Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics

Monday, December 3, 2007

At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday. The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader’s work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause. Opinion was divided. “He’s an opportunist.” “He only stirs things up.” “Why do I always see his face when there’s a problem?”

Shankbone went to the National Action Network’s headquarters in Harlem with this Thanksgiving discussion to inform the conversation. Below is his interview with Al Sharpton on everything from Tawana Brawley, his purported feud with Barack Obama, criticism by influential African Americans such as Clarence Page, his experience running for President, to how he never expected he would see fifty (he is now 53). “People would say to me, ‘Now that I hear you, even if I disagree with you I don’t think you’re as bad as I thought,'” said Sharpton. “I would say, ‘Let me ask you a question: what was “bad as you thought”?’ And they couldn’t say. They don’t know why they think you’re bad, they just know you’re supposed to be bad because the right wing tells them you’re bad.”

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Construction Uses For Skip Hire

Construction skip hire services are big business and a type of business service which can be endless in terms of the options now available. Skips can be hired in sizes large and small. Skip hire services for builder / construction uses can be found and hired from all of the top firms in the market. No matter where in the UK you may live, you can be sure that it will not be too hard to find a high quality skip hire supplier / provider. Whether you live in London or any other city, there are endless companies able to offer high quality skip hire.

Skip hire of all sizes available with no time limits can hired as a great way for a construction firm to run their projects on time and in a tidy manner overall. Skip hire companies that deal with construction waste removal are plentiful, but in order to safeguard the waste you have to hire the right overall skip in the first instance. Good overall firms offer a friendly reliable skip hire service to construction and commercial businesses and private use. Use for large clearance on professional sites is another way to which skip hire can also be made useful to good effect.

Look for well priced solutions for your waste, including complete skip hire servicesfor businesses and you can find the ideal overall B2B skip hire service. From the smallest garden clearance to the largest construction project, it is easy in terms of the processes involved to hire a skip in an effective manner. Skips are practical and easy to use and are able to handle great quantities of waste and rubbish that other means would not be able to handle when it comes to outright waste handling. This is why the skip has been in use for so many years and in such an effective overall manner.

Whether you’re a builder hiring skipsfor a construction project, or a home owner, it doesn’t matter. What is the case is this is for sure the best way to offload unwanted and un-needed waste matter. They are commonly used for residential refurbishment projects, shop refits and so many other uses that can arise. The uses are pretty much endless to say the very least. Most firms in the market have a selection of skips available for business to hire starting at 3 cubic yards – rising to skips of much bigger overall sizes.

Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election in the Australian city is scheduled to take place this week.

Tseng runs a firm called eTranslate, which helps software developers to make the software available to the users. In the candidate’s questionnaire, Tseng said eTranslate had led to him working with all three tiers of the government. He previously belonged to the Australian Liberal Party, but has left since then, to run for mayorship as an independent candidate.

Tseng is of Chinese descent, having moved to Australia with his parents from Vietnam. Graduated in Brisbane, Tseng received his PhD in Melbourne and has been living in the city, he told Wikinews. Tseng also formed Chinese Precinct Chamber of Commerce, an organisation responsible for many “community bond building initiatives”, the Lord Mayor candidate told Wikinews.

Tseng discussed his plans for leading Melbourne, recovering from COVID-19, and “Democracy 2.0” to ensure concerns of minorities in the city were also heard. Tseng also focused on the importance of the multi-culture aspect and talked about making Melbourne the capital of the aboriginals. Tseng also explained why he thinks Melbourne is poised to be a world city by 2030.

Tseng’s deputy Lord Mayor candidate Gricol Yang is a Commercial Banker and works for ANZ Banking Group.

Currently, Sally Capp is the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, the Victorian capital. Capp was elected as an interim Lord Mayor in mid-2018 after the former Lord Mayor Robert Doyle resigned from his position after sexual assault allegations. Doyle served as the Lord Mayor of Melbourne for almost a decade since 2008.

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Blizzard Entertainment’s victory over bnetd sealed in Appeals Court

Saturday, September 3, 2005

Blizzard Entertainment has won a federal ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals against the programmers of bnetd, a software package that emulates Blizzard’s Battle.net service. The court reaffirmed the original judgement, given in October, that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and click-through EULA’s prohibited the reverse engineering of Blizzard’s software in order to improve their playability. This was the first real test of the DMCA’s applicability.

