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Las Vegas ‘chili finger’ woman has history of lawsuits
Monday, April 11, 2005
Anna Ayala, the Las Vegas woman who claims to have found the notorious “chili finger” at a Wendy’s outlet in San Jose, California, has filed lawsuits against other businesses, according to researchers at the Associated Press. Her previous court battles included the national El Pollo Loco chicken-chain, a previous employer, and even General Motors.
Ayala successfully won her suit for medical expenses against El Pollo Loco, after her daughter Genesis contracted salmonella poisoning from eating at the restaurant. However, Ayala lost another suit in 2000 claiming that a wheel fell off her car.
Ayala’s original account of the incident spoke “emotionally and with disgust” to the San Jose Mercury News when she described it to the paper.
“Lies, lies, lies, that’s all I am hearing. They should look at Wendy’s. What are they hiding? Why are we being victimized again and again?” Ayala recently told The Associated Press. Ayala is now in her Las Vegas home, avoiding reporters.
“It doesn’t prove anything,” family spokesman Ken Bono told the San Francisco Chronicle. “My mom has 10 lawsuits. A lot of people have lawsuits. Why would she sue for money? She has plenty of money,” he said.
Nick Muyo, a spokesman for the San Jose Police department, said not to expect new information in the case for at least a week.
“We just want to step back and take a deep breath,” Muyo told Knight Ridder Newspapers. “From a law enforcement point of view, once you establish it is a human finger, you have to wonder is this a case of industrial accident or is this a case of unreported homicide,” he said.
Las Vegas police searched Anna Ayala’s home on Wednesday, retrieving a cooler and other effects from her home, such as a makeup case.
Despite the incident, which has dramatically reduced sales at Northern California Wendy’s outlets, die-hard Wendy’s fans are still turning up for lunch, even at the outlet where the finger was found, at 1405 Monterey Highway, just south of downtown San Jose.
“We’ve eaten here for years,” a police officer told the San Francisco Chronicle under the condition that he remain anonymous. “They’re very nice people. When we work Spartan Stadium, we always eat here,” he said.
San Jose City Council candidate Andrew Diaz still eats the chili. And he witnessed the finger discovery.
“I walked away real slow,” Diaz told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I didn’t want any commotion,” he said.
Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive
Monday, October 11, 2010
Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as a Scientology executive in multiple high-ranking positions, working out of the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base”, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California.
Controversial medical center demolished in Buffalo, New York
Saturday, May 26, 2007
A medical center, once the site of intense controversy over abortion in the 1990s, which has been vacant for nearly 10 years, was imploded in Buffalo, New York at 6:00 a.m. [eastern time] today.
Several streets in about a 2 block radius were shut down until the implosion occurred and the dust settled. At least 200 people watched in nearby parking lots and on rooftops of buildings to get a good look at the implosion.
The ground and the walls of buildings shook as the dynamite detonated and a brief shock wave could be felt as far as 1 1/2 blocks away. Witnesses even reported small pieces of bricks and concrete falling out of some buildings, but no one was injured.
The building, owned by Kaleida Health, once housed several medical offices, including an abortion clinic. Hundreds of people protested about the abortions outside the center during the Spring of Life Movement in 1992, but other medical procedures and treatments were also part of the center’s services. It was built in 1965 and was 14 floors tall.
Kaleida Health had the building imploded so that the current Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus can be expanded. Several other major medical facilities are also in the same area including Roswell Cancer Institute and Buffalo General Hospital.
“This implosion of 50 High Street will continue the explosion of growth on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. This event will ensure future opportunity for investment, development and growth,” said the CEO and President of Kaleida Health in a statement on Thursday.
==Sources==
- Melinda Miller & Sharon Linstedt. “Onlookers watch from rooftops as 50 High St. implodes” — Buffalo News, May 26, 2007
- “50 High Street Gone in a Flash” — WGRZ, May 26, 2007
- “Medical campus building to go boom” — MSN Money, May 24, 2007
Taco Bell mascot Gidget dies from stroke at 15
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Gidget, the chihuahua featured in the Taco Bell adverts in the United States has died from a stroke. The dog died at the age of 15 on Tuesday night. Sue Chipperton, the owner and trainer of Gidget commented saying, “She made so many people happy.” She passed at Chipperton’s home in Santa Clarita, California.
