Thursday, December 7, 2006
A tornado has struck Kensal Green in North West London. Up to 150 houses have been damaged, and six people were injured, one seriously. Residential roads were closed off, but most have now been re-opened. Residents have had to seek temporary accommodation. Traffic was also diverted causing disruption but has now returned to normal. The cost of the damage is estimated to be at least £20,000,000.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
After an early morning fire began, four out of the nine people living at the Riverview Individual Residential Alternative group home located in Wells, New York were killed by the blaze. The Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Office, which supervises the home, told the media that the fire started at approximately 5:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time. Two staff members were at the home at the time, who safely evacuated four of the five survivors.
The names of the residents killed in the fire were not able to be released due to New York’s Mental Hygiene Law, but are able to be identified as two adult men, aged 32 and 52, and two adult women, aged 43 and 60. A 71-year-old male was injured in the fire, and was taken to a hospital in Utica, a nearby city. The other four residents have been relocated to an unnamed group home. Both staff members are also being examined at the hospital.
“On behalf of all New Yorkers, I wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the families, loved ones and friends of the four victims and to continue to pray for the full recovery of those five people and two staff members who survived this incident. I also want to express my thanks and appreciation for the first responders and volunteers who worked swiftly and diligently to respond to this tragedy,” David Patterson, the governor of New York, said to the media.
The exact cause of the fire has yet to be determined. However, the New York Civil Liberties Union stated that “the blaze appears to have been an electrical fire and the sprinkler system was knocked out immediately.” They also called for “an immediate investigation into the causes of and contributing factors of the fire.”
The New York State Department of State Office of Fire Prevention and Control is currently investigating the causes of the blaze, with help from New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities.
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Not even the teapot can escape the Halloween festivities if you make this Halloween Skull tea cosy. The Skull tea cosy is made from double thickness yarn for extra insulation.This tea cosy was designed by TeaCosyFolk.co.uk
To make the (White) Skull tea cosy you will need…5.5 mm, UK size 5 or US size 9 knitting needles,50g White Double knitting wool,25g Black Double knitting wool,And the Skulls face pattern which can be printed off at the link below
Divide the Black and White balls of wool into two balls so that the yarn can be used as double thickness but knitted up as a single strand.
The BackUsing size 5.5mm knitting needles and double thickness white yarn cast on 28 stitches and work 4 rows in straight garter stitch (Knit each row)
Then work 22 rows of Stocking Stitch (one row knit, one row purl)
Leave the stitches on a spare needle until later.
The FrontUsing size 5.5mm knitting needles and double thickness white yarn cast on 28 stitches and work 4 rows in straight garter stitch
Then work 20 rows from the pattern to create the skulls face.
Row 21: KRow 22: P
Shaping the top…Using Red wool as a double yarn proceed to knit across the tea cosy front and then tea cosy back as Follows…
Shaping the top Row 1: *K5, K2 tog* repeat to end
Next and every alternate row Purl.
Row 3: *K4, K2 tog* repeat to end.Row 5: *K3, K2 tog* repeat to end.Row 7: *K2, K2 tog* repeat to end.Row 9: *K1, K2 tog* repeat to end.Row 11: *K2 tog* repeat to end.
Thread the end of the yarn through the remaining stitches and through the loop of the yarn itself and draw up the knitting tightly and Finnish off.
With the front and back right sides together, sew about 9.5cm from the finishing off point down the side seam towards the cast on edge.
At the bottom of each side seam, sew about 3cm upwards. The holes are left for the teapot handle and spout.
Finish off all the ends inside the tea cosy left over from knitting the face.
Friday, July 17, 2009Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform cranes. The JLG factory announced in April 2009 that it will fire 53 of its 163 workers by the end of 2009, while the remaining 110 jobs will not be secure over the next 2 years.
JLG Tonneins was acquired in 2006 with its parent JLG Industries, a maker of aerial work platforms, by the U.S.-based Oshkosh Corporation. Despite being hugely profitable in the past, production has been much reduced since 2008 with the contraction of the construction industry and lower demand for its products. Despite excellent past results the new American management demanded sweeping cuts at the company.
