great apes eight million years ago, may not be true, but that humans may have split from apes as long as 10.5 million years ago. At least nine fossilized teeth, one canine tooth […]
Signs of ancient hydrothermal vents found on Mars
Thursday, May 22, 2008 The Spirit Rover, one of two planetary rovers operated by NASA on the planet Mars, has made an important, though unintentional discovery on the red planet, due to a wheel which has been inoperable on the rover making large gouges in the soil of Mars wherever it goes. Scientists say they can confirm that images from […]
Culture of creativity features at Furnal Equinox 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018 Visual art, fabric art, photography, performance, dance, virtual reality, and music were all the subject of sessions at Furnal Equinox 2018, a conference held from March 16 to 18 at Toronto’s Westin Harbour Castle. Canada’s largest furry convention by attendance, the annual event offers dozens of subculture-specific programs. The convention’s communications and public relations coordinator for […]
Tips To Writing Your First Ezine Article}
Submitted by: Gayle Quinnelly Do you find yourself struggling to write your first ezine article? There must be some reason why some people find writing ezine articles so easy to do. If you are new to article writing and submission, you may feel a bit overwhelmed and are searching for directions and an easy way to get started. Do you […]