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Russian commander: Tu-160s penetrate US airspace undetected

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Russian commander: Tu-160s penetrate US airspace undetected

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A senior Russian air force commander has claimed that new, upgraded Tu-160 bomber aircraft were unchallenged by US air defense systems when they penetrated a radar zone near the Canadian coast in US territory during an April training exercise, reports the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

Commander of Russia’s long-range strategic bombers, Lieutenant General Igor Khvorov said that the bombers successfully carried out four mock Tu-95MS cruise missile launches, 200 mock bombings, and 53 mock sorties during the exercise. The RIA Novosti reported that the United States Air Force is currently investigating how the Tu-160’s escaped detection.

Lieutenant General Igor Khvorov said, “They were unable to detect the planes either with radars or visually.”

Khvorov denies any link of the tests to the current US-Iranian tension, saying, “Of course, our exercises did not have anything to do with the situation in Iran, but their organization indirectly echoed in that region.”

The Tupolev Tu-160 is a strategic bomber introduced in 1987. It resembles the North American B-1B Lancer, but is larger and faster, being powered by four NK-32 afterburning turbofans, the largest in any combat aircraft. It is not considered to be a stealth aircraft due to its exposed engine inlets and broad wing gloves.

According to Khvorov over the course of this year, two additional Tu-160s will be commissioned for the long-range strategic bomber fleet with the numerous upgrades, including the ability to launch cruise missiles, aviation bombs, and satellite communication.

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Microsoft claims 235 patent breaches by open source software

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Microsoft claims 235 patent breaches by open source software

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Software giant Microsoft’s chief lawyer Brad Smith claimed in an interview published in the magazine Fortune on Monday that open-source software products violate 235 of Microsoft’s patents. The main transgressors are claimed to be Linux (107 patents) and OpenOffice.org (45), with e-mail programs infringing 15 patents. Microsoft wants royalties to compensate for the patent breaches.

According to Microsoft’s Vice-President of intellectual property and licensing, Horacio Gutierrez, the company wants to negotiate with the open-source companies rather than sue them. “If we wanted to litigate we would have done that a long time ago. Litigation is not an effective way of going about solutions,” Gutierrez said. According to him, Microsoft has over the last years tried to work towards a “constructive” solution to the alleged problem of patent violation.

Microsoft in the past has used the strategy of cross-licensing to get royalties from companies who infringe their patents, for example in their deal with Novell. On a company blog, Novell reiterated that their deal “is in no way an acknowledgment that Linux infringes upon any Microsoft intellectual property.”

“We don’t think that customers will want to continue on without a solution to the problem,” Gutierrez said about Microsoft’s approach to guaranteeing companies that they won’t get sued because they use the allegedly patent-infringing Linux operating system.

The upcoming third version of the GPL licence, the licence under which Linux is released, will prohibit Linux distributors to agree to patent royalty deals. Microsoft called these “attempts to tear down the bridge between proprietary and open-source software that Microsoft has worked to build with the industry and customers.”

A related U.S. Supreme Court ruling from April 30th showed how software patents can be subject to court challenges; basically, if the innovations patented are “obvious”, the patent is weakened. Joe Lindsay, information officer for a mortgage company, pointed out that the Unix code that Linux is based upon preceded Microsoft Windows, which might also be a reason for some patents to be invalid.

Red Hat, the biggest Linux distributor, said in a statement on Monday:

The reality is that the community development approach of free and open source code represents a healthy development paradigm, which, when viewed from the perspective of pending lawsuits related to intellectual property, is at least as safe as proprietary software.
 

Larry Augustin, former CEO of a company called VA Linux (now VA Software), responsible among other things for launching SourceForge.net, an open-source software development community, posted a message on his blog under the title “It’s Time for Microsoft to Put Up or Shut Up”:

If Microsoft believes that Free and Open Source Software violates any of their patents, let them put those patents forward now, in the light of day, where we can all evaluate them on their merits. If not, then stop trying to bully customers into paying royalties to use Open Source.

According to the Fortune report, more than half of the Fortune 500 companies are estimated to use Linux in their data centers.

