Wikinews interviews Ubuntu developer Fabrice

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

The 10.10 version of Ubuntu (codename Maverick Merkaat), a free operative system is to be released in the next few days. French Wikinews contributor Savant-fou (Baptiste) has interviewed Fabrice (fabrice_sp on Ubuntu), an Ubuntu’s MOTU (Master Of The Universe), member of the development team of the operative system.

Ubuntu is a computer operating system, based on Debian, which is created collaboratively by thousands of people. There are three official Ubuntu versions: Ubuntu Desktop Edition (for desktop and laptop PCs); Ubuntu Netbook Edition (for netbooks); and Ubuntu Server Edition (for use in servers).

French journalist beaten in Tunis

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Saturday, November 12, 2005

A journalist for the French Daily Libération, Christophe Boltanski, was attacked on Friday by several men in a street of Tunis, where he was reporting on the repression of human rights activists.

He was badly beaten and stabbed with a knife in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel in the embassy district. Boltanski was also hit in the face by pepper spray. He called for help, but the policemen on guard outside the nearby Czech Embassy did not react, according to Libération.

Boltanski filed a complaint on Saturday morning before returning to Paris. Libération and Reporters without Borders suspect this attack was a deliberate act of intimidation decided by the Tunisian regime. According to a United Press International report, Tunisian authorities arrested two men Saturday on suspicion of assaulting Boltanski.

Latvian government takes majority stake in Parex Bank

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Yesterday, Latvia’s government took over Parex Bank, the second largest bank in Latvia. A 51% stake in the bank was taken for a nominal fee. Control of the bank is to be passed to Latvijas Hipot?ku Banka (Mortgage and Land Bank), which is state-controlled.

The deal was first announced on Saturday, and an agreement was signed yesterday. The arrangement reflects similar bank takeovers by other governments across the world, in response to the current banking crisis.A Reuters report yesterday quoted board member Liga Purina as saying that withdrawals are above average, though there are few queues.

The action comes in the wake of Parex admitting to financial difficulties. Until this move, the biggest shareholders were the chairman, Val?rijs Kargins, and Viktors Krasovickis. Parex Bank operates in 14 countries, including Sweden, Estonia and Germany, and is the largest locally-owned Latvian bank.

Tips On Negotiating Your Settlement With A Personal Injury Attorney In Pa

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August, 2013 byAlma Abell

When you’re the victim of an incident, and you’ve received personal injuries, you’ll likely have to deal with an insurance company during the aftermath. Although your accident might have been tough to deal with, most will argue that insurance companies can be just as difficult. The insurance company who’s responsible for the negligent party will have to provide compensation for the damages you’ve sustained. If you’re lucky, somewhere along the line you’ll have a chance to talk about your settlement with an insurance adjuster. The following will hopefully give you helpful tips to handle these negotiations.Negotiating your settlement figure can be one of the trickiest parts of dealing with an insurance company. First of all, you should keep in mind that the overall goal of the adjuster is to award you the lowest settlement amount acceptable. Even though you were in a personal injury accident, it doesn’t mean the insurance company is going to treat you any nicer. You need to enter these negotiations with a solid figure in mind.

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When you and your Personal injury attorney in PA filed your demand letter, you both provided a settlement amount you felt was suitable for the damages you’ve sustained. Unless this amount is extremely low, your insurance adjuster will likely counter this offer with a lower figure. The adjuster will back up this counter offer with reasons they feel will justify the number. Don’t be discouraged if the counter offer is much lower than your initial figure. Since the two of you are negotiating, you still have a right to make a second counter offer. Your counter offer should be slightly lower than your original offer, but higher than the adjuster’s figure.

It’s important to be patient during these negotiations. Determining your settlement amount won’t happen in one setting. These offers can go back and forth several times. Remember the figure you had in mind initially. If you feel this is an appropriate figure, don’t accept anything too far from it. You or your lawyer need to be adamant about this figure, and carefully explain why it’s deserved. With enough negotiating the two of you should be able to arrive at a figure you find acceptable.

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Grand National winning horse ‘Comply or Die’ dies, aged 17

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Comply or Die, the racehorse who won the 2008 Grand National has died at the age of 17. His death was announced by his former trainer, David Pipe. He died over at the weekend in Gloucestershire, where he had been staying with jockey Timmy Murphy. He was cremated on Monday and his ashes will return to Murphy.

Murphy was the jockey in the saddle when Comply or Die won the 2008 Grand National. Speaking to the Press Association, he spoke about the horse’s death. He said, “He was part of the furniture at home so it’s very sad. He gave me the greatest day of my career, obviously that can never be taken away. He paraded at Cheltenham and Aintree and was getting ready to do some dressage in the summer. I’m not actually sure how he died, to be honest, but it wasn’t nice to come home to. He was cremated on Monday. He was a happy horse and he was also very clever.”

