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Italian officials found guilty of abusing G8 protestors

July 15, 2008 Fifteen Italians including police officers, doctors and prison guards were found guilty of abusing and beating protesters at the G8's 27th summit in Genoa in 2001. A judge handed down jail terms between five months' and five years' imprisonment. The charges include abuse, fraud, criminal coercion and inhuman and degrading treatment. Another thirty defendants were cleared of charges, including assault.

In June last year former deputy police chief of Genoa, Michelangelo Fournier, belatedly admitted in court that police had "butchered" protesters. In a graphic description of the violence he said he had kept quiet until then "out of shame and a spirit of comradeship".

The heaviest sentence was five years for Biagio Gugliotta in the penitentiary police department, the commander on duty at the camp at Bolzaneto. Twelve other police officers, eight men and four women, received jail terms of five to 28 months. Doctors Giacomo Toccafondi and Aldo Amenta were given 14 months and 10 months respectively. Dr. Toccafondi was accused of insulting detainees and failing to inform authorities after they were sprayed with asphyxiating gas in cells. The judges issued their verdicts after 11 hours of closed-doors deliberations.

All those convicted are expected to appeal and none will go to prison until the appeals process is complete, which normally takes years. The sentences totalled less than a third of 76 years what had been demanded by the prosecution. The BBC's David Willey in Rome says it is unlikely that any of those sentenced will actually serve time in prison because their offences will have expired under Italy's statute of limitations before the appeal process is completed. It is expected the Italian government will be forced to pay out millions of pounds to those who were victims of police brutality during their detention. Police were accused of organised and premeditated brutality at the Diaz High School which protesters were using as a dormitory during the summit. In another ongoing trial, 28 defendants, including some of Italy's most senior police officers, face charges related to the raid on the school. The raid left seventy-three protesters injured with three in comas. A judge ruled that there was no evidence to show any of those demonstrators had been involved in the violence in Genoa.

More than 250 of those arrested were taken to a holding camp that had been created at Bolzaneto, six miles from Genoa. The detainees at Bolzaneto included about 40 who were arrested in a raid on the Diaz school. During the trial the court heard how the holding centre had been the scene for "episodes of torture that violated human dignity." One of the prosecutors in the case, Patrizia Petruziello, said that 40 protesters who were arrested suffered "four out of five" of the European Court's criteria for "inhuman and degrading treatment".

Of the 252 demonstrators who claimed abuse, strong evidence emerged in at least 209 cases considered during the trial. Demonstrators said they were strip-searched, spat at, insulted, verbally and physically humiliated, beaten and sprayed with asphyxiating gas. Some were threatened with rape and sodomy. They were denied food, phone calls or access to consulates while detained. While being held they were forced to sing songs in praise of Italy's late fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini and other antisemitic songs about Chile's Augusto Pinochet, which which included the line "Death to the Jews." The prosecution claimed that this was torture.

The 2001 summit in the northern Italian city was one of the most violent in the history of the G8. Between 100,000 and 200,000 demonstrators took part in anti-globalisation protests. A 23-year-old Italian demonstrator Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by a conscript Carabiniere and hundreds more injured as two days of riots erupted at the summit in the city of Genoa that was hosted by Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. In December 2007, 24 demonstrators were found guilty of damage to property and looting. They were given sentences ranging from five months to 11 years.

The trial has lasted nearly three years.

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President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will be someone who seeks refuge in a neighboring country when his government fails. I hope whoever stops him from being killed then turns him over for trial. 72.146.181.16 02:50, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

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And Shocked that the ICC and the UN are going to do something. But to bad he can't get arrested since Sudan is not a member of the world court.--66.229.34.63 14:51, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


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not be ready to be published
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 * Rename for style,

Removed WN:NPOV and restyled
 * Edit for style and Remove bias

 * What in the world are (is?) "Forces of Order". This isn't mentioned anywhere in the article, yet appears in the title. It seems horribly biased to me, if it isn't a specific organization or something. Gopher65talk 04:07, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It is meant to mean the forses of the state which includes offices doctors and other staff. It should be changed but I am not able to move the page could you change the title to something like 'Italian officers found guilty of G8 brutality' or something within style guidlines, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.199.196 (talk) 04:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Or 'Butchers of Genoa' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.199.196 (talk) 04:32, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

My first news article.
Any constructive criticism please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.199.196 (talk) 06:01, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Copyvios
How many copyvios are in this article? The first source I looked at (The Guardian) contained this:

... which appears to have copied directly into this article. --SVTCobra 13:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


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July 15, 2008

Controversy surrounds a cartoon on the cover of the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine, which portrays United States Presidential contender Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as terrorists.

In the cartoon, Obama dons a robe and turban, while Michelle is dressed in fatigues and carries a gun. The two are in the Oval Office giving each other a fist bump, a greeting which one Fox News Channel commentator has previously called a "terrorist fist jab", while an American flag burns in the fireplace in the background.

The New Yorker indicated that Barry Blitt's cartoon was intended to lampoon "the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the Presidential election to derail Barack Obama’s campaign." Editor David Remnick noted that satire is a useful tool in bringing sensitive issues to people's attention.

Statements from both Obama's campaign office and that of prospective Republican candidate John McCain, however, have condemned the cover as "tasteless and offensive".

The publication continues to defend its position that the cover is a work of satire.

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I don't know where you got your version of events, but the van is in the middle of the street so I don't know what the van 'crashed' into. My version is from Wikipedia (27th G8 summit). --SVTCobra 19:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

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Media reports: Israeli warplanes training in Iraq
In contrast with what unnamed source(s) in the Iraqi Defense Ministry told a local news network on Friday, The Jerusalem Post reports that Major-General Mohammad al-Askari, spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry was denying earlier reports that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has been training personnel and allegedly performing military exercises in Iraq.

On July 11, unnamed Iraqi sources told local news outlets in the country that the IAF was performing military exercises in the country and was using American military bases for places to land. The alleged exercise, claimed the sources, was an exercise aimed at preparing an attack on Iran.

The Iraqi Defense Ministry denied that any such exercise was taking place. The Israeli Defense Force also denied the allegations saying they were "baseless." The U.S. also denied the reports.

Three hostages return home to Florida
Three American hostages - Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell -previously held in Colombia by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are now safely home in Florida after their rescue by Colombian forces with 12 other hostages rescued at the same time. They received care from the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio before being sent home to their families.

The men were taken captive when their drug surveillance plane went down in the jungles of Colombia in 2003 - more than 5 years ago. All three of the men were working for a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation at the time.

Keith Stansell emphasized that while he was grateful to be home, he reminded people that there are still other hostages in Colombia.

IndyMac Bank placed into conservatorship by US Government
In what regulators have described as the second-largest bank failure in the history of the United States, IndyMac Bank has been closed by the w:Office of Thrift Supervision and placed under the conservatorship of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) due to plummeting shares and the start of a run on the bank. This is the fifth FDIC-insured failure of the year.

