Benefits Of Metal Detectors In Schools

You might have observed that there have been educational facilities and institutions that have been implementing the use of metal detectors in its premises. This is because of the fact that these past couple of years, there were several cased about massive school shootings, terrorist acts and other criminal acts that have occurred in the country.

Educational facilities from preschool to college want to make sure that everyone attending in their establishment is properly protected while attending. Thus, to implement a security system or a combined assortment of security systems in different schools is necessary.

Having a metal detector at educational facilities brings with it a lot of benefits and the first one is that it helps to avoid violence. People know how a metal detector looks and they can easily recognize it, hence decreasing the risk of any criminal activity to occur in that specific school. Many educational establishments now use the combined efforts of detectors and security cameras to effectively protect their students while attending the facilities. To prevent a crime right before it happens is a good means to make sure that the students are well protected while they pursue their academic aspirations.

Another good benefit of having a metal detector in many schools is that a lot of items may be found out and prevented before they enter the educational facility premises. These things include dangerous items such as different kinds of guns, an assortment of knives, and other different kinds of metals that a student might attempt to bring on campus. Commonly, detectors are located in the area of the school wherein each one whether student or staff enters. There are also detectors that are located in areas where the faculty enters the school. To do this is one good way to ensure that there are no weapons or staff carrying dangerous items to enter the school, hence keeping everyone safe in their entire stay.

A lot of educational facilities in the country have now begun to implement their own metal detection services. Some can be handheld while there are those that let people walk through. Some may also include conveyors where students and the staff can put their personal items like money, keys, jewelry during the scan.

Wikinews interviews candidate for New York City mayor Vitaly Filipchenko
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Wikinews interviews candidate for New York City mayor Vitaly Filipchenko

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

In early May, Wikinews extended an invitation to Vitaly Filipchenko, an independent candidate in the 2021 New York City mayoral election, set to take place November 2nd, alongside other candidates. Filipchenko answered some questions about his policies and campaign during a phone interview.

Filipchenko, registered on the New York City Campaign Finance Board as Vitaly A. Filipchenko, is the first Russian candidate for New York City mayor, being born in Tomsk, Siberia in 1973, according to news agency Sputnik. He has since naturalised as a United States citizen. According to the web site, Filipchenko has been educated in road construction and maintenance and owns a moving services company; he describes himself on his web site as a “small business owner”. On his web site’s platform page, he says that “[m]y English may not be perfect – but my platform is.”

Incumbent Democrat mayor Bill de Blasio, who won re-election in the 2017 New York City mayoral election by 66.5%, cannot run for a third term under term limits. As of April 28, 22 candidates are currently running, the majority of whom are also Democrats. Ahead of the June Democratic primary for New York City mayor, a poll conducted May 23 and 24 by WPIX and Emerson College of 12 Democratic candidates with a margin of error of 3.2 per cent has former commissioner for the New York City Department of Sanitation Kathryn Garcia and Borough President of Brooklyn Eric Adams leading with 21.1% and 20.1%, respectively.

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World Health Organisation: China engaging in bird flu cover up
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World Health Organisation: China engaging in bird flu cover up

Sunday, July 24, 2005

The World Health Organization’s Beijing spokesman has said that the People’s Republic of China has withheld vital information regarding H5N1 outbreaks, a type of bird flu that is infecting animals throughout Asia. The animals most affected by the disease are those among waterfowl and poultry, however in recents months it has infected humans and has also been discovered in tigers as well as swine. The Nation magazine quotes WHO officials as saying that the strain has the potential of causing a human pandemic (global epidemic) resulting in tens of millions of deaths.

The first appearance of this type of flu was in Hong Kong during 1997. As of July 21, 2005, one hundred and nine cases of human infection have been confirmed resulting in fifty five deaths outside of China reports the Centers for Disease Control. China has reported no deaths in the recent outbreaks, leading to speculation of a cover up. The Economist says eleven countries across Asia have been affected, and more than one hundred and twenty million birds have died from infection or been culled. Although this week a case was found in Russia making it the first European country with an infection and twelfth in the world.

Usually these flu viruses are carried worldwide by wild bird populations in their intestines and are non-lethal. However this variant has mutated into the most lethal strain of influenza ever recorded says Mike Davis, author of The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu. Such occurrences are natural and have happened in the past as in the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic.

