CN Health & Safety Plan planned to be cancelled

Monday, August 29, 2005

On July 18, 2005 CN Rail notified the CAW that they intend to cancel the CN-CAW previously Negotiated Health & Safety Plan. The CAW will be going to arbitration this fall to address the issue. The CAW has asked that employees notify their Health and Safety Rep about any safety concerns at the work place.

One terminal has lost 5-6 full-time positions. CN Rail used to have part-time positions filled as well, but at this time there are no part-time employees to cover work if a full-time employee is absent. Overtime is necessary to keep the trains running on time. Intermodal traffic goes up, but staff goes down. CN Rail expects the trains to go out on time, and in a safe condition, but staff is overworked, because there are not enough of them. In fact, one worker noticed that most of the rail cars that contained 40 foot overseas containers did not have their loading guides in place. Trains are not allowed to go out without these guides placed into the cars (the guides stop the loads from swaying from side to side in the cars), important for safety with double stacked containers, but it seems that in this case the lack of employees forced the train to leave without them.

Some recent derailments have come to the attention of the media and politicians.

On August 3rd 2005 there was a derailment in Wabamun Lake Alberta that spilled toxins into the lake. 2 days later there was a derailment in Cheakamus River near Squamish BC. Both derailments spilled hazardous materials into the water. Many are saying that CN took too long to notify people of the toxic spills.

The Conductor on each train carries with him the shipping manifest with him and has access to that information at all times. Almost any CN terminal that has a clerk working at it with access to the CN Intranet can get this information within minutes.

CTV news has said that this is the 5th derailment for CN this month.

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How To Choose A Dentist

By Dr. Dennis Simmons

Choosing a dentist is an important decision. Not all dentists have the same level of training or expertise, and choosing the wrong one can be a costly and painful mistake.

If youre new in town or youre looking for a new dentist, ask friends and co-workers for referrals. This is perhaps the best way of finding a good dentist. Ask you friends, neighbors, or co-workers if they go to a dentist they are impressed with.

Before you make an appointment, you may want to consider the following:

Do they accept my insurance? This is one of the first things youll want to consider. Not all plans accept all dentists, so call either your provider or the dentists office and make sure they take your insurance.

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Is the dentist a member of the ADA? (American Dental Association).Most dentists are, but its still a good idea to make sure. Members of the ADA are required to abide by a certain code of ethics. In addition, they are also required to participate in continuing education, so they are as up-to-date in their field as possible.

Does the dentist have a lot of experience? Make sure the dentist has been practicing for an adequate number of years so that he is experienced and can treat you in the best way possible. In addition, if you are seeing a dentist for a specific reason (ie, restoration or cosmetic), make sure he or she is specialized in that area first.

Are the dentist and staff members good communicators? The staff and dentist should be willing to thoroughly answer any questions or address any concerns you may have. If they are unfriendly, unhelpful, or seem too busy to talk to you, consider looking elsewhere.

Is the office clean? When you get to the office, check the surroundings. Make sure the practice is clean and that hygiene matters are obviously being followed (ie, dentist and hygienists are wearing gloves and masks, tools are properly sterilized, etc.).

Is the latest technology being utilized? The dentist should be using the most up-to-date technology, materials, and procedures to provide you with the best treatment possible. If the office and its equipment look outdated and run-down, find a different dentist.

Does the dentist provide options and plans? Your dentist and his or her staff should be willing to provide you with a wide range of treatment plans and options. In addition, if you have a lot of work to be done, make sure they are flexible with payment plans.

Is the dentist available? Check the office hours. Are they strictly 9-5, or can they see you in the evenings or weekends if necessary? See what the average wait time for scheduling an appointment is. Will you be able to get an appointment fairly quickly, or will you be waiting for two months? Ask what their policy is for emergencies. Also, check the waiting room. If it is crowded and the patients have been waiting long or appear irritated, it may be a sign the office is not sufficiently run, or they double book patients.

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Food with cancer-causing dye recalled in Britain

Saturday, April 30, 2005

The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced a recall of foods containing banned dyes which increase the risk of cancer. The food products were sold at the Tesco, Waitrose, and Somerfield supermarkets.

