Turkmen president bans recorded music in public

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov has banned the playing of recorded music on television, at public events, and both public and private wedding ceremonies. Turkmenistan’s official daily newspaper, Neitralny Turkmenistan, quotes President Niyazov as stating that the ban is intended to “protect true culture, including the musical and singing traditions of the Turkmen people.” The office of the president said recorded music and lip synching has “a negative effect on the development of singing and musical art.” In a cabinet meeting broadcast on national television, Niyazov said “Unfortunately, one can see on television old voiceless singers lip-synching their old songs. Don’t kill talents by using lip synching… Create our new culture.”

President Niyazov has a history of regulating cultural influences in Turkmenistan. He has outlawed long hair or beards and capped teeth, required video monitors in all public places, and banned car radios and certain performing arts like opera and ballet, deeming them “unnecessary.”

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Food with cancer-causing dye recalled in Britain

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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Guatemalan Supreme Court approves impeachment of President Molina

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Yesterday in Guatemala, the Supreme Court approved the attorney general’s request to impeach President Otto Pérez Molina.

The final decision on lifting Presidential immunity now falls to Congress. The case relates to a corruption scandal known locally as La Linea ((en))English language: ?The Line which has seen Vice President Roxana Baldetti arrested and charged with fraud and receiving bribes. Prosecutors allege Baldetti and Molina between them received half of all bribes in the case.

Congress previously refused to impeach Molina but the investigation has since broadened, with ministerial resignations. Molina, however, has stood firm in the face of widespread popular protests demanding he leave office. Elections are scheduled for September 6.

The Social and Popular Assembly, formed during protests in recent months, allege violations of electoral law by many parties, and want an electoral commission crackdown. One member organisation, the Committee for Campesino Unity, wants a delay until elections are reformed. They also seek a new constitution.

Molina is accused of conspiring to corruptly divert customs funds. He denies any misconduct.

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Wikinews Shorts: August 9, 2009

A compilation of brief news reports for Sunday, August 9, 2009.

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Indonesia is to carry out DNA tests on the body of a man killed in the Temanggung district of Central Java. The body is believed to be that of Noordin Mohammed Top. Born in Malaysia, Top is believed to have been behind a string of terrorist attacks in Indonesia since 2002, including the 2002 Bali bombings and the bombing of the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels this July.

After a 16-hour siege, Indonesia’s elite Detachment 88 stormed a building in Beji village that police intelligence officers believe was occupied by Top and his group.

In an unrelated police raid two would-be suicide bombers were also killed; the target of their truck bomb was believed to be a residence owned by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Sources

  • Suherdjoko & Dicky Christanto. “Terror suspects in shoot-out” — The Jakarta Post, August 8, 2009
  • Xiong Tong. “Indonesian police to conduct DNA test on terrorist leader Top” — Xinhua News Agency, August 8, 2009
  • Blomfield, Adrian. “Police foil plot to kill Indonesian president after raid on top terror suspect” — The Telegraph, August 8, 2009

Following a mass trial on August 1, at which critics of the Ahmadinejad regime were tried for sedition, Iran has on Saturday initiated a second mass trial of those it accuses of attempting to destabilise the Iranian state. Amongst the dozen accused are staff members of the British and French embassies and a French national. Both France and Britain have protested, with British officials calling the situation “completely unacceptable” and the French saying that the Iranian allegations were “absolutely baseless”.

In what have been described as show trials, opposition leaders have confessed to crimes against the state.

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  • “Iran holds 2nd protest-related court session” — CBC News, August 8, 2009
  • “Embassy workers on trial in Iran” — BBC Online, August 8, 2009
  • “French national on trial in Iran over post-election unrest” — Deutsche Welle, August 8, 2009

Great train robber Ronnie Biggs has been released from prison custody on compassionate grounds by British Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw. Biggs, aged 80, is suffering from pneumonia and is said to have just days to live.

