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User talk:203.217.12.91

Welcome
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User talk:24.70.95.205

Welcome
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User talk:68.161.237.151

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User talk:24.207.58.158

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User talk:12.217.246.204

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User talk:67.68.20.34

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User talk:201.254.11.208

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User talk:207.191.24.253

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User talk:70.181.172.159

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User talk:64.136.26.227

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User talk:84.175.229.133

Welcome
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User talk:68.83.108.186

Welcome
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User talk:141.140.120.185

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User talk:69.142.142.197

Welcome
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User talk:142.68.196.145

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User talk:65.23.90.200

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User talk:67.123.129.179

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User talk:172.209.9.14

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User talk:68.7.83.166

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User talk:166.70.52.195

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User talk:67.164.224.228

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User talk:219.93.174.108

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User talk:140.180.133.155

Welcome
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User talk:216.52.22.131

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Massachusetts to set up "village" for Katrina evacs

September 7, 2005

The US state of Massachusetts is turning a portion of Camp Edwards, an active Cape Cod military base, into a "village" for 2,500 evacuees of Hurricane Katrina, as part of Operation Helping Hand.

The temporary shelter on the Massachusetts Military Reservation will have a population the size of Truro, Massachusetts and will include an active mayor and a system of government that will be like a town council

However, the shelter will face security demands different from the fifteen Cape towns because Cape Edwards is an active base used for training exercises. Security will be overseen by the Massachusetts National Guard, with help from the Massachusetts State Police and the County Sheriff's office. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney stressed that he wanted to give it a comfortable, non-hostile atmosphere. Upon touching down at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massport officials will issue identification cards, create case files for them and ask the evacuees to provide personal information which will go into to a database to be shared with other states that are taking evacuees.

The agencies that will be on hand are, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army. These agencies will coordinate volunteers, who must commit themselves to five days of volunteer efforts, and they must be able to transport themselves to the camp. Romney has asked for donations from the community.

Evacuees will be assigned housing by groups. There could be barracks for single men, another for single women, and then space for elderly and families with children. Visitors will not be allowed.

The school superintendent for the township of Bourne, Ed LaFleur, will work on enrolling the children of evacuees into Cape Cod schools. Romney met yesterday with leaders of the Blake Churches Alliance who will make available chaplains and counselors for the evacuees.

Romney spent Monday night asking for the State House to pass a $25 million emergency spending bill to pay the initial costs of the facility.

The arrival time of the evacuees has been postponed, for unknown reasons.


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Girls Aloud win Popjustice £20 Music Prize

September 6, 2005

British pop group Girls Aloud have won the 2005 Popjustice £20 Music Prize with their single "Wake Me Up". The award, organised by music journalist Peter Robinson, is given annually to the best British pop single of the previous 12 months and is a tongue-in-cheek response to the Mercury Music Prize, the winner of which was announced earlier in the evening.

This year's shortlist included Basement Jaxx, Robbie Williams and Charlotte Church.

This is the second time Girls Aloud have won the award - they won the inaugural prize in 2003 for "No Good Advice".

Also announced was the winner of the £20 Invoice Prize for the worst British single of the previous 12 months. The winner, charity single Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?", was the UK's Christmas number one in 2004.


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Award show producers try Emmy Idol

September 7, 2005

The Primetime Emmy Awards will have a unique twist for 2005, as television celebrities will sing the themes of classic series. Similar to the format of reality shows like American Idol and Rock Star: INXS, the audience will be able to vote on their favorite performance during the initial broadcast of the show.

The ceremony's executive producer, Ken Ehrlich, said to the press that "There are certain television theme songs that are nearly as memorable as the shows connected to them."

Billionaire American business executive Donald Trump, of reality show The Apprentice, will accompany the high-pitched voice of actress Megan Mullally, singing the Green Acres theme. R&B singer Macy Gray will be joined by Gary Dourdan of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, as they sing "Movin' On Up", the theme to All in the Family spin-off sitcom The Jeffersons.

William Shatner of Star Trek: The Original Series and opera singer Frederica von Stade will perform the theme from Star Trek. Shatner is notorious for his musical recordings, which many criticize, as he typically speaks the lyrics instead of singing them, typically as an exaggerated interpretive reading. However, the Star Trek theme does not require any singing other than that of the female opera singer.

Kristen Bell of the series Veronica Mars will perform the theme to Fame, solo.

