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5
May

At least 21 dead after train accident in India

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Two passenger trains collided in India early on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than twenty others, reports have said. The accident occurred at around 05.30 local time (00.00 UTC), when a passenger train collided with another train which was waiting at a red signal near the northern city of Agra.

Both the trains were in the final leg of their journey at the time of the collision. They were heading to the capital, New Delhi, which is about 200 kilometers north of the accident site.

Passengers said that they were sleeping when they felt a heavy jolt. One eyewitness told television crews that people on the upper berths of the train came tumbling down due to the impact: “We felt a massive jolt. People sleeping on upper berths fell to the floor.”

“There was a loud bang and we were suddenly thrown out of our seats. There was panic everywhere,” another passenger recounted.

A northern railway spokesman, R. D. Vajpayee, told the Voice of America news agency that the rear coach of the stationary train bore the brunt of the collision’s impact. “We had to rescue, take out the passengers which were trapped in the last coach. And, gas cutters were used, and we had called the army also. They had assisted us and, within a few hours, we had completed with rescue operations.”

An unnamed eyewitness told the CNN-IBN news agency that “there are many people who are injured and many people who are dead. A lot of people fell onto the tracks because of the impact of the collision.”

Railway officials said they are not certain what caused the accident, but one of the trains may have overlooked a signal to stop. An inquiry into the incident has been ordered.

Trains are the most popular mode of long-distance travel in India. India operates one of the most extensive and busiest rail networks in the world; 9,000 passenger trains run every day, carrying more than eighty million people daily across the country. There are about 300 rail accidents in the country every year, prompting calls for improving safety standards on the rail network. Earlier this month, one person was killed when a train derailed. In February, another train accident in eastern India claimed sixteen lives.

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5
May

New Brunswick And The Procedure Of Car Financing

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By Craig Clowes

All the beach and lobster lovers out there must be familiar with the breath taking beauty of New Brunswick. New Brunswick is a province of Canada. Like all the other provinces, New Brunswick is also a nature’s blessing on human beings. Most of the provinces of Canada are mono lingual that is the inhabitants either speak English or French but New Brunswick is one of those provinces that is bilingual. This province is also known for its cultural enormity, scenic beaches, massive forests and one also for grand boating sprees.

This province was given the claim of Canadian Confederation in 1867. The economy of this province thrives on tourism, transportation and agriculture. But in the past few years, there has been a boom in one of the other organizations of New Brunswick and that is the auto loan New Brunswick industry.

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Car financing is rapidly becoming a trend all over the world. Many people can not afford cars. Therefore the car financing policies have come to the rescue. Due to car financing you can get loans from any car financing company and then you can buy your dream car. Auto loan New Brunswick also offers similar services to the people. Moreover, the people who live outside New Brunswick can avail this opportunity as well. You just have to contact the auto loan New Brunswick and then you can find any company through which you want to get a car loan. You have to be very careful in selecting a company for a loan. In these matters the auto loan New Brunswick agencies help you throughout.

When you find a company suitable and according to your needs, you have to fill a form to apply for a car loan. In car financing, these forms are of great importance. Therefore you should not misquote anything in your application forms. If a certain question or point confuses, then immediately contact the customer care services. When your questions have been answered, fill the form and then submit it. Once you have submitted the form, you will have to wait for a couple of days. You will either be contacted through your email address, which you would have mentioned in the application form, or an agent from the car financing company will contact you. From here onwards you and the agent will finalize the clauses of the contract. Before you finalize anything, plan everything wisely and according to your budget. Every car loan company has different rules and regulations so you should decide wisely that which company will give you more time to pay back the loan.

After everything has been done, you just sit back, relax and wait to become an owner of a brand new car. If you are not comfortable with the online procedures you can also find advertisements in the newspapers about the auto loan policies. The only difference between the two is that the online procedure is much more efficient and less time consuming. But whatever makes you comfortable, go with it and get ready to buy a new car.

