St Andrew Society (Malta) annual Burns’ Supper
The annual Burns’ Supper hosted by the St Andrew Society (Malta) was held recently at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Sliema.
Members and guests were welcomed with a drink
and the sound of the pipes played by John Van
Dyke before gathering in the hall for the nicht’s ongauns.
Piper Mario Farrugia piped his way round the hall to officially set the night in motion and Society president Helen MacLachlan gave a short welcome speech.
The dinner began with the Selkirk Grace, delivered
by the Reverend Colin Westmarland and a traditional Scottish meal followed.
http://217.145.4.56/ind/news.asp?newsitemid=29239
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Mr. Mitchell has experienced discrimination at Allied Aviation. For a few days at work as a maintenance supervisor when he heard racial slurs. "These GD N make me sick."
Psychology it is hell and emotionally it has torn the family apart.
"The N Hit List"
Bathroom graffiti listing names. Vigilantism. A member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily. It is more than a 'hostile' work environment. The minority employees have reason to sue and also be concerned for their personal safety as well as their families. That harassment can easily lead to profound hatred especially as retaliation for firings.
Sensitivity training.
Allied Aviation is not willing to address the issue to the public. "It has a history that provides diversity…"
Racial harassing at the work place. It hasn't spilled over into the neighborhoods of the employees. Yet.
Racism has to be stopped. It mounts into a social hierarchy that gets dangerous as well as oppressive.
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Cruise ship stalls in pirate region
07mar06
MORE than 1300 passengers on an Australian-based cruise ship have arrived in Malaysia safely after the ship broke down in dangerous waters near Singapore.
John Richardson, a spokesman for P&O Cruises, said the Pacific Sky had anchored in the Malacca Strait for about 30 hours after problems with its starboard engine.
The crew was unable to fix the problem at sea and sailed on at slower speed using only the portside engine, arriving in Port Kelang in Malaysia about 8pm yesterday, Mr Richardson said.
"The captain described it as a minor but significant problem," he said.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18376780%255E1702,00.html
Australian cruise liner limps to port
An Australian cruise ship carrying 1,500 passengers is on its way to a Malaysian port for repairs after spending 30 hours stranded in the Malacca Strait.
P&O Cruises says the Pacific Sky experienced problems with one of its engines after leaving Singapore on Saturday night for a seven-day cruise.
Passenger Michael Storer says the ship came to a shuddering halt about five hours into the journey.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1585240.htm
World needs a 5-year-old's wisdom about bigotry
''Only the ignorant and uneducated are frightened of what they do not understand.''
Tolerance, diversity and respect for others are lessons best learned at home. The study of psychology and the observation of reality has proven that children model the behavior of the adults around them; both good and bad. Our view of the world and the people in it is formed by the examples set for us.
My earliest memory of such an example came on a very warm summer night when I was 5 years old. The only telephone in the house was on a small table in the center hall next to the stairs. In this position, the three rings that indicated the call on the party line was for us could be heard up the stairs and into the bedrooms. If I sat very quietly on the top landing, the reverse was true; I could hear everything being said below.
My parents' friends, the Lewises, were visiting from New York, where they had moved after selling the pharmacy they owned in Quakertown. ''Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Doc'' were favorites of mine, not only because they always brought wonderful chocolates, but because they treated me like I had a brain … no baby talk hyphenated by stupid questions.
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/anotherview/all-quote-b-a-amar05,0,1342095.story?coll=all-newsopinionanotherview-hed
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Sick Ship. Over 200 Royal Caribbean Passengers Catch Stomach Flu
http://www.hardbeatnews.com/editor/RTE/my_documents/my_files/details.asp?newsid=6011&title=Top%20Stories
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More about the cruise ship issue.
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Amnesty Report on 14,000 Finds Prisoner Abuse Continues in Iraq
By ALAN COWELL
LONDON, March 6 — Amnesty International accused the United States and its allies on Monday of committing widespread abuses in Iraq, including torture and the continued detention of thousands of prisoners without charge or trial.
