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User talk:Caverbrien

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Lantern festival article
Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Lantern Festival in Taipei lights up the night, we appreciate articles like this. This article appears to be what Wikinews calls original reporting. Wikinews articles must cite sources for all assertions they make. In the case of original reporting, you are the source. The way we usually deal with this is for you to place a comment on the article talk page, stating who you are, what your relationship is to the story you are covering, and describing the nature of the reporting (i.e. interviewing, taking notes, observing events, etc). You should also read Original reporting.

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Image:Lantern festival.jpg
Hi, (I'm assuming you took this image yourself) Image:Lantern festival.jpg needs to have a freer copyright. Its currently tagged as breaking news situation, which is okay especially considering you took it. However for the long term it needs to have a free license. Basicly that allows other people to use that image for other things. How much permission do you want to give others?For example do you want to: Bawolff ☺☻ 00:31, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Allow them to do whatever they want, without giving you credit
 * do whatever, but must give you credit
 * Do what ever, give you credit, and make sure that if they modify it, that they allow anyone to do whatever they want with thoose modifications
 * Some other combination (Theres lots of others).
 * I see you said, cc-by-2.5. Good choice. You may want to be specific about who you want attribution for. I assume you want it for your username, however some people want it to be attributed to their real name, or directly to wikinews. If you want one of those, please tell me. Thanks Bawolff ☺☻ 07:34, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * please check your commons talk page. onw of your images may be deleted. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * you have fans: http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Lantern_Festival_in_Taipei_lights_up_the_night/Comments Bawolff ☺☻ 01:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Adding sources
Please use this template when adding sources: *. Also please read the welcome message above on how to make articles such as Style guide and Writing an article. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 14:48, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi!
Thanks for your contributions. Are you a police officer? I sort of assumed so from the notes you took on Fatal fall in Yellowstone National Park. irid t i [mailto:ironiridis@gmail.com e] 03:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes I work as a Ranger for half the year in YNPCaverbrien 03:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Only on WikiNews.... Eat that, traditional media! :-) --Kim Bruning 03:53, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Fantastic work
Thanks for the great work on Fatal fall in Yellowstone National Park. I added a couple images to the article, and feel free to change them around. So you know, you can find very good images on the Wikimedia Commons. They can be directly included here, by finding their image name (top of the image page, such as Image:filename.png), and using code like this: The third value(right) can be either right or left, and the next is the size (in pixels), good sizes are 150 or 200, but it can be different based on where you are using it. The caption can contain almost anything, except the | character.

Enjoy! Matt | userpage|contribs 05:18, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Mihc~enwikinews

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Al-Qaeda threaten to kill British Prince Harry in Iraq

March 5, 2007

According to a report from the British newspaper The Sun, Al-Qaeda members have issued a prominent threat on the Internet that Britain's Prince Harry will be killed or kidnapped when he is sent out to Iraq for his first tour of duty in the British Army in May this year.

An Islamic website has messages which have been posted on the site since the 22 year old Prince's deployment to the gulf state was revealed at the start of February. The messages included: "Prince Harry will be sent to Iraq to be killed by Muslims." and "May Allah give him what he deserves — like his fellow crusaders." Another person commented: "He must be wishing for his death."

Furthermore, The Sun reports that Harry and his troop of 12 soldiers will be trained this week to face hostage situations. He also has a group of SAS (Special Air Service) soldiers who will protect him.

The Prince has requested his regiment, the Blues and Royals, to treat him like any other soldier, whether royalty or not. Commenting on the threat, an official of the Blues and Royals said: "Officially Harry is being treated just like any other soldier but in reality everyone knows how desperate the insurgents out there will be to get their hands on him."


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Talk:Fijians in New Zealand urged to protest NZ's involvement in Fiji

'Self-appointed'
Bainimarama is no more 'self appointed', as it is said in article, since he has sended back, on January 3rd, 'all executive authority' to the President of the Republic, Josefa Iloilo, and this one has 'immediatly' appointed him as 'acting Prime Minister', on the next day. See the two French Wikinews articles of the time, fr:Fidji : Frank Bainimarama restitue ses pouvoirs au président Iloilo (4 janvier) and fr:Fidji : Frank Bainimarama est nommé Premier ministre par intérim (5 janvier), with some sources which should be still available and help to be sure of what I say.

Maybe a better sentence should be: acting PM, and former coup-leader, Mr Bainimarama told [etc.] Hégésippe | ±Θ± 10:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * also, he appears to be Commodore Bainimaram, not "Mr." — Doldrums(talk) 14:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


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User:Sim NotAlone

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Talk:Microsoft wins case against Alcatel

how is microsoft winning in the first half but losing in the second half of this article?
 * I personally find this a little to close to the Spanish source for my liking. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Think we need a Copyvio, or should we just rewrite and save us the trouble? --Thunderhead - (talk) 00:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Wikipedia has a crush on Kate McAuliffe~enwikinews

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User talk:Timconsidine

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The sentence of Intel's former contractor expunged

March 5, 2007 A former contractor of Intel, who was convicted more than a decade ago for bypassing the security systems of the semiconductor company in 1993, is now free from charge.

The hacker used a special program, named "Crack", that was able to detect the passwords of his former colleagues. He worked at Intel Supercomputer Systems Division and afterwards he suspiciously left the company.

When was accused, the court sentenced him to pay Intel a restitution, estimated at US$68,000. Then the was imposed to spend five years of probation and 480 hours of community service. In addition, the court sentenced Schwartz to 90 days of deferred jail time. All in all, the legal bills of the former Intel contractor exceeded US$170,000.

Randal Schwartz told the court that the reason he used "Crack" is that he wanted to show the disadvantages of Intel's security system, especially when he left the company. He also mentioned about reestablishment of his respect, which, according to Schwartz, was lost.

After more than a decade, he appealed to a Democratic governor. In February 2007 a court in Oregon expunged his conviction. Schwartz stated that it will take some time for him to absorb the result. The 13-year journey still keeps him in shock.


