Zoo elephants live shorter lives than their wild counterparts, report warns

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Friday, December 12, 2008

A recently released report has found that elephants living in protected environments in their natural habitats live significantly longer lives than elephants kept in zoos.

The report focused on Elephants in European zoos, and it stated that “bringing elephants into zoos profoundly impairs their viability.” Georgia J. Mason, who lead the study, also stated that zoos do not need to abandon the idea of keeping elephants in captivity, although he did recommend that imports of the animal should only occur in zoos which have a track record of successfully addressing issues in elephant’s health, and have a productive breeding programme.

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“Currently zoos are consumers rather than producers of elephants,” added Mason. “We feel that’s not really appropriate.”

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums criticised the findings. The organisation’s senior vice president for conservation and education, Paul Boyle, described the research as “terribly flawed.”

Boyle also stated that he did not remember any time when elephants were brought into the US for zoos. “I cannot speak for other countries,” he added “but that [the statement that elephants are imported for zoos] is not true of the United States.”

The researchers for the report were from organisations including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the University of Guelph.

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PM reshuffles Cabinet, Pranab Mukherjee is new Indian Foreign minister

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Pranab Mukherjee was appointed the External Affairs Minister while veteran Congressman A K Antony took his place as Defence Minister in a minor expansion-cum-reshuffle of his 29-month-old government by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Kannada actor-turned-politician M H Ambareesh made his debut in the Union Ministry as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.

Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, an RJD leader and a protege of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, who had to resign last year following allegations of influencing the police in a case of electoral malpractices against his brother, returned to the government, again as Minister of State for Water Resources.

Oscar Fernandes took over Ministry of Labour.

Toothpaste fills cavities without drilling

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Thursday, February 24, 2005

A paste containing synthetic tooth enamel can seal small cavities without drilling. Kazue Yamagishi and colleagues at the FAP Dental Institute in Tokyo say that the paste can repair small cavities in 15 minutes.

Currently, fillers don’t stick to such small cavities so dentists must drill bigger holes. Hydroxyapatite crystals, of which natural enamel is made, bond with teeth to repair tiny areas of damage.

Yamagishi and colleagues have tested their paste on a lower premolar tooth that showed early signs of decay. They found that the synthetic enamel merged with the natural enamel. The synthetic enamel also appears to make teeth stronger which will improve resistance to future decay. As with drilling, however, there is still the potential for pain: The paste is strongly acidic to encourage crystal growth and causes inflammation if it touches the gums.

The paste is reported in the journal Nature.

Angolan Supreme Court summons President dos Santos over nepotism claims

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

The Supreme Court of Angola yesterday summoned President José Eduardo dos Santos to explain his decision to appoint his daughter head of the national state-owned oil firm, Sonangol. The pair face claims of nepotism and breach of probity legislation.

Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman according to Forbes, is also summoned. She took control of Sonangol in June after her father fired the entire board. Angola is now the continent’s largest oil producer, surpassing Nigeria after militancy affected production there. The company nonetheless is struggling to cope with reduced prices for oil.

The court’s move comes as it accepts a petition by a group of lawyers against the dos Santoses. “It is the first time that the court will examine a decision of the president,” said one of them, David Mendes. “The law stipulates that public officials cannot nominate or allow the nomination of family members,” he added yesterday.

According to Mendes the dos Santoses have eight days to answer the court. One member of ruling MPLA anonymously told reporters “The constitution of Angola is clear: the president does not have to personally explain actions taken during his term in court or in parliament”. He said a representative would appear instead.

José Eduardo dos Santos has ruled for over 30 years, but has expressed an intention to resign in 2018 following elections next year. Three years ago his son Jose Filomeno dos Santos was made head of the national Sovereign Wealth Fund. Isabel dos Santos owns shares in both Angolan and Portuguese businesses, particularly financial and telecoms firms.

Home Mortgage Tips On Getting Bad Credit Mortgage Loans

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By Marie Mardeko

You might think you won’t get a fresh mortgage or a refinance mortgage if you have bad credit however actually there are means with which you can get a mortgage your bad credit notwithstanding. Certainly, it can be a bit difficult to get a fresh mortgage or refinance mortgage, if you have bad credit.