The show will be again hosted by talk show host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres. In honor of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, all Emmy presenters and performers will be given magnolias, the state flower of both Louisiana and Mississippi. Information will be given out during the broadcast on how viewers can donate to relief efforts.

The Emmys will be broadcast September 18th, 2005.

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User:Ardonik/interview

Notes and questions for #batonrouge interview

 * m:User:Amgine/article notes for Ardonik

 * main page = http://wiki.nola-intel.org/
 * Donny (stripey shirt guy in NOLA)
 * Mike is interdictor
 * Wohali = Joan Touzet (a she. list both name and handle); IRC during crisis expert.  Native or NOLA but hasn't lived there in years.  He said:
 * Wohali My grandfather was directly affected, which lead me to assist here in as many ways as possible.
 * selcouth is not from NOLA--he's an IRC volunteer
 * ChrisBradley ChrisBradley has always been Christopher J. Bradley
 * snaxxy = debbie serda
 * michaelloftis = ZOP (alternate nick)
 * Main people in Camp Crystal: Sigmund Solares, Donny Simonton (Donny), Crystal Coleman (after whom the camp was named), Michael Barnett, and Brian Acosta

 * Ardonik Donny, what role do you serve with the interdictor team?
 * Donny Ardonik: I don't really server a role.  We all do everything.  Sig is mainly the pic guy.  Mike/Interdictor is the blog guy.  I'm a little bit of everything, I also keep all of the irc channels happy.

 * On growth
 * mathx from being on irc when there were perhaps 15 people, to suddenly seeing 250 people join (because of slashdot and the blog announcing irc), at around midnight EDT my time, within an hour we had a wiki and 3-4 other channels going. and it went from there.

 * fugoo
 * I'm a shmoe in North Georgia, osx nut who moved through the ranks from data stream summarization through to operations planning and 24/7 scheduling [offshore sailing experience]

 * Donny
 * Yes, I work for directnic. I am the Senior Vice President.  I've been here for about 6 years.  I manage all of the programmers.

 * where was your team during katrina?
 * Donny Ardonik: All over the country.  From texas, to south carolina.  Peoplere were everywhere.

 * what made them decide to stay?
 * Donny My wife and on left on Friday to go to Tennessee. Sig called me on Saturday and asked me where I was going, I said if you are going to hang out at the office, I'll just come and stay there.  That was the decision to stay.

 * Ardonik so it was never anything formal, really. You just stayed on the weeked before Katrina struck.
 * Donny Nothing formal at all. I got here think it was going to be me and Sig and we would just work all day and night.  I brought a half loaf of bread, a pack of ham, some peanuts, cookies, and apple jacks.

Donny When I got here, sig, myself, Mike/interdictor, and crystal were here. Then later on 3 other people joined us, Chris Anderson, Jim McCallum, and James Winston. We all rode out the storm on the 11th floor.

 * Ardonik was your team expecting the storm, and were you in any danger?
 * Donny mathx: I went to bed around 2am.  And it was getting to be pretty bad at that point, but we all needed some sleep.  I went to sleep on my office floor, and around 5:45am somebody came in and woke me up and said that the building was creaking and that I needed to get up.

Donny We rode the storm out like anybody else would on the 11th floord of a building, we just had fun. We have a balcony on the 11th floor, so while the wind was blowing on the other side of the building we were on the balcony enjoying the wind and seeing things fly through the air.

 Around 6:20am we lost power so we went down to our data center which had power because we had a generator and that's when things really started to get scary.

 So you were forced to ride out the rest of the hurricane from the basement level.

 We started hearing windows break, we didn't realize that our windows were double paned, and Sig an Mike were standing about 2 feet away from one of the windows when a big piece of metal flew from somewhere and crashed into the window and broke one of the panes. That's when our instincts took over and we started preparing for the worse.

 From the 11th floor?  We moved bookcases in front of the windows in the data center, which are the windows that the webcam is facing out of by the way, and we use cat-5 to type 6 of them together with a file cabinet in for good measure. We tied all of them to the door and too some shelving we had in the room as well.  Basement level? No. 10th floor. One floor down from our main office.

 The storm was real bad from about 4am until 2pm or so if I remember right. So it was a long experience. Actually, my window in my office blew out at 3:45pm, I remember that one.

 Ten hours.  Not an experience most of us would care to repeat!  The windows in our build room, where we have been staying never completely broke both panes. So the bookcases didn't really help any. But we did lose 4 windows inside the data center itself. But we did have a wall between the windows and the datacenter anyway. So nothing was effected.  Now, you were basically barred in the data center. Was internet or phone working during that time?  Where you able to call loved ones and tell them where you were?