The accusations could fuel the debate over the treatment of detainees that flared after the publication of graphic photographs showing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad being mistreated by American guards. More recently, British forces in Iraq have been criticized after videotapes showed British soldiers beating Iraqi youths after demonstrations in southern Iraq.
In its report, "Beyond Abu Ghraib: Detention and Torture in Iraq," Amnesty International also said the level of abuse by Iraqi forces since the transfer of power in June 2004 was increasing.
The United States and its allies, the report said, have "established procedures which deprive detainees of human rights guaranteed in international law and standards."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/international/europe/07rights.html
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Bunny mutilator insane: court told
A Sydney-based financier accused of the mutilation deaths of 17 rabbits and a guinea pig has failed to persuade a magistrate to deal with his case under the Mental Health Act.
Brendan Francis McMahon, 37, is charged with 18 counts of aggravated animal cruelty and two counts of possessing cannabis.
The dead or severely injured rabbits and guinea pig were allegedly found in and around McMahon's office in Sydney's York Street in July and early August last year.
http://smh.com.au/news/national/bunny-mutilator-insane-court-told/2006/03/07/1141493645774.html
Iran: More Jaw and Less War
Linda Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk
Gen. Wesley Clark, who is expected to be a Democratic candidate for the US presidency in 2008, has a novel idea on how to tackle the growing contretemps between his government and Iran over the latter’s nuclear program.
Clark suggests the two sides should simply talk together face-to-face and discuss their problems instead of yelling threats at one another across the fence. Sounds eminently sensible, doesn’t it? But in these peculiar times, sensibility, not to mention testosterone, usually triumphs over sense.
The fact is that isn’t going to happen, at least not as long as the “new world order” Bush administration inhabits the White House, and the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insists on ratcheting up the anti-US and anti-Israel rhetoric.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=78849&d=7&m=3&y=2006
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Update 6: UNC Attack Suspect Wanted to Punish Gov't
By STEVE HARTSOE , 03.06.2006, 07:19 PM
A University of North Carolina graduate accused of running down nine people on campus told an emergency dispatcher he wanted to "punish the government of the United States for their actions around the world," according to a 911 recording released Monday.
Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, a 22-year-old native of Iran, called 911 to surrender Friday a few minutes after a sport utility vehicle sent students scurrying to escape. No one was seriously hurt.
Taheri-azar was later charged with nine counts of attempted murder and nine counts of assault, and his bail was set at $5.5 million.
University Police Chief Derek Poarch said Taheri-azar told investigators he intentionally hit people to "avenge the deaths of Muslims around the world."
At his first appearance Monday in Orange County court in Hillsborough, Taheri-azar told the judge he planned to represent himself and was "thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah." He was assigned a public defender, but ignored the lawyer's advice to stop talking.
"In this case, they're gonna ultimately allow him to represent himself," District Attorney Jim Woodall said after the hearing. "It's clear to me that that's what he truly wants to do."
Taheri-azar spoke politely when he called emergency dispatchers.
"Yes, sir. I just hit several people with a vehicle," Taheri-azar said on the recording. "Right now, I'm standing, you can come arrest me."
Taheri-azar graduated from North Carolina in December after studying psychology and philosophy. Investigators believe he has spent most of his life in the United States, Poarch has said.
On campus, UNC students held what they called an "anti-terrorism" rally on Monday.
"We don't want terrorism here, and we're not gonna stand for that where we live and where we go to school," said Kris Wampler, a member of the College Republicans, which helped organize the rally.
About 50 students attended, including a group of Muslim students who debated with organizers and said Taheri-azar had not been linked to any terrorist group.
"When you think of terms of a global context, this was an isolated incident," said Khurram Bilal Tariq, a 22-year-old junior.
The Muslim Students Association, which criticized the university's student newspaper last month for publishing a cartoon that depicted the Prophet Muhammad, has said Taheri-azar was not a member of the group and denounced his alleged actions.
Stephen Mann, an 18-year-old freshman, said he wasn't singling out Islam. He said a driver of any religion who did what Taheri-azar is accused of should be called a terrorist.
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/03/06/ap2574424.html
Much neded rainfall on the way
Story by Blake Smith (Contact)
7:09 a.m. Monday, March 6, 2006
After some weekend rain, it looks like the area gets a chance to dry out Monday. Lots of sunshine, light winds, and warm highs... right around 65 degrees.
