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Pakistan’s ban on YouTube lifted

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Pakistan’s ban on YouTube lifted

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 by

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Pakistan has lifted a ban on the video-sharing website YouTube, which was said to be brought in after a video offensive to Islam was uploaded to the site. According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the offending material was in relation to a trailer for a film by Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician.

The PTA ordered the country’s 70 internet service providers to ban YouTube. However, their actions mistakenly blocked the site on other international ISPs, preventing many countries’ access to the popular site for around two hours.

Wilders is expected to release a movie about violence in Islamic culture. The film called Fitna would be set ‘inside’ the Koran, with a book frame surrounding the images and a mix of Koran verses with footage of executions and other violence in Islamic countries such as Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fear that the release of the movie might trigger a worldwide surge of violence. It is expected that the film will show the destruction of a Koran, which is “tantamount to heresy” in Islam, according to the FBI/DHS report. The Dutch Prime Minister has said that the movie has caused a serious crisis situation, with several Dutch embassies and companies abroad worrying about safety. Wilders has previously declared that the Koran should be banned, and he has compared it to Hitler‘s Mein Kampf.

The PTA has also blocked websites depicting the controversial cartoons of Muhammad published by a Danish newspaper in 2006 that also sparked violence in the Muslim world. Some of the cartoons have recently been reprinted.

This is not the first time a country has moved to block YouTube. Turkey and Thailand both chose to temporarily ban the sites, as did Morocco which blocked the site after a video criticising the country’s treatment of Western Saharans was uploaded.

The New Face Of Presentation Skills}

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 by

Here’s An Opinion On:

Submitted by: Paula Pace

Some of you may have had this experience: You are standing back stage at your associations annual conference ready to walk out and deliver the opening speech to the general assembly. On cue, you walk out to face 1,200 people waiting to be entertained, informed and inspired. But not to worry, youve had plenty of training in the art of giving good speeches; so you smile at the audience and begin

But more likely, you have had this experience: Youre walking down the hall on your way to a meeting and your boss stops you long enough to tell you that the Board of Directors is meeting next week to consider the new building proposal. Since you are one of the leads in this project, youll need to prepare and give a presentation to the Board.

Gone are the days when the need for good presentation skills applies only to the person standing in front of 1,200 people; rather, good presentation skills are required of the 1,200 people in the audience.

Consider the following:

Team Meetings: Your team can meet as a group only once week and it is your job to make sure the most relevant information is delivered in the most effective manner in the time you have to deliver it. Sure, you will meet with individuals and groups during the week, but this is your only chance to meet with the team together, and what you say and how you say it has to be good.

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Its all about presentation skills.

Conferences: Your company holds a yearly conference. Keynotes are given by the executive staff and break out sessions are led by key employees. Its the one opportunity a year to connect face to face with customers and all sessions must be good.

Its all about presentation skills.

Meetings: You are a project lead and you serve at the will of the Joint Committee. At any time you can be called in to give a project report. You have only ten minutes to report on a project to which you and a staff of five devote their entire time. After (and usually during) the report, which is nearly impossible to deliver in ten minutes, you are peppered with questions.

Its all about presentation skills.

Professional Organizations: As a community volunteer you have been involved with the citys very expensive and very impressive park development and beautification project. Several professional organizations in the city are interested in this project and have asked you to present at their monthly meetings.

Its all about presentation skills.

In the situations described above, some people will be great, some will be good and yet others will muddle their way through. But why muddle when you can be good; and why be just good when you could be great? And is it really important to be a great presenter or speaker? What are the benefits of being great?

First, the ability to present or speak well creates an effective work group. People understand the information and direction and work gets done. Good presentation is directly related to accomplishment.

Second, good presentation saves time. When people understand information and direction, time is saved and thus created for additional accomplishment. You get more done in the time you have to do it.

The need for good presentation is everywhere; learn to present well, use it and benefit from it.

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Paula Pace

is an award winning speaker, trainer and consultant who has trained extensively across the US and Canada. She uses stories, examples and humor to engage and invite her audience into the learning experience. Be sure to look for her latest

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Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US

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Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 by

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

A car accident involving the car occupants and a dentist’s office happened on Sunday night in Santa Ana, California. A white Nissan sedan which was apparently driving too fast hit the raised concrete median on the road, after which it was launched into the air, slamming straight into the wall of the second floor of a two-story dental practice building, where the car got wedged.

According to the police, the car approached from a side street. The room of the dental office penetrated by the sedan was used as a storage space. A fire department crane was used to extract the vehicle from the building, which took several hours.