 Internet was up, all of the fiber is under ground here. Phones were down. There were aboput 100 other people from other companies and building engineering that rode out the storm in the building as well.

 Donny: Okay, so there were a lot of people in that building.  I'm really glad you all made it.

 There were no calls in or out for at least 3 days. Except, my dada could always get through to me for some reason, it was really weird. So he told everybody how everything was going.

<Donny> Originally. But most left after the first day of no power.

<Chiacomo> Where was your dad calling from?

<Ardonik> With its underground fiber intact, did your data center never lose connectivity as a result of Katrina?

<Ardonik> What I'd like to know is how "interdictor" turned from a small group of people around the country into what's essentially a household name at this point. <Wohali> ardonik: /. posting I think did it first. (check when the /. post happened)

mike(interdictor) did LJ to share w/friends

snaxxy I am here through a livejournal connection- when I first "friended" interdictor, he had a little over 200 friends and from there entered into irc. I consider myself to be a irc fledgling, but the wonderful folks here have been extremely patient and helpful with my learning curve.

selcouth says first LJ post was http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/2005/08/27/

Moved to IRC after LJ became too large (due to /.)

 * Ardonik Was the interdictor team the only internet-connected group of people on the ground after Katrina?
 * Wohali As far as we can tell, yes. At one point, only 3 buildings had power:  City Hall, the Bell building, and direcNIC.

 * Ardonik selcouth: so the authorities that arrived on the ground naturally came to you to coordinate efforts.

 * Ardonik Wohali is your grandfather okay?
 * Wohali Ardonik: Yes, but it was a harrowing effort for a very old man who had a heart attack in the process. I blogged what happened to him at http://www.atypical.net/

<Wohali> Once they finally got him out of St. Bernard Parish via helicopter, they simply dropped him at an I-10 intersection, where he waited alone for hours until a passing ambulance driver took pity on him. Wohali The logistics are more FUBAR than is widely reported; CNN/etc got the hype correct but they have been focusing on the high-visibility efforts Wohali ardonik: Everything is summarized in the blog. Ardonik Wohali: noted. Wohali Monday.

I am in Austin, TX, and am helping the Capital Area Food Bank with their relief efforts, when I am not at my day job. The food bank took in 1.5 million pounds of food last Saturday- some of that was directly airdropped to I-10, Baton Rouge, NOLA, other areas of LA, and Mississippi...One load was picked up by a group of Marines, who've been working non-stop. They would not accept any of the supplies, only food, (diapers, bottled water) only food (canned meats, granola bars), ready to eat was the highest priority.

www.atypical.net/mm/nagin.mp3 = mayor of NOLA interview

Ardonik Is #interdictor directly involved in relief efforts now? and in what way?

Wohali Ardonik: The scanner channels that we transcribe, we get that info directly to various RL contacts (e.g. thru snaxxy) as well as inform those who live in the area (e.g. interdicter, other channel denizens) Wohali these are pasted to #interdictor-digest, which is logged as well Wohali the log: http://nola.heavycomputing.ca/%23interdictor-digest.html

Ardonik Wohali: so your job is to take the RL scanner feeds and translate them on IRC 'round the clock?

Wohali That is one of the largest efforts under way here. Unfortunately we do not have enough volunteers to keep transcribing every feed we find. Wohali Our greatest need are folks who can volunteer 1 or 2 hours to help transcribe

Donny ok. I can continue now. The 82nd airborne played a surprise raid on our data center while half of our people were sleeping. Don't like having guns pointed at my head. Ardonik Wohali, snaxxy: wow. Ardonik Donny: are you telling me that you were raided during this interview? Amgine Donny: May I ask, how is DirectNIC planning to deal with the current "Forced Evacuation" orders? snaxxy [will address untaken supplies after Donny] Ardonik snaxxy: go ahead Donny Yes. We were raided. They saw our light on. Ardonik snaxxy: well, wait for Donny Ardonik Donny: are they telling you to evacuate? Donny Amgine: There is a forced evacuation of citizens of New Orleans. We are part of the rebuilding team. We are excluded. Now our employees can't go hang out at their houses though. Amgine So, in effect, you're being quarrantied? Donny We don't have to evacuate. Ardonik Donny: for the record, what was the loca time when the 82nd airborne visited you? Ardonik *local Donny We just can't live in the city, that's basically it. Donny 12:45am. Donny They were "protecting the security of the city". Donny Sorrry. Ardonik Donny: where is your crew living? At the datacenter, or do some of them go home? Ardonik Donny: don't apologize. Donny They were "protecting the security of the city and the building." Amgine It is good to know we have such protections in force, yes? Ardonik Donny: and now that the order has been given to evacuate all non-rebuilding personnel, are you stranded in the city? Donny We live in the data center. I sleep in a closet. I sleep on 3 leather couch cushions that are taped together with duct tape. Sig does the same. Mike and Crystal have an air mattress I think.
 * Wohali holds off waiting for donny here

