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Australian swim team pulled from Rio training pool when water turns ‘soupy’

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Concerns about water quality at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games have expanded to include the inside training pool: top Australian swimming coach Michael Bohl moved his Olympic athletes from the main training pool on Thursday citing fear of infection.

The team had a pre-booked session in the training pool where they would have practiced uninterrupted. However, during the session the water in the pool turned, as Bohl described, “cloudy” and “soupy looking”. Concerned about his athletes’ health, he moved them from the training pool to the busier, but cleaner, main competition pool.

Bohl took his concerns to officials and was told the matter would be looked into.

This comes off the back of other water concerns in Rio, particularly in the Guanabara Bay venue for outdoor water events. An Associated Press-commissioned study found Rio’s Olympic waterways contained as much as 1.7 million times worse viral levels than the emergency threshold in Europe or the US. As a result, athletes were advised to keep their mouths closed and avoid putting their heads underwater or risk falling ill.

Swimming events at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are to begin today.

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Wikinews Shorts: March 7, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, March 7, 2007.

The European Union has banned the 35 planes in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 45 aircraft fleet from flying in EU airspace. The reason provided by EU was that these plans do not fulfill the safety requirement for international planes and thus were banned. PIA has redeployed its Boeing 777 jets from US to EU flights to facilitate passengers in Europe. Flights PK 782 and PK 790 are still running on time from Toronto in Canada.

Sources

  • “EU bans old PIA planes” — Gulf Daily News, March 6, 2007
  • “EU imposes ban on all but seven PIA planes” — Pakistan Dawn, March 6, 2007

The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill introduced by lawmaker Patrick Anderson of Enid that enables police to seize vehicles when drivers fail to produce proof of insurance. The bill was tacked onto a measure to prohibit inserting microchips into people without their permission. 91,000 drivers have been ticketed for lack of insurance in Oklahoma to date.

Sources

  • RON JENKINS, Associated Press. “Senators approve bill to allow vehicles to be seized” — Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise, March 6, 2007
  • Associated Press. “Senators approve bill to allow vehicles to be seized” — FOX23, March 6, 2007

The New Orleans Saints have released All-Pro wide receiver Joe Horn because of money issues. The Saints hope to draft LSU (Louisiana State University) wide receiver DeWayne Bowe in the NFL Draft to fill Horn’s place.

Sources

  • BRETT MARTE,LCanadian Press. “New Orleans Saints release four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Joe Horn” — CBC News, March 1, 2007
  • “Saints release Horn from his contract” — The News-Star, March 1, 2007
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RSA: cautious welcome to Stern Review

Thursday, November 2, 2006

The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) gave what it called a “cautious welcome” to the Stern Review on the economics of climate change.

The leader of the RSA’s CarbonLimited Project, Matt Prescott, agreed that this needed global co-operation, but urged the British government to expand the notion of carbon trading downwards to the level of the individual when drafting the Climate Change Bill.

The RSA has produced the first mock-up of personal carbon trading online. There, members of the public can obtain an estimate of their own carbon ‘footprint’ by entering their gas and electricity consumptions, car and air mileages, on the RSA’s Carbon DAQ web site.

The RSA suggest that a personal target of 5 tonnes of carbon emission per annum should be achievable.

The RSA has a three-year project to investigate the feasibility of personal carbon trading. It has initiated research, conducted open public debates and is co-ordinating various trials.

Personal carbon trading entails allocating to each individual an equal share of the overall sustainable level of carbon emissions. There would be an open market that would enable those who had not used up their share to sell their surplus to those who need, or can afford, an entitlement to emit more than their ration.

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Are You Ready For The Consequences

Are You Ready For The Consequences

By Troy Charles G. Burton

Slavery was a very common practice since 18th century in order to pay off debt. During this time, a person or a family will served to the person who lent them with money or goods until they repays it in due time. Do these systems still exist in x-generation? Is there someone who allows himself to be slave just to repay their debts?

As time passed, technologies revolve, systems revised but the sense of being a slave from their debts is still there. Those living in most high standard lifestyle nowadays are the most people who are slave from their debts. Sounds funny but it happens in reality. Several temptations are rushing through your ways like the credit cards. Others may say how lucky are those who have plastic money, just a swipe away they can have the things they want. Yes, it is true and fortunate enough for those who have credit cards and know how to use it properly. Merely, how about those people who love scratching their cards without knowing the effects and disadvantages of doing that?