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Bubbles That Tickle Your Nose

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When you are drinking your favorite carbonated beverage, are you thinking about how it got this way? Probably not, but there is a process involved in providing the fizzling and bubbly effect we enjoy. Manufacturing carbonated beverages is divided into the following processes:

* Carbonation

* Filling and packaging

* Sugar dissolving process

* Deaeration of water preparation

* Preparing and blending all the ingredients

* Thermal treatment

What Is A Carbonation System?

The carbonation system configurations, involve a batch operation, which uses blending tanks or a continuous operation for more volume and advanced production requirements. Other processing solutions, include:

* Beer & Beverage Carbonation – Beer and beverage carbonation is a concise mixing of C02 and N2 gas blending for fountain sodas and beer products, such as ales, lagers, and stouts.

* Chemical Blending – Chemical blending is a chemical process, where organic and inorganic chemicals can be blended. The process involves multi-component blending, homogenization, liquid compounding, intensity and liquid powder combination. Chemical blending is one of the frequent kinds of chemical process which is commonly used in this application. The mixing procedure can potentially save manufacturers time, labor, inventory, and transportation costs. Substance could be blended in liquid form to a variety of pH levels and viscosity. This service consists of multi-component blending, homogenization, liquid compounding, high Intensity and liquid powder combination. This process follows a set formula to a batching collector. It doesn’t require any batching vessels for the finished product in homogenization and each dosing amount is accurately controlled.

* Alcohol Blending and Proofing – Alcohol blending is a specific formulation which dilutes and lightens the tones of alcoholic beverages, like beer, wine, and liquor. Alcoholic beverages are based on fermentation and the process of decomposition of organic materials which contain carbohydrates for proofing. Alcohol blending involves distillation that reduces its water content and increases its strength. Blended alcoholic beverage processes involve color adjustments, flavoring ingredients, and a high-proof ingredient with a low compound content.

* Spray and Membrane Deaeration – All beverages are subject to dissolved oxygen which affects its color, taste, vitamin content and its shelf-life. There are different techniques for water deaeration, such as pressure, vacuum, and a combination of both. A specialized spray-vacuum deaeration system is designed to help reduce entrained O2 and other gasses in process water. This system creates a high vacuum environment, where process water is sprayed. As the process water enters the vacuum tank, it is diffused and atomized to create maximum surface area, allowing the trailing gases to escape the water.

The Best in CarbonationThe Waukesha, Wisconsin, TechniBlend Inc. carbonation system is used by different industries including food and beverage manufacturing, consumer and personal care production, and chemical blending. They are a process engineering and automation control company which designs, engineers, builds, and controls both the equipment and complete plants. Their technological solutions allow for more enhanced efficiency, productivity, and guaranteed quality which ensures a large return on your investments.

Shoppers World hosts arts event

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Shoppers World hosts arts event

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Shoppers World in Brampton, Ontario, Canada asks its visitors to “look up, look way up” this October.

The Highway 10 and Steeles Avenue mall is encouraging Bramptonians to paint a ceiling tile for charity this summer, for their upcoming “Looking Up to the Arts” event. The tiles should represent either what Brampton means to you, or the arts in Brampton.

Anyone can paint a tile for the event by buying one at the customer service desk for $5. Once tiles are completed and returned for the event, participants receive a gift certificate for $5. The ceiling tiles must be finished and returned by October 7.

The tiles will be auctioned off at the end of the event, with money going to the Brampton Arts Council.

Local dance, music, theatre and visual arts group will perform and promote at the mall’s event, which will be held from October 12 to 22.

This isn’t Shoppers World’s only celebration of the arts. The mall is the permanent home of the Artway Gallery, a community exhibit space on the west side of the mall. Organized by Visual Arts Brampton, the space allows anyone in the community to exhibit publicly.

This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page for more details.
This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page for more details.

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Wikinews interviews candidate for Cleveland mayor Arthur Kostendt

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Wikinews interviews candidate for Cleveland mayor Arthur Kostendt

Monday, June 14, 2021

Arthur Oliver Kostendt, a candidate running in the mayoral election of the US city of Cleveland, Ohio set to take place November 2, discussed his campaign and policies with Wikinews this spring.

