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Deadly fire below US President’s Trump Tower residence

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

On Saturday, the Trump Tower, in Midtown, New York City, caught fire shortly before 18:00 EST (2200 UTC) on the 50th floor, claiming the life of a 67-year-old resident, Todd Brassner, who lived in apartment 50C. All other residents were evacuated without incident. During the fire, six firefighters received non-life-threatening burns and other minor injuries. Neither US President Donald Trump nor the First Family were in the building at the time of the fire.

The high-end Fifth Avenue address is the personal residence of President Donald Trump, whose family occupies the top three stories of the 58-story building. The US Secret Service maintains a constant security presence inside the building with the New York City Police Department guarding a hard perimeter, intended to stop vehicular attacks, and a soft perimeter, intended for on-foot attacks.

The four-alarm fire required 200 firemen, extra police, and paramedics. At 20:00 EST (0000 UTC Sunday), the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) declared the fire was under control. Trump tweeted, “Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!” This is the second fire at Trump Tower since the election; previously on January 8, a fire was caused by an electrical malfunction in a cooling tower on the roof. Three FDNY firefighters received minor injuries, and all residents and office workers evacuated without incident on that occasion.

Trump Tower provides a number of unique problems never before encountered by the Secret Service. Never has a US President’s personal residence been inside a skyscraper or in a densely populated area like Midtown. The security measures have disrupted vehicular and pedestrian traffic requiring time consuming detours and delaying emergency response.

The New York Fire Code did not mandate sprinkler systems at the time Trump Tower was built in 1983, which might have reduced the size and severity of the fire had they been present. The 50th-floor apartment was, according to FDNY Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro, “[T]he apartment was virtually, entirely on fire.” The Secret Service monitors all the fire alarms in the building but it took time to find the source of the thick black smoke emanating from the fire. Secret Service Agents escorted the firefighters throughout the building, including the Trump residence.

Brassner, the sole casualty, was unconscious when firefighters pulled him out of apartment 50C. He was transported to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital. Originally listed as critical, he was pronounced dead sometime during the night. Brassner, guitar collector, was acquainted with artist Andy Warhol and was acknowledged in Warhol’s 1989 autobiography, The Andy Warhol Diaries. The cause of the fire is unknown, with investigations into Brassner’s death and the emergency response ongoing. Currently, the Secret Service leads the investigation.

Sudan accuses Chad of air strikes

Posted on January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 by

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Sudan blamed Chad on Sunday of launching an air strike on its territory, a day after accusing the country of mounting two other raids.

“This morning at 10.30 local time [0.730 GMT], another visit took place on the same location and using the same method,” said Othman al-Aghbash, a spokesman for the Sudanese army.

Sudan also accused Chad earlier on Friday of launching a pair of airstrikes 60 kilometers (37 mi) into Sudanese territory. Chad promptly dismissed the accusations, claiming that Sudan was “the robber who cries thief.”

Ali Youssef Ahmed, the head of the Sudanian foreign ministry, called the Friday air strikes an “act of war”. He did not comment on whether Sudan was considering to retaliate to the alleged attacks, only saying that “we are considering all options.”

A spokesman for the Chadian government told reporters that “is surprised to learn that the regime in Khartoum is protesting against action by the Chadian air force on Sudanese territory”. A confrontation would be “simply the consequence of the attack on Chad organised by Sudan, using mercenaries armed, trained, financed and directed by satellite by the Khartoum regime”, he said.

Canada’s Don Valley West (Ward 26) city council candidates speak

Posted on January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 by

This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details.

Friday, November 3, 2006

On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Don Valley West (Ward 26). Four candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include Muhammad Alam, Bahar Aminvaziri, Orhan Aybars, Michele Carroll-Smith, Mohamed Dhanani, Abdul Ingar, Geoff Kettel, Debbie Lechter, Natalie Maniates, John Masterson, John Parker, David Thomas, Csaba Vegh, and Fred Williams.

For more information on the election, read Toronto municipal election, 2006.