There were two people in the sedan. One of them managed to escape from the hanging vehicle on his own, while the other one remained trapped inside it for over an hour. They were both hospitalized with minor injuries, according to the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA). According to the police, the driver of the car admitted narcotics use, and after toxicology tests the case is to be submitted to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

The moment of the accident was captured by surveillance video from a bus which the car narrowly missed when becoming airborne.

According to OCFA spokesperson Captain Stephen Horner, there was a small fire after the crash, which was extinguished quickly.

South Korea: Fire in hospital housing elderly people kills at least 37

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South Korea: Fire in hospital housing elderly people kills at least 37

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 by

Friday, January 26, 2018

Fire broke out on Friday morning and destroyed the bottom two floors of a six-story hospital in Miryang, South Korea, killing at least 37 people, most of them elderly. More than a hundred injuries were reported, with eighteen people in critical condition. This is the highest death toll from fire in South Korea in almost a decade.

The fire is believed to have started at about 7:30 local time, according to fire chief Choi Man-woo. It originated on the ground floor in the emergency room as per various officials. The hospital has 98 beds and a medical staff of about 35, and specializes in long-term care of elderly patients. It adjoins a nursing home, all of whose 94 residents were evacuated. Staff carried some patients out of the hospital on their backs.

One patient, Jang Yeong-jae, who told his story to JoongAng Ilbo, said he escaped by removing a screen from a window to get to a ladder placed by firefighters. He described people “running around in panic, falling over and screaming as smoke filled the rooms”. The majority of the victims died from smoke inhalation and are believed to be elderly, said the head of the city’s public hospital, Chun Jae-kyung. A doctor, a nurse, and a nursing assistant have died, according to the fire service; it took three hours to put out the fire.

In a press briefing, Seok Gyeong-sik, the director of the hospital, apologized to patients and their families. Son Kyung-chul, its chairman, stated that there were no sprinklers because the facility was small. Sprinklers are being installed in the nursing home, where a new law requires them by June 30.

Last month, 29 people died in a fire in a gym in Jecheon; the owner and the manager were arrested for safety violations. In 2014, a blaze in a nursing home in Jangseong left 21 dead. The President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, responded to the Friday fire by calling an emergency meeting of his staff, and promised that the cause would be found rapidly “to prevent the recurrence of the fire in the future”.

Eva Hassett, VP of Savarino Construction Services Corp. answers questions on Buffalo, N.Y. hotel redesign

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Eva Hassett, VP of Savarino Construction Services Corp. answers questions on Buffalo, N.Y. hotel redesign

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 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

Monday, February 27, 2006

Buffalo, New York — Wikinews was the first to tell you that the Elmwood Village Hotel development in Buffalo, New York was to undergo “significant changes”.

The Elmwood Village Hotel is a proposed project that would be placed at Elmwood and Forest Aves. in Buffalo. In order for the development to take place, at least five buildings that house both businesses and residents, must be demolished.

To confirm and to get more information about the changes, Wikinews interviewed Eva Hassett, Vice President of Savarino Construction Services Corporation, the development company in charge of building the hotel.

Wikinews: The hotel proposal is being redesigned. Could you comment on that? What changes are being made? Are they significant?

Eva Hassett: The hotel has been resized as a 72-room, four story building. This is 10% smaller in number of rooms and a full story lower. We are also redesigning the facades in a way that will minimize the mass – more of a vertical feeling than horizontal. Different materials, windows, details. The smaller size of the hotel also makes the number of on-site parking spaces more appropriate and hopefully represents less of a challenge to an already difficult parking situation.

WN: Will you still be going before the city’s planning board as scheduled on February 28? Same for the Common Council?

Hassett: We will be on the Planning Board agenda this Tuesday morning but I do not expect that the Board will vote on the item that morning. I think we will be mainly explaining the new design and hearing input/questions.

WN: Will there be anymore public meetings?

Hassett: We would be happy to do one more big public meeting. We will be talking to Forever Elmwood about that on Monday (February 27, 2006). We would like to see if there is support for the new design and we also want to honor the public’s request for another meeting. I am hopeful that meeting can take place the week of March 6th.

WN: Is Savarino considering Mr. Rocco Termini’s design/proposal? If no, do you (Savarino) support/oppose?

Hassett: We are hopeful that we can build the hotel as redesigned. We think it would be a great addition to the Elmwood Ave. area, a good way for out-of-towners to see what Buffalo offers and a big help to the businesses there.

WN: Are you considering more time for the community to make a judgment?

