2007 Baseball World Cup Day 1: Taichung starts prior to Taipei

Thursday, November 8, 2007

The opening ceremonies for the 2007 Baseball World Cup (2007 BWC) were held Tuesday. Torrential rain, however, made Panama vs Spain the opening match of the 2007 BWC in Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium. The original opening match of Chinese Taipei vs Italy was postponed until next week and will be played at Tianmu Baseball Stadium.

“Recently, we got into a sticky situation while constructing a dome due to some protests by non-governmental people, but we’ll try to overcome these difficulties in order to present high-level sports to the international market.” Chin-chi Wu, the Director of the Taipei City Bureau of Education, remarked at Tuesday’s opening ceremony.

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Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

This year Israel turns sixty and it has embarked upon a campaign to celebrate its birthday. Along with technology writers for Slate, PC Magazine, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Aviation Weekly, Wikinews was invited by the America-Israel Friendship League and the Israeli Foreign Ministry to review Israel’s technology sector. It’s part of an effort to ‘re-brand the country’ to show America that there is more to Israel than the Palestinian conflict. On this trip we saw the people who gave us the Pentium processor and Instant Messaging. The schedule was hectic: 12-14 hours a day were spent doing everything from trips to the Weizmann Institute to dinner with Yossi Vardi.

On Thursday, the fifth day of the junket, David Saranga of the foreign ministry was able to arrange an exclusive interview for David Shankbone with the President of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shimon Peres. For over an hour they spoke about Iranian politics, whether Israel is in danger of being side-lined in Middle Eastern importance because of Arab oil wealth, and his thoughts against those who say Israeli culture is in a state of decay.

The only crime I committed was to be a little bit ahead of time. And if this is the reason for being controversial, maybe the reason is better than the result.

Shimon Peres spent his early days on kibbutz, a bygone socialist era of Israel. In 1953, at the age of 29, Peres became the youngest ever Director General of the Ministry of Defense. Forty years later it was Peres who secretly gave the green light for dialogue with Yassir Arafat, of the verboten Palestine Liberation Organization. It was still official Israeli policy to not speak with the PLO. Peres shares a Nobel Peace Prize with Yitzak Rabin and Arafat for orchestrating what eventually became the Oslo Accords. The “roadmap” that came out of Oslo remains the official Israeli (and American) policy for peace in the Palestinian conflict. Although the majority of Israeli people supported the plans, land for peace was met with a small but fiery resistance in Israel. For negotiating with Arafat, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shouted at Peres, “You are worse than Chamberlain!” a reference to Hitler’s British appeaser. It was during this time of heated exchanges in the 1990s that Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a Jew who thought it against Halakhic law to give up land given by God (Hashem).

Peres is the elder statesman of Israeli politics, but he remembers that he has not always been as popular as he is today. “Popularity is like perfume: nice to smell, dangerous to drink,” said Peres. “You don’t drink it.” The search for popularity, he goes on to say, will kill a person who has an idea against the status quo.

Below is David Shankbone’s interview with Shimon Peres, the President of Israel.

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005

A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not a statistically significant sample.

If this surgical procedure is as successful in large-scale studies, it may lead the way for the use of robotic surgery in even more delicate procedures, such as heart surgery. Note that this is not a fully automated system, as a human doctor controls the operation via remote control. Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery is a treatment for obesity.

There were concerns that doctors, in the future, might only be trained in the remote control procedure. Ronald G. Latimer, M.D., of Santa Barbara, CA, warned “The fact that surgeons may have to open the patient or might actually need to revert to standard laparoscopic techniques demands that this basic training be a requirement before a robot is purchased. Robots do malfunction, so a backup system is imperative. We should not be seduced to buy this instrument to train surgeons if they are not able to do the primary operations themselves.”

There are precedents for just such a problem occurring. A previous “new technology”, the electrocardiogram (ECG), has lead to a lack of basic education on the older technology, the stethoscope. As a result, many heart conditions now go undiagnosed, especially in children and others who rarely undergo an ECG procedure.

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Highest Quality Bridal &Amp; Wedding Sarees

By Victor Banheuton

Every Saree Outlet usually offers a large collection of Bridal Sarees and Wedding Sarees that are designed to make the brides look more attractive, stylish and glamorous on their special day. The marvelous collections of Bridal Sarees and Wedding Sarees include beautifully crafted sarees on faux, georgette, crepe, silk, satin, jari, viscose, jacquard, velvet, glass tissue and net. These are embellished with lovely sequins, beautiful resham embroidery, sparkling crystals, stones, beads, jari, jardozy, pearls, diamantese, kundan, debka work, kasab work, patch, appliqu and cut work which enables each saree design to represent a royalty in itself.

