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Award winning singer George Michael cautioned after caught with drugs in London public toilet
Sunday, September 21, 2008
British Grammy Award winning singer George Michael has been cautioned over drug use. The 45 year old singer was caught with class A and C drugs in the Hampstead Heath area of London. He was arrested on 19 September after being caught in the public toilet. British Home Office Minister Tony McNulty said drug laws needed to be “flexible”. He stated he did not know the details of the case when questioned why Michael was given a mild sentence.
Michael was banned from driving for two years after being caught slumped behind the wheel of his car twice. He pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs. On May 15, 2006 Michael was found semi-conscious apparently snoozing at traffic lights while in his Range Rover. In the early hours of October 1, 2006, Michael was found unconscious in his Mercedes-Benz S-Class car, causing an obstruction.
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Michael found his fame as front man of pop band Wham!. He won two Grammy awards as well as 12 British number one singles. Michael announced that he would be retiring from touring after completing his first tour in 15 years last month. He announced that he would release a Christmas single in December.
Men's Health
Buying A Stair Lift For The Home
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By James Burrow
Home stair lifts are more popular than ever and, thanks to the increased number of manufacturers and distributors, are available to those with even the most modest of budgets. Before you run out an purchase one, you need to have a basic understanding of the types of stair lifts available and the technologies that make them work. This will insure that you get the right stair lift for your home and that you will have years of trouble free service.
Moderns stair lifts use one of two types of drive mechanisms; rack and pinion or cable driven. Rack and pinion uses a gear attached to the seat or chassis of the stair lift that runs the length of a straight toothed track. The electric motor located under the seat provides the motion to the gear and allows the smooth movement up and down the track. A big advantage of this type of stair lift is the ability of the user to adjust the speed. This is due to the use of a circuit board or computer chip to dynamically control the voltage from the battery to the motor. A rack and pinion lift will require more maintenance than a cable driven lift. With a rack and pinion lift, the toothed track that allows the seat chassis to move up and down is exposed and is prone to attract more dust than a cable driven stair lift. As such, it will require frequent cleaning and lubrication.
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Cable driven stair lifts have become very popular due to their simple, but reliable design. A cable driven lift utilizes a direct drive systems which means that the cable itself does not actually move. Instead, the seat or carriage is pulled up the track. The cables used in modern stair lifts are high strength aluminum aircraft cables and require practically no maintenance. In addition, the entire drive system is completely enclosed in the seat chassis and is not subject to the accumulation of pet hair and dust that can interfere with the function of the rack and pinion types. The only routine maintenance required is the occasional lubrication of the track.
Whether you decide on a cable driven stair lift or a rack and pinion stair lift, make sure that you have the features that you require and an understanding of the maintenance and installation requirements of your particular model. Manufacturers design stair lifts with one person installation in mind. As a result, stair lift installations are generally straight forward and can be accomplished in an afternoon by anyone that is handy with basic tools.
Keep these tips in mind when deciding on what type of stair lift to purchase and you will not only have years of worry free service from your new stair lift, but you will add value to your home and regain your lost independence.
About the Author: Jill Stark is a freelance writer an reviewer of mobility products. You can read more about home
stair lifts
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Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after ‘Top Model’
Monday, November 26, 2007
In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming a true Top Model.
But at what cost? Unknown to casual television viewers, Muizelaar had been enveloped in the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, which inevitably became too much for her to bear. She gave up modeling and moved back to Whitby, where she sought treatment for her disorder, re-entered college, and now works at a bank. Where is she now? Happy and healthy, she says.
Recently Andrea Muizelaar sat down with Wikinews reporter Mike Halterman in a candid interview that stretched to nearly two hours, as she told all about her hopes and aspirations, her battle with anorexia, and just what really happened on Canada’s Next Top Model.
Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007
India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in Thailand, Cardal in Uruguay and Galadima in Nigeria. The OLPC team are, in their reports on the startup of the trials, delighted with how the laptop has improved access to information and ability to carry out educational activities. Thailand’s The Nation has praised the project, describing the children as “enthusiastic” and keen to attend school with their laptops.