Hassett: As I mentioned above, we expect to have one more meeting to get public reaction to the new design, and I think the Planning Board may want an additional meeting to make their determination. We do however, have constraints that will limit the amount of extra time. We still think it is a great project for the City and Elmwood; and we still want it to be something that the community wants as well.

So far, the City of Buffalo’s City Planning Board is still scheduled to meet at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern) on February 28, 2006 followed by the Common Council meeting at 2:00 p.m. on the same day.

Images of the design are not yet available. “We are working on the renderings this weekend, but I will likely have some early in the week,” stated Hassett.

Diamond Engagement Rings And Their Cuts}

Posted on February 20, 2018September 12, 2018 by

Diamond Engagement Rings And Their Cuts

One of the most important days of your life is usually the day you got engaged, when someone becomes engaged they are making a promise of love to someone and usually express this love in the form of an engagement ring.

One of the most popular engagement rings is the diamond engagement ring, diamond rings are simple and stunning and is always gratefully received by any bride to be.

When you are looking for a diamond engagement ring there are many things you should consider to make sure you purchase the best quality diamond there is.

Diamonds are graded by their colour, generally the less color a diamond has the higher they will be priced, those that contain yellow or brown tonnes will be worth less in value.

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That said, should you find a diamond engagement ring that holds a diamond with a vivid color this would be considered unique so the price tag will reflect this.

The shape of diamonds is personal to the engagement ring buyer although most people prefer the rounded or ‘ideal cut’ diamond there are many other styles and shapes available.

The emerald cut diamond engagement ring is usually cut to a square or rectangular outline, this cut is has a unique optical appearance and the shape highlights the clarity of the diamond itself.

The marquise cut can maximise the weight of the carat making the diamond appear much larger. The marquise cut is especially pleasing to the eye as it will make the wearers finger appear much longer and slender.

The cushion or pillow cut diamond engagement ring has larger facets and rounded corners and appear square but soft. The cushion cut has been popular for many years.

The heart shape is extremely popular its romantic look makes it the perfect engagement ring. The heart shaped diamond may be slightly more expensive due to the skilled craftsmanship that is needed to maintain the diamonds brilliance.

The pear cut is a brilliant cut also known as a teardrop as it has a rounded edge and single point, the length of this diamond can give a slimming effect on the fingers and is also a very popular diamond for earrings.

The Radiant cut diamond engagement rings have trimmed corners and are very versatile making this type of engagement ring very popular. They are usually set alongside various other diamonds most commonly round side diamonds or baguette shaped.

With so many different styles and shapes available your choices when it comes to diamond engagement rings are endless.

Diamond engagement rings symbolise good fortune, health and happiness they represent a future filled with love and romance and is the perfect way to demonstrate your love and devotion to someone.

Allen Jesson writes for several sites that specialize in

Antique Engagement Rings, Vintage Engagement Rings

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Wikinews interviews Christopher Beyette, prince of the Principality of Vikesland

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Wikinews interviews Christopher Beyette, prince of the Principality of Vikesland

Posted on February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 by

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Over the past few months, Wikinews reporter Joseph Ford has held several interviews with Kevin Baugh, president of the Republic of Molossia, a micronation located near Dayton, Nevada. This week, Ford had the opportunity to interview another intermicronational leader, Christopher Beyette, prince of the Principality of Vikesland, another micronation located in Manitoba.

At only three years old, the Principality is a relative newcomer to the intermicronational community.

When asked if he considers Vikesland a serious micronation, Prince Christopher said that his country is “a new nation project. Our goal is to eventually become an internationally recognized state with hopefully some sort of small sovereign land base.”

He went on to tell much more about Vikesland, which can be read in the interview below.

Ahmadinejad sends letter to George W. Bush

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Ahmadinejad sends letter to George W. Bush

Posted on February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 by

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 For the first time in three decades, direct and at least partially public diplomatic communication will commence between the United States (US) and Iran. Iranian government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to the U.S. president George W. Bush proposing “new solutions for getting out of international problems and the current fragile situation of the world”.

Mr Gholam-Hossein Elham did not say whether the letter mentioned the nuclear dispute, one of the diplomatic problems currently straining relations between Iran and the USA. This information arrived one day after the Iranian parliament announced that it might retract from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if Western pressure over its programme was to increase.

Differing reports have been made as to whether or not the letter will be made public, and if so, when. In its online report of 8 May 2006, 09:25 GMT, the BBC quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi as saying that the contents of the letter would be made public once Bush had received it. The updated version of the report of 8 May 2006, 14:52 GMT, quotes Asefi as saying that the contents would be made public “at the right time”. An ABC report quoted Gholam-Hossein Elham as saying “it is not an open letter.”

