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Talk:W.A.S.P. announce 'The Crimson Idol' 15th-anniverary world tour/Comments

I saw this mediocre bunch of wannabes years ago miming at a UK rock festival. They were so dumb they trashed their instruments before the soundtrack finished. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

 * This band is so good at srewing themselves out of what they could be. They don't even need to mime, so why the Hell were they???? *Sighs...* I don't know. I wonder if they should just give it up sometimes... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Communist Party candidate Johan Boyden, Toronto Centre

October 5, 2007 Johan Boyden is running for the Communist Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Toronto Centre riding. Wikinews interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign.

Interview
'''Why have you chosen to involve yourself in the political process? Why did you choose to run in this constituency?'''
 * I live in St Jamestown and think that working people need a real choice in this election – a voice for a new direction that puts people’s needs ahead of corporate greed. I don’t claim to speak for everyone in the riding. For example, Rosedale, where some of the richest Canadians live.

 * I’ll let you in on a secret: the Liberals are going to win this seat hands-down. So that is another reason we’re running here, because voters can cast their ballot what ever way they want. And if they want to send the clearest message to curb corporate rule, they can Vote Communist!

'''What prior political experience do you have? What skills and insight can you bring to office, from other non-political positions you may have held?'''

 * I’ve worked in grocery stores and been an assistant shop steward. I was elected three times to my student union in university and have been on the boards of non-profit community organizations. I’ve been a community organizer and activist for about a decade, organizing campaigns to save public schools, for queer rights, for environmental protection, for peace and for higher minimum wages. I’m a fighter. Elect me and you’ll vote for somebody who is 26, full of energy, and is going to push back when big business puts on the heat.

'''Which of your competitors do you expect to pose the biggest challenge to your candidacy? Why? What makes you the most desirable of all candidates running in the riding?'''

 * The Communists have the best policy. We’re calling for a C$15 dollar minimum wage, community control of police and prisons, to fix the school funding formulae with $20 billion, eliminate tuition fees, and to pay for it by raising corporate taxes.

 * We’re a small party with big ideas. And at the debates it shows.

'''What do you feel are the three most important issues to voters in your riding? Are these the same top three issues that are most important to you? What would you do to address these issues?'''

 * Affordable Housing – building 100,000 units of affordable housing; legislate real rent controls; roll back rents; enforce housing standards and by-laws

 * Jobs – fair trade, not free trade; reduce the work week to 32 hours with no loss in pay; immediate action on the manufacturing jobs crisis; $15 minimum wage

 * Education – affordable childcare at $7 a day; fix the funding formulae and phase-out Catholic schools; eliminate tuition fees

What should be the first order of business in the 39th Legislative Assembly?

 * Progressive tax reform.

Are the property taxes in your riding at a fair level for the amount of services received in the municipality?

 * No. We need to upload 100% of the Harris Download and eliminate market value assessment.

How can the province lead the way in stimulating job creation?

 * By implementing our program:
 * Fair trade, not free trade – protect Canadian jobs and sovereignty
 * Say no to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)
 * Emergency action to save Canadian manufacturing
 * Enact a new Auto Pact – foreign investment must require Canadian made parts and assembly
 * Build a Canadian car, machine tool industry, ship-building and agricultural implements industry
 * Rebuild aging provincial and municipal infrastructure
 * Reduce the work week to 32 hours with 40 hours take-home pay
 * Restore and expand social programs; build affordable housing
 * Introduce plant closure legislation with teeth
 * Ensure environmentally sustainable development

What are your views on the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) referendum?

 * I strongly support this proposal and our party has been calling for MMP for over 50 years. In this riding the Tory, Ms Taylor, is opposed although I have heard some waffling on ‘philosophical support.’ I think that the Liberal incumbent Mr. Smitherman’s support of MMP is questionable at best, since his cabinet imposed a 60% supermajority on MMP, but he is saying he supports MMP and it is on his flyer – this shows really the strong public support for MMP in Toronto-Centre. The Greens and NDP now also advocate for MMP which is good.

 * On October 10th, most voters will get a government they didn’t vote for – a McGuinty Liberal Majority. That’s why we need MMP. It is more democratic. And it also promotes coalitions, which makes it easier to pressure the government.

'''Of the decisions made by Ontario's 38th Legislative Assembly, which was the most beneficial to your this electoral district? To the province as a whole? Which was least beneficial, or even harmful, to your this riding? To the province as a whole?'''

 * The citizen’s assembly on electoral reform wast the most beneficial.

'''You are running as a candidate for the Communist Party. A lot of people say that Communism is a dead idea or fear that a Communist government would implement some sort of repressive dictatorship. What do you say to this?'''

 * I would say read our programme and make your own mind up: www.votecommunist.ca

 * The misrepresentations and outright lies about the Communists aren’t limited to us – they are slung against any progressive who rocks the boat.

'''The Communist Party is unlikely to win any seats in the election. Why did you decide to run for a small party rather than be involved with one of the major parties?'''

 * We have elected three times in the past, and we will elect again – but not this election. It depends on the level of struggle. If the people are fighting for justice, the thunder of that movement will build the Communist vote as well.

 * I work with people of all different political stripes and colours outside of elections. But only my party, the Communist Party, fights for peace, sovereignty, jobs, democracy, and socialism. That is why I’m a communist.


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Survey: Finland is the world's greenest country

October 5, 2007

A new survey into the world's greenest and most livable countries has concluded that out of 141 countries reviewed, Finland is the greenest.

Some of the top 20, in order, were Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Australia, Uruguay, Denmark, Canada, Japan, Israel, Italy, Slovenia, France, Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand and Greece. The poorest results went to African countries, which dominated the bottom of the table, with Ethiopia coming in last place.

"Finland wins high marks for air and water quality, a low incidence of infant disease and how well it protects citizens from water pollution and natural disasters," commented the study. Other factors taken into account when ranking the countries included quality of education and income level.

Some other results were the United Kingdom at 25th, the United States at 23rd and China at 84.

The study also looked at individual cities. Of the 72 examined, Stockholm came out on top, followed in order by Oslo, and Paris. A total of four German cities were ranked in the top ten — Munich, Frankfurt, and  — and French cities Lyon and  joined Paris in the top ten as well. New York came in at 15th and London at 27th. At the bottom end were mainly Asian cities, with Beijing's problems earning it the lowest spot in the table. Guangzhou and Shanghai were also near the bottom.


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User:Planoneck

  About me

Hey there. My name's called Planoneck, but in meatspace I go by Taylor. I'm a 14-year old male living in Dallas, Texas, United States. I'm also probably the only Hispanic guy in the world who thinks My Chemical Romance doesn't suck.

I'm an admin, but I usually don't find myself doing admin-type stuff. Most of the work I do around here is writing articles. I generally focus on so-called hard news, especially politics, but I'll write about whatever's interesting to me that day.