His release comes on the day of his birthday and the 46th anniversary of the crime that made him infamous.

Sources

  • “Freed Train Robber Ronnie Biggs Turns 80” — Sky News, August 8, 2009
  • Burns, John F. “Britain’s Great Train Robber Freed” — The New York Times, August 8, 2009

Samantha Orobator, a British 20-year-old from Peckham, London has been returned to the United Kingdom to serve out the remainder of a life sentence for drug smuggling. Convicted in Laos of attempting to smuggle 680g of heroin, Orobator initially faced execution by firing squad, which she escaped only when she became pregnant.

The circumstances of her trial and the circumstances of how she came to be pregnant has led to human rights organisation Reprieve to call for the quashing of her conviction. However the British government has indicated that it will honour its prisoner repatriation agreement with Laos.

Sources

  • Vorakhoun, Phonekeo. “Pregnant British prisoner returns home from Laos” — AsiaOne, August 8, 2009
  • “Pregnant prisoner returns to UK” — BBC News Online, August 7, 2009
  • Addley, Esther. “Ministers condemned for imprisoning pregnant woman after ‘sham trial’ in Laos” — The Guardian, August 7, 2009

In a move championed by its chief executive officer, Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation announced it will charge for online content across all its titles by the end of the year. News Corporation owns the publications The Times and The Wall Street Journal amongst other media interests.

The move comes after a collapse in advertising revenues and US$3.4 billion of losses in the fiscal year just ended. Murdoch explained “…quality journalism is not cheap” and said his plan will “save journalism”. He says he is confident that competitors will follow his lead.

Sources

  • “News Corp tests charge-for-content policy at Sunday Times: report” — Agence France-Presse, August 7, 2009
  • Golson, Jordan. “News Corp. Mogul Cries ‘Charge!’ for Online News” — Business Week, August 6, 2009

Buoyed by better then expected unemployment figures for July, President Barack Obama claimed on Friday that the United States economy is “pointed in the right’ direction and that “we’ve rescued our economy from catastrophe”.

His speech comes in the wake of Bureau of Labor Statistics figures indicating that 200,000 fewer jobs were lost in July then in June.

Sources

  • Brandon, Katherine. “The President On July Unemployment Figures” — Executive Office of the President of the United States, August 7, 2009
  • Collinson, Stephen. “Obama says US economy saved from ‘catastrophe'” — Agence France-Presse, August 7, 2009

Five of Hong Kong’s six Disciplined Services continue to press the territory’s government for pay parity with the Hong Kong Police Force. Although industrial action is for the time being unlikely unions representing officers from correctional services, customs and excise, fire services, immigration and government flying services will hold a mass meeting later this month to put pressure on the government.

Similar rank and grade structures are used through out the six services, however despite the claim that customs and police officers having similar duties and workloads, a police officer will receive up to HK$7,900 more than a custom officer of the same rank.

Sources

  • Wong, Adele. “Summer of strikes looks less likely” — The Standard, August 7, 2009
  • Lee, Diana. “Customs officers seek pay parity with police” — The Standard, August 5, 2009
  • “Customs officers demand pay parity” — RTHK, August 4, 2009

Social networking site Twitter is the unlikely victim of the ongoing hostility between Russia and Georgia. However, on the anniversary of the South Ossetian war, Russian hackers launched a mass denial-of-service attack aimed at silencing Cyxymu, a Georgian economics professor critical of Russia. In addition to Twitter other sites at which Cyxymu posted were also attacked, however being a smaller operation the attacks caused a complete outage of Twitter while the other sites were merely slowed.

Sources

  • Bradley, Tony. “Twitter Continues to Battle DDoS Attack” — PC World, August 08, 2009
  • “Pro-Georgian Blogger Target of Mass Cyber Attacks” — Voice of America, August 08, 2009

Pakistani intelligence service sources state that Hakimullah Mehsud leader of Fedayeen al-Islam has been killed in a fight for the leadership of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) an al-Qaeda ally.