The FDIC has said that it will transfer all insured deposits and substantial assets, to the new IndyMac Federal Bank which, as the name implies, is controlled by an agency of the federal government. The aim is for the transfer to be completed by Monday.

In a press release, the FDIC attempted to reassure customers. The move by the FDIC is expected to cost the organization at least four billion USD per year.

In the days leading up to the conservatorship, market analysts have predicted the failure of IndyMac due to the fact that it was shedding jobs and closing many of its branch offices.

Sixteen killed in Pakistan during Taliban ambush
At least 16 soldiers and militants - possibly more - were killed in Pakistan Saturday July 12th during an ambush by the Taliban. According to the Pakistan Television Corporation, hundreds of militants stormed a convoy of Pakistani paramilitary forces. An unknown number of civilians were reported to be among the dead. This comes one day after militants took 29 security personal hostage, threatening to kill them if seven of their allies were not released from jail.

Bronisław Geremek, former Polish Foreign Affairs Minister, dies at age 76
Professor Bronisław Geremek, a former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, a member of European Parliament and chairman of the Freedom Union, has died at the age of 76 in a car crash near Nowy Tomyśl, Poland. He was a major figure in European politics.

Details emerge on Norway Rock Festival deaths as Motörhead hold minute's silence
Further details have emerged on the deaths of two people at the annual Norway Rock Festival in Kvinesdal, Norway. Eight other people were rescued unconscious from a bus at the site. Meanwhile, it has been reported that British heavy metal band Motörhead opened their performance at the festival with a minute's silence for the deceased. The unmarried couple left behind three children. The police investigation has uncovered that the double-decker bus had been converted into a motorhome for the couple. It is believed the accident occurred due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Yeah, again only US soldiers die. The afg army guys run the other direction I would guess.
 * According to al-Jezeera, four Afghan soldiers were also killed in the fighting too. 74.250.14.208 22:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

it was chechnyan insurgents

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First ever video showing Guantanamo questioning released

July 15, 2008 For the first time a video showing the interrogation process at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has been released. According to reports broadcast by Canadian media, the video shows Omar Khadr, one of the prisoners, being questioned by Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) officials. The video was filmed with a hidden camera through an air vent. It shows an interrogation from late February 2003 and it is being released now under a court order obtained by Khadr's lawyers.

In the video, Khadr can be seen repeatedly crying and telling officials that "you don't care about me." Dennis Edney, lawyer for Omar Khadr, responded by saying Dennis Edney "I hope Canadians will be outraged to see the callous and disgraceful treatment of a Canadian youth." He also said that "Canadians should demand to know why they've been lied to."

Omar claimed in the video that he was receiving poor medical care. When an official said "I'm not a doctor, but I think you're getting good medical care," he responded by saying "No I'm not. You're not here... I lost my eyes. I lost my feet. Everything!" The official's response to this was "No, you still have your eyes. Your feet are still at the end of your legs." CBC News has reported that that Khadr's comments about his eyes and feet are in reference to effects from the firefight in Afghanistan.

When the crying continued the questioner called for a break and said "Look, I want to take a few minutes. I want you to get yourself together. Relax a bit. Have a bite to eat and we'll start again."

Khadr, who is currently aged 21, faces life imprisonment for charges as serious as murder if he is found guilty. He also says that he has faced torture in Bagram air base, Afghanistan.

Prime minister Stephen Harper has repeatedly rejected calls for him to ask the United States for Khadr's return to Canada.

"Mr. Khadr faces serious charges. There is a judicial process underway to determine Mr. Khadr's fate. This should continue," Kory Teneycke, Communication Director at the Office of the Prime Minister, told CBC News.

"We might also add in terms of background that the Government of Canada's position is consistent with the previous government's," Teneycke further said. "This is a judicial process as opposed to a political one."


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Intel launches Centrino 2 aiming for performance and mobility

July 16, 2008 After the launch of Intel Atom for low-price PCs during the 2008 COMPUTEX Taipei, Intel globally unveiled the Centrino 2 Processor Technology (formerly codenamed "Montevina") products for laptops yesterday July 15. This Centrino 2 continues support for features on the earlier-released 45 nanometer (45nm) "Penryn" processor, and implements enhanced security and management features to the Vpro version. "HD-to-Go" for mobile entertainment and "802.11n" for wireless networking were embedded into this new processor technology. Due to the difference on networking infrastructure in several nations, the WiMAX feature will be added in Europe and North America before this December.

According to Intel Corp., wireless network transmission with 802.11 draft-N feature will be up to 450 Mbps, it delivered five times the speed and twice the range of older 802.11a/g technology in this processor technology. In addition, Intel Centrino 2 also provided the horsepower and battery life for mobile entertainment and mobile business.


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Bus bombing in Myanmar kills man, wounds another

July 15, 2008

A bomb explosion on a bus in Myanmar (alternatively Burma) has killed a 55-year-old man and left another man wounded. The explosion occurred yesterday at 8:50 am local time (0220 GMT) as the bus traveled to Yangon, but state media has only posted news of the attack today.

The deceased was identified only as Khant by the New Light of Myanmar, the Burmese government-owned daily newspaper. The article said that the injured man was 46-year-old Pa Pa and that he received a stomach injury. The bus had 35 passengers traveling from Kyaukkyi, and was near Daik Oo, some 85 miles from its destination.

The bombing was blamed on insurgents, but it is unclear which group is responsible. The ruling military junta is subject to attacks from a number of extremist groups opposed to its rule.


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Missing info
This article is missing some very basic elements. When was the interogation? Why is it being released now? How long is it? Who made the video?

Right the article is a description of the video and the POV commentary from Khadr's lawyer, who by the way picked the video. --SVTCobra 16:59, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I have tried to answer the questions and add the opposite opinion to adress your concerns. Anonymous101 (talk) 17:58, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Misleading
...moved from Comments by --SVTCobra 17:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)):

There are several misleading parts of this article -- so many that I'd be tempted to re-write the whole thing! Please have a look at this article from the CBC:

The wikinews version either neglects to clarify or ignores these items:

 * Khadr's comments about his eyes and feet are in reference to effects from the firefight in Afghanistan.
 * "As Khadr continues crying, the agent calls for a break. 'Look, I want to take a few minutes. I want you to get yourself together. Relax a bit. Have a bite to eat and we'll start again,' the interrogator says."
 * He's apparently not crying out "kill me" or "help me"... he's saying "Ya ummi," which is Arabic for "My mother."

