Owner and manager of Moroccan factory arrested over 55-fatality fire
Sunday, April 27, 2008 Police have arrested the owner of a mattress factory in Hay Hassini, Casablanca, Morocco which burned down in a disaster that claimed 55 lives. His son, who was the factory’s manager, was also arrested. Those killed — 35 of whom were women — were trapped inside by locked fire exits, which were barricaded to stop theft during working hours. “The people who died were either asphyxiated or burned,” commented a firefighter. 17 were wounded. Moustapha Taouil of the Casablanca civil protection service said the blaze was triggered by an inadequatly maintained electric saw on the ground floor. The initial fire quickly engulfed all four storeys of the building. The Rosamor factory was clearly operating unsafely, officials said. “It’s a building with a ground floor and three upper floors specialising in making furniture, therefore there were highly inflammable products,” said Taouil. “We confirmed during our examination that…
OCTranspo’s “new year” of efficiencies?
Monday, January 2, 2006 Anyone riding the OC Transpo Ottawa municipal bus service’s express bus routes this morning and this afternoon, in the Ottawa area, was probably greeted with an empty bus, and inherently, a “fast and efficient” ride. This is in part because most government workers where off from work still celebrating their Christmas holidays and buses were operating on a “holiday schedule;” a lack of planning on behalf of OC Transpo. Though, according to OC Transpo, the “Holiday Schedule” means buses this week shall be running a little less often, in reality there isn’t that much difference than the regular schedule. To be more precise, from 05h48 until 07h20, on the express 27 route there will be 5 less buses during the “Holiday Schedule” compared to the “Regular Schedule.” “This is probably going to be fine for the rest of this week, when government employees start coming back…
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Torbjorn Zetterlund, Willowdale
Saturday, October 6, 2007 Torbjorn Zetterlund is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Willowdale riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party members, Ontario Greens, as well as members from the Family Coalition, Freedom, Communist, Libertarian, and Confederation of Regions parties, as well as independents.
Florida man charged with stealing Wi-Fi
Update since publication This article mentions that Wi-Fi stands for “Wireless Fidelity”, although this is disputed. Thursday, July 7, 2005 A Florida man is being charged with 3rd degree felony for logging into a private Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet access point without permission. Benjamin Smith III, 41, is set for a pre-trial hearing this month in the first case of its kind in the United States. This kind of activity occurs frequently, but often goes undetected by the owners of these wireless access points (WAPs). Unauthorized users range from casual Web browsers, to users sending e-mails, to users involved in pornography or even illegal endeavours. According to Richard Dinon, owner of the WAP Smith allegedly broke into, Smith was using a laptop in an automobile while parked outside Dinon’s residence. There are many steps an owner of one of these access points can take to secure them from outside users.…
Technology innovations unveiled on Research at Intel Day 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008 The “2008 Research @ Intel Day” showcased conceptual innovations in the fields of visual computing, wireless, health care, environment, and life sciences. Last Wednesday, Intel said it is investing some of its $6 billion research budget in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Technology related to mobile computing, green technology, WiMAX and wireless networking, solutions for healthcare with SHIMMER and BioMOBIUS technology, an intelligent identification robot named “BarKeep”, and Platform Power Management, were showcased there. In the keynote address, Justin Rattner, Intel Senior Fellow and Corporate Vice President and director of Intel’s Corporate Technology Group, introduced the history of microprocessors and said: “Parallel Computing will be a critical factor on programming for the best experience to users.”
Chelsea come from behind to defeat Porto
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Chelsea FC 2(3) 1(2) FC Porto Match Stats Attendance 39041 Goalscorers for Chelsea FC Robben (48′), Ballack (79′) Goalscorers for FC Porto Quaresma (15′) Bookings (Chelsea FC) Robben, Diarra (Yellow (2)) Bookings (FC Porto) Quaresma, Fucile, Adriano (Yellow (3)) Chelsea survived a Champions League scare today after coming back from 1-0 down to defeat Portuguese side Porto at Stamford Bridge in London. The first leg of the match ended 1-1, giving Chelsea the advantage thanks to the away goals rule, and Porto needed a win or a draw of 2 all or higher to advance to the next round. Porto fielded a defensive side, leaving Portuguese international striker Helder Postiga out of the starting lineup, while Chelsea featured Andriy Shevchenko and Didier Drogba on attack. Shevchenko almost opened the scoring early in the game, having a poweful shot from 20 yard fly just over the bar…
Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate ‘green’ on city green
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Coinciding with Easter Sunday, Glasgow Cannabis Social Club’s annual 420 event was held on Glasgow Green, under sunny blue skies, and overlooking the river Clyde. Despite the city’s council attempting to revoke permission for the gathering at the last minute, police were happy for it to go-ahead with approximately a dozen officers attending in high-visibility vests. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 The Daily Record reported five arrests were made for minor offences, likely smoking and possession of small quantities of cannabis. Taking a less-sensational — and more accurate — line of reporting, the Monday edition of Glasgow’s Evening News stated five were referred to the Procurator Fiscal who is responsible for deciding if charges should be brought. Official figures provided by the police were that 150 attended. With people coming…
Homes of six Minnesota politicians vandalized
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 An unknown person or persons wrote graffiti and vandalized the exterior of homes belonging to six members of the United States congressional delegation from the state of Minnesota late last Monday night or early Tuesday morning. According to the Star Tribune, Laurie Coleman, wife of U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, found the words “U R A CRIMINAL, RESIGN OR ELSE! PSALM 2” written on the family’s garage. The word “SCUM” was also written in three places on another side of the garage. Psalm 2 is a biblical reference. The homes of senator Amy Klobuchar, and U.S. representatives Michele Bachmann, Keith Ellison, John Kline and Jim Ramstad were also targeted by vandals. Ellison’s house was the only one that sustained damage. We’re looking at this as an actual threat. Peter Panos, St. Paul Police spokesman, told the Star Tribune that threatening message in the graffiti were cause for…
Category:Science and technology
This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 18 October 2018: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren releases DNA test results, asks Donald Trump to make promised donation 12 October 2018: Manned Soyuz space mission aborts during launch 10 October 2018: UN Report on Global Warming calls for rapid ‘unprecedented’ changes globally to limit planetary warming to 1.5 degree C 26 September 2018: Study suggests Mars hosted life-sustaining habitat for millions of years 20 September 2018: NASA’s TESS spacecraft reports its first exoplanet 25 August 2018: Fossil genome shows hybrid of two extinct species of human 31 July 2018: Total lunar eclipse occurs in July 2018 21 July 2018: Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar 19 July 2018: US astronomers announce discovering ten tiny Jovian satellites 10 June 2018: New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities see older articles?Category:Science…
eBay removes Canadian town’s listing of sperm whale carcass
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Citing violations of its policy regarding “Marine mammal items”, eBay terminated an online listing on Monday by the town of Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, for a 40 ft (12 m) sperm whale carcass reportedly beached upon its shores about a week prior. With an initial asking price of 99 cents, bidding for the carcass reportedly rose to C$238.03 within 15 bids. Reports variously state the final price of the whale, prior to the removal of the listing from the auction site on Monday at about 2:30pm, was C$2,025 or C$2,075. Listed in eBay’s “really weird” category, the carcass was considered by eBay to be an example of “items made from marine mammals regardless of when the product was made”, which are prohibited as per site rules. Following a council meeting on Sunday in the town of 950 residents, Cape St. George’s mayor, Peter…