Australian Senator arrives at Parliament dressed as a beer bottle

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Family First Senator Steve Fielding arrived at Parliament today, dressed as a beer bottle to raise awareness of a bill he intends to move in the Senate today. Senator Fielding will introduce a bill to establish a nationwide refund scheme for bottles and cans.
A similar scheme has operated in South Australia since 1977.
Family First wants a rebate of 10 cents per containeRead More…

CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate John M. Wierenga running in Yellowhead

Friday, September 26, 2008
On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. Christian Heritage Party candidate John M. Wierenga is standing for election in the riding of Yellowhead. A journeyman welder with a company in Neerlandia, Alberta, John is an active member of the Neerlandia Canadian Reformed Church. Serving on his church council, he actively volunteeRead More…

Five hundred cattle die of neglect on West Australia property

Thursday, February 17, 2005 RSPCA inspectors found about 500 cattle dead on a remote station in Western Australia. Water is being trucked in to care for another 2500 cattle on Windidda station, east of Wilun, which is leased to an Aboriginal corporation.
State Agriculture Minister Kim Chance says the propery was found abandoned and only two of the property’s 13 watering stations were working.
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Simon’s Rock College tests Alan Turing theories with ‘Imitation Game’ experiment

Tuesday, April 19, 2005
On Saturday April 16, students at Simon’s Rock College in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and Dr. Richard Wallace of the A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation for their first time tested Alan Turing’s thought-experiment. The Imitation Game, based on the original Turing model for testing the ability of humans to recognize artificial intelligence (AI), was carried out with nearly eightyRead More…

Several businesses catch fire in Queens, New York

Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, a fire rushed through seven businesses at the Whitestone Shopping Center in Whitestone, Queens, New York, near the Cross Island Parkway in New York City.
The fire started at around 1:00 AM EST (UTC-5) on November 2, 2008 in a diner known as Lollipops. According to local sources, Lollipops was a popular restaurant in the area. The fire spread through the stores, uRead More…

Remains of a child discovered in Jersey care home

Monday, February 25, 2008
Parts of a body belonging to a child have been discovered at the Haut de la Garenne in Saint Martin, Jersey, a United Kingdom Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.
The Victorian building, which was originally built as a children’s care home and is now a youth hostel, has been under investigation recently as part of an inquiry into child abuse which occurreRead More…

South African Travel Tips When Visiting Limpopo

Read An Opinion On: Chicago Arthritis Doctors By Gerald Crawford Stellenbosch The Limpopo Province has exceptional beauty of the landscapes, the rich cultural heritage that lives on in the legends and traditions, the prolific wildlife protected in sanctuaries such as the world-renowned Kruger National Park, the significant archaeological treasures preserved in reverence and the solid tourRead More…

Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

Thursday, June 23, 2011
NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal Nature.
Data from Cassini’s cosmic dust anRead More…

Scottish man sentenced over ‘grossly offensive’ joke on YouTube

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
On Monday, Mark Meechan of Scotland was fined GBP800 for a joke video he posted on YouTube. He was found guilty of being “grossly offensive” in violation of the Communications Act of 2003 on March 20. Meechan, whose YouTube persona is “Count Dankula”, posted a video on the social media site in which he trained a pug, a small companion dog, to respond to spoken words sucRead More…