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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
24 people had to be rescued by fire fighters after a mechanical fault caused a roller coaster to stop mid journey at the California’s Great America theme park in Santa Clara, California, United States.
The Invertigo roller coaster malfunctioned at around 12:15 p.m. (PDT) leaving some riders stranded as high as 80 ft from the ground. The ride was stuck for several hours, and the last passenger reached the ground at 5:45 p.m.. None of the riders were injured during the incident.
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The theme park released a statement saying that the cause of the fault was a faulty lift chain. They added that getting the ride fixed was “priority number two while the passengers safety was the number one priority.”
One of the stuck passengers was Shannon Brown who said “there was a lot of noise, parts went flying. A big, heavy piece of metal went flying. It gave a pretty rough stop — knocked my glasses off.”
Passengers were given water as they waited in 90(F)-degree heat. Fire captain Scott Kouns said, “It was a hot day in the Santa Clara with temperatures in the 90s. Any length of time trapped on a roller coaster would be uncomfortable, to say the least, and it took at least an hour to get the first person off the ride.”
After the riders were rescued, the theme park offered complimentary soft drinks and pizza.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Kensington Palace announced on Monday that Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, is pregnant with a second child after the onset of acute morning sickness led to her cancelling an engagement at Oxford University, where the couple were due to open a new centre for the study of China.
Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his congratulations: “Many congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I’m delighted by the happy news that they’re expecting another baby.”
Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband also congratulated the couple: “Fantastic to hear that Prince George will soon be a big brother. Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their happy news.”
A number of media outlets speculate the announcement of the Royal baby may influence the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum later this month, suggesting it may encourage people to vote to stay in the Union.
Submitted by: Yogi Chetan Mahesh Ji
Welcome to the Association of Yoga and Meditation India. Here at AYM we offer courses for specialised multi style yoga training course which aims to give the participants a solid and deep knowledge in a variety of different forms of yoga. The Association of Yoga and Meditation India is located in Rishikesh ( India ) and is a certified yoga training school in india and also registered with Yoga alliance USA. The courses offered are both residential and non-residential and focus on asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, kriya, relaxation and meditation along with yogic anatomy and physiology, psychology and teaching methodology. AYM offers three different course lengths which are RYS 200 – 300 and 500 hours respectively.
200 Hours Yoga Teachers Training:
This particular course specialises both in traditional and modern styles of yoga and includes multi-styles of yoga. The 200 hour course begins on the 15th of every month and will end on the 12th of the following month. During this course the participant will become educated in the traditional Indian style yoga known as Hatha yoga and Sivanda yoga; which is a static type of yoga meaning that the yoga poses need to be held for some time. The course will also incorporate dynamic forms of yoga such as Ashtanga, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Flow Yoga and Power Yoga which are yoga poses which are repeated and held for a shorter duration. This course is conducted each month:
Main focus:
1. Hatha Yoga.
2. Ashtanga Vinyasa
3. Pranayama
4. Meditation
5. Teaching methodology.
Cost: 850 USD Course Fee. Accommodation and Meals: 100 USD / week. Seats: 25
2. 300 Hours Yoga Teachers Training:
This particular course is more concentrated on the advanced aspects of yoga; in particular participants will learn how to diagnose illness and then cure this illness using advanced yoga techniques. This 300 hour course is conducted once in a year. Structure: 200 hrs contact hours + 100 hrs assignments and teaching practice (non contact hours)
Main focus:
1. Yoga therapy
2. Focus on spirituality
3. Yoga sutra
4. Ayurveda
5. Diet and prana
Dates: 15 August 12 Septembe
Cost: 1030 USD Course Fee. Accommodation and Meals: 100 USD / weeks Seats: 30
3. 500 Hours Yoga Teachers Training:
This course will span over 8 weeks and can be either completed in one go, if the participant has previous experience or alternatively can be split into two parts, 200 hrs (4 weeks) first and 300 hrs (4 weeks) later on. This course is also conducted once a year.