Oh yeah, you can view all my articles here.

I like diversity in my news reporting: my articles range from Socialists win second term as Spain's ruling party to Vietnam bans pet hamsters. I try not to single out any one location or topic in my reporting, but I often feel like writing more on stuff I'm personally concerned about, like the crisis in Zimbabwe, the human rights issues in China, or the U.S. Presidential election.

The only subject I'll probably never touch is economy, mainly because it's boring and I know nothing about it. Other than that, pretty much anything is fair game.

Occasionally I'll pull out a nice OR piece gleaned from primary sources on the internet. But don't count on it, because that takes a lot of time, and even during the summer, time is something I rarely seem to have. Look for even less activity when school starts in August; my class schedule basically amounts to an AP suicide.

I'm pretty surprised by how much I've learned just by researching and writing articles here. Before, I didn't even know who Robert Mugabe was. Now I can hold up a conversation on his actions and how they affected the political state of southern Africa. (It sounds nerdy because it is.) It's a certain type of knowledge that you can't get by just watching or reading the news.

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Other stuff I sometimes do: delete crap, copyedit articles, make necessary edits to protected pages, update the main page leads, revert vandals, etc.

If you're really feeling bored, you can check out my views on various topics. Be warned, I haven't updated it in a while and I probably never will. But it's still there for anyone's viewing.

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African burial ground in New York City dedicated as National Monument

October 6, 2007 The African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City was dedicated today. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993, after being rediscovered in 1991. The ceremony opens a monument that cost US$5 million and features a sunken courtyard.

In February of 2006, United States President George W. Bush issued a proclamation that established the burial ground as a national monument.

"The African Burial Ground National Monument will promote understanding of related resources, encourage continuing research, and present interpretive opportunities and programs for visitors to better understand and honor the culture and vital contributions of generations of Africans and Americans of African descent to our Nation," said Bush in the proclamation, vowing to make sure the site is protected.

Many may be unaware of slavery in New York, but it was present, and this monument makes it impossible to forget. The National Park Service estimated that 15,000-20,000 freed and still-enslaved slaves were buried within a six block area. So far only 400 remains of bodies have been found.

It is only the 123rd National Monument in the nation, while there are 110 National Historic Landmarks in New York City alone.


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How to link to wikipedia articles
I set up this article draft with what I thought were local links to wikipedia articles. It appears they are external links from the wikinews area. How link to wikipedia? Doncram 02:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * We use local links for countries and some names of people like Bush. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:50, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Ticket booth

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RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

October 6, 2007 Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking not only because in the midst of the Grunge phenomenon did Charles have a dance hit on MTV, but because he did it as RuPaul, formerly known as Starbooty, a supermodel drag queen with a message: love everyone. A duet with Elton John, an endorsement deal with MAC cosmetics, an eponymous talk show on VH-1 and roles in film propelled RuPaul into the new millennium.

In July, RuPaul's movie Starrbooty  began playing at film festivals and it is set to be released on DVD October 31st. Wikinews reporter David Shankbone recently spoke with RuPaul by telephone in Los Angeles, where she is to appear on stage for DIVAS Simply Singing!, a benefit for HIV-AIDS.

DS: How are you doing?
 * RP: Everything is great.  I just settled into my new hotel room in downtown Los Angeles. I have never stayed downtown, so I wanted to try it out.  L.A. is one of those traditional big cities where nobody goes downtown, but they are trying to change that.

'''DS: How do you like Los Angeles?

 * RP: I love L.A.  I’m from San Diego, and I lived here for six years.  It took me four years to fall in love with it and then those last two years I had fallen head over heels in love with it.  Where are you from?

'''DS: Me? I’m from all over. I have lived in 17 cities, six states and three countries.

 * RP: Where were you when you were 15?

'''DS: Georgia, in a small town at the bottom of Fulton County called Palmetto.

 * RP: When I was in Georgia I went to South Fulton Technical School.  The last high school I ever went to was...actually, I don’t remember the name of it.

'''DS: Do you miss Atlanta?

 * RP: I miss the Atlanta that I lived in.  That Atlanta is long gone.  It’s like a childhood friend who underwent head to toe plastic surgery and who I don’t recognize anymore.  It’s not that I don’t like it; I do like it.   It’s just not the Atlanta that I grew up with.  It looks different because it went through that boomtown phase and so it has been transient.  What made Georgia Georgia to me is gone.  The last time I stayed in a hotel there my room was overlooking a construction site, and I realized the building that was torn down was a building that I had seen get built.  And it had been torn down to build a new building.  It was something you don’t expect to see in your lifetime.

'''DS: What did that signify to you?

 * RP: What it showed me is that the mentality in Atlanta is that much of their history means nothing.  For so many years they did a good job preserving.   Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a preservationist.  It’s just an interesting observation.

'DS: In 2004 when you released your third album, Red Hot'', it received a good deal of play in the clubs and on dance radio, but very little press coverage. On your blog you discussed how you felt betrayed by the entertainment industry and, in particular, the gay press. What happened?

 * RP: Well, betrayed might be the wrong word.  ‘Betrayed’ alludes to an idea that there was some kind of a promise made to me, and there never was.  More so, I was disappointed.  I don’t feel like it was a betrayal.  Nobody promises anything in show business and you understand that from day one.

 * But, I don’t know what happened. It seemed I couldn’t get press on my album unless I was willing to play into the role that the mainstream press has assigned to gay people, which is as servants of straight ideals.

'''DS: Do you mean as court jesters?

 * RP: Not court jesters, because that also plays into that mentality.  We as humans find it easy to categorize people so that we know how to feel comfortable with them; so that we don’t feel threatened.  If someone falls outside of that categorization, we feel threatened and we search our psyche to put them into a category that we feel comfortable with.  The mainstream media and the gay press find it hard to accept me as...just...

'''DS: Everything you are?

 * RP: Everything that I am.

'DS: It seems like years ago, and my recollection might be fuzzy, but it seems like I read a mainstream media piece that talked about how you wanted to break out of the RuPaul 'character' and be seen as more than just RuPaul''.

 * RP: Well, RuPaul is my real name and that’s who I am and who I have always been.  There’s the product RuPaul that I have sold in business.  Does the product feel like it’s been put into a box?  Could you be more clear?  It’s a hard question to answer.

'''DS: That you wanted to be seen as more than just RuPaul the drag queen, but also for the man and versatile artist that you are.