During his racing career he made £798,809 in prize-money after winning a total of eight races.

The 2008 Grand National victory was his greatest achievement and he almost matched it when he came second place in 2009. He retired in 2011 but remained active, often being paraded at race grounds such as Aintree and Cheltenham. He also participated in some hunting activities. Pipe said, “Since his retirement he had been a lead-horse at Timmy Murphy’s establishment before trying his hand at dressage, a discipline in which he had proven very successful”.

Tributes have been paid to Comply or Die on social media by horse racing fans with several tweeting their appreciation and memories.

Conservative Treatment For Degenerative Disc Disease

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Degenerative disc disease is the gradual deterioration of the anatomical components of one or more intervertebral discs. These spongy cartilaginous wedges serve as shock absorbers between the stacked vertebral bodies. Discs also aid in spinal movement, allowing the spine to ‘spring back’ and comfortably resume its normal S shape after bending, twisting, or turning. As the body ages, discs can begin to wear down and lose elasticity, robbing them of their ability to cushion the adjacent vertebrae. This can cause a number of problems related to diminished spinal stability, including chronic stiffness, localized pain, and, in some cases, symptoms associated with spinal nerve compression.

How Degenerative Disc Disease Causes Symptoms

When degenerative disc disease begins to cause symptoms, the onset usually is gradual. Barring a traumatic injury that ruptures the fibrous outer wall (annulus fibrosus) of a disc, it normally takes time for deterioration to take full effect. A reduction in range of motion in the neck or back might be the first sign. Eventually, though, as a disc weakens or loses height, it could lead to the development of a bulging disc or herniated disc. With the first, a bulging disc, the outer wall is forced out of its normal boundary. With the second, a herniated disc, a portion of the inner gel-like material (nucleus pulposus) leaks through a tear in the outer wall. While neither of these conditions will necessarily produce symptoms, if a misplaced portion of the anatomy makes contact with a nearby nerve root, it can cause pain, tingling, numbness, and/or muscle weakness in the extremities.

Treating Degenerative Disc Disease Symptoms

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The vast majority of patients suffering from even the most debilitating symptoms related to disc degeneration find that, by working closely with their doctors, they are able to manage those symptoms with a combination of conservative treatment methods. Only about 10 percent of those who develop symptomatic degenerative disc disease resort to surgery, and then only after all conservative treatment has proven ineffective over a period of weeks or months.

In general, the primary goals of conservative treatment are to:

— Control or alleviate pain

— Increase strength of back or neck muscles

— Improve flexibility of the area of the spine adjacent to the deteriorated disc

There is a large array of conservative methods available, including nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), stretching, low-impact exercise, behavior modification through physical therapy, the application of heat or cold, brief periods of rest, and more. There also are a number of alternative or complementary methods used, including chiropractic adjustments, acupuncture, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), back or neck bracing, decompression tables, and others. The efficacy of alternative methods remains up for debate.

Have Patience before Considering Surgery

It may take a while to determine the exact combination of conservative treatments necessary to manage the symptoms associated with degenerative disc disease. Quite often, a period of trial and error is necessary, during which the patient should maintain frequent communication with the doctor. Simply, if a prescribed method of treatment seems to exacerbate the symptoms, or produces unexpected and unwelcome side effects, the doctor needs to know in order to, for example, alter a dose of a particular medicine or eliminate a particular exercise from the regimen.

About the Author: Patrick Foote is the Director of eBusiness at Laser Spine Institute, the leader in endoscopic spine surgery. Laser Spine Institute specializes in safe and effective outpatient procedures for the treatment of

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Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless

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December 25, 2004

Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December.

When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After wiping out the least desirable shanties, next in line for demolition are the illegal ‘well-off’ shanties and neighborhoods, according to the legal and bureaucratic motions that have been executed toward cleaning up Mumbai’s appearance by lowering the dominance of shanties, which make up 62 percent of Mumbai’s housing.

“As far as eye can see, there are mounds of wood, tin and tarpaulin, the remains of 6,200 illegal homes, flattened by a heavy excavator running on tank-like tracks and giant motorised claws,” the Indian Express reported about today’s destruction. [1]

Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that citizens would see a change within six months. “Every chief minister likes to be remembered, and I’m no exception,” said Deshmukh, who despite having an empty exchequer, also announced that Rs 31,000 crore will be spent on new roads, sea links and rail lines. [2]

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