The statement comes a day after public speculation of the death of TTP leader Baitullah Mehsud in a drone attack on the 5th of August. Baitullah and Hakimullah are cousins with Hakimullah serving as a deputy to Baitullah. The TTP is a coalition of disparate groups and without the charisma and leadership of Baitullah, appears to have fallen victim to internal feuding. According to sources Hakimullah Mehsud met with rival Taliban leader Waliur Rehman to determine the succession, word at the shura became heated and led to a gunfight that resulted in the death of Hakimullah and the serious wounding of Rehman.

Hakimullah had earlier issued statements denying Baitullah’s death.

Sources

  • “TTP leader dead in succession fight?” — Dawn (newspaper), August 9, 2009
  • Burke, Jason. “Taliban commander denies the death of Baitullah Mehsud” — The Guardian, August 9, 2009
  • “Report: Taliban torn by feud after death” — UPI, August 8, 2009

Hurricane Felicia has weakened to a tropical storm, but residents of Hawaii are continuing to monitor the storm’s progress as it approaches the islands.

Tropical storm watches were posted for portions of the state, and some beaches have been closed in anticipation of high surf. Meanwhile, emergency supplies were selling rapidly at local stores: “Things are just flying out”, said Vicki Lebowitz, manager of The City Mill in Oahu.

The storm, once a Category 4 major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, is expected to further weaken before making landfall on Hawaii.

Sources
  • “Felicia weakens to tropical storm near Hawaii” — Yahoo! News, August 9, 2009
  • Associated Press. “Hawaii to close beaches as Hurricane Felicia nears” — The Los Angeles Times, August 9, 2009

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New Zealand announces new Matariki public holiday

Sunday, February 7, 2021

The New Zealand Government on Thursday announced the creation of a new public holiday, Matariki. Matariki marks the beginning of the M?ori New Year, which coincides with the rising of the star cluster Pleiades, known as Matariki in the M?ori language.

At Waitangi, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said “This will be a day to acknowledge our nation’s unique, shared identity, and the importance of tikanga M?ori. It’s going to be something very special, and something uniquely New Zealand.” Ardern also said the new holiday would break up the over-4 month gap between public holidays in June and October.

The date of the Matariki holiday is not consistent from year to year, as it follows Maramataka, the M?ori lunar calendar, but would likely always fall on a Monday or Friday according to Ardern. A Matariki advisory group has been established, with M?ori Crown Relations — Te Arawhiti — Minister Kelvin Davis explaining that the purpose of the group is “to provide advice on future dates of the public holiday, how it should be celebrated and to support the development of resources to educate the public on Matariki and the celebrations”. The first Matariki holiday is scheduled for Friday, June 24 of next year.

Ardern’s Labour Party made the Matariki holiday an election promise, and won last year’s general election with a majority. This result was the best for any party since New Zealand’s 1996 adoption of a mixed-member proportional system.

This is not the first attempt to make Matariki a public holiday. In 2009, M?ori Party Member of Parliament Rahui Katene introduced legislation to create a Matariki public holiday. While it was supported by the then-opposition Labour Party, the governing National Party did not support it, and it was defeated with 59 votes in favour and 63 votes against.

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Rising Incidence Of Cancer Is Driving The Global Picture Archiving &Amp; Communications Systems Market

A picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is an imaging technology providing economical and convenient storage as well as access to images. The global picture archiving and communications systems market is expected to gain an upward trajectory owing to explosive adoption of information technology in the healthcare sector.

According to Market Research Future (MRFR), the global picture archiving and communications systems market is expected to register a CAGR of over 4.43% over the assessment period (2016-2023). The attractive advantages of the picture archiving and communications systems such as elimination of manual documentation, error free archiving, digital transmission of data and the greater efficiency and ease associated with the process is driving a large demand.

