Thursday, May 11, 2006
The Australian House of Representatives heard the traditional right-of-reply to the Budget released May 9, from the Australian Labor Party, led by Kim Beazley (Labor, Brand), plus Budget replies from minor parties in the Australian Senate.
While the Budget is politically popular, having as one of its main features significant tax reform, Beazley focused on the omissions in the Budget, such as the failure to address a skills shortage.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
At least ten people are dead after a large, destructive tornado tore through Yazoo City, Mississippi yesterday. The tornado has been rated an EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, and is estimated to have had at most 170 mph winds.
Five of the deaths were in Choctaw County, four in Yazoo County, and one in Holmes County. 21 people have been hospitalized as a result of the storm, and others have been trapped in cars and houses. Multiple injuries resulted from cars being blown off of Interstate 55 during the storm.
The tornado moved along a path 97 miles long and 1.75 miles wide at its widest point. Among damaged or destroyed buildings included at least twenty houses, a church, and several businesses. According to Yazoo City mayor McArthur Straughter, the storm ripped the roofs off of every building in the area. Fallen trees and debris are hindering access to some parts of Yazoo City and Yazoo County. Before ravaging the city, the tornado damaged a chemical plant in Louisiana, causing a nitrogen leak and several injuries.
The Salvation Army is aiding relief efforts by providing hot meals, coffee, cold drinks, and spiritual counseling to tornado victims in Yazoo and Warren Counties.
The tornado occurred on the third, and most active, day of a severe weather outbreak that had previously affected areas of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, the latter two of which were also effected during Saturday’s outbreak. The Storm Prediction Center has received 104 reports of tornadoes so far during this outbreak.
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If you are unfortunate enough to suffer from heartburn then you no doubt already know that you are in desperate need of some form of medication to relieve you from the horrible symptoms. It’s not as difficult as task as you would imagine, actually all you need to do is take a trip to your local drugstore (legitimate one!) and you will be astounded by how many different medicines there are available to prevent reflux.
There are lots of different forms of acid reflux medicine that can relieve sufferers of acid reflux, each drug works in a different way, and their effectiveness differs for different people. If you suffer from serious effects of acid reflex then these drugs may make little difference.
Antacids can be used to treat mild forms or acid reflux, there are also stronger drugs such as Riopan. Most people prefer to take a liquid antacid medication rather than tablets, either type of antacid need to be taken between 30 and 60 minutes after you eat.
Doctors advise sufferers of heartburn to avoid eating certain foods and drinking certain drinks, these are thought to trigger acid reflux in certain people. Doctors advice you to avoid chocolate, tomatoes, both of which relax the LES muscle, increasing the chances of acid reflux.
There are acid reducers which are known as histamine receptor blockers, these are drugs that work on the stomach acid directly. Proton-Pump inhibitors actually work by limiting the production of stomach acid, therefore preventing any excess acid moving back up the oesophagus.
Some acid reflux medicine can change how the lower esophageal sphincter muscle operates by making sure that it closes much more tightly, druchs such as prokinetic and motility work in this way. Drug therapy can be used to resolve any inflamination of the oesophagus.
There are surgical options for acid reflux sufferes to consider however these are only normally available to sufferers whose disorder has not been solved with the use of medication. Only around a quarter of the people that suffer from acid reflux actually require surgery. The surgical procedure is not very invasive, it is carried out through tiny holes to prevent excessive trauma.
Tiny instruments are also inserted into the holes to correct the problems by creating a new valve. This procedure is known as Laparoscopic nissen Fundoplication.
Not everybody needs this but surgery can provide acid reflux sufferers with another option if acid reflux medicine fails to work.
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Friday, October 5, 2007
Richard Roberts, the President of Oral Roberts University, and his wife, Lindsay Roberts, are accused of illegal political contributions, financial wrong-doing, and wrongful firings in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The lawsuit was filed by three former professors who claim “they were wrongfully dismissed after reporting the school’s involvement in a local political race.” According to KTEN television news, “Roberts’ statement says personal expenses are charged to him and he personally pays them on a monthly basis.” On October 3, Roberts “told students and faculty during his weekly chapel Wednesday that the lawsuit is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion.”
Richard has been president of ORU since his father, Oral Roberts university founder and former faith healer, “semi-retired” in 1993.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Esteban Ruiz Santiago, 26, appeared in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida this Monday. Santiago stands accused of a shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday at 12:55 p.m. local time (1755 UTC) at the lower level baggage claim area in Terminal 2 of the airport. The incident killed five people and injured six, with roughly another 40 people injured in the crowd while hastily evacuating from the scene.
Police drove Santiago from the Broward County main jail to the court building in the morning. At the hearing, Santiago attended handcuffed and also cuffed at the ankles, guarded by at least eight police officers. The Magistrate, Judge Alicia Valle, questioned Santiago on his finances. The prosecutor also sought a detention order for public safety and flight risk. The hearing took about 20 minutes. The Judge ordered Santiago a public defender, and set a detention hearing for January 17, and the arraignment hearing for January 23. After the hearing, the police returned Santiago to the Broward County main jail.