 * RP: That’s not on target.  What other people think of me is not my business.  What I do is what I do.  How people see me doesn’t change what I decide to do.  I don’t choose projects so people don’t see me as one thing or another.  I choose projects that excite me.  I think the problem is that people refuse to understand what drag is outside of their own belief system.  A friend of mine recently did the Oprah show about transgendered youth.  It was obvious that we, as a culture, have a hard time trying to understand the difference between a drag queen, transsexual, and a transgender, yet we find it very easy to know the difference between the American baseball league and the National baseball league, when they are both so similar.  We’ll learn the difference to that.  One of my hobbies is to research and go underneath ideas to discover why certain ones stay in place while others do not.  Like Adam and Eve, which is a flimsy fairytale story, yet it is something that people believe; what, exactly, keeps it in place?

'''DS: What keeps people from knowing the difference between what is real and important, and what is not?

 * RP: Our belief systems.  If you are a Christian then your belief system doesn’t allow for transgender or any of those things, and you then are going to have a vested interest in not understanding that.  Why?  Because if one peg in your belief system doesn’t work or doesn’t fit, the whole thing will crumble.  So some people won’t understand the difference between a transvestite and transsexual.  They will not understand that no matter how hard you force them to because it will mean deconstructing their whole belief system.  If they understand Adam and Eve is a parable or fairytale, they then have to rethink their entire belief system.

 * As to me being seen as whatever, I was more likely commenting on the phenomenon of our culture. I am creative, and I am all of those things you mention, and doing one thing out there and people seeing it, it doesn’t matter if people know all that about me or not.

'''DS: Recently I interviewed Natasha Khan of the band Bat for Lashes, and she is considered by many to be one of the real up-and-coming artists in music today. Her band was up for the Mercury Prize in England. When I asked her where she drew inspiration from, she mentioned what really got her recently was the 1960’s and 70's psychedelic drag queen performance art, such as seen in Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, The Cockettes and Paris Is Burning. What do you think when you hear an artist in her twenties looking to that era of drag performance art for inspiration?

 * RP: The first thing I think of when I hear that is that young kids are always looking for the ‘rock and roll’ answer to give.  It’s very clever to give that answer.  She’s asked that a lot: "Where do you get your inspiration?"  And what she gave you is the best sound bite she could; it’s a really a good sound bite.  I don’t know about Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, but I know about The Cockettes and Paris Is Burning.  What I think about when I hear that is there are all these art school kids and when they get an understanding of how the press works, and how your sound bite will affect the interview, they go for the best.

'''DS: You think her answer was contrived?

 * RP: I think all answers are really contrived.  Everything is contrived; the whole world is an illusion.  Coming up and seeing kids dressed in Goth or hip hop clothes, when you go beneath all that, you have to ask: what is that really?  You understand they are affected, pretentious.  There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s how we see things.  I love Paris Is Burning.

'''DS: Has the Iraq War affected you at all?

 * RP: Absolutely.  It’s not good, I don’t like it, and it makes me want to enjoy this moment a lot more and be very appreciative.  Like when I’m on a hike in a canyon and it smells good and there aren’t bombs dropping.

'''DS: Do you think there is a lot of apathy in the culture?

 * RP: There’s apathy, and there’s a lot of anti-depressants and that probably lends a big contribution to the apathy.  We have iPods and GPS systems and all these things to distract us.

'''DS: Do you ever work the current political culture into your art?

 * RP: No, I don’t.  Every time I bat my eyelashes it’s a political statement. The drag I come from has always been a critique of our society, so the act is defiant in and of itself in a patriarchal society such as ours.  It’s an act of treason.

'''DS: What do you think of young performance artists working in drag today?

 * RP: I don’t know of any.  I don’t know of any.  Because the gay culture is obsessed with everything straight and femininity has been under attack for so many years, there aren’t any up and coming drag artists.  Gay culture isn’t paying attention to it, and straight people don’t either.  There aren’t any drag clubs to go to in New York.  I see more drag clubs in Los Angeles than in New York, which is so odd because L.A. has never been about club culture.

'''DS: Michael Musto told me something that was opposite of what you said. He said he felt that the younger gays, the ones who are up-and-coming, are over the body fascism and more willing to embrace their feminine sides.

 * RP: I think they are redefining what femininity is, but I still think there is a lot of negativity associated with true femininity.  Do boys wear eyeliner and dress in skinny jeans now?  Yes, they do.  But it’s still a heavily patriarchal culture and you never see two men in Star magazine, or the Queer Eye guys at a premiere, the way you see Ellen and her girlfriend—where they are all, ‘Oh, look how cute’—without a negative connotation to it.  There is a definite prejudice towards men who use femininity as part of their palette; their emotional palette, their physical palette.  Is that changing?  It’s changing in ways that don’t advance the cause of femininity.  I’m not talking frilly-laced pink things or Hello Kitty stuff.  I’m talking about goddess energy, intuition and feelings.  That is still under attack, and it has gotten worse.  That’s why you wouldn’t get someone covering the RuPaul album, or why they say people aren’t tuning into the Katie Couric show.  Sure, they can say ‘Oh, RuPaul’s album sucks’ and ‘Katie Couric is awful’; but that’s not really true.  It’s about what our culture finds important, and what’s important are things that support patriarchal power.  The only feminine thing supported in this struggle is Pamela Anderson and Jessica Simpson, things that support our patriarchal culture.


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User talk:Doncram

Welcome
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RE: African Monument
No problem :) took me a little bit to hunt down the picture though. The president's proclamation was a little easier to find though. Happy editing...ask anytime you need help :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Planoneck

Welcome
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Template:Weather World F
Hi there. I note your addition of a location to the weather map but would point out that it is updated automatically every hour by a script I maintain and thus adding a location is more complex. Whilst I am too busy to add it at the moment, I will certainly look into this as soon as I can. Regards. Adambro 12:00, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I figured it was too easy to be true. Well, thanks for informing me. I guess for the time being I'll have to get my Hawaii weather from another source. ;-) ~Planoneck~ 12:08, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Lead article
Are you aware that the curent lead articles about the tropical storm has 2 links to the same place. As you created the two links and published the article, it is your responsibility to add a source. If you do not I will have to unpublish it --User:Anonymous101 18:07, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If I could jump in here, Planoneck. Sometimes it is not clear that sources from different publishers pick up the same wire story from Reuters, AP etc. You just have to be aware of that and try to find "different" sources. Also, this is a wiki and any user is encouraged to edit, write or fix things. I have gone ahead and added a source for you. Not to worry. Cheers, Jcart1534 18:18, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, guys. Apparently I copy-and-pasted the code for the first source and forgot to change the web address. I'll be more careful next time. ~Planoneck~ 22:50, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

VOA PD?
Your article ,World stocks plunge on fears on US recession, was based on a VOA article which may not be PD. I heard from another user that article that say "Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters," are not PD. --User:Anonymous101 Talk 19:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Sorry, After reading the VOA copyright notice, I am quite sure it isn't as restrictions seem to only apply to images. Go to http://www.voanews.com/english/disclaim.cfm to see the notice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymous101 (talk • contribs) 19:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

 * This article is original to VOA and thus PD. Please check again and see and you can see it does not contain their tags for AFP, AP and Reuters, at the end (which is where they put them when it applies).--SVTCobra 02:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Nice work!
Hey Planoneck! Just want to say you are doing a great job. Your articles are very well written. Cheers, --Jcart1534 00:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you! ~Planoneck~ 00:23, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Oil rig Item
Thanks, Willing to consider updating? Turns out it was false alarm, but one women was detained apparently...