In the view of locals, “the company’s actions are a disgrace given the expensive perks, such as official cars, for its corporate fat cats, compared to the sacrifice, silence, and dignity demanded by the company of those it has made redundant.”
The management offered severance pay of € 3,000 (US $4,200), however the workers demanded a severance package commensurate with “the wealth that their labor has generated.” Worker’s delegates requested a “supra-legal” payment of € 30,000, on Thursday 16 of July the management responded with a counter offer of € 16,000. On Thursday night the worker’s actions secured the € 30,000 settlement initially demanded.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Venezuela’s government has opened a granite processing plant in the state of Bolívar, with the intention of providing about 25% of the granite required nationwide.
Ricardo Menéndez, vice president of the Productive Economic Area, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has yearned for the creation of this project to empower Venezuelan construction. Granito Bolívar is reportedly the most modern Venezuelan granite plant, not consuming community water or electricity, and is also the largest, with a daily capacity to supply enough material for use in construction of about 820 houses.
Menéndez said, “These granite blocks are the natural resources of our country, are the wealth we have as a country and often [some] simply decided to remove this richness from our country and take them to other countries” ((es))Spanish language: ?Esos bloques de granito son la riquezas naturales de nuestro país, son las riquezas que tenemos como patria y que muchas veces sencillamente esas riquezas decidieron sacarlas de nuestro territorio nacional y llevarlas a otros países.
According to Menéndez, with the help of a state plan, Venezuela intends to exploit its 40,000 million cubic meters or more of granite reserves, generating a set of factories. “[T]he central theme is that these plants, all these factories, are for the construction of socialism; that means using our potential, develop the value chain within the country and of course that yields benefits from the point of view of the production system’s organization…. [Granito] Bolívar is not only the vision that historically we had of exposing richness, but the industries, basic industries we have, that level of our workers in the basic industries and in addition the development of the potential we have in the state” ((es))Spanish language: ?el tema central es que estas plantas todas estas fábricas son para la construcción del socialismo, eso significa utilizar nuestras potencialidades, dessarrollar la cadena de valor dentro del país y por supuesto que eso genere beneficios desde el punto de vista de la organización del sistema productivo … Bolívar no solamente es la visión que históricamente se tuvo de exponer las riquezas, sino que son las empresas, las empresas básicas que tenemos, ese nivel de nuestros trabajadores de la empresas básicas y adicionalmente el desarrollo del potencial que tenemos en el estado.
For the construction of the plant, supplied by 23 quarries, the government of Bolívar provided about 30 million bolívares (US$4.7 million) and the national government €2.3 million (US$3 million). Bolívar reportedly has reserves of about 40,000 million tons of red, black, pink and white granite, sufficient for domestic demand for 200 years.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The U.S. Department of Labor has released data showing that more than 1,000 private military contractors have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, in response to a Freedom of Information request filed by Reuters.
The number is based on insurance claims filed on behalf of contractors that had been killed, and includes both U.S. and foreign contractors.
As of March 2007, an additional 10,569 contractors have been wounded in Iraq and 2,428 in Afghanistan.
There are disputes about the exact number of contractors in Iraq, but it is estimated to be between 130,000 and 180,000 U.S.-paid private military contractors, compared to 157,000 U.S. military personnel.
Despite beliefs that the contractors all belong to large military-oriented groups such as the British intelligence firm Aegis or Blackwater USA which has been labelled “mercenaries”, the jobs of contractors killed have been as varied as electrical engineer Ronald Schulz, translator Kim Sun-il and truck driver Murat Yuce.
