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13 pilot whales returning to sea, off Western Australia

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13 pilot whales returning to sea, off Western Australia

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 by

Monday, April 4, 2005

Rescuers were today sending a pod of 13 pilot whales back into the ocean at Geographe Bay, near to Busselton, south of Perth, in Western Australia. Six additional members of the pod had died during the stranding, including at least one calf. More than 300 people were watching as the whales set out to sea following a 30 hour rescue effort.

The whales had become stranded early yesterday. Several power boats and a spotter plane were escorting the surviving whales towards Cape Naturalist, in an operation expected to take several hours.

Western Australian State Government Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) officers feared that the whales could become stranded again.

One CALM officer, Neil Taylor, told ABC News dozens of his colleagues and community volunteers had helped the whales survive throughout the night.

“The vet has checked them all and given them some antibiotics yesterday, last thing before dark,” he had told the Australian national broadcaster.

“I think the plan is that the vet will be there again [today] and will give them some vitamins to kick them along before they actually take their swim out to sea.”

Creationist sentiments affect Imax business strategy

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Creationist sentiments affect Imax business strategy

Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 by

Tuesday, March 22, 2005Imax cinemas in several southern US states have begun to refuse screening of films that deal with evolution and the big bang, fearing they will drive away customers. This step follows pressure from customers claiming such films are blasphemous to the Christian religion and are counter to biblical teachings which fundamentalists take to be the literal word of God.

Some of the affected cinemas are located in science museums often visited by families. Carol Murray, the marketing director of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in Texas, commented that trial customers complained, “I really hate it when the theory of evolution is presented as fact,” a view reflected by several others. Conversely, a producer of an Imax film entitled Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, James Cameron, said that he was “surprised and somewhat offended” at some of the reactions.

Films suppressed by this controversy include Cosmic Voyage (which deals with the big bang), Galapagos (dealing with the development of evolutionary theory by Darwin) and Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (about deep-sea thermophiles).

Although this move only affects about a dozen Southern US cinemas, it has proved significant due to the manner in which Imax operates. Imax presentations are filmed and projected using specialized equipment in specially adapted theatres. Imax films also have tight production and marketing budgets. At any one time, an Imax film may be shown at only two dozen locations. As such, profits may be significantly reduced if just a few locations refuse to show a given film, swaying producers to avoid producing films on contentious subjects which may be construed by Christian fundamentalists as blasphemous.

Blasts in Mexico rips gas and oil pipelines

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Blasts in Mexico rips gas and oil pipelines

Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 by

Monday, September 10, 2007

Oil and gas pipelines in Mexico were attacked in six different places Monday, forcing the evacuation of approximately 12,000 residents. The six blasts were to reported to have happened at about 2:00 a.m on Monday morning.

The company who owns the pipelines, Petroleos Mexicanos, shut down all lines after the attack.

No deaths as a result of the explosions were reported, however; the blasts were blamed for the death of two 70 year old women who died from heart attacks.

Mexican officials have called the blasts “premeditated” and at least one rebel group (most notably EPR) has claimed responsibility for the blasts.

Protesters rally for a second time against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal

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Protesters rally for a second time against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal

Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 by

Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy

Recent Developments

“120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006
“Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006
“Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006
“Court date “as needed” for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, August 14, 2006
“Preliminary hearing for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal rescheduled” — Wikinews, July 26, 2006
“Elmwood Village Hotel proposal in Buffalo, N.Y. withdrawn” — Wikinews, July 13, 2006
“Preliminary hearing against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal delayed” — Wikinews, June 2, 2006

Original Story

“Hotel development proposal could displace Buffalo, NY business owners” — Wikinews, February 17, 2006

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Buffalo, New York —For the second weekend in a row, demonstrators protested the Elmwood Village Hotel proposal on the proposed site.

The Elmwood Village Hotel is a proposed hotel by Savarino Construction Services Corporation and is designed by architect Karl Frizlen of the Frizlen Group. It is to be placed on the corner of Elmwood and Forest Avenues in Buffalo and will require the demolition of at least five properties (1109-1121 Elmwood).