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Retired Wikipedian suggests Pulitzer winner tried to pay him; practice unaccepted in journalism

 * July 31, 2006 — The New Yorker publishes story about Wikipedia by Schiff.
 * January, 2007 — Essjay hired by Wikia.
 * January 15, 2007 — Essjay posts autobiographical details on his user page at Wikia, giving his real name, age, previous employment history from age 19, and positions within various Wikimedia Foundation projects.
 * February 23, 2007 — Wales announces his appointment of Essjay to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.
 * February 28, 2007 — Radar Online notes the fact correction appended to the The New Yorker article.
 * March 1, 2007 — Various Wikipedians begin digging into Jordan's edit history, finding examples of how he used his false identity during editing. While his false ID was accepted by community members before this point, as it was a matter of protecting himself, the affect on content his ID had made claim more difficult for many to accept.
 * March 3, 2007 —
 * Wales issues a statement on his user talk page at Wikipedia, asking Jordan to give up his positions of responsibility.
 * Essjay announces his retirement from Wikipedia on his user talk page at Wikipedia. He later changes his Wikia userpage to read "Essjay was a member of the Wikia staff from January to March 2007."

March 6, 2007 Retired Wikipedian Ryan Jordan, known originally by his pseudonym "Essjay", put himself up to more scrutiny by suggesting that unethical journalistic practices were used during an interview by Stacy Schiff for The New Yorker magazine.

Essjay made the statement on the user's Wikipedia page that: ...she made several offers to compensate me for my time, and my response was that if she truly felt the need to do so, she should donate to the Foundation instead.

Jordan suggested that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Schiff, to whom he said that he was a tenured university professor, offered to compensate him for an interview she conducted as research for the magazine article titled "KNOW IT ALL".

The article, published in the magazine's July issue last year, was later appended by the editors of the magazine with the disclaimer that, "He was willing to describe his work as a Wikipedia administrator but would not identify himself other than by confirming the biographical details that appeared on his user page. At the time of publication, neither we nor Wikipedia knew Essjay’s real name."

What is known now, following the quitting of Essjay at Wikipedia, and the resignation at Wikia, is that the individual misrepresented himself.

Blogger and prominent contributor to Wikimedia Foundation projects Andrew Lih contacted Schiff for comment. Her reply was "on the record, succinct and emphatic":

This is complete nonsense.

 * All best,
 * Stacy

Wikipedia Signpost writer Michael Snow received a similar response from the Deputy Editor of The New Yorker, Pam McCarthy, stating:

Yes, New Yorker policy prohibits payment for interviews. And I can assure you that Essjay's assertion about Stacy Schiff and compensation is completely false and utterly absurd. This is one of the worst charges that can be made about a reporter, and Stacy Schiff, a Pulitzer Prize winner of unimpeachable integrity, whom we know well, does not deserve to be lied about in this way.

Schiff was referred by the Wikimedia Foundation for an interview for the article to Wikipedia administrator Essjay, a member of Wikipedia's arbitration committee and generally trusted member of the community.

Lih comments "He has now accused Schiff of unethical conduct, entering into the dangerous domain of defamation and libel and directly affecting the reputation of a working journalist. Is he ready to stand up and be accountable for his story, or will he leave a reckless statement sitting on the Talk page?... Who do we believe — a respected reporter or proven prevaricator Essjay/Ryan Jordan?"

Essjay tried to build sympathy?
Lih, himself an assistant professor of journalism, suggests Jordan may have tried to "portray himself as a sympathetic character", not realising that he was suggesting a journalistic wrongdoing.

Before issuing a correction, Schiff's article about Wikipedia had stated:

One regular on the site is a user known as Essjay, who holds a Ph.D. in theology and a degree in canon law and has written or contributed to sixteen thousand entries. A tenured professor of religion at a private university...

Jordan had fabricated a persona which he described on his user page on Wikipedia, presenting himself as a tenured professor at a private US university. After the news broke, EssJay said that the false details were intended to avoid cyberstalking. However, Jordan had used these fictitious credentials to win content debates on Wikipedia. Polls have found that 55% of web users have used fake identities.

When Wikimedia's Jimmy Wales called for Jordan's resignation from any position of power, such as his Arbitration Committee placement or administrative privileges, the user decided instead to remove himself from the project completely.

He is no longer an employee of Wikia, Inc., the community wiki company at which he revealed his true identity; corporation co-founder Angela Beesley has told Wikinews that Jordan resigned.


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Talk:Retired Wikipedian suggests Pulitzer winner tried to pay him; practice unaccepted in journalism

"bad journalistic practices"
i don't see any accusations of "bad ..." in the quoted excerpt of EssJay's post. that is just someone else's characterization of the comment and doesn't support the headline, methinks. — Doldrums(talk) 16:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * "I did not have an advance copy of the article, and indeed, didn’t even get the complimentary print copy that others were given when it was published; I asked Stacy to send it to the Foundation for thier use instead. Further, she made several offers to compensate me for my time, and my response was that if she truly felt the need to do so, she should donate to the Foundation instead."