According to Cleveland Scene, 29-year-old Kostendt is a member of the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Republican Party but has referred to his campaign as “casual”. According to his web site’s personal biography, he was a cadet for the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), scout platoon leader for the 2nd Squadron of the 107th Cavalry Regiment of the Ohio Army National Guard and logistics officer for the 1st Battalion of the 145th Armored Regiment. He served in Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and assisted coalition force detachments in Southeast Asia.

Kostendt is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and summa cum laude graduate of Cleveland State University. He writes he uses an apostrophe to abbreviate his middle name as “Arthur O’Kostendt” instead of the customary period after the O to emphasise his Irish heritage.

A poll published May 5 by Baldwin Wallace University, which does not feature Mr Kostendt, has Dennis Kucinich and Basheer Jones leading in the mayoral race by 17.8 and 13.3 points, respectively, with a margin of error of up to five per cent either way. 48% of those surveyed were undecided. Incumbent mayor Frank G. Jackson, who won the 2017 Cleveland mayoral election with 59% of the vote, is eligible for a fifth term but announced on May 6 he would retire.

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Bad Credit Payday Loans The Emergency Funds You Need When You Need Them The Most

By Gressly Stevens

There are many ways to go about getting cash when you need it and one of the ways is through bad credit payday loans. These are loans that will allow you to pay for what you need to pay for no matter what the situation is. You need to make sure you know what you are getting into and you need to know the benefits before you move forward. This is very important.

First, knowing what you are getting into with a bad credit payday loan.

You will have to be 18 years of age with a job and a bank account of some sort to get the loan you are after. You may have to provide proof of your earnings with a paystub or two along with possibly a bank statement or two. This will help you to get approved for the loan you need. This is something you should know and should be prepared for.

If you get a loan online you will have cash wired directly to your bank account within a few hours and this is probably the fastest way to get the money you need. This is also a way to get past the embarrassment of being caught by someone at a payday loan store. You can avoid this and you can make sure you get exactly what you are after with online bad credit payday loans.

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Second, what are the benefits of a payday loan for bad credit online?

Benefit #1 – No borrowing money from friends and family

Have you ever had to ask friends and family to give you money for something? This is not a good thing and not something you need to go through again. The bad credit payday loans will help and keep you from having to ask your family or your friends to give you any money.

Benefit #2 – You can be private about the loan

Another great thing is that you can be private about your payday loan completely. This will help you keep your family and friends from knowing what you are going through, which is a good thing if this embarrasses you a bit. You will not have to worry about any embarrassment if you use an online payday loan.

Benefit #3 – You can get your money fast

These loans are designed to give you cash in your bank account sooner rather than later. Some loans take days or even weeks to get approval for, but bad credit payday loans will give you approval in less than an hour. This is a great way to get the cash you need faster than you probably thought possible.

Regardless of what you are going through you need to know that getting the money for your needs is the most important thing right now. You have to understand that your emergency has to be dealt with and money is important in order to take care of this. You have to make sure you need and can afford the loan and as long as you can, you should take it out. Once you have the money you need to use it for the emergency, then it is time to pay back the bad credit payday loan you took out.

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Interview: Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Interview: Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

January’s second Interview of the Month was with Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on 23 January in IRC.

The EFF is coming off a series of high-profile successes in their campaigns to educate the public, press, and policy makers regarding online rights in a digital world, and defending those rights in the legislature and the courtroom. Their settlement with Sony/BMG, the amazingly confused MGM v Grokster decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, and the disturbing cases surrounding Diebold have earned the advocacy organization considerable attention.

When asked if the EFF would be interested in a live interview in IRC by Wikinews, the answer was a nearly immediate yes, but just a little after Ricardo Lobo. With two such interesting interview candidates agreeing so quickly, it was hard to say no to either so schedules were juggled to have both. By chance, the timing worked out to have the EFF interview the day before the U.S. Senate schedule hearings concerning the Broadcast flag rule of the FCC, a form of digital rights management which the recording and movie industries have been lobbying hard for – and the EFF has been lobbying hard to prevent.

