Saturday, February 13, 2010 Hours before the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics, 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died after hitting an unpadded pole during a routine training exercise at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Vancouver, Canada on Friday morning. According to those on the scene, blood was “pouring” from the athlete’s head as he was being placed into a stretcher. Doctors did try to revive him, but to no avail. “Our first thoughts are with the family, friends, and colleagues of the athlete,” Jacques Rogge, president of the…
Read MoreResorts Manali For Perfect Family Holiday Stay
Read More About: Best Tattoo Sydney Best Tattoo Sydney Submitted by: The Himalayan If you are planning for a family vacation for this summer then Manali should be the first choice, as all the family members can have superb fun (including the kids and the elderly). All of us know that Manali is one the best creations of god; the hill station is breathtakingly beautiful with unending scenic splendour that will leave you asking for more. The beauty of nature is spread in every nook and corner of Manali and…
Read MoreNews briefs:May 3, 2006
The time is 18:30 (UTC) on 3rd May 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 8.1 magnitude earthquake near Tonga; tsunami possible 1.2 Communal tension erupts in Vadodara, India 1.3 BJP leader Pramod Mahajan dies in Mumbai 1.4 New Zealand Government to unbundle local loop 2 Closing words Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:May_3,_2006&oldid=428273”
Read MoreWhat A Homeowner Should Know Before Considering Kitchen Remodeling
Read More About: Buy Flatpack Kitchens What A Homeowner Should Know Before Considering Kitchen Remodeling by Yesner Hong With appropriate kitchen remodeling, a homeowner can raise the home’s value, make his/her close friends envious, and offer you a more efficient use of kitchen space. On the other hand, kitchen remodeling might not work the way one wants it to be therefore careful planning should be performed prior to one goes on to remodel his/her kitchen. To remodel a kitchen, the homeowner need to take into consideration his/her needs and desires…
Read MoreKennedy Center names 2007 honors recipients
Friday, September 14, 2007 The Kennedy Center announced that its 30th presentation of the Kennedy Center Honors would go to pianist Leon Fleisher, comedian Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross, director Martin Scorsese and musician Brian Wilson. The Center was opened to the public in 1971 and was envisioned as part of the National Cultural Center Act, which mandated that the independent, privately-funded institution would present a wide variety of both classical and contemporary performances, commission the creation of new artistic works, and undertake a variety of educational missions to increase…
Read MoreSprint Nextel customer service rep. harasses client; Sprint cancels his account
Sunday, July 22, 2007 Virginia – Joshua Brady, a former Sprint Nextel customer, has had his cellular phone account shut off, but not because he wasn’t paying the phone bill, or even because he was late on payments, but because a customer service representative who assisted him, began to call him outside of her job, and make death threats to him in September of 2006. She was never fired for her actions, Brady says. Brady has agreed to be interviewed by Wikinews to tell his story. All information and claims…
Read MoreWWE SmackDown Results from Nashville, TN for September 19, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Up-and-coming WWE star Vladimir Kozlov came to Nashville, TN on Tuesday night with an agenda. “I want better competition,” the former sambo champion from Ukrane said last week. “If you will not give it to me, then I will find it myself.” Kozolv has done just that, and he started his quest by attacking the top contender for the WWE Championship, Jeff Hardy, at the end his match last week. Hardy would again be the target for Kozlov’s frustrations, but he would not be alone. Hardy…
Read MoreRegistering For Vat What Are The Criteria?
Read More About: Accountants Brisbane Submitted by: Willam King Doing wholesale business in the UK is one of the most lucrative options available. If you do the things in right way, the chances of becoming successful are high. For the UK wholesale suppliers, with an annual turnover which exceed certain limit, getting registered for VAT is compulsory. There is no way to escape it and those who try so face serious financial penalties. Most of the people, including wholesalers, are unaware about the VAT criteria and are doubtful about whether…
Read MoreMount Diablo buckwheat rediscovered in California
Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Mount Diablo buckwheat Taxonomic name: Eriogonum truncatum Mount Diablo buckwheat is a small pink flower that was only known to grow on Mount Diablo in remote Contra Costa County, California. The University of California, Berkeley announced that one of its graduate students, Michael Park, rediscovered on May 24 the Mount Diablo buckwheat, a plant not sighted since 1936 and believed to have been extinct.Found nearly 30 miles east of San Francisco, Park [aged 35] identified the small pink flowering plant said to resemble baby’s breath during…
Read MoreRobert Boyle wins Honorary Oscar for his art direction career
Monday, February 25, 2008American art director and production designer Robert F. Boyle was honoured last night at the Academy Awards. Hired as an extra in films during the Great Depression, the young architect became a draftsman at Paramount Studios, moving on to become a sketch artist and assistant art director, before becoming a full-fledged art director in the early 1940s, at Universal Studios. His credits include Alfred Hitchcock films Saboteur (1942), North by Northwest (1959), and The Birds (1963). Other films to his credit include The Thomas Crown Affair (1968),…
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