Ardonik Donny: so the military and NOPD are providing security to your area. Donny Cat-5 cable is good for belts though. Sig didn't bring a belt, so cat-5 works great. Ardonik I can just imagine wearing a cat...never mind Amgine Donny NOPD, NYPD, about a million different police forces are here. Plus the miliatry. Ardonik Donny: so you're not affected by either the raid or the forced evacuation. Ardonik Donny: and your team will be allowed to continue its work? Donny No, I'm not affected. They are just a bunch of kids doing their job. I could see their scared faces. Donny Yes, we will continue to do our jobs. Ardonik Okay.

Ardonik Next question is for snaxxy. Ardonik I'm guessing you're the one who's obtaining the feeds that the interdictor team transcribes? Ardonik snaxxy: how are the transcribed feeds being used? snaxxy I am not the best to address that- as I've said iirc, I'm more of people focused than computer, but this has given me the opportunity to learn from some of the best! Wohali Ardonik: I can take part of that question. Our weblogs show that some of the large news agencies have been scouring our logs for info to report Wohali ardonik: As for local agencies, we have tried our best to coordinate with, say, St. Bernard parish (my childhood home) but it is VERY difficult to stay in touch Ardonik Wohali: so you're essentially providing a primary source to worldwide news agencies about the NOLA situation. Wohali Yes, for sure. Ardonik Wohali: and when something happens on the ground, you report it first. Ardonik Essentially. Ardonik Wohali: no one is compensating any of you for this, correct? michaelloftis [ feeds come from various volunteers on the internet...are mirrored to higher bw servers and then transcribed by our volunteers ]
 * snaxxy returns
 * Wohali returns as well

snaxxy Ardonik: and it's also helped us communicate with necessary authorities as needed - although I represent myself as an individual, I have the knowledge of how to feed important information to the authorities who might be concerned. Ardonik snaxxy: can you describe this in more detail? Ardonik How has providing the feeds helped you get in touch with necessary authorities when needed?

Ardonik Can I also ask if the interdictor channels have been used to connect loved ones and handle other non-official matters? Donny Can I answer this? Ardonik Donny: go right ahead Donny About 5 days ago, one of our building tenants was wanting to come in and get some servers out of our building. He found us via the interdictor channel. Ardonik Without #interdictor, the servers would still be in your building. Ardonik What were they used for? Donny The only reason why it was funny is that he also has 3 porsches and 1 300z in the garage. And they are 50 feet away from our generator and we see them all of the time. We even had taken pictures of them. And when he asked if his cars were ok, and he said that was them were were amazed, he's taking me for a ride in a few weeks. Donny Yes. His servers would still be here. Ardonik Thanks for reminding me about the pictures. :-) Donny They run some type of oil field company, not sure exactly.

Ardonik Thanks for reminding me about the pictures. :-) Donny They run some type of oil field company, not sure exactly. Ardonik I saw them yesterday in a blog link. Are those being taken by your group, too? Donny The pictures?  Ardonik Yes. Donny Yes, those are all from us. Ardonik I was trying to dig up the link before the interview.  Can you remind our readers again? Donny There really isn't one page, http://www.sigmund.biz/ is a good start. selcouth (http://sigmund.biz/kat is the main picture link, there are other mirrors everywhere)

snaxxy regarding the Marines "untaken" goods?

snaxxy Not untaken, so much as they didn't need to accept for that particular pickup on Saturday. The food bank was scheduled to be closed Sunday and Monday for the holidays- and rightly so, because their staff have been working 12-14 hour days. Food is still moving in and out of our food bank.

snaxxy CAFB [austinfoodbank.org] is working with Second Harvest to move food where needed- emergency shelters, including Austin and Baton Rouge, and the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank has set up a secondary site, in Baker, LA. Here in Austin Home Depot donated an old site, which is where the bulk of donations are being processed through.