The current virus is morphing into a type that is spread among humans with the first human-to-human cases found in Vietnam during 2005. When avian influenza subtypes adapt for this mode of transmission the effect is deadly for humans as the immune system has no natural immunities for it and the production of appropriate antibodies to fight the infection takes some time.

Further complicating the effort to combat H5N1, it was reported in the Washington Post that the People’s Republic of China has been administering the medication Amantadine to poultry in violation of international livestock regulations that state it is for human use only since the late-1990s (all the time officially denying any cases of bird flu among its poultry); the result has been that the virus is now largely immune to the medication and is significantly deadlier. World Health Organization officials had been preparing to use the drug to fight a future pandemic and now it has been rendered useless.

Chinese government officials have said more than 1,000 migratory birds have been found dead during 2005 and there have been unofficial Internet reports of one hundred and twenty related human fatalities that are strongly denied by Beijing.

China has previously irked international agencies for its handling of public and agricultural health crises, notably the SARS epidemic that began in 2002. China’s health minister was fired after the government acknowledged it had covered up the extent of the SARS outbreak by preventing reports about the illness for months and by minimizing its seriousness says the Washgington Post.

Margaret Chan, WHO director of pandemic influenza preparedness is pressing China to allow laboratories to examine specimens from birds in Qinghai, where the H5N1 virus has killed more than 5,000 birds from five species. Recombinomics has found Chinese message boards indicating part of Qinghai province may be under martial law and quarantine.

Three outbreaks of H5N1 have affected China in recent months but the World Health Organization has not received the information or the virus samples from infected birds that they requested. “It is a matter of urgency,” said Roy Wadia, the WHO’s speaker in China. “We stress that this virus is highly unpredictable and versatile and can change any time. It is highly dangerous.”

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How Business Brokers Can Help You Achieve A Profitable Result

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Customers who receive services from knowledgeable and experienced consultants in the business selling and purchasing arena can ensure their transactions are carried out effectively and without costly errors. These consultants are often referred to as business brokers or advisors. These are the type of professionals you want to consider having on your side when you have asked the question, “How can you sell your business effectively?”

Broker ServicesCompanies that are established in the industry at assisting with the sale of businesses can help their business customers by providing them with effective strategies to achieve profitable outcomes. If you are in the market to sell, take the time to consider hiring a broker who can help you achieve a business selling transaction that maximizes your profit.

Getting a Proper Valuation of Your BusinessIs important to hire a business broker/advisor they can maximize the potential of your business sale. When you have said, “I am going to sell my business,” you need a company with an extensive set of skills that incorporates business valuation services, marketing, and negotiation capabilities to facilitate a successful business sale.

If you are the owner of a large firm that brings in tens of millions of dollars in revenue each year, a business broker can help you reach an excellent reward based on the value of your business. If your businesses smaller, a business broker can also help you optimize your profit margin and deliver you the successful outcome you need with your business sale transaction.

Notifying Your Target Market of BuyersOne excellent advantage of working with an experienced business broker is that they may already have a list of qualified buyers in mind for your business. Instead of you having to seek out potential buyers, your professional broker can do this work for you and make sure your offer is presented in front of a targeted list of buyers in order to help ensure your sale is carried out in a timely manner and also at the profit margin you desire.

If you are looking to sell/buy your business, contact an experienced business broker to gather information about your options.

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Cloned cattle’s milk and meat seem safe, according to new study

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

A National Academy of Sciences report (.pdf) last year said that while the milk and meat from cloned animals would not likely make anyone sick, more research should be performed. Now, a new US-Japan study published in the April 11 online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that milk and meat from cloned cattle does indeed appear to meet industry standards and appears to be safe for human consumption.

As BBC News reports, the scientists, led by Professor Jerry Yang from the University of Connecticut, compared the produce from two beef and four dairy clones, all derived from a single Holstein dairy cow and a single Japanese black bull, with the produce from normal animals of similar age and breed.

The meat was analysed against more than 100 physiological, tissue and cellular components, while the milk was analysed for protein, fat and other variables. No significant differences between the produce of cloned and normal cattle were found. Higher levels of fat and fatty acids were found in the cloned cow meat, but they still fell within beef industry standards.

While the study showed the cloned produce to be within the range approved for human consumption, the scientists stressed that the research was still in its early stages. Their findings, they said, provide “guidelines” for further research with larger numbers of clones from different genetic backgrounds.