The collections of Bridal Sarees and Wedding Sarees at some Saree outlets are massive and exquisite and allow you to create an unforgettable impression on yours or your loved ones wedding day. You can instantly grab the crowds attention and turn heads on your wedding by wearing a designer bridal saree that is specially made for your particular size, shape, and style. A custom-made Bridal saree can help you create an enchanting, awe-effect that will definitely make you look and feel like a beautiful and stylish bride should.

The blouse of your bridal saree is made of high quality yarns and threads on the finest fabrics, and in a design that suits your style such as full-sleeves, puff sleeves, or sleeveless. Your Bridal saree can have unique and beautiful threads, mirror, or lace works on the sleeves of the saree blouse. The blouse can also be made with straps or without straps according to your preference.

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Nowadays saree blouses have necklines with different patterns like halter, U neck, V neck, round or doori. Backless designer blouses have gained wide popularity through celebrities wearing them in many Bollywood movies. These designer blouses are usually made with padding and reinforcements so that a bra is not necessary. You can choose a bridal saree in different colors, designs and patterns, although the traditional wedding saree is usually red in color with golden embroidery, which are also available in stores.

Bridal saree fabric is also traditionally silk but nowadays many color options and fabric choices have been introduced for Bridal Sarees and Wedding Sarees. Bridal Sarees and Wedding Sarees these days come in fabrics like crepe, georgette, satin, and tissue which are preferred and used by many Indian brides, and the colors have also expanded to include gold, pink, maroon, orange, cream/white, brown, and yellow.

A lot of people living both in India and abroad now have access to a large collection of Bridal Sarees and Wedding Sarees in endless varieties of color, design, fabric and patterns. These are available online in Saree Outlets opened up by veteran manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers based worldwide.

These online stores offer variety, exclusivity, and convenience of shopping online and the prices are also kept at varying levels in order to allow people with different budgets and needs to afford a gorgeous Bridal Saree for their special day.

The Bridal Sarees and Wedding Sarees are made of good quality material by expert designers and give a traditional yet fashionable and enchanting look to the bride. These online store fronts have made shopping for a Bridal Saree less stressful and time consuming. And the designers of the bridal sarees ensure that the bride looks like a remarkable beauty on her special day.

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Fatal coal mine accident in western Turkey

Thursday, June 1, 2006

A mine accident killed at least nine miners in a coal mine in western Turkey. A methane explosion collapsed a mine shaft about 150 meters below the town of Odakoy, in Bal?kesir Province, near the border with Bursa Province. Rescue work was slowed by the presence of gas, with rescue workers having to be hospitalized for methane poisoning.

Turkey suffers relatively frequent mine accidents, especially due to methane pockets either igniting or poisoning miners. Some observers fault old & untrustworthy equipment, or a disregard for safety regulations.

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What You Need To Know In Car Insurance For Women

What You Need to Know in Car Insurance for Women

by

Elizar Palad

Car insurance for women is considered cheaper, and plenty of companies have already been charged with discriminating against males. But, the training stays in use and, in fact, this defines the insurance coverage market. Woman drivers are considered a lesser threat because they have a different driving fashion and driving habit as compared to males. Although the amount of accidents brought on by women drivers is similar to the number of accidents brought on by males, the severity and also the value claims are lesser because such accidents are much less serious.

Ladies drive more slowly, they do not journey on too long distances and they therefore possess lower chances of getting involved in major accidents. Therefore, car insurance for women is cheaper. Governments findings help exactly the same theory based around the pace of prosecutions for driving crimes . Within the Uk, males receive 88% of driving crimes, and 96% of harmful driving prosecutions. Nonetheless, there is numerous factors which actually influence the price of insurance coverage.

There are a few things that you simply need to check when shopping for car insurance for women. Don’t get the company’s word for granted because they might claim to offer the least expensive insurance policy around the market. But, it is your duty to check if they truly do! Look out for:

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-the Excess;

-the NO CLAIMS Discount;

-the Extra Options;

-the COVER.

A really cheap car insurance for women might consist of a high levels of excess. This implies that you’ll have to spend a very high amount when you make a claim. For advance payment, such car insurance seems cheap and handy, but within the situation of claims, this proves a truly bad offer.

Study the insurance agent that you simply plan to work with because you’ll need to choose a business with a good popularity. Large companies with a strong history, likewise have all kinds of discount rates that you simply can get advantage of besides the No Claims Discount as such.

Even when you get lower quotes for car insurance for women, an evaluation in between the policy benefits from a number of providers would throw light around the best option. This kind of tools are available on the web and can be used to estimate the price distinction. The numerous comparison tools available online can help you figure out the best option for you. Therefore, you can make a truly good offer and in addition towards the reduced rates specific to car insurance for women, you can also get other special discounts based on your own driving history, vehicle and kind of insurance.