snaxxy The outpouring from our community is staggering- an emergency call for help at the Austin Convention Center shelter went out on a local TV station during a 10 o'clock broadcast, for 200 volunteers- by midnight 1000 people showed up to help. snaxxy But this is a mere glimpse, this is going on nationwide. If you want to talk about interconnectivity? Myspace bulletins have been flooded with volunteer calls, benefits, housing availability... Ardonik snaxxy: outstanding! snaxxy Heck, I received a Myspace bulletin from George Salisbury of the Flaming Lips regarding a collection of goods in Norman, OK, and when I requested it be substantiated, he quickly provided the necessary information. Ardonik snaxxy: did Austim become a major focal point for getting needed supplies into NOLA and other flooded areas? Ardonik *Austin. snaxxy A local musicians coop which was trying to fill apts, opened their facilities to NOLA musicians as well. Ardonik snaxxy: in addition to all the displaced residents of NOLA itself, many of whom are being moved to Texas. snaxxy Ardonik: Well, I don't know what's going on with the other areas of the state, but I do know that Austin has been the hub for most of Central Texas snaxxy okay, that gave me the chills... Ardonik snaxxy: and you've been at the center of it all. :-) Ardonik I don't wish to spread the cold. snaxxy you know what makes it worthwhile? Ardonik What? snaxxy to come home tonight, exhausted, little sleep- at my day job, than to a special site that Home depot donated to CAFB to use? snaxxy and helping out here to keep tempers in check? snaxxy the smile on the face of my new neighbor- a close friend just moved out, and said she hoped some nice people moved in...Today a family from NOLA moved in. snaxxy I said hello.... Ardonik snaxxy: a displaced family from NOLA now lived nextdoor to you? snaxxy to see that UT Medical Branch has a large RV with dental services outside of the Austin Convention Center. Amgine Sorry to break in, but are there photos of the DirectNIC people/spaces which are licensed under a free license like CC? snaxxy yes, they moved in this morning.

Ardonik Where do you guys see interdector heading in the next few weeks? Ardonik When do you anticipate a return to normalcy? Will there every be a return to normalcy? Donny I have no idea where interdictor will go over the next week. It was started as just a way for Mike to tell his family how the storm was and if he was doing ok. As things change so with the blog.

Wohali Ardonik: Most importantly I want to thank every single volunteer who has come in, provided information reports, done transcription, helped maintain the wiki, provided us with links to their own efforts, and the like. Without you we couldn't have gotten as far as we did. Even those who have come online to chat with the direcNIC staff, they've been invaluable in keeping spirits high! :) Donny The biggest thing the city needs is just a good cleaning. Once that is done, the levee system needs to be rebuilt from scratch, if not, we should just tear the city down.  Engineers shoudl rebuild this city, not politicans.