 * According to Andrew Lih, who as mentioned is an assistant journalism professor, says that money being exchanged is bad practice. --  Zanimum 17:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * to my knowledge, not all journalists clear advance copies with sources. similarly, i expect compensation for time is common practice, with experts and pundits, for instance. my suggestion is to hold back the characterisations, ("bad" whatevers, "Disgraced"s, "putting himself up to further criticism", "decided to pass some of the blame") and simply report the Essjay's comment, Lih's views and Schiff's response. it's not for us to put words in EssJay's mouth, the way i think the title does. — Doldrums(talk) 17:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * also, the note in the N-Yer piece says, "would not identify himself other than by confirming the biographical details that appeared on his user page."[italics mine], looks to me like she did her job and i'd be leery of printing accusations of bad journalism by her, especially in the absence of a clear-cut accusation. it needs a leap to go from EssJay's comment to the current headline, in my view, and we shld not be making leaps to potentially defamatory statements. — Doldrums(talk) 17:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Okay, shortened the quote to include only the accusation. The advance copies are almost unheard of, in my experience. --  Zanimum 17:32, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * As far as disgraced goes. Well Jimbo telling you to resign is not an hounour by any means, there are still a lot of people on wikipedia who support him. (As can be seen by his talk page, and others proablly share similiar feelings). Bawolff ☺☻ 04:35, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Word removed. --  Zanimum 16:45, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I pretty much don't get the point of this article, it reads like a swipe at the New Yorker journalist that has no basis in the quoted material. EssJay appears to have argued from a position of unheld authority (put simply:lied). I don't care particularly whether convention considers offering to pay for his time was appropriate, you have a single source for this claim. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:38, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Single source for the claim? or Andrew's claim that this is ethically wrong? If you want another journalism expert to back up Andrew, I can find one. But if you want me to get Jordan to restate that she tried to pay him, that's next to impossible. And I mean, there's no debate that he did say that. Check the history. The multiple source rule is meant for real world events. --  Zanimum 16:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Pretty much a case of both, the payment offer is EssJay's word versus the journalist. Whether or not it is common practice to pay for expert opinions is another kettle of fish. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Look, were it not a serious acquistation, would Schiff have issued such a response? I'm asking Andrew for a source that agrees that this practice is bad. Note that his blog was regularly cited by the media in regard to the blocking status of Chinese Wikimedia sites. --  Zanimum 16:59, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Timeline
It might be useful to add another item to the timeline. Starting around March 1, people dug into Essjay's edit history and found examples of how he had made use of his false identity during wiki editing and other wiki-related activities (see). By March 3, Jimmy Wales became aware of these new revelations and asked Essjay to give up his positions of responsibility. Before March 1 it was possible to accept Essjay's claim that he had created a false identity to protect himself. After March 1 it became known that he had actively used that false identity in ways that made it difficult or impossible for his wiki peers to accept.--JWSchmidt 04:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Added. --  Zanimum 16:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

headline
change needed. he does not "accuse" her of "bad journalistic practices". see WP Signpost article, for instance, on how to word it so we don't go beyond what is actually said by the various people involved. — Doldrums(talk) 17:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I have, and will continue to, marked this as cleanup due to the headline. I don't care whose blog the "bad journalistic practices" comes from, it ain't a credible source and this is an accusation that is being inferred from EssJay's comments. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

OR quote
"Yes, New Yorker policy prohibits payment for interviews. And I can assure you that Essjay's assertion about Stacy Schiff and compensation is completely false and utterly absurd. This is one of the worst charges that can be made about a reporter, and Stacy Schiff, a Pulitzer Prize winner of unimpeachable integrity, whom we know well, does not deserve to be lied about in this way.

Thanks very much for writing and for giving us a chance to respond."

This is the text of what Michael provided me through Andrew. -- Zanimum 18:35, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Why are you making up this stuff? It's been explained that he probably meant reimbursement for the calling cards in that comment. Instead you're going with whatever some blog says and citing false sources for this article. Angela

 * Some blog? We're reporting on what the blog says, and what the blog says the New Yorker said. --  Zanimum 15:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


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Aerial collision over Austria kills 8

March 5, 2007

An aerial collision near Zell am See, Austria has killed 8 people, 5 Swiss citizens, 1 French, 1 German and 1 Austrian.

The collision occurred Monday afternoon between a Super Puma helicopter belonging to Helog S.A, based in Küssnacht (Switzerland), and a private Diamond DA20 "Katana" light aircraft which had taken off from the aerodrome at Zell am See.

All 7 of the passengers and crew from the helicopter were pronounced dead at the scene, as was the pilot of the light aircraft, which had no passengers on board.

The debris from the accident spread over a 20 metre radius and bystanders near to the incident reported seeing a "huge ball of fire in the sky".

The reason for the accident is presently unclear as both craft have been confirmed as passing pre-flight testing at their respective take-off locations. Furthermore, Zell am See tower radioed the helicopter that a plane was taking off, to which the helicopter replied positively. This conversation should have been heard over radio by the pilot of the plane.

The site of the accident is now being guarded by police, pending the arrival of an investigation team and a delegate of the state attorney.

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User:Maverick423~enwikinews

Articles I have created:

Popeyes Vs Churches

Plane Crash in McAllen Texas

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User talk:82.170.97.212

Welcome
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User talk:Rmeredith3555

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March 31
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Research In Motion chairman resigns position

March 5, 2007

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) co-chief executive and chairman, Jim Balsillie, has resigned voluntarily as chairman after an internal review revealed irregularities with how the company accounted for stock options.

The review was carried out over the past 7 months and indicates that, Canadian BlackBerry maker, RIM, will have to restate earnings for all of 2004, 2005, and 2006, and for the first quarter of 2007. The company will have to lower previously reported earnings by approximately US$250 million.

The review committee indicated that RIM "failed to maintain adequate internal and accounting controls with respect to the issuance of options in compliance with the Company’s stock option plan, both in terms of how options were granted and documented, and the measurement date used to account for certain option grants".

Although the review finds that there was no deliberate misconduct, both Balsillie and co-chief executive, Michael Lazaridis, have agreed to pay, voluntarily, up to $5 million each to compensate the company for the costs of the review and restatement.

All RIM directors and C-level officers will have to pay back any monies received incorrectly as a result of the option irregularities.

Balsillie will retain his positions as co-chief executive and director. In a press release, the company stated that "consistent with current best practices in corporate governance, the roles of chairman and CEO are being separated". Current RIM chief financial officer, Dennis Kavelman, will move to the position of chief operating officer.

RIM is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market and is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange.