Understanding care options: Elderly home care and assisted living
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Mae RoperWhen your adored one has the ability to that age where you know they need some additional aid in their everyday regimen, you should choose which care alternative is right for them. This can depend upon their general health and wellness and wellbeing, as well as their personal inclinations.A lot of folks try and postpone the need for a retirement facility as long as possible. The simple thought of staying in a retirement facility could be discouraging, making you seem like you have actually reached the end of your life. These days there are various other treatment choices readily available which might a lot better suit your requirements, such as elderly home care and assisted living.Picking the Right Care Plan for Your Loved OneLooking for the most ideal option for your relatived will largely rely on their basic level of health. You should figure out simply exactly how much aid they require in their day-to-day life. From having actually dishes prepared, to assist acquiring suited up, or advanced clinical aid, these points should be considered to pick the most effective option to fit their requirements.Many folks will steadily need more aid as they end up being older, starting with additional time consuming and difficult jobs such as purchasing and cleaning, to basic daily jobs such as bathing and grooming. Sometimes family are able to offer some support, yet they are frequently unable to give everyday support around the clock. That is why elderly home care could be a better option.Price ConsiderationsWhile planning to provide the very best care alternatives for your relative, you still need to remember the costs involved in obtaining these services. The terrific aspect of selecting one of these choices is that they can not only be the better choice, but additionally the more affordable one. This is since many retirement home have greater costs due to the substantial training of their team and health care services.In many cases these are not needed if your liked one only calls for minimal support. This will certainly offer you the tranquility of thoughts to know that your household participants are being fully cared for.Preserving a Balanced and delighted LifestyleThe great thing concerning picking a choice such as assisted living is that you could still keep a high degree of independence, while still achieving all the essential treatment from fully educated team. Obtain support in performing the jobs you can no longer comfortably do on your own, while keeping a mostly comparable lifestyle.You do not need to fret about making extreme modifications to your way of living and can still keep a sense of acquaintance to your everyday program. You still have the chance to take and socialize component in your beloved leisure activities. Making a big adjustment in your life is a challenging prospect for many and you intend to keep the level of change to a minimum.Get the Right SupervisionMany folks wish to keep their freedom for as long as they can. The objective is to enable them to keep their feeling of self-reliance as a lot as possible, while guaranteeing that all the requirements are met to preserve a healthy and balanced way of living. With the best guidance from fully certified staff, your member of the family will certainly get all the care they need.You can make certain that they get healthy and healthy dishes to help maintain their health and wellness and well being. This can commonly be among the very first concerns for family participants, as going grocery store shopping and cooking becomes harder. Relax ensured that they get the effective supervision and their everyday nutritional demands are complied with.Thinking about all care choices available for your loved ones will make certain that you have actually made the ideal selection to suit them. You constantly intend to make certain that all their requirements are fulfilled, while keeping them as delighted as possible.It can be tough reaching that phase where your parents are no longer able to completely look after themselves. Attempting to find out which care alternative is most effectively for them can be a challenging job. That is why knowing that you are giving your loved ones the assistance they need to live their life gladly and pleasantly can be a fulfilling experience.These days there are various other care choices offered which might much better fit your needs, such as elderly home care and assisted living.You need to locate out simply exactly how much assistance they are in requirement of in their day-to-day life. From having meals prepared, to assist acquiring dressed, or additional innovative health care assistance, these things need to be taken into consideration to pick the ideal option to match their necessities.With the ideal supervision from completely qualified staff, your family participant will certainly receive all the treatment they require.That is why understanding that you are offering your adored ones the aid they require to live their life happily and easily could be a rewarding experience.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
A power line to the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Japan was completed Thursday, which will allow cooling systems at one of the facility’s reactors.
The new line, roughly one kilometer (0.6 miles) in length, connects the power grid to the power plant’s second reactor. It was completed at about 1730 local time (0830 UTC) on Thursday, and will be energized once spraying of seawater over reactor three is complete.
According to a Tokyo Electric Power Company spokesperson, once the power line is energized “we will be able to activate various electric pumps and pour water into reactors and pools for spent nuclear fuel,” thus cooling temperatures within the reactor.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that the stricken power plant is currently stable, though there is still the chance of matters growing worse. An official at the agency said that “it’s reasonably stable at the moment compared to yesterday.”
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Buffalo, New York —Councilmember Joesph Golombek has responded to the lawsuit filed against the city of Buffalo for allegedly ‘fast-tracking’ a hotel that will be built on the corner of Elmwood and Forest Avenues in Buffalo. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney Arthur J. Giacalone, was filed in New York State Supreme Court on April 21, 2006.