1 Geoff Kettel
2 Natalie Maniates
3 John Parker
4 Csaba Vegh

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Progressive Conservative candidate Penny Lucas, Kenora—Rainy River

Posted on January 12, 2019January 12, 2019 by

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Penny Lucas is running for the Progressive Conservative in the Ontario provincial election, in the Kenora-Rainy River riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed regarding her values, her experience, and her 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.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities Of Event Management Professionals

Posted on January 12, 2019January 12, 2019 by

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Primary Duties and Responsibilities of Event Management Professionals

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Event management professionals, also called as event planners, are people who plan and organize personal, social and corporate events successfully. Personal events include weddings, birthday or anniversary parties, house warming parties, retirement parties and graduation parties whereas social events include festivals, exhibitions, fairs, concerts, etc. Corporate events include conferences, product launch parties, film award functions, brand promotion, entertainment events, fashion shows, etc. In addition to this, the events can be of national and international level also. This means that the event planner should be able to manage events of any size. For example, in a birthday party, an event planner is responsible for managing few dozens of people but in an international award function, he will have to look after thousands of participants.

Every event requires a different approach for planning, processing, operating and organizing things like decoration, hospitality, catering, entertainment, etc., but the main responsibilities of event management professional are more or less the same. Let us discuss these responsibilities here:

Event planners have to discuss the event with the client first for finding out the reason of the event and based upon this, they have to decide the budget, event venue, and the theme as per the occasion. They are also responsible for inviting the guests, booking tickets if the guests are coming from outside the city, booking hotel rooms and checking other arrangements for the guests like the luggage, eating options, etc. If it is a business meeting, then they will have to arrange for car services to pick up and drop the business executives from airports.

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If it is a personal or social event, event planners will have to book suppliers for stage decoration, sound and light arrangements like DJ and music system or orchestra and audio-visual systems. If it is a corporate event, booking the conference rooms, arranging business material required for the meeting and arranging computers, laptops, projectors, microphones, internet connections and other multi-media arrangements are the primary jobs of event planners.

Any event is incomplete without food and beverages. Hence, event planners will have to decide the cuisine according to the theme, check whether the hosts are fine with it and arrange for catering service that will be serving that particular cuisine. In addition to this, event planners will also have to make arrangements for transportation and parking as well as provide security services for guests arriving for the event.

Event planners should also have good management skills. They should be able to co-ordinate well with their event management staff, make them understand the standard protocols required for effective progression of the event. They must detail the scheduled plan to the assembling staff who would then check whether food, decoration, entertainment and other arrangements are carrying out properly.

Event planners are also accountable for carrying out all the arrangements and planning as per the pre-decided budget. They will also have to brief the clients about technical and legal assistance, event insurance, risk management and health and safety measures taken to make the event a huge success.

Not only this, they will also have to clear up the decorations, seating arrangements and look after the left-over food by coordinating with the suppliers so that the venue gets cleared up after their client\’s event is over and is ready for another event to be held.

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IRA disbands military structure

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Thursday, October 5, 2006

The Independent Monitoring Commission has reported that the Provisional Irish Republican Army has undergone major changes within their military structure and shows that the IRA Army Council wants to put its military campaign behind it. The Commission consists of John Alderdice, a former Alliance Party leader; Joe Brosnan, former Secretary General of the Department of Justice, Republic of Ireland; John Grieve, former Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and former head of the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terror Branch; and Dick Kerr, former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Agency.

The report states the IRA no longer has the capacity to mount a military campaign anymore or return to one. The units that have been shut down were responsible for weapons-making, arms smuggling and training. The IRA decommissioned their arms last year.

The report also mentions that the IRA has also put its criminality beyond use and is “clamping down” on criminals within the organization, said Lord Alderdice, as he presented the report. He also added, “That doesn’t mean that criminal activity by all members has stopped but the leadership has made public statements and internal directions, investigated incidents of breach of the policy, even expelled some members and has emphasised the importance of ensuring that business affairs are conducted in a legitimate way.”

Finally, the report added that there is not enough evidence or intelligence to identify who killed Denis Donaldson, a British spy who infiltrated the IRA and Sinn Fein, before revealing his status as a spy.

However, the report added that splinter groups like the Real IRA (RIRA) and Continuity IRA (CIRA) are still threats and are still continuing their activity. The Real IRA was the group behind the deadly 1998 Omagh bombing. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) “was not capable of undertaking a sustained campaign [against the British State], nor does it aspire to” according to the report.

It is also noted the creation of two new organizations, Oglaigh na hEireann (Irish Gaelic for “Volunteers of Ireland” and is used by the Irish Defence Forces and the various IRAs.) and the Republican Defence Army. However, the groups are small dissident factions according to the report.