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Champions League
Arsenal v PSV Eindhoven - Kickoff: 7:34 pm Barcelona v Real Madrid - Kickoff: 7:34 pm Manchester United v Lille - Kickoff: 7:34 pm AC Milan v Celtic - Kickoff: 7:34 pm

English Premier League
No Games Today

Scottish Premier League
No Games Today

La Liga (Spain)
No Games Today

Serie A (Italy)
No Games Today

League 1 (France)
No Games Today

Bundesliga (Germany)
No Games Today

Eredivisie (Holland)
No Games Today

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UEFA Cup
Lens v Bayer Leverkusen - Kickoff: 6 pm Maccaba Haifi v Espanyol - Kickoff: 7:45 pm Newcastle v AZ Alkmaar - Kickoff: 7:30 pm Celta Vigo v Werder Bremen - Kickoff: 7:45 pm Paris St. Germain v Benfica - Kickoff: 7:45 pm Sevilla v Shakhtar Donetsk - Kickoff: 7:45 pm Rangers v Osasuna- Kickoff: 8:05 pm Braga v Tottenham - Kickoff: 7:45 pm

English Premier League
No Games Today

Scottish Premier League
No Games Today

La Liga (Spain)
No Games Today

Serie A (Italy)
No Games Today

League 1 (France)
No Games Today

Bundesliga (Germany)
No Games Today

Eredivisie (Holland)
No Games Today

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English Premier League
No Games Today

Scottish Premier League
No Games Today

La Liga (Spain)
No Games Today

Serie A (Italy)
No Games Today

League 1 (France)
No Games Today

Bundesliga (Germany)
Nurnberg v Eintracht Frankfurt - Kickoff: 7:30 pm

Eredivisie (Holland)
Roda JC Kerk v Utrecht - Kickoff: 7:30 pm

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FA Cup
Middlesbrough v Manchester United - Kickoff: 5:30 pm

English Premier League
No Games Today

Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen v Hearts - Kickoff: 3 pm Dundee United v Motherwell - Kickoff: 3 pm Dumferline v St. Mirren - Kickoff: 3 pm Hibernian v Falkirk - Kickoff: 3 pm Kilmarnock v Inverness CT - Kickoff: 3 pm

La Liga (Spain)
Levante v Villarreal - Kickoff: 7 pm Barcelona v Real Madrid - Kickoff: 9 pm

Serie A (Italy)
Siena v Ascoli - Kickoff: 5 pm Torino v Catania Calcio - Kickoff: 2:30 pm

League 1 (France)
Toulouse v Monaco - Kickoff: 4:10 pm Bordeaux v Sochaux - Kickoff: 7 pm Le Mans v St. Etienne - Kickoff: 7 pm Lorient v Lille - Kickoff: 7 pm Nantes v Nancy - Kickoff: 7 pm Nice v Rennes - Kickoff: 7 pm Troyes v Valenciennes - Kickoff: 7 pm

Bundesliga (Germany)
Borussia Monchengladbach v Hertha Berlin - Kickoff: 2:30 pm Cottbus v Alemannia Aachen - Kickoff: 2:30 pm FSV Mainz v Arminia Bielefeld - Kickoff: 2:30 pm Hanover 96 v Shalke - Kickoff: 2:30 pm Stuttgart v Wolfsburg - Kickoff: 2:30 pm Bocum v Borussia Dortmund - Kickoff: 2:30 pm

Eredivisie (Holland)
Heerenveen v RKC Waalwijk - Kickoff: 6:30 pm NAC Breda v Heracles Almelo - Kickoff: 6:30 pm Willem II v Groningen - Kickoff: 6:30 pm Sparta Rotterdam v NEC Nijmegen - Kickoff: 7 pm

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FA Cup
Chelsea v Tottenham - Kickoff: 12:45 pm Blackburn v Manchester City - Kickoff: 4 pm Plymouth v Watford - Kickoff: 6 pm

English Premier League
No Games Today

Scottish Premier League
Celtic v Rangers - Kickoff: 12:30 pm

La Liga (Spain)
Celta Vigo v Athletic de Bilbao - Kickoff: 4 pm Getafe v Recreativo - Kickoff: 4 pm Gimnastic v Sevilla - Kickoff: 4 pm Racing Santander v Espanyol - Kickoff: 4 pm Real Betis v Real Zaragoza - Kickoff: 4 pm Real Sociedad v Mallorca - Kickoff: 4 pm Athletico Madrid v Deportivo - Kickoff: 6 pm Osasuna v Valencia - Kickoff: 4 pm

Serie A (Italy)
Atalanta v Parma - Kickoff: 2 pm Chievo v Messina - Kickoff: 2 pm Empoli v Livorno - Kickoff: 2 pm Palermo v Fiorentina - Kickoff: 2 pm Reggina v Lazio - Kickoff: 2 pm Roma v Udinese - Kickoff: 2 pm Sampdoria v Cagliari - Kickoff: 2 pm Internazionale v AC Milan - Kickoff: 7:30 pm

League 1 (France)
Lens v Sedan - Kickoff: 5 pm Paris St. Germain v Auxerre - Kickoff: 5 pm Lyon v Marseille - Kickoff: 8 pm

Bundesliga (Germany)
Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen - Kickoff: 4 pm Hamburg v Bayer Leverkusen - Kickoff: 4 pm

Eredivisie (Holland)
AZ Alkmaar v Feyenoord - Kickoff: 11:30 pm Excelsior v PSV Eindhoven - Kickoff: 1:30 pm Twente v Ajax - Kickoff: 1:30 pm Vitesse v ADO Den Haag - Kickoff: 1:30 pm

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User talk:Jwjoffrion

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Gulf coast article
Jwjoffrion,

Welcome to Wikinews and thank you for your interest in contributing to it. unfortunately, the article Gulf Coast Is Rebuilding is not quite ready to be published. a couple of things need to be fixed.
 * 1) the article does not focus on a particular event or provide details to form the "meat" of a more widely scoped report on an ongoing phenomenon.
 * 2) statements such as "hardly ever gets noticed by most media outlets" need to be verifiable, backed up by some research or sourced to other published work.

I and other Wikinews contributors look forward to working with you to fix these problems and getting the article published. — Doldrums(talk) 10:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Sports sources
Hi! I thought I'd pop on here to help you out with sources. Sports sources are kind of tricky because while scores don't necessarily need to be cited, statistics and any game facts need citation unless you've tracked the statistics yourself. In that case, those statistics are still unofficial unless you're the appointed "official scorer" for the match. The issue here is that the statistics are usually copyrighted by the league office, and if you don't cite the source you can be held liable in the event of a plagiarism claim.

