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Power crisis in Moscow and central Russia largest ever recorded

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Power crisis in Moscow and central Russia largest ever recorded

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

A huge power outage occurred in Moscow today. The failure in the accumulative power supply system in Mosenergo which occurred at 11:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, led to a power outage in all areas of the city.

Power for lights failed in apartment buildings. Some lines of the Moscow underground stopped for four hours. Trams and trolley buses, electric trains of the Moscow railway also stopped. Hundreds of people were trapped in apartment building lifts. In addition to lighting problems, the homeowners have also lost their water supply, as pumping stations in Mosvodokanal also lost power because of the failure.

15 big cities and five areas of Moscow suburbs, some areas of the Tula and Kaluga areas were left without electricity.

At 12:00 noon, food shops in the affected areas started closing. In shops where sellers continued trading, huge queues accumulated.

To avoid panic at train stations, workers with megaphones informed passengers of train movements. At train stations, reserve power supplies are being used. According to eyewitnesses, there was no electric lighting at many stations and in transitions between them. Escalators also did not work.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Thursday morning trolley buses and trams still do not work in southern areas of Moscow. Despite repair work conducted during the night, it was impossible to power all trolleybus and tram lines.In total 8 tram and 25 trolleybus routes do not work. Buses will take over those routes. Besides this, in the south of Moscow there are still many disconnected apartment houses.

All stations of the Moscow underground are working normally. All trains are running on schedule.

The entrance to Moscow for supersize automobiles will be limited up to 14 o’clock in the afternoon. The limitation was put in place yesterday because of difficult road conditions in the city after the power failure.

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Florida wins BCS National Championship Game over Oklahoma

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Florida wins BCS National Championship Game over Oklahoma

Friday, January 9, 2009

The Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners by a score of 24 to 14 last night’s FedEx BCS National Championship Game to win the Division I title of the National Collegiate Athletic Association‘s American college football league. Florida, ranked Number 1 in the nation, were led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow. “I promised the guys that I would go out and play with all my heart. I was so motivated tonight,” said Tebow. They were matched up against a Number 2 ranked Oklahoma team with a powerful offense, including this year’s Heisman Trophy winner, quarterback Sam Bradford. The game took place at a sold-out Dolphin Stadium in Miami, as a stadium record 78,468 fans attended the match.

Both team’s defensed dominated each others’ offenses in the first half, forcing a 7 to 7 score when halftime came against a Florida offense that averaged 54 points a game and an Oklahoma offense that averaged 40 points. In total, both team’s defenses had 4 interceptions, 2 for Florida and 2 for Oklahoma. Florida’s defense stopped Oklahoma twice during a goal line stand, stopping them on a fourth-down rush once, and a forced interception out of the hands of Oklahoma wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias by Florida’s Ahmad Black.

On the offensive side of the ball, Florida was led by Tebow. Although throwing 2 interceptions, Tebow completed 18 put of 30 passes for 2 touchdowns, as well as rushed 22 times for over 100 yards. Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford helped the Sooners offense through the air, completing 26 out of 41 passes for 256 yards and 2 passing touchdowns, but also throwing two interceptions. In the fourth quarter, Tebow completed a key 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver David Nelson, making the score 24 to 14 and putting the game out of reach for Oklahoma.

Some college fans believe that Florida did not rightly win the national championship, though. Fans of the Utah Utes believed that their undefeated team should have at least earned a spot in the game against Oklahoma or Florida’s one-loss teams. Fans of the USC Trojans and the Texas Longhorns also believed that the teams could have earned a spot in the game, due to their similar records. On the matter, Florida head coach Urban Meyer said “This is one of the best teams in college football history. Let someone else worry about all that. The Gators are No.1.”

On the game, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops commented “In the end, I’ll be glad to try again next year. If that’s the biggest burden I have to bear in my life, I’m a pretty lucky guy.” Tim Tebow, in a post-game interview, said “I was already motivated for a national championship game. But you know, there was some trash talking going on, and it just gets me going during the game.” In a losing effort, Sam Bradford commented “In the first half, we had opportunities that we didn’t take advantage of. In the second half, when we needed to make the plays, we just couldn’t do it.”

