Friday, November 13, 2009
Wikinews interviewed author Marc Headley about his new book Blown for Good, and asked him about life inside the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base“, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California. Headley joined the organization at age seven when his mother became a member, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005.
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iPad 2nd generation – is it really worth the funds?
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With most new items and product variations Apple company releases so frequently, there is a specific pattern that repeats itself every time. The pattern is that Apple company tends to make a bit of more considerable style change, yet inside the item is pretty much the same, so you generally pay for the same thing which merely looks slightly different. But, from time to time, something like brand new iPad shows up and raises the bar a lot. iPad 2nd generation undoubtedly is part of this smaller sized collection of products which certainly make the distinction.
iPad 2nd generation is unquestionably a mind blowing technological marvel in the smallish container. Really, really small and narrow package. iPad 2nd generation is roughly 33% slimmer and fifteen percent lighter in weight than its predecessor, the regular iPad. So, is 2nd generation of iPad really worth getting? Lets check out what you will get with it.
iPad 2nd generation is a very small as well as light-weight A5 dual-core chip, lightning fast graphics “beast”. Yet, in contrast to other creatures, this one is absolutely not terrifying, its actually great looking. A5 dual core processor helps make every thing run and perform better and smoother while saving power. Superfast graphics make iPad 2nd generation a dream-come-true for gamers who travel a lot and resource intense movie and graphics apps. Regardless of the fact that iPad 2nd generation is 33% thinner and 15 percent lighter in weight, the battery pack within it is much like in older iPad. It can supply the iPad for whole ten hrs and give you a lot of time to enjoy whatever you are executing without getting upset about recharging it.
iPad 2nd generation features two digital cameras, back and front one, and, for the very first time, FaceTime. FaceTime makes it possible for you to talk with your family and buddies who also possess iPad 2nd generation, iPhone 4 or some other FaceTime supported Apple device. The link is set up through Wi-Fi so it is possible to be connected with your loved people from virtually all over the world. 2 video cameras make it handy for you to catch attractive stuff or happenings around you. 178 viewing angle makes it possible to experience video clips, films, FaceTime talk or anything else with a huge gang of colleagues or perhaps a full family members meeting, even somebody from across the room may enjoy the 9.7 inches LED monitor in its maximum elegance.
Your iPad 2nd generation is preserved inside a unique iPad Smart Cover that utilizes innovative magnetic field technology to fit your iPad without placing any significant bulk to it. It saves the tiny and lightweight characteristics of iPad 2nd generation.
Following the outstanding implementation of Apple’s enhanced multi-touch systems, iPad 2nd generation gives you Multi-Touch in a so spontaneous and logical fashion you wont even feel like you are working with a high-tech gadget.
IOS 4, the operating system for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, completely meets the hardware and optimizes the power usage all the way to the smallest aspects. Combined with the Instant on/off feature, iPad 2nd generation is a proud owner of a large number of firsts in the tablet pc market and for a meager 499 dollars is basically a MUST-HAVE for every gadget-maniac and high-tech freak.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Two more vessels have been hijacked in Somalia. Pirates have captured an Indonesian tugboat with a barge that was working for French oil firm Total and a Turkish container ship.
The Turkish vessel’s seizure was confirmed by a US Fifth Fleet spokesman. MV Bosphorus Prodigy is a 330 ft (100 m) container vessel flagged in Antigua and Barbuda. It is owned and operated by Isko Marine Company based in Istanbul.
The Fifth Fleet could not confirm the tugboat’s seizure, but an anonymous official with Total in Yemen could. He explained the boat and barge were headed to Malaysia from the Yemeni port of Mukalla. He said the crew consisted of both Indonesians and other nationalities, and that the vessels, which had been hired by a subcontractor, were not carrying any oil at the time.
The new hijackings came as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime asked for greater policing in the area by international bodies, and for the signing of agreements that allowed the arresting officer to take pirates back to the officer’s country for prosecution.
