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Thursday, August 16, 2007

The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible so it could grow from an academic tool to a mass communication medium. Last January Dr. Cailliau retired from CERN, the European particle physics lab where the WWW emerged.

Wikinews offered the engineer a virtual beer from his native country Belgium, and conducted an e-mail interview with him (which started about three weeks ago) about the history and the future of the web and his life and work.

Wikinews: At the start of this interview, we would like to offer you a fresh pint on a terrace, but since this is an e-mail interview, we will limit ourselves to a virtual beer, which you can enjoy here.

Robert Cailliau: Yes, I myself once (at the 2nd international WWW Conference, Chicago) said that there is no such thing as a virtual beer: people will still want to sit together. Anyway, here we go.

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Virgin Atlantic jet fire investigation finds faulty wiring in A340 fleet

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Investigators in Ireland have found wiring problems in several Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340s as part of their investigation into a fire on board one such aircraft that was forced to divert to Shannon Airport.

The Virgin jet was headed from London Heathrow Airport to Chicago with 143 passengers and thirteen crew on January 11 this year. A small fire was noticed in a waste bin storage area in the first class section’s bar unit.

A damaged wiring loom could be seen sticking out of a hole in the compartments floor, and there was visible electrical arcing in the area. An attempt was made to control the situation by switching off electrical circuits, but both the fire and the arcing continued unchecked.

The aircraft’s captain declared an emergency and diverted to Shannon, which the airliner reached thirty minutes later. During that time, the crew used five 1kg fire extinguishers upon the fire, but each time the arcing continued and after about five minutes the fire reignited. Witnesses described the fire as consisting of “licks of flame”.

After performing a safe emergency landing the airport’s Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting department tackled the fire with a 5kg extinguisher but met with similar results. After consulting with the crew the jet’s power was completely shut down, after which the fire was finally put out. Virgin initially claimed the fire had never occurred.

Investigators with Ireland’s Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) inspected the loom and found it to be “completely severed” and exhibiting “strong evidence of burning/arcing” according to a preliminary report released on Friday. The loom was identified as providing power and dimming circuits for mood lighting in the bar.

The AAIU says that it seems the loom had contacted the metal waste bin in the compartment above. There should have been rails to hold up the bin and a protective metal cover, but “no evidence” of these was found and the report notes that “Initial inspection indicated the possibility that they were never fitted.”

The bar unit is a modification exclusive to Virgin. The AAIU ordered all 36 of the airline’s A340s worldwide inspected, with both France and the United Kingdom assisting with this. The UK has identified four other aircraft with faulty wiring, it has now been revealed. Virgin says that “A few minor issues were found and were immediately rectified,” and adds that “The installation of the bar was carried out in accordance with all relevant regulations. Virgin Atlantic continues to assist the AAIU in their investigation and looks forward to the full report with interest.”

The AAIU says that “significant other issues are being examined by the investigation” in addition to the wiring defects. “These include the difficulties faced by the crew in isolating the damaged circuits, the emergency checklist, the design of the modification and the standards relating to such modifications,” said the report.

Virgin’s Boeing 747-400 fleet also has a similar bar installed on it, but there was not considered to be a risk to the aircraft’s wiring on that model. The fire involved a bar added three years ago, with the aircraft manufactured in 1998.

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Certified Nursing Assistant Duties And Responsibilities

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Your formal training and education will teach youabout the laws of your particular state and how they apply to your job as a CNA. However, no matter where you live, your firstresponsibility is to your patient. Many times youll be in charge of thepatients daily routine. This is found more in nursing and retirement homeswhere youll be caring for elderly people.

Typically, your second set of duties requires you tocarry out the goals, mission and objectives of the facility you work in. Manyof these facilities provide intense training along with an orientation programthat carefully explains whats expected of their CNAs. This can be just asimportant as the care you give to your patients.

Your third responsibility is performing your duties asa CNA correctly. This will becomeyour most important duty. Its also the one youll find most rewarding andfulfilling, and is the main reason you became a CNA.