ShakespeareFan00 20:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Seeds placed in Norwegian vault as agricultural 'insurance policy'
Hi, would you object to date bumping this to Feb 27? You published at 23:59 UTC. I just think it will get more readers as "today's" news. (and yes it is also still the 26th where I am). --SVTCobra 00:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No, I wouldn't mind. I like for each day to have as many stories as possible, but if you think it'll get more readers if published on the 27th, go for it. ~Planoneck~ 00:13, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool, I see you bumped it. Also, this way as they are already awake in New Zealand and Australia, we don't have zero articles for the 27th. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:32, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

US officials flood Grand Canyon to restore ecosystem
I date bumped this story to March 6. You published at 23:59 UTC. I hope you don't mind. --SVTCobra 00:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Award
These awards were once given out like clockwork (I am told) when thresholds were met. Though you are already nearing "Staff reporter", I hope you will accept this "Cub reporter" trophy, though it is awarded late. Personally, I'd like to thank you for your contributions to Wikinews. --SVTCobra 01:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you! It always gives me a good feeling when someone recognizes the time I spend/waste on these sites. :) ~Planoneck~ 01:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for helpful edits
The Cassini story was my first contribution to Wikinews. I appreciate your valuable edits and formatting. Thanks Electricmic - (talk) 00:39, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Anti-China protesters clash with police in Tibet
Nice work with this one. Could use a second quote box, perhaps lower-right of the article, for style - and/or a free-use image or two. Cirt - (talk) 00:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Is this article ready for the front page?
Planoneck- Thanks for your edits to "Constitutionality of DNC Florida primary to be decided in appeal" I'd love to see an article that I helped to write on the Wikinews main front page. (Ego driven-Electricmic - (talk) 20:01, 20 March 2008 (UTC))

China, France attempt to repair relations in wake of protests
This is a really well-done article. Good work. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Four killed, dozens injured in Jerusalem attack on bus
Hi there. I just wanted to let you know that the version of this story which you published was a copyright violation. I believe the text was copied from Haaretz (I cannot confirm since the copy-vio was overwritten) and it drew attention at Admin action alerts. Before you publish any article, please check that it is not a copyright violation. An effective way of doing this is to google a few samples of the text. If they are word-for-word the same, google will list them first. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:47, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

HSK Kormoran found, the search for HMAS Sydney continues
I'm not sure that there is consensus to do this. Certainly where clearly unfree images with no justification to use under fair use are proposed for deletion this is often objected to on the basis that to remove the image would change an archived article. I would presume that this concern also applies to replacing images as this also changes the article. Adambro (talk) 22:00, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * If you feel it violates the archiving conventions, I'll go ahead and remove it. I just don't really like seeing articles without images when there's a perfectly free image available. ~Planoneck~ 22:10, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Publishing
Generally should be added on all new articles, so as editors can look them over, as per the new flagged revisions. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:52, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * But that doesn't mean you don't do good work, which is excellent BTW. Its our attempt to get into Google News :-) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:18, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It's gonna take some getting used to, but I see why it's needed. I haven't checked in here for a while, so thanks for keeping me in the loop. ~Planoneck~ 01:02, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem :-) Without posting a barrage of links, a lot of this is on the Water cooler. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:24, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

McCain ad ... article
Thanks, —Calebrw (talk) 02:17, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Sighting articles
Hia:). Articles shouldn't be sighted until they are published. Some odd things can happen with the googlenews feed otherwise, and with front page vandalism. Gopher65talk 23:49, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Bart SImpson and Scientology
Why did you revert my edit here: ? It has nothing to do with the article, its mostly a comment, and seems more like an attack than anything factual or NPOV. Just curious. Cheers :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 12:48, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * My bad, I was reviewing the edit (while half-asleep) and I must have clicked the rollback button by mistake. I didn't even notice it until you posted here, so thanks for letting me know. It was a POV attack, so you were right. ~Planoneck~ 13:24, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah I kinda figured it was something like that. No worries. I myself have done it before as well. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Notice: inactive admin
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A penny for your thoughts
Okay, not really, but I am requesting your participation in the following Water Cooler Discussion: OR and Broadcast report. The discussion involves the need for specific policy concerning how Original Reporting relates to information recieved from a broadcast report of an event. This can include both news-style reports and non-news reports, such as a sporting event. Thanks and again, please share your thoughts on this so we can get as many people involved as possible, especially since this relates to an important topic such as OR. —Calebrw (talk) 05:18, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

Sweet!
Heh...I will definitely take time to read this one :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:43, 6 October 2007 (UTC) I'm Josephine I am Crossdresser RuPaul i watch your show it's awesome i like to wear women's all the time i started crossdressing whe i was 10 years old i like putting on dresses, nightgown, and skirts this will be my article i do a lot of crossdressing full time. >>>>>Josephine Shaffer

Comments from feedback form - "Wowsers RuPaul"
Wowsers RuPaul —166.137.142.135 (talk) 23:26, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "This is an outstanding intervi..."
This is an outstanding interview. I should see this more often. —96.250.190.13 (talk) 15:02, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "not much that could follow suc..."
not much that could follow such trueth except approval and acknowledgement. If only more words of trueth could be spoken - and really understood...if only —67.186.201.49 (talk) 06:00, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "Very well presented and succin..."
Very well presented and succinct. —74.96.205.18 (talk) 15:00, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Before and after Drag Race
I find it so interesting now to re-read this interview that was held before RuPaul's Drag Race. Ru says here, in 2007, that he doesn't know of any "young performance artists working in drag today" and "there aren’t any up and coming drag artists". He certainly wouldn't have said that two years later! I wonder whether the issues discussed in this interview contributed to his decision to create Drag Race. Mahagaja (talk) 09:35, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


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User talk:68.197.133.166

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2007/08 FA Premier League: Manchester United vs. Wigan Athletic

October 6, 2007

Manchester United have moved to the top of the table after beating Wigan Athletic 4–0 today. The goals came from Carlos Tévez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney in the second half.

United lost Nemanja Vidić to a concussion and John O'Shea to a dead leg in first half. Louis Saha injured himself in the warm-up. A patched-up Reds defence saw Gerard Piqué and Danny Simpson included alongside Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra.


