Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Admin on 31-03-2023
Sunday, January 15, 2006
George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon during a press conference in the Cross Hall of the White House on April 14, 2004
Ariel Sharon, 77, is scheduled to undergo a tracheotomy today, which is expected to help wean him off a respirator, which is helping him to breathe, a hospital statement said.
A tracheotomy is a procedure where an incision in the windpipe is made to create a temporary or permanent opening. It will allow for the removal of the breathing tube now inserted in Sharon’s throat. Sharon suffered a major stroke on January 4, 2006. Last week, doctors said the plastic tube connecting his windpipe with the respirator would start to cause him damage if left in for too long.
Tracheotomies are routinely performed on stroke victims to reduce the risk of infection posed by intubation.
“The prime minister’s condition continues to remain critical but stable,” said a statement issued by Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital where doctors have been trying, unsuccessfully, to wake Sharon from a medically induced coma. “This evening the prime minister will undergo a CT test after which he will undergo a tracheotomy. The surgery is aimed at helping to wean him off a respirator machine. It will be conducted in the operating room under general anaesthesia.”
If you want the world to see your message, then what better way than writing it on the sky? That is what skywriting is all about. Skywriting, as name suggests is the art of writing on the sky by making use of small air-crafts. Trained pilots are employed to perform these jobs as it requires good flying skills as well as creativity. The plane ejects smoke in deliberate word patterns to form messages. In order to create the smoke, paraffin oil or any other oil with low viscosity is used in the exhaust of the planes so that, when the engine starts it gives out thick white smoke. Then the plane is flown on the skies of the desired area to create messages with the help of this smoke being emitted.
There is another type of skywriting known as sky typing, which is also used. Here the characters are written as dotted using puffs of smoke. The main strategy is generated by a computer and the eruption of the smoke is controlled by electronic signals. The required end result is achieved when the smoke blots. Usually sky writing is used by die-hard romantics who want the whole world to know their feelings and make their sweet heart fell special. Proposals for marriage, love messages, birthday wishes, company logos, advertising, SOS messages, etc are the most common types of messages that are written on the sky.
This art was started in the year 1922 by an Englishman named John C. Savage. One plane will be able to write only around 5- 6 characters at one time. So if the message is longer, then more than one plane needs to be engaged for the purpose. The messages can be spread up to15 miles depending upon the target audience. It can be designed to be viewed by the entire city at one go. Sky writing is very expensive as planes are hired to write the messages. Depending upon the length of the messages and the number of times they have to be done, the costs increase or decrease, especially for personal messages.
Another drawback of this form of messaging other than the cost is that it depends upon so many factors like the wind in the area, temperature, weather in general. For example if the day is windy, then the message will get blown off easily and will not appear very clearly. Even during very favourable weather this type of messaging holds only for a few seconds to few minutes as it is smoke. So it does not take long to disperse into the air. But on the other hand for large companies it can be cost-effective as the target audience is much larger and the time it is displayed is also more than that of any commercial on television, which is usually for a few seconds only. There are many companies throughout the world that takes up skywriting. If one wants to make an enduring impression and expenses are not an issue, then go ahead, skywrite and let the world know.
About the Author:
Skywriting In this era of advanced technology, flying banner is the most efficient way of publicity and the most modern way to display. They are so colorful, bright and eye-catching that they can be remembered for a long time. Click here for Sky Advertising
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Admin on 29-03-2023
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Ikeda Kanako, a 21-year-old senior student of the Meiji Gakuin University and the first daughter of celebrity surgeon Yuko Ikeda, was kidnapped at about 1225 (UTC+9), June 26, 2006, in Shibuya, Tokyo.
A bullet was fired and one officer slightly cut when police stormed a Kawasaki apartment to rescue the girl.
Kanako was dressed in a white light half-sleeved cardigan, blue jeans with a bistre belt made of leather, a spring green camisole and carried a bag of Vuitton when she was abducted at a bus stop.
She was found unharmed 13 hours later by Japanese police at a condominium located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa. The young woman’s make-up was not disordered; Kanako’s long brown fringe was not disheveled at all and she was wearing what she had been when she was kidnapped.
The kidnapping of Kanako was a big story in Japanese media in June, 2006. The story appeared in many newspapers as the front-page news on June 27, 2006.
Kanako and her kidnappers had been in touch with her mother using Kanako’s mobile phone. The effort to free her was helped greatly by a woman who witnessed the moment Kanako was taken; she wrote down the license plate of the van and other details.
Police traced mobile phone calls and were able to locate the van in Kawasaki where they detained two of the kidnappers as they went shopping.