Cloning livestock may one day increase yields by copying those animals that are especially productive and especially resistant to disease.

“The milking production levels in the US are three to four times higher than levels in China; maybe even five times or more compared to cows in India and some other countries,” Professor Jerry Yang told BBC News. “Therefore cloning could offer technology for duplicating superior farm animals. However, all the products from these cloned animals must be safe for human consumption. …and it is a major issue for scientists to provide a scientific basis for the data and information to address this question.”

As USA Today reports, there is currently no law governing the sale of meat or milk from the estimated 1,000 to 2,000 cloned farm animals in the USA. But since 2003, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked producers to voluntarily keep the meat and milk of these animals, and that of their offspring, out of the food supply.

Wired News reports that companies like ViaGen and Cyagra, which offer livestock-cloning services, have also been waiting for several years for a final say from the FDA.

“For the United States agricultural industry, (cloning) can reduce the number of cows necessary for milking,” said Jerry Yang “They can have a pleasant environment and produce even more milk.” He also said that cloning cattle from the United States, where genetic breeding is more advanced, could save developing countries 50 years of breeding.

The idea of cloning animals for human consumption is not without its critics. First, there are the welfare concerns, as most cloned animals do not make it to term before being born, and many of those that do are born deformed or prone to illness. The Humane Society of the United States has asked for a ban on milk and meat from clones for just this reason. Second, there is still the concern that healthy clones may have subtle defects that could make their food products unsafe to eat.

As the Washington Post reports, some critics are asking why it is necessary to clone cows that produce huge amounts of milk when surpluses, rather than shortages, are the main problem facing the U.S. dairy industry today.

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PayPal freezes $20k in hurricane relief donations
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PayPal freezes $20k in hurricane relief donations

Sunday, September 4, 2005

Online money transfer company PayPal is reportedly blocking over $20,000 in donations from the website Something Awful, donations intended for the American Red Cross hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Rich Kyanka, founder of Something Awful, reports that the account he set up for Red Cross donations has been suspended by the eBay-owned subsidiary due to “suspicious behavior”.

According to Kyanka, PayPal is requesting “proof of delivery”, even though there is no item being purchased and the account was set up to accept donations. The account remains frozen. Kyanka is attempting to solve the problem by faxing various documents to PayPal in order to prove the legitimacy of the drive.

According to recent updates posted on the Something Awful website, Kyanka was requesting that refunds were issued for all donations that were sent. According to Kyanka, the account was frozen because PayPal has no link with the Red Cross.

A solution proposed by PayPal was to have all donations go to the United Way. While initially accepting offer, Kyanka reconsidered when Something Awful readers objected to having their donation sent to the United Way — partly due to the organizations troubled past. Instead of the PayPal donation setup, Kyanka has requested that readers send any donations directly to the Red Cross.

Something Awful, despite being a humor website, has a history of running donation drives for certain causes, including purchasing ballistic chest plates and body armor for a platoon in the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division during the 2003 Iraq War. The Something Awful webservers are located in New Orleans where Hurricane Katrina hit.

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Prefabricated School Bus Stop Shelters

By Camille Howe

One area where it is never acceptable to compromise on quality or safety is when children are involved. It is important that whenever you are providing any facility for the use of children, that their very specific needs are taken into account throughout the process of designing and creating the specifications for whatever product is required. While a school bus stop shelter has the same basis as a regular version, there are a number of differences that are required in order to make it fit for the purpose it is required for, and while some of these are common sense, it is still important to include them in your planning so that you can be certain that all of the necessary design changes are made in order to produce the school bus stop shelter that best suits the needs of everyone who is going to be using it.

The main thing that needs to be incorporated into the design of a school bus stop shelter is the size necessary to provide proper shelter to a large number of people at one time. Although the shelter is only used once a day, it is needs to be able to handle the entire school population. With this in mind, the area under the roof needs to be larger than in a regular shelter, and offer users the ability to stand in a line while they wait for the bus to arrive.

Parents will want their children to be safe from the weather, so it is important to consider the exact number of people who are likely to be using the school bus stop shelter. Then the actual space required can be calculated so the correct shelter can be ordered.

