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Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Australia for 15th visit

Monday, March 13, 2006

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip arrived in Australia yesterday for a five-day tour which includes the opening of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the Queen’s 15th visit of her reign and her first since 2002.

Their tour began when they landed at Fairburn Air Force Base in Canberra where they received a state welcome, attended by Prime Minister John Howard, Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery and several hundred well-wishers. The couple accepted flowers and chatted with the crowd for a few minutes before being driven off in a black Rolls Royce.

The Queen and Prince Philip spent last night at Government House before beginning official duties in Sydney today. In Sydney, they will officially open the new colonnade of Sydney Opera House and receive a 21 gun salute.

Republican campaigners have used the occasion as an opportunity to reopen the republican debate.

“While the queen is held in great affection by the Australian people, many Australians recognize that it is no longer sensible for us to have a citizen of another country, who visits Australia only occasionally, as our head of state,” said Allison Henry, national director of the Australian Republican Movement.

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Muslim hair stylist sues hairdresser over alleged discrimination

Friday, November 9, 2007

British-born Muslim hair stylist Bushra Noah is currently undertaking legal action against the owner of a hair salon for alleged religious discrimination. Noah is suing London hair salon owner Sarah Desroiser. Desroiser who runs a salon in King’s Cross, has said that she would not accept Noah as a stylist if Noah’s hair was covered. Noah, like many devout Muslims keeps her hair covered in public places, believing it to be immodest otherwise.

Noah claims that her headscarf is a fundamental part of her religious beliefs and that wearing the scarf would not interfere in her carrying out the job at all. Desrosiers said that it is not discrimination but rather that “the essence of my line of work is the display of hair. To me, it’s absolutely basic that people should be able to see the stylist’s hair. It has nothing to do with religion. It is just unfortunate that for her covering her hair symbolises religion.” Desosiers added that she had worked with Muslims in the past and employs a Muslim accountant.

Noah claims that the state of her own hair is irrelevant to her ability to style others hair.

The last few years have seen a string of similar cases in Britain. Last year, there was a case over whether a British Airways employee could wear a prominent cross, and another case in which a teacher argued that she had a right to wear a Jilb?b (a traditional Islamic dress that covers almost the entire body) in the classroom. In that case, the teacher lost in the High Court.

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Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/OH-WY

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Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It is estimated that 75,000 to 100,000 students have been displaced. [1]. In response, institutions across the United States and Canada are offering late registration for displaced students so that their academic progress is not unduly delayed. Some are offering free or reduced admission to displaced students. At some universities, especially state universities, this offer is limited to residents of the area.

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Neville Chamberlain’s War Diaries go on display

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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The personal diaries of British wartime Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain are to go on display at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Beginning on August 20, 2009, a free exhibition, marking the 70th anniversary of the declaration of WWII, will allow visitors to have an unprecedented insight into the mind of the Prime Minister at the helm of the government when war was declared on September 3, 1939. His entry for that day, a note scribbled in pencil reads simply: “War declared.” With the diaries, a letter to his sister detailing the preparations for war, and the declaration letter itself, written by Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax.

The centrepiece at the exhibition will be accompanied by King George IV‘s jacket worn on his television appearance, and other previously unseen memorabilia from the period in the immediate run up to the Second World War.

A book, entitled The World Goes To War, is to be published on August 27, 2009 to accompany the exhibition. Also, a television documentary will be broadcast on UK network ITV1.

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If you sit down and watch TV for just one hour, you are sure to see at least four different commercials for hair care products, ranging from shampoos to hair tonics. All of these products have one thing in common, apart from being hair care products- they all prey upon your fear of losing your hair. Each and every one of them will try and make you believe that unless you start to use that particular brand of product, you will start to suffer from hair loss and that in turn will mean that you should just crawl into a corner and die of shame.

The reality however is not quite as bleak as these commercials make it out to be, for which we can be very thankful since if we believed them and decided to fall for the hype, we would rush out and buy every product we see, which would be disastrous for our hair, pocket and bathroom shelves! Hair loss treatments are an important issue for a lot of people and are a serious topic of concern and conversation, along with hair growth and hair fall solutions.

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One of the effects of aging is a marked increase in the rate at which our hair starts to fall out, although there is no fixed age at which this becomes more prominent, with some people experiencing baldness in their teens- the famous swimmer Duncan Good hew being a prime example of this. Others will start to notice thinning hair or bald patches in their thirties or forties; whereas I know of some pensioners who still have a full head of hair. Men, generally tend to suffer more than women from this affliction which is probably a good thing since a bald man is a lot more attractive than a bald woman.

Hair loss treatment come in various forms with the most common being tonics to rub onto the affected areas or fortifying shampoos and conditioners. The truth is that there are very few treatments which will stop hair fall completely, only delay the process, and a lot of hair fall solutions are applied too late, or have side effects. The best way to ensure that you have strong, healthy and shiny hair is to massage your scalp and hair with a good quality hair oil such as jojoba hair oil or almond oil. A lot of the new shampoos available are now being advertised as including oil for helping with Hair growth. Hair oil also makes the individual strands of hair stronger, smoother and shinier.

Hair loss is also affected by your lifestyle and a big factor is stress, which can lead to hair fall and other scalp related problems. A poor diet which does not include most of the vitamins and nutrients required for healthy hair growth, is also to blame for hair loss as the scalp is weakened, causing the hair to either break or fall out, leading to a thinning head of hair.