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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs

Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party.

The boy was today awake and smiling, still in some pain but in good spirits and expected to make a full recovery, according to plastic surgeon, Mr Robert Love.

“What we have is parts that are very much alive so the reattached limbs are certainly pink, well perfused and are indeed moving,” Mr Love told reporters today.

“The fact that he is moving his fingers, and of course when he wakes up he will move both fingers and toes, is not a surprise,” Mr Love had said yesterday.

“The question is more the sensory return that he will get in the hand itself and the fine movements he will have in the fingers and the toes, and that will come with time, hopefully. We will assess that over the next 18 months to two years.

“I’m sure that he’ll enjoy a game of basketball in the future.”

The weight and force of the collapse, and the sharp brick edges, resulted in the three limbs being cut through about 7cm above the wrists and ankle.

Terry’s father Tan said of his only child, the injuries were terrible, “I was scared to look at him, a horrible thing.”

The hands and foot were placed in an ice-filled Esky and rushed to hospital with the boy, where three teams of medical experts were assembled, and he was given a blood transfusion after experiencing massive blood loss. Eight hours of complex micro-surgery on Saturday night were followed by a further two hours of skin grafts yesterday.

“What he will lose because it was such a large zone of traumatised skin and muscle and so on, he will lose some of the skin so he’ll certainly require lots of further surgery regardless of whether the skin survives,” said Mr Love said today.

The boy was kept unconscious under anaesthetic between the two procedures. In an interview yesterday, Mr Love explained why:

“He could have actually been woken up the next day. Because we were intending to take him back to theatre for a second look, to look at the traumatised skin flaps, to close more of his wounds and to do split skin grafting, it was felt the best thing to do would be to keep him stable and to keep him anaesthetised.”

Professor Wayne Morrison, director of the respected Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery and head of plastic and hand surgery at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital, said he believed the operation to be a world first.

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US Senate committee investigates credit card practices

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

On Tuesday, the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs‘s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing titled “Credit Card Practices: Unfair Interest Rate Increases.” The hearing examined the circumstances under which credit card issuers may increase the interest rates of cardholders who are in compliance with the terms of their credit cards. It was a follow-up to a March 2007 hearing.

Subcommittee Chairman Carl Levin said in his opening statement: “Today’s focus is on credit card issuers who hike the interest rates of cardholders who play by the rules — meaning those folks who pay on time, pay at least the minimum amount due, and wake up one day to find their interest rate has gone through the roof — again, not because they paid late or exceeded the credit limit, but because their credit card issuer decided they should be ‘repriced’.”

Present to testify on behalf of credit card issuers were Roger C. Hochschild of Discover Financial Services, Bruce L. Hammonds of Bank of America Corporation, and Ryan Schneider of Capital One Financial Corporation.

Much of the 90 minute hearing focused on specific cases where interest rates were raised, allegedly because credit scores of the debtor dropped, and not because they were delinquent or otherwise behind on payments. According to Levin, this practice made it so that almost all payments went towards finance charges with almost none toward repaying the principal. This, he felt, is an unfair practice, as the credit card companies were negligent in informing their customers of the rate hikes and the reason for such hikes.

Families find themselves ensnared in a seemingly inescapable web of credit card debt.

The collective credit card debt of Americans totals an estimated US$900 billion. Issuers have come under pressure to disclose their policies in regards to setting fees and interest rates. The US Truth in Lending Act requires that terms of a loan be set forth up front. Fluctuating interest rates on credit cards would, on the surface, appear to violate this act.

Roger C. Hochschild disagreed, arguing that “every card transaction is a new extension of credit … This makes it difficult — and risky — to underwrite, and price, the loan based solely on the borrower’s credit-worthiness at the time of application [for the card].”

Ryan Schneider, agreed: “The ability to modify the terms of a credit card agreement to accommodate changes over time to the economy or the credit-worthiness of consumers must be preserved.”

“Attempts to interfere with the market here … will inevitably result in less credit being offered,” warned Bruce Hammonds. “Risk-based pricing has democratized access to credit,” he added.

All three credit card executives also mentioned an ongoing Federal Reserve System review of credit card rules that already proposes a 45-day notification ahead of any rate changes.

Committee members criticized the industry for varying practices. Included in the criticism was the practice of mailing checks to card-holders, failing to notify applicants that obtaining additional cards could lower their credit score and raise their rates, and “ambushing” card-holders with raised rates.

Ranking minority member of the subcommittee, Norm Coleman said, “families find themselves ensnared in a seemingly inescapable web of credit card debt. They particularly report being saddled with interest rates that skyrocketed on them seemingly out of the blue.”

