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Media round-up: April Fools’ Day 2008

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Many media outlets traditionally deliberately spread hoaxes on April Fools’ Day, including notable quality sources such as National Geographic and Science.

The popular British tabloid The Sun wrote that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to undergo stretch surgery to make him taller than his wife, Italian artist and model Carla Bruni. The report claimed the 5 foot 5 inch leader would be made 5 inches taller in one year using a method by Israeli professor Ura Schmuck. The Sun noted that during his visit to Britain last week, Sarkozy had high-heel shoes while his wife wore a pair of flat pumps.

The Guardian on the other hand ran an article that suggested that Carla would head an initiative by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to bring more glamour, good taste and sophistication to the U.K. general population. This would involve collaboration with Marks & Spencer for high-street fashion and Jamie Oliver for meals and wine.

BBC News had real-looking footage of flying penguins fronted by documentary host Terry Jones, which were actually an advertisement for its new iPlayer.

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Meet The Future Of Vdp Printing Technology, Brought To You By Kodak And Wilen Group

Meet The Future Of Vdp Printing Technology, Brought To You By Kodak And Wilen Group

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Meet the Future of VDP Printing Technology, brought to you by Kodak and Wilen Group

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Mark Etinger

One of the latest buzz words when discussing Direct Mail is VDP or Variable Data Printing. VDP is basically your regular direct mail offers, flyers or bill inserts, but with a personal twist.

VDP allows business to print direct mail as usual, but add variable information like consumer names along with a personalized attention grabber, directed to each individual, according to his or hers personal profile. The Eastman Kodak Company developed a new Stream Printhead that provides your business with the enhanced digital VDP capabilities. The new Printhead is actually a bridge between offset and digital printing, extending the business and revenue opportunities for companies of all sizes and adding value to printed pages.

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Many surveys and studies proved that a letter that is personally directed to an individual is more likely to be read through and create action. As a direct mailer, using the Kodak Prosper S10 Imprinting System will help you implement highly targeted, cost effective marketing materials that can deliver greater return on your marketing investment.

The Prosper S10 is now being used in the U.S. We now have the ability to produce direct mail as much as 40 times faster and at a quarter of the price and to produce massive amounts of mail in a short amount of time.

When printing VDP with the S10 Imprinting System, you can actually match your specific brand colors and attributes, or your corporate logo colors into your direct mail. “The quality sets the standard for what new printing technology will be, this technology, although new now, will absolutely be prevalent in the industry. Since we put in the Kodak technology, we have been able to produce 80,000 full color Letterpaks per hour, using 600 dpi technology, which eventually comes out to 1.6 million direct pieces per day, in one press.

Indeed, the Printhead, operating at 1,000 fpm, delivering a resolution of 600 dpi, allows users to save time and money, unlike with the old fashioned, two-step process that combines offset pre-printed forms and offline laser imprinting. As a direct mailer, you can now be confident and comfortable with the new technology, because of the high quality and low cost. The shift occurring in the communications industry makes it tough to be a print-only provider. You have to be solutions- oriented.

With this amazing new technology you can reach a clientele faster and more efficiently than you’ve ever imagined without costing you too much.

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Brampton MPP to hold community barbeque

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Bramalea-Gore-Malton-Springdale Member of Provincial Parliament Dr. Kuldip S. Kular invites “everyone” to his community barbecque.

The event lasts from 1 until 4 pm in the northwest corner of Chinguasousy Park, at 9050 Bramalea Road in Brampton. The BBQ is free.

Kular was elected into office in 2003, having come to Campbellton, New Brunswick in 1974 to set up a family medical practice.

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Recalled pet food found to contain rat poison

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Friday, March 23, 2007

In a press release earlier today, New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker, along with Dean of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine Donald F. Smith, confirmed that scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory identified Aminopterin as a toxin present in cat food samples from Menu Foods.

Menu Foods is the manufacturer of several brands of cat and dog food subject to a March 16, 2007 recall.

Aminopterin is a drug used in chemotherapy for its immunosuppressive properties and, in some areas outside the US, as a rat poison. Earlier reports stated that wheat gluten was a factor being investigated, and officials now state that the toxin would have come from Chinese wheat used in the pet food, where it is used for pest control. Investigators will not say that this is the only contaminant found in the recalled food, but knowing the identity of the toxin should assist veterinarians treating affected animals.

The Food Laboratory tested samples of cat food received from a toxicologist at the New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University. The samples were found to contain the rodenticide at levels of at least 40 parts per million.