The dog was featured in the 1990s adverts that ran from 1997 to 2000. Gidget was portrayed as a male dog and is remembered for the dubbed saying “Yo quiero Taco Bell” which is Spanish for “I want Taco Bell.” The advert was meant to be shown only once but was turned into a campaign.
Gidget was also featured in Legally Blonde 2 and adverts for the board game Trivial Pursuit.
Affected By The Social Security System Americans Delay Retirement
By Jerri Lily
By the economic recession, more and more Americans to be able to receive all or more of the social security benefits and had to delay retirement plans, some of the older people still continue to engage in the heavy physical labor.
By the continued economic recession, social security benefits seems to be the only source of income their pension. However, closely related to social security benefits and retirement age, and again raise the retirement age, many people are facing house foreclosure loss, personal portfolio is down, recession and other aspects of the company’s pressure to delay retirement.
According to current U.S. social security system, people pay Social Security taxes while working, after retirement, where you can receive from the government to take Social Security benefits, the number receiving the amount, and the retirement age related. Social security benefits administered by the federal government, it helps people to maintain basic living standards.
Based in Washington, “Center for Economic and Policy Research,” John Schmitt, senior economist, said the U.S. has no mandatory retirement age, people can choose early retirement at age 62 can also be 65 to 67 years in the standard retirement age or delay the retirement age to 70.
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U.S. has no mandatory retirement age, but a person’s retirement age and he received social security benefits are linked. If you retire before the age of 62, can not get anything, if the retirement age of 62 can only receive part of the social security benefits, retirement if over the age of 65, can receive standard social security benefits. If you postpone the retirement age to 70, receive Social Security benefits will be higher.
Currently, the U.S. government set up a 18 member panel to discuss raising the retirement age issue, and take other measures to reinforce the social security financial benefits. Senate Minority Leader John Boehner called for the next 20 years, retired people will not be raising the retirement age to 70 years. Many Democrats also support similar initiatives.
Based in Washington, “Urban Institute,” the researcher Rudy Panna that raising the retirement age to 70 years to be reasonable, because now people are physically more healthy, life expectancy has increased.
United States experienced a long-term severe budget problems. The budget expenditure from both a medical system, this demand is rapidly increasing, constitute the most serious budget problems, the other is the social security system. Baby boom generation is entering the social security system, their number is increasing, life expectancy will be very long, so in the next 20 years the social security system will create a heavy financial burden. This is why reform of this system is urgent now.
However, by raising the retirement age to solve the problems in the social security system is not the best approach. The economic base of the U.S. social security system for decades to come will be very sound, and then encountered problems, as long as we make small adjustments to the system, it is easy to solve, for example: as long as the workers to work to increase the proportion of tax paid during that can make up for the lack of social security benefits. Raising the retirement age to take such extreme measures only for those least prepared and the workers engaged in heavy manual labor a heavy tax burden.
Some studies show that raising the retirement age for workers engaged in intense physical labor in fact constitutes a press. “Economic and Policy Research Center,” a study that in more than 58 years of age among the workers, 1 in every 3 people who engage in intense physical labor. There are some people in very difficult working environment, some of them to face the heat and cold, wind and rain, or the invasion of pollutants, as well as the work in crowded places, or long standing case of labor.
Some experts pointed out that no matter how the social security system reform, the undeniable fact that the pressure of the economic downturn forced the Americans to postpone retirement trend is likely to continue.
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UEFA Euro 2016, day 8: Italy-Sweden, Czech Republic-Croatia, Spain-Turkey
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Yesterday in UEFA Euro 2016, Italy defeated Sweden 1–0 and assured their advancement to the knock-out stage. Croatia vs Czech Republic resulted in a 2–2 draw and Spain defeated Turkey 3–0 as Álvaro Morata scored twice. Spectators from the Croatian end threw flares before the final whistle.
Italy faced Sweden in the first match of the day. Sweden led in terms of ball possession but, in the 88th minute, Éder scored for Italy. Italian captain Gianluigi Buffon was yellow carded in injury time as he delayed a goal-kick. Italy numerically assured their advancement to the knock-out stage by winning this game.