It's -very- advisable to have at least two sources for any article. For sports articles regarding games that you haven't personally attended or watched, a written game recap and stats sheet are usually more than enough as sources. I try to get a game play-by-play tally as well but it's not a necessity.

Hope this helps! I'm one of the up-and-coming sports authorities around here (or so I'm told) so if you need any help feel free to let me know.

-- Theirishpianist 21:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Sports coverage
We've added a section for sports contributors to help each other out, stick your name on there and have your say on how the sports portal looks. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Saints Glad They Have Colston
Please consult the Style guide before publishing articles. --SVTCobra 15:40, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Mississippi Gulf Coast may soon lose landmark
BTW, you might want to see my changes to the article, to make it less like a letter to the editor, and more "news articley". In the future, if you can get an actual quote from a local resident, business owner, history buff, and quote it in quotes, that lets you add the opinions that you share, while making it clear that the opinions aren't the official views of Wikinews, since Wikinews doesn't have official views. -- Zanimum 19:53, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

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 * Hello Jwjoffrion. Could you please get back to us with information on the sources to the article? We need active links for sources so that we can verify the information. Or, if the source of the material is based on Original Reporting, we need some notes added to the article's Talk page. Cheers, --Jcart1534 17:53, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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Please provide sources in order to get this article published. Also, refer to our Style guide for more infomation. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  22:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Pakistan

March 13, 2007

West Indies have won the first match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup against Pakistan by 54 runs today in Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.

West Indies scored 241 runs after losing nine wickets in the first innings. Samuels made 63 runs, hitting five fours and three sixes. Pakistan could make only 187 runs in 47.2 overs.

Player of the match, Dwayne Smith made 32 runs off just 15 balls and took three wickets for 36 runs in 10 overs.

West Indies had won five matches out of seven played against Pakistan in the previous World Cups, whereas Pakistan won only two.

Toss: Pakistan won, and elected to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gayle, 2.2 ov), 2-64 (Chanderpaul, 19.2 ov), 3-77 (Sarwan, 23.5 ov), 4-168 (Lara, 41.1 ov), 5-181 (Samuels, 43.6 ov), 6-183 (Ramdin, 44.5 ov), 7-223 (Smith, 48.2 ov), 8-228 (Taylor, 49.1 ov), 9-232 (Bravo, 49.3 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Imran Nazir, 0.3 ov), 2-17 (Younis Khan, 3.6 ov), 3-39 (Mohammad Hafeez, 10.3 ov), 4-99 (Mohammad Yousuf, 28.6 ov), 5-116 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 32.4 ov), 6-116 (Kamran Akmal, 32.5 ov), 7-144 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 40.2 ov), 8-187 (Iftikhar Anjum, 46.5 ov), 9-187 (Umar Gul, 46.6 ov), 10-187 (Shoaib Malik, 47.2 ov)

West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara (capt), D J Bravo, D R Smith, D Ramdin (wkt), J E Taylor, D B Powell, C D Collymore Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Iftikhar Anjum, Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Danish Kaneria

Player of the match: D R Smith (West Indies)

Umpires: B F Bowden (New Zealand) and S J A Taufel (Australia) TV umpire: B G Jerling (South Africa) Match referee: B C Broad (England) Reserve umpire: I J Gould (England)


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User talk:Divad271812

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Talk:The sentence of Intel's former contractor expunged

From what I recall about reading about the original conviction, it wasn't that Randal ran crack that got Intel all up in arms. It was that he had any access to their machines at all given that has latest contract with that particular group had ended. The access they found was a mail forwarding daemon, but they spent thousands and thousands of dollars figuring out what was there. Of course, the mail forwarding daemon was there because Intel kept hiring him for more contracts. Intel also claimed that this was a violation of their policies, but apparently they never gave Randal a copy of their policies. And this after they contracted for him to be a system administrator for them.

Sorry, but I can't cite any sources at this point.

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User talk:Scutai

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User talk:Elenarose

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User:Dodge Story/mansion

Welcome to Thunderhead Manor
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Thunderhead Manor has a spectacular 18-hole golf course, an olympic-sized pool, and a fitness center, all available by membership, which is currently available for free. We also have meals nightly in the Master Dining Room. Cabal Meetings are held nightly in the Master Dining Room. ''

Our cooks have worked in five-star restaurants for at least 12 years, and our cleaning and room service staff are well experienced. We also have a resident councillor, and other amenities including pools, and tennis courts.

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User talk:Infrogmation

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Room
I call the luxurious room overlooking the golf course! terinjokes | Talk 02:56, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
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I'm going to set myself up in the pool house, if that's okay Thunderhead? Cannonball!!!!!!!!!!! Jcart1534 22:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Space for me??
Am i allowed a room or am i not allowed in case i overhear your secret cabal meetings?--MarkieTalk 21:20, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Certainly. Anyone is allowed a room, this is just a little distraction from our Wikistress. Go ahead and add your name. --Thunderhead - (talk) 21:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Right cheers - check in at noon??--MarkieTalk 21:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Check in at noon, dinner at six. --Thunderhead - (talk) 21:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Do the toilets have wireless LAN?
Of course! Remember, the Cabal built it... --Thunderhead - (talk) 23:56, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * LOL. Do the showers have an internet connection or are we stuck sitting on the toilet? — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  00:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, if you put your laptop in the shower, then you wont need LAN :P --Thunderhead - (talk) 00:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

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Wiki can - and in fact has been proven to - be a source of stress. This project is no exception. People stressed from the project or from trying to include it in their lives should ask our resident parapsychologist's NPOV opinion. The doctor may not always be in, but at least he takes the tablets to make sure he isn't out to lunch. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:52, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Old folk?
Do you have a old folks section for those of us that have been here forever? Lyellin 04:16, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
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Can I join?
I'm not an admin here of course but I am one on WQ and WS. And is there a grand piano I can play?--Poetlister (talk) 18:04, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes there is! Thunderhead 07:39, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