Bnetd, released under the GNU General Public License, was created to enable users to play multiplayer games, bypassing Blizzard’s freely accessible Battle.net servers, which have sometimes been unreliable or slow for gamers. The software also disabled the CD-Key check which is present in Battle.net to prevent users of pirated copies from being able to connect to Blizzard’s servers. Offers by bnetd developers to incorporate Blizzard’s CD-Check system were declined.

The CD-Check system itself has faced controversy, with some users complaining it borders on breaching privacy in the same way as adware and other malevolent software. This is not confined to Blizzard: controversy occurred when Sony Online Entertainment’s EverQuest had a similar system which was later disabled due to complaints. Other games designed for network play are also known to have similar systems in place, the most prominent perhaps being Valve Software’s Steam system developed for Half-Life 2.

Blizzard has produced many popular titles such as Starcraft, World of Warcraft and the Diablo series.

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Services Offered By The Best Welding Fabricators Houston Can Offer

byAlma Abell

Metal fabricators play a very important role in many areas. The construction sector in particular cannot survive without reliable metal fabricators. When you have a project that needs the services of a good fabricator, you must make sure you look for the best so that your project works out very fine. In structural development projects such as home building and other engineering projects, the quality of fabrication influences the outcome of a project in a major way.

Role of Fabricators in the Auto Industry

The automobile welding fabricators industry Houston is a major client for fabrication services. This is mainly because the auto body building process mainly involves the use of metals to create the body parts that dealers assemble together to make the different car models that you admire and drive. Collision repair is another area that cannot survive without the contribution of the best Welding Fabricators Houston can offer. This is because many body parts that get damaged need fabrication to restore the vehicle to its original look.

Fabrication in Structural Construction Sector

There is almost no building that does not have some metal. whether it is the roofing bars, the windows and even doors, you need some metal fabrication to make sure you have a secure and strong house that intruders cannot enter with ease. When you are building a major structure, you should always look for a good company to handle all your fabrication needs for the project to run smoothly.

Metal Fabricators Help in Industrial Development

Although many people may not notice this, there are many industries that use metal fabricated machines in their production and manufacturing processes. Most plant engineering projects need certain machines that only metal fabricators can make. Many of the domestic appliances made of metal also come from metal fabrication companies such as JK Welding Service LLCbefore they can get to your homes.

Logistical challenges can make a project very costly. When looking for the best Welding Fabricators Houston can offer, you must make sure you check out each potential firm to make sure they have the logistical systems in place to enhance proper service delivery. If you work with a firm that has no proper logistics in place, you are most likely to spend more resources to get a job done.

Terri Schiavo dies

Thursday, March 31, 2005

Terri Schiavo died this morning in St. Petersburg, Florida, moments after 9 a.m. EST. Thirteen days ago, her feeding tube was removed after courts repeatedly ruled Schiavo would not want to be kept alive in her current state. Schiavo suffered severe brain damage in 1990 after a mysterious cardiac arrest.

Many news sources allege the cardiac arrest was caused by an eating disorder, while her family maintains she had no eating disorder at all. During the attack, her brain was starved of oxygen for 14 minutes, leading to the death of many of the neurons in her brain and possibly leaving her in a persistent vegetative state (PVS).

Michael Schiavo argued before the courts that his wife would not want to live for a prolonged period on a feeding tube. In 2001, the tube was removed, but was reinserted two days later after an appeal by Terri’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler. After the Schindler family had all of their appeals rejected, the tube was removed once again in 2003, but reinserted six days later when Governor Jeb Bush and the Florida legislature collaborated on a bill, allowing Bush to order the tube reinserted. After the law was overturned in May of 2004, and the Schindler family’s numerous appeals were again rejected, the tube was removed on March 18th.

President George W. Bush held a press conference, in part to offer his condolences to the friends and family of Schiavo. The president commended those on both sides of the issue.

An autopsy is planned to be performed in the coming days, which both the Schindler family and Michael Schiavo hope will shed some light on the cause of her brain damage.

Schiavo is survived by her husband, parents and her younger siblings Robert Jr. and Suzanne; she had no children. Schiavo was 41 years old.

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Solar powered plane completes first leg of transcontinental trip

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Solar Impulse, the world’s most advanced solar powered plane has just completed the first of the five legs of its trans-continental journey, flying fuel-free from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, in just over 18 hours.