Please revise this article so that it's not so one-sided and POV! I'm too new at wikinews to take on the task, but I would appreciate it if a more "senior" editor could have a look. --Quadrastreet (talk) 17:23, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Khadr's comments about his eyes and feet are in reference to effects from the firefight in Afghanistan.
 * Reference please. Anonymous101 (talk) 17:58, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * That is from the CBC article: --Quadrastreet (talk) 18:01, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, added that to the article. Anonymous101 (talk) 18:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

 * "As Khadr continues crying, the agent calls for a break. 'Look, I want to take a few minutes. I want you to get yourself together. Relax a bit. Have a bite to eat and we'll start again,' the interrogator says."
 * Good point. I have added this to the article. Anonymous101 (talk) 17:58, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

 * He's apparently not crying out "kill me" or "help me"... he's saying "Ya ummi," which is Arabic for "My mother."
 * According to the BBC article he is was saying help me Anonymous101 (talk) 17:58, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The CBC article says otherwise: --Quadrastreet (talk) 18:01, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Good point - removed that part of the article. Thanks for telling me that. Anonymous101 (talk) 18:07, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

OK -- Thanks for the edits; the article is now much more NPOV.--Quadrastreet (talk) 18:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


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23 killed, 36 injured by stampede at Sudanese stadium

July 15, 2008 23 people have been killed and 36 injured by a stampede at a football stadium in Sudan's capital, Khartoum.

The victims had been attending a graduation ceremony for young people who had completed training before beginning one year's military service. The victims had been attempting to enter the stadium when the disaster occurred. According to a police statement, "the majority of them [the victims] are women and children."

Khartoum's stadium is actually in the capital's twin city Omdurman. Omdurman Hospital is now treating the injured survivors. Bodies of the deceased have already been taken to the local morgue.


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Good morning. This is Wikinews News in Brief, bringing you a summary of today’s top stories on Wednesday the 16th July 2008 at 0235 hours UTC. I’m Nicholas Turnbull. A stampede at a football stadium in the Sudanese capital of Kartoum killed 23 people and injured a further 36 others yesterday, in a graduation ceremony for young people who had completed their military service training. Local police stated that the majority of those crushed were women and children. The injured survivors are being treated in a local hospital.

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has accused Sudanese president Al-Bashir of 10 major criminal offences committed in the Darfur region, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and mass genocide of minority tribes. Since 2003, racial conflict in Sudan has claimed the lives of over 300,000 people, and displaced 2 million from their home settlements through activities by government-funded militia. Al-Bashir has rejected the charges, claiming that the ICC lacks the authority to arrest him. The United Nations is evacuating all non-essential peacekeepers from the region, although it maintains that efforts to quell the unrest will continue despite the deteriorating security situation.

A video showing Canadian citizen Omar Khadr being interrogated in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba has been obtained by Canadian press sources. Filmed using a hidden camera through an air vent, it depicts an interrogation from February 2003, which shows the detainee crying and expressing allegations of mistreatment. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rejected calls for the suspect, who faces criminal charges for attacks on American military forces in Afghanistan, to be repatriated to Canada by the United States authorities.

Also in military crime, US Staff Sgt. Christopher Barberi has been sentenced to two years in prison for sodomy of a minor and possession of child pornography. The victim, a young girl who reported the sexual abuse in late 2006, was reportedly raped by Barberi at the age of 11, and was pressured to resume her relationship with the man until her 15th birthday.

A political cartoon on the cover of July’s issue of New Yorker Magazine, which depicts United States presidential candidate Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama as terrorists, have been condemned by campaign offices as “tasteless and offensive”. The controversy surrounding the cartoon, intended to parody the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the campaign, continues.

Three American hostages held in Columbia by FARC rebels were released this Sunday following a rescue operation by Columbian military forces, and are now re-united with their families. Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell were captured when their drug surveillance aircraft crashed in the Columbian jungle in 2003, and were employees for a subsidiary of the Northrop Grumman Corporation. Stansell commented on the importance of remembering the other hostages in Columbia who continue to be held in unacceptable conditions by rebel forces.

Also on Sunday, Poland’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bronisław Geremek, died at the age of 76 in a car accident, at around 1215 hours UTC. Lech Kaczynski, the president of Poland, expressed his sadness at the news and the importance of Geremek’s work in Polish political history.

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KSTAR tokamak test reactor sees first plasma

July 16, 2008

On July 15, 2008, the scientists behind the KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Reactor) project tested the device by creating "first plasma". This is analogous to the first light of a telescope. KSTAR's task is to test and study various techniques and technologies that will eventually be involved in the commercialization of fusion energy. It is also part of the ITER fusion research project, which has the goal of attempting to usher in an era of environmentally friendly and almost unlimited energy.

Although it isn't at the core of the ITER mission, KSTAR has still achieved several milestones in physics and fusion energy production. It is currently the largest tokamak type reactor in the world, and it is one of the first reactors to use fully superconducting magnets of the same type as those that will be installed in ITER. KSTAR will be studying the use of both hydrogen and deuterium for potential fusion fuel sources, but is not intended to look into the use of tritium, which will be studied by the main ITER reactor once it has been completed.

KSTAR requires 30 supercooled (-268°C) superconducting magnets - weighing in at a combined 300 tons - in order to contain the plasma, which can reach temperatures up to one hundred million degrees. No known substance could contain matter at those temperatures, so magnetic fields must be employed to keep the plasma from coming into contact with the components of the reactor.

Kwon Eun-Hee, who works for the National Fusion Research Institute, said, "Today's demonstration was highly successful." Ryu Koo-hee, speaking on behalf of the Korean ministries of Education and Science and Technology, added that "[t]he generation of plasma proves that KSTAR is ready to operate and contribute significantly to the research for nuclear fusion."


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Just Crying?
I was expecting torture when I saw the title. If the U.S. military gets videotaped at Guantamano bay, I expect it to rise alarm. Oh well... Bush will probably get away Scot free for the rest of his life. - Poe Joe (Talk) 05:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


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Zenit-3SL rocket launches Echostar XI satellite

July 16, 2008 At 05:20:59 GMT this morning, the Echostar XI satellite was successfully launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit atop a Zenit-3SL carrier rocket. Launch occurred from the Ocean Odyssey launch platform in the Pacific Ocean. The launch was conducted by Sea Launch, a partnership between companies in Norway, Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Echostar XI separated from the Block DM-SL upper stage of the carrier rocket at 06:21:00 GMT, one hour and one second after liftoff. It was confirmed 11 seconds later.

Echostar XI is a commercial communications satellite, which will be operated by Echostar Corporation for DISH Network. The last DISH satellite to be launched, AMC-14 was lost in a launch failure involving the upper stage of its Proton carrier rocket, earlier this year. The satellite will be positioned at 110oW, in a geosynchronous transfer orbit, around 35,600 kilometres above the Equator. It will provide communications services to North America.

The Echostar XI spacecraft was built by Space Systems Loral, and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus. It has a mass of 5511 kilograms, and will provide communications within the NATO J-band, or the Ku-band under the old US IEEE system. Acquisition of the spacecraft's signal occurred at 06:31 GMT.