Seven-day forecast
A warm front approaches from the west tomorrow and could spark strong to severe storms during the afternoon Tuesday and again on Wednesday.
The mornings should start with lots of sunshine though.
Gusty winds accompany the storms and wind gusts could be around 35 mph.
Another chance for storms comes in for the end of the work week.
Through it all, highs remain around 60 degrees
http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2006/mar/06/much_needed_rainfall_way/
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US reports strong earthquake in Indian Ocean
www.chinaview.cn 2006-03-07 08:41:42
LOS ANGELES, March 6 (Xinhuanet) -- A strong temblor of magnitude 6.2 hit Mid-Indian Ocean at 11:13 local time (18:13 GMT), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported on Tuesday.
The epicenter of the quake was located at 270 kilometers southeast of the Amsterdam Island, a French colony in the Indian Ocean, the USGS said in a report.
The earthquake occurred 10 kilometers under the seabed, according to the report. Seismologists are monitoring this temblor,the USGS said. Enditem
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/07/content_4267564.htm
Over 500 California Bridges Still Need Earthquake Upgrades
More than 500 bridges in California are still waiting for upgrades deemed necessary after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Federal officials say the repairs have been delayed because the state has not come up with its share of the funding.
After the 7.1 earthquake on October 17, 1989, the state identified 1,234 local bridges that needed replacement or seismic upgrades. The federal government agreed to pay $88.50 for every $11.50 the state contributed to the project. But in 2002, the California Transportation Department stopped funding the program saying it didn’t have enough money to meet the federal match requirements.
http://www.news10.net/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=16304
Small Earthquake Shakes Southern CA. Town
March 6, 2006 8:00 a.m. EST
Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Ontario, CA (AHN) - A magnitude-3.4 earthquake shakes a Southern California town early Sunday, with no damage or injuries reported.
The quake was followed hours later by a magnitude-3.7 temblor across the U.S.-Mexican border.
At 2:43 a.m., the first quake was centered three miles west of Glen Avon, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The second, at 10:54 p.m., was centered 12 miles south-southwest of Calexico and 20 miles south of El Centro.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7002667341
Clinton says ``anger'' attack is in part gender-based
By BETH FOUHY
AP Political Writer
March 6, 2006, 2:12 PM EST
NEW YORK -- Responding to Republican claims that she may be too angry to win national office, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told an audience Monday to wear such criticism as "a badge of honor" and suggested that gender played a role in the attacks.
"When you run as a Democrat, and in particular, when you run as a Democratic woman, whether you're running at the local, state or national level, it's likely you're going to draw some unfriendly fire," Clinton said at a breakfast fundraiser hosted by black and Hispanic women supporters. "People will be attacking you instead of your ideas, they may impugn your patriotism, they may even say you're angry."
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--clinton-anger0306mar06,0,4893593.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
Valley Mormons fast, pray for rain
By Daryl James, Tribune
March 5, 2006
Mormons from more than 400 Valley congregations will pray for rain today during a regional fast prompted by the state’s ongoing drought.
“Usually people fast for personal reasons,” said Don Evans, Arizona spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “In this case, they’re also being asked to supplicate God for moisture.”
Other denominations also will participate through the Arizona Interfaith Movement and the Arizona Ecumenical Council.
“There is no greater danger to our state currently than the effects of this drought and the subsequent danger of fire,” said T. Dennis Barney, Latterday Saints chairman of interfaith relations in Arizona.
The official gauge at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has not recorded even a trace of rain in 138 days — a Valley record.
Evans said he does not know if the lack of rain is God’s will. “All we know is that we lack moisture,” he said. “And we would like to see a break in the drought.”
He said Latter-day Saints forgo food and water during 24-hour fasts at least once a month. He said the church occasionally asks its members to unite in fasting, but he cannot remember the last time Valley congregations fasted for rain.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=60443
Abortion ban flunks logic
Jed Pressgrove
March 05, 2006
Mississippi, following the lead of South Dakota, could ban all abortions in the state.