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Four Russian stores hit with gas attacks

Monday, December 26, 2005

In Russia’s second largest city, St. Petersburg, four gas attacks left more than 70 people ill. Devices with wires, timers, and glass vials of a gas determined on scene to be methyl mercaptan were found in outlets of Makisdom, a home improvement chain store. The chemical is both naturally occurring and manufactured and is used as an oderant for detection of propane or natural gas leaks.

Store officials have said that they had received threats that sales would be disrupted before New Year’s. Russians traditionally give gifts on the holiday. Police officials said they believed a commercial dispute or a prank not terrorism.

The local emergency hospital was overflowed from the influx of ill people from the attacks. Valentina Matviyenko, Governer of St. Petersburg, said that those who sought medical help were not suffering any further medical problems.

A custodian at one of the stores found the devices and alerted police. The devices were found at another store with their vials broken. The devices in the two other stores were carried outside by employees and covered with buckets. The police explosives experts defused them.

  • Interfax. “Gas Attack in Russian Store Poisons Dozens of Shoppers, Workers” — Bloomberg, December 26, 2005
  • “Russia gas attack sickens scores; commercial dispute suspected” — Jerusalem Post, December 26, 2005
  • Irina Titova (ap). “Gas Attack at Russia Store Sickens Dozens” — Washington Post, December 26, 2005

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Jobs unveils new products after cloud of secrecy and lawsuits

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

After months of secrecy and lawsuits intended to suppress reporting on unannounced products by independent news outlets, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, began his keynote address at 17:11 UTC this morning, before an enthusiastic audience.

The keynote, held at Moscone Center in San Francisco as part of the annual Macworld Expo, began with a recap of Apple’s retail progress over the past year, media coverage, and a demo of the new Spotlight search technology in the upcoming Mac OS X Tiger, which was announced at the previous 2004 event.

Jobs then made a number of product announcements as he continued his demonstrations:

  • Mail is revamped to include high-speed Spotlight search support.
  • QuickTime 7, a new release with H.264 codec support for future DVD formats, will be included with Tiger.
  • Dashboard will provide miniaturized applications, or “widgets”, for controlling iTunes, performing currency conversion, obtaining stock quotes, looking at the weather, and more. Developers will be able to create new widgets using the developer APIs provided by Apple.
  • iChat, Apple’s A/V conferencing tool, will provide support for 10 simultaneous participants over an audio-only feed, and four simultaneous participants over a video feed.
  • iLife ’05 is a major upgrade with major new versions of three of its included applications:

    • iPhoto 5 now supports MPEG-4 and RAW photo format (for increased control over color fidelity and filtering).
    • iMovie HD now supports video in the High-Definition (HD) format.
    • iDVD 5 now supports both DVD-R and DVD+R.
    • GarageBand 2 upgraded to record up to 8 tracks of audio simultaneously, with “real-time music notation”, a new “loop authoring tool”, “vocal transformation filters” and other features from Apple’s higher-end Logic audio tool.
  • Final Cut Express HD to ship in February.
  • iWork ’05 suite:

    • Keynote 2 has new features for animation and self-running kiosks.
    • Pages is a new word processor with PDF support and Apple designed templates.
  • Mac mini is a new $499 “headless”, small form-factor Macintosh with no monitor, no keyboard, nor a mouse. Dimensions were given as “6.5 inches wide and 2 inches tall”. 1.25GHz G4 CPU, 256MB RAM, 40GB hard disk, FireWire, USB, modem and Ethernet. Upgraded unit with 1.42GHz G4 CPU and 80GB disk for $599. Scheduled to ship Jan. 22.

Jobs then made his final announcement, in his trademark “One More Thing” style:

  • iPod shuffle is a $99, miniature version of the iPod with 512MB of flash memory. $149 for the 1GB version. Shipping today.

Jobs then exited as music artist John Mayer began his live entertainment act.

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How To Choose The Best Yogurt Maker

How to Choose the Best Yogurt Maker By Atica Brewton

Many people who are seeking a more healthy diet and lifestyle are contemplating what is the best yogurt maker for their budget. There are many different brands to choose from with a plethora of options and price ranges. Although there are many to choose from, the difference between competing yogurt makers is minimal. All you need is a device that will maintain the yogurt mixture at the required temperature for a set amount of time. Honestly, the best yogurt maker is the least expensive and most reliable appliance that fits your budget.

Many consumers choose the least expensive option and just won’t buy a yogurt maker. I don’t think these people are cheap, but I do think they should explore their options. Instead, they will use their oven for heat. This is a viable option but it will end up costing you in the long run because of how much electricity is required to keep an oven heated for at least 6 to 8 hours. I recommend they purchase a yogurt maker instead because it is more energy efficient and won’t use nearly as much electricity as their oven. I must repeat that they best yogurt maker is the most inexpensive option.

Another option I’ve heard from several people is to use a microwave convection oven. Once again, this is a large appliance that draws tons of electricity so your power bill will be affected from leaving the microwave on for several hours. Also your microwave is tied up and can’t be used while your yogurt is heating. Some people would be annoyed by the constant noise of the microwave. It just seems easier and more hassle-free to invest in an inexpensive yogurt maker.

There are several ways to make yogurt using alternative heat sources. All of these options are legitimate and can yield a wonderful tasting snack. I recommend that you follow whatever method works best for you. I like to keep things simple and worry-free. The less utensils I dirty during the process, the better. Since I make yogurt several times per week, this works best for me. In my opinion, the best yogurt maker is the most user-friendly and inexpensive device available.

The author’s website Yogurt Maker Enthusiast features tips on finding the best yogurt maker, how to use yogurt makers, yogurt starters and homemade yogurt recipes.