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In general, the amount of time that children spend waiting for their bus at the end of the day is much shorter than they would on the street, and with this in mind, school bus stop shelters rarely need the addition of items such as seats, meaning that the cost can be reduced. In addition to this, in most areas of the country, the school day starts and finishes in complete day light, and no lighting is required.

The most important factor that needs to be considered when creating a school bus stop shelter is to design a system into it that creates order and allows for a much more efficient queuing system. When hundreds of children are all using the bus system at the same time, the shelter needs to be built in such a way as to enforce a sensible queuing speed whilst also maintaining order within the system.

Thanks to the huge variety of different colors that are available in terms of the frames and other components of the school bus shelters due to the way that they are built using modular techniques, it is even possible to match your shelter to the exact colors of the individual school in order to continue to promote the school identity throughout all of the shelters and provide a single image to the students and parents alike.

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Atlas V successfully launches spy satellite

Thursday, March 13, 2008

An Atlas V rocket has successfully launched a classified spy satellite for the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The satellite, currently known to the public as NRO L-28, or Launch 28, is believed by amateur enthusiasts to be a signals intelligence (SIGINT) spacecraft, known by the codename Trumpet. The Atlas V carrier rocket flew in the 411 configutation, with a 4 metre diameter fairing, one solid rocket motor, and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.

The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E), at 10:02 GMT (03:02 local time) this morning. Today’s flight marks the thirteenth launch of the Atlas V, and the first Atlas V launch from Vandenberg. It is also the tenth orbital launch of 2008. The satellite entered a Molniya orbit, usually used by the NRO for SIGINT and communications satellites.

The launch was conducted by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin, who designed and built the Atlas V, and Boeing, to provide EELV launches for the US Government. ULA president Michael Gass described the launch as “a proud moment in our company’s history”. The launch had been delayed by two years, from early 2006, due to a number of factors.

In addition to its reconnaissance payload, the satellite is carrying two small experiments. SBIRS-HEO 2 and TWINS-B. SBIRS is a test article for a missile detection system, slated to launch late this year or early next, and TWINS is a NASA infrared astronomy experiment. They will remain attached to the satellite for the duration of its mission.

Following the separation of the payload fairing, around five minutes after launch, all information on the launch was withheld, however about an hour into the flight, the launch was confirmed to have been successful. ULA will conduct its next launch on Saturday, when a Delta II will orbit a GPS satellite. The next Atlas launch is scheduled for mid-April, with the ICO G1 communication satellite.

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Stuttering And Speech Therapy Ideas

Stuttering (or stammering) is a voice disfluency, a speech disorder. When a person stutters, the normal flow of speech is disrupted by repetitions and/or prolongations of voice sounds. Frequently, an individual is also unable to start a word.

Child stuttering, toddler stuttering and adult stuttering are themes being studied by many scientists and speech specialists all around the world. The Stuttering Foundation of America, the National Stuttering Association, the National Center for Stuttering and individual speech therapists in general are all investigating why people stutter and finding effective and fast speech therapies.

Nevertheless, even though scientists have several theories and suspect a variety of causes for stuttering, the precise mechanisms causing this disability (also called stammering) are not understood. Some believe that many forms have genetic origins.

A common form of stuttering is neurogenic. Neurogenic stuttering arise from signal problems between the brain and nerves or muscles. In neurogenic stuttering, the brain is unable to adequately coordinate the different components of speech mechanism.

The disruptions of speech may be accompanied by tremors of the lips and/or jaw, rapid eye blinks and other movements. This disorder commonly becomes more severe when speaking in front of a group of people or on the phone. On the other hand, speaking alone and singing might generally improve it or disappear completely.

Over three million Americans stutter. Stuttering affects all ages, but most frequently, children between the ages of 2 and 6 are the most affected. Preschool and toddler stuttering are especially affected while they are developing their language. When they grow up, most of them improve or cure. One percent or less of adults stutters.

Many famous people stutter. Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Willis, Winston Churchill and Mel Tillis are only a few whose success was not impeded by stuttering. Their speech language issue did not stop them to excel and express themselves magnificently.

With these encoraging news about famous people succeeding in spite of their common issue, I end part 1 of these series of articles. Much more information can be found at a site dedicated to stuttering problems and resources, as well as a library of speech language pathology.

This is the end of Part 1 of Stuttering and speech therapy ideas. On next chapters I will be writing about different and effective therapies developed lately by researchers on the field of stammering or speech language pathology.

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