Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the […]
Read An Opinion On: Custom Outdoor Kitchen Sydney Alfresco Outdoor Kitchen Design By Angela Glancy If you’ve got an older home with a pink tiled bathroom you may feel like you’re living in a ‘1960 something’ time warp. Pink tiled walls were all the rage back then, but it can be very hard to work […]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives voted to effectively reject the Senate version of a bill, passed with bipartisan support, to extend a payroll tax cut two months past its year-end expiration date. The House voted instead to create a conference committee to settle differences between members of both bodies. […]
Friday, May 31, 2013 An extremely well preserved woolly mammoth has been found by Russian scientists in Siberia, announced Wednesday. The adult female was found with blood preserved still intact in ice cavities. When palaeontologists excavated the animal, blood flowed from the space below the animal’s abdomen. The discovery was made on the Lyakhovsky Islands […]
Read An Opinion On: Carrington Products How to Change a Flat Tire by Levi QuinnMost people have had a flat tire in their lifetime. If you haven’t then you must be one of the few lucky ones. Many times you can call a friend or a good Samaritan” will stop by and help you change […]
Friday, June 10, 2005 The British TV station Channel 4 has discovered that the Sudanese government has signed a deal for a contract to drill for oil in southern Sudan, and that the key man in securing the deal is British. Friedhelm Eronat, who until two years ago was an American citizen, secured the largest […]
Friday, October 9, 2015 Enough is enough Three top FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) officials have been suspended from their jobs yesterday for a period of ninety days pending an internal inquiry into alleged corruption. The three are FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Vice President Michel Platini and Secretary General Jérôme Valcke. They aren’t allowed […]
Read An Opinion On: Compactus Sydney By A.Noton Operating a construction site some come all manner of different responsibilities. Since the various responsibilities can be so all-encompassing, the management of a construction business must be very well organized and on top of all on-site operations. This is not an easy task as the monumental nature […]
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 […]
Read An Opinion On: Double Bay Dental Care Submitted by: Robert Gould As a chronic pain sufferer, with a diagnosis of a herniated disc along with bone disc degenerative disease, for many years I have needlessly suffered from chronic pain. During the many years of needlessly suffering in pain, I have learned how chronic pain […]