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Pay Children A Salary; Not An Allowance!

Pay Children a Salary; Not an Allowance!

by

K. Russell

Your family can become your employees and save you tax dollars even if you are a one-person business.

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Your children can earn a paycheck from you rather than you paying them an allowance. Even home based businesses are allowed to write off (deduct) janitorial services. If you have a home based business hire your children to dust, vacuum and take out the trash. In 2008 you can pay your children up to $5450 tax free to them and you get to deduct that amount as wages from your income. A limitation is that they must be at least 6 years of age. And, if they are family members under 18, they are exempt from payroll taxes and the business is not required to withhold or to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. In order to audit-proof this aspect of your home-business deductions, use a formal Employment Contract to hire your family members. The wage-rate has to be “reasonable and customary” within your region of the country and within your industry for the type of work being performed in order to qualify. Establishing what is “reasonable and customary” can be as easy as getting an outside company to give you an estimate of what they would charge for the same service and paying your family member a similar wage. The kids (as employees) have to document what they did to earn the money, so have them fill out a simple “work log” with headings like: Date they worked Type of work performed Amount of time spent working Hourly rate you paid them Once they have filled in their ‘work log’ you pay them by check. In order for you to deduct the wages your children earn as a business expense the law requires that you actually pay them but the law does not restrict how that money is used after it’s paid. In 2008 you can pay your children $5,450 which is equivalent to $104.80 per week. Who would pay their kids $104.80 per week for their allowance? Maybe you will now when you see why! OK, you and your children have come up with home-business related “chores” for them to do equaling $104.80 per week. They turn in their ‘work log’ and you pay them by check. Now it’s time to open up an interest bearing checking account for your child in order to deposit and cash payroll checks. Deposit their paycheck every week. When you open a checking account for your child the bank will require it to be a “joint account” since he/she is a minor. Although it’s a joint account only you will be able to make withdraws or write checks on the account since your child is a minor. Then you tell your child, “I will withdraw $10 (for example) out of each weeks pay for you to spend any way you wish, however, the other $94.80 will stay in the (interest-bearing) account to be used by you to pay for your________.” Fill in the blank with words like car, graduation trip, wedding, or whatever you like. Using pre-tax dollars for school supplies and tennis shoes, or pay for cars, trips and weddings saves money out of your budget for such things. Unbelievable! Its true! Its real! And its 100% legal!

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Police report drug haul seizure worth up to £30 million in Brownhills, England

Monday, December 2, 2013

Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described as “one of the largest [seizures] in the force’s 39 year history”, West Midlands Police reported recovering six big cellophane-wrapped cardboard boxes containing cannabis, cocaine, and MDMA (“ecstasy”) in a police raid operation on the Maybrook Industrial Estate in the town on Wednesday.

The impact this seizure will have on drug dealing in the region and the UK as a whole cannot be underestimated

The seized boxes, which had been loaded onto five freight pallets, contained 120 one-kilogram bags of cannabis, 50 one-kilogram bags of MDMA, and five one-kilogram bricks of cocaine. In a press release, West Midlands Police described what happened after officers found the drugs as they were being unloaded in the operation. “When officers opened the boxes they discovered a deep layer of protective foam chips beneath which the drugs were carefully layered”, the force said. “All the drugs were wrapped in thick plastic bags taped closed with the cannabis vacuum packed to prevent its distinctive pungent aroma from drawing unwanted attention.” Police moved the drugs via forklift truck to a flatbed lorry to remove them.

Detective Sergeant Carl Russell of West Midlands Police’s Force CID said the seizure was the largest he had ever made in the 24 years he has been in West Midlands Police and one of the biggest seizures the force has made since its formation in 1974. “The impact this seizure will have on drug dealing in the region and the UK as a whole cannot be underestimated”, he said. “The drugs had almost certainly been packed to order ready for shipping within Britain but possibly even further afield. Our operation will have a national effect and we are working closely with a range of law enforcement agencies to identify those involved in this crime at whatever level.”

Expert testing on the drugs is ongoing. Estimates described as “conservative” suggest the value of the drugs amounts to £10 million (about US$16.4 million or €12 million), although they could be worth as much as £30 million, subject to purity tests, police said.

Police arrested three men at the unit on suspicion of supplying a controlled drug. The men, a 50-year-old from Brownhills, a 51-year-old from the Norton area of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, and one aged 53 from Brownhills, have been released on bail as police investigations to “hunt those responsible” continue. West Midlands Police told Wikinews no person has yet been charged in connection with the seizure. Supplying a controlled drug is an imprisonable offence in England, although length of jail sentences vary according to the class and quantity of drugs and the significance of offenders’ roles in committing the crime.

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