Speaking after the launch, newly appointed Sea Launch President Kjell Karlsen described the launch as "perfect". He reported that the satellite had been placed into an orbit with a perigee of 750 kilometres, and an apogee of 35643 km. He also remarked on his predecessor, Rob Peckham, thanking him for his "unparallelled commitment and dedication". Rohan Zaven, the Vice President of space programmes at DISH Network thanked Sea Launch for the launch, telling viewers that "what you saw tonight was another flawless mission from these guys". Zia Oboodryat, of Space Systems Loral thanked Sea Launch, and told DISH Network that he was "sure that we'll deliver the rest of the fifteen years [expected lifetime] to you".

This is the thirty-fifth orbital launch of 2008. It is also the fourth Sea Launch mission of the year, and the fifth Zenit launch. It is the 67th overall Zenit launch. The next is scheduled for mid-late August, with the Measat 3A satellite, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.


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The exact launch time, and a few details were taken from the webcast. --GW_SimulationsUser Page 06:23, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

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That's not a very exciting picture. Do we have any images of the launch, or at least something that doesn't look like a pen, that we can put on the front page? --89.240.199.152 16:55, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * All images of the launch are restricted by copyright. I avoid using copyrighted content here on principle, so I never bothered to try and understand the policy. --GW_SimulationsUser Page 18:58, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


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Cuban cyclist Pedro Pablo Perez to miss Olympics after car crash

July 16, 2008

Pedro Pablo Perez, a Cuban cyclist who had qualified for the Olympics in Beijing, will miss the event after a car crash left him in a coma with brain trauma.

Perez is receiving treatment at the Abel Santamaria hospital, in the province of Pinar del Rio where the accident took place. Details are unclear, but it is known Perez was driving the car at the time when the crash occurred in San Cristobal. It has not been reported by Cuban media if anyone else was in the car, or if other vehicles were involved, but it is known his wife, 2004 world scratch cycling champion Yoanka Gonzalez, was not present.

He received "cerebral ... lacerations and remains in a coma" according to state newspaper Granma.

Perez, 31, has won the Tour of Cuba five times, competed in the 2000 Sydney Games and received medals at the 1999 and 2003 Pan American Games.


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Comments:New Yorker's Obama cover sparks outrage

I was under the impression that the New Yorker had a relatively intelligent readership, so they aren't going to believe Obama is actually as terrorist :) It's not their fault that so many other americans are so stupid...
 * Agreed. Plus I like to see people squirm for stupid reasons.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.252.61.169 (talk) 16:00, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

So, why haven't they gotten upset with the Onion yet? :p Fephisto (talk) 18:13, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Had I not had it pointed out to me by this article, I would have been oblivious of the cover's 'satirical' intent. A drawing of Obama as Osama is not satirical without some kind of context; otherwise it looks like an straightforward expression of agreement with that portrayal. --78.146.219.26 02:43, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm.

It takes the stick of the opposition, and pokes 'em right in the eye. (Or other sensitive body part of choice!)

WELL DONE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.103.36.197 (talk) 04:29, 18 March 2010 (UTC)


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The Co-operative Group purchases Somerfield supermarket chain for over £1.5 billion

July 16, 2008

The Co-operative Group (Co-op) and Bristol-based Somerfield today agreed on a deal worth £1.565 billion which results in Somerfield being acquired by Co-op. Co-op has said that the acquisition took place on a "cash-free debt-free basis." Peter Marks, chief executive of The Co-operative Group, claimed that "this is good news for consumers and for competition in the grocery market, where we will create a stronger fifth player in food and a convenience store chain with unrivalled geographic reach." He then said that "for The Co-operative Group this is a transformational deal – cementing our position as the UK’s premier community retailer and helping us significantly as we lead a renaissance of The Co-operative brand. "

Paul Mason, chair of privately-held Somerfield, also commented on the takeover. "The Co-operative Group and Somerfield have a similar focus in terms of customers, store types, product ranges and business vision. Our shared vision of providing a high-quality and affordable convenience offer to local communities means that together we will be twice as strong, and therefore twice as able to deliver the local grocery shops British customers demand," he said.

With 4.4% share of the market, the Co-op is the fifth largest grocery chain in the UK. Somerfield is the seventh largest with a 3.7% share. The owners of Somerfield made their wish to sell the company clear in January of this year. Co-op first expressed an interest in the purchase in April.

BBC News Online reported that the Competition Commission may force Co-op to sell some stores due to its increased presence.


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A false quake warning in Japan exposes problems for practical use

July 16, 2008

One of the world's most advanced earthquake warning systems in Japan has been found to have some practical use problems. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) apologized on Tuesday for erroneously issuing an "earthquake early warning for advanced users", with regards to an earthquake which occurred on the Monday night at sea off Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. There was, in fact, no possibility of huge tremors. The root cause was a simple human mistake that happened while setting a single seismograph with a criterion. The accidental release of the warning also revealed that some receiver devices could not handle warnings properly under certain conditions.

JMA operates a system called "Earthquake Early Warning" (EEW). It is designed to analyze seismic waves as soon as possible after an earthquake is detected, and issue a warning if large tremors are expected to happen. Its purpose is to minimize the damage caused by seismic tremors. Two EEW schemes were put into practical use in 2006 and 2007.

The warning was released by the EEW scheme for advanced users such as railway operators, workers in factories, managers at some offices and schools, and some local cable TV broadcasters. Another EEW scheme for the general public, which is utilized by nationwide broadcasting networks such as NHK, was not involved in this incident.

All four subway lines operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau were suspended in response to the first false warning, even though it was corrected within 11 seconds. At a private railway company, an EEW receiving system crashed, apparently because of the wrong data. East Japan Railway Company, which has its own earthquake observation network, judged the warning to be an error and didn't take a real reaction in its railway operation.

In addition to troubling railway companies, the warning also caused confusion among people. Some commercially-sold receiver devices failed to handle the warning appropriately. Some of them, adapted by an information distributor company for its service, displayed an incredible magnitude of 12.7, while the warning didn't include a datum of the JMA magnitude. One device at a junior high school boarding house in Aichi Prefecture called an alert as if the seismic intensity could have reached to the Scale 6 Lower (the third highest of 10 JMA scales), causing some girl students to cry. The device didn't say that the students were far away from the focus.

Such failures show that recipients of an "EEW for advanced users" are not always trained well enough to react appropriately. Ironically, in the JMA building a similar case was also confirmed. A receiver device displayed a Scale 7 alert, the highest of JMA scales.

According to JMA's announcement on the same night and news conference on the following morning, one seismograph was incorrectly set with the criterion of acceleration at 10 gals. (Correctly the criterion is at 100 gals.) This mistake resulted in the first (false) warning, which was soon corrected by the second warning. The JMA confessed that the seismograph has not undergone a check since it was installed in December, 2003.

The EEW scheme for advanced users is designed to put priority on calling alerts, so it releases a warning even if data from only one observation point is known. The same simple human mistakes were not committed at other points, according to JMA. In the parallel EEW scheme for the general public, the same mistake would not cause the same error, because it releases a warning based on data from multiple observation points, not depending on the criterion of acceleration.