At first, consider whether you actually have bad credit as several people don’t have credit that’s as bad as they believe. If you have a credit score that is below 620 yes you do have a bad credit problem, if it’s more than 620 you most likely won’t have problem in getting mortgage depending upon the lender you choose, in particular with the state of the current economy and with credit score of 650 and above you would be able to get best mortgage rates. However, if you faced bankruptcy in earlier mortgage repayments, you might still have difficulty getting a normal mortgage and might need to look at bad credit mortgage.

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If you have bad credit problem, you’ll need to find specialist lenders that provide mortgage to people with bad credit. The advent of Internet has in fact made this a simple task. You can compare deals offered by several lenders by submitting your details on several online mortgage broking websites that will help find you the best rates derived from the details you submit and collected from several lenders eager for your business. Likelihood is, if you have paid your bills and credit card dues on time bad credit apart, you’ll be eligible for a bad credit mortgage. Although seeking lenders online will help you get the best mortgage deal and with better terms because of fierce competition to get your deal to heat up competition you can also approach local lenders and consult them as well.

Take care you verify terms carefully when you consider different lenders, since the information these lenders put up can be ambiguous. Just consider the lender proposes you to sign up for a variable rate mortgage with very attractive interest rates when compared to 15 or 30 year fixed rate mortgages. Now the problem with variable rate mortgages is that they can vary upward, at times considerably, after a set period or with the market trends. Variable rate mortgages were the main culprit behind people losing their homes in the past. Therefore choose a 15 or 30 year fixed mortgage except if you are considering selling your home after sometime.

Confirm you can afford the home you want to buy. Buying out a home is certainly more expensive than renting out one equivalent, as there are additional costs that add up. Just consider although your rent for the current apartment and your monthly mortgage payment is approximately the same there are additional costs that you will have to bear like annual property taxes, homeowners insurance, and monthly utility costs that might be currently included in your rent. Therefore, calculate the exact costs of your mortgage as there will certainly be a substantial rise over present rental payments to find out if you can afford a mortgage payment now.

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On the campaign trail, September 2012

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The following is the eleventh in a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2012 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after a brief mention of some of the month’s biggest stories.

In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: Wikinews chronicles three of the lesser-known speakers at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, a controversial pastor and write-in candidate talks to Wikinews about the unrest in the Middle East, and the ballot-qualified American Third Position Party (A3P) presidential nominee travels to Iran to meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Eurozone offers Greece 30 billion euro in loans

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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Member states of the eurozone have offered to give Greece thirty billion euro in emergency loans for the debt-stricken country, should the latter want it.

The loans’ price will be determined using formulas by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and will be set at around five percent.

The Luxembourgish prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, speaking on behalf of eurozone finance ministers, commented that “[t]he total amount put up by the eurozone member states for the first year will reach 30bn euros.” He added that “[t]his is certainly no subsidy” to Greece.

The prime minister also noted that financing would be “completed and co-financed” by the IMF. European Union monetary affairs chief Olli Rehn remarked that the IMF would make a “substantial contribution” to the loan package as well, perhaps around ten billion euros.

The Greek economy has spent more than it has earned for several years now, and currently faces a budget deficit equal to 12.9% of its economic output, or a total debt of 300 billion euros. The country intends to try and reduce the deficit to 8.7% this year.

Chemical firm LyondellBasell collapses

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Friday, January 9, 2009

 Correction — January 17, 2009 

LyondellBasell did not collapse. Although the United States units and an affiliate registered in Germany filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection, the rest of the group, including the Netherlands parent, is operating normally. Sources:

  • “Press release: Non-U.S. Operations Not Affected By Chapter 11 Filing (English version)” — LyondellBasell, January 8, 2009
  • Ludwig Burger and Rupert Winchester. “LyondellBasell to exit Chap 11 in 1-2 yrs-paper” — Reuters, January 12, 2009 

Global chemical manufacturer LyondellBasell — the third-largest private chemical company in the world — has collapsed. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, as well as the Dutch equivalent. They had failed to meet a January 4 deadline on postponed debt payments, and talks with creditors failed.