Croatia were 1–0 up at half time as Ivan Periši? scored in the 37th minute. FC Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakiti? scored a second goal for Croatia chipping the ball over Petr ?ech just before the one hour mark. Later, Milan Škoda scored from a header in the 76th minute for the Czechs. The match seemed to being inching towards a 2–1 victory for Croatia but Czech Republic won a penalty and Tomáš Necid equalised late in the match, having replaced Jaroslav Plašil.
In the 86th minute, spectators threw flares on the ground and delayed the game by five minutes. A hearing is scheduled to take place today.
Later, Davor Šuker, president of the Croatian Football Federation, said, “We will seek the help of the French police [to investigate] […] Something is rotten in our country, and this […] deserves zero tolerance.” ((hr)) Croatian language: Tražit ?emo od francuske policije pomo? našem sudstvu, da se vidi tko baca baklje […] Nešto je trulo kod nas, a ovo ostalo zaslužuje nultu toleranciju.
Turkish captain Arda Turan faced his FC Barcelona teammate Andrés Iniesta as Turkey took on Spain. Spanish captain Sergio Ramos was booked in the opening moments of the game. Just after the half-hour mark, Nolito assisted Álvaro Morata, who scored a header. Three minutes later, Nolito scored the second goal of the match. Three minutes after half time, Morata scored from Jordi Alba’s pass.
Spain won the game 3–0 and qualified for the Last 16 knockout phase.
David de Gea maintained a clean sheet for his first five international appearances and set a new world record breaking the previous record of Gordon Banks.
Australian governments to meet for first COAG meeting of 2006 today
Friday, February 10, 2006
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will meet in Canberra today for its first meeting of 2006. Members of COAG are the Prime Minister, State Premiers, Australian Capital and Northern Territory Chief Ministers, and the President of the Australian Local Government Association. COAG is chaired by the Prime Minister.
On the agenda is a wide range of issues such as health, economic reform, regulation, and education.
The state leaders (all of whom are members of the Australian Labor Party), met last night to develop a strategy for dealing with John Howard, Australia’s Prime Minister.
Blown for Good author discusses life inside international headquarters of Scientology
Friday, November 13, 2009
Wikinews interviewed author Marc Headley about his new book Blown for Good, and asked him about life inside the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base“, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California. Headley joined the organization at age seven when his mother became a member, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005.
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The Importance Of Techniques In Mountain Biking
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To excel in any field, be it sports or any other, one has to have a certain technique. Having a technique gives you a edge above the others. Training with experts help you develop these techniques, or you can develop your own as you put in your time.
To excel in any field, be it sports or any other, one has to have a certain technique. Having a technique gives you a edge above the others. Training with experts help you develop these techniques, or you can develop your own as you put in your time.
The importance of Techniques for beginners.
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The best thing about mountain biking is that it is not restricted to any specific age group or gender. Basically, any body who is in good physical condition and loves adventures can enjoy the thrills of this sport. Mastering the techniques is also not important, unless you wish to be the best in the sport.
Generally it is observed that all those who do mountain biking do not give much importance to learning the techniques. Mountain biking is usually seen as another way of workout and a break from the usual daily routine works like attending family and other commitments, but its not true.
Why is learning the Techniques important even for Beginners.
Learning the techniques of the game is the key to mastering any sport, be it mountain biking or basketball. All expert mountain bikers have their own techniques. The time and energy spent through years of practice help them become the best in the game. All beginners are advised to take guidance from such experts, and learn from their experience.
Do not be disappointed, if you do not you cannot find a good teacher for your self. Its possible to learn mountain biking even without the guidance of a trained teacher, all you have to do is get into the company of other mountain bikers and watch them carefully and observe their technique. After getting the basic idea, all you have to do is practice till you become perfect.
The easiest way to learn mountain biking in the absence of a trainer is to joining mountain biking clubs. Admission to these mountain biking clubs is usually free, but some might ask for small donations in return for their services. Watching mountain biking videos, attending forums or visiting community websites is also a good option.
In case there are no mountain biking clubs in your neighborhood, starting your own club can be a good idea. You might be shocked to see the number of people interested in joining the club. Such club not only helps you share your knowledge but also double up as a group for social gathering.
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