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Canada’s Don Valley East (Ward 33) city council candidates speak
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Saturday, November 4, 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 East (Ward 33). One candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include Zane Caplan, Shelley Carroll (incumbent), Jim Conlon, Sarah Tsang-Fahey, and Anderson Tung.

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

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4,400 kilograms of drugs seized in New Delhi

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

In the biggest ever narcotics haul in India’s capital, the New Delhi police have seized over 4,400 kg of Mandrax and Rs. 20 crore from a dealer in the city. The consignment, meant for a customer in the U.S, was seized from a godown in Badarpur, near the Delhi-Haryana border. The alleged trafficker, identified as Vinod Sharma, claimed that the contraband was not his and that he had nothing to do with the matter. Sharma started his career as a scrap-dealer in Delhi, and police suspect that with the help of some contacts he used container depots for drug-trafficking, whilst successfully dodging both the police and the Customs Department.

On Sunday the Delhi Police arrested him at his Kalkaji residence. The Deputy Commissioner of Police for South District, Delhi Police, Anil Shukla said, “Sharma befriended container drivers and once they had driven past customs, he and his men would meet them at a distance and pilfer the containers.”

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Italy and France draw 1-1; Italy wins FIFA World Cup on penalties

Sunday, July 9, 2006

Italy converted five immaculate penalties to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup after a drawn game and thirty minutes of extra-time in the spectacular arena of the Olympiastadion Berlin, Sunday.

French captain Zinedine Zidane did not help his team when, 20 minutes into extra time, he lost control of his emotions and got a red card after ramming his head into the chest of Italian player Marco Materazzi.

The game was closely contested with the play makers on both sides – Andrea Pirlo and Zidane, on his last game before retirement – not getting much space with which to dominate the play. For Italy and France Gennaro Gattuso and Claude Makelele tackled hard.

However; both creative midfield stars made important contributions to the only goals of the game. Zidane converted a chipped penalty after five minutes while Pirlo’s magnificent corner, a quarter of an hour later, thundered into the net off Marco Materazzi’s head.

Materazzi had previously conceded the penalty when he tapped Florent Malouda on his ankle as he ran past him in the penalty area.

In the first half Italy’s left and right defensive backs Gianluca Zambrotta and Fabio Grosso penetrated down the French flanks. But after the break France came out the strongest. The flow of the game was disrupted when Patrick Viera pulled-up injured and Marcello Lippi made two substitutions on the hour. A deadlock resulted as teams tired and individuals battled for every ball without thinking too hard about constructing team attacks.

Materazzi was never far from the action in the final and though Italy had 55 percent of ball possession was one of the busier players on the pitch. France were slightly more potent offensively with 13 shots – out-shooting the Azzurri by eight attempts.

In Extra Time France came closest to a goal – Zidane, unmarked, headed to goal from 12 yards but was tipped over one-handed by Gianluigi Buffon.

Zidane’s next contribution to the game was not so graceful and appeared to be sparked by the close marking of the ubiquitous Materazzi. After a verbal altercation the 34-year-old turned around and drove his head violently into the Italian’s upper chest.

Materazzi was knocked backwards on the floor but the incident occurred off the ball and was not immediately noticed by the referee or his assistants. Buffon soon ran out of his penalty area to an assistant referee and the game was stopped.

Horacio Elizondo ran to the touchline to consult with officials and returned waving a red card for the violent conduct of Zidane. It is likely FIFA used information from fourth and fifth official to confirm the decision. However FIFA denied video evidence claims alleged by France team’s coach Raymond Domenech[1].

The headbutt and red card was Zidane’s last action in football as he had said he would retire after the tournament.

A penalty shootout was necessary to decide the winner. Eight shots went in; David Trezeguet missed the one that mattered. His shot hit the crossbar and unlike Zidane’s penalty in the first half, bounced down inches the wrong side of the goal line.

While Zidane was hanging his boots up Marco Materazzi scored Italy’s third. Grosso, who in the second round had won a last minute penalty against Australia, powered in the fifth to give Italy the cup.

The only goal Marcello Lippi’s Italy conceded during free play in the tournament proved to be an own goal from Cristian Zaccardo against the United States of America.

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro, on the occasion of his 100th cap, was instrumental in their defensive achievement. Amid wild scenes of joy on the pitch he jumped onto the podium and lifted the trophy, the fourth of Italy’s history.