Driver hits median strip, rolls vehicle in NSW, Australia

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Driver hits median strip, rolls vehicle in NSW, Australia

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia —

A driver in the New South Wales city of Bathurst, West of Sydney has had a lucky escape after rolling his vehicle onto its side and narrowly avoiding other vehicles.

The accident occurred shortly before 9 a.m. AEST today when a small Sports Utility Vehicle sped out of Gilmour Street, Kelso onto the Great Western Highway before attempting to turn into Lee Street. Witnesses told Wikinews that the car hit the median strip, spun and then rolled onto its side.

Michael Reynard, a witness to the accident told Wikinews it was amazing that only a single vehicle was involved. “The road is busy at this time of day, he only just missed cars on the other side of the road,” said Mr Reynard.

“He came flying around the corner, hit the median strip and just lost it. The next thing you know, he was on his side,” recalled Mr Reynard.

Nobody was injured in the accident.

Get Rid Of The Common Weight Loss Problems Causes For Women And Men}

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Everyone wants to lose excess weight and burn fat to be healthier, prettier, and have a good body. But when people start their challenges on the path to weight loss success, follow extreme weight loss diets programs and do hard exercises to attain their goals, they face several common weight loss problems causes.

Many dieters fail and become hopeless and frustrated because they don’t know the way to get rid of these common weight loss problems causes to achieve the weight loss success they need and have the body they always dream about.

There are at least 6 common Weight Loss problems that all dieters will encounter when dieting and trying to lose weight. But fortunately, all weight loss problems causes have solutions, and in case you say there is a problem without a solution, that means it is not a problem! In this article I will explain these common weight loss problems so that you can avoid them right from the start to achieve your weight loss success story.

1. Feeling Hungry

When people make an effort to lose weight, their desire to eat will increase, and the most complicated obstacle of dieting people face is struggling with the food cravings.

Many dieters skip meals to be able to reduce their daily consumption of calories when trying to lose weight and this is unquestionably a big mistake they make. It is specifically important to have breakfast, as eating this meal helps to boost the metabolism.

By depriving yourself of the main meals it will make you feeling ravenously hungry, Therefore when you do eat, you shall have bigger portions, and it will be harder for you to make sensible food choices, which means you won’t adhere to your daily diet plan. This means taking even more calories than you would had if you not really skipped that meal.

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2. Eating Out With Friends And Relatives

We all prefer to eat out in restaurants with our friends and family, and this can be a very interpersonal event and the perfect time to indulge ourselves. With all the current Delicious foods on the menu we rarely want to choose the healthiest option.

Also, you might often eat out if you are always on the go, or in case you just don’t enjoy preparing food which makes sticking with a diet a lot more difficult.

3. Craving Certain Foods

We typically crave sweet foods out of stress, fatigue, boredom and hunger. In case you have a sweet tooth and on a regular basis crave all the things you know should be avoiding, i.e. delicious chocolate, crisps and sweets (the ones we all like best – full of sugar and fat!) it can be a solid style to break, therefore you need a hard work to eliminate this bad behavior.

After eating these kinds of foods you will need many hours of daily hard training to counteract the big quantity of calories found in them, so that it is certainly unrealistic to imagine you can consume a huge amount of calories every day and successfully burn all of them off.

4. Insufficient Energy

When we try to lose weight, we probably don’t eat much or in the worst situations we don’t eat at all and skip meals especially in the morning, which leads us to experience a period of lethargy, particularly during the afternoon.

This can make us feel drained and exhausted, then we are much more likely to eat the biscuit tin for an energy boost rather than eating healthier snack.

5. Hard To Fit In Exercise

Right now our needs are increasing day after day, and we’re struggling to make our work efforts pay off for us financially. For that, work hours are getting longer, and if you have a family and other responsibilities, this hardly leaves you with very little time to fit workout into your weight loss diet plan.

Especially if you have a very stressful job and work long hours, the last thing most of us would want to do after an arduous day is going to the gym.