The proposal also required that all five properties, including 605 Forest, be rezoned to a “C-2” zone, or a “special development plan.” The rezoning was passed by Buffalo’s Common Council on March 21, 2006.

Russell Smith, owner of the Six Nation’s Gift Shop at 1121 Elmwood, also participated in the protest.

“I am a Native American and we opened a Native American gift shop and we are just brand new [and just] opened. Having started out a business for the first time, and it the only Native American shop in the city, and I do not see the use of any hotel, especially at this district. The Elmwood Strip is pretty well established. Some of these people have been here a long while you know and they’re [Savarino Construction] disrupting their livelihood,” said Smith to Wikinews.

When Smith was asked if he was going to be in any of the shops in the new hotel he replied, “we don’t have the option of getting into the hotel or any of the shops that are going to be there. We haven’t [had] any idea that they [Savarino] were even planning to tear these buildings down to put a hotel here until we had moved in. I think thats a little unfair.”

Former City of Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello was asked to sign the petition to stop the hotel when he walked by, but he declined saying, “I respect what you are doing, but I am for the hotel.”

Despite the cold weather, at least 45 people showed up to walk the picket line.

For the moment, no further protests have been scheduled, pending the final decision on the hotel proposal by the city’s Planning Board which meets Tuesday, March 28, 2006. The meeting begins at 8:00am and will be held in room 902 on the 9th floor of City Hall in downtown Buffalo.

On Saturday morning several individuals attended a meeting with a lawyer to see what could be done, if anything, about the proposal and about Hans Mobius, former Buffalo mayoral candidate and owner of the properties to be demolished at 1109-1121 Elmwood.

One of the attendees, Nancy Pollina, co-owner of Don Apparel with Patty Morris, stated that “there is a case” but that she is likely unable to afford the large attorney’s fees. Pollina reports that she is looking into a “legal fund.”

Some of the affected are considering going to the New York State Supreme Court pro se to seek an injunction.

Some tenants of Mobius’s buildings have accused him of being a “slumlord” and claim that he “intentionally neglected” his properties with the intention of selling. Mobius, who has owned the properties for about 20 years, tried in 1995 to sell them to a developer who wanted to build a Walgreens Drugstore on the same site as the proposed hotel.

Mobius is expected to appear in housing Court on April 11, 2006. He has not returned any phone calls from Wikinews.

Find A Reliable Suffolk County Area Heating Repair Service You Can Trust

Posted on April 16, 2018February 6, 2019 by

byAlma Abell

The heating equipment in your Suffolk County home can only take so much wear and tear before it starts to suffer from decreased efficiency and capability as it tries to heat your home. Oftentimes, homeowners will neglect their heating equipment unintentionally, due to busy work schedules or family schedules that prevent them from noticing a problem as it starts out. This can lead to their heating equipment failing unexpectedly and requiring them to frantically try to get a Suffolk County Heating Repair specialist in to get their heating back up and running before their family suffers from the cold.

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Usually, a problem will start out small and build in severity over time. If you don’t notice that the problem even started, however, it can seem as if the problem has come out of nowhere once it becomes severe. Most of the time, a problem can be resolved quickly if you catch it in time, preventing it from causing too much damage in your equipment. Keeping an eye out for signs of problems, like odd smells coming from the ventilation or the unit itself, odd sounds occurring when the unit is operating, or a noticeable lack of heat to the air it’s producing, can all be sure signs that your heating equipment is experiencing a problem. Getting help when these problems first start out can often save your heating equipment from requiring a full on replacement or major repair work.

Finding a Suffolk County Heating Repair service to hire can often be a daunting and stressful task, especially if you have little knowledge about the heating system in your home. There are many companies to choose from in the heating and cooling industry, and they often have informative websites that can give you advice and tips on keeping your units running more efficiently in your home. Visiting one of these websites, like Excellentairconditioningandheating.com, can often help homeowners learn tips and advice on how to keep their unit clean in between maintenance and repair visits, as well as increase its efficiency overall to keep your home warmer. These websites can also be handy to have if you need information on problems that can occur with your heating equipment, especially if you don’t know what to look for when a problem first shows up.