Post match celebrations

Following the match the streets and plazas of Italy were filled with celebrating fans, with flags waving from thousands of cars and motorbikes.

Contents

  • 1 Final
  • 2 Penalties
  • 3 Formations
    • 3.1 France
    • 3.2 Italy
  • 4 Officials
  • 5 Related news
  • 6 Sources
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Locally designed, low emissions car launched in Qatar

Friday, November 30, 2012

Qatari non-profit organization Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD) launched a low emissions car at the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 18) in Doha. The car was designed and developed in Qatar.

Revealed during a press conference at the Qatar National Convention Centre, the car in addition to an internal combustion engine, includes an automotive thermoelectric generator designed to capture waste heat to produce hydrogen. GORD expects the heat waste collecting system to be compatible with any gasoline or compressed natural gas car.

GORD chairman Dr Al-Horr summarised the key concepts of the invention in a statement saying, “Our car produces electricity at no cost by capturing thermal waste energy, reducing costs and eliminating the need for an external source of electricity. Also, bulky compressed-hydrogen cylinders are a thing of the past, as our concept accomplishes the production of hydrogen by using water through fuel cells integrated within the car.”

Most of the energy in Qatari vehicle comes from the the car’s gasoline tank, supplemented by a thin film photo-voltaic panel on the roof. Normally in a combustion engine, chemical energy stored in a fuel, such as gasoline, is converted into heat energy through combustion. This heat energy is then converted into mechanical energy, manifested as an increase in pressure in the combustion chamber due to the kinetic energy of the combustion gases. The kinetic energy of these combustion gases are then converted into work; because of the inefficiencies in converting chemical energy into useful work, internal combustion engines have a theoretical maximum effiecincy of 37% (with what is achievable in day to day applications being about half of this). Of the chemical energy in the consumed fuel used by an internal combustion engine 40% is dissipated as waste heat. However, the Qatari vehicle uses a thermoelectric generator to convert this waste heat into electricity. Such generators are used in space vehicles, and produce electricity when thermoelectric materials are subjected to a temperature gradient, the greater the gradient the greater the amount of electrcity produced. In the GORD vehicle the electricity produced is used to electrolyse potable water to produce hydrogen which can be introduced into the vehicle’s existing fuel system.

The researchers showed that the heat waste collection engine caused a decrease in the car’s emissions, including a decrease of carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide emissions by more than 50%, the fuel efficiency increasing by 20%. On its website, GORD said that the heat waste collector engine is universal, “Any car can be adapted to accommodate the system as it doesn’t alter any electro-mechanical systems”.

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Broward County Sheriff’s police dog killed in shootout in Florida

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

A man shot and killed a Broward County Sheriff’s Office police dog in Miami Beach after a two-county chase in Florida early Thursday morning.

The shooter, Delvin Lewis, 27, was firing shots at his girlfriend during a domestic dispute in Oakland Park. When police arrived, the suspect got into his car and fled, engaging roughly 20 cruisers in a 30-mile chase which ended near Mount Sinai Medical Center’s emergency room in Miami Beach. An exchange of gunfire followed in which Lewis reportedly killed the dog. ER doctors tried to save the animal but it was too late.

The shooter was also struck and has been taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he remains with no life threatening injuries.

According to a Mount Sinai spokeswoman hospital facilities are now accessible after the authorities locked down the area for three hours following the shooting.

Lewis has been arrested 26 times by Florida authorities including one in July 2003 in which he injured a police dog striking him repeatedly on the head with a cellphone.The suspect has been charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle on a law enforcement officer, aggravated fleeing and eluding, resisting an officer with violence and principal in the death of a police dog.

Hitting a police dog is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in jail, while killing a police officer is a capital offense which can lead to the death penalty.

Miami-Dade Police Department is handling the investigation which involves Broward Sheriff Office and Miami Beach police.

Lewis has been in and out of jail since 2000 and had been arrested for domestic battery in 2000 and 2004, when he beat a pregnant woman.

The dog, whose name was Oozi, was a 7-1/2 years old Belgian Malinois assigned to BSO’s Cooper City district. He was trained in narcotics and helped in hundreds of arrests in his career, including 35 this year.