6. Diet Plateaus

It is normal that after following a low or reduced calorie diet for a couple weeks you suddenly find that you don’t lose weight anymore, and whatever you do your weight stays the same, this is called diet plateaus, it can happen in two situations:

-You’ve decreased your calorie consumption too much and the body actually thinks it is ‘starving’ so slows down the metabolism to preserve the fat and save your life.

-You are eating as many calories as you are burning off so you aren’t losing any more weight.

These are really complicated weight loss problems you will face when you decide to start your weight loss success journey, and maybe prevent you from achieving your goal and having the body you always dream about.

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City of Calgary, Canada removes fluoride from drinking water

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City of Calgary, Canada removes fluoride from drinking water

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Calgary city council voted 10 to 3 on Wednesday to stop fluoridating their water supply. This overturns a previous plebiscite from 1989 to add the fluoride in an attempt to reduce tooth decay.

Opponents of water fluoridation claim that there could be unknown health effects of fluoride, and question its effectiveness in preventing tooth decay. They also claim that individuals should be able to decide for themselves whether or not to use fluoride. However, Alberta Health Services maintains that current evidence shows that fluoride is both safe, and beneficial to dental health.

It is estimated that no longer fluoridating the water supply could save Calgary’s city council C$750 thousand (€550 thousand) annually, as well as cutting a C$6 million (€4.3 million) upgrade to the fluoridation system.

Garuda Indonesia increases flights, fleet; may buy rival

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Garuda Indonesia increases flights, fleet; may buy rival

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Indonesian state-owned flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has been expanding, with the airline set to add nine new jets to its fleet and double its flights between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. Garuda is also considering a bid for defunct rival Linus Airways.

Garuda is expecting the imminent arrival of four new Airbus jets and five new Boeings. The Airbuses, A330-200s, are earmarked to fly international routes to Seoul and Shanghai starting in July. All four have Internet and telephone access for passengers. The Boeings, B737-800 Next Generation aircraft, are due to be in service by the 2010.

Also planned before the year’s end is the increase in flights on the Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur route from one to two per week. “We saw our current load factor[s] have reached 75 percent and even more during school breaks like June and July,” Said the company’s Vice President for Network Oversight, Risnandi. “This is very promising.”

Garuda is now reported to be considering a bid for Linus, who stopped operating on April 27 and have recently been stripped of the rights to fly their former routes as legally required for airlines that do not operate for more than thrity days. Linus still holds some documents of worth to Garuda for transfer to their subisidiary Citilink.

“I heard that Garuda intends to buy Linus who already hold an aviation business license (SIUP) and an air operators certificate (AOC) for the scheduled air services,” said Indonesian Director General of Civil aviation Herry Bakti S. Gumay to reporters for Bisnis Indonesia. He said that his office was in favour of a takeover by Garuda because foreign bids are limited to holding a maximum total of 49% of the shares in Linus.

Linus Airways’ President Directer Indra said that “we are flexible to acquisition, depending on the investor. If someone wants to buy 100% of the shares we can release our shares, but if someone wants take only a majority shareholding with us as a partner – we are also open.” Indra commented that he has had an informal meeting with Garuda CEO Emirsyah Satar but says that they never discussed acquisition by Garuda and that Linus is already in talks with another ‘strategic investor’ with a view to resuming operations.

Two airlines, Riau Airlines and Kartika Airlines, have both launched bids for the ten routes formally operated by Linus, which include four from Jakarta and three from Batam.

Garuda Indonesia’s Financial Direcotr Eddy Purwanto has anounced that US$650 million worth of loans from Bank Mandiri have been restructured. Garuda, who has apointed Rothschild’s as their international financial advisors, will now pay US$450 million by 2015.

Man arrested after attempting to break into Prince Charles’s home

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Man arrested after attempting to break into Prince Charles’s home
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Police were called to the Highgrove House, the home belonging to Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, on Tuesday night after police received a call that there was an intruder on the property.

“He was detained within the grounds and did not gain access to any buildings,” said a spokesperson for the police, Tony Rymer.

A spokesperson for the estate refused to comment to the media calling it “a matter for the police” and that any comments on the intrusion should be given through them.

According to a Gloucester Police spokeswoman, a man from Bristol, England was arrested after wielding a pitchfork around the property. The name of the 55-year-old has not been released, but police charged him with trespassing. He was later released after posting bail.