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Teenager arrested after hijacking Japanese bus

July 16, 2008

A boy, who says he is 14, has been arrested after hijacking a bus with ten people on board in Japan. He said he hijacked the bus to cause trouble for his parents.

The boy hijacked the bus in Okazaki. The vehicle was traveling along the Tomei Expressway between Tokyo and Nagoya.

The boy, who had a knife, was arrested after briefly attempting to hide on board. The bus was at a rest stop in Okazaki at the time. He said to officers, "I was scolded by my parents so I did this to cause them trouble," according to Jiji Press.

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Woman fired over husband's email threat to Minnesota professor

July 16, 2008 Professor PZ Myers, a biologist at the University of Minnesota Morris in the United States, has been receiving email threats for a post made on his Pharyngula blog in support of a University of Central Florida student who took a consecrated host from a Catholic Mass in protest of the church activities. The student began receiving death threats and response, Myers said it was just a "cracker" and if any of his readers could acquire some consecrated Eucharistic hosts he would treat the wafers "with profound disrespect and heinous cracker abuse, all photographed and presented here on the web." The criticism was fed in part by a press release by the Catholic League and its President Bill Donohue. "It is hard to think of anything more vile than to intentionally desecrate the Body of Christ. We look to those who have oversight responsibility to act quickly and decisively," Donuhue said in the press release. After consecration, the wafers become the Body of Christ, in the view of Catholics, through a process known as transubstantiation.

After the press release, Myers started receiving death threats. In response to the large number of threats, Myers began posting the entire emails, including IP information. One email in particular was sent from the work account of Melanie Kroll at 1-800-Flowers in Brookhaven, New York that told Myers: "[Y]ou can quit your job for the good of the children. Or you can get your brains beat in."

Posters on his blog contacted the company alerting them to the threat. Subsequently, after an investigation the company fired Kroll. It was later revealed that it was not her, but Charles (Chuck) Kroll, her husband, who sent the email from the default address on her computer.

Greg Laden of ScienceBlogs says that he received an email, which he believes is from Chuck Kroll. In it, Chuck confirms that Melanie was fired. He regrets sending a "moronic" email and explains how he accidentally sent it from the work account of his wife instead of his own home account, both of which are on the same computer. Chuck also accused Myers of unfairly targeting Christianity without the same critique of Islam and blames Myers for his wife's firing.

According to IDG News Service, Myers said: "This was not my intent to get somebody fired." He continued, "She apparently did something stupid, which I don't have sympathy for. I would just rather not see people getting fired over an e-mail message."


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Talk:A false quake warning in Japan exposes problems for practical use

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Some of the words that you are replacing have subtly different meanings in English than the words you are replacing them with, causing the entire sentence to become incomprehensible, or changing the meaning from what you appear to mean based on the context of the sentence. Also, although words like "criterion" are technically correct, they probably aren't suited for use in a news article because they are never used in normal language (except in technical papers, or formal writing). This is one of those things like the word "pease", where it ended up being replaced with its slang derivative, "pea", and is no longer used. Gopher65talk 01:39, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, dear.... Let's not be so critic. None of us made edits which were wrong enough to be criticized in this public space. Even though I felt no difficulty in editing this article in English, I consulted my dictionaries for use of words.
 * It was I who used "criteria" first, and I by myself replaced it by "criterion." The latter appears in Wikipedia:Non-free content. I know that the former is used also for the singular form.
 * It was just your assumption that the parallel EEW scheme for the general public releases a warning not solely by the criteria of acceleration. Of course the acceleration is also calculated, but the criteria to release a warning does not apply to this scheme.
 * Dear SVTCobra wrote it's still not clear but, according to JMA, the mistake was committed only at one observation point.
 * I wrote "which is designed to analyze the seismic waves and issue a warning if large tremors are expected, as immediately as possible after an earthquake is detected." Here the if clause modifies "issue " only and the clause "as..." modifies both "analyze" and "issue." However, this part was misunderstood. So I changed it for "as..." to modify "analyze" only.
 * You wrote "EEW alert" but "EEW" stands for the system or a warning. This "W" is short for "warning". So "alert" is not to be added here.
 * Either "put into practice" or "put to practical use" will do, but I've not got a reason to stick to "put into practical use" which seems to be a mixed one.
 * --Dumpty-Humpty (talk) 06:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

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"A false quake warning in Japan exposes problems for practical use" is not a good title! --SVTCobra 02:01, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * What about something like "False positive demonstrates flaws in Japanese earthquake early warning system"? 65.1.171.153 02:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It used to be "False earthquake warning in Japan exposes flaws in warning systems" but that was changed, much to my chagrin. --SVTCobra 02:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I've read your comments to my talk page. Maybe my title isn't the best, but I don't think it's nice to return to your title, which seems to be ambiguous in two points.
 * I understand your view that "system" can include people. However, don't confuse the warning system itself with media and devices to relay warnings. As to confusions this time in Aichi Prefecture and in the JMA building, the flaw existed in the relay devices. Months before now, NHK once made a mistake in relaying an EEW for the general public, while the flaw existed in the NHK's relaying procedure. These examples are not to be called "flaws in the warning systems."
 * A word "system" sometimes includes individuals. But I fear that not so many readers will take at first sight the words "warning systems" in your title as you insist. Your title rather implies as if the problems were in technical design of machines or computer programs. (In the article, "system" doesn't include the people: JMA operates the EEW system, not the people.) The JMA's mistake this time was one not in designing but in giving a value to a program. That wasn't a systematic flaw.
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Egyptian train crash at level crossing leaves dozens dead

July 16, 2008 At least forty people are reported to have died and another fifty are injured after an accident at a level crossing in Egypt. A truck failed to stop at the crossing near Marsa Matruh, pushing several vehicles waiting ahead of it onto the tracks.

The train then struck the traffic that was in the way. Two carriages toppled on top of cars, and two more derailed. Thirty-five died at the scene, and five more were pronounced dead in hospital. The death toll has already risen from twenty after more bodies were recovered.

Three vehicles were struck by the service from Matruh to Alexandria, and at least two were crushed underneath it. It is unclear whether the truck was amongst the vehicles hit, or if a bus was involved. A fifth carriage was detached from the train.

Heavy equipment has been dispatched to the scene to remove the carriages, and dozens of emergency vehicles are present. It is feared that more bodies remain in the wreckage. It is unclear if the victims are all Egyptian or if anyone from abroad was on the train.

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Wikinews interviews Eric Saussine, director of the James Bond fan film Shamelady

July 16, 2008 The James Bond film series is one of the most popular and successful, having grossed over US$4 billion worldwide. The suave, sophisticated secret agent has secured his place in popular culture as the definitive action hero that has appeared in twenty-three films between 1954 and 2006.

Daniel Craig was announced as the seventh actor to portray 007 in late 2005, making his debut in the 2006 smash hit Casino Royale. While fans await Craig's second outing in Quantum of Solace, due later this year, they have been able to watch Shamelady, a fan film made by the French film production company Constellation Studios.