At the hearing, Santiago had admitted to earning US$2,100 a month as a security guard in Alaska, while only having about US$10 of savings in a bank, and no other property. The Judge also informed Santiago of the penalties that may be imposed on him in the case he was convicted.
On Friday, authorities said, Santiago arrived from Anchorage, Alaska with only one baggage item — a suitcase with an unloaded Glock 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. Upon arriving at the airport, he picked up the suitcase at the baggage claim carousel and loaded it in a nearby bathroom. Then he walked out and started shooting people, at random according to a witness. People started to run and hide, and Santiago continued to shoot. Then Santiago stopped shooting, witnesses claiming he ran out of ammunition. The police arrested him. He did not resist the arrest.
According to officials, Santiago received a mental health evaluation in November, after he traveled to an FBI office and walked in alleging his head was controlled by the government and he heard voices urging him to watch ISIS propaganda. At the time of that incident he left his infant son and a gun in a car, and the infant was given to mother’s care. His gun was seized at the time of that incident, but Santiago was given it back on December 8.
Santiago traveled from Anchorage, Alaska to Minneapolis to Fort Lauderdale Airport on a Delta Airlines flight. Investigations were ongoing to determine the motivation for the incident. No evidence was found of Santiago communicating with any other individual in relation to the incident; he seemed to be acting alone. In an interview, Santiago admitted to having planned the shooting in advance when purchasing the airline ticket. According to CNN, Esteban Santiago previously belonged to the Alaska Army National Guard, including a ten-month stint in Iraq where he was given a combat action badge. According to Santiago’s family, his mental health issues started after his ten-month tour in Iraq, after which he began to tell them about auditory hallucinations.
All flights to and from Fort Lauderdale Airport were suspended by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) until Saturday morning, and roads in and out of the airport closed.
Santiago was born in New Jersey. He spent his childhood in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated US territory in the northeastern Caribbean Sea.
At the time of the incident, it was legal in the US to transport guns in a hard-sided and locked container by air. In Florida, it was also legal to carry a gun in an airport terminal without removing the gun from its case.
Submitted by: Trader J Howell
Australian Inflation Data Comes In Weaker Than Expected:
The Australian stock markets ended flat after the inflation data came in weaker than most of the expectations. So, most of the analysts are expecting a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia on the back of this inflation data.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in the December quarter, the key measure for inflation in Australia which is the consumer price index (CPI) rose by a mere 0.2 percent. Analysts, on an average, expected the inflation figure to raise by 0.5 percent in this December quarter.
Savanth Sebastian, CommSec economist said, It highlights that inflation is well and truly contained. It leaves the RBA decision in February open, as they have the opportunity to cut rates if they deem it necessary. Now comes down to whether they think the Australian economy is improving at a healthy rate.
This analyst feels that the Reserve Bank of Australia has less need to cut the interest rates going forward. He also feels that the Australian economy is growing and is growing at a fast pace.
Stephen Walters, JP Morgan Australia chief economist said, On the back of these numbers the odds of a rate cut have gone up a little bit. It’s not enough to argue that the RBA has to cut the cash rate at the first opportunity, but if they think it is necessary, which is debatable, then they have certainly got an excuse with this inflation data. However, this analyst feels that the Reserve Bank of Australia will have to cut the rates in its meet in February.
There is also debt ceiling meet which will be held later this day in the United States and investors should also watch out for that as this will have good impact on the share markets. Analysts feel that the President will give more clarity on the Fiscal Deficit and the Debt ceiling.
Su-Lin Ong, RBC Capital Markets senior economist, said, We think maybe they will wait for a bit more data, given they cut by 50 basis points late last year. But these figures clearly give the RBA scope for further interest rate cuts if growth disappoints, which we think it will.
This analyst thinks that the RBA will wait for more data to decide on what to do with the rates. So, all together, we are getting mixed reports from analysts on what the RBA will do in the February meet.
Stocks to watch out for:
BHP Billiton is in the news today after the company raised its production guidance for the first half of this financial year. The iron ore production also is rising for the company and this rise is higher than the market expectations. The shares of BHP soared after this news and closed around 1.2 percent higher at 37.02 dollars per share.
Boral is also in the news after the company raised its forecast for the first half of the financial year and this is on the back of improved cost saving strategies and improvement in its product portfolio. The shares of the company closed up 0.62 percent at 8.54 dollars per share.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Jim Chapman is running for the Progressive Conservative of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the London-Fanshawe 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.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Actor Matt Smith will be the next to portray the Doctor on the BBC television program Doctor Who. Smith will be the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor, taking over from actor David Tennant who will end his time with the series after filming four editions of the program through 2009. The Doctor comes from a race of Timelords, and has the ability to “regenerate” and change appearance when his health is failing. William Hartnell was the first actor to play the Doctor, from 1963–1966. Smith will become the new occupant of the Doctor’s time machine and spacecraft the “TARDIS” in 2010.