Those who are delinquent with their credit cards functionality are usually suffered and slaves for their debt. Do they still have remedy for this problem? Moreover, make a research on your debt solution choices, compare the differences and be wise in choosing which debt relief can help you.

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Debt relief define as a partial or total deletion of debt, or the slowing or stopping of debt interest rates, owed by individuals, organizations, corporations, or country. There are choices on how you utilize debt relief.

The following the other alternatives on how to get out from debts:

First, attempt to approach Credit Counseling Organization and undergo credit counseling. Somehow, this may help to consumers experiencing financial difficulties. They will assist you in reducing interest rates and fees on your debts and get out your debts as soon as possible. However, you will end up paying back 100% of your balance plus interest. Prior to submitting yourself to a particular Credit Counseling Organization, determine if it is a profit or non-profit organization. Hence, to avoid conflicts afterwards.

Second, consult some Debt Consolidation Companies that reaches people who need their backups. Like, New York Debt Consolidation and other debt companies all over the nations, they will furnish debt consolidation loan to bail you out from your unsecured debts. Nevertheless, you will still pay back 100% of the said loan, plus interest. This option is not best for everybody, for the reason, that if you are still struggling to make your payments, you should consider debt reduction, than debt consolidation. In here, you are dealing directly with the issue, not refraining debt problems temporarily.

Thirdly, file bankruptcy. This is your last sort to draw away your debts, yet it leaves financially and emotionally stress that difficult to deal. It will affect your reputation and credit reports. You may be block listed and rejected the next time you will apply for job or renting apartments. Bankruptcy is the longest debt relief process. This is the most serious event and decision that you will ever made and also expect for worse consequences because this is a legal issue. You have to refer to a lawyer to help you review if this is the best decision for your status.

Debt relief is not easy as you think, you may unpack you baggage or debts, but you may face the consequences along the way.

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Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discuss his campaign with Wikinews in an interview.

Schriner previously ran for president in 2000, 2004, and 2008, but failed to gain much traction in the races. He announced his candidacy for the 2012 race immediately following the 2008 election. Schriner refers to himself as the “Average Joe” candidate, and advocates a pro-life and pro-environmentalist platform. He has been the subject of numerous newspaper articles, and has published public policy papers exploring solutions to American issues.

Wikinews reporter William Saturn? talks with Schriner and discusses his campaign.

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Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discuss his campaign with Wikinews in an interview.

Schriner previously ran for president in 2000, 2004, and 2008, but failed to gain much traction in the races. He announced his candidacy for the 2012 race immediately following the 2008 election. Schriner refers to himself as the “Average Joe” candidate, and advocates a pro-life and pro-environmentalist platform. He has been the subject of numerous newspaper articles, and has published public policy papers exploring solutions to American issues.

Wikinews reporter William Saturn? talks with Schriner and discusses his campaign.

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Effective Job Seeker Services In Wichita, Ks

Effective Job Seeker Services In Wichita, Ks

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Job Seeker Services in Wichita Ks offer people many more opportunities than just searching through online job listings or classified ads. They have a number of services that are designed to provide assistance to both prospective employees who want to boost their careers and employers seeking qualified help. Their process has been established to help ensure that both groups are able to find the compatible match for what they need.

Employees can be recruited to fill available openings in a number of popular fields. There are positions in accounting firms, the legal industry and advertising, as well as much more. Employers can establish accounts to describe who they are and what they are looking for in a candidate. Job seekers are also able to establish an account and browse through listings or receive offers and recommendations. People are matched only to work they are qualified for, so neither the job seeker or the employer has to waste time with unsatisfactory leads.

Job Seeker Services in Wichita Ks also offer other valuable resources that can help employees to look more professional and increase their odds of getting an interview and a job offer. This includes tips on creating professional resumes and cover letters that will provide employers with the information they need when determining who to interview. There is advice about preparing for interviews as well as links to other job listing websites that will increase the potential for finding the perfect career opportunity.