A Bristol company called “Barts Spices” found the illegal Para Red substance in their Barts Ground Paprika, which was sold in 48g and 46g jars with a “Co-op” label. The batch codes on the affected products are 5032 and 5089 (expiration Dec 2007), and 5075 (expiration February 2007).

Tesco also found that their 130g package of BBQ rice cakes (expiration November and December 2005) contained both Para Red and Sudan I.

“It would be very prudent to assume that it could be a genotoxic carcinogen,” FSA scientific advisers told reporters.

“As a company committed to supplying only the very finest quality food ingredients, we took the immediate decision to withdraw our ground paprika spice from all outlets selling the product and advertised a product recall in the national press,” a Barts Spices spokesman said in a statement.

Sudan I is only authorized for industrial use to colorize petroleum products, such as shoe polish. Para Red and Sudan I are banned under the British Colours in Food Regulations of 1995.

Britain last went through a major food recall in February, when Worcester Sauce was found to contain chili powder dyed with Sudan 1.

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2008 TaiSPO: Interview with Ideal Bike Corporation and Gary Silva

Friday, March 28, 2008

2008 Taipei International Cycle Show (Taipei Cycle) & Taipei International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO) not only did a best reunion with conjunctions of the launch of Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition and the concurrent cycling race of 2008 Tour de Taiwan but also provide opportunities and benefits for sporting goods, bicycle, and athlete sports industries to establish the basis of the sourcing center in Asia and notabilities on the international cycling race.

Although the Taipei cycle was split from the TaiSPO since 1988, but the trends of sporting good industry in Taiwan changed rapidly and multiply because of modern people’s lifestyles and habits. After the “TaiSPO Innovation Award” was established since 2005, the fitness and leisure industries became popular stars as several international buyers respected on lifestyle and health.

For example, some participants participated Taipei Cycle and TaiSPO with different product lines to do several marketing on bicycle and fitness equipments, this also echoed the “Three New Movements” proposed by Giant Co., Ltd. to make a simple bicycle with multiple applications and functions. As of those facts above, Wikinews Journalist Rico Shen interviewed Ideal Bike Corporation and Gary Silva, designer of “3G Steeper” to find out the possibilities on the optimizations between two elements, fitness and bicycle.

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Township Projects Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon

Township Projects Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon by Kuldeep JohnThe real estate market of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon is being popularly known for its great renovations done in the style of building properties over there.One such renovation can be easily seen in the style of building residential properties over there. This new renovation is none other than the township projects.The real estate market of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon is offering a wide range of township projects over there. As name suggests, the township projects are being equipped with the entire town like facilities with them. These facilities include schools, offices, parks, malls, etc. in them. The township projects are mainly being offered with the residential projects.The township projects of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon are being widely offered with apartments. Along with this, now some of the builders have also experimented to introduce these township projects with the independent houses over there. They have also got success in doing so, because the township independent houses are being widely demanded by all class of people over there. The township independent houses are being built up as a group housing project. The township projects of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon are being built up on wide acres of space. The surroundings of the apartments and the houses are being beautifully covered with nature”s greenery all around. The township projects have given us a more simplified option of comfortable living. The township projects are being fully equipped with all the comforts and luxuries of living that one wishes to experience in his/her life. Having equipped with all these great features, the township projects of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon are still being offered at very affordable price ranges. The township apartments of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon are being offered at a price range starting just from Rs. 20 lacs onwards. That”s why these are being highly demanded by all class of people over there. The introduction of these township projects in Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon have bring about a revolution in the real estate industry over there.The township projects of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon have made all the residential projects of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon as the incredible ones. This has also led to the real estate market of Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon to undergo through a booming phaseMy name is kuldeep John. I am woking for Ireo Victory Valley Gurgaon.Many people now prefer to choose their dream house as an apartment.Article Source: eArticlesOnline.com

On the campaign trail in the USA, July 2016

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

The following is the third edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories.

In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: two individuals previously interviewed by Wikinews announce their candidacies for the Reform Party presidential nomination; a former Republican Congressman comments on the Republican National Convention; and Wikinews interviews an historic Democratic National Convention speaker.

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Afghan women’s rights official shot dead

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Safia Ahmed-jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs for the Khandahar province and an advocate of women’s rights and a strong critic of the Taliban‘s repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Monday.