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2007/08 Bundesliga: Wolfsburg vs. Hansa Rostock

October 6, 2007

An 89th minute goal by substitute gave Wolfsburg a 1-0 victory over  today.

Wolfsburg Coach Felix Magath made a solitary change to his team which took an away point off Hamburg. took the place of at left back. The Hansa Rostock coach saw no reason to change his team which took nine points from their last three games. Their last victory was against the defending champions.

The game began in a cautious manner, with Hansa Rostock defending in their own half, hoping to hit Wolfsburg on a counter attack. Wolfsburg tried to take the game to visitors from the former DDR, but they didn't create any goalscoring chances during the opening minutes.

When a 0-0 draw looked inevitable, Wolfsburg secured all three points in the 89th minute.

After the Bundesliga break, Wolfsburg will travel to and play Hannover in the Niedersachsen derby.


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2007/08 Bundesliga: Hertha Berlin vs. Energie Cottbus

October 6, 2007

Hertha striker Marko Pantelic missed from the penalty spot when his 90th minute penalty hit the crossbar as Hertha drew 0-0 at home to winless Energie Cottbus. The draw gave Cottbus their first away point of the season.

Gilberto moved to the left of midfield in the place of Lucio. Pal Dardai returned, while Sofian Chahed was preferred Tobias Grahn in right of midfield.

The game began in a cautious manner and it was the Energie Cottbus who created the first chance in the 20th minute, as Dimitar Rangelov tested Hertha keeper Jaroslav Drobny with a free kick from just outside the penalty area. Hertha Berlin got it's 1st chance in the 35th minute. However, Pantelic was ruled offside. Hertha dominated most of the game.

In the final minute, match referee Schmidt pointed to the penalty spot. Marko Pantelic struck his spot kick against the crossbar and out of danger! that was it. Bundesliga takes a two week break because of international fixtures. On October 20th, Hertha travel to Werder Bremen for round 10.


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Comments:U.S. Criticized for lack of supervision of biohazards in labs

Wasn't there a scare about anthrax getting into the water after Katrina? Contralya 05:31, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Biohazard lab supervision an issue says US investigation

About the name, it makes it look like it is being criticized by another country, but this criticism by people in the government. I don't know what it should be called, but the name needs to change. Don't want to give people the wrong impression.

It's not outside criticism, it's an investigation. So, something like 'U.S. launches investigation into the handling of Bio-hazerds' or something like that. This name really gives people the wrong idea. Like how SOMEONE said that Putin dissolved his entire government... It's news fraud.Contralya 05:35, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for fixing it. Contralya 22:34, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:220.253.138.148

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User talk:Anoma lee~enwikinews

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The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

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A-League 2007-08: Round 6 Results

October 1, 2007

Round 6 of the Hyundai A-League produced an interesting first for the competition in its short existence, and something which has been totally against the grain so far this season. In the 20 games so far this season, only three home wins had been recorded, but for the first time ever in the league, all four home teams won their respective matches in a single round.

The Mariners stay four points clear at the top despite losing its first game of the season against Adelaide, while Wellington had their first taste of victory at home, with the Phoenix smashing Perth 4-1. Melbourne and Sydney are set for a blockbuster in Sydney next week, after both had hard fought wins.

 * Attendance/Average: 60,523 / 15,131
 * Goal of the Week: Alex Brosque - Sydney FC
 * Player of the Week: Bruce Djite - Adelaide United

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Dozens killed in Congo plane crash, transport minister fired

October 6, 2007 More than 50 people have been killed after a plane crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, causing president Joseph Kabila to fire his transport minister.

The Russian-built Antonov An-26 twin-turboprop cargo plane went down into a market in the African nation's capital, Kinshasa, killing 51 and injuring at least 25, mostly on the ground. Of the plane's crew, only the Congolese flight engineer survived the accident. The Congolese air safety record is one of the worst in the world, and this is the latest and deadliest in a string of recent aviation accidents and incidents. According to presidential spokesman Kudura Kasongo, the reason behind the sacking of transport minister Remy Henri Kuseyo Gatanga is "for being incapable of organising the aviation sector".

Transport Minister Rémy Kuseyo had previously said the aircraft should never have taken off due to a ban imposed three weeks ago on the use of Antonov aircraft in the country due to safety concerns. He feels his dismissal is unjust, saying "Measures had been taken... "I had taken measures, but I am not the one who was to have put the measures in place on the ground."

Saleh Kinyongo of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry revised previous information that the entire flight crew had been killed, saying to reporters "We now know there is a survivor in hospital. He's the mechanic (of the plane)... He's alive and well. He's talking and he's even been on TV." His name was given as Dede Ngama and he is receiving treatment at the Roi Baudouin hospital in Kinshasa. Previously, Russia's foreign ministry had reported that all three of the flight crew were Russian nationals and were killed in the crash. This has, however, been confirmed as accurate for the pilot and co-pilot.

It is known that shortly after takeoff, the plane experienced technical difficulties and initiated fuel dumping, then contacted air traffic control to request an emergency landing. Aircraft often dump fuel prior to emergency landings shortly after takeoff, as the aircraft are too heavy to land safely with full fuel loads. However, after about ten minutes, the plane suddenly plunged down into a market and houses in a residential area. The Russian Foreign ministry reported that upon takeoff the plane lost a propeller, and that a wing sheared off when the plane impacted a bank of trees.

An emergency meeting of Congo's cabinet was held yesterday to investigate how existing air safety regulations could be improved, including possibilities of better inspections and tougher penalties for non-conformers.

The crash site has proved difficult to secure from onlookers and petty criminals. Local police have already arrested several people attempting to steal scrap metal, engine parts and any other valuables from the fire-scorched wreckage.

The crash has provoked national outrage, with local newspapers using headlines such as "Another flying coffin kills again," and "Congo's killer skies,". The government had promised to improve poor safety standards.

The plane belonged to Africa One, but had been leased to Manilla Airlift. The aircraft had undergone a safety inspection prior to it's departure from nearby Ndjili international airport.

The International Air Transport Association has described Congo's aviation safety record as 'an embarrassment', while all Congolese airlines except Hewa Bora Airways are on the List of air carriers banned in the EU.


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Australian cricket team in India in 2007-08: 2nd ODI

October 3, 2007

Australia have defeated India by 84 runs in the second ODI match of Australia's current tour of India at Nehru Stadium, Kochi, India.

Australia lead the 7-match ODI series 1-0, after the first match was abandoned due to rain.