Recent good news for the project sees Uruguay having ordered 100,000 of the machines which are to be given to children aged six to twelve. Should all go according to plan a further 300,000 machines will be purchased by 2009 to give one to every child in the country. As the first to order, Uruguay chose the OLPC XO laptop over its rival from Intel, the Classmate PC. In parallel with the delivery of the laptops network connectivity will be provided to schools involved in the project.
The remainder of this article is based on Carla G. Munroy’s Khairat Chronicle, which is available from the OLPC Wiki. Additional sources are listed at the end.
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Gift Ideas For The Football Lover
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By Chad Henners
Football season is in the air and it’s that time of year that you need to start thinking about what you are going to get them. There are tons of ideas for the person who is a football lover. All you have to know is their team that they root for religiously and you will learn what you can get them.
One of the first things that you can get in terms of gift ideas would be things they can wear. There are gloves for those that live in the cold. There are tshirts and caps to go with it. Others of you might choose socks or even a jersey which can be worth a bit of money. There are still many more items that are considered to be clothing that you can choose from.
Other things you can choose are things that the football lover might use at school if you have a younger football lover that is. There are some who might choose binders. They are coming out with notebooks which any person who goes to school is going to need. Some of them might find that they can get pencils and pens and other things of the sorts. This allows them to show their team pride even when they aren’t at home.
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For the person who is driving, they love nothing more than to show their pride in their team. With that being said, there are all sorts of gift ideas for them as well. There are some who have gone to buy a steering wheel cover. There are others who might find that there are window clings that are nice to get or even mats and seat covers. If you are going to have them go out in style, they have to go all out.
Others will find that you got to prepare that person for the games they might host when they are cheering their team on. There are all sorts of plates and blankets and such that they can put around the house to show people who come in that they are a huge fan of this team and only wish them the best. There are cups and bowls for chips that can be bought. There are many places that a person can go too when they are looking for such things.
Looking at this, this might give you a good starting point of things to get. It doesn’t matter if they are new or have been a fan for a long lasting time. It doesn’t even matter how old they are. There are even baby items such as bibs, onesies, bottles, and pacifiers you can get to train them right. So, start looking as they need to cheer their team on as best as they can.
If you really want to get something that will cost quite a bit of money, you can get collector items or something that has been signed. You might even give them tickets to a big game. There are trading cards as well that can do some good. These are some ideas that many have gone with.
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WiMAX Forum will endorse M-Taiwan WiMAX Application Lab in Hsinchu and shows the highlights from WiMAX Forum PlugFest in Taipei
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
During the 2007 WiMAX Forum Taipei Showcase and Conference, WiMAX Forum announced the highlights from WiMAX Forum PlugFest in Grand Hyatt Taipei last week and announced that WiMAX Forum will endorse the M-Taiwan WiMAX Application Lab (MTWAL) in Hsinchu Science Park at the Press Conference yesterday and the General Assembly of the WiMAX Forum Taipei Member Conference today. With this laboratory located in Hsinchu, the WiMAX infrastructure in Taiwan will be enhanced more with the cooperation between academics (especially National Tsing Hua University and National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan), governmental organization, and companies in networking industry.
This laboratory provided an open environment where world-wide innovators can experiment and test WiMAX-related products and the stability of application solutions at Hsinchu Science Park. Currently, equipment and application developers will have the 1st priority in testing for the quality evaluation and knowing the sanctification of consumers before bringing them to market.
“Members of WiMAX shows the latest innovations at this showcase (WiMAX Forum Taipei Showcase), I believed that MTWAL will provide a complete product testing environment and applications in the WiMAX access area with the support from governmental and industrial organizations in Taiwan.”
“WiMAX is a brand new wireless network different from other similar industries, this service must be dominated with lots of different operators to maintain the basic infrastructure of WiMAX.” Ron Resnick (Chairman of WiMAX Forum) remarked at the Press Conference.
“WiMAX Forum chose Hsinchu Science Park as the development basis of WiMAX with a unique characteristic in networking industry in Taiwan. We held a PlugFest last week for brand new WiMAX products with 200 engineers participating this test to evaluate the performance and test the quality. With this PlugFest, participants experienced rich services and good quality of new products. The PlugFest also had numbers of milestones including testing the leading advanced antenna technologies delivering the fastest speeds and broadest coverage.”