The Most Common Problems With Commercial Roofing In Oklahoma City

Posted on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 by

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byAlma Abell

The roofing system of your commercial building is responsible for protecting the interior of the business as well as keeping your employees and customers safe and comfortable. It is common for business owners to overlook the maintenance of the roof, but it is important to have the roof inspected on a routine basis to ensure it is in good condition. Detecting problems early with Commercial Roofing in Oklahoma City is the best way to prevent extensive and expensive damages. If you notice any of the following problems with the roof of your building, it is important to contact a professional commercial roofing company as soon as possible.Commercial Roofing in Oklahoma City is typically flat, so it is more susceptible to water puddling. When a roof isn’t sloped correctly or if the drains and/or gutters are blocked, the water will begin to puddle, which can result in leaking and serious damage to the structure of the building as well as the interior.

A commercial roofing company can typically install a tapering system that will provide the slope the roof needs to drain correctly.A commercial roof typically has panels as opposed to shingles like what is found on residential roofs. The roofing panels can begin to buckle over time or during a bad storm, and buckled panels are one of the most common problems with commercial roofs. If you notice buckling panels, you should contact a local commercial roofer as soon as possible to prevent further damage. It is common for blistering to occur on a commercial roof; however, if they are large blisters there is a risk of them bursting, which can pose a risk of water seeping under the roofing materials. When the weather is extremely hot and humid, it can cause more blistering, so it is best to have a commercial roofer inspect the roof during hot and humid weather to make sure there isn’t a risk of future damage.

Jindal signs Intelligent Design law

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Jindal signs Intelligent Design law

Posted on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 by

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal signed a controversial bill hailed by intelligent design supporters, such as the Discovery Institute, and Louisiana Family Forum, a creationist group. Critics of the bill, including several major science organizations, say it allows for the teaching of “creationism” in public schools.

The law, Louisiana Science Education Act, allows teachers to use “supplemental materials” when discussing evolution, but it does not state what the materials would be.

Citing the 1987 Supreme Court ruling in Edwards v. Aguillard, “Louisiana has a long and unfortunate history of trying to substitute dogma for science in classrooms,” said Reverend Barry W. Lynn, an executive director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In addition, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Center for Science Education, and the Louisiana Coalition for Science opposed the bill arguing it would cause detriment to students’ education by letting in unapproved curriculum.

According to Reuters, Jindal’s office declined to comment on Friday.

Similar Academic Freedom bills have been promoted by the Discovery Institute in other states, but so far they have failed.

Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life

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Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life

Posted on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 by

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Gay Talese wants to go to Iraq. “It so happens there is someone that’s working on such a thing right now for me,” the 75-year-old legendary journalist and author told David Shankbone. “Even if I was on Al-Jazeera with a gun to my head, I wouldn’t be pleading with those bastards! I’d say, ‘Go ahead. Make my day.'”

Few reporters will ever reach the stature of Talese. His 1966 profile of Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, was not only cited by The Economist as the greatest profile of Sinatra ever written, but is considered the greatest of any celebrity profile ever written. In the 70th anniversary issue of Esquire in October 2003, the editors declared the piece the “Best Story Esquire Ever Published.”

Talese helped create and define a new style of literary reporting called New Journalism. Talese himself told National Public Radio he rejects this label (“The term new journalism became very fashionable on college campuses in the 1970s and some of its practitioners tended to be a little loose with the facts. And that’s where I wanted to part company.”)

He is not bothered by the Bancrofts selling The Wall Street Journal—”It’s not like we should lament the passing of some noble dynasty!”—to Rupert Murdoch, but he is bothered by how the press supported and sold the Iraq War to the American people. “The press in Washington got us into this war as much as the people that are controlling it,” said Talese. “They took information that was second-hand information, and they went along with it.” He wants to see the Washington press corp disbanded and sent around the country to get back in touch with the people it covers; that the press should not be so focused on–and in bed with–the federal government.

Augusten Burroughs once said that writers are experience junkies, and Talese fits the bill. Talese–who has been married to Nan Talese (she edited James Frey‘s Million Little Piece) for fifty years–can be found at baseball games in Cuba or the gay bars of Beijing, wanting to see humanity in all its experience.