“Pirates cannot be keelhauled or forced to walk the plank, nor should they be dumped off the Somali coast,” said the office’s head Antonio Maria Costa. “They need to be brought to justice”.
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They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery stores, and place a levy on other plastic bags, all to combat the country’s environmental problems stemming from the bags’ popularity.
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Dog training can be fun and exciting if done in the right way, but that doesn t mean there s not going to be some hard times along the way. A lot of people who want to train their dog usually have a problem of where and how to start the process. The arrival of the new puppy brings excitement and happiness to the whole household. Very soon, he will become the center of attraction for the whole family. It also means that there are lots of works for you to do in terms of bringing out the best in the dog s behavior. There are several ways to train a dog, but a few simple tips and steps if followed properly will go a long way in bringing you success.
Potty training: dogs are creatures that easily form habits. All animals including your dog don t know where or when it s right or wrong to go to the toilet. Naturally, when they fill like doing it, they do it. It is your responsibility to communicate with them and help them develop the habit of doing it at the place that is more convenient. Closely monitoring the dog will help in knowing their toilet habits and prevent any kinds of mistakes, you also needed to open your back doors often. Know that puppies are young animals, they can only hold on an hour for every one moth of their life.
Crate training: this is one of the most important things to consider when trying to manage and train a puppy in the household, and assure well-being and safety. It also helps in preventing a possible problem behavior before it becomes obvious. Crate training is also the best way to train your puppy on how to go to the toilet, chew on the toys given to them and not other dangerous items, and to establish good habits. First you need to select the right crate for your puppy. You introduce the crate to them by dropping item in and around it. When your puppy is outside, put a chew toy inside and close the door. It should naturally beg you to open it. Open it and let him in. Then praise his effort.
Behavior training: behavior training is closely related to crate training. To achieve behavior training you need to start by placing the crate at an area where you and your dog usually met to communicate, and make sure you leave the caret door open. Whenever you notice that your puppy shows interest in the crate throw him a taste threat, this will make the dog have more interest in the crate. Then after a while don t give a threat for just a look, but an actual walking into the crate. When the puppy start popping in and out of the crate don t praise him again until he actually enters and sits own in the crate. The final step is to make the dog enter the crate and sit down while you close the door. Attach a cue word to the process like bedtime and repeat severally, until the dog maters it. Repetitions and reinforcement is the key in installing behavior in dog training.
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Wikinews reporter Peter Coti interviews Brittany Phelps, administrator of the United States Pirate Party, who talks about her job and her goals.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual with “more personal touch” can increase milk production, so says a scientific research published in the online “Anthrozoos,” which is described as a “multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals”.
The Newcastle University‘s School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s (of the Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering) researchers have found that farmers who named their dairy cattle Ermintrude, Daisy, La vache qui rit, Buttercup, Betsy, or Gertrude, improved their overall milk yield by almost 500 pints (284 liters) annually. It means therefore, an average-sized dairy farm’s production increases by an extra 6,800 gallons a year.
“Just as people respond better to the personal touch, cows also feel happier and more relaxed if they are given a bit more one-to-one attention,” said Dr Catherine Douglas, lead researcher of the university’s School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. “By placing more importance on the individual, such as calling a cow by her name or interacting with the animal more as it grows up, we can not only improve the animal’s welfare and her perception of humans, but also increase milk production,” she added.
Drs Douglas and Peter Rowlinson have submitted the paper’s conclusion: “What our study shows is what many good, caring farmers have long since believed. Our data suggests that, on the whole, UK dairy farmers regard their cows as intelligent beings capable of experiencing a range of emotions.” The scientific paper also finds that “if cows are slightly fearful of humans, they could produce [the hormone] cortisol, which suppresses milk production,” Douglas noted. “Farmers who have named their cows, probably have a better relationship with them. They’re less fearful, more relaxed and less stressed, so that could have an effect on milk yield,” she added.