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The influx of information technology and the ubiquitous availability and adoption of smart devices, emerging web technology, and others is resulting in timely and efficient access to data. Elimination of physical barriers owing to centralization of data is also contributing towards the market growth.

The development of universal image storage and transfer standard for PACS coupled with flexibility to incorporate other standard formats such as PDF is resulting in faster adoption of PACS. The expanding adoption of imaging technologies such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the hospitals are other drivers of the market.

Additional factors that are fostering the market demand include the dramatically rising end-users such as hospitals and the increasing incidence of diseases.

Picture Archiving and Communications Systems Market – Segments

The report is segmented into six dynamics to widen the scope of understanding,

By Type: Oncology PACS, Cardiology PACS, Dental PACS, Orthopaedics PACS, among others.

By Components: Hardware (Access Devices, Peripherals, Servers, Storage Devices, and Networking Devices), Software, Services (Consulting, Implementation Services, Post-Sales and Maintenance Services, and Training Services), among others.

By Imaging Type: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), Nuclear Imaging, X-Ray, Ultrasound, among others.

By Delivery Mode: Cloud-Based (Saas) Delivery Mode, Web-Hosted (On-Demand) Delivery Mode, And On-Premise Mode, among others.

By End-use: Hospitals And Clinics, Healthcare Centers, Imaging Centers, Diagnostic Centers, Clinical Research Institutions, among others.

By Regions: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest-of-the-World.

Global Picture Archiving and Communications Systems Market – Regional Analysis

North America dominates the global picture archiving and communications systems market owing to rapid adoption of technology, presence of large hospitals and the consolidation of healthcare sectors resulting in increase in purchasing power.

The entry of technology companies in the medical devices sector is also boosting the market growth. Moreover, the established healthcare sectors and high healthcare expenditures is driving a substantial demand for the growth of the market.

Europe accounts for another large share of the picture archiving and communications systems market owing to large healthcare expenditure and the proliferating information technology and pharmaceutical industry in the region. The presence of large players in the region is providing a boost to the market growth.

The Asia Pacific picture archiving and communications systems market is expected to be in a flux and represents a bimodal nature. Japan, Australia and South Korea are leading the Asia Pacific market. However, China and India are expected to drive a momentous growth owing to their economic development.

Picture Archiving and Communications Systems Market – Competitive Landscape

The picture archiving and communications systems market is dominated by handful of large firms resulting in a pricing premium on the products. The industry is intensive in terms of intellectual property and technology which makes market entry a challenge for small players.

Manufacturers rely on collaboration and partnerships with other players to innovate new products and to cut down the development costs and time.Manufacturers of picture archiving and communications systems use a variety of distributions channels and are increasingly engaging the social media to generate inbound leads.

Major Players:

Players leading the global picture archiving and communications systemsmarket include Siemens Healthineers, Advanced Data Systems, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., Telediagnostics Services Pvt. Ltd.,Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc., Alta Vista Teleradiology, Avreo, Inc., Radiology Imaging Solutions, Scimage, Inc., Brit Systems, Comarch SA, Cybernet Medical Corporation, Virtual Radiology (vRAD),GE Healthcare, INFINITT Healthcare, McKesson Corporation,Inc., ONRAD, Inc., Pacshealth, LLC, FujiFilm Medical Systems, Perfect Imaging, LLC, RamSoft, Inc., Global Diagnostics, Sectra Imtec AB, Sectra Imtec AB, Singular Medical Technologies, StatRad, LLC, Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Argus Radiology, Telerad Tech Private Limited, among others.

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Sep 11 2018 —-Mercy Technology Services, launched its latest picture archiving communication system (PACS) imaging solution, as a Software as a Service system. The system has an automated workflow orchestrator which auto-coordinates the physicians worklist through speech recognition and reporting technology adopted from Nuance. Mercy has already adopted the system in its care facilities. The system claims to increase report turnaround time by up to 50 percent. The PACS system is an addition to Mercy Technology Servicescloud solution, launched earlier in partnership with VMware.