Commissioner Hooker stated, “We are pleased that the expertise of our New York State Food Laboratory was able to contribute to identifying the agent that caused numerous illnesses and deaths in dogs and cats across the nation.”

The press release suggests Aminopterin, a derivative of folic acid, can cause cancer and birth defects in humans and can cause kidney damage in dogs and cats. Aminopterin is not permitted for use in the United States.

The New York State Food Laboratory is part of the Federal Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) and as such, is capable of running a number of unique poison/toxin tests on food, including the test that identified Aminopterin.

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Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

 This article is a featured article. It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community. See Wikinews:Featured articles for more information.

Macomb, New York Councilman Steve Burke took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination.

Burke, an insurance adjuster and farmer, was elected councilman in Brookhaven, New York in 1979. He left the town after being accused and found not guilty of bribery in the 1980s. Since 1987 he has served as Macomb councilman off-and-on and currently holds the post. From 1993 to 1996 and 1999 to 2002 he worked as chairman of the Democratic Party of St. Lawrence County, New York. Among his many political campaigns, Burke unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 1992 and recently attempted to run for U.S. Congress in 2014 but too many of his ballot petition signatures were found invalid. Burke filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in the 2016 election on September 18, 2015 and has qualified for the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire Primary.

With Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn?, Burke discusses his political background, his 2016 presidential campaign, and his policy proposals.

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How To Drive In Snow

How To Drive In Snow

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How To Drive In Snow

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Patricia Bland

One of the most accident causing weather conditions is snowy weather. Below are some tips to help avoid problems when trying to drive in snow.

First, be aware of terrain. Looking at how snow affects a car, it is easy to see the problems it causes stem from the loss of traction. In certain terrain, this problem is multiplied. Hills, up or down, can be a problem in snow. A sharp curve can also be a magnet for accidents on the morning after a snow. If there is any way possible, avoid taking routes that have steep hills or sharp curves to navigate. While even the sharpest curves on flat ground can be navigated slowly, be aware that tall snow covered hills can be impossible to navigate altogether. When checking terrain, be aware of areas where ice could form. The most dangerous of these would be puddles where snow-melt refreezes. The only real safe driving advice for ice is don\’t drive on ice.

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Once you\’ve chosen the least treacherous route to get to your destination, it is time to consider how to navigate that route safely. First, know how to accelerate. Acceleration on snow should be done in a relatively slow and steady manner. Once moving at a safe but reasonable speed, try to keep a steady speed to maximize traction. Acceleration is seldom the problem though, it is deceleration that causes the most accidents. The first rule of thumb is to drive more slowly so that deceleration is less necessary. If you are forced to brake hard on snow, no good will come of it. For this reason, along with maintaining a sedate pace, maintain more space than you normally would between yourself and any vehicles on the road with you.

When you must decelerate relatively suddenly, use the car\’s gearing to slow you down as much as possible. The reason cars spin out when you hit your brakes on snow is that one tire maintains traction slightly longer than the other and the one that loses traction locks and never regains traction. Antilock brakes can help by causing them to unlock more quickly, but a better option is dropping to a lower gear. Moving into a lower gear causes the tyres to turn more slowly, effectively braking the vehicle, but never actually lock so even if one side loses traction, its still rolling tyre has a chance to regain it and maintain the car\’s stability. While obviously most effective with a standard transmission, dropping into a lower gear is an effective way to decelerate in a controlled manner even in an automatic transmission powered vehicle.

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Food with cancer-causing dye recalled in Britain

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Saturday, April 30, 2005

The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced a recall of foods containing banned dyes which increase the risk of cancer. The food products were sold at the Tesco, Waitrose, and Somerfield supermarkets.

A Bristol company called “Barts Spices” found the illegal Para Red substance in their Barts Ground Paprika, which was sold in 48g and 46g jars with a “Co-op” label. The batch codes on the affected products are 5032 and 5089 (expiration Dec 2007), and 5075 (expiration February 2007).

Tesco also found that their 130g package of BBQ rice cakes (expiration November and December 2005) contained both Para Red and Sudan I.

“It would be very prudent to assume that it could be a genotoxic carcinogen,” FSA scientific advisers told reporters.

“As a company committed to supplying only the very finest quality food ingredients, we took the immediate decision to withdraw our ground paprika spice from all outlets selling the product and advertised a product recall in the national press,” a Barts Spices spokesman said in a statement.

Sudan I is only authorized for industrial use to colorize petroleum products, such as shoe polish. Para Red and Sudan I are banned under the British Colours in Food Regulations of 1995.