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3
May

711chan.org administrator calls for an end to attacks on Scientology

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Administrators for 711chan.org, one of the websites responsible for starting Project Chanology, a “raid” or attack against the Church of Scientology and their website, slowed down their “attack”.

In an exclusive interview with Wikinews, an administrator of 711chan states that they will “probably stay away from the CoS [Church of Scientology].”

“We’re probably just going to stay away from the CoS raid. It was poorly managed. We could’ve brought down a lot more if we weren’t just a bunch of unorganized brats,” said ‘Plasma’, an administrator on 711chan.org.

Many people from 711chan still want to raid, but the administration is sick of it.

“Many people from 711chan still want to raid, but the administration is sick of it,” added Plasma who also stated that “Partyvan IRC actually has decided to remove the raid.”

Much of the reason stems from the fact that the attack on the Church was meant to stay within 711chan and that users were to stay “anonymous.” An e-mail was leaked on the internet when the attack began exposing the script used to attack the Church’s website.

“This is not what the raid originally started as. Partyvan declares this as a threat to the network, and Anonymous alike. We have been under constant botnet attacks, 711chan hacked, and tons of drama over this. You guys did a very poor job of staying Anonymous. It’s obvious that a lot of you broke rules 1, and 2,” said a statement on 711chan’s website.

The rules they refer to, according to Plasma, mean the “Rules of the Internet” and are:

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  1. Do not talk about /b/ (Only applies to raids.)
  2. Do NOT talk about /b/ (eBaums did it.)

Both key rules were broken by users, according to Plasma.

The attack on Scientology was launched on Wednesday January 16 by a group labelled “Anonymous”, on the website “Insurgency Wiki”, a spinoff of 4chan which is also affiliated with 711chan. The “History” section of the site explains, in a satirical fashion, that the incident was prompted by the Church of Scientology’s attempts to remove a promotional video featuring Scientologist Tom Cruise from YouTube. Though YouTube complied with the Church of Scientology’s requests to take down the video, other sites such as Gawker.com stated that they will keep hosting the video.

One poster admitted to being a part of the effort, writing in a blog post “I have myself, as per instructions, loaded up Gigaloader and started bombarding the Scientology homepage. Theres [sic] something in the hilarious anarchy of the net that produces these ‘events’ every now and again.” The poster wrote that “Prompted I think by the Tom Cruise video, a new obsession is taking hold on the internet. An insurgency against The Church of Scientology.”

Not long after their attack, a previously unknown group called The Regime used keylogging to gain an administrator password to 711chan.org.

“I was actually away from home when I noticed my personal dedi was compromised (my bash_history file had lots of strange entries), so I informed Partyvan IRC staff (the CoS raid room as well as 711chan’s IRC room are there) and minutes later, 711chan’s machine was also compromised. I arrived home around an hour later, and immediately restored the contents of the 711 machine back to a previous state. I also got the passwords reset on my dedi and that was back in order. I went to bed shortly after that,” said Plasma in regards to The Regime’s attack on 711chan.

“The next morning I wake up to hundreds of MSN windows and emails telling me both servers have been compromised again, and our backups for 711 have been removed. The software we use to run 711chan’s machine got bugged up somehow and make it difficult for me to fix things, which is why the site didn’t respond at all for most of the day. At the time of writing this I still haven’t got the backups reloaded onto the machine,” added Plasma.

Plasma states that 711chan.org will be off line at least until the end of January, possibly longer, but the site is not expected to change.

“I shut down our server to prevent any more damage. Right now, our plan is to lay low and get stuff started up on a more secure machine. We’ll be back up by the end of the month, hopefully. 711chan will probably be staying the same it is, however,” said Plasma.

But they didn’t go down without a fight adds Plasma.

