Thursday, August 30, 2007
Scientists have discovered a new species of venomous dart frog in Colombia.
The new species, dubbed the ‘golden frog of Supatá‘, is 2cm (0.8 inch) long and has a range of just 50 acres (20 hectares), which is believed to be the reason why the frog remained undiscovered until now.
The frog was found in February during an expedition arranged by the Conservation Leadership Program (CLP), a nonprofit organization, but the discovery has only just been announced.
However, according to Giovanni Chaves, a biologist from the CLP, the frog is in imminent danger. “This frog exists in a little fragment of cloud forest that is under intense anthropogenic pressure, mainly the destruction of the forest for cattle-raising and agriculture,” he said.
“This discovery allows us to know a little more about the ecology of these beautiful animals, and it will also allow us to use it as a symbol to carry out campaigns of environmental education in this area, to show the need to protect and to conserve the fauna and flora of this region of Colombia.”
Colombia has one of the richest diversities of amphibians in the world, with more than 583 known species.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Taichung City Stage of Tour de Taiwan 2008, approved by several executives since the first time set up in the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium last year, raced today around the Wen-shin Forest Park near Shiang-shang Road, Wen-shin Road, Da-duen 7th Street, and He-nan Road Sec. 4.
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We [the Taichung city Government] hope it become the international city because out city [Taichung] was approved as the most sportive city by Sports Affairs Council of Executive Yuan, this symbolized the city as a 3-in-1 city with sports, shine, and health. If some international games (sporting competition) can be held in this city, it will bring on the prosperity of sporting population and achieve the target of “A city with Culture, Economy, and International”. |
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It’s a short-term circulation, however. But due to a few differences on land ranges, not every cyclist can keep the leading in a long-period. Finally, the “main group” with 90 participated cyclists passed the finish line, but Krzysztof Je?owski from Merida Europe narrowly touched the finish line first to win the stage champion.
After the race, Wikinews Reporter Rico Shen briefly questioned Je?owski about next 4 stages in Tour de Taiwan, he commented that he and his teammate will do several attempts to win the stage champions in next 4 stages to repay on anticipations by some cycling fans.
Sunday, September 6, 2015
7,810 Jeep SUVs are to be recalled in order to address a software vulnerability in the vehicles’ entertainment systems which allows the vehicles to be “hacked” — allows vehicle software security to be compromised — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US (FCA US) said on Friday. This recall affects some 2015 model Jeep Renegades.
FCA US said exploiting the vulnerability would take “unique and extensive technical knowledge, prolonged physical access to a subject vehicle and extended periods of time to write code.” They said there are no known instances where the software vulnerability has caused injury to anyone.
They said owners of affected cars can fix the software vulnerability by inserting a device containing a software patch into a USB port inside the car.
Another 1.4 million vehicles manufactured by the company have also been recalled last month, when white hat hackers discovered they were able to hack and disable the engines of the affected vehicles remotely.
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Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and its functions
The Uninterruptible Power Supply is a combination of batteries and the UPS instrument. These batteries provide AC current when the power gets cut off. Through these AC current produced, the equipments run smoothly despite the power cut. There are two types of UPS(s) namely offline UPS and online UPS. The online UPS is mostly preferred at the corporate sector. As the name suggests, the online UPS provides constant electric supply to the instruments of the offices, such as computers. The benefit of this type of uninterruptible power supply is that the data is not lost and the work resumes smoothly despite the power surge and cuts. The batteries of these types of UPS are connected directly with the main line, as a result, the batteries produce immediate electric supply when the power cut occurs.
The offline UPS is good for running the home appliances. This is because the electricity doesn’t start producing immediately with the power cuts. Hence the appliances turn off. You need to restart the appliances manually in this case. This UPS takes less load than its counterpart. The batteries of the offline UPS are not connected to the main circuit, hence it takes a while to detect the power cut and the production of the power from the battery of the UPS.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Anonymous people submitted a video depicting employees of Inghams Enterprises, an Australian poultry producer, to Animal Liberation. The video displays animal cruelty at an Inghams plant in Tahmoor, Macarthur Region, south-west of Sydney. The video was recorded without the employees’ knowledge over a two-week period in February. Animal Liberation maintains that the footage is legitimate.
Spokesperson for Animal Liberation Emma Hurst stated to Sydney Morning Herald, “You can see a total disrespect of these animals. There are scenes where they’ve put the music up very, very loud, the workers are screaming, jumping about, dancing, picking up the turkeys, dancing while holding onto the turkeys, throwing them onto the shackles, and just that whole mentality as though these animals don’t have feelings, that they’re objects.”
Using CCTV, over 140 hours were recorded, depicting 136 incidences of animal cruelty as well as aggravated animal cruelty, resulting in the animals’ death or severe conditions. Ms. Hurst said, “Hanging upside down, their legs are already brittle, and we’ve got footage as well where their legs have actually ripped off from their bodies … and the legs have been tossed around.”
Animal Liberation and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) are again calling for the mandatory installation of CCTV cameras in all Australian abattoirs. RSPCA New South Wales chief inspector David O’Shannessy told the ABC that surveillance and inspections of abattoirs should be commonplace in Australia. “The CCTV would certainly send a strong signal to those people working with animals that their welfare is of the highest priority.”
Inghams CEO Kevin McBain released a statement saying that an investigation had been launched into the “intolerable incidents”. “We condemn the animal abuse we have seen in the footage and will — as a matter of urgency — work to review, retrain and reinforce our animal welfare standards throughout our organisation”
The New South Wales Police and the New South Wales Food Authority are continuing to investigate the video.