The bill that would virtually ban abortion is heading to Mississippi's House of Representatives. A Mississippi House committee approved the bill, 19-4. The ban would only allow abortions to save the mother's life. Cases involving rape and incest would be illegal under this ban.
Having been raised in a Republican-Christian home, I understand the argument against abortion. In fact, I once opposed legal abortions in all circumstances.
However, after acquiring an elementary understanding of America's legal system, I realized the government should not ban something based on personal beliefs.
I still disagree with abortion in most instances. Yet my feelings should not undermine the importance of freedom and a stable society.
At the very least, abortions should be legal in cases of rape and incest. But this bill wouldn't allow abortions in these unfortunate situations.
Think about this rationally. After a woman conceives the child of her rapist, how is she going to feel about this child? Can we guarantee she wouldn't neglect, harm or kill the baby?
Of course not. If we don't allow raped women the right to abort, the rapist wins again. Plus, we'll have cases where raped women will try to abort their own children, causing more harm and crime.
As for incest, the chance of a baby receiving lethal genes increases with this kind of birth. This proposed ban would ignore all the women pressured into incestuous relationships. The state has no right to tell a woman to keep a child from incest. Again, making abortion illegal will produce more harm and crime in this situation.
Scientifically, the proposed ban doesn't make any sense. Sociologists often look at societies as organisms slowly adapting to their environments. Sudden changes in an environment can disrupt adaptation.
Simply, it would throw our society off-balance to abruptly ban all abortions. There should be a limit on what we do. Otherwise, our society could become unstable.
Undoubtedly, this ban, if passed, will be challenged. The case will reach the Supreme Court, and I doubt the court will support such a strict ban.
But I don't care about that. This article is for everyone who would support this bill, regardless of how long it survives.
Humans are imperfect. We don't know when life truly begins. And women in cases of rape and incest will continue to abort their children, whether abortion is legal or not. Let's not add more people to our already flooded jails.
Instead, realize a legal precedent like an abortion ban could allow the government to take away more of our medical rights in the future.
In other words, if we force our subjective morals on the law system, we'll lose more freedom. You better believe that.
http://www.reflector-online.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/05/440b1d6a77a95
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Pakistani Nurse Raped for Refusing to Carry Out Abortions
Punjab, Pakistan (LifeNews.com) -- A nurse who refused to perform illegal abortions in Pakistan has become the victim of an alleged gang rape. Authorities say 26-year-old Rubina Kousar was attacked by three men who burst into her lodgings at a rural health center in the western Punjab last Wednesday. Three men have been arrested in connection with the crime, but they deny that they were the ones responsible. Kousar told the press, “I was constantly put under pressure over the course of six months to carry out illegal abortions on two women but I refused. And so revenge was taken.” Kousar added, “They have threatened my family with dire consequences if we do not settle this. But this is not the past when we can get pushed around. God will give me the courage to fight them.” In Pakistan, abortion is illegal except when the life of the mother is at risk. The attack on Kousar has sparked a firestorm of controversy over the treatment of rape victims in Pakistan.
Australian Couples Travel to U.S. for Embryo Gender Screening
Canberra, Australia (LifeNews.com) -- Wealthy Australians who are actually fertile are traveling to the U.S. for in vitro fertilization treatment in order to select the gender of their babies. Published reports say they're spending as much as $25,000 for a controversial embryo gender screening procedure that's been banned in Australia. News Limited newspapers say a California fertility center has performed the high-tech process on about 14 couples from Australia. The procedure is believed to be 99 percent accurate. During the IVF procedure, a cell is extracted from the embryos to determine the gender. By coming to the U.S., Australians can skirt the Australian laws banning sex selection.
Pro-Life Advocates Picket Amnesty International in Belfast
Belfast, Ireland (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life advocates have been picketing an Amnesty International meeting at Queen’s University in Belfast. The pro-life group known as Precious Life is calling on Amnesty International to actively campaign on behalf of the unborn child. The human rights organization is perhaps best known for its campaigns against capital punishment. Precious Life says that if Amnesty begins campaigning for abortion as a human right, it will be opposing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The organization is reportedly consulting its members to determine its future policy on abortion. Director Patrick Corrigan was quoted as saying that Amnesty cannot work on “sexual reproductive rights” without discussing the issue of abortion, and is now working to develop a policy position regarding the issue. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Precious Life, Bernie Smyth, was quoted as saying that abortion can never be described as a right. “Abortion is a needless act of violence that kills babies and hurts women,” Smyth said. Numerous studies indicate that women can suffer serious physical and emotional complications from abortion.