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Wikinews talk:Water cooler/policy/Archive/7

Dude, I agree with you 100%. I tried editing an article that had wrong news, but the idiotic author wouldn't let me.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Lineup coming together for Manchester United charity match

March 6, 2007

Manchester United will be taking on eleven of the top players in Europe in a celebration match next Tuesday at Old Trafford, and the lineup for the European XI is coming together nicely. The game is a UEFA-Manchester United collaboration created to commemorate not only the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, but also the 50th anniversary of Manchester United entering into European club competitions. Funds raised in the match will go to support the Manchester United Foundation, which works with local charities as well as UNICEF to aid children in need. Italian Marcello Lippi will be in charge of coaching the European XI side, and his assistant will be Andy Roxburgh. Confirmed players have slowly been filing into the team, but with current Manchester United on-loan striker Henrik Larsson confirmed, the XI is now complete.

Players
Henrik Larsson: Current Club: Manchester United (loan) Age: 35 Currently on loan to Manchester United from Helsingborg, Larsson has been in sharp form as of late. This charity match will act as a farewell for the Swede, as he is due back in Sweeden to play for his home club after his loan contract expires on March the 12th.

David Beckham: Current Club: Real Madrid Age: 31 The former Manchester star will be returning to Old Trafford to play against his former club. Beckham has been playing strong for Real Madrid in recent weeks. An injury will keep him out of Real's next game in the Champions League, but if all goes well he will be back to match fitness for the March 13th charity match. Update: Beckham has been removed from the squad due to his knee injury. No replacement has yet been announced. Update: It is confirmed that Beckham will not be participating in the March 13th charity match, but Beckham will still travel to Old Trafford and be announced onto the pitch in order to say goodbye to the fans.

Ronaldinho: Current Club: Barcelona Age: 26 Winner of both European and World player of the year awards, Ronaldinho is arguably one of the best players in the world currently. After nearly signing with United, the Brazilian has won 2 La Liga titles and the Champions League trophy with Spanish giants Barcelona.

Carles Puyol: Current Club: Barcelona Age: 28 Another player from Barcelona, Puyol is one of the best central defenders in Spain, he was the first of his position named to Lippi's squad. His shaggy hair makes him easy to pick out on the football pitch, but his dominance from the back lures much more attention.

Gianluca Zambrotta: Current Club: Barcelona Age: 30 A member of the Italian World Cup winning team, Zambrotta is equally comfortable on either defensive wing, or in the midfield. He is also a Barcelona player, and joined the Spanish team after winning two Italian domestic championships with Juventus. Zambrotta has history with coach Lippi, as he played on his Italian International side while Lippi was in command.

Lilian Thuram: Current Club: Barcelona Age: 35 Thuram is most capped player on the French International team, and he was with the French side for their European and World Cup victories in 1998 and 2000. Thuram has also won domestic league trophies in 3 countries with Monaco, Parma, Juventus, and Barcelona, his current club.

Steven Gerrard: Current Club: Liverpool Age: 26 Though Gerrard plays for one of Manchester United's biggest rivals, Liverpool, he is an amazing football talent in the midfield. Gerrard won the 2006 PFA Player of the Year award, and has won several other medals including the European Cup, 2 FA cups, two league cups, a UEFA cup, and a Super Cup.

Jamie Carragher: Current Club: Liverpool Age: 29 Another Liverpool player, Carragher is well known for his grit and determination in defence, and is sure to cause the United forwards some problems, like he did this past Sunday in a match between the two.

Juninho: Current Club: Lyon Age: 32 The second Brazilian player on the team, Juninho is well known for his free-kick prowess, and is regarded as one of the best in the world for that purpose. Juninho has played at Lyon in France for all 5 of their consecutive league titles.

Eric Abidal: Current Club: Lyon Age: 27 The French International plays alongside Juninho at Lyon after moving there from Lille in 2004. He has won 2 league titles with the French giants, as well as a Champions Trophy, France's equivalent to the FA Cup.

Gregory Coupet: Current Club: Lyon Age: 34 Coupet is the keeper named to the European XI side, and plays alongside Juninho and Abidal at Lyon. He, like Juninho, has been with the club for all 5 of their consecutive league championships.


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Strong earthquake in Sumatra

March 6, 2007

Two earthquakes, measuring 6.3 and 6.0 on the Richter scale struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra within the space of two hours, killing at-least 70 people. The death toll may rise as a large number of buildings were destroyed and the search for survivors continues.

No tsunami warning was issued, although some people in coastal areas moved inland. However, as the quake was under land there was no likelihood of a tsunami.

The tremors were felt in Singapore and Malaysia as well.

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Is this roster bound to change with Beckham on the injured list (knee)? well, i noted that he'd "hoepefully" be back to match fitness for the charity game, but they have not released whether he will be replaced or not yet.Dark Squall 14:06, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole

March 6, 2007 A rupture in the underground stormwater drain system opened a huge sinkhole on February 23, killing three people and bringing down twelve houses in Guatemala City.

Teenagers Irma and David Soyos and their father, 53-year old Domingo Soyos were killed when their house collapsed into the sinkhole. Nearly a thousand people were evacuated from the San Antonio neighborhood after the collapse.

Wikinews interviewed Eric Haddox, a civil engineer who has visited the site of the sinkhole and spoken to the engineers working on fixing the drain. Mr. Haddox, who specialises in the building of earthworks, roads, water supply and sewage systems, and is working as a missionary in Guatemala, visited the site following the collapse to help in the recovery effort.

Mr. Haddox told us that the size of the hole is much smaller than the 330 feet depth originally reported and that the erosion causing the collapse is believed to have happened over a long time, and not just during the recent rains as initially suspected.

There are also concerns that a four-story building less than a metre from the edge of the hole may collapse as the earth under the building continues to be eroded.