Ardonik This isn't anything formal. Just a way to prevent me from having to annoy snaxxy and DamYankee with extra questions. :-) Ardonik If I was to point my readers to a homepage for your team, which URL should I use? DamYankee its also private which may or may not b important Ardonik Oh, it's unimportant Ardonik I know about the wiki--should I use that? snaxxy DamYankee? DamYankee im not even here <g> but yeh the wiki is fine  just "not" the admin wiki ok snaxxy snaxxy rity o Ardonik Where is Camp Crystal located? DamYankee im sure wohali will have to get a bunch of data from the admin wiki but im not sure how much is private   so  we will let wohali decide re that issue Ardonik I'm not asking for any private wiki or anything snaxxy yeah, i feel more comfortable with that- since i'm not directnic...but am a contributor to nola-intel Ardonik Just a public place that you could say is the center of your efforts Ardonik http://wiki.nola-intel.org/? DamYankee btw snaxxy logan might be useful in collecting some of those links if you catch him b4 he jets off  to sleep snaxxy dang, someone gussied it up, but i need to get some info up... Ardonik You all need sleep :-) snaxxy http://wiki.nola-intel.org Ardonik Alright snaxxy tell me about it, but i've still got to respond and schedule food bank volunteers- i'm providing secondary support to the Director of Volunteer Services at CAFB Ardonik snaxxy: this being in addition to the regular work you're doing? snaxxy yep Ardonik AND the IRC stuff DamYankee snaxxy is a regular saint snaxxy yeah, but i've been in such a zone for days, i didn't realize until today that i had forgotten to drop off the rent check Ardonik Just curious--where is Camp Crystal? I'll read the wiki if the information is on there. snaxxy DOH! snaxxy its on Poydras... DamYankee oh qwuit that you know that aint your favorite color :-)) Ardonik snaxxy: who can think of rent at a time like this snaxxy one sec snaxxy not me, obviously snaxxy but I apologized and explained why, and when i asked how to pay, she said...the usual. snaxxy nice lady!! Ardonik snaxxy: that's good :-) Ardonik I'm misusing your -media channel, aren't I snaxxy i think there is a post that has some of the FAQs snaxxy one sec.... Ardonik Ooh, I'd love to have that pic of the team from Camp Crystal about now :-) DamYankee actually ardonik this is what this channel was put here for so please  continue Ardonik I never caught selcouth's name Ardonik I'll use selcouth if I don't have permission to publish it. snaxxy 650 Poydras - Poydras Center Ardonik snaxxy: thank you. snaxxy the FAQs are actually someone's comment to a post, and appeared on the first page...but can't seem to find Ardonik snaxxy: I really appreciate you going through the effort to find them for me. Ardonik I guess this is the place: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=650+Poydras+St,+New+Orleans,+LA+70130&spn=0.017981,0.034573&hl=en snaxxy darnit snaxxy not as much info as i remembered snaxxy http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/46171.html?thread=3187803#t3187803 Ardonik Did the "Camp Crystal" moniker come about before or after the storm? snaxxy sorry snaxxy after Ardonik Who came up with it? Ardonik Bah, well, of course it was after, but I meant before or after interdictor became the huge thing it is right now. Ardonik snaxxy: thanks for the link. snaxxy http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/27085.html Ardonik snaxxy: in other words, directnic.com. :-) snaxxy heh, sorry sleepy snaxxy but thought the slogan was worth sharing Ardonik snaxxy: don't stay up on my account. Please get rest! Ardonik If I need more information, I can always bug you later.  I'm starting to write the article in my userspace now.  :-) snaxxy k Ardonik If I don't need to be in -media, I'll leave. I got most of my questions answered snaxxy kewl DamYankee nite ardonik snaxxy nice to meet you, and thanks Ardonik Thanks, guys. I appreciate it.
 * Now talking on #interdictor-media
 * Topic for #interdictor-media is: Media relations in here - +moderated.
 * Topic for #interdictor-media set by mathx at Sun Sep 4 10:45:39 2005
 * DamYankee gives voice to Ardonik
 * Ardonik scribbles furiously
 * snaxxy views wiki
 * snaxxy blushes
 * snaxxy barely managing to keep eyes open
 * Ardonik checks link
 * snaxxy mindreading abilities diminished
 * snaxxy can't pinpoint, you'll have to ask one of Team SOTI
 * snaxxy goes to bed

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Talk:Massachusetts to set up "village" for Katrina evacs

Looks good, with a few comments:

 * Lots of spelling errors. Do a cut and paste into a spellchecker next time.

 * Lots of broken links. Test all links next time.

 * Pic is so-so. A pic of MASS showing the location of the base would be much better.

 * Use the word "an", instead of "a" when followed by a vowel sound: an airplane, an honor, an X-ray, an S, etc.

Now for a comment on the article's subject...just how comfortable are people living on a militay base, in barracks, with no visitors allowed, going to feel ? Even prisoners get visitors !

StuRat 05:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * It didn't mention that and I don't live anywhere near the cape, so I can't find out. Unsigned by TUFKAAP at 10:24, 7 September 2005

 * Well, if you don't know something, then you need to do some research. I went to www.google.com, picked Image, typed "camp edwards" "cape cod" "map", and got a locator map of Camp Edwards right away.  Since this map had lots of other irrelevant sites labeled and I'm not sure if we can legally copy it, I would suggest copying a map already in Wiki and adding a red dot at that location. StuRat 10:55, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I added a locator map of MA taken directly from the MA link image, then copied the county map there, added a red dot for Camp Edwards, uploaded it to Wiki Commons, and used it as a locator map for Camp Edwards. StuRat 11:37, 7 September 2005 (UTC)


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California state legislature passes same-sex marriage bill

September 8, 2005

On Wednesday, the lower house or State Assembly of the State Legislature of the US state of California passed a controversial new bill that would redefine marriage as the union between two people, as opposed to a man and a woman (text). The California State Senate, the upper house, had already acceded to this.

A critical swing vote came from Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) of Orange County, the second largest California county, which is predominantly conservative. He was ushered on by Senator Joe Dunn of the same constituency. The voting predominantly followed party lines, with no Republican supporting the bill and few Democrats opposing it.