A specific responsibility of a Certified NursingAssistant is to ensure the rights of a patient are always protected. Theseinclude their right to privacy, the right to be kept informed of theirtreatment and health care program , their right to decide if they wanttreatment or not, and the right to be a part of their health care plan. Sincenurses dont have a lot of time to spend directly with patients, CNAs becomethe patient advocate.

Youll watch over your patients and be ready toadminister emergency help, if needed. Other duties include taking the vitalsigns and monitoring them. This means taking blood pressure, body temperature,pulse, respiration and whether or not the patient is in any pain. Personal carewill include assistance in feeding, bathing and routine hygiene.

You can see that CNAs must be highly caring andmotivated people. If this sounds like you, theres not a more rewarding career.

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Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101.

Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States.

Schreckengost’s peers included the far more famous designers Raymond Loewy and Norman Bel Geddes.

In 2000, the Cleveland Museum of Art curated the first ever retrospective of Schreckengost’s work. Stunning in scope, the exhibition included sculpture, pottery, dinnerware, drawings, and paintings.

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Athletes prepare for 2012 Summer Paralympics at the Paralympic Fitness Centre

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Monday, August 27, 2012

London, England — As Paralympians ready for the Games which are set to open later this week, they have access to a world class fitness center inside the Paralympic Village which is designed to maximise their pre-Game preparations.

According to volunteers staffing the center, instead of being a single large room, as in Beijing, the building has numerous rooms. It, along with the adjacent Village Services Centre, is designed to be converted into a school after the games conclude. Rooms have been structured as a gym, an auditorium, and science laboratories.

Gym equipment is supplied by Technogym, an Italian firm that has supplied gym equipment for the Olympics since 2000. Equipment has been provided not just for for the Fitness Centre, but for gyms at all the Olympic venues. The newest equipment is oriented toward maximum flexibility, allowing athletes to exercise the particular muscles that they most require for their sport.

In addition to the equipment, the Fitness Centre also provides instructors trained in the use of the equipment, the likes of which athletes from many countries have never seen before. There are also a number of instructors available to provide motivational training.

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

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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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Commercial Truck Insurance Basics: Easy Guide To Simplifying Your Policies

Commercial Truck Insurance Basics: Easy Guide To Simplifying Your Policies

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By Patrick Winchester

If youre like me, you dread the day each year that your car insurance expires. Even for good drivers with no accidents its almost impossible to find great coverage at really competitive rates.

In the world of commercial truck insurance, the difficulties are compounded immenselynot only are you dealing with a much higher price tag and greater specialization, but youre paying to protect your livelihood, not just your car!

There are tons of truck insurance options available to drivers and fleets and which ones you choose will depend on your employment situationcontractors require different policies than motor carriers, different types of cargo require different coverage, etc.

This article is designed to help you simplify the process while ensuring youre getting great coverage. Well let you know the policies you need, dont need and help you cut through some of the confusing specialized terms agents may attempt to over-sell you.

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Truck Insurance you Need by Law

If youre an independent truck driver, the only type of insurance you truly need is primary liability to protect against injury and property damage your truck may cause as a result of an accident.

Coverage levels vary between about $15,000 and $1,000,000, depending on what type of truck you drive and what state you are licensed ina fuel tanker or hazardous materials hauler, for example, will have higher dollar amount requirements than a semi truck hauling normal commercial goods.

Policies Every Driver Should Consider

Comprehensive coverage, also a form of truck insurance that protects your actual truck, will pay you out even if accidents are your fault, or if your truck is damaged due to theft, vandalism or other external forces.

A Note to the Independent Owner/Operator

If youre an independent trucker who always operates under contract to other motor carriers, chances are the only policies you need to effectively protect your business and other motorists are comprehensive coverage and bobtail insurance. Bobtail insurance is a less-expensive form of primary liability that covers your truck during the times you are not under contract.