Anyone who is unemployed and has been looking for a job without success, or even individuals with jobs who want to see if something better is available, should contact The Arnold Group. Their business connections, information and advice, make it easier for people to find what they are looking for and become prepared, so they are able to take advantage of any opportunity that is available. Employers should also consider the service to help increase awareness of their job openings and increase the amount of candidates who are interested in interviewing for each position. A larger pool of qualified people will always increase the odds of finding the perfect person for every opening.

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Jobs unveils new products after cloud of secrecy and lawsuits

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

After months of secrecy and lawsuits intended to suppress reporting on unannounced products by independent news outlets, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, began his keynote address at 17:11 UTC this morning, before an enthusiastic audience.

The keynote, held at Moscone Center in San Francisco as part of the annual Macworld Expo, began with a recap of Apple’s retail progress over the past year, media coverage, and a demo of the new Spotlight search technology in the upcoming Mac OS X Tiger, which was announced at the previous 2004 event.

Jobs then made a number of product announcements as he continued his demonstrations:

  • Mail is revamped to include high-speed Spotlight search support.
  • QuickTime 7, a new release with H.264 codec support for future DVD formats, will be included with Tiger.
  • Dashboard will provide miniaturized applications, or “widgets”, for controlling iTunes, performing currency conversion, obtaining stock quotes, looking at the weather, and more. Developers will be able to create new widgets using the developer APIs provided by Apple.
  • iChat, Apple’s A/V conferencing tool, will provide support for 10 simultaneous participants over an audio-only feed, and four simultaneous participants over a video feed.
  • iLife ’05 is a major upgrade with major new versions of three of its included applications:

    • iPhoto 5 now supports MPEG-4 and RAW photo format (for increased control over color fidelity and filtering).
    • iMovie HD now supports video in the High-Definition (HD) format.
    • iDVD 5 now supports both DVD-R and DVD+R.
    • GarageBand 2 upgraded to record up to 8 tracks of audio simultaneously, with “real-time music notation”, a new “loop authoring tool”, “vocal transformation filters” and other features from Apple’s higher-end Logic audio tool.
  • Final Cut Express HD to ship in February.
  • iWork ’05 suite:

    • Keynote 2 has new features for animation and self-running kiosks.
    • Pages is a new word processor with PDF support and Apple designed templates.
  • Mac mini is a new $499 “headless”, small form-factor Macintosh with no monitor, no keyboard, nor a mouse. Dimensions were given as “6.5 inches wide and 2 inches tall”. 1.25GHz G4 CPU, 256MB RAM, 40GB hard disk, FireWire, USB, modem and Ethernet. Upgraded unit with 1.42GHz G4 CPU and 80GB disk for $599. Scheduled to ship Jan. 22.

Jobs then made his final announcement, in his trademark “One More Thing” style:

  • iPod shuffle is a $99, miniature version of the iPod with 512MB of flash memory. $149 for the 1GB version. Shipping today.

Jobs then exited as music artist John Mayer began his live entertainment act.

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Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds

Friday, May 16, 2008

Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd’s List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on the Caribbean island of Curaçao where the ship is docked began an investigation into the presence of asbestos dust on the ship. Former Scientologist Lawrence Woodcraft supervised work on the ship in 1987, and attested to the presence of blue asbestos on the Freewinds in an affidavit posted to the Internet in 2001. Woodcraft, a licensed architect by profession, gave a statement to Wikinews and commented on the recent events.

According to The Daily Herald, the Freewinds was in the process of being renovated by the Curaçao Drydock Company. The article states that samples taken from paneling in the ship were sent to the Netherlands, where an analysis revealed that they “contained significant levels of blue asbestos”. An employee of the Curaçao Drydock Company told Radar Online in an April 30 article that the Freewinds has been docked and sealed, and confirmed that an article about asbestos ran in the local paper.

Lloyd’s List reported that work on the interior of the Freewinds was suspended on April 27 after health inspectors found traces of blue asbestos on the ship. According to Lloyd’s List, Frank Esser, Curaçao Drydock Company’s interim director, joined Curaçao’s head of the department of labor affairs Christiene van der Biezen along with the head of the local health department Tico Ras and two inspectors in an April 25 inspection of the ship. “We are sending someone so that they can tell us what happened, where it came from, since when it has been there,” said Panama Maritime Authority’s director of merchant marine Alfonso Castillero in a statement to Lloyd’s List.