One conspirator Li Yong, 29, from China, led the policemen to the apartment and tricked Kaneo Ito, 49, from Japan, to open the door. Ito managed to discharge one bullet before being restrained by an assistant police inspector, the first man in the room.
The other man involved in the kidnap of Kanako was Choi Gi Ho, 54, from South Korea. Kanato was freed unharmed.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested three men on suspicion of conspiring to kidnap a woman and hold her to a reported 300 million yen ransom.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Admin on 29-03-2023
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Billy Talent took home three awards, the most of the night. Professional photographer Robin Wong attended the red carpet and press room for Wikinews and Wikipedia. This is the second time Wong has teamed up with Wikimedia; the first was in April of this year, photographing Hilary Duff at MuchMusic. Robin’s clients range from fashion to corporate, and from commercial to editorial assignments. Most are people oriented; Robin “loves meeting people”, and “feels privileged to photograph them.”Joss Stone turns to the press, while signing autographs for fans.
MuchMusic is the most watched music channel in Canada, and has been holding the event since 1990. Roughly 6,000 fans line the streets surrounding Much headquarters each year, and 1,200 more score “the wristband” and enjoy a free festival-style show in the parking lot, watching four outdoor performance areas spread out in the downtown location. New this year was a special roof-top stage, on the top of the building. Finger Eleven performed on this stage, way above the crowds.
Presenters included Nickelback, Jay Manuel (Canada’s Next Top Model, America’s Next Top Model), Tara Reid (American Pie, this fall’s Land of Canaan), Joss Stone, Sum 41, Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia, Grudge 2), Hedley, Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors), Sean Avery (New York Rangers), George, Sam Roberts, Emilie de Ravin (LOST), Marianas Trench, and Kardinal Offishall.
Among the awards up for grabs were four People’s Choice categories, which were open for text message (within Canada) or online ballots until the night of.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Admin on 29-03-2023
Friday, May 19, 2006File:148888main sts121atpad lg.jpg
Space Shuttle Discovery rests on Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center after completing the 4.2-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building May 19, 2006.(Image missing from Commons: image; log)
On Friday in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Space Shuttle Discovery began its 4.2 mile, 7 hour long journey to the launch pad, completing successfully. Discovery weighs approximately 4.5 million pounds.
The launch was supposed to occur in May, but NASA pushed back the date because of a faulty fuel sensor.
This will be Discovery’s second mission since the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry in 2003. Engineers believed that foam falling from the shuttle and smashing into the wing caused the disaster. After the accident, NASA grounded the shuttle fleet to determine the cause.
In 2005 cameras had shown during launch that a piece of foam being shed from the external tank, as well as smaller tile and foam dings. NASA and the crew decided that mission specialist Stephen Robinson should attempt to pull out the protruding gap fillers. Cameras also detected a small piece of thermal blanket near the cockpit that fell off, but later tests in wind tunnels had shown the piece to be of little concern and Discover landed safely.
NASA is scheduling the launch for Discovery to be between July 1 and July 19, 2006 and Steve Lindsey will Commander of the mission, flying with pilot Mark Kelly, two spacewalkers, Mike Fossum and Piers Sellers and mission specialists Stephanie Wilson and Lisa Nowak. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter is also part of the crew but he will remain on the International Space Station (ISS) for several months.
There was a time when energy costs in Hawaii were higher than many other areas of the country, but solar energy has changed that picture. Several years ago residents began to harness the sun’s power to create renewable energy, and today it is very common to see a Solar Photovoltaic System in Hawaii, as more residents choose eco-friendly, affordable solutions.
Solar Solutions Are Economical
When solar energy was first introduced it was often too expensive for the average homeowner. However, as technology advanced and providers became more efficient, equipment and installation costs have gone down and now it is typical for a new home to include a Solar Photovoltaic System in Hawaii. Experts such as The Sonshine Solar Corp can provide equipment that allows homeowners to harness the sun’s power to produce all of their home’s electric. They offer solar hot water heaters, too. It has been estimated that customers reduce utility bills up to 50% with natural energy. They reduce water heating costs by up to 90%. Installation of renewable energy equipment entitles customers to State and Federal Tax credits. Their savings and rebates make conversion cheap enough to pay for new equipment in a fairly short time.
Solar Solutions Help Save the Earth
When fossil fuels like oil are used to create energy, they generate tons of pollution every year. Energy professionals estimate that an average home consisting of four people emits about eight tons of carbon dioxide per year. That is almost twice what their car produces. However, the renewable energy created from the sun helps keep the air clean and fresh and conserves natural resources.
