consumartng.com

Monday, December 3, 2007 At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday. The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader’s work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause. Opinion was divided. “He’s …

Continue reading “<div class="article-title">Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics</div>”

Sunday, July 15, 2007 An oversized delight has been erected in the small town of Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand, as part of the 20th Century Fox massive worldwide marketing campaign for The Simpsons Movie. The giant, pink frosted doughnut was made locally, and the locals are celebrating the fact that their town shares a name …

Continue reading “<div class="article-title">Doughnut on display in Springfield, New Zealand</div>”

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 Tom Cruise this week took the delivery service to a whole new level. Celebrating his 43rd birthday with numerous guests at a party in the USA, Cruise decided to call up his three favorite chefs, all living in Italy, to prepare a meal. Cruise decided to fly all three chefs out …

Continue reading “<div class="article-title">Tom Cruise orders €14,500 takeaway meal</div>”

Monday, August 22, 2005 About 90 law enforcement officers from multiple agencies broke up what they said was a rave party on public and private property in the Diamond Fork area of Spanish Fork canyon, an hour outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday (5:30 Sunday UTC). According to the county, …

Continue reading “<div class="article-title">Dance party broken up by police in Utah, USA</div>”

Sunday, August 29, 2010 A University of Tokyo group of researchers, led by bioengineer Shoji Takeuchi, has made an electronic sensor capable of smelling gases. The sensor uses genetically engineered frog cells. Since previous sensors were not very accurate, the scientist decided to try a biological approach. The invention was revealed in a US scientific …

Continue reading “<div class="article-title">Japanese researchers create smell sensor using genetically engineered frog eggs</div>”

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 People rallied in 300 locations across Australia today to protest the Federal Government’s proposed changes to industrial relations laws, WorkChoices. According to police, around 150,000 people congregated in Melbourne, from where speeches were broadcast throughout the country. In Sydney, thirty thousand gathered in Belmore Park and Martin Place to watch the …

Continue reading “<div class="article-title">Hundreds of thousands rally in Australia against IR legislation</div>”

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 New Zealand farmers have won a key victory in Parliament, with MPs voting to exempt Working farm dogs from microchipping legislation, passing 61:60. The Federated Farmers debated the law for a long time, saying that the cost of microchipping all their dogs will be a huge cost and an inconvenience. Under …

Continue reading “<div class="article-title">NZ law exempts working farm dogs from embedded ID tag rule</div>”