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In depth: Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal controversy

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In depth: Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal controversy

Friday, May 26, 2006

Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy
Recent Developments
  • “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006
  • “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006
  • “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006
  • “Court date “as needed” for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, August 14, 2006
  • “Preliminary hearing for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal rescheduled” — Wikinews, July 26, 2006
  • “Elmwood Village Hotel proposal in Buffalo, N.Y. withdrawn” — Wikinews, July 13, 2006
  • “Preliminary hearing against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal delayed” — Wikinews, June 2, 2006
Original Story
  • “Hotel development proposal could displace Buffalo, NY business owners” — Wikinews, February 17, 2006

In February of 2006, the Savarino Services Construction Corp. proposed the construction of a seven million dollar hotel on Elmwood and Forest Avenues in Buffalo, New York. In order for the hotel to be built, at least five properties containing businesses and residents would have to be destroyed. It was not certain whether the properties were owned by Savarino or by the landlord Hans Mobius. The hotel was designed by Karl Frizlen of the Frizlen Group, and is planned to be a franchise of the Wyndham Hotels group.

Elmwood Avenue is known by the community as a popular shopping center, and Nancy Pollina of Don Apparel (who is “utterly against” the construction) claims it’s the only reason why students from Buffalo State College leave campus. Additionally, Michael Faust of Mondo Video said he did not want to “get kicked out of here [his video store property].”

In 1995, a Walgreens was proposed to be built on the same land, but Walgreens later withdrew its request for a variance because of pressure from the community. More recently, Pano Georgiadis tried to get the rights to demolish the Atwater House next to his restaurant on Elmwood Avenue, but was denied a permit due to the property’s historical value. He has since been an opponent to the hotel construction.

In the process of debating the hotel, it was thought that a hotel had previously existed on the proposed site, however; research done at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society had shown that no hotel had previously existed on the site.

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Get The Super Comfy 390 Blue/Wildside Bind

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Skiing is favored both by the young and adult because it corroborates spirit and the beauty of nature. In most areas with snow, it has become a pattern of plays where cyclic contests are featured to tryout endurance, speed, and agility. A plenty of recreational installations that eye their operations on skiing had likewise been planted such as skiing societies and unshared clubs. Among skiing aficionados who frequent these installations, snowboard gear stimulate become distinguished appurtenances for maximum guard while in the midst of exhilaration and excitation.

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Alpine Freestyle, which makes expend of a plenty of acrobatics in the air and great balance. It expects the skier to function rails for jibbing or grinding to the ground. This manner includes jumping that are addressed kickers and launches which are very majestic when ended correctly.

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Freestyle or New School, which practices a heap of whirls and flips while traversing terrains that asks a flock of jumping, railing, and jibbing on the part of the skier.

Free Skiing or Free Ride, which is a skiing style that includes playing tricks while skiing on steeps and cliffs. It is too terminated by skiers when skiing on powder and clearings.

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Pipe cleaner skis are worthy for skiers with higher skills. They are constructed of wood with the dimensions of 116, 84, and 106 for their tip, waist, and tail respectively. They add up with full twin tip.

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Euro reaches new lows

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Euro reaches new lows
By Admin | Posted in Uncategorized

Friday, July 15, 2011

On Tuesday, the Euro fell to a new record low in relation to the Swiss Franc, and to multi-month lows against the U.S. Dollar and Japanese yen; all considered by investors to be safe currencies during times of economic turmoil.

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that recent comments from the newly installed head of the International Monetary Fund, France’s Christine Lagarde, resulted in a sell-off of the Euro. At a roundtable discussion in Washington, Lagarde noted that the IMF had not yet reached discussion of terms and conditions of a second Greek bailout plan. In fact, a representative from the IMF is currently meeting with Eurozone policymakers to draft such a new proposal. The yield differential between Italian bonds and German bonds has spread to more than 300 basis points, something not seen in over a decade and evidence of investors’ concern.

Adding to the Euro’s woes is the upcoming release of the bank stress tests on Friday. The European Bankers Association said that they expect the data release to shed new light on the Eurozone’s banking situation. Representatives of several of the Eurozone’s governments, including Germany, have requested that the association consider releasing fewer specific details for fear that investor panic will ensue. The inadequacy of the capitalization rates has been an issue with the European Central Bank, whose president recently called upon Eurozone banks to make every effort to put their balance sheets in order.

For the time being at least, an unsubstantiated rumor reported by the Wall Street Journal states that the Eurozone’s central banks’ purchase of periphery debt has helped to quell the downward momentum of the Euro.

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