Below is Wikinews reporter David Shankbone’s interview with Gay Talese.

1 On Gay Talese
2 On a higher power and how he’d like to die
3 On the media and Iraq
4 On the Iraq War
5 State of Journalism
6 On travel to Cuba
7 On Chinese gay bars
8 On the literary canon
9 Sources

US Federal Reserve prepares to take over AIG

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US Federal Reserve prepares to take over AIG

Posted on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 by

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Federal Reserve took over American International Group (AIG) on Tuesday in an US$85 billion loan, in exchange for a 79.9% stake in the company.

A press release issued Tuesday stated that “the Board determined that, in current circumstances, a disorderly failure of AIG could add to already significant levels of financial market fragility and lead to substantially higher borrowing costs, reduced household wealth, and materially weaker economic performance.”

The deal allows AIG to draw up to US$85 billion in loans over the next 24 months to shore up the orderly sale of various divisions of the company without further interruption to the economy. In exchange, the Federal Reserve will have a 79.9% equity stake, primarily in the form of equity participation notes. The loan carries an interest rate of LIBOR plus 850 points. Should AIG fail, the loan is covered completely by company assets. Should AIG recover however, taxpayers could potentially recover large profits.

This news comes on the heels of the Federal Reserve refusing to bail out Lehman Brothers, forcing the company to file for bankruptcy on Monday after Bank of America(BoA) and Barclays PLC pulled out of negotiations over the weekend. The fact that AIG has thousands of divisions engaged in business across the globe sets them apart from the recent problems with other banks. AIG was built up over the last several years via the buyouts and mergers of many companies around the world, offering AIG’s stockholders a diverse base of income which allowed it to steadily increase profits.

It is this interconnectedness that had the Federal Reserve worried. Should AIG collapse, it could set off a global chain reaction in multiple markets. In an interview with the New York Times, former Treasury official Roger Altman said, “It’s the interconnectedness and the fear of the unknown. The prospect of the world’s largest insurer failing, together with the interconnectedness and the uncertainty about the collateral damage — that’s why it’s scaring people so much.”

While AIG, like many other banks, found itself embroiled in the middle of the sub-mortgage lending crisis, AIG has also been struggling to deal with controversies in other complex financial instruments such as credit default swaps. These markets have been exploding for several years, but due to lack of regulation by the government, recent reversals have seen AIG’s stock value tumble by over 90 percent in the last year.

How Can Social Media Management Help Sem?

Posted on April 15, 2018April 15, 2018 by

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How Can Social Media Management Help SEM?

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If you look at the bigger picture you ll see that there s a whole world out there just waiting to be tapped into through social media, no matter what your product or service may be. Take Twitter for example; this totally free social media platform is used by millions of people every day, and is often favoured by those who are part of a community and who want to have their say.

Through this site you find followers rather than friends, most of whom will have a common interest with you or just like what you Tweet about. This is different from a site like Facebook, which is more likely to be used for when people want to chat to their real life friends, and is therefore a much more difficult platform on which to build a brand identity which is what social media marketing is all about.

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By using a site such as Twitter to build your brand identity or personality, you will find it easier, as this is essentially what this platform has been used for already. All in all, you want to create a buzz here. This means getting people Tweeting about your URL and linking back to your site. This in turn will generate more followers and more clicks to your website. To create a buzz you really need to get people talking, so you ll need to do your research by targeting certain online communities relating to your product or service and get involved with what they re talking about. This will make you part of a community yourself, which can earn you vital clicks and increased traffic sometimes just as much as you would get through pay per click advertising.

This isn t all it can do though. Google has become very clever these days, and can detect when a buzz about a brand is happening online and through social media. Once it detects this genuine reaction, your website will automatically be ranked higher on search engine results pages therefore improving your SEM.

All in all, along with

pay per click

advertising and other SEM techniques, social media management has become an essential part of internet marketing and building a brand, that shouldn t be overlooked. It s all about having a strong social media presence so that Google recognises it on its own. By being aware of your main objectives to create a personality/identity, get involved with hot topics and generally be active online then this in time should grow organically.

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