Main Focus:
1. Hatha Yoga
2. Ashtanga
3. Pranayama
4. Meditation
5. Teaching methodology
6. Yoga therapy
7. Focus on spirituality with spiritual masters
8. Yoga Sutra
9. Ayurveda
10. Diet and prana
Dates: 15 July-12 Septembe
Cost: 1800 USD Course Fee. Accommodation and Meals: 100 USD / weeks Seats: 30
Duration and structure of fee:
1. Daily drop-in class 200 INR
2. One week 250 USD + (Accommodation & Meal 100 USD per week)*
3. Two week 440 USD + (Accommodation & Meal 100 USD per week)*
4. Four week (200hr) 850 USD + (Accommodation & Meal 100 USD per week)* Apply for the course – click
5. Six week (300hr) 1030 USD + (Accommodation & Meal 100 USD per week)* Apply for the course click
6. Eight week (500hr) 1800 USD + (Accommodation & Meal 100 USD per week)* Apply for the course click
Note: This fee is only for those courses which will be conducted in India; outside India fee will be different. This fee is without of accommodations and meals. For booking accommodation please contact to the office.
Schedule(probable) :
7.00 8.00 Detox yoga (Kriyas)
8.00 10.00 Yogasanas practice/Hatha
10.30 -12.00 Theory, yoga philosophy.
12.00-3.00 Lunch/rest
4.00-5.00 Pranayama and meditation
5.15 – 7.00 Yoga practice/Ashtanga vinyasa
7.00-8.00 Dinne
8.00- 10.00 Self study/ chanting
10.00 Light off
Schedule of yoga course in Every yea
Month Seats
1. 15 January 12 February 25
2. 15 February 12 March 25
3. 15 March 12 April 25
4. 15 April 12 May 25
5. 15 May 12 June 25
6. 15 June 12 July 25
7. 15 July 12 August 25
8. 15 August 12 Sept. 25
9. 15 Sept. 12 Oct. 25
10. 15 Oct 12 Nov. 25
11. 15 Nov. 12 Dec. 25
12. 15 Dec. 12 Jan. 25
Total Numbers of seats 25
How to Apply:
Fill the application form and send it to aymindia@gmail.com. After approval deposit $200 in advance to confirm your place in the course. We will send you an email after receiving your advance fee.
Apply for a course click here
Eligibility:
A one who is interested in learning the ancient Indian system of Yoga and its applied science. It is available for all, irrespective of caste and creed although your eligibility will be accessed after you send us detailed application form, after checking your eligibility, we will mail you and, you have to proceed for payment, after payment your seat will be confirmed.
Accreditations:
The Yoga Diploma will be awarded by the Association for Yoga and Meditation on successful completion. The course is also certified by Indian Yoga Alliance for 200 hours,300hours and 500 hours Yoga Teacher Training and also internationally recognized by International Yoga federation, the world topmost yoga organization in the world and can apply for international teacher card at IYF.
Course Syllabus:
The course is intense level and integrated. Yoga philosophy, anatomy and physiology yoga psychology all these subjects are integrated in each module for example when we teach module Yoga asana that time teacher has to explain asana practically and will explain Yoga philosophy, anatomy and physiology yoga psychology and other related aspects. There will be minimum six modules for diploma and minimum duration to get diploma is 200 hours, each module having two papers one for theory and one for yoga practical of 100 marks each. To get diploma a student need at least 40% marks
About the Author: Home Page:
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Courses Offered:
yoga-in-india.com/yoga-teacher-training
Application form:
yoga-in-india.com/registration-form
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
First leg of the second qualifications round of UEFA Champions League is now over. Second leg games will be played on August 2 and August 3.
The biggest surprise of the leg is probably Artmedia Bratislava’s (also known as Artmedia Petrzalka) easy victory over Glasgow Celtic of 5 – 0. According to IFFHS’ ratings, Celtic is 43rd on the list, while Slovakians are on position 200. [1]
RSC Anderlacht secured an almost certain victory in the second round, as they won 5 – 0 at home against PFC Neftchi.