The Elmwood Village Hotel is a 72-room, seven-million-dollar hotel proposed by Savarino Construction Services Corporation and designed by architect Karl Frizlen of the Frizlen Group. Its construction would require the demolition of at least five buildings, currently at 1109-1121 Elmwood, which house several shops and residents. Although the properties are “under contract,” it is still not known whether Savarino Construction actually owns the buildings. It is believed that Hans Mobius, a resident of Clarence, New York and former Buffalo mayoral candidate, is still the owner. The hotel is expected to be a franchise of the Wyndham Hotels group. Buffalo’s Common Council, Planning Board, Mayor of Buffalo, Byron W. Brown, Savarino Construction Services Corporation, Hans J. Mobius and his son Hans S. Mobius owners of the properties at stake, Pano Georgiadis, owner of Pano’s Restaurant on Elmwood, and Cendant Corporation, the parent company of Wyndham Hotels are among those named in the suit.
Councilmember Joesph Golombek said that the Law Department is “fighting the lawsuit because they believe that we did everything fairly and properly (as well as legally).”
Golombek also stated that the lawsuit “could delay the start of the project” and that if he were “Mr. Savarino I would counter sue for any damages a postponement could bring.”
“Except for the lawsuit the city is finished with the project. In my opinion I believe those opposed to the project are simply use to the city procrastinating on projects. This one was passed quickly by comparison. Thus part of their frustration.” said Golombek.
“I understand the frustration of some of the people opposed to the project. But, in order for Elmwood to grow and thrive it will need to change. This change is a positive for that community,” he added.
Golombek also said that he is looking into “helping the displaced businesses.”
At least five businesses, Six Nations Gift Shop, Don Apparel, H.O.D. Tattoo, Skunk Tail Glass Company, and Mondo Video, will be forced to close their doors or relocate. Many of the buildings are also home to residents who will also have to move.
“I have personally contacted adjacent and nearby business associations and property owners to ask about the possibility of helping the displaced businesses. Hopefully the project will go through in a timely fashion and the displaced businesses will be able to relocate,” said Golombek.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. on June 8, 2006 in the Supreme Court building at 50 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, on the 8th floor, part 31.
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Some of the best remedies for common ailments seem to have been forgotten in today s society where a trip to the pharmacy can yield a medicine that will cure anything. The next time you have one of these common ailments, try doing what grandma did and take a trip to your kitchen cabinet instead of to the drug store. It will be kinder on your wallet as well as your health!
While supplements of vitamin C, D and zinc will shorten the lifespan of a common cold, a hot lemon drink is also extremely good. Cool lemon juice and honey are a great soother for a sore throat and gives the body much-needed vitamin C at the same time The juice of one lemon in a glass of water is sufficient.
When you have the cold or flu the constant rubbing of tissue on your nose and lips can cause chaffing and soreness. Try a smear of vaseline or petroleum jelly on those sore lips and nose.
A ‘streaming cold’ where the nose and eyes water profusely, can be inconvenient and even embarrassing but believe it or not, you can help alleviate these runny symptoms with an onion. Simply dip a slice of onion into a glass of hot water for two seconds, then sip the cooled water throughout the day. In fact, onion is a good thing to have around when you have a cold and putting half an onion on the bedside table at night can get rid of your cold symptoms because its odor is inhaled while you sleep.
For those unpleasant times when you suffer from diarrhea, two tablespoons of brown vinegar will usually fix the problem.
In addition to common kitchen products, many herbs can be used to treat ailments instead of expensive drugs. For example, if you suffer from headaches dizziness or tinnitus, you might try feverfew leaves.
The Tea Tree and Eucalyptus oils are useful for treating a variety of respiratory ailments. These are excellent for the treatment of colds and coughs. They can be massaged into the chest or burned in an oil burner to help clear the airways and prevent congestion. Tea Tree oil is a natural antiseptic and can be dabbed on cuts, bites and stings. It is often used to treat spots and pimples and when diluted with water, acts as a mouth gargle (keep in-mind it should never be swallowed).
The herb black cohosh is a powerful relaxant as well and is extremely effective in easing painful menstrual cramps. Ovarian cramps will be relieved as well as bringing on a delayed menstrual cycle. It is also effective in the treatment of arthritis, osteo-arthritis, rheumatic pain and neurological pan. In small doses, appetite and digestion are greatly improved and is very beneficial for the nervous system in general.
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