Shamelady is a tribute to Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels on which many of the films are based, and EON Productions, the makers of the official 007 films. The film was first released in 2007 and runs just under an hour long. It can be downloaded from Constellation's website or viewed on YouTube.

Legally, the filmmakers cannot profit from Shamelady, but they didn't make it for the money, rather the thrill of creating an original Bond film. The plot is fairly simple, and reminiscent of Casino Royale. Bond is sent to a casino to nab a vicious crime lord, but gets betrayed by a fellow agent in the process. Viewer reaction to the film was positive for the most part, and Constellation Studios has now planned a sequel to Shamelady, which director Eric Saussine speaks of in the interview below.

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'Although having made several other movies, Constellation Studios is best known for the acclaimed James Bond fan film Shamelady''. Tell us about it.'''

 * Eric Saussine: Shamelady attempts to be a true James Bond adventure, except in length. Our 007 lasts 54 minutes. The story takes place in Iraq, England and France. James Bond is sent to the south of France to buy information about a secret organization that terrorizes Great Britain. During the operation, a couple of killers put a deadly stop to the exchange. Bond escapes, whereas Mangin - who provided the information - is killed. For MI6, it's vivid evidence that S.P.E.C.T.R.E. - the criminal organization to which James Bond was formerly opposed - is back. From this point, Bond goes to the casino of Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy, in search of Descarpes who is suspected of being the number 2 of the organization. Bond challenges Descarpes at the roulette table and seduces Anna Raykova, a mysterious Russian woman working for his adversary. Our favorite spy escapes several murder attempts but, in a nod to Casino Royale, he soon realizes that he is being betrayed. Anyway, the bad guy dies in the end! Some things are eternal. Shamelady is a tribute to the men at the origin of the myth: original author Ian Fleming and James Bond producers Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli.

'''Why did you make this film? Where did the inspiration for Shamelady come from?'''

 * Eric Saussine: In 1953, Ian Fleming created James Bond and therefore the myth we all know. In 2003, for the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of Ian Fleming's hero, I thought that it was time to pay tribute to this literary and cinema myth . In September 2004, I called his friend Pierre Rodiac, a former president a French James Bond fan club. I talked to him about my idea to adapt Casino Royale, the only Ian Fleming James Bond novel that was not seriously adapted by Eon, holder of the movie rights. Pierre was excited by the project and he started writing a synopsis. We worked alternatively on it. It gave way to a script which I wrote and Pierre corrected, that was a faithful adaptation of the novel, with all the trademarks of the movie franchise. Then I immediately started the search for actors and locations.
 * On February 3, 2005, Eon Productions announced that Martin Campbell would direct the 21st film of the series. The title was... Casino Royale!
 * I was happy because I had always wanted to see that. I went back to work on my project. I decided to preserve the general plot, change the names of the villains, the bad guy's plan, a few scenes and re-introduced a well known terrorist organization and its chief from the Bond films and novels : S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and Ernst Stavro Blofeld. I wrote a new script in a couple of months and found its title : Shamelady. Pre-production started in 2004. Filming started in 2005 and went on in 2006. Post-production took place in 2007 and the release date was December 11, 2007.

'Last summer, you announced that Constellation Studios is at work on another Bond film, Shatterhand''. Tell us about it.'''

 * Eric Saussine: Well, the team was so happy to do Shamelady. At the end of this movie we were tired but response from the team members themselves that the first of them, Serge Rotelli (Bond) asked that we do another one. Of course I had many ideas going wild in many directions in my mind. So following that wave of enthusiasm I decided to renew the experience and launched the production of a new James Bond 007 adventure. This time, the film will be our way to celebrate Ian Fleming's hundredth birthday.
 * The plot will stay close to Fleming's literary works and will be derived from the short story Octopussy, the last third of the novel You Only Live Twice, hence the title, Shatterhand, which is Blofeld's pseudonym in that adventure. The new film also includes an original ski chase in the pre-credit sequence and an explosive action finale. Some shots were done for real in Japan. We will probably miss the Fleming centenary in 2008 and will probably release it one year later.

'''Is this the beginning of a series of non-profit fan films? After Shatterhand, can we expect to see more Bond films from you?'''

 * Eric Saussine: It was never seen as a series, but when we released Shamelady, Shatterhand's production was already half-way, and the people at the premiere kept saying to me that they wanted to participate and that I should do a trilogy. Nothing's worth a trilogy. So given the extraordinary willingness of some people we are thinking about one final chapter. Of course my ever-boiling mind has some idea ready. I can tell you that part of a final chapter could take place in Switzerland and that we might see Piz Gloria again for a few seconds. Other than that I am still in the middle of Shatterhand so all this stuff about a third movie is just wishful thinking.

Do you have any advice for amateur filmmakers reading this?

 * Eric Saussine: Never, ever abandon your project. Too many projects fail or disappear because people don't have the will to go til the end of their ideas and realize that it is much more complicated than they thought it would be and then they drop it. It is a pity. Another advice : steal from the best i.e. the Bond movies for Bond productions, Spielberg, Kubrick and all the others for all movies. Mozart stole from Haydn and transcended him. Why not YOU?


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es1703@free.frDear Joseph Ford, I am very very sorry because I am so late... But I finally ... Jul 10 (7 days ago)

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Dear Joseph Ford,

I am very very sorry because I am so late... But I finally answered your five questions. So here they are in the attached file. When it's on the news page could you be so nice as to send me a direct link?

I hope it is still news to you anyway. But given some of the questions regarding the future of our productions I guess it's still valid. ;-)

Best,

Eric / Shamelord

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This is indeed still news, Mr. Saussine. Thanks for answering the questions. Expect the interview to be up by Monday. - Show quoted text -

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:59 PM,  wrote:

Dear Joseph Ford,

I am very very sorry because I am so late... But I finally answered your five questions. So here they are in the attached file. When it's on the news page could you be so nice as to send me a direct link?

I hope it is still news to you anyway. But given some of the questions regarding the future of our productions I guess it's still valid. ;-)

Best,

Eric / Shamelord

Nominated for Featured Article
I've nominated this to be a Featured Article. --WNewsReporter (talk) 06:51, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Introduction
The James Bond film series is one of the most popular and successful, having grossed over US$4 billion worldwide.

That should read "...popular and successful in the history of cinema". 210.14.100.108 14:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


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Wow that only sucks, but he has my last name too.--66.229.34.63 21:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

he was not alone, he was with a 22 years old girl from san cristobal who died. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.176.199.216 (talk) 01:49, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:Woman fired over husband's email threat to Minnesota professor

Actually, I find it rather easy to think of things more vile than desecrating the "body of Christ". To start with, there's people who supposedly practice a religion that advocates "love thy neighbour" but who send death threats and suggest that people should have their brains bashed in. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 00:09, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

--- Here you have a story where everybody is in the wrong.