After the first over, Australia were already one wicket down after Adam Gilchrist was dismissed for a duck. And shortly into the third over, things were not looking good for Australia, after Brad Hodge was caught behind for only 3 runs, and the figures were 2 wickets for eight runs. But things started improving with Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke sharing a 54 run partnership before Clarke was stumped for 27. Hayden then, along with Andrew Symonds, blasted a 94 run partnership before being bowled by Irfan Pathan, making a total of 75 runs. Symonds was caught and bowled by fast-bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth in the 46th over after making 87 runs, and a 108-run parnership with Brad Haddin. Three overs later James Hopes was the third and final victim of Sreesanth after being caught by Rahul Dravid. Haddin survived the innings with 87 not-out, along with Brett Lee who achieved 2 runs.

India lost its first wicket shortly into the third over with Mitch Johnson bowling Gautam Gambhir for 7 runs. India didn't lose another wicket until Symonds caught a Stuart Clark bowled ball off Sachin Tendulkar. Clark then claimed a LBW on Robin Uthappa for 41 runs. Dravid (31) then fell in the 25th over, and one over later - Pathan (1) who was run out by Clarke. Harbhajan Singh was then stumped for 4, while Ramesh Powar (17) was bowled by Clark. Zaheer Khan (3) was then caught, and India was all out when captain Mahendra Dhoni was also caught during the 47th over after making the highest score of the innings - 58. Sreesanth remained with not out for 7 runs.

Toss: India won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Gilchrist, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Hodge, 3.1 ov), 3-66 (Clarke, 15.3 ov), 4-160 (Hayden, 31.1 ov), 5-268 (Symonds, 46.5 ov), 6-297 (Hopes, 49.2 ov)

Did not bat: Brad Hogg, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Gambhir, 3.1 ov), 2-58 (Tendulkar, 8.5 ov), 3-79 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.4 ov), 4-87 (Uthappa, 14.2 ov), 5-136 (Dravid, 25.1 ov), 6-139 (Pathan, 26.6 ov), 7-154 (Harbhajan Singh, 30.3 ov), 8-179 (Powar, 34.6 ov), 9-190 (Khan, 39.2 ov), 10-222 (Dhoni, 47.3 ov)

India: M S Dhoni (capt, wkt), R Dravid, G Gambhir, Z Khan, I K Pathan, R R Powar, H Singh, Y Singh, S Sreesanth, S R Tendulkar, R V Uthappa

Australia: S R Clark, M J Clarke, A C Gilchrist (capt, wkt), B J Haddin, M L Hayden, B J Hodge, G B Hogg, J R Hopes, M G Johnson, B Lee, A Symonds

Man of the Match: B J Haddin (Australia)

Umpires: S A Bucknor (West Indies) and S L Shastri (India) TV Umpire: GA Pratapkumar (India) Match Referee: B C Broad (England) Reserve Umpire: S K Tarapore (India)


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Alex Necochea and Bryn Bennett: the 'Guitar Heroes' of Bang Camaro

October 8, 2007

When a fan connects with a band, it's often during moments like a drive down a highway at night reflecting on some aspect of his or her life; sitting at home after a fight with a girlfriend; singing in the shower; or celebrating at a party with her friends. Music becomes a soundtrack to an individual's life, and a connection with the musician forms when the listener is able to peg a perfect moment or feeling to a song. Boston-based mega-member rock group Bang Camaro's fan base claims a different level of interaction: they often have learned to play their music before they ever had a moment associated with it. Bang Camaro found fame on the video game Guitar Hero II, where an aspiring rock god uses a guitar-shaped peripheral to play rock music as notes scroll towards him on the screen.

Wikinews reporter David Shankbone journeyed to the Bowery Ballroom to talk to the two founding members of Bang Camaro, Alex Necochea and Bryn Bennett. But when MTV.com shows up at the same time as Wikinews to do an interview, the band must split up. Below is our conversation with Necochea about touring, influence, politics, throwing his corpse out of a plane and flatulent women.

'''David Shankbone: How's the tour going?

 * Alex Necochea: The tours is going great!  We just played in Poughkeepsie last night with the OCC house band.

'''DS: Poughkeepsie, huh?
 * AN: Yeah! [Laughs]  Poughkeepsie, it's kind of a dark town.  Not much of a built-in crowd there.

'''DS: What kind of crowd is there?
 * AN: From what I could tell, we played for a lot of Guitar Hero fans and people who heard about us through friends of friends, or came across us on MySpace.  That sort of thing.  But for the most part a lot of the kids we meet are anywhere between...well, I guess at a club like that they have to be over 18, but usually they are just much younger kids who are video game fans, who have heard about us through Guitar Hero II.

'''DS: What's that like to have a fan base that comes from primarily video games? Have you noticed a difference between being known as a local band playing in your city and being known through video games? How would you compare the audience?
 * AN: It's different.  In our hometown it started off as just a big word of mouth thing.  We had twenty guys in the band, so everybody had friends-of-friends.  We started a groundswell that way.  But when we get out of town, not in New York so much, but when we go to Chicago and Milwaukee and places like that they generally tend to be much younger people.  It's a really big thrill for Bryn and I in that we are meeting kids who are just like us: young video game fans, aspiring musicians, usually males who picked up guitars.  They come to us and say, 'Nobody plays guitar anymore like you guys do!' or 'My parents used to listen to music like that!'  It's just a big thrill for us to meet young kids like that who remind us of ourselves when we were kids.

'''DS: How does it feel to be looked-up to by the kids, by America's future?
 * AN: [Laughs]  It's terrifying! [Laughs]

'''DS: Do you see parents at the show?
 * AN: Oh, yeah, oh yeah.  Parents with their kids—

'''DS: That must reduce the crotch grabbing.
 * AN: [Laughs]  Yeah, a little bit of macho posturing. I tell you man, it's a really big thrill, just to go out and play in towns we've never been to.  Kids come out and they know all the songs.  We've had situations where we've played New York and girls are in the front row singing along to our guitar solos.  Like, wow...we're on stage playing and we can hear them singing back at us.  Something else Bryn and I have noticed is at larger festival shows when we get to the end of our shows we play Push Push Lady Lightning, the kids would just light up and start air guitaring!  But not actually playing air guitar, but playing air guitar hero--like, they knew where all the notes were!

'DS: Which is a lot'' different for audiences of many bands.
 * AN: Absolutely!  I can't imagine other bands having the same experience, because we come from such a unique perspective that a large part of our music is driven by the instrumentals, and that sort of thing.

'''DS: Your fans are so engaged with your music, far more than most bands have. Most bands they have fans who feel their music speaks to them, but your fans can say, 'I learned to play guitar on your shit and not on Eleanor Rigby!'
 * AN: It's an honor.  It's still unbelievable to me.  I had a message from a friend of mine who was at Guitar Center and he heard one of the kids cranking out one of our songs when he was trying out the guitar.  To me, it's like we made it.