South Norfolk goldtop-milk producer Su Mahon, one of the country’s top breeder of Jersey dairy herds, agreed with Newcastle’s findings. “We treat all our cows like one of the family and maybe that’s why we produce more milk,” said Mrs Mahon. “The Jersey has got a mind of its own and is very intelligent. We had a cow called Florence who opened all the gates and we had to get the welder to put catches on to stop her. One of our customers asked me the other day: ‘Do your cows really know their names?’ I said: I really haven’t a clue. We always call them by their names – Florence or whatever. But whether they really do, goodness knows,” she added.
The researchers’ comparative study of production from the country’s National Milk Records reveals that “dairy farmers who reported calling their cows by name got 2,105 gallons (7,938 liters) out of their cows, compared with 2,029 gallons (7,680 liters) per 10-month lactation cycle, and regardless of the farm size or how much the cows were fed. (Some 46 percent of the farmers named their cows.)”
The Newcastle University team which has interviewed 516 UK dairy farmers, has discovered that almost half – 48% – called the cows by name, thereby cutting stress levels and reported a higher milk yield, than the 54% that did not give their cattle names and treated as just one of a herd. The study also reveals cows were made more docile while being milked.
“We love our cows here at Eachwick, and every one of them has a name,” said Dennis Gibb, with his brother Richard who co-owns Eachwick Red House Farm outside of Newcastle. “Collectively, we refer to them as ‘our ladies,’ but we know every one of them and each one has her own personality. They aren’t just our livelihood, they’re part of the family,” Gibb explained.
“My brother-in-law Bobby milks the cows and nearly all of them have their own name, which is quite something when there are about 200 of them. He would be quite happy to talk about every one of them. I think this research is great but I am not at all surprised by it. When you are working with cows on a daily basis you do get to know them individually and give then names.” Jackie Maxwell noted. Jackie and her husband Neill jointly operate the award-winning Doddington Dairy at Wooler, Doddington, Northumberland, which makes organic ice cream and cheeses with milk from its own Friesian cows.
But Marcia Endres, a University of Minnesota associate professor of dairy science, has criticized the Newcastle finding. “Individual care is important and could make a difference in health and productivity. But I would not necessarily say that just giving cows a name would be a foolproof indicator of better care,” she noted. According to a 2007 The Scientist article, named or otherwise, dairy cattle make six times more milk today than they did in the 1990s. “One reason is growth hormone that many U.S. farmers now inject their cows with to increase their milk output; another is milking practices that extend farther into cows’ pregnancies, according to the article; selective breeding also makes for lots of lactation,” it states.
Critics claimed the research was flawed and confused a correlation with causation. “Basically they asked farmers how to get more milk and whatever half the farmers said was the conclusion,” said Hank Campbell, author of Scientific Blogging. In 1996, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs provided for a complex new cattle passport system where farmers were issued with passport identities. The first calf born under the new regime were given names like “UK121216100001.”
Dr Douglas, however, counters that England doesn’t permit dairy cattle to be injected hormones. The European Union and Canada have banned recombinant bovine growth hormone (rGBH), which increases mastitis infection, requiring antibiotics treatment of infected animals. According to the Center for Food Safety, rGBH-treated cows also have higher levels of the hormone insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), which may be associated with cancer.
In August 2008, Live Science published a study which revealed that cows have strange sixth sense of magnetic direction and are not as prone to cow-tipping. It cited a study of Google Earth satellite images which shows that “herds of cattle tend to face in the north-south direction of Earth’s magnetic lines while grazing or resting.”
Newcastle University is a research intensive university in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. It was established as a School of Medicine and Surgery in 1834 and became the “University of Newcastle upon Tyne” by an Act of Parliament in August 1963.
The School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development is a school of the Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, a faculty of Newcastle University. It was established in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne as the College of Physical Science in 1871 for the teaching of physical sciences, and was part of Durham University. It existed until 1937 when it joined the College of Medicine to form King’s College, Durham.
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Landscaping is an art form that balances beauty and function. Often, a clean slate is needed before the landscaping design can be implemented. This is where a backhoe can streamline the process of getting a clean slate. These are some of the tasks that can be more easily accomplished with the help of this piece of machinery.
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