“MIMO setups aren’t achieved until mid-week historically, but in this PlugFest, lots of vendors completed this high-risk testing and demonstrated the data flow ability between different matrices, as well as several beam-forming IOP set ups.” Ed Agis (Chairman of the WiMAX Forum Certification Working Group) said.
According to WiMAX Forum, lots of vendors also participated the exhibition of 2007 WiMAX Forum Taipei Showcase and demonstrated WiMAX technology solutions. Ron Resnick also remarked this information at the 2nd day Keynote of 2007 WiMAX Forum Taipei Conference. Mei-yueh Ho (Chairman of Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. Taiwan) also looked this MTWAL set up as a bright idea, and Steve Ruey-long Chen (Minister of Economic Affairs, R.O.C. Taiwan) praised this set up as a boost of WiMAX infrastructure in Taiwan.
Harvard’s Berkman Center blog group develops blogging tutorials
Sunday, March 27, 2005
A discussion group about weblogs, or blogs for short, that meets at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society last week began releasing video tutorials about how to blog using various web and software tools.
Harvard University‘s Berkman Center hosts the blogging discussion group, which has met weekly for the past two years.
After months of discussion and collaboration on the new tutorials, at Friday’s evening meeting presenters showed off some of their early video tutorials, which stream recorded audio, and previously-captured video of a computer screen, along with simultaneous live audio from a microphone.
Participants learned how similar tutorials can be constructed using free software tools such as CamStudio. Audio of the session was made available on the World Wide Web.
Shimon Rura, a local software developer, presented a recent screen-capture + voiceover flash file he had made, demonstrating how to use a bookmarklet in the Frassle blogging package. Other participants discussed video demonstrations of how to podcast, and how to use specific blogging tools such as WordPress.
There was also disussion of a recent initiative to set up a Blogging101 site for distributing and translating these instructional materials. Rebecca MacKinnon, a noted blogger and Berkman Fellow, spoke about the BloggerCorps initiative to connect non-profits who want broader exposure with local blogging enthusiasts.
The meeting was held inside the main conference room in the Berkman Center’s Cambridge offices on Massachusetts Avenue.
Disability
Cinnamon As Herbal Cure For Heartburn. The Little Known Herbal Treatment That Can Do Wonders On Your Heartburn Pain!
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By Jed Baguio
If you’re looking for an alternative cure for heartburn. Especially herbal ones. Then this guide is for you. This article is written to introduce cinnamon as a form of herbal cure for heartburn. But I must tell you that although cinnamon can treat you’re heartburn. It wont cure the heartburn itself, rather it just mask the pain for temporary relief. If you’re interested to be cured from heartburn permanently and cure the real cause of heartburn. I can recommend you to a book that been working for thousands of people. Just follow the link to my blog at the bottom of this article.
What is Cinnamon?
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum, synonym C. zeylanicum) is a small evergreen tree 10-15 m tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, the plant native to Sri Lanka and Southern India. The bark is widely used as a spice.
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Cinnamon is becoming popular nowadays as herbal treatment. Its widely used in different forms. May it be jam, powder or additive to breads and biscuits. Although cinnamon is gaining popularity presently but the truth is eastern cultures have been using it for treating different illnesses for centuries. Its been priced spice Egypt during the biblical times.
Cinnamon has multiple medicinal uses aside from being great for food delights. Cinnamon works to help you with you’re heartburn by lowering the acidity of the stomach. Thus reducing the risk of ulcers in the lower esophagus in the moment of backflow of digestive juice from stomach.
Some tips on using cinnamon as herbal cure for heartburn.
Using cinnamon as tea is by far the most popular method of herbal cure for heartburn. You can ask for more information at your favorite natural or herbal store.
You can also add it to your bread in the form of powder. Start toasting the bread, add some butter if u prefer. Then sprinkle the cinnamon to your hearts content.
About the Author: This article is written by Jonathan Lewis. Please visit my blog entitled Heartburn Cure at http://heartburn-cure.blogspot.com for more info about heartburn cure. If you want specific information on herbal cure, I made a separate blog entitled Herbal Cure For Heartburn at
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