'''DS: At this point of your career, you're not playing stadiums, but you're also not playing Otto's Tiki Lounge on a Tuesday night. When you reflect upon it, what do you think about?
 * AN: In the past two years, since Bryn and I started this project, we've both been playing in bands locally in Boston for years.  We had some mixed success, we played large venues in and around Boston.  We got to the point where we said fuck it, we just want to have some fun and we'd laugh a lot going over old Ozzy Osbourne stuff we listened to as kids, just giggle about it.  Bang Camaro started that way, something for us to do and invite our friends to come sing on it.  Now, just two years later, it's amazing what happens when you stop trying.  It's something not contrived or born of any desire to reach an audience.  We just did it for fun, and that spoke to people more than anything else we worked on.

'''DS: Do you have other areas of your life where you've been able to apply that?
 * AN: [Laughs]  You mean as an ethos?  Don't try?  [Laughs]  You know, not really.  I have found the greatest success in the things I have put most of my effort into.  This band has been a complete unique experience in that respect, at least in terms of trying to forge a 'career in music.'  Bryn and I had gotten to the point where we thought maybe this wasn't the way to go.  Bryn was going to go back to his career as a video game programmer and I was just going to find something else to do.  So not really, I don't really apply that in any other portion of my life.

'''DS: What are some dream projects you'd like to work on?
 * AN: As a musician, obviously for me it would be to meet and work with some heroes of mine since I was a kid.  Like Mutt Lang; he always made my favorite records.  At the same time, it has also been a dream of mine to meet people like Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse.  Those guys made honest sort of rock n' roll, for lack of a better comparison, the way people like John Lennon or Bob Dylan would.  To me those are the artists of my generation.  It would be my dream one just to meet those guys and two just to work with them on some level.  I'd also be lying to say that it would just be my dream to take this project with twenty of my best friends and take it as far as we can take it.  So far in my life it's been the most rewarding thing.

'''DS: In the creative process it's so difficult to be original today. Everything has been done. Do you ever let that trip you up, the Simpsons Did It problem?
 * AN: No, not really.  I found I would end up falling into that cycle playing in indie rock bands, just trying to come up with the next thing, like Radiohead they stopped using guitars and things like that.  Trying to kick the ball forward a little bit instead of kicking it side to side.  With this band we don't get hung up on that.  We originally just started it as a celebration of the things we loved when we were kids.  We're not out here trying to reinvent the wheel.  We're fortunate in that when we were putting the project together we wanted that big vocal sound.  What set us apart was how we went about doing that.  We just invited all of our friends because we didn't want to multi track everything ourselves.  Soon after we had to figure out how to pull it off live, and people would approach and say 'we heard you have this crazy project with all these people.'  The project grew into the live monster it is out of necessity.  We're not rich people, we don't have refrigerators and the big tour bus.  Speaking of dreams, maybe one day we'll have a tour bus.  For now, we travel in two very smelly vans.

'''DS: If you could choose your own death, how would you die?
 * AN: [Laughs]  I would want to steal what I heard a mutual friend of ours said.  He said when he died--it's not how he died, but this is what I heard--he said when he's dead, he wants his corpse to be dressed up like Superman and thrown out of an airplane.  I thought that would be fitting.  But I'm not ready to think about death, not just yet.

'''DS: You guys have been described as Metal and Glam rock. What would you describe your sound as?
 * AN: I would call us anthem rock.  We're really not heavy metal.  I think our focus is more on writing great singles, as best as we can make them.  Pop music.  That's just something Bryn and I grew up on.  We're big fans of melody and big driving hooks, that sort of thing.

'''DS: Would you say anthem rock more in the Mötley Crüe vane or more in the T. Rex vane?
 * AN: I would say half and half.  Our influences don't just stop with hair metal and things like that.  We draw on things like Thin Lizzy, Boston, bands like that.  Not necessarily virtuosic sort of musicianship, but things that are put together.  We like to spend the time when we are writing our songs that we are taking all the extraneous crap out of it.  We just want to make good, hook-drive pop music.

'''DS: Does the war in Iraq affect you artistically at all?
 * AN: [Laughs]  No, not at all.  No, you could say I'm just like everybody else.  I read the paper and blogs, and I'm just as horrified as everybody else.  I'm definitely not a fan of this war.

'''DS: If you had to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan, where would you fight?
 * AN: Oh, the fight was definitely in Afghanistan.  Iraq was a much different animal.

'''DS: Are you more inspired by things in nature or things that are man made?
 * AN: I would probably have to go with nature.  I'm a student of science.  I have a degree in environmental geology.  When I was 19/20 years old I went through all the regular existential questions people that age go through: why am I here and my place in the universe, that sort of thing.

'''DS: Did you answer any of them?
 * AN: Oh, God!  I play rock guitar in a twenty man band!

'''DS: That's important for a lot of people - you see your audience. You're giving a lot of inspiration to a lot of people. You don't know who you might be inspiring to pursue music.
 * AN: [Laughs]  Oh, kids, don't be like me!  I would definitely go with nature over man made.

'''DS: What's your favorite curse word?
 * AN: Fuck.

'''DS: What's your favorite euphemism for breasts?
 * AN: Big guns.

'''DS: Have you used that recently?
 * AN: Actually, I think I did use that in the last week, and no comment.

'''DS: I read that you named the band after fast women and fast cars.
 * AN: [Laughs]  Who told you that?  No, Bang Camaro were two words out of the English language that were the two sexiest words we could think of.  We put them together and they roll off the tongue.  Bang Camaro.  It says a lot more than it means.

'''DS: What sort of qualities do you look for in a woman?
 * AN: I need a girl who is going to make me laugh.  I need a woman who is smarter than I am.  A woman who will always keep me guessing.  Absolutely.  Calling me out for my own jerky bullshit.  I like a girl who is fiercely independent, knows what she wants, and doesn't need me.

'''DS: Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?
 * AN: Oh, man, I'm going to get in a lot of trouble for saying Obama.  I would probably go with Obama.  There's just something in his rhetoric and his oratory that is a lot more inspiring than Hillary.  Hillary, to me, represents not much of a changing of the guard.

'''DS: What would be the greatest of misfortunes to befall you?
 * AN: [Chuckles]  Oh, if I were to die alone.  No, probably one of my greatest fears is injuring or maiming any of my appendages, to be honest.

'''DS: Do you have any special things you do to make sure you don't injure or lose an appendage?
 * AN: [Chuckles]  I don't keep my hands in my pockets when I am running down stairs.

'''DS: That's a conscious choice?
 * AN: Yes, that's a conscious choice.

'''DS: What if you are just walking down stairs?
 * AN: [Chuckles]  You can't realign the stars, man.  Shit will happen, shit will happen.

'''DS: What possession do you treasure most?
 * AN: That's a good question.  Probably my cat.  I love my cat more than anything.

'''DS: What's your cat's name?
 * AN: Sadie.

'DS: Like Sexy Sadie''?
 * AN: Yeah, like Sexy Sadie.  That's exactly what I named her after.  Big John Lennon fan, so I couldn't resist.

