More On This Topic: Air Conditioner Cleaning Maitland Understanding Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio for Air Conditioning Systems by Avery Simek According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, appliance energy efficiency standards have reduced consumer energy bills by around fifty billion dollars from 1990 to 2000. Such standards have also minimized US carbon emissions from…
Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/LA-ND
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It…
2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday saw the latest edition of the vetted version of Wikipedia, which is aimed at educational use, go quietly online. The extensively revised version covers over five thousand…
Places In Canada With Native Aboriginal Indian Names
More On This Topic: Energy Efficiency Savings For Small Business By Clint Leung It’s incredible how many places in Canada were actually named after Canadian Native Aboriginal Indian words or names. Everything from provinces, cities, towns, rivers, lakes and even the country itself have been named after Native Aboriginal Indian terms. A partial list of…
Australian researchers confirm stress makes you sick
Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Australian researchers say they have scientifically proven that stress causes sickness. The Garvan Institute in Sydney has discovered that a hormone, known as neuropeptide Y (NPY) is released into the body during times of stress. Their findings show the hormone can stop the immune system from functioning properly. “Neuropeptide Y is…
Baseball teams from Taiwan and China were eliminated at 2007 Konami Cup Asia Series
Sunday, November 11, 2007 It just wasn’t their day for the two baseball teams on either side of the Straight, as China Stars and Uni-President Lions were both eliminated in a route at the Konami Cup 2007. The final of Konami Cup will take place between SK Wyverns and Chunichi Dragons. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball_teams_from_Taiwan_and_China_were_eliminated_at_2007_Konami_Cup_Asia_Series&oldid=665638”
Crosswords/2005/September/5
Monday, September 5, 2005 Feel free to use the Wikimedia sites to solve our Wikinews crossword. Please do not fill it out online as it would spoil it for other people; print it out and fill it in at your own leisure! < Previous crossword. Contents 1 Quick crossword 2 Across 3 Down 4 Previous…
Bbq Catering For Your Event
More On This Topic: Weber Q1200 Australia BBQ catering is one of the options you may wish to consider when you are planning a festive, fun event. From the backyard to the formal dining room table, you can host an event with this type of themed menu. Some of the best caterers offer full menus…
Atlas V successfully launches spy satellite
Thursday, March 13, 2008 An Atlas V rocket has successfully launched a classified spy satellite for the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The satellite, currently known to the public as NRO L-28, or Launch 28, is believed by amateur enthusiasts to be a signals intelligence (SIGINT) spacecraft, known by the codename Trumpet. The Atlas…
Oversight Committee: White House attempted to influence Congressional elections
Thursday, October 16, 2008 A report released by the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today found that the White House had “used the political affairs office to orchestrate an aggressive strategy to use taxpayer-funded trips to help elect Republican candidates” during the 2006 Congressional elections. The actions of the White House may…