Iran’s foreign affairs minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, delivered the letter to the United States’ interests section in the Swiss embassy in Tehran on Monday. The United States has not held diplomatic relations with Iran since the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said “this letter isn’t it. This letter is not the place that one would find an opening to engage on the nuclear issue or anything of the sort.”

“It isn’t addressing the issues that we’re dealing with in a concrete way,” she added.

John R. Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, also read the letter, saying, “I think it is typical of Iran that when major decisions are about to be taken … that they have tried to throw sand in the eyes of the proponents of the action. That’s what this may be.”

The letter has since been put on an official Iranian website, and on Tuesday, Ahmadinejad said “the letter to US President George Bush carries the Iranian nation’s views and comments on international issues as well as suggestions for resolving the many problems facing humanity.”

At least seven dead after bomb blast in Northwestern Pakistan

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At least seven dead after bomb blast in Northwestern Pakistan

Posted on February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 by

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

According to reports, at least eight people, including three United States military personnel and four schoolgirls, were killed earlier today by a roadside bomb near a girls’ school in north-western Pakistan. Another 62 were injured. The incident occurred in a village in the Lower Dir district, near Swat Valley.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the US troops were travelling to the area in a convoy to attend the opening ceremony of the school for girls when the explosion occurred.

In a statement, the US embassy in Pakistan commented that “three Americans were killed and two injured in a terrorist bomb explosion at about 11:20am today in the Lower Dir district of Pakistan’s federally-administered tribal areas.

“The Americans were US military personnel in Pakistan to conduct training at the invitation of the Pakistan Frontier Corps. They were in Lower Dir to attend the inauguration ceremony of a school for girls that had recently been renovated with US humanitarian assistance,” it added.

Mohammed Wakeel, the chief doctor at the local hospital, confirmed that some of the dead were schoolgirls, saying: “We have four dead bodies [in the hospital]. They are schoolgirls aged ten to fifteen. We have received 65 injured; most of them are girls.”

Rema Bibi, a sixth-grader, was in the school when the explosion happened. She recalled her experiences, stating that “We were all busy with classwork when the a part of the roof collapsed,” as quoted by the Los Angeles Times.

The Taliban, meanwhile, claimed responsibility for the attack. “We claim responsibility for the blast,” said a Taliban spokesman, Azam Tariq.

The US does not officially have stationed troops in Pakistan, although there a few personnel are there. Their duties are primarily to train and advise Pakistani security forces over tactics against local rebel groups.

At least 40 dead after string of attacks in Pakistan

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At least 40 dead after string of attacks in Pakistan

Posted on February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 by

Friday, October 16, 2009

Pakistani officials have said that five attacks on government sites across the country have killed at least forty people. The latest attack occurred late on Thursday at a government residential area in Peshawar. Officials said they suspect Taliban militants for being responsible for the attacks.

Authorities said that the situation in the eastern city of Lahore was under control, following separate attacks on the country’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and two police training centers.

Gunmen with at least one suicide jacket stormed the FIA building at mid-morning. The FIA is an agency responsible for investigating matters relating to terrorism and immigration. Early last year, the building was the target of a suicide truck bomb that killed more than 20 people.

“Reportedly, four men attacked the FIA building and initial reports are that two of them have been killed,” said the provincial interior secretary, Nadeem Hassan Asif Punjab.

Soon after the assault on the FIA began, gunmen targeted two police training centers on the outskirts of Lahore. In the suburb of Manawa, gunmen targeted a center that militants attacked earlier this year. In the other incident, attackers with suicide jackets in Bedian climbed over a wall to gain access to the Elite Force Training Center. It took several hours before security forces were able to gain control of all the sites.

	Reportedly, four men attacked the FIA building and initial reports are that two of them have been killed.

The attacks in Pakistan’s east took place hours after a suicide car bomber targeted a police station at a garrison town about an hour’s drive from the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Speaking to local media, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said intelligence agencies had expected attacks on security sites in the country and that authorities will remain on high-alert. He said the recent violence shows the militants want to bring the frontlines from Pakistan’s violent northwest to Punjab province.

On Saturday, militants with ties to Punjab, as well as the South Waziristan tribal region, assaulted the Pakistani army’s headquarters in Rawalpindi.

Pakistani intelligence officials believe the attacks are a reaction to the military’s raids on South Waziristan. The military is expected to launch a full-scale assault on Taliban militants in the region bordering Afghanistan.