Oozi and his partner, Deputy Gerald Wengert, were named BSO’s Employees of the month in May for their role in the apprehension of three burglary suspects.

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Wikinews interviews Frank Moore, independent candidate for US President

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms.

Wikinews has impartially reached out to these candidates, throughout the campaign. We now interview independent Presidential candidate Frank Moore, a performance artist.

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‘Misleading’ Burger King advert banned in the United Kingdom

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

An advert by fast food restaurant Burger King has been banned from British television over claims that it is misleading. The campaign for the new TenderCrisp chicken burger received two complaints over the fact that the burger appears significantly larger on the advert than in real life.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigated the complaints and purchased three burgers from a Burger King restaurant. They reported that both the thickness and the height were “considerably less” than in the advertisement.

The ASA also commented on the actor, stating, “[w]e also examined the size of the burgers in the hands of an average-sized man and considered that they did not fill the hands to the same extent as the burger featured in the advert. We concluded that the visuals in the advert were likely to mislead viewers as to the size and composition of the product.”

Burger King responded to the complaints, saying that the advert needed to make all the ingredients in the product clearly visible. Despite the company’s defense, it has been ruled that the advert will not be shown again in its current form.

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We almost certainly all experience stress and anxiety at one time or another in our lives. Worrying about things is simply natural and often allows us to fix problems or help us to prepare for the most detrimental that can happen. Fretting about things that people haven’t any control over though is probably fruitless and a waste of time. If we worry over a particular issue over a long time without being able to resolve it, then you will find a strong chance of overloading our body and mind and it may get to the point where it rebels. This is a case of stress creating anxiety to the point where it becomes a disorder, and permanent anxiety can produce several types of symptoms in several people.

Long term anxiety can cause any or a blend of symptoms including the following:

Lack of sleep and general tiredness

Lack of emotion

Loss of interest in life

Feelings of despair

Depression

Irritability

Disturbing thoughts

Paranoia about what people think

Panic attacks which cause several other upsetting symptoms which all of a sudden take place during an attack, including, headache, sweating, dizziness, difficulty breathing, blurred perspective, and thoughts of going mad.

Diagnosis of anxiety disorder

If you feel you could be suffering an excess of stress you should find your anxiety Dublin doctor and go over it with him. He may well want to check your health for any conditions that might have got a bearing, such as diabetes or over active thyroid. If you have no physical or medical disorder he can refer you to a psychiatrist for further support.

Don’t let yourself be alarmed by this. It does not mean you happen to be going mad. A panic anxiety Dublin psychiatrist is simply a professional who deals with the whole spectrum of the mind, and anxiety is mainly a mind disorder.

Treatment of panic

A therapy that is used and quite successful, is called cognitive behavioral treatment, and takes take note to the fact that negative thinking effects in adverse reactions. The counselor can examine the reasoning behind your thinking and then little by little expose you to the scenarios causing anxiety so as to change your behavior.

Relaxation therapy is a feature of some types of psychotherapy, and various types are available. You may find yoga, pilates or Tai Chi helpful. Alternatively, sometimes increasing your daily and weekly exercise can have tremendous advantages as the body’s naturally feels good since chemicals are liberated by exercise. There is certainly nothing like a good match of exercise or squash to make you feel considerably more alert and significantly less bothered by various considerations and challenges.

Other treatment options for anxiety disorder involve the application of drugs which can often be beneficial in the short term but are not recommended as the sole answer long term. The drugs that are generally used these days will be antidepressants of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor type.

They work in different ways from the usual antidepressant by assisting the brain maintain levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin which can often be found to end up being low in victims of depression and panic. There is a huge list of other medicines that can be of use and it will be up to the anxiety management Dublin clinician to decide which would be appropriate in any given case.

Conclusion

Anxiety disorder can disrupt one’s life but usually temporarily. There is no overnight treatment but by looking for professional help, the affected person should be able to get back to a normal life within a reasonable time.

We almost certainly all experience stress and anxiety at one time or another in our lives. Worrying about things is simply natural and often allows us to fix problems or help us to prepare for the most detrimental that can happen. Fretting about things that people haven’t any control over though is probably fruitless and a waste of time. If we worry over a particular issue over a long time without being able to resolve it, then you will find a strong chance of overloading our body and mind and it may get to the point where it rebels. This is a case of stress creating anxiety to the point where it becomes a disorder, and permanent anxiety can produce several types of symptoms in several people.