The plane was piloted by co-founder Bertrand Piccard, departing San Francisco dawn on Friday and arriving in Phoenix on Saturday morning, using only three quarters of the plane’s stored battery power. “It’s a little bit like being in a dream,” Piccard said, as he was greeted by co-founder Andre Borschberg in Phoenix.

Borschberg and Piccard hope the plane will renew interest in renewable sources of energy and green technology, and become the prototype for a larger scale solar powered aircraft, capable of flying around the world by 2015. “If an airplane can fly day or night with no fuel, just on the sun’s power, of course it means that everybody in daily life can use this technology for his house, for heating and cooling systems, for lighting, for cars, for trucks. There’s so much we can do now to have a cleaner future,” Piccard said.

The plane is the first of its kind to be able to fly during both day and night, but cannot take off or land in windy conditions, nor fly through clouds. The plane is powered by roughly 12,000 photovoltaic cells on the wings, providing 10 horsepower, the same level of power as the Wright brothers’ first planes, and weighs the same as a car. “One hundred years ago, the planes had to fly in good weather and there was only one person on board,” Piccard said. “Now we have completely new technology, we fly with no fuel at all. But, of course, we need to fly in good weather and we carry only one pilot on board.

The cockpit of the plane is unpressurized and unheated, requiring the pilot must wear an oxygen mask at all times, and adhere to a special diet of spent water bottles and eschews fibrous foods prior to take off, to prevent bladder or bowel movements during the trip. Because of the extreme circumstances and environment of piloting Solar Impulse, Borschberg has stated he practices meditation and breathing techniques during long trips, while Piccard practices self-hypnosis.

Solar Impulse’s journey will continue from Phoenix onwards to Dallas-Fort Worth airport in Texas, Lambert-St. Louis airport, Dulles airport in the Washington area and New York’s John F. Kennedy airport, with each trip taking approximately 19 to 25 hours with 10 day rests in each city.

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Real Legal Apps For Real Lawyers

Submitted by: Jared D. Irving

Technology is very pervasive and has shown proof of its ability to transcend all kinds of activities, industries, workplaces, and careers. Even what used to be an office cluttered with books, paper and typewriter, which can be associated with the legal profession, is not immune to the advances in technology. Hence, throughout the years legal apps for lawyers have become common gadgets in effectively executing their sworn services as legal counsel to their trusting clients.

The internet has made possible the proliferation of modern workplace tools and, more particularly, lawyer apps through which people who are even miles or continents away from each other may clearly exchange communication related to their business. As the legal practice is heavily dependent on a sound client-attorney relationship, clear lines of communication is indispensable. Modern legal practitioners have made themselves comfortable with useful apps for lawyers that allow them to get in touch with their clients and prospects easier and faster.

There are unfortunate times when lawyers cannot simply attend to all pressing matters on his folio due to simultaneous deadlines and schedule of activities. However, the lawyer is nonetheless expected do the impossible mission of handling each case without any delay. With the latest legal apps, legal practitioners can exactly do those seemingly impossible tasks within such small window of time. There are times when lawyers are finding it easy to manage their responsibilities even when time and space limitations will not simply allow it. You can find some websites designed to help lawyers become comfortable with technology solutions are regularly featuring easy and affordable gadgets and software applications that can literally multiply their visibility and ability over time.

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Even when on the field, meeting a client, or sitting down on a negotiation table, lawyers can transmit the all-important set of documents to another client without a fuss by availing of apps for lawyers. Decades ago, bulky templates of legal documents were just too ludicrous for a lawyer to be carrying them in a bag as they go around town. Using apps for lawyers, all these templates have become bits and bytes stored in a sweet little storage devices like flash drives, MP4 players, eBook readers, netbooks and other portable gadgets that accompany any techie lawyer out there.

Even time spent in preparing the lawyer s various documents have drastically been reduced due to some practical legal apps. There are some lawyer apps that can store and insert uniform and commonly used legal phrases, notes and comments that are the same across several memoranda under a certain category. With a few keyboard strokes using the lawyer apps, the document can be encoded and printed immediately and allow the lawyers to always beat the cut-off filing time.

The sphere of legal practice has been improved very well by technology for the greater benefit of the client, the firm and the lawyer. Nonetheless, no amount of technology can ever make a lawyer obsolete but a lawyer who does not make use of technology may become one eventually.

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In pictures: Japan earthquake and tsunami

Friday, March 18, 2011

A week ago today, at 2:46 pm JST, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the T?hoku region in Japan. The earthquake created an extremely destructive tsunami that spawned 10 metre (33 ft) high waves just moments later. The tsunami travelled 10 km (6 mi) inland causing massive destruction in the country’s northeast, including crippling a nuclear plant.