The report also added that the two loyalist paramilitaries, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) are also beginning to move from violence but at slower pace and not at a grassroots level like the IRA. Another loyalist paramilitary, the Loyalist Volunteer Force

The report was received warmly by Irish Toaiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Ahern, said “These positive and clear-cut findings are of the utmost importance and significance. It is time to make decisions and for Northern Ireland to look to the future.”

“The IRA has done what we asked it to do, and while issues like policing remain to be solved, the door is now open to a final settlement, which is why the talks next week in Scotland are going to be so important.” said Tony Blair in a live statement.

In a surprising reaction, the notoriously hardline leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley, also welcomed the report. He believes that his party’s pressure is working and if Sinn Fein signs up to policing there could be a deal. Paisley said, “If the police question is settled absolutely on a democratic basis and principle we would have come a long way along the road.”

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said “The DUP don’t have anything other than very limited options. They will or will not participate in power-sharing arrangements. If they don’t participate they are condemning people here, but particularly their own constituents, to second class public services, run by second class fly-in, fly-out British ministers. All the DUP can do is to delay, is to attempt to slow down, but they can’t stop the process of changing.”

New Zealand school children put fight videos on YouTube

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Friday, October 27, 2006

Approximately seven videos showing school children beating their peers have been put on the Google-owned video service, YouTube.

The videos are recorded using cellphone cameras from students at Auckland Grammar School, Tauranga Boys’ College and Saint Kentigern College and other unidentified schools, according to New Zealand newspaper, The Press.

Auckland Grammar has three videos of bullying and Tauranga Boys College and St Kentigern College both have one video each.

According to The Press one video filmed in Auckland Grammar shows two students, surrounded by a large circle of boys, knock another boy unconscious. The boy appears to have convulsions. The clip was put on YouTube by I0pex a month ago and was titled “Some guy getting KNocked the fuck out.” It had a rating of four and a half stars out of a possible five.

The video was not accessible on YouTube by 27 October, 2006 at 7.36 a.m. UTC, a notice displayed said, “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.” The Press said an unidentified clip shows two girls fighting, which was also removed for the same reason.

YouTube guidelines state: “Real violence is not allowed. If your video shows someone getting hurt, attacked or humiliated, don’t post it.”

According to NewsRoom the video showing the bullying from Tauranga Boys’ College shows three students, one student holding another while being punched on the ground in the face. When a teacher breaks up the fight, the comments for the video criticise the teacher for doing so.

One other video shows one Asian student bullying another Asian, according to The Press.

Annabel Taylor, Family Help Trust chairwoman, said: “The clips represented the worst aspects of bullying. It is premeditated, organised, intentional, choreographed even, and that’s what distinguishes it from common schoolyard bullying.”

Tauranga Boys’ College deputy principal, Robert Naumann, said: “While appropriate disciplinary action was taken against the boys involved in the incident, and none of those filmed had given their permission for the footage to be posted on the web, the film has remained within the public domain despite attempts by college staff to have it removed,” he said, “Youtube has continued to support its placement”. The video was not accessible on 27 October, 2006 at 7.36 a.m. UTC. Graham Young, principal of Tauranga Boys’ College, said: “A video posted on the Internet showing two of his students fighting is inappropriate and bizarre, but not unusual. Unfortunately technology allows teenagers to put all sorts of material about each other on websites.”

Martin Crocker, Netsafe director, said that while posting the videos did not break any law, the actions filmed in the videos did. “The terrible thing is that the aim of online notoriety is driving people to do quite extreme things,” Crocker said.

Dave Turnbull, principal of Cashmere High School, said that he is unaware of anything like that has happened in Christchurch. “The reality is it could have been any school.”

According to Paul Shamy from Stopping Violence Services Christchurch, “[I am] not surprised that the violence was in well-to-do schools such as Auckland Grammar as violence is spread throughout society.”

Wikinews Shorts: February 5, 2007

Posted on January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 by

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, February 5, 2007.

It Is Difficult To Imagine The Pharmacy Profits

Posted on January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 by

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By Paul Hu

Now, in the pharmaceutical industry, hot on the topic, can be considered a pharmacy purchasing alliance. I do not know since when, pharmacy purchasing alliances are springing have been established, because no more than one, this model can make money, but also access to a large number of commercial and retail resource. But the good thing is often more grinding, to find a way to make money, we rush into the sky, naturally individualist tradition, that of course would be quite a mixed bag, but a mercenary.