Safia Ama-jan, as she was known locally, is the first woman official to be targeted by the Taliban-led insurgency since it was deposed in 2001.

Safia Ahmed-jan taught at a girls’ school and was a high-school principal in Khandahar prior to the Taliban’s 1996 rise to power in Afghanistan. When the Taliban regime banned education for girls and forbade women from working outside the home, she ran an underground school for girls at her home, said her son Naqibullah, speaking to the Associated Press.

After the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001, Ahmed-jan became the provincial chief for women’s affairs in 2002, when the ministry was established and has since then held that position, worked for women’s rights and particularly, championed the cause of educating girls. Her secretary, Abdullah Khan told Associated Press that among her most successful projects were the vocational training schools she opened in Khandahar, where almost 1000 women were taught baking, tailoring and other skills.

Ahmed-jan has also been fiercely critical of the repression of women during the Taliban rule, in a region that has remained conservative and emerged as a hotbed of the Taliban’s insurgent activity. Her requests for personal security guards and transport went unheeded by the government, according to local media reports, though her nephew, Muhammad Asif told the New York Times that Ahmed-jan preferred to keep a low profile and used a taxi or public transport even though her office maintained cars and drivers.

Ahmed-jan was shot dead outside her house at about 7:30 a.m. local time (UTC+4:30) on Monday, as she left for work in a taxi. The gunmen are believed to have left scene on a motorcycle, and tyre marks have been found by the police, said the provincial governor Asadullah Khaled, who visited the scene of the attack.

Ahmed-jan was shot four times with a pistol, Muhammad Haidar, who worked in her office told the New York Times. Mohammad Nader, the head nurse at Khandahar’s main hospital where Ahmed-jan was taken to, confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that she was shot four times, including once in the head.

She was about 65 years old.

Accounts of the shooting are sketchy, several reports suggesting no one witnessed it. However, one man, identified as Allaudin told Al Jazeera that he saw two men on motorcycles waiting on the road, who attacked Ahmed-jan as she left her house.

A spokesman for the Khandahar governor, Daud Ahmadi confirmed the death and said that Ahmed-jan had died on the spot. An investigation into the attack has begun, and local officials have blamed the Taliban.

Hundreds of men and women, including the Governor Asadullah Khaled were present at Ahmed-jan’s funeral on Monday evening, which took place in Khandahar’s main Shia mosque.

The killing has been strongly condemned by the Afghan President Hamid Karzai as well as aid and human rights organisations in Afghanistan.

Aleem Siddique, a spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said that UNAMA was “appalled at the senseless murder” of a woman who was working to ensure a full and equal part in the future of Afghanistan for its women. He added, “We share the sentiment of the majority of Afghan people who are appalled at this killing.”

Abdul Quadar Noorzai, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) for the Khandahar region told IRIN News that Ahmed-jan’s death will have a “serious impact on women’s activities in the south where women are already suffering from … the deteriorating security and conservative traditions,”.

Fariba Ahmedi, a woman MP from Khandahar who was present at Ahmed-jan’s funeral told the Associated Press, “The enemy of Afghanistan killed her, but they should know it will not derail women from the path we are on. We will continue on our way,”.

Sonja Bachmann, a U.N. political officer who knew Ahmed-jan well told the New York Times that Ahmed-jan “did a good job, she worked in a very low-key way and worked hard to raise awareness about women’s issues.”

Reuters and Associated Press received phone calls, claiming responsibility for the attacks on behalf of Mullah Sadullah, a regional Taliban commander, but no confirmation of the claim has been possible.

Another caller, who identified himself as Taliban commander Mullah Hayat Khan told Al Jazeera that Ahmed-jan was killed because she worked for the government.

The Taliban-led insurgency has stepped up attacks in recent months, killing hundreds of people this year.

Last week, 19 Afghans working for reconstruction projects in the region were killed after their bus was ambushed.The Governor of Paktia province, a close associate of President Karzai, was killed in a suicide bombing on September 10.

Attacks on schools have also been stepped up. According to the Afghan education ministry, there have been 158 attacks on schools this year, compared to 146 last year. The attacks on schools are believed to be due partly to the Taliban’s opposition to educating girls, as well as a way to undermine the Afghan government and it’s reconstruction efforts.