Bobtail insurance can save you some money because it doesnt charge you for times youre protected under your motor carriers commercial truck insurance policy.

A Note about Specialization and Motor Carriers

The truck insurance industry can get really confusing because it is so specialized, but it doesnt have to be. While dump truck insurance differs from tow truck insurance that differs from big truck insurance, these names all really refer to primary liability coverages geared toward the application of those specific vehiclesthey arent separate policies you need to worry about.

Just knowing they exist can be helpful in making sure you arent overpaying for coverage amounts based on the capacity you operate your truck.

If you have several trucks operating under your authority or are an actual motor carrier, you will need additional forms of insurance by state law and commercial demand. These include, but arent limited to, workers compensation policies, cargo insurance, trailer insurance and primary liability for your business.

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IBM and Cisco in attempt to create a universal platform for communications software development

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Friday, March 9, 2007

IBM and Cisco have announced the development of a new platform, based on Eclipse and OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative), which should unite all communication and collaboration software developers under a single platform.

Before the UC2 (Unified Communication and Collaboration) the unified communication has suffered because of a lack of a platform to be used by all software developers, rather than a series of them and, moreover, provided by different vendors. According to Adam Gartenberg from IBM Lotus Software Group this was the main cause for this partial stagnation.

However, the UC2 is meant to ease the work of software developers. Gartenberg stated that this platform is very flexible and will certainly draw much attention form programmers. They will be able to create different plug-ins and small applications to remotely control other, major application.

The companies have also unveiled a series of their other joint projects. These project will be based on a set of application programming interface from Lotus (SameTime) and Cisco.

The add-ons planned are integration of a series of additional functions and features into the SameTime software from Lotus. Thus, in a few months, the SameTime users will benefit from such functions as click-to-call and voicemail. This will enable easier instant messaging inside the Cisco’s Unified IP phones’ system.

The fact that the platform will be based on Eclipse will make the numerous developers create many communications services, mainly for remote users to benefit from a series of new functions of ERP and CRM applications.

Nortel Networks – a partner of Microsoft since last year and Cisco’s rival in the area – didn’t have much success in the communication services field.

As for Microsoft, the experts are waiting for the reaction of the Bill Gates’ company on the ideas and offers made by IBM and Cisco for enterprise communications and collaboration solutions.

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Half a million z?oty vanish from the bank account of Lech Wa??sa

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

According to Polish radio station, RMF FM, almost half a million Polish z?oty (almost US$ 235,000) vanished from the bank account of Lech Wa??sa, a former President of Poland and the original leader of Solidarno?? (Solidarity). The case is already under investigation by the public prosecutor in Gda?sk.

The radio station identified the suspect as a former employee of Millennium Bank and the son of a former co-worker of Wa??sa. The Prokuratura alleges that Micha? L. stole about 870,000 z?oty (about US$408,000) from two bank accounts, one of which belongs to Wa??sa. The bank has already returned all the money.

Lech Wa??sa downplayed the situation. “I have all the money I had. I can show you I haven’t lost even a grosz“, he said in a interview with RMF FM.

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If you live and work in Denver, a limo to the airport might not be something youve ever thought about. After all, you probably drive yourself to work and everywhere else you need to go. Why would you take yourself to the airport?

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When you get stuck in traffic on your way to the airport, Guess What Happens?

You probably grip the wheel and stare at those brake lights that seem to go on forever. You start watching the clock. It starts to move faster, or so it seems. You start to realize you just might not get to the airport on time and youll miss your flight.

Thats a lot of stress and anxiety to begin jumping all over you when your wheels arent turning at all. By the time you get to the airport, you see that the short-term lot is completely full and you have to head to the long-term parking area. You drive down the aisles looking for any available space, but you just cant seem to find one.

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By the time you check in and get through security, you could be looking at another few hours before the next flight leaves because you already missed the one you had booked originally.

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On top of all that, when you choose a reliable Car Service to DIA, you will arrive stress free and that can impact your entire trip directly.

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