Closer look, pharmacy purchasing alliance profit point is simply include the following: purchase and sale of generic drugs Maori, an exclusive purchase and sale of drugs or new drugs margins, downstream clients initial fee, store, or managed hosting fees, regular meetings or training fees, union publications advertising rates and information integration charges and so on.

Pharmacy purchasing alliance looked good money, but in fact very difficult. Such as purchase and sale of generic drugs, to do much turnover, gross margin is also guaranteed, it must have a management and information systems to support management and information systems but not a million or a turnover of 5 billion can be paid onwards. Further downstream customers such as initial fee and hosting fees, if alliance in retail management and retail sales on the top three can not do, you can bring any brand, managed and how to ensure profitability, programs, how convincing? By holding regular meetings and training, the Alliance in the short term profit, but revenue also depends on aspects of the brand, if only in terms of pulling the two so-called experts, lectures, rather than providing solutions to real combat, how can long-term survive?

For pharmacy purchasing alliance, I have the following view:

View 1: pharmacy purchasing alliance can profit in two ways: exclusive purchasing drugs or new drugs and the Union publications gross advertising charges.

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Exclusive drug profits is positive, as long as the Union upstream resources, a very good bargaining power, many downstream customers and close sales service good. The Alliance publications advertising rates reach solved the problem of upstream manufacturers more attractive, it is important issue of magnitude, to 5 million or more, is immune to non-profit.

Now we can see such a phenomenon: pharmacy purchasing coalition are often the initiator of the retail pharmacy industry, the “little man”, “big man” to stand up very little, while entrants are also “little man.” Such as Guizhou, a tree from the PTO and other eight regional chain drugstore business was launched, and Taeger from Chi Lin, the chain will not be a large retailer in the country, at the most dominant side only. The PTO and Taeger recruit downstream customers are mostly small, and in secondary and tertiary markets. Why the formation of such a situation? Are large retailers are “myopic”? I thought, “little man” is a reason to initiate and join the. “Little man” was launched in order to obtain the right to speak, took the opportunity to rapidly grow and profit; “little man” to join because of intense competition, low-margin trends as well as access to new development ideas. The reason is the absence of large retailers, Competition generic drugs distributor, purchasing alliances, but certainly more than the traditional large distributors and fast approval business; Competition exclusive drug distribution, the Union needs at least a high level of implementation and planning professionals, but also have a very wide range of distribution channels, drug addition exclusive limited resources, while at this stage, large retailers integrate their business networks have not yet completed, and can not engage in procurement Union ceded a lot of energy.

Second point: The last leader of the pharmacy purchasing alliance must launched by the very strong retailers.

Why not be the most powerful it? Such as Neptune, in Neptune’s strategic layout, the distribution of drugs have Neptune Galaxy, retail has Nepstar. If Nepstar pharmacy purchasing alliance to develop, must be capricious and, unless the Galaxy are not doing Neptune; of course, build their own pharmacy purchasing Union Sea King is also a development opportunity, not only can output management, brand and distribute its products in large quantities The key lies in how options Neptune, how trade-offs. So, why is it must be very strong retailers do? Retailers because it is strong and mature management information systems, there are all over the country’s logistics system, a large number of commercial outlets, a strong retail brand and business model. For these enterprises, the overall procurement advantage, buying and selling a lower marginal costs, while providing real combat experience in commercial retail.

In fact, the Union are often loose, and as the lower reaches of the large number of management difficult. Union plus a service organization, if the low quality of services provided, the Alliance development potential should play a big question mark. Also, the core of purchasing alliance buy and sell. Purchase, must have strong upstream bargaining power; sales require product marketable. The cost of buying and selling is the largest logistics costs, information costs and management costs. At present, the purchase and sale has been a “virtual drug distribution hall,” “shopping in the mall,” “integrated online auction” e-commerce tools such as intervention, I personally think that B2B is the trend.

Point three: best pharmacy purchasing alliance should be based on e-commerce for the information communication means, based on the purchase of medicine for the business to provide information integration and management of export, logistics solution to maximize the value of a cooperative customer satisfaction and profitability goals ratio .

Pharmacy purchasing alliance, after all, is a new thing, its really suitable choice of what kind of business model and profit model, is still hard to say. The emergence of pharmacy purchasing alliance, in fact there is a new distribution . To be blessed words: like pharmacy purchasing alliance well all the way!

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