“As who the “Regime” is? I took a look at one of the things they planted on my machine, which lead me to #!!regime on GameSurge IRC. `immortal’ and about 30 drones were in that channel. Members of the g00ns community (allies of 711, also linked to Partyvan IRC) found out they had dox (documents such as phone numbers, addresses, SSN numbers, names, that sort of thing) on `immortal’ and his wife. I actually have these details and attempted to call him, but it went unanswered,” said Plasma.

The information that 711chan.org obtained was later posted on the website operated by The Regime. Wikinews has attempted to contact The Regime a second time regarding the incident, and they have only replied with “your articles are bullshit.”

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2
May

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9 browser

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Friday, March 18, 2011

At 9:00 p.m. PDT Monday (0400 UTC Tuesday), Microsoft rolled out the first stable Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) release, available in 39 languages, for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Internet Explorer is the most used web browser, responsible for 56% of webpage hits. The new version adds support for new technologies with relation to the HTML5 specification and several feature changes. The browser was released as a beta with a campaign promoting the benefits of HTML5.

It includes support for SVG and the HTML5 canvas, audio, and video tags. It has a failing Acid3 score of 95/100, below Mozilla Firefox 4.0’s 97/100, rating and the 100/100 in Google Chrome 10. The program is the first of its series not to run on Microsoft Windows XP. It includes a redesigned layout of the address bar and the ability to pin sites to the taskbar on Windows 7, along with several minor improvements.

The browser received mixed reviews. “IE9 as a Consumer Browser — Not Worth It,” Jason Mick, DailyTech, concluded. A study by Which? on Tuesday showed that IE9’s Tracking Protection Lists, an optional anti-tracking feature, may mislead users. “We’re disappointed with the way these lists work, and feel consumers who install multiple lists could be left with a false sense of security.” Dr. Rob Reid, Which? Policy senior advisor, said.

In a more positive review, a PC Magazine reviewer said that the positives of the new browser outweighed the negatives, and it is “a major improvement over its predecessor.”

The announcement comes after the company launched a campaign to get Internet Explorer 6 usage down to 1%. Microsoft delayed the Japanese release “to reduce load on network bandwidth at such a critical time” with reference to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan this past Friday.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran.

Dorsa Derakhshani is currently 21 years old and holds the International Master (IM) as well as Woman Grand Master (WGM) titles. Her brother, Borna, plays for the English Federation and holds the FIDE Master title.

Dorsa Derakhshani was banned since she did not wear a hijab, an Islamic headscarf, while competing at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in January 2017. Under the laws of Islamic Republic of Iran, hijab is a mandatory dress code. Her brother Borna Deraskhsani was banned for playing against Israeli Grand Master (GM) Alexander Huzman at the same tournament. Iran does not recognise the existence of Israel, and previously, Irani athletes have avoided playing against Israeli athletes.

Mehrdad Pahlavanzadeh, the president of the country’s chess federation, explained the decision to ban the players saying, “As a first step, these two will be denied entry to all tournaments taking place in Iran and in the name of Iran, they will no longer be allowed the opportunity to be present on the national team.” ((fa))Farsi language: ?????? ????? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ????? ?? ?? ???? ???????? ?? ?? ????? ? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ??????? ????? ??????? ? ???? ???? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??????? ????. He further stated, “Unfortunately, something that should not have happened has happened and our national interest is paramount and we have reported this position to the Ministry of Sports.” ((fa))Farsi language: ????????? ?????? ?? ????? ????????? ?????? ??? ? ????? ??? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?????? ???? ? ?? ??? ???? ?? ?? ????? ???? ?? ????? ?????.

IM Dorsa Derakhshani, who currently studies at Saint Louis University in the United States and plays for the United States Chess Federation, discussed her chess career, time in Iran and the 2017 controversy, and her life in Saint Louis with a Wikinews correspondent.

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With supply chain problems and complexity there is always a chance that clients and customers aren’t going to be satisfied with your service. The good news is that by using these effective ways to handle these problems, you will be able to make the supply chain better and more efficiently again. These are the top ways to handle supply chain problems.

