Tuesday, November 27, 2012 Japanese multinational company Fujitsu launched a website for a dog pedometer which allows customers to monitor their dog’s health online. The device measures data while attached to the dog’s collar. Customers are also able to add more data to the website manually, then it displays the complete set of data graphically….
Grace Bowman withdraws from 2012 Paralympic Dressage Individual Championship Test – Grade II event
Saturday, September 1, 2012 London, England — Earlier today at the Greenwich Park, riding third in the Paralympic Dressage Individual Championship Test – Grade II, Grace Bowman withdrew mid-ride after a series of low scores during the event. Bowman was Australia’s only rider in this event. Prior to entering the competition ring, Bowman’s horse Kirby…
Europe restricts poultry as bird flu spreads to eight European nations
Thursday, February 16, 2006 Authorities across Europe have issued restrictions on commercial poultry farms, following the outbreak of bird flu in eight previously unaffected nations. The virus has been found in migratory birds much earlier than had been expected. Tests have confirmed that wild swans in Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Austria and Germany had died from…
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More On This Topic: Dural Irrigation Landscaping Tools: Clawing Your Way To Success by David Faulkner Youre a do-it-yourselfer by nature, and know that using the proper tools is essential to achieving the desired result, no matter what the project. Now youve decided to turn your DYI talents loose on your yard, and you need…
Google creates new desktop software
Saturday, September 24, 2005 Recently, Google had released Google Desktop 2 (beta), software that aims to provide information on a side-bar that sticks to the right end of your screen. Content on Google Desktop include e-mail searching, news and weather, subscribing to RSS-syndicated websites, and more features. One particular feature of Google Desktop is how…
Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic assistant coach David Gould
Thursday, July 25, 2013 Wikinews caught up with Australian wheelchair basketball coach David Gould in Canberra, where the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team — the Gliders — were having a training camp. Gould told Wikinews he retired from playing after the 2002 World Championships. He said he began coaching able bodied basketball at schools…
Four dead, at least 15 injured after gunman opens fire at fitness center in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Four people have been shot and killed and at least 15 wounded when a gunman opened fire inside a LA Fitness center in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The gunman was among the dead. Reports say the man walked into a dance room where an all-female Latin dance class was in session, turned off…
How To Improve Your Interpersonal Skills
More On This Topic: Confident Communication HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS by Anurag Aggarwal To know how to develop your interpersonal skills, the first and the foremost thing is to know and understand the meaning of interpersonal skills. Interpersonal Skills are the skills used by a person to interact with other people. Interpersonal skills…
Ten-year-old computer glitch prevents delivery of 1,380 Canadian health results
Sunday, May 24, 2009 The Saskatoon Health Region in Saskatchewan, Canada recently discovered a fax machine problem which had not relayed almost 1,500 X-rays, Computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, ultrasounds, and other medical imaging test results to doctors. The fax machine is part of the automated Radiology Information System. An audit…
Teen broadcasts suicide online
Sunday, November 23, 2008 A Pembroke Pines, Florida teenager killed himself Wednesday, November 19, while broadcasting on the live video site Justin.tv. After making suicide threats and being encouraged by Justin.tv viewers and Bodybuilding.com forum members, Abraham K. Biggs, 19, committed suicide by taking an overdose of opiates and benzodiazepine, which had been prescribed for…