Solar Solutions Are Reliable
Now that many companies have had years of experience perfecting solar equipment, providers can offer reliable products that last a lifetime. Technicians are now experienced with the latest technology and can offer clients a variety of money-and-earth-saving energy options. Many Hawaiian solar experts have become respected members of their communities and residents now rely on them for quality solutions.
Solar energy is popular in Hawaii because it helps save the environment while saving customers money. In addition installers can now offer customers a variety of solar solutions and provide quality equipment at affordable prices.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Admin on 28-03-2023
Thursday, July 30, 2009
A Vestas worker stays in touch with the outside world via his mobile telephone.
Eleven of the 25 workers at the Vestas factory in Newport, Isle of Wight, England who have been carrying out a sit-in since Monday July 20 have been sacked with immediate effect.
According to one of the protesters known as “Mike”, the occupiers were given their dismissal notices concealed under slices of their evening meal of pizza. The company said that the protesters have had ample opportunity to air their point of view, and had no choice but to sack eleven of the twenty five workers that they had positively identified; and that given that the fact that the action constituted a “fundamental breach” of trust, that the eleven would not be entitled to redundancy packages. A press release from the company said that Vestas “saw no other choice than to dismiss the 11 employees, who the company has positively identified as the employees currently participating in the occupation of the factory.”
The protesters remained upbeat, vowing to continue their occupation and have called upon the UK government to save the 625 jobs and to nationalise the Danish owned factory. Occupier Ian Terry told the BBC that if the occupiers are forced out, they plan to leave the building “peacefully”.
Vestas management were dealt a setback today in ending the occupation as Newport County Court ruled that the papers accusing the occupiers of aggravate trespass and requiring they surrender the office they occupy by July 29 were improperly served. The case has been adjourned until Tuesday August 4. In court, Judge Graham White said he was “distinctly uncomfortable” with what he perceived as Vestas’ effort to “get around the rules” in retaking the factory from the occupiers.
Legal representation for the Vestas workers had been offered by Bob Crow, secretary of the RMT trade union. Crow has pledged the “full solidarity” of the RMT and seven other unions with the workers occupying the plant.
Vestas management has also been providing the occupiers with hot meals in an apparent response to Crow’s announcement, made on July 24, that the RMT was planning on airlifting food into the factory by helicopter. Crow is meeting today with Ed Miliband, the Environment Minister.
Earlier in the week, Miliband pledged £6 million in funding to an expansion of Vestas’ Isle of Wight research and development centre, which currently employs 110 workers and could, said the Minister, be expanded to employ 40 more.
Vestas workers spend time outside on a factory balcony
Rallies continued throughout the week in support of the Vestas occupiers. Since the occupation began, the Vestas workers have received declarations of support and solidarity from a wide swathe of the British left, including but not limited to: political parties Green Party, Respect, the Socialist Party, the Socialist Workers Party, the Alliance for Workers Liberty, and the Communist Party of Britain; the TUCG group, which brings together the BFAWU, FBU, NAPO, NUJ, PCS, POA, RMT, and URTU; and environmental groups Greenpeace, the Campaign against Climate Change, Climate Camp, and Workers’ Climate Action, who claims credit for initiating the campaign to occupy the factory. Attendees of the Big Green Gathering, a large annual environmentalist rally which was due to take place starting today but was suddenly canceled on Sunday, are being encouraged to go to the Isle of Wight and take part in support rallies for Vestas instead.
Speaking to Wikinews about the “red–green” coalition supporting the occupation, a spokesman for the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty said: “We think this struggle is important on at least three grounds — it is central to the struggle for jobs, it is central to the struggle for the environment, and it is central to the struggle for rebuilding the labour movement.”
Photographs shared with Wikinews by the occupiers show the occupiers, mostly young men, talking, carrying out everyday tasks, and keeping in touch with the outside world via mobile phones. The use of mobile telephones in the Vestas occupation has given the press remarkable access to the occupiers and provided an effective platform for relaying their demands and feelings to the media. In contrast, Vestas’s designated media contact for the United Kingdom is on vacation. Attempts to reach Vestas Newport factory manager Patrick Weir, whom a Vestas representative at the company’s Danish headquarters stated was handling press inquiries regarding the occupation, received no reply.
Vestas plans to close the factory on July 31, citing the difficulties of obtaining planning permission for wind farms in the United Kingdom. All blades manufactured at Vestas’ Newport plant are sent to the United States. 1900 employees of the company in Northern Europe face job losses, 625 of them in Vestas’s plants in the south of England.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Admin on 28-03-2023
Monday, April 16, 2007
Norris Hall, the location of the major of the two shootings.