Another clear favorite is Liverpool, which beat Kaunas in an away game yesterday with a final result of 1 – 3. Kaunas will have to score at least three goals at Anfield next week to stay in game.
Anorthosis made the same result against Trabzonspor, but at home, which can still give Turks realistic hope to make it up next week.
Dudelange lost at home to Rapid Vienna with 1 – 6. Strikers were on a goaling spree in the first ten minutes of the game, leaving Rapid with a steady advantage of 1 – 3. Akagündüz scored his second goal of the game in 16′ for Rapid. Two more goals in the second half secured an easy home game for the Austrians.
Partizan Belgrade managed to beat Moldavian Sheriff at home, with 1 – 0, but the organized fans among 15,000 present at the stadium did not cheer for their team. Fans were protesting against the club management, as they banned any banners from the stadium. Most fans only chanted “Management out!” every few minutes.
Partizan’s stadium has a capacity of 32,710 seats, but last season games avaraged only about 2000 spectators in domestic matches. There is a long standing conflict between Partizan’s fans and the managament, as fans accuse the club leadership of manipulation of club’s funds and favoring certain fan groups.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Pakistani officials say the military has launched its much anticipated ground offensive against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the South Waziristan tribal region. Fierce fighting has broken out and dozens of casualties are reported on both sides.
This mountainous district forms part of the Afghan border, which United States officials call the most dangerous place in the world. It is considered to be a stronghold for the Taliban. An attack by US drones on this area killed the former Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and it shelters the new leader Hakimullah Mehsud. It is also has training camps for suicide bombers. The US has put pressure on the Pakistani government to deal with militancy in the area.
30,000 troops which had been moved into the area over the past few months moved out of their bases in and around South Waziristan on Saturday, hours after top military and political leaders were briefed by army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayanimain in the capital, Islamabad. The troops advanced north towards the Mehsud stronghold of Makeen, west towards Kunigaram, Saam and Baddar, and east towards Kotkai, Spinkai Raghzai.
Pakistan has experienced a wave of terror attacks, including suicide blasts targeting international and security organizations, coordinated attacks around the country’s cultural center, Lahore, and an assault on the army’s headquarters near Islamabad. Some 175 people have died in the past two weeks. The government has blamed the Pakistani Taliban, which is based in South Waziristan, for the violence.
“The recent upsurge of terror incidents in the country were condemned and it was agreed that these elements pose a serious threat to the sovereignty and integrity of the state […] In the given circumstances, the national consensus is reaffirmed to establish and maintain the writ of the state to weed out these elements,” said Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
| these elements pose a serious threat to the sovereignty and integrity of the state | ||
Hours ahead of Saturday’s offensive, Pakistani authorities imposed a curfew and turned off mobile phone service in parts of South Waziristan in the district of Wana, as well as in Shakai and Tiarza.
Despite the military’s superiority in numbers, former security chief of the tribal regions, Mahmood Shah, told the Voice of America (VOA) news agency it would not be an easy battle. “This 30,000 against 10,000 is a conventional battle,” he said. “The militants do not fight conventional battles.” He also said he expects the military will face an enemy deeply entrenched in the mountainous and remote region. He also cautions that militants will likely launch suicide attacks elsewhere.
Top army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas has stated that the offensive could last up to two months, but that because of impending climatic conditions they would try to complete the attack by snowfall. A formal announcement on the start of the operation is expected by Prime Minister Gilani.
Officials have said that four soldiers were wounded during clashes and that remote-controlled bomb attacks killed two soldiers in North Waziristan and one in South Waziristan. The three soldiers’ bodies have been taken to Ramzak. There are also unconfirmed reports of militant deaths.
A senior military official has said that initially the objective is to establish footholds, but that they would mobilise three divisions of the military, paramilitary and police, with the final total rising up to 60,000 troops. According to a senior government official in Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal belt, the objective is to remove all militants from the area. He also said that “[t]his has been in the works for a long time. It was only a question of timing and the timing was decided. Troops were in place and they moved in.”
