Wikinews interviews Katie Hill, Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball medallist
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 London, England — Yesterday, following her team’s 62–37 win over Mexico in the quarterfinals, Wikinews interviewed Katie Hill of Australia’s women’s national wheelchair basketball team. ((Laura Hale)) Katie Hill, we know you’ve won a bronze medal before. What state are you from? Katie Hill: I’m from New South Wales. ((WN)) Do you play for a club? KH: Yeah! I play for the Sydney Uni Flames. ((WN)) You guys played Mexico in the lead up to this? KH: Yeah. We just had a tournament in the Netherlands, in Europe, and we got to play them there, which is good preparation. ((WN)) You guys dominated in a painful way, embarrassingly for Mexico. You guys did a full court press and half court press and really jammed them up. Was that intentional? KH: Of course! We had a strong game in our last game against the Netherlands, and obviously…
Hot dog eating champion retains title after tiebreaker
Friday, July 4, 2008 For the second year in a row, American competitive eater Joey Chestnut defeated his Japanese rival Takeru Kobayashi at the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City, after a tie forced a five hot dog eat-off to be held. After ten minutes of hot dog eating, two shorter than in previous years, Chestnut and Kobayashi were tied at 59 frankfurters. But after the rare tiebreaker, 24-year-old Chestnut emerged as the winner, claiming a $10,000 prize and a mustard-yellow belt. “It was crazy,” he said. “I’m just a normal guy eating hot dogs on the Fourth. You can’t overcomplicate it.” Kobayashi, whose loss last year shattered a six-year winning streak, said that a sore jaw and a tooth problem may have altered his performance. “If I put one more mouthful in, I could’ve won”, the 30-year-old Nagano native said through a translator. “I lost…
Choosing The Right Teeth Whitening Product
More On This Topic: Porcelain Veneers Nyc Submitted by: Shane Woods It has become a serious demand in our society. More and more people are opting to have their teeth whitened is order to remove stains. This is a common occurrence for anyone who partakes is nicotine certain food and dark colored liquid or getting older. There are two main types of teeth whitening methods; namely your dentist or a do it yourself kit. Here are some pros and cons to each method. A visit to your dentist is the most recommended action to whiten your teeth. Your dentist will either use a bleaching method or a laser method. Although these procedures can cost more money and may not be covered by your health care provider, you will be guaranteed to have perfectly white teeth when you leave your doctor s office. In addition, your can be assured that you…
HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that no one has ever contracted HIV from saliva, and a gay-rights and AIDS advocacy group called the sentence excessive. A Dallas County jury concluded that Willie Campbell’s act of spitting on policeman Dan Waller in 2006 constituted the use of his saliva as a deadly weapon. The incident occurred while Campbell, 42, was resisting arrest while being taken into custody for public intoxication. “He turns and spits. He hits me in the eye and mouth. Then he told me he has AIDS. I immediately began looking for something to flush my eyes with,” said Waller to…
Do You Know What The Key Financial Indicators Are In Your Business?
More On This Topic: Los Angeles Expat Tax Preparation Services By Salim Omar, CPA Most accountants will only keep track of historical numbers like gross sales, gross margins and net profits. While these can be useful, there are other equally or more important numbers that should be kept track of that most old school accountants are not aware of. You cannot improve factors that you cannot measure within your business. The sad fact is most business owners have no idea what their numbers are. And that means theres no good reason they should expect their business to improve because they lack a way to measure the results! Perhaps the most important financial indicator to know is the net cash flow of your business on a monthly basis. When cash runs out, the business most likely has to resort to closing its doors. If cash is termed by many as king…
British man fully “recovers” from HIV
Sunday, November 13, 2005 A 25 year old British man has been reported to have made a full recovery from the HIV virus . Andrew Stimpson did not take any drug treatments after being diagnosed with the virus in August 2002 and was found HIV negative in October 2003. Stimpson’s two HIV tests were performed by the Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust. It has been reported that the hospital is standing by the validity of the two tests that have so far been performed. The hospital would like to perform additional tests that might reveal an explanation for the two contradictory test results. Tests used for diagnosis of HIV infection can produce false positive results. When this happens, additional testing is required in order to determine if there ever was an actual infection. Some news reports suggest that Stimpson may have had contact with someone known to be HIV-positive…
Israeli PM Ariel Sharon undergoes emergency surgery
Saturday, February 11, 2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent emergency surgery at Hadassah Medical Center in Israel to treat intestinal damage revealed by a recent computed tomography, better known as a CT scan. The Chief Surgeon said, “Sharon is out of danger, for the moment. His condition is stable and the surgery was a success.” Sharon is currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital. Yesterday doctors treating Sharon had noticed a swollen abdomen and ordered a CT scan on his torso and found the damage to his intestine. Later tests had shown that part of the large intestine had developed necrosis and needed to be immediately removed. Hospital director Shlomo Mor-Yosef stated a press conference that there were “no complications” during surgery. “His (Sharon’s) key problem is lack of consciousness. There is no significant change in his condition. Doctors did not find any occluded artery and…
The Masters Degree In Biomedical Engineering Degree
More On This Topic: Stage Management Courses Melbourne Australia By Kenneth Echie Biomedical engineering has three options for masters. There is the Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering, Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering and the Master of Engineering in Clinical Engineering. These three options are all geared toward different career levels though the expected academic performance level of students is usually the same. The option of the Master of Science is geared towards those individuals who are interested in a specific field of biomedical engineering research or practice. This Masters needs a clear view and is usually what serves as the first degree for individuals who are interested in complete specialization. The other two Masters do not require any views and they are aimed for professional degrees. Those people who are interested in being employed in hospitals and other clinical fields are the ones that are usually involved with…
In the land of the open source elves: Interview with “Battle for Wesnoth” creator David White
Thursday, June 1, 2006 If you’ve always wanted to live in a world populated by elves, dwarves and wizards, you don’t need to pay for a World of Warcraft subscription or buy the Special Extended DVD Trilogy Edition of The Lord of the Rings just yet. You could instead give Battle for Wesnoth a try — an open source turn-based strategy game in a fantasy setting. For the practically minded, “open-source” means that the code which the game is made of is available to anyone who wishes to use, redistribute or change it. It was created by volunteers and can be freely shared. Even the multiplayer online part of the game is free (no ads or spyware either). But Wesnoth, as it is often abbreviated, is notable not only because it is free. While its graphics are simple by modern standards, the sheer number of units and scenarios that are…
Chili Finger Incident
Correction — October 10, 2019 The day of the alleged incident, March 22, 2005, was a Tuesday, not a Thursday. Friday, May 6, 2005 On Thursday the 22nd of March, 2005, Anna Ayala, a woman from Las Vegas, claimed to have found a human finger in her bowl of chili at a Wendy’s restaurant located at 1405 Monterey Highway, just south of downtown San Jose, California, owned by Fresno-based Jern Management.. The finger, which probably belonged to a woman as it had a long and manicured fingernail, did not belong to any of the restaurant employees. The food supplies were seized by officials to be traced back to its manufacturers, while the restaurant was permitted to open again later with chili prepared from fresh ingredients. Contents 1 Aftermath 2 Investigation centers on Ayala 3 Twists and turns 4 Ayala arrested 5 Ayala transferred to San Jose 6 Finger’s owner identified 7…