Two shootings at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia have left 33 people dead, gunman included, in the deadliest civilian shooting in the United States. A further 15 people are being treated in a hospital. According to police, the gunman committed suicide.
At a 4:45 p.m. EST press conference, it was stated that no names of the injured or killed will be released soon. According to the press conference, the shooter shot and killed two people at an on-campus dormitory in a “domestic dispute.” He then walked to the other end of the campus and began to open fire on students.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Admin on 28-03-2023
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Reebok Stadium, home of Bolton WanderersImage: Mark Hammond.
A total of fifteen players have left Bolton Wanderers F.C. after the club was relegated from England’s Premier League at the end of the season. Eleven of the players were released after their contracts expired while Nigel Reo-Coker activated a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave the club. A further three players ended their loan spells and returned to their parent clubs.
The players who have been released from the club are Ivan Klasnic, Gretar Steinsson, Ricardo Gardner, Paul Robinson, Robbie Blake, Tope Obadeyi, Sean Davis, Mark Connolly, Rhys Bennett, Dino Fazlic, and Tom Eckersley.
Striker Ivan Klasnic had one of the higher wages at the club and his departure was expected regardless of whether the club was relegated or not. He said on his website “I hope they get promoted next year to the Premier League because this team belong to the Premiership. I’ll leave the club but want to say thank you for three years. I’ll keep Bolton in my heart.”
Jamaican Ricardo Gardner, on the list of released players, had been with the club for fourteen years and manager Owen Coyle commented personally on his release. He said “One of those [players released] is Ricardo Gardner, who has been with the football club for 14 years. He has offered incredible service to Bolton Wanderers and I’d like to personally thank him for all of his efforts, particularly during the time I have worked with him.”
Nigel Reo-Coker left the club on his own accord after activating a release clause in his contract. Coyle said “I was clear with Nigel. I asked him straight away whether he wanted to be a part of what we are going to do next season. He was honest and up front with us, because that is the type of man he is, and said that he wanted to exercise the clause in his contract, and so we wish him well.”
The other three players to leave Wanderers are Tuncay, Ryo Miyachi, and Dedryck Boyata who all spent time with Bolton under loan agreements. The three players have returned to their parent clubs.
However, striker Kevin Davies has a new contract for one year, while defender Sam Ricketts added a two year extension to his contract. Veteran goal keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen and Zat Knight are still currently in contract negotiations.
Coyle said in a statement on behalf of the club that “I would also like to thank the players that are leaving the club for their work at Bolton Wanderers. We wish them all well.”
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
An example image (Alt text for blind/text browsers/tooltip)
Ivan Klasnic leaves after three years with the club
Another example
Nigel Reo-Coker activated a release clause in his contract
Defender Gretar Steinsson is one of many to be released
Tuncay’s loan spell expired at the end of the season
As did Ryo Miyaichi’s
and Dedryck Boyata’s
Jussi Jaaskelainen is still in neogotiations over a new deal
If you look around the older neighbourhoods in London and in the surrounding areas you will often notice a variety of buildings on residential properties in various states of disrepair. These may be storage sheds or garages that have long since passed their useful stage and are now just creating a safety concern. If you have one of these buildings your best option is to hire a professional company offering demolition in London to take it down.
Dangerous Possibilities
Many of the older buildings, including outbuildings in residential neighbourhoods that are scheduled for demolition in London were constructed when asbestos was used in all types of construction.
It is therefore critical to avoid working on any buildings on your property, especially if you are removing them, without first testing for the presence of asbestos. Most people do not realise that asbestos is only harmful if the particles are stirred up, which is certainly the case when old buildings are taken down.
The small, virtually invisible particles of asbestos from demolition can be inhaled into the lungs, leading to the development of mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer. A professional company offering demolition in London can test for the presence of asbestos before you start the project and then provide services based on the results.
Safe Asbestos Removal
A top company offering demolition in London can remove asbestos from your property quickly, safely and efficiently by following all mandated regulations for safe handling.
This includes the use of several different techniques to remove the asbestos present depending on which of the building materials are involved. Removing asbestos cement and textured coating can be particularly complex procedures but are routinely completed by top companies that are expertly trained in asbestos removal and demolition in London.
Before you start any type of residential demolition in London, even if it is just a small shed in your garden, be sure to have the building tested for the presence of asbestos. Professional services to test, remove and dispose of the asbestos safely as well as complete your full demolition will make the entire project safe and ensure it is done in a timely manner according to all necessary safety regulations.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Quisque sed felis. Aliquam sit amet felis. Mauris semper, velit semper laoreet dictum, quam diam nec...
ABOUT