The Church of Scientology purchased the ship, then known as the Bohème, in 1987, through an organization called Flag Ship Trust. After being renovated and refitted, it was put into service in June 1988. The ship is used by the Church of Scientology for advanced Scientology training in “Operating Thetan” levels, as well as for spiritual retreats for its members. Curaçao has been the ship’s homeport since it was purchased by the Church of Scientology.

According to his 2001 statement, Lawrence Woodcraft had been an architect in London, England since 1975, and joined Scientology’s elite “Sea Organization” (Sea Org) in 1986. He wrote that he was asked by the Sea Org to work on the Freewinds in 1987, and during his work on the ship “noticed a powdery blue fibrous substance approximately 1 ½” thick between the paint and the steel wall,” which he believed to be asbestos. He also discovered what he thought was blue asbestos in other parts of the ship, and reported his findings to Church of Scientology executives. Woodcraft discussed his experiences in a 2001 interview published online by the Lisa McPherson Trust, a now-defunct organization which was critical of the Church of Scientology.

The Freewinds regularly inspects the air quality on board and always meets or exceeds US standards.

Church of Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw responded to Radar Online about the asbestos reports, in an email published in an article in Radar on May 1. “The Freewinds regularly inspects the air quality on board and always meets or exceeds US standards,” said Pouw. She stated that two inspections performed in April “confirmed that the air quality is safe,” and asserted that the inspections revealed the Freewinds satisfies standards set by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Clean Air Act.

Pouw told Radar that “The Freewinds will be completing its refit on schedule.” The Church of Scientology-affiliated organization Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) had been planning a cruise aboard the Freewinds scheduled for May 8, but according to Radar an individual who called the booking number for the cruise received a message that the cruise had been delayed due to ongoing work on the ship. Citing an article in the Netherlands Antilles newspaper Amigoe, Radar reported on May 6 that a team from the United States and supervised by an independent bureau from the Netherlands traveled to Curaçao in order to remove asbestos from the Freewinds.

…if the Church of Scientology claims to have removed the blue asbestos, I just don’t see how, it’s everywhere. You would first have to remove all the pipes, plumbing, a/c ducts, electrical wiring etc. etc. just a maze of stuff.

“I stand by everything I wrote in my 2001 affidavit,” said Lawrence Woodcraft in an exclusive statement given to Wikinews. Woodcraft went on to state: “I would also comment that if the Church of Scientology claims to have removed the blue asbestos, I just don’t see how, it’s everywhere. You would first have to remove all the pipes, plumbing, a/c ducts, electrical wiring etc. etc. just a maze of stuff. Also panelling as well, basically strip the ship back to a steel hull. Also blue asbestos is sprayed onto the outer walls and then covered in paint. It’s in every nook and cranny.”

Many Scientologist celebrities have spent time aboard the Freewinds, including Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Chick Corea, Lisa Marie Presley, Catherine Bell, Kate Ceberano, and Juliette Lewis. Now magazine reported that Tom Cruise has been urged to seek medical attention regarding potential asbestos exposure, however a representative for Cruise stated he has “absolutely no knowledge” of the recent asbestos controversy. Cruise, Holmes, Travolta and Preston have celebrated birthdays and other events on the Freewinds.

There is not now and never has been a situation of asbestos exposure on the Freewinds.

In a May 15 statement to the United Kingdom daily newspaper Metro, a representative for the Church of Scientology said that “There is not now and never has been a situation of asbestos exposure on the Freewinds.” The Asbestos and Mesothelioma Center notes that agencies have recommended anyone who has spent time on the Freewinds consult with their physician to determine if possible asbestos exposure may have affected their health.

Raw blue asbestos is the most hazardous form of asbestos, and has been banned in the United Kingdom since 1970. Blue asbestos fibers are very narrow and thus easily inhaled, and are a major cause of mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer which can develop in the lining of the lungs and chest cavity, the lining of the abdominal cavity, or the pericardium sac surrounding the heart. The cancer is incurable, and can manifest over 40 years after the initial exposure to asbestos.

“This is the most dangerous type of asbestos because the fibres are smaller than the white asbestos and can penetrate the lung more easily,” said toxicologist Dr. Chris Coggins in a statement published in OK! Magazine. Dr. Coggins went on to note that “Once diagnosed with mesothelioma, the victim has six months to a year to live. It gradually reduces lung function until the victim is no longer able to breathe and dies.”

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