Trouble brewing over years
Before the collapse, a junction box linked two collector pipes to a 3.5m main pipe leading to a nearby canyon in a system believed to be 20 to 50 years old. The surrounding earth had been filled in artificially to level the ground, but the fill was not well compacted before being built upon. Such leveling of the ground is widespread in Guatemala city.

It is thought that, at some point in the last 20 years, either one of the collector pipes ruptured or was detached from the junction box, possibly because of seismic activity. Water gushing out of the break following rainstorms gradually eroded the loosely compacted soil, creating an expanding cavern around the junction box. On February 23, the roof of this cavern collapsed, creating the sinkhole, 20m wide at the top and tapering out towards the bottom, which is about 60m (204 feet) deep, not 330 feet as originally reported.

"Things like this don't happen often and there are many interesting engineering lessons to be learned with them", Mr. Haddox said.

The sinkhole has continued to expand even after the collapse, since the collector pipes continue to carry water, which cascades 15m down the sinkhole to the main pipe, further eroding the sides of the sinkhole. The hole was about 25m wide at the top and 40m wide at the bottom a week ago.

A bypass pipe is being laid to divert the water away from the junction to arrest further erosion. The sinkhole will then have to be drained before repair work can begin.

Authorities are also concerned that similar breakages and undermining may be happening at other locations, Mr. Haddox said. Muddy water has been seen coming out of the main collector pipes, but it is not certain whether this is due to ruptures elsewhere or simply mud from the surface that has been washed into the drainage system.


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Excerpts from e-mails
Dated 06-Mar-2007 01:56

I have been around and may be helping out the director of public works in the solution for this problem. The first thing that was needed was to stop the flow of water so we can assess the situation. I can give you good firsthand information being that I was there and have talked with all the engineers involved and am kind of involved myself.

The hole is the product of a broken stormdrain pipe. It was at the location where two main collector pipes joined together in a junction box to the main pipe (3.5m diameter) leading the water to the nearby canyon. There are differing opinions as to exactly how the problem began but all agree that sometime in the past 20 years probably due to seismic activity, either there was a small collapse of one of the pipes near the junction box or one of the collector pipes separated from the box. This began the washing of soil down into the pipe and creating a small cavern. This cavern grew with each rainstorm increasing the failure.

This area of the city was built on a lot of fill material that was not compacted well so the soil is quite soft. This aided in the loss of material as well as the final failure itself. I observed there to be about 15-20' of material that was still in tact over the cavern before the failure. When the sinkhole opened up what happened was that the cavern was so large and the majority of the cavern was on one side creating pressure on the box from the soil that still remained on the other side.The register (manhole) for the box buckled and the top 15' of dirt I mentioned before simply failed in shear and came straight down. When it opened up the top of the hole was about 20m wide at the top and tapered to a wider base. The hole was and still is about 60m deep not 330 feet. The reason we know this is because with the video feed we could see that the bottom of the hole was right at the flow line elevation of the pipe leaving the hole which was built 60m down.

The hole has grown. I have not been there in approx 1 week but a week ago the top of the hole had opened to about 25m and the base was about 40m in an oval shape. What was causing this was that the two collector pipes entering the original box entered the box about 15m higher than the pipe leaving so although the main pipe is 60m down at the bottom of the hole, the two collector pipes are only 45m down. The problem being that the pipes were still flowing at about 25% capacity and cascading the water 15m down into a small pool that it had created and the water was circulating against the side of the cavern further eroding the side and growing the hole. As the hole grew the opening at the top grew even faster to make up for the difference between the width at the top and the bottom. Another main factor to this is the proximity of a 4 story building that as of a week ago was hanging about 1m over the hole which means that the building itself is significantly over the base of the hole. The mayor and director of public works are looking to contingencies if the whole building falls into the hole. You can see how the hole has grown if you compare the aerial photos that show the hole going just to the other side of the road and the later photos with me that show that it has eaten the wall and tree that were in the previous photo. The 4 story building is the one seen in the background on the left of the picture that I am in. The construction photos are of the city laying a bypass pipe to take all the local sewer flows around the hole and try to dry it out once the flow in the collectors is stopped. I know this is probably more info than you were looking for but I did want to set a few things straight. The main things being the depth of the hole as well as the blame on recent rains. It is the end of the rainy season here and has not rained for several months! I guess information was scarce. I even found differing stories at the site amongst the differing workers until I spoke with the engineers who actually knew.

Dated 06-Mar-2007 21:37

WN: Is there any concern that similar ruptures and undermining may have happened elsewhere in the City and is there any effort to locate possible ruptures?

EH: I do know that this concern has been raised and that they are keeping it in the back of their heads on how to find and remedy this kind of hole in the future prior to becoming a disaster but for now I am only aware of the focus of energies on the current problem. Some of the engineers believe there to be similar problems around the city because the water coming out of these main collector pipes is "chocolate" meaning that it is murky with mud which hints to another location where earth is being washed out. It is not a definite indicator because much of the poorer sections of Guatemala City still have slopes of uncovered dirt (meaning no concrete or grass) which promotes heavy erosion. Often times after a heavy rain you will see "rivers" of brown water flowing down the street from the individual dirt residences. What makes the brown water so suspect right now is that there have not been any heavy rains recently and yet the water is still brown. This may be caused from collections of soil in the storm system that was deposited during rains and just now is being washed out or it may be from other failures in the system itself.

