Friday, November 2, 2007 The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona is currently locked down while security teams are doing a sweep of the area after a pipe bomb was found this morning. Arizona Public Service Company (APS) spokesman Jim MacDonald said a contract worker was stopped at the main gate of the...
Public Speaking: Gearing Your Presentation Toward A Technical Audience
More Detail Here: English Language Skills Training Communication Skills Course Public Speaking: Gearing Your Presentation Toward a Technical Audience by Booker Mccullough When you are called up on present a technical training curriculum, members of your audience are very different from a typical public speaking audience. They are going to expect to hear information...
Stephen Hawking believes going to other planets is necessary for human survival
Saturday, December 2, 2006 Stephen Hawking, a renowned physicist known for having Lou Gehrig’s Disease, believes that the survival of the human race depends on whether or not we colonize other planets. “The long-term survival of the human race is at risk as long as it is confined to a single planet,” he said...
On the campaign trail, July 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012 The following is the ninth in a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2012 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after a brief mention of some of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: the rules of third party candidate polling...
What Is A Membrane Roof?
More Detail Here: Diy Flatpack Wardrobes Custom Flatpack Kitchen Nsw byadmin A membrane roofing system is a popular choice for a commercial roof; it is designed to reduce the possibility of pooling and to reduce the incidence of leaks which are often associated with other roofing systems. This type of roof is rapidly becoming...
Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
Monday, December 3, 2007 At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday. The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader’s work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause. Opinion was divided....
Pakistan court sentences one man to death penalty, and life imprisonment to five others for Mashal Khan lynching incident
Saturday, February 10, 2018 On Wednesday, an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani city of Haripur sentenced one man to death, and five others to life imprisonment, for killing 23-year-old Mashal Khan in a mob violence incident last year. 57 out of 61 verdicts were announced, which took place behind closed doors for security reasons,...
Death toll of Bahrain tourist boat capsizing rises to 57
Saturday, April 1, 2006At least 57 people are now known to have died when a boat designed similar to a traditional dhow capsized one mile of the coast of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. Seventeen were Indian and a further 13 of the dead are British; people of another six nationalities are also known...
Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball coach Tom Kyle
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Toronto , Canada —What experiences makes a coach of an international sports team? Wikinews interviewed Tom Kyle, the coach of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in Toronto for the 2014 Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. ((Wikinews)) Tell us about yourself. First of all, where...
At least 55 killed by Hurricane Katrina; serious flooding across affected region
Tuesday, August 30, 2005File:Katrina damage.jpg Thirty people died in the Gulf of Mexico resort of Biloxi when Hurricane Katrina demolished a water-side apartment block, Harrison County emergency operations center spokesman Jim Pollard told AP. However, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has yet to confirm the news. At least another twenty have died across the...