A spokeswoman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will veto the bill "out of respect for the will of the people" in the approval of Proposition 22, which opposed recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages.


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New Orleans DirectNIC Offices, 'Outpost Crystal' visited by 82nd Airborne

September 7, 2005 The offices of DirectNIC, a based webhost and services provider, were visited by armed members of the  during an interview with  reporters Tuesday evening. DirectNIC has been the home of "Outpost Crystal" — an information dissemination effort involving hundreds of volunteers throughout the world — since wracked the   last Monday.

Armed police and military are currently patrolling the devastated city to protect residents and property. While New Orleans Mayor has ordered a "forced" evacuation of the city, it is not apparent yet whether these orders are being executed by law enforcement agencies. DirectNIC personnel indicate that they will be allowed to stay as they constitute part of the recovery effort of the city.

External link

 * The Interdictor, Survival of New Orleans Blog A blog maintained by an on-site DirectNIC employee.


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There's a picture on interdictor's blog of the actual 82nd Airborne troopers who visited them. Should we perhaps post that instead? Brent Dax 21:57, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

'Outpost Crystal'
I would like to understand better what this group is, and what they are doing.

 * They are an Internet computer service group who worked really hard to keep their service, and a New Orleans link to the Internet, running. Details are being prepared.  (SEWilco 04:35, 8 September 2005 (UTC))


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Hi there! Welcome to Wikinews.... - Borofkin 07:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

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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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Palestinian gunmen assassinate ex-security chief

September 7, 2005 Former Palestinian security chief Moussa Arafat, cousin of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, was assassinated at his home in the Gaza Strip after a half-hour shootout between a number of militants and Arafat's bodyguards. The force, estimated to be up to a hundred men, overpowered Arafat's numerous bodyguards, using assault rifles and grenades, before directly assaulting the house. They dragged Arafat into the street, while still in his pajamas, where he was shot. He was declared dead on arrival to hospital.

The Popular Resistance Committees, or PRC, claimed responsibility for the attack, as well as the kidnapping of Moussa Arafat's son Manhal during the fighting. Manhal Arafat is a senior security official who has been described as one of his father's closest aides. The PRC explained the killing of Arafat as punishment for corruption after normal Palestinian security forces would not take action, describing it as "executing the will of God".

While holding no official position, Arafat had been retained as a military advisor to current President of the PNA Mahmoud Abbas, after being removed from his position as security chief. Palestinian officials have condemned the attack, describing it as an attack on the authority of the government.

There is no indication that this incident will affect the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, scheduled to be completed in the next few weeks.


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Australian PM Howard under fire over AU$1.40/L pump prices

September 7, 2005

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has been criticised for refusing to cut the fuel excise tax as petrol prices reach up to $1.40 AUD per litre in parts of the country. The criticism by Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has been particularly vocal, claiming that the government simply does not want to lose the revenue the excise generates. The Queensland government subsidises fuel in the state with GST revenue.

"The reality is they cream off a huge amount every day. He can do something about it if he really wants to," Mr Beattie said.

Mr Howard responded by explaining the steep rise in petrol prices was due to current market trends and short-term repercussions of Hurricane Katrina. This was consistent with the statements by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which explained the major reasons for the increase were Katrina and China's recent embargo on refined petrol exports.

The Prime Minister also estimated that the Federal government would lose billions in a cut of significant size. He estimated the government would lose at least $380 million for every one cent reduction, which would increase as drivers demanded a five to ten cent cut.


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Welcome
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149.43.80.181, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! ClareWhite 12:55, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
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Category talk:New Orleans Disaster

Why is it not "New Orleans disaster", or even "2005 New Orleans disaster"? There's no reason for abundant capitalisation. -- user:zanimum

need some help
I'm looking to help and work for new orleans and help people get back to there life I know it's hard to get back like it was but it can be done it takes time I would love to help and work to make it better maybe a little help would be vary nice I have kids I know its hard

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Talk:California state legislature passes same-sex marriage bill

Needs renaming
This article should be renamed California state legislature passes same-sex marriage bill, as the governor hasn't signed it, so it's not law and hasn't passed the entire state or bill passage phase. You could append something to the end of it, like ;Governor Shwarz[sic] undeclared]], or something mentioning the next stage. Thanx 69.142.2.68 14:04, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

The photo caption contradicts the last line. Veto or no veto? --Aciel 05:42, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Portia de Rossi talks about Ellen DeGeneres, sexuality

Good article, but why not add her pic from the Wikipedia article ? I changed the title to include Ellen's last name, but decided not to go with "Portia de Rossi on Ellen DeGeneres", as that could be taken two ways, LOL. StuRat 14:14, 7 September 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Celebrities contribute to Katrina relief

Celebrities
Celebrities-- Give me a break. If they spent half of their time researching the topic they might in fact realize the truth. But most are too self-absorb and just want their faces on the TV again.