1) Consider automation

With the technology that is improving all the time, there is one thing that you can consider. You can consider automation. Where everything is becoming automated. The whole supply chain. This is more effective for everyone and will benefit the whole chain.

The only problem is that you need to make sure that everyone is on board before this is something that you can implement. Some people might be against automation, and they might not agree with it. You will need to make sure that they are understanding the benefits completely.

2) Ensure constant cashflow is provided

Delays and problems normally happen, because of cashflow problems between the supply chain. The moment that you are ensuring that there is constant cash flow then, the whole complex will become easier and faster to handle. If someone is waiting for money, then the rest of the supply chain is also going to wait, causing serious delays.

However, you still need to make sure that with the constant cashflow that your cash is still secure with the best security on the market. And, that you are monitoring it all the time. Making sure that you are going to know where every cent is going.

3) Monitoring your inventory in real time

Another great thing about supply chain technology is improving all the time. You can start monitoring your inventory in real time. Meaning that you don’t need to be in the warehouse taking inventory to know how much stock you actually have. It is essential to monitoring inventory on a regular basis, and with the possibility to do it in real-time, it is just making it easier and faster.

You can be in your office, controlling the process. Then, you can go on the internet and see exactly how much stock you still have available in the warehouses. Ensuring that you don’t go out of stock and let clients and customers wait. This isn’t just more efficiently, but time-saving as well.

4) Simplifying contracts and agreements

There is no need to make the contracts with the supply chain complicated. The more complicated the contracts and agreements, the more difficult it is going to be to understand the contract and what is expected from them.

You should still have a standard contract with all the essentials in, but it doesn’t need to contain all the terms that are hard to understand. Sometimes it is just better to put everything in simple English. So that everyone can understand what to expect. Taking the complexity out of the supply chain contracts and agreements.

Yes, there can be many complexities and difficulties with a supply chain. Especially if you don’t really have the right experience in handling supply chains. But, with these effective ways, you will be able to understand how to handle these difficulties, and even ensure that it doesn’t become difficult at the first time. You need to remember that technology is changing all the time, and you can improve the supply chain without any problems or without any time delays.

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Monday, August 11, 2008

Buffalo, New York —The Buffalo Fire Department and Police were called to a hazmat situation at Canisius College on Main Street after security reported that a one gallon glass container containing chloroform broke, spilling about a pint onto the floor of the college’s science building.

According to communications by firefighters, who arrived at around 8:20 a.m. (eastern time), the glass container spilled on the third floor in room 318. As a precaution the building was evacuated and East Delevan road between Main Street and Jefferson Avenues was closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic while crews worked to clean up the spill.

At about 9:15 hazmat crews entered the room and began to clean up the chemical “using kitty litter” and fans to air out the room. They then sealed the material in a five gallon container. At 9:23 a.m. firefighters stated that they no longer detected the chemical in the air and began to pack up their gear.

Officials for the college assessed the situation and decided to keep the building closed for the day. “At 8:22am this morning the Public Safety Department and Buffalo Fire Department responded to a report of a chemical spill on the third floor of the Health Science Center. As the building is cleaned, the Health Science Building will remain closed today and reopen tomorrow morning,” a college official said to Wikinews, adding they could not confirm the firefighter reports.

Firefighters believe the container containing the chemical was knocked over while someone working with maintenance was cleaning the floors.

There are no reports of injuries, but WKBW reports that the maintenance worker was taken to Sister’s of Saint Mercy’s hospital not far from the college for observation.

Chloroform is a common solvent used in chemistry laboratories. Minimal exposure can cause dizziness, headaches and fainting while prolonged exposure can cause liver and kidney damage. It is considered a hazardous material and environmentally unsafe. Banned as a consumer product since 1976 in the U.S., it was previously used in toothpaste, cough medicines and pharmaceuticals.

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