Arkansas Governor Supports South Dakota-like Abortion Ban
Little Rock, AR (LifeNews.com) -- Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he supports the kind of abortion ban passed by South Dakota lawmakers. The South Dakota bill would ban all abortions except in order to save the life of the mother. South Dakota legislators passed the bill in a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling which legalized abortion. But pro-life groups nationwide disagree about whether the timing is right for the legal challenge, given the current composition of the high court. Huckabee says he always felt that Roe was “illegitimate.” The Arkansas Governor notes that the South Dakota law is similar to a part of the Arkansas Constitution that isn't being enforced because of Roe. Huckabee suggested that he would accept legal exceptions for rape and incest, but he noted, “Accept is a better word than support.” Huckabee added that cases involving rape and incest account for only about one percent of the abortions that are performed. Huckabee, the chairman of the National Governors Association, is hosting the group's winter meeting in Washington.
Charges Filed for Selling of Body Parts in New York, Philadelphia
New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- One district attorney called it “something out of a cheap horror movie.” He's referring to a case in which the owner of a biomedical supply house and three others have been charged with selling human body parts for use in transplants. Investigators say the defendants earned millions of dollars forging death certificates and organ donor consent forms to make it look like the bones, skin, tendons, and heart valves they obtained from bodies from funeral homes had been obtained legally. The case marks the first set of charges to emerge from a scandal involving hundreds of bodies, including that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke, who died in 2004. Some of the body parts could conceivably spread disease to transplant patients. The bodies reportedly came from funeral homes in New York City, Rochester, Philadelphia, and New Jersey that contracted with the Brooklyn funeral parlor for embalming. The Food and Drug Administration recently closed Biomedical Tissue Services, noting that the company had failed to screen for contaminated tissue. The FDA said patients who received the company's products could have been exposed to disease, although the risk might be minimal.
http://www.lifenews.com/nat2124.html
Kuwait passes new law easing freedom of press
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Kuwait's Parliament Monday passed a new press law banning the imprisonment of journalists without a final court ruling and allowing new newspapers to publish for the first time in three decades. All 53 MPs present at a session of the house, including Cabinet ministers, voted in favor of the legislation, which was described by lawmakers as a key reform measure.
Kuwaiti governments have since the mid-1970s imposed a total ban on issuing licenses for new newspapers, and journalists could hitherto be jailed while under investigation for an alleged offense.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=22741
Belarus candidate charged with hooliganism
ISN SECURITY WATCH (Monday, 6 March: 10.00 CET) – Prosecutors in Belarus have opened a criminal investigation against an opposition candidate who is challenging President Aleksandar Lukashenko in 19 March elections, charging him with “malicious hooliganism”.
Aleksandar Kozulin, who was allegedly beaten and briefly detained by security forces last Thursday, has been charged with smashing a portrait of Lukashenka while in detention at a police station.
He is also accused of trying to stage an unsanctioned news conference.
In a Sunday statement, the prosecution said Kozulin could face a maximum sentence of six years in prison for “malicious hooliganism”.
The international community and human rights groups have condemned Kozulin’s arrest and urged the government to guarantee the personal safety of all presidential candidates.
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=14983
DeLay faces midterm primary vote
Mr DeLay has fought a vigorous local campaign
Embattled Republican Tom DeLay faces US voters for the first time since his indictment last year, as primaries for 2006's midterm polls begin in Texas.
Mr DeLay, the former House leader who is accused in a campaign finance case, faces three rivals bidding to be the Republican candidate for his district.
The Texas primaries, votes held to pick party candidates, are the first in any state ahead of the 7 November midterms.
The main election has the potential to reshape the US political landscape.