Camilla and Charles, who were both present and sleeping on the estate at the time, were not injured.

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Know All About Commercial Real Estate

Know All About Commercial Real Estate

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June Barrack

Purchasing commercial real estate can seem like a daunting and confusing process but it doesn\’t have to be! Below are a number of tips to help you and/or your company take the necessary steps in order to obtain the real estate to fit your needs. Don\’t stress, instead use the tips to help you on your journey!

Now is a great time to build a house. Interest rates are low, property is readily available, and construction workers and contractors are chomping at the bit to get jobs lined up. There may never be a cheaper time to have a custom home built, so do your homework and make those dreams come true.

Apartments are usually what people buy for commercial purposes, but think about other types of investments too. You could invest in offices, parks or simply land. You can also buy something and transform it into a different type of building if the location is right. Be creative and original in your projects, but be realistic in your plans. You could make a building into a recording studio and hire it out to bands and musicians. Make sure that you have used high quality soundproofing materials if you are going to carry out such a project.

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Be sure to have all of your requirements for the deal in writing before beginning work with any seller or broker. Include the meetings that you may want to have with managers, heads of departments, and maybe even an architect. Be sure, also, to interview different brokers prior to signing with any of them.

When trying to rent commercial real estate you have to make sure to try to negotiate with the landlord before agreeing to the price that he or she is asking for. Many landlords deliberately inflate prices to leave room for negotiations so you should use that to your advantage.

With commercial property values being so high, it is important to seek out partners who can share the cost and the investment with you. This helps guarantee financing. Of course, these people need to be people you can trust, and the deal that is worked out needs to be engaging for all parties so that trust is kept.

If you are looking to buy a commercial property so that you can start a business, you should do some research to find out what other businesses have operated there. It would not be a good idea to buy a property where many businesses have failed regardless of how great the deal looks.

If one likes skiing or wants to own some real estate that will have an attractive feature for renters they should consider buying a property that is close to popular skiing areas. By buying real estate close to these areas one can attract renters and have a place for themselves to use.

When you are financing your commercial real estate endeavours, you want to ensure you can make all the necessary payments that are needed to keep your business running. If you cannot make all the payments or you are not sure if you can, then you should search for other investment opportunities because it is inevitable that you will go bankrupt.

If you learn all you can about commercial real estate, finding the right commercial property for your business can be a breeze. However, if you refuse to get the right information in mind, you won\’t be able to take on the search with confidence. If you use the commercial real estate advice in this article, you will find that there is a great strategy in successful commercial real estate buying.

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Enjoy The Beauty Of A Lakeside Home In Calgary

byAlma Abell

Whether you live in Calgary now or you are thinking of moving here, nothing is better than enjoying a beautiful and serene homesite. You can enjoy this type of home when you consider the Calgary Lake communities. These communities are located within close proximity to McKenzie Lake and Lake Bonavista. They include the communities of Midnapore, Sundance, Chaparral, Auburn Bay, and Mahogany.

Living lakeside and enjoying life

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Living lakeside is one of the great benefits that life in one of the Calgary lake communities can offer. If you have always wanted to live surrounded by peace and serenity then this is a wonderful option to consider. Open spaces and nature on every side are what some people long for who are tired of the city life. An abundance of trees, grass, and natural surroundings can all be obtained in the Calgary lake communities.

Outdoor recreation at its finest

One of the nice things about living by the lake is the opportunity to participate in waterfront activities. You can kayak or stand up paddle or any other water activity that is appealing. Whether an older retired couple would like this lifestyle or a young, active family, life by the water is ideal for families of all ages and ranges. Calgary lake communities offer immediate access to the water and all the enjoyment that comes along with it.

Finding the perfect home

If you would like to consider living in these beautiful homes, you will want to first reach out to your local real estate agent. The agent can answer any questions you may have about the homes for sale within these beautiful communities.

If lakeside living appeals to you, then start your home search today with a trusted local real estate agent in Calgary.

At Calgary Real Estate ReMax, you can find many different houses for sale in Calgary that are competitively priced. Visit them online to learn more information at http://www.myfriendfernando.ca.