The Best Shaggy Rugs

Here’s An Opinion On: Bq Design Bedheads Sydney The Best Shaggy Rugs by Cedric Loiselle By definition, a shag is a carpet or rug that is made of deep long or loopy pile to make a thick shaggy effect. It certainly exudes a unique ambiance to the space or room it is placed. Walking on it makes people feel like its soft and bouncy effect. The thicker the pile, the squishier it gets. Deeper andContinue reading

Report indicates Mexican monarch butterfly population at ten-year high, reasons unclear

Saturday, February 2, 2019 The Center for Biological Diversity announced on Wednesday the monarch butterfly population counted over-wintering in Mexico was 144% greater than last year, with the highest overall population since the winter of 2006–2007. Scientists cautioned against an excess of optimism for the species. Remarked Center for Biological Diversity scientist Tierra Curry, “This reprieve from bad news on monarchs is a thank-you from the butterflies to all the people who planted native milkweedsContinue reading

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Wikinews Shorts: June 4, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, June 4, 2007. MediaCorp Radio in Singapore has been fined 15,000 Singaporean dollars (US$9,800) over an on-air stunt in March in which female guests on a radio show were asked to remove their brassieres, and pose for video that was to be posted on the station’s website and on YouTube. The Media Development Authority said the radio show’s hosts made improper and sexually suggestive remarks about “how fastContinue reading

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Fur fans flock to Toronto’s Furnal Equinox 2019

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Super high speed internet launched in New Zealand

Friday, September 1, 2006 The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, yesterday unveiled Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN). It is super high speed Internet that is capable of transmitting data with speeds of up to ten gigabits per second, 10,000 times faster than the current speed of broadband (1Mbps), and 200,000 times faster than dial-up. The New Zealand Government put NZ$43 million ($28.1 million USD) into the Crown company: Research and EducationContinue reading

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Locally designed, low emissions car launched in Qatar

Friday, November 30, 2012 Qatari non-profit organization Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD) launched a low emissions car at the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 18) in Doha. The car was designed and developed in Qatar. Revealed during a press conference at the Qatar National Convention Centre, the car in addition to an internal combustion engine, includes an automotive thermoelectric generator designed to capture waste heat to produce hydrogen. GORD expects theContinue reading

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Interview with Innocent Watat, City Council candidate for Wards 3 & 4 in Brampton, Canada

Saturday, October 21, 2006 The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. Wikinews contributor Nick Moreau contacted many of the candidates, including Innocent Watat, asking them to answer common questions sent in an email. This ward’s incumbent is Bob Callahan; Balbir Babra, Manny Bianchi-Morfino, Dolly Khokhar, Maria Peart, Tim Turcott, and SheilaContinue reading

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Telecom New Zealand to sell Yellow Page Group

Saturday, November 4, 2006 Telecom New Zealand has announced that it is going to sell its Yellow Page Group business and is expecting at least NZ$2 billion. The Yellow Page Group includes the Yellow Pages, White Pages (which includes both offline and online services), New Zealand Retirement Guide and New Zealand Tourism Online. However Chief Financial Officer, Mark Bogoievski, will not comment on how much the reserve price is. The company says that the moneyContinue reading

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Wikileaks release Afghan ‘war logs’ in co-operation with mainstream media

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 WikiLeaks has released a mass of “secret” material from the United States’ involvement in Afghanistan in the five years from 2004 to 2009. The material was scrutinised in co-operation with the main stream newspapers The Guardian and The New York Times, and the German magazine Der Spiegel, who cross-referenced the leaked documents with published material to check the veracity of the material. The material makes explicit the accusation that the TalibanContinue reading

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