Twelve suspected militants and two Afghan police officers were reported killed on Monday in separate incidents which also left eight others and a U.S. soldier wounded.

“People are scared, of course,” Ahmad-jan’s co-worker Haidar said, “How can we feel secure when the head of our department is killed in front of her house?”

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Canadian PM cabinet shuffle results

Thursday, January 4, 2007

Canadian PM Stephen Harper has shuffled his cabinet today.

The major change with this shuffle is Rona Ambrose, Minister of Environment, being replaced by Treasury Board President John Baird. When a reporter asked her earlier if she would be replaced she replied, “Yes — very excited.” Ambrose is the new intergovernmental affairs minister.

Vic Toews, the justice minister, is now President of the Treasury Board. Rob Nicholson, who was house leader, is now justice minister. Peter Van Loan, who was intergovernmental affairs minister, is now house leader. Monte Solberg, the immigration minister, replaces Diane Finley as Minister of Human Resources and Social Development. Diane Finley, loses the Human Resources portfolio and gets the Citizenship and Immigration ministry.

Six MPs were appointed “Secretary of State” roles, they are junior cabinet ministers. Secretary of States do not make part of the cabinet. These new Secretary of States are :

  • Helena Guergis, MP for Simcoe—Grey, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport);
  • Jay Hill, MP for Prince George—Peace River, Secretary of State and Chief Government Whip.
  • Jason Kenney, MP for Calgary Southeast, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity);
  • Christian Paradis MP for Mégantic—L’Érable, Secretary of State (Agriculture) and
  • Gerry Ritz, MP for Battlefords—Lloydminster, Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism);

Marjory LeBreton who was the Leader of the Government in the Senate now also has the role of Secretary of State (Seniors).

The new cabinet still will consist of 27 ministers, 32 if you include the Secretaries.

A complete list of the new Ministers and Secretary of States is found at the Official office of the prime minister website.

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Why It’s Important To Plan When Remodelling Your Kitchen Or Bathroom

By Clair O’Hara

Remodelling your kitchen or bathroom (or both!) is a big decision, and normally a costly one. A major benefit of splashing out on a remodel is that it will increase the price of your property – kitchens and bathrooms are the key rooms people will look at when purchasing or renting a property so it’s important to keep them looking modern. Even though it may seem expensive to remodel your kitchen or bathroom, remember you’ll be making a profitable investment by doing so.

Kitchens and bathrooms have to be functional and practical but also stylish and contemporary – this goes for any room but more so with kitchens and bathrooms because there are a lot of fixtures to deal with. You’ll need to consider the plumbing, electrical wiring, ventilation, lighting and flooring, among many other factors. This is why planning these two rooms is so important – you can’t move a toilet once it’s fitted, not without a lot of hassle anyway!

The best way to start out is to use computer-aided software to plan your room, most kitchen/bathroom-fitting stores will have bathroom planner software available so you can get a good idea of what your potential room will look like. You can enter your room dimensions into the software, and also your furniture measurements so you can get a 100% accurate view of what your room will look like and how much space you have to play around with. Space is an important factor with both kitchens and bathrooms so planning where your furniture and cabinets will go is essential.

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Use kitchen planner software to consider your ‘working triangle’ – a functional method to planning where everything will go in your kitchen. The triangle consists of your cooking hobs/oven, your sink and your working space – and the triangle shape makes it easy to reach the key points when preparing, cooking and cleaning.

Your bathroom space also needs to be considered carefully, and you need to think about where plumbing fittings are already placed – do you want to save money by not having to change any of the plumbing and electrical wiring, or will you be starting from scratch? The majority of modern day houses have smaller bathrooms so planning beforehand will really help you maximise your space, and make sure you are getting the most out of the space you have. There are lots of space-saving pieces of bathroom furniture you can purchase from various interior stores. For example, radiators that act as a towel rail, or towel rail fixtures attached to the back of the door – there are lots of tips and tricks you can use to maximise space in a small bathroom.

The bathroom is one of the most important rooms in your house so if it’s looking a little outdated, a makeover or remodel will give it a new lease of life, and increase the price of your property at the same time. Remember to plan your bathroom carefully so you can feel confident everything is going in the right place – otherwise you could be making mistakes that will take a lot of time and money to fix in the future.

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