Headquartered in The Netherlands, LyondellBasell is owned by private equity tycoon Len Blavatnik, who had already refused the company a loan to help deal with debt resulting from a $12.7 billion merger between Basell International Holdings and Lyondell Chemical to create LyondellBasell Industries.

The company had already appointed Kevin McShea from Alix Partners to restructure the firm. McShea was assigned speculatively prior to the bankruptcy filing. Access Industries, Blavatnik’s company, refused to extend credit as part of a loan deal brokered in March, a decision Lyondell Chemicals Company, a subsidiary of LyondellBasell, stated they were unhappy with.

LyondellBasell had postponed $280 million worth of interest payments, which Standard & Poor said placed it in “selective default” with a “rapidly weakening liquidity position”. S&P also said that LyondellBasell have debts of $26 billion in a report on the company prior to the firm’s collapse.

LyondellBasell responded with a press release, issuing the following statement: “Standard & Poor’s definition of ‘selected default’ related to our corporate credit rating should not be misinterpreted to suggest that LyondellBasell is currently in default of its bank agreements. As they stated in their press release, ‘This is a default in our opinion according to our definitions and criteria.’ LyondellBasell is not currently in default according to its agreements with its lenders.”

The company met with high oil prices shortly after the expensive merger. This was followed by a general tail-off in demand caused by the ongoing financial crisis. Investors were continuing to bet before the collapse that the firm would restructure under bankruptcy protection, leaving lenders with big losses, potentially over 90% of their investments. The cost of credit protection for LyondellBasell bonds had soared. The creditors include Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, ABN Amro and UBS.

On Thursday, an interim allowance was made by a judge for LyondellBasell to seek up to $2.167 billion of loans. There is also an emergency loan paid out of $100 million. As well as LyondellBasell, 79 affiliates have become insolvent. Citigroup has said the collapse will set them back $1.4 billion in unpaid debts.

Best Mini Excavators For Sale

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An excavator is a piece of heavy gear that is certainly generally utilised in construction perform, mining work and function that needs lifting that will be as well heavy for humans. An excavator is a car which is engineered and consists of things that will be utilised like a backhoe and also features a cab that tends to become mounted towards the back pivot close to the undercarriage. It also has tracks and wheels that it\’s operating on.

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There are lots of items that excavators can do and be used for. A number of the most common ones are the digging of holes, trenches, foundations along with other factors. They\’re also utilised for the demolition of old house and other sorts of property. Excavators could be used for common digging, grading and landscaping as well. They play numerous roles in undertaking heavy lifting and placing if certain objects. They might also be utilised for the dredging of rivers as well as other deep places that humans can\’t do. Excavators can come can be a large selection of sizes and shapes. It is possible to purchase or rent ones which can be known as mini excavators as well ones that are known as compact excavators. They\’re able to extremely small and possess a massive pretty bucket size to still get the work done, that you just want. Sometime you can get models that the bucket may be replaced with other objects including an auger or a thing called a grapple. The majority of the time, excavators are used with loaders and bulldozers to have one of the most in the job carried out. Several on the excavators have tracks, but you get them with wheel is your choose. There are numerous various approaches that one can get their hands on an excavator. An individual thinking about one particular should do some investigation and comparing on the businesses about them that provide the most of excavator selections. It is possible to then talk with them and ask in the event you can rent an excavator or if you have to purchase one particular to make use of. Should you be company that is certainly going to become a whole lot of perform with gear, it would be in your greatest interest to buy an excavator. In case you are going to just be doing some function around your home or just something right here and there, you need to look into renting an excavator for your job completed. It is determined by the model, brand along with the organization you use to rent the excavator as to what it cost. Rents generally run just a little more than a hundred dollars per day. In relation to operating an excavator, it could be in your finest interest to read all of the manuals and guidelines that include the piece of gear. It would also be wise to read more than each of the hazardous or consideration stickers which can be placed all over the excavator. They could enable you to with running the equipment appropriately too as becoming as safe as you possibly can when in use. Excavators are a number of the very best heavy equipment to work with to have the job that you simply want done appropriate. Just ensure you choose the excavator and size that is correct for you and also the job.

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