In Congress, all 435 members of the House of Representatives face the voters along with one third of the 100 members of the US Senate.
There are also 36 races for state governorships which are often keenly watched to see if they throw up likely presidential candidates.
Republicans have controlled both chambers of Congress since 1994, except for a brief time when Democrats held the Senate.
But with President George W Bush suffering in the polls and the Republican party on the defensive over corruption scandals, Democrats have hopes of making gains.
Low turnout predicted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4780492.stm
OPEC Ministers Likely to Keep Output Steady
From the Associated Press
March, 6 2006
With oil prices still above $60 a barrel, OPEC ministers probably will keep output steady when they meet this week to set strategies for the spring and early summer.
A warmer-than-usual winter in the U.S. has built inventories, which should drive prices lower. But worries about supply disruptions from such countries as Iran are keeping prices high.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-preview6mar06,1,4562264.story?coll=la-headlines-business
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Taxi safety under review following latest attack
February 27, 2006 - 01:05 pm
By: 570 News
After three stabbings in a month, cab drivers in Waterloo Region have reason to be concerned.
The latest attack happened outside The Keg on Pinebush Road in Cambridge on Friday night.
The driver was attacked by a man armed with a meat clever.
Dave Brubacher says all companies will be reviewing safety measures in the wake of this latest attack.
The chair of the Waterloo Region Taxi Association says some cabs already have GPS and panic buttons.
http://www.570news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20060227_130522_5292
Taxis want $1m safety taskforce
13feb06
THE recent murder of a taxi driver and subsequent assaults on drivers has prompted the taxi industry to demand the NSW Government urgently establish a taxi safety taskforce.
Transport Minister John Watkins yesterday said the Government would consider any proposal that could improve taxi driver safety, after a driver was punched in the head and had his keys stolen.
It was the fifth attack on a cabbie in two weeks, including the murder of disabled driver Youbert Hormozi, who was bashed and left for dead.
NSW Taxi Drivers' Association (TDA) president Michael Jools said the Government should allocate $1 million from the $7.5-million taxi advisory committee fund to set up a taxi safety taskforce.
"The current media focus reports on assaults, bashings, armed robberies and murder as new and unusual," Mr Jools said.
"The reality is that these events are not new or unusual."
"Taxi drivers are constantly and daily at risk. What starts as a fare evasion may finish as a runner; but sometimes it finishes as a murder."
"It's time to spend taxi drivers' money on taxi drivers' safety."
The TDA represents 22,000 cabbies.
Comment was being sought from the Government.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18129080%255E1702,00.html
Proposal to limit fare hike
BY WILLIAM MURPHY
STAFF WRITER
March 6, 2006
While the city of Long Beach is proposing a $1 increase in taxi fares, two City Council members are suggesting that the current fare remain in force from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. to discourage bar patrons from drinking and driving.
The increase, which would not apply to senior citizens, would raise the minimum fare per passenger to $4.50 and the maximum to $5.50, depending on how far someone is carried within the city limits, according to a proposal to be presented to the city council at its meeting tomorrow night.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-licabs064652904mar06,0,2613448.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines
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Wal-Mart bows to pressure to sell morning-after pill in US
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Monday March 6, 2006
The Guardian
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has reversed its opposition to the morning-after pill and agreed to sell it in 3,700 pharmacies. The decision follows a successful campaign against the retailer in Illinois and Massachusetts, which enacted laws requiring pharmacists to fill prescriptions for the emergency contraceptive.
Last week, the attorney general of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, turned up the pressure when he said the state would no longer extend its insurance plan for its 188,000 employees to cover prescriptions filled at Wal-Mart unless the chain agreed to stock the pills.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1724302,00.html
Fairhope Residents Against Proposed Wal-Mart Store
March 6, 2006, 12:09 AM EST
Hundreds of protesters joined hands in a demonstration against a proposed Wal-Mart on the outskirts of Fairhope over the weekend.
Wal-Mart plans a supercenter about two miles from downtown Fairhope, but protesters say that's too close and could destroy the city's "village" lifestyle.
Organizers estimated up to 1,000 protesters joined hands at the demonstration.