WN: ''Can you characterize the civil planning and regulation in the area, from what you've seen and learned from officials/engineers at the site - were the pipelines designed and built with good safety guidelines? ditto the land-fill. was the land-fill okayed for building upon? ''

EH: If you look at the city on Google Earth, especially with the terrain set to 3x exagerration, you will notice that the city itself is quite flat but there are significant canyons running as fingers throughout the city. The reason for this is that the original terrain of the city was not very flat and so there has been, over the years, LOTS of material moved in cutting hills and filling valleys. One must remember that the sinkhole happened in one of the older sections of the city. I believe their "municipal" regulations to be pretty good as far as third world regulations go. (This does not speak to the construction of individuals but rather the design process of the government itself. Individual construction has virtually no regulations and I would not classify most of their construction "safe") I have been told that this section of pipe was constructed somewhere between 20-50 years ago, depending on who I asked. Those involved would admit that the pipeline was not built with good safety guidelines nor could they be expected to have been built as such because of the state of the nation when the pipeline was built. I don't know all the surrounding circumstances regarding the permitting or safety process when it was constructed but if you notice the location of the failure you will see that it is very close to a canyon. This tells us that by nature it was placed in an area of deep fill because if you cut down a hill you must then put the dirt to the side of the hill and leven the cut hill the the area of fill and in essence you get twice the area. (I don't know if I explained that well, sorry) as far as planning goes, you can also see from Google earth that the roads are very grid oriented and then as they move to the canyon the grids get distorted. I believe the growth pattern (how it was to grow in a grid instead of random roads) was established but zoning was not planned resulting in a haphazard expansion. This also can be explained by the lack of zoning laws or construction regulations at the time. The one thing that con be said is that there was enough foresight to put in such a large pipe. I cannot speak to the correct use or sizing of the pipe because I have neither done nor read any hydrology study of the rain load of the area and the correct sizing of the pipe. I would generalize that as Guatemala became more of a central economic hub for central america, its municipal engineering increased as well just as you would expect for any developing nation. The main problem is that this pipe was probably designed and installed prior to this push for engineering excellence and most likely during a tumultuous time during the 36yr long civil war.

WN: ''Tell us a little about yourself ... and how you were involved in the recovery effort at the sinkhole.''

EH: I am a registered professional civil engineer [...] My specialty there was in Land Development, meaning, Earthwork (cut/fill), watersheds, roads, and wet utilities (water, storm, sewer). I currently am a missionary [...] I actually only got involved in the sinkhole because I had heard of it and visited the site to see what happened and hopefully talk to one of the engineers in charge to learn what happened and make a contact to see if I could help or at least be able to read their reports. (things like this don't happen often and there are many interesting engineering lessons to be learned with them). I don't know what my future role with the reconstruction efforts will be. The City has many capable engineers. More than likely I will be an "expert friend" that will visit time and again to be a soundboard for ideas. Either way this process will be a long one.

QUESTION
Where in Guatemala city did this take place? Even just zone number would be nice.

129.123.64.51 17:11, 26 April 2007 (UTC) Ahnteis

Barrio San Antonio, Zona 6. 72.87.193.39 06:26, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

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I added WN-Link in 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole and the WP-article should have a link here. --Itu (talk) 05:12, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
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Hey the name's Bren and if you're reading this it shows how easy I am to find on the internet.

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User talk:Symode09/MSN Soapbox All Go

This is a review/editorial that expresses personal opinion. No, no on Wikinews. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:42, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds just like an advertisement or a press release. --Thunderhead - (talk) 13:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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There is nothing to declare on my part - I am not an employee of ms or any other affiliated company. I do like ms products and have based this on the Cnet reveiw format where they weight up the good and bad points.

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Ugandan judges begin week-long strike

March 7, 2007

Judges in Uganda began a week-long strike on Monday, protesting against the arrest of six suspects, after they had been granted bail, in the High Court premises last week.

The six suspects, supporters of the opposition leader Kizza Besigye, are alleged to be members of the Peoples Redemption Army and are charged with treason for allegedly plotting a coup. Twelve men have been detained in connection to these charges since November 2005.

Scores of armed police were deployed outside the High Court while the bail application was being heard last week, and the suspects were detained by armed military police. A defence lawyer was reportedly assaulted by prison guards.

Defending the arrests, President Yoweri Museveni said that the suspects had been re-arrested on fresh murder charges and that the arrests did not amount to disobeying the court. He also said that granting bail to those charged with "treason and terrorism" amounts to sending them beyond the reach of law.

Last week's arrests seriously undermines the rule of law in Uganda, said the International Commission of Jurists, and called on the Ugandan government to stop "intimidating" lawyers and judges taking part in the trial.

A similar incident occurred in 2005, with military personnel detaining men granted bail in the same case.

President Museveni said that he had met with the Chief Justice to discuss the matter and that a "legal and transparent" method of re-arresting suspects will be formulated.

Justice James Ogoola, a senior judge told the BBC that the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary should be brought "back to form" in the country.

Opposition groups who demonstrated on Monday to show support to the judges were dispersed by police using tear gas. Ugandan newspaper, The Monitor reported that a baby had died during the tear-gassing.

The state-owned newspaper New Vision reported that undertrials set for court appearances were sent back to prisons, without any hearings taking place, at various courts in Kampala, Lira, Erute, Mbale and Mityana.

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Microsoft faults Google on its copyright protection practices

March 6, 2007 Microsoft has begun an attack against Google over the issue of copyright infringements. The officials from the software giant state that the number one search engine takes a cavalier approach to what concerns copyright protection. The associate general counsel of Microsoft, Mr. Thomas Rubin, prepared a remark that he delivered to the Association of American Publishers. He argued that Google's idea to create a book search engine might come at publishers' expense.

Mr. Rubin criticized those companies that use the works of various publishers and not their own, stating that such companies make billions on the back of other people's content. He said that in distinction from Microsoft, Google feels comfortable making a certain content searchable online and afterwards asking permission from the author. According to the associate general counsel of Microsoft, Google does not always ask permission and uses the copyright work until its author tells the company to stop.

In response to the accusations from Microsoft, the senior vice president for corporate development of Google said that Google performs legal actions. Whenever the company wanted to make certain content available online it always asked for permission. In such a way Google worked with several thousands publishing partners and recently made a partnership with BBC and N.B.A. to display videos on YouTube.


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At appears as if Microsoft is jealous of Google's ideas and just bitter that they did not think how to exploit it first and make lots of money and a crappy, virus-riddled, expensive product for end users.

Surely '... on copyright violation' or 'of violating copyright'?

 * fixed. article needs copyediting, though. — Doldrums(talk) 16:31, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


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