'''DS: What trait do you deplore most in other people?
 * AN: I'm a lover, not a fighter.  Jealousy, greed.  But I try to look for the best in everybody.  Who knows.

'''DS: What do you think are the greatest threats to humanity?
 * AN: Humanity itself.  You can typically read anywhere that humanity is a virus, a plague, on Mother Earth.  I really think the greatest threat to humanity is not a meteor or comet hurtling toward the planet, it's us.  We'll be our own undoing. Bad politics, the spread of...oh, man, I could get in trouble...

'''DS: Who would you get in trouble with?
 * AN: No, I don't know who I could get in trouble with.  But I definitely think that capitalism is something that having gone unchecked for so long isn't doing right in delivering civil freedom.  It's not delivering on its promises.  Then again, I play in a rock band and people come pay to see me.  I understand it works on both levels.

'''DS: What would be a bigger turn-off in bed: a woman who spoke in a baby voice, or someone who was overly flatulent?
 * AN: Oh God!  I'd go with the baby talk, man.

'''DS: You'd prefer the baby talk?
 * AN: No, I would go with the flatulent woman.  At least she's real.

'''DS: Have you ever been faced with either scenario?
 * AN: No, I don't think women should be flatulent.

'''DS: At all? Not even if she lets out a little giggle afterwards?
 * AN: Yeah, well, so be it.

'DS: What if she was really'' flatulent?
 * AN: Like, extremely flatulent?  I'd go more for the flatulence.  Baby talk...that's a real boner killer.  Sorry, man.

'''DS: And you've never had a baby talker?
 * AN: No, not since high school.

'''DS: In high school?
 * AN: Oh, yeah.  She had to go.

'''DS: What if she was Dutch oven flatulent?
 * AN: Is it really one or the other?  Can I just go gay?

'''DS: You can always go gay. It's the new millennium.
 * AN: Yeah, well, I'd probably end up with a baby-talking overly flatulent man, I'm sure.


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New York City homeless man allegedly torched by teenagers

October 6, 2007 Police in New York are searching for three teenagers accused of setting a homeless man in New York City on fire yesterday.

Felix Najera was bedded down outside the Iglesia Christiana Betania on East 103rd Street in the East Harlem section of Manhattan.

Reports indicate that the teenagers threw a gasoline-soaked towel on the man, and set him on fire.

Homeless advocates are calling this incident one of the most senseless and severe acts in recent memory. Mary Brosnahan, the executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless said, "I haven't heard of an incident like this in many years in New York."

Najera is an alcoholic and often asks passers-by for cigarettes, but many residents consider him to be harmless.

"It's a shame. He doesn't bother anybody," said Gary Williams. Another resident said, "They don't have no respect for life itself." Pastor Ariel Soto said "it's an act of evil."

Officials say that Najera suffered second and third degree burns to nearly 75 percent of his body.

Najera is 49-years-old and is in critical condition at Cornell Medical Center.

Police say no arrests have been made thus far.


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Sam's Club recalls beef patties nationwide following reported illnesses

October 6, 2007 Sam's Club warehouse stores across the United States are recalling a brand of ground beef patties made by Cargill Inc., following reports that four children who ate the patties became sick with E. coli.

Consumers who bought the patties after August 26, 2007 are asked to either return them to the store they bought them from or destroy them.

The four children who became ill sometime between September 10 and September 20 were reportedly sickened by frozen American Chef's Selection Angus Beef Patties bought at three different Sam's Club stores in Minnesota.

Heidi Kassenborg, the director of the dairy and food inspection division of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture said, "We can't be certain that meat from other stores is not involved, since the brand ... was likely sold at other Sam's Club locations."

Therefore, Sam's Club has voluntarily issued the recall across stores nationwide.

A statement released by Sam's Club said that the recalled patties have expiration date of February 12, 2008 listed on the packages, and were coded UPC 0002874907056 Item 700141.

Cargill Inc. is expected to release a statement on Monday.


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2007 Rugby World Cup: Australia 10 - 12 England

October 6, 2007

England advanced to the semi-final stage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup with a 12-10 victory over Australia in the first quarter-final of the tournament at Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France. Jonny Wilkinson kicked the defending champions to victory with four penalties, in a repeat of the 2003 final.

Stirling Mortlock opened the scoring for Australia with a penalty, but missed two other chances to extend their lead early on. England went ahead after two penalties from Jonny Wilkinson, however Australia regained their lead as Lote Tuqiri scored a try in the 33rd minute. Australia led 10-6 at half time as Wilkinson missed two opportunities to reduce the deficit.

Australia failed to score in the second half, with Berrick Barnes and Chris Latham both missing drop goal attempts. Jonny Wilkinson kicked two penalties to give England a two point lead despite missing two more opportunities with the boot. Stirling Mortlock missed a late penalty that would have won the match for Australia.

England, who have improved after faltering early in their campaign, hung on to reach the semi-finals. They will play France, who defeated New Zealand 18-20, in a repeat of the 2003 semi-final.


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New Zealand Marilyn Manson concert evacuated due to fire scare

October 6, 2007 A New Zealand Marilyn Manson gig was evacuated after a fire scare. Four songs into the performance by the shock rock act at Auckland Town Hall, a fire scare caused an evacuation of the venue. On-site security stopped the performer from continuing and asked the audience to leave immediately.

Fire and ambulance crews responded, but discovered that the alarms had been caused by dry ice smoke machines.

Manson was able to continue his performance after a delay of ten minutes.


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President Bush defends U.S. interrogation tactics

October 6, 2007 On Friday morning, United States President George W. Bush defended interrogation tactics used by the CIA, stating that "This government does not torture people." Bush's comments were a response to an article in Thursday's New York Times describing a classified 2005 Justice Department legal opinion that endorsed the use of painful physical and psychological tactics against terror suspects. Bush also claimed that "the techniques that we used have been fully disclosed to appropriate members of the US Congress."

According to anonymous sources cited in The New York Times article, the classified 2005 legal opinion contained "an expansive endorsement of the harshest interrogation techniques ever used by the Central Intelligence Agency," and explicitly authorized the use of tactics including head-slapping, frigid temperatures, and the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding against terror suspects.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino confirmed the existence of the 2005 document but did not say whether techniques such as head slapping and waterboarding constitute "torture" under U.S. law. "I'm not going to get into specific tactics," Perino said. She added that disclosing specific interrogation methods could reduce the effectiveness of those methods by allowing terrorists to train to resist them.

Democrats expressed frustration with the Bush administration's secrecy on the issue of interrogation tactics. "The administration can’t have it both ways," said Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. "I’m tired of these games. They can’t say that Congress has been fully briefed while refusing to turn over key documents used to justify the legality of the program."