| David Tennant will be a very hard act to follow, but I’m optimistic that the new Doctor will be just as good. | ||
John Harper, founder of the Scarborough and Ryedale Astronomical Society and a fan of the series, called the decision to cast 26-year-old Smith in the role “wonderful”. MP for Scarborough Robert Goodwill, also a fan of the program, told the Scarborough Evening News: “David Tennant will be a very hard act to follow, but I’m optimistic that the new Doctor will be just as good.”
| He is possibly going to be one of the best Doctors we’ve ever had. | ||
Matt Smith, 26, portrayed researcher Danny Foster on the political drama Party Animals, which aired on BBC Two in 2007. Fellow actor Andrew Buchan from Party Animals told The Guardian: “It’s a sublime bit of casting. He’s got that huge hair, a twinkle in his eye — Matt’s the king of geek chic. He is possibly going to be one of the best Doctors we’ve ever had.”
After a back injury got in the way of Smith’s goal of becoming a footballer, his drama teacher Jerry Hardingham at Northampton School for Boys encouraged him to pursue acting. Though Smith did not audition, Hardingham cast him in a school production of the play Twelve Angry Men. Hardingham later convinced Smith to join the National Youth Theatre, and he landed the lead role in the play Murder in the Cathedral, performing before members of the British Royal Family and other VIPs at the Westminster Cathedral.
David Tennant, 37, has portrayed the Doctor on Doctor Who since taking over for Christopher Eccleston in 2005. A major feature of his character’s stories involved a romantic interest in his companion in the TARDIS, Rose, played by actress Billie Piper.
Tennant announced his exit from the program on October 29, 2008, at the National Television Awards in the United Kingdom, during his speech accepting the outstanding drama performance award at the program. Doctor Who was recognized with the award for most popular drama program.
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“I love this part, and I love this show so much that if I don’t take a deep breath and move on now I never will, and you’ll be wheeling me out of the Tardis in my bath chair,” said Tennant in his address to the audience in attendance at the Royal Albert Hall. He was previously recognized at the National Television Awards for his role in Doctor Who with the award for most popular actor, in 2006 and 2007.
Tennant is currently performing the lead role in Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and his engagement at the Novello Theatre in Westminster, London is set to end on January 10. He portrayed Hamlet 60 times with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon prior to the production’s move to London.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
The 2008 Taipei County Jin Shi International Marathon which was established in 1979 and suspended from 1986 to 2001 before being transformed from “Jin Shan” to “Jin Shi” with its racing scale expanded, crossed through three townships including Wanli, Jinshan, and Shihmen was held last Sunday (March 2 in Taipei Time). Not only professional runners from Asian and European countries participated in this race, but several enterprises, governmental and academic teams also supported this race by participating in 6K Fun Run classes.
Even though the Central Weather Bureau warned of an impending dust storm, good weather graced this race with rain-free conditions. Another challenge for the runners in the 21K and 42K classes was cold winds due to the race route partially including coast line.
Finally, Belgian marathon runner Rik Ceulemans, men’s record holder of this race, extended his record with 2H18m13s to win the men’s championship, and Yu-fang Hsu, women’s champion of 2007 ING Taipei Marathon, won her title at women’s class with 2H53m39s. Coincidently, Wen-chien Wu and Wan-ling Wu, former champions of this race, all won the second place in their own gender class.
As a recap for the race, not only runners gave their best performances in this race, but several foreign teams — especially from Okinawa, Japan — played a great role adding a cultural exchange aspect to the event. Bros Sports, the race organizer, supervised by Taipei County Government in this race, some senior managers from Bros Sports hoped organizations from the sports industry could arrange the best integration of several marathon races in Taiwan in the future even though Bros Sports promoted a special attempt this year with three marathon races including Jin Shi, Dajia Mazu, and UMC Hsinchu stages.
The word agriculture means “taking care of the fields”in other words, what we are used to thinking of as farming. And, in fact, agriculture and farming mean just about the same thing. But usually we would say “agriculture” when we mean the entire work and science of using the earth to produce food and other plants that are valuable to us; and we would use the word “farming” to mean some particular branch of this, for example dairy farming, or chicken farming. You will note that the word “science” was used in the paragraph above. Agriculture is as much of a science as engineering, medicine, or any other scientific fields to which men and women turn for their life’s work. Many different sciences go to make up the whole work of agriculture. Many different sciences have helped in making agriculture the respected and profitable work it is today. This has not always been so. Farming used to be laborious, poorly paid work. A farmer had to work hard in his fields all day long, just to raise enough food for his own family. Usually his wife had to help, and had no time for comfortable living; his children had to help, and had no time to get good educations. Today the young man or woman of a family in the field of agriculture will go to one of the hundreds of agricultural colleges and universities in the United States and will learn to make the family’s farm even better in the future. In this encyclopedia there are separate articles on dairy farming and cattle farming and farm machinery and other branches of agriculture. In this article we will tell about what agriculture used to be, how it has changed, and what it is today. how agriculture has changed There have been farmers as long as there has been history and for tens of thousands of years before that.