Long term anxiety can cause any or a blend of symptoms including the following:

Lack of sleep and general tiredness

Lack of emotion

Loss of interest in life

Feelings of despair

Depression

Irritability

Disturbing thoughts

Paranoia about what people think

Panic attacks which cause several other upsetting symptoms which all of a sudden take place during an attack, including, headache, sweating, dizziness, difficulty breathing, blurred perspective, and thoughts of going mad.

Diagnosis of anxiety disorder

If you feel you could be suffering an excess of stress you should find your anxiety Dublin doctor and go over it with him. He may well want to check your health for any conditions that might have got a bearing, such as diabetes or over active thyroid. If you have no physical or medical disorder he can refer you to a psychiatrist for further support.

Don’t let yourself be alarmed by this. It does not mean you happen to be going mad. A panic anxiety Dublin psychiatrist is simply a professional who deals with the whole spectrum of the mind, and anxiety is mainly a mind disorder.

Treatment of panic

A therapy that is used and quite successful, is called cognitive behavioral treatment, and takes take note to the fact that negative thinking effects in adverse reactions. The counselor can examine the reasoning behind your thinking and then little by little expose you to the scenarios causing anxiety so as to change your behavior.

Relaxation therapy is a feature of some types of psychotherapy, and various types are available. You may find yoga, pilates or Tai Chi helpful. Alternatively, sometimes increasing your daily and weekly exercise can have tremendous advantages as the body’s naturally feels good since chemicals are liberated by exercise. There is certainly nothing like a good match of exercise or squash to make you feel considerably more alert and significantly less bothered by various considerations and challenges.

Other treatment options for anxiety disorder involve the application of drugs which can often be beneficial in the short term but are not recommended as the sole answer long term. The drugs that are generally used these days will be antidepressants of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor type.

They work in different ways from the usual antidepressant by assisting the brain maintain levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin which can often be found to end up being low in victims of depression and panic. There is a huge list of other medicines that can be of use and it will be up to the anxiety management Dublin clinician to decide which would be appropriate in any given case.

Conclusion

Anxiety disorder can disrupt one’s life but usually temporarily. There is no overnight treatment but by looking for professional help, the affected person should be able to get back to a normal life within a reasonable time.

Find more information relating to anxiety dublin, and anxiety management dublin here.

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Cuba restores relations with European Union

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Friday, February 4, 2005

Europe –The government of Cuba has re-established official contacts with all of the European Union countries. The diplomatic relationship with the EU had been limited for more than 18 months.

The EU relationship with Cuba was injured on March-June 2003 after the arrest and conviction of 75 “dissidents” by the Cuban government. In a separate case, three Cubans were executed on foot of a sentence handed down by a civil court, and confirmed on appeal by the Cuban Supreme Court, which found them guilty of hijacking a ferry and endangering the lives of its occupants. Cuba accused the dissidents of collaboration with the US and sabotage against the Cuban communist system. All 75 “dissadents” appear to have pleaded guilty of receiving illegal payments from US agents in court when confronted with the evidence. 14 of the 75 convicted mercenaries, who the US continues to insist were “dissadents”, have since been released on licience.

Cuba and the EU began to come close again after the efforts of the President of the government of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. At that time, the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder didn’t agree with Zapatero about unfreezing the relationships between Cuba and the EU. Schröder believed Cuba should first show real commitment to improving the human rights conditions on the island. However, on November 25, 2004, the Cuban Chancellor Felipe Pérez Roque announced the re-establishment of official contacts with the government of Spain.

On November 30, 2004, Cuba released four political dissidents: Marcelo López, Margarito Broche, Óscar Espinosa Chepe and Raúl Rivero. The Dutch Presidency of the European Union praised the Cuban decision. Cuba said that the decision was not influenced by the Spanish government.

On December 15, 2004 the Council of the European Union for Latin America committee recommended the suspension of the diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, according to alleged Spanish diplomatic sources.

Finally, on January 10, 2005, the Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque told journalists:”We can say that from this moment onward Cuba has re-established government-level official contacts with all European Union countries.” On January 31, 2005, the EU council of foreign ministers agreed to a suspension of EU sanctions against Cuba. The international non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders protested and sent a open letter to the president of the European Commission on February 1, 2005.

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