Archive for October, 2008
Oil Price Falls
Crude oil prices fell in the past week to around $70 a barrel, so OPEC decided on decreasing output of at least one million barrels to restabilize supply to equlize the shrinking demand. Analysits report different forecasts on future prices.
Top 10 Greatest Films
I’ve configured a list of what I believe to be the top 10 greatest films of all-time. I placed a quotation beside each movie that I felt passionate about. There’s no specific genre that I focused on, except that I did not add any comedies, because I believe comedies (no matter how classic, such as [...]
Canadian Elections
In Canada, Stephen Harper’s Conservative party wins the federal elections to receive a second term in power as a minority government. Canada’s lowest voter turnout recorded of only 59.1 percent of eligible voters going to the polls.
Blog Action Day: Poverty ‘08
Today is Blog Action Day, when many blogs on all topics write about a single issue which is affecting the world and needs to be corrected. The topic this year is poverty, a critical matter that is the cause of thousands of daily deaths throughout the world. The Wikiweblog Team decided to write an article [...]
Alexei Cherepanov Dies at 19
Alexei Cherepanov, 19 year old Rangers prospect dies from a heart attack while heading back to the replacement booth during a hockey game in Russia’s KHL.
California Fires
Fires breakout in California, lighting up more than 15,000 acres of land. 1,200 people evactuated, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may declare state of emergency in the northern outskirts of Las Angeles region on Monday.