The earthquake and resulting tsunami have left 5,692 dead and over 9,506 missing, with nearly 450,000 homeless. The death toll is expected to rise.

In this special photoessay, Wikinews looks at the earthquake and tsunami, the destruction that resulted and efforts to bring aid to the Japanese people.

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A Japanese home is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Image: U.S. Navy.

The antenna on top of Tokyo Tower was slightly bent by the earthquake. Image: Morio.

Items were knocked off shelves at a store in Narashino, Chiba after the earthquake. Image: mikuaxe.
Soil liquefaction on a road in Koto, Tokyo. Image: Morio.
An explosion occurs at the Cosmo Oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba. Image: Cranky5.
View of a fire in Odaiba following the earthquake. Image: Hikosaemon.
Crowds of workers evacuated from Tokyo skyscrapers walk home after the earthquake in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Image: Hikosaemon.
A long line of cars stretches down Itsukaichi Street in Tokyo on March 11. Due to disruption of train service because of the earthquake and tsunami, people are trying to find alternate means of getting home. Image: Kellykaneshiro.
Stranded passengers congregate at the Kei? line concourse of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo as public transportation in northern Japan is interrupted following the earthquake and tsunami. Image: ?????.
Stranded passengers evacuate from a Tokyo train. Image: ?????.
Calculated wave height of the tsunami, from a NOAA computer model. Image: NOAA.
This false-color satellite picture from NASA’s MODIS satellite shows the area of Sendai on March 13 (top) and February 26 (bottom) shows how far inland the area near Sendai was flooded by tsunami. A bright orange-red spot near the city of Sendai is the thermal signature from a fire. Image: NASA.
An aerial view of the port of Sendai on March 12. Image: U.S. Navy.
A solemn desk chair lies in a layer of mud and petroleum that now covers much of the U.S. FISC Yokosuka Defense Fuel Support Point Hachinohe facility following the tsunami. Image: DVIDSHUB.
The city of Ofunato, Japan, was severely damaged by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Image: U.S. Navy.
A trail of debris is seen floating in Pacific Ocean. The debris was inspected by a helicopter-based search and rescue team from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Image: U.S. Navy.
An up-close aerial view of debris floating in the Pacific. The debris was inspected by a helicopter-based search and rescue team from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Image: U.S. Navy.
A Japanese barge is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Image: U.S. Navy.
An upended house is among the debris in Ofunato, Japan. Image: U.S. Navy.
Members of the Fairfax County, Virginia Urban Fire and Rescue Team head into downtown Ofunato to search for survivors following the earthquake and tsunami. Teams from the United States, United Kingdom and China are on scene to assist in searching for missing residents. Image: DVIDSHUB.
A mother and daughter look at a family photo amid the wreckage of their home. Image: U.S. Navy.
A damaged water pipe shoots into the air after the tsunami.Image: U.S. Navy.
A tug boat among the debris in Ofunato.Image: U.S. Navy.
A Mickey Mouse doll lies among debris in Ofunato.Image: U.S. Navy.
Vehicles and debris line a canal in the downtown area of Ofunato.Image: U.S. Navy.
A large sail boat rests against a building in Ofunato. Image: U.S. Navy.
An aerial view of tsunami damage in an area north of Sendai, Japan, taken from a U.S. Navy helicopter. Image: U.S. Navy.
Empty instant noodle shelves in a supermarket in Tokyo due to stock being bought out on March 16, 2011, 5 days after the earthquake. Image: Kellykaneshiro.
Residents wait in a line outside a convenience store to purchase groceries and supplies on March 13, two days after the earthquake and tsunami. Image: Hitomi.
A blackout in Narashino, Chiba on March 15. Image: mikuaxe.
U.S. Navy sailors transfer humanitarian supplies from an aircraft carrier to a helicopter. Image: U.S. Navy.
Japanese citizens receive supplies from the crew of a U.S. Navy helicopter. Image: U.S. Navy.
A closed petrol station in Tokyo on March 16. Image: LERK.
Entrance of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin after the earthquake and tsunami and subsequent accidents at the Fukushima Daichi power plant on March 15. Image: Jochen Jansen.
Russian people take flowers to the embassy of Japan in Moscow after the 2011 earthquake. Image: Elmor.
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