Wal-Mart has a building permit from the city for its supercenter. The Fairhope City Council plans a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Thursday with engineers to response to complaints about potential traffic and drainage issues.
Louis McGrath and his wife, Barbara, oppose the project, saying Wal-Mart's bright lights would shine on their backyard.
Wanda Moseley, a sales associate at Wal-Mart's nearby Daphne store, drove her car on the highway lined with protesters. In the back seat, her 13-year-old son and his friend held signs that said: "Wal-Mart is coming, so live with it."
Says Moseley: "They got reasonable prices and we need more jobs in Fairhope for teenagers."
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4588443&nav=0RdE
Wal-Mart to hire ethics czar
Associated Press
Wal-Mart Stores plans to hire a director of global ethics, a restructured position aimed at ensuring that the retailer's code of conduct is applied across a growing global network of more than 6,200 stores and 1.6 million employees in 15 countries, the company said last week.
The job advertisement comes a year after embarrassing revelations that Wal-Mart's No. 2 executive, Tom Coughlin, had been pilfering company money and goods for years.
Coughlin pleaded guilty Jan. 31 to fraud and tax charges for stealing money, gift cards and merchandise from the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer.
Wal-Mart also faces a class-action lawsuit in California claiming it had discriminated against female employees, and it is a repeated target of ethics allegations by organized labor and other critics.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sarah Clark said the ethics post was previously held by someone who had other responsibilities.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/3700786.html
Wal-Mart recalls Great Value milk
Safety Alert: Foul Odor Reported
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin is asking consumers to check their refrigerators for two kinds of milk sold at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.
The commissioner's request follows Wal-Mart's announcement that it has pulled milk from its shelves after receiving complaints about it having a foul odor.
The two kinds of pulled milk are Great Value brand vitamin D milk, gallon, 128 fluid ounces and Great Value reduced fat 2 percent milk, gallon, 128 fluid ounces. Both kinds have a "sell by" code of "07MAR" with a manufacturing plant code No. 13-300. Codes are located on the shoulder of the plastic gallon container.
"This is a voluntary product withdrawal issued by Wal-Mart on Feb. 24 for both Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs in the affected area; primarily middle Georgia and south Georgia," Irvin said.
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20060305/localnews/73652.shtml
Wal-Mart CEO peaks to governors
Sunday, Mar 5, 2006
By Roby Brock
One week ago, Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott told the National Governors Association that he needed help to make health care more affordable and accessible for the retail giant's 1.3 million U.S. employees because the company "can't do it alone." Scott said Wal-Mart would extend the company's health care coverage to children of employees, reduce wait time for enrolling in its plans, and expand a pilot program of in-store health clinics. He also asked for cooperation between government and industry in addressing health care system reforms.
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/03/05/RobyBrock/334719.html
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Corporate Confidential
The most irresponsible book I have ever heard of. It promotes corporate discrimination and violence against women. Anderson Cooper is a blight on his generation taking away rights rather than advocating for them. This after spot lighting Bigotry. What a bunch of jerks.
This author should be FIRED !!!!
The Author
Cynthia Shapiro is a sought-after workplace coach, employee advisor, and career expert. She offers personalized coaching, workplace issue resolution, HR training, and group workshops.
Her uniquely fresh approach to workplace advice has been featured in Entrepreneur, Redbook, and 44 national newspapers including the Seattle Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Miami Herald, and New York Newsday. Her reputation for resolving complex and daunting workplace issues into an opportunity for higher success has earned her the nickname "The Work Dr."
http://www.corporateconfidential.com/theauthor/index.php4
BAN THE BOOK !!!!!!!!!! Intimidation tactics, Anderson? Want a jerk. If it were up to you the Walmart employees would be living in shakles.
It victimizes people and that is the agenda this show promotes. Victimization and intimidation. It's media pollution. I tell you what, Anderson, if you want to scare teh workforce into being submissive, the one sure way of giving that incentive is to PAY THEM enough to make it worthfor them to look the other way. With the wages the American workforce makes these days they don't care if they file a a lawsuit. They can go down the road and make the same wage and it it is a company other than Walmart, they might actually have benefits. Anderson your programming is a waste of time.
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