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Car buyers should be happy to note that there are a number of exercisable rights at their disposal, both state and local laws if in case the purchased cars did not perform as expected. These laws and regulations are subsumed in the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty act otherwise known as the Lemon Law .
Under the law, car buyers can find protection the moment they buy or lease new motor vehicles. The Consumer Warranty Act requires that the car manufacturer in a specific state, if unable to repair or service the vehicle to meet what was expressed in the warranty, should issue a replacement to the purchaser to the corresponding purchase price. Under the Song-Beverly Law, the purchase price that must be returned to the purchaser should include the price paid for the manufacturer-installed parts and accessories and also the transportation expense. But it should be noted that the price to be returned to the person should not include the price paid by the owner for non-OEM parts and accessories. The choice of whether to get a new car or the refund lies in the consumer. Whatever the choice of the consumer, it is expected that the manufacturer should include the payment for the sales or use tax, the license, registration and other attendant costs that the consumer has incurred.
This doesn t mean that the consumer is free from any form of obligation once it has been found out that the car is actually a lemon . The purchaser may be charged with a minimal amount as well, whether the option as to refund or the manufacturer will replace the said vehicle. The amount is determined by a formula. If for example the car has been used for 1,000 miles when this was first brought out to the car repair shop, then the formula used in computing for the charges against the purchaser is 0.08 percent (1000/12000=0.08 percent) of the purchase price for the use of the vehicle. This kind of computation will be used for the duration of the warranty. These kinds of arrangement in the form of refund and replacement will not be applicable if the vehicle has been abused.
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Coverage for old vehicles
Owners of used cars should not be worried about not being covered by the law. The Song-Beverly Law has general rules and regulations that may apply to used and old vehicles. These general rules cover the motorcycles, mobile homes, used cards and even lemons that were sold and repurchased by consumers with warranty that covers the possible defects. But it should be kept in mind that the kind and the quality of coverage may not be similar to those for new cars. For example, there is no formula used in the computation of the amount that can be refunded by the consumer.
Validity of the lemon law claim
Before you can say that your claim on lemon is valid, you have to take into account three important things. First, the claim will only be valid if the vehicle leased or purchased is used for personal or business purposes. Also, the vehicle must also exhibit troubles that are explicitly covered by the warranty. Remember, in this law if there is no warranty then you have no solid lemon case . And more importantly, in order for that to be valid, the manufacturer should have failed in repairing the issue.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
North America’s largest outdoor dog festival came back to Toronto last weekend for its fifth year. It ran from the 9th of June to the 10th of June at Toronto’s historical St. Lawrence Market. A Wikinews reporter was there on Sunday to report on some of the events that happened on the last day.
The “Woofstock” dog festival attracted as many as 140,000 people with their dogs. The festival had tons of accessories, sold under tents, to buy for dogs; food, toys, designer clothes, and more. About 400 vendors and exhibitors were there to promote their products, which also gave private dog companies or groups a chance to show their new products. The local SPCA and some animal rescues were under tents answering questions from visitors. While walking, all visitors could see the CN Tower and other very tall buildings.
One of the local TV stations, Citytv, was there. They hosted a live event at the show which was broadcast on TV. People came up on the stage and asked questions regarding their dogs and the host and co-host answered them.
A man, who called himself the “Chalk Master”, drew two pictures on pavement with chalk. He did it for free but donations were welcome. One was a picture of a girl’s head beside a dog’s head, and another with a wolf.
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- “Hello Humans. I’ve been invited here to provide your eyeball(s), with some pretty colours. I don’t get paid as I work this weekend strictly for tips… so, if you like what you see please make a DONATION. If you don’t like it simply reach into the pocket of the person next to you and give me their money. CHALK MASTER.”
A contest called “Canada’s top dog” had its own tent with a professional photographer taking pictures of dogs behind a white screen; the winning photo is to be published on the cover of “Puppy and dog basics” magazine.
Large “Gourmet” dog bones were also served from a cart and table.
Next year’s festival is expected to be bigger and better with even more attractions.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Also try the 2008 World News Quiz of the year.
What would you tell your grandchildren about 2008 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 years’ time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2008, what would the question be? The year that markets collapsed, or perhaps the year that Obama became US president? Or the year Heath Ledger died?
Let’s take a look at some of the important stories of 2008. Links to the original Wikinews articles are in all the titles.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Homebush Bay, New South Wales —Last night, the Australia men’s national wheelchair basketball team beat Japan 80–49 in their final game of pool play at the Rollers & Gliders World Challenge taking place at at the Sport Centre at the Sydney Olympic Park and are through to the first place match.
The contrast between the two teams was seen in their wheels: almost every Australian player had a four wheeled chair that gave them increased stability while every single Japanese player had three wheels, which gave them great maneuverability. Japan played the aggressor throughout the match, with several players aggressively blocking with wheelchair on wheelchair contact. Both sides were loud, chanting defense, defense, defense when their side was on that side of the court.
The first quarter was closely fought, with Japan racking up 5 by 5:54 left in the first. They successfully took a lead of 17–16 by the end of the first quarter. They were unable to hold the lead, with Australia holding a 40–24 lead at the end of the first half. Australia’s lead at the end of the third was 61–34. While Japan increased their total points in the fourth quarter, they failed to defend against Australia who continued to answer back basket for basket for the game to end 80–49.
Australia plays in the first place match later today. Their London Paralympic campaign starts on August 30 against South Africa.