Britain last went through a major food recall in February, when Worcester Sauce was found to contain chili powder dyed with Sudan 1.

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A1GP New Zealand speeds its way into record books

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Saturday, January 6, 2007

Jonny Reid, co-driver for the A1GP New Zealand team, today made history by driving the fastest over the 48-year-old Auckland Harbour Bridge, New Zealand, legally.

Mr Reid managed to drive the New Zealand’s A1GP car, Black Beauty at speeds over 160km/h seven times over the bridge. The New Zealand police had trouble using their speed radar guns to see how fast Mr Reid was going because of how low Black Beauty is, and the only time the police managed to clock Mr Reid was when he slowed down to 160km/h.

Black Beauty, like all the other A1 Grand Prix cars, is powered by a V8 engine, 3.4 litres and has a top speed of 300km/h. During the record attempt, it managed to get to 160km/h from zero in under three seconds.

The stunt was to promote the upcoming A1GP sixth round at Taupo in a couple of weeks, which Mr Reid will be racing because of his two wins at Indonesia, instead of other co-driver, Matt Halliday.

Mr Reid performed the record on the clipon lanes of the bridge which were closed at Christmas because the lanes were being resurfaced. The lanes will be open this Monday, January 8.

Mr Reid said the surface at the top of the bridge hadn’t been swept so it was quite slippery. “It was mega slippery at the top but we always knew that would be the situation and it was just great to show the public a little bit of what we were about.” However he also said that “It was fully under control.”

Mr Reid said the buzz from doing that, especially with the help from police, was huge. “I absolutely thrived on it. It was a very unique experience which you don’t come across every day. It was mega, it really was.”

Mr Reid assures everyone that the speeds he will be reaching in Taupo will be much, much faster than what he achieved today.

Once Mr Reid had finished crossing the bridge seven times, he finished with a few doughnuts.

Two cars were involved in a nose to tail crash on one of the northbound lanes trying to watch the action.

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FEMA official in New Orleans blasts agency’s response

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Sunday, October 23, 2005

Marty Bahamonde, the only FEMA emplyee in New Orleans during hurricane Katrina, testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, contradicts former FEMA director Michael Brown’s testimony and says Brown ignored his pleas for help.

In an August 31 Blackberry email:

“Sir, I know you know that this situation is past critical. Here are some things you might not know. Hotels are kicking people out, thousands gathering in the streets with no food or water. Hundreds still being rescued from homes” and “medical staff at the Dome expect to run out of oxygen in about 2 hours”

In an email from one of Brown’s aids:”Please schedule Joe Scarborough this evening… Also, it is very important that time is allowed for Mr. Brown to eat dinner. Gievn[sic] that Baton Rouge is back to normal, restaurants are getting busy”

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Bad Habits That Lead To Bad Teeth

Bad Habits That Lead To Bad Teeth

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Bad Habits That Lead To Bad Teeth

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AureaRobillard

There s nothing more effective than a smile when you want to improve how you look. A perfect smile instantly lights up your features and shows you in the best possible light each and every time. It makes you look good and feel good, too. In addition, you also lift up the spirits of everyone you encounter. It does all of these good things and more, at least in theory anyway.

The truth is, there are many people who are insecure about their smile, often because of problems with bad teeth. It s easy to be self-conscious when you re ashamed to open your mouth; you re left grimacing all the time in an effort hide your teeth. A good set of teeth gives you confidence and self esteem.

Most of the time, the dismal state of your smile is due to your own neglect and laziness. Improper oral hygiene coupled with bad habits result in misshapen or stained teeth. It s time that you stop the bad habits that contribute greatly to the accelerated degradation of your teeth. Here are a few changes you can do today.

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Avoid sweets. That sugary foods are to be avoided is the one thing you will always hear from

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experts. This is because fermentable carbohydrates like fructose, sucrose and glucose are the number one favorite thing of cavity causing bacteria. They are attracted by the stuck pieces of food in your mouth and then eat away at the surface enamel and interior structure of our teeth.

Avoid smoking. The top

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would tell you that smoking discolors your teeth and darkens your gums. It also gives you bad breath. Dropping this habit will not only give you the benefits of a prettier smile but also the perk of having healthier cancer-free lungs.

Avoid chewing on hard objects. Absently chewing on hard objects is a nervous habit many people share. Any competent

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is likely to warn their patients that this activity has the potential to ruin your teeth. It can crack and chip the enamel which looks highly unattractive. It can also contribute to teeth sensitivity issues.

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