The guy who took the host should learn about respect. Most of us live in free countries where its our choice to follow one idea or another. If you do not like what the Church offers, then leave. Move on. Find one that works for you, or not. The reality is, you have no right to be disrespectful to the traditions and practices of anybody or anything other than your own.

Myers should, as an educated man and scientist, also have some respect for those who choose to believe in religion. Desecrating another persons faith, be it with words or with actions, is clearly and plainly wrong. And there is no argument about free speech that even begins to address the kind of reprehensible and childish behavior that Myers exhibits and should be ashamed of.

The people who made the initial threats against the person who originally "took the host in protest" are even more disturbing than the infantile rantings of a maladjusted professor. Those who claim to be Christians (which is a lot of you) seem to have little understanding of the Word of Christ and the lessons therein. These people need to take a long look at themselves and recognize that threats are as much a sin as the actions they promise.

The "good Samaritans" who decided to take it upon themselves to police the world, are even more sick than the religious zealots like Myers (yes, atheism is a religion that is as radical as any other) and the host taker, as they are making real trouble for real people for things that have nothing to do with them.

So, as I stated in the beginning, everybody is wrong in this and everybody should be ashamed of themselves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxwolfen (talk • contribs) 19:24, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

 * "(yes, atheism is a religion that is as radical as any other)"
 * There is a reason why Christianity is a religion and atheism isn't (it is a philosophy, not a religion). A religion is a bundle of ideas and traditions that *must* be spread in order to be maintained; if it isn't spread (to new believers, or to the children of current believers), then it dies out after a single generation. Whether or not religion is a bad thing or not is debatable, but the fact that philosophy =! religion is not. A philosophy on the other hand can arise spontaneously in individual people, and, while its core ideas can be presented, it cannot be forcibly transferred to anyone who does not understand the principle behind the principal belief (ehhe. I love using those two words in the same sentence). The equivalent (but opposite) philosophy to atheism is theism, not a religion. It is true that religious people tend to be theists, but that doesn't mean the two concepts are equivalent. Now you could attempt to claim that some atheists are forming a religion based on the atheistic philosophy, but that wouldn't make atheism itself a religion anymore than the existence of Christianity makes theism a religion. Gopher65talk 19:51, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

"A religion is a bundle of ideas and traditions that *must* be spread in order to be maintained". Actually your definition of religion is pretty lacking with respect to sociology. "Religion consists of explanations of existence (or ultimate meaning) based on supernatural assumptions and include statements about the nature of the supernatural ..." (the sociologist Rodney Stark, Discovering God, p. 46) The atheist claim "I believe there is no God", which in turn is an assumption and statement about the nature of the supernatural. From there, some, but not all atheist build from this standpoint into philosophies like naturalism and in so doing bark up the tree of religion.

He isn't applying the same thing to islam or any other religion because they aren't sending death threats to him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.214.9 (talk) 09:50, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Huh?
The husband does something stupid and sends a threat to a professor and yet it's somehow the PROFESSOR'S fault the guys wife gets fired? I supposed this is on the opinion that if the Prof hadn't said something so inflamatory Mr Kroll wouldn't have felt compelled to threaten him? I think Mrs Kroll should sue to be reinstated at her job considering it was her HUSBAND who did the threatening, and has admitted this, HE should be arrested for sending the threat, and the Prof should be a little more careful in his remarks about peoples religions. It's a sure way to get into trouble. Too bad this woman had to suffer for her husbands stupid mistake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.140.37 (talk) 05:40, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

God
Let me get this straight: The holy wedded wife gets fired but the professor doesn't. I guess that settles the matter - God is clearly on the professor's side. Oh, and remember ... "in sickness and health"!

PZ Myers Death Threats
As a practicing Catholic, I am disappointed by Professor Myers' request for consecrated host to desecrate. I respect his choice not to believe; however, I am saddened by his lack of respect for our faith.

But I am more disturbed by the news that he is received death threats. Presumably those who would send him death threats and other hate mail in response to his actions consider themselves Catholic or part of the Body of Christ. I believe that a loving response would be a better way to represent Our Lord on earth.

Mr. Myers did not cause this woman to be fired, her husband did.

SP —Preceding unsigned comment added by SP (talk • contribs) 14:36, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

someone with no respect, but not fool
People has lost common sense nowadays. Like a madhouse where anyone says much but mean nothing in terms of constructive attitude.

The " Scientist " is not going to attack Islam, very unlikely. He is smart enough to make fun ( bully perhaps ?) only on religious groups that he thinks are weak in the political game.

Whatever ,only time will say what comes next for us in terms of future.

 * I think you ought to look up the number of Christians in the US government and the number of Muslims. Since Lincoln, every American president has had to be openly Christian to be elected to the position. He's taking on a religion that was harassing a local student, so naturally he wasn't taking on Islam.--Prosfilaes (talk) 03:12, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

 * http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/03/islam_is_a_weaklings_religion.php

PZ Myers is critical of Islam often, a quick web search could have told you that.

Fire Myers
I see PZ Myers as nothing short of an active promoter of religious intolerance. It is one thing to have ones opinions and express them freely, and quite another thing to actively promote and elevate hate. Myers promotes hate and does so actively. That a University allows him to stay employed when they know perfectly well that he dedicates his life to the promotion of hate, is barbaric.

I am just curious to find out what the university would do if Myers were desecrating a Jewish object of faith, or a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr., or even a nameless woman. The Catholic Church has been systematically persecuted since its earliest days...as can be seen from the martyrdom of the Apostles. The devil has no need to go after those to whom he has won over, but zeros in on those people and organizations to which he despises. Evil exists, and is alive and well in America...to her very roots.

 * The Apostles predate the Catholic Church. Since near the start of its creation, the Catholic Church has been one of the most powerful organizations on Earth--at times probably the most powerful organization on the planet--and has used that power at times to persecute others, particularly non-Catholics. Myers has a legal right to do what he was doing, and those mailing death threats don't, for good reason.--Prosfilaes (talk) 23:23, 15 August 2012 (UTC)


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that's great!I am a foreign salesman in china ,and we dont konw the channels of promote our produces to AMERCIA and CANADA.if somedays later,we i heared that ,out company has purchased one famous company,that's maybe another feeling,and on words can express that feelings.i wanna say ,great

But another cultural icon from canada becomes american..... sad to see HBC not owned by a Canadian

It was already American-owned. The previous owner was Jerry Zucker, so I don't see the big deal. --SVTCobra 22:43, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

It's not quite the fact that's American owned...it's the fact that these pieces of our culture, these Canadian icons, are going to be Americanized. Very sad...74.216.109.174 21:45, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Keep it Canadian
Instead of taking what is rightfully ours, they should use it as an ivestment, fix it up if they want, make it more valuable, and sell it back to a Canadian company for double or more than what they bought it for. That way, we as Canadians can keep it as our own, and they can make money out of it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.54.27.187 (talk) 18:22, 9 November 2008 (UTC)


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Vivir en Asturias. Una aventura tranquila. por David Torres

Vivo en Asturias de forma prácticamente continuada desde hace 31 años. El hecho de no querer irme es, creo, la prueba más fehaciente de las bondades de esta tierra. El clima es excelente: cuando, en invierno, del resto de Europa o del mundo nos llegan noticias de desgracias meteorológicas, en Asturias simplemente disfrutamos de un frío no intenso o de unas lluvias que nunca se convierten en inundaciones; mientras otras zonas de España y del mundo sufren temperaturas asfixiantes en los meses de verano, los asturianos disfrutan de una temperatura perfecta para disfrutar de sus numerosas playas, montañas, ríos, pueblos, ciudades...