This is not the first time the military has launched an offensive in the tribal region. But those previous operations were not successful, mainly because militants killed sympathetic tribal leaders and opposition political parties refused to offer their support.
Experts estimate the number of militants between 10,000 and 12,000 from the Tehreek-e-Taliban movement in South Waziristan and up to 25,000 across Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal belt, with up to 5,000 Uzbek fighters supporting the Taliban.
For the past several months since the anti-Taliban offensive in and around Swat Valley, the military has built up its forces around South Waziristan.
Manuel Bessler, head of the United Nations’s Office for Coordinating Humanitarian Affairs in Pakistan, told Voice of America that many civilians have fled the area. “We had IDPs, internally displaced people, since May about 77,000, up to 80,000,” he said. “Now with this more intense fighting and military operation inside [South] Waziristan, we have a daily outflow of 70 to 100 families from the area.” Official figures put at 90,000 the people displaced from South Waziristan since August.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Peruvian highway police said that two thousand tourists have been stranded near the ruins of the ancient Machu Picchu citadel, after torrential rains caused mudslides, blocking the train route that goes from the site to Cusco.
Soledad Caparo, a spokeswoman for Perurail commented that the train operator suspended service earlier today, and is trying to remove the mud that is blocking the rail.
The last leg of the trip from Machu Picchu to Cusco is only possible by rail; Peruvian Tourism Minister Martin Perez remarked that the government might try to evacuate those stranded via helicopter.
The Vilcanota and Rio Blanco rivers located nearby, meanwhile both have overflowed, flooding hundreds of hectares of corn crop and fifty homes, according to officials. The Cusco-Abancay highway was also blocked due to the overflowing Yanama, with vehicle traffic lining up, unable to get through. Two people were killed by the rains.
byAlma Abell
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also hit back at Petros Tzomakas, a member of another Greek far-left party which criticised KKE in a previous interview.
The interview comes amid tensions in cash-strapped Greece, where the government is introducing controversial austerity measures to try to ease the nation’s debt-problem. An international rescue package has been prepared by European Union member states and the International Monetary Fund – should Greece require a bailout; protests have been held against government attempts to manage the economic situation.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
On Monday, the United States ride-sharing company Uber announced suspension of its experimental self-driving car program after one of the cars fatally struck a 49-year-old woman pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona on Sunday night.
The company characterized the suspension of the program — in the Phoenix area and also in Pittsburgh; San Francisco; and Toronto, Canada — as a standard response in the wake of the accident. Uber released a statement that “Our hearts go out to the victim’s family. We are fully cooperating with local authorities in their investigation of this incident.” According to a spokeswoman, the company is also conducting its own investigation. It was reportedly the first time someone died in an incident involving a self-driving car.
Elaine Herzberg was hit at about 10 pm local time (UTC -7) on Sunday when she walked into the street with her bicycle about 100 yards or less from a crosswalk. She died later in hospital. The Volvo car was operating autonomously. Sylvia Moir, chief of police in Tempe, told the San Francisco Chronicle that according to the human operator in the vehicle — Rafaela Vasquez, 44 — “it was like a flash”, there was no time to override the computer to take evasive action, the first indication was the sound of impact.
The police stated the car was three miles per hour (mph) over a speed limit of 35 mph. According to Moir, recordings from the car’s video cameras indicated it would have been “difficult to avoid this collision in any kind of mode”. Moir told the San Francisco Chronicle that while she “[wouldn’t] rule out the potential to file charges” against Vasquez, “preliminarily it appears that the Uber would likely not be at fault in this accident”.
Uber started its Arizona self-driving test program in February 2017, using vehicles that had been banned in California due to safety concerns. The next month one was involved in a collision while in self-driving mode after another car failed to yield the right of way; the Uber SUV rolled on its side.