Podemos elegir: ciudades de marcado entorno cosmopolita que ofrecen innumerables atracciones tanto naturales como culturales (Gijón, Oviedo, Avilés) o pueblecitos entrañables de un verdor natural que apenas podemos encontrar ya en ninguna parte del mundo; campings en medio de idílicos entornos (Ribadesella) o hoteles de cuatro estrellas; playas de arena o playas de hierba o piedra (también una nudista en Gijón); podemos visitar otras regiones españolas en tan sólo una hora (por ejemplo: Castilla León desde Oviedo) gracias a toda la serie de nuevas carreteras que llegan a paliar el único inconveniente que hasta ahora (ya solucionado también, por tanto) poseía la región.

Podría seguir. Pero no lo haré: es mejor que cada cual descubra por sí mismo el inagotable cúmulo de placeres que esconde el Principado.

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Wikimania 2008 opens at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

July 18, 2008 Thursday saw the start of the fourth International Conference, better known as  2008. The conference is being held in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a modern library with conference facilities for multiple tracks as well as a grand hall where the opening ceremony and first presentation were held. Speakers for the opening ceremony: His Excellency Dr., the Egyptian Minister of State for Administrative Development, , the outgoing chair of the Wikimedia Foundation, Mohamed Ibrahim the active lead volunteer, who took the initiative of approaching Bibliotheca Alexandrina to collaborate on the bidding and the organization of Wikimania 2008 along with the enthusiastic local volunteers, and finally Jakob Voss head of the program committee.

The theme of this year's conference is "Change the shape of wisdom", and the choice of location is seen as an outreach to the Arabic and African communities.

According to Dr. Darwish, the conference has the full support of the Egyptian Prime Minister who would have attended but for a clash with a prior engagement. In his introductory talk he described wikis as becoming more reliable and being a form of globalization which did not destroy local identity.

Talking of Egyptian efforts to improve education and make it a more continuous process he discussed increased e-Government and the fact that in this area Egypt had come in the top 25% of UN surveyed countries. The country's young population is seen as a driving factor in increasing Internet use. Optimistically, Dr Darwish spoke of the move from a two-sided situation to more collaboration between government and citizens.

spoke briefly about the library, comparing their goals with those of the Wikimedia Foundation and drawing a number of parallels. One of the projects hosted by the library is a mirror of the. As a surprise announcement, she revealed that the language subcommittee had approved the creation of a new Wikipedia version for Egyptian Arabic.

Mohamed Ibrahim talked on how Alexandria winning the bid had significantly raised the profile of wiki projects within the Arab and African media. This was evidenced at a press conference held early that afternoon. Around six or seven TV crews were present along with at least 30 reporters. Despite not being Western media, the focus of questioning was on academic skepticism towards Wikipedia; the oft-repeated confusion between and the Wikimedia Foundation was dismissed when raised.

Jakob Voss, the last member of the opening ceremony team, gave a rundown of a number of statistics. The conference received over 150 submissions for talks and workshops. Of these approximately 75 were approved with around 100 speakers due to talk during the course of the three day conference.

Participation in the conference is around 650 attendees, coming from 47 different countries around the globe, in addition to some 80 other participants, including individuals from local and international media, sponsors representatives, BA directors and WMF advisory and board members.

At a well-attended press conference the usual issues were raised, such as the reliability of Wikipedia as a source. It was also announced that with the stepping down of Florence Devouard as Chair of the WMF board, her successor will be Michael Snow.

gave a speech titled Freedom of speech, human rights, and free culture. In his speech he made a comparison between the rating with the size of the Wikipedia in that language. He found a link between the two in the cases he examined.

Other presentations included Rhonda Shearer's speech on media accountability, Foundation goals and plans with Sue Gardner and Erik Möller.

The day ended with a board panel providing an opportunity for discussion with the board and a question & answer segment. This included the announcement that the new chair of the Foundation is Michael Snow.


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Original Reporting Notes
I am currently in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, attended this morning's session and the press conference. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:23, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Sponsors
The following are the conference sponsors:

 * wikiHow
 * Open Society Institute
 * Kaltura
 * Intel
 * HP
 * Cisco
 * Microsoft
 * Sun
 * RAYA
 * Wikia

(2 illegible on the press pack front page)

--41.196.243.186 20:46, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

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 * coverage of afternoon sessions.
 * details on the speakers.

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Broward County Sheriff’s police dog killed in shootout in Florida

July 17, 2008

A man shot and killed a Broward County Sheriff's Office police dog in Miami Beach after a two-county chase in Florida early Thursday morning.

The shooter, Delvin Lewis, 27, was firing shots at his girlfriend during a domestic dispute in Oakland Park. When police arrived, the suspect got into his car and fled, engaging roughly 20 cruisers in a 30-mile chase which ended near Mount Sinai Medical Center's emergency room in Miami Beach. An exchange of gunfire followed in which Lewis reportedly killed the dog. ER doctors tried to save the animal but it was too late.

The shooter was also struck and has been taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he remains with no life threatening injuries.

According to a Mount Sinai spokeswoman hospital facilities are now accessible after the authorities locked down the area for three hours following the shooting.

Lewis has been arrested 26 times by Florida authorities including one in July 2003 in which he injured a police dog striking him repeatedly on the head with a cellphone. The suspect has been charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle on a law enforcement officer, aggravated fleeing and eluding, resisting an officer with violence and principal in the death of a police dog.

Hitting a police dog is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in jail, while killing a police officer is a capital offense which can lead to the death penalty.

Miami-Dade Police Department is handling the investigation which involves Broward Sheriff Office and Miami Beach police.

Lewis has been in and out of jail since 2000 and had been arrested for domestic battery in 2000 and 2004, when he beat a pregnant woman.

The dog, whose name was Oozi, was a 7-1/2 years old Belgian Malinois assigned to BSO's Cooper City district. He was trained in narcotics and helped in hundreds of arrests in his career, including 35 this year.

Oozi and his partner, Deputy Gerald Wengert, were named BSO's Employees of the month in May for their role in the apprehension of three burglary suspects.


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Great Broward lost an other good officer.--66.229.34.63 13:25, 17 July 2008 (UTC)