My point is this. Lets back off George Bush, I also don't care for him, but thats besides the point right now. The person who should be under the microscope is the governor of Lousianna. Whenever there a diaster it's up to the governor of that state to ask for relief and aid. She has not and to this day still has not. Their were rumors that Lousianna being a highly Democratic state doesn't want help from George Bush, I think thats a great idea considering the death toll is now raised or projected to raise to 10,000. Thats ridiclous. She needs to ask for help in rebuilding and protecting whats left.

So for as much flack George W. Bush is recieving I dont think its just. There plenty of supplies and resource all she has to do is ask.. How stupid.

 * Please, don't editorialize. --  user:zanimum

 * We are giving you a break. You'll note the article is oriented toward only giving the names of celebrities whose major contribution is appearing in public.  Those who only say something get no coverage; experts who say something tend to get articles of their own.  Those who do something get more coverage.  There used to be a sentence recognizing the majority who are quietly giving.  (SEWilco 14:43, 8 September 2005 (UTC))


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Talk:UK regulator warns MasterCard

Looks good. I added a logo pic, and changed the case from Mastercard to MasterCard, to reflect the en:wikipedia article and how they list their own name at their site. Only the BBC doesn't seem to respect that, so I left that title alone. As for the external links, could you improve those to point to a press release dealing with this issue, rather than just dumping readers at the home page for each ? StuRat 15:06, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

The same
I thought Visa and MasterCard were the same company! -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 16:40, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Sony breaks UK launch sales record with PlayStation Portable

Looks good, but one obvious piece of info is missing - the price. StuRat 15:45, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for adding it. StuRat 19:00, 7 September 2005 (UTC)


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Tunisian ATR-72 plane crash on 6 August caused by incorrect fuel gauge

September 7, 2005

Investigation of the crash into sea of a Tunisian airplane ATR-72 near Sicily on August 6, 2005 has arrived at an astonishing conclusion. The wrong type of fuel gauge was installed in the aircraft. The gauge was designed for another type of aircraft, the much smaller ATR-42.

The level indicated by the gauge was wrong, causing the pilot to think that the plane needed less fuel that it did. Then, when fueling at the airport, less fuel than was needed was loaded in the airport of Bari. While in flight the airplane ran out of fuel, although the gauge still showed fuel available.

After this conclusion by the Italian National Security Flight Agency (ANSV) the Italian National Agency for Civil Aviation (ENAC) has suspended Tunisian airline Tuninter's authorization to operate commercial flights in Italy. A warning was also send to European Authority about what has happened asking that all fuel gauges installed on ATR-42 amd ATR-72 be checked.

Related News

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Skills portfolio

''This is a proposed project in development. Please feel free to add to it or change it''

This project provides a framework for Wikinews contributors to build a portfolio which can be used to demonstrate skills in journalism to potential employers or college tutors.

The skills portfolio can also be useful to demonstrate a level of professionalism to other Wikinewsies. Particularly when embarking on original reporting, a track record to show you are trustworthy is vital in such a large project as Wikinews.

Users should create their portfolio in their user space with links to all the required evidence. Although assessment is done by the user themself, the collection of material for the portfolio should provide enough evidence for use in presenting your work.

Employers or tutors should understand that stories may have been edited by others after being written, just as it would be in the news room. Commentary within a well presented portfolio will make it clear which work is that of the person presenting it.

Site admins may be approached to provide letters of support for Wikinewsies that have demonstrated their skills.

This page should be used by Wikinewsies to recogise each other's achievements. However, Wikinews stories do not have an 'owner'. Therefore, stories that have impressed and that meet the criteria in the awards below shoud be nominated for inclusion by Wikinewsies. This will provide a bank of 'model' stories.

It is then up to users in their portfolio to demonstrate the work they have put in to those particular stories.

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Reporting skills: original reporting
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Talk:Palestinian gunmen assassinate ex-security chief

Looks good. I changed the title because old title was direct copy from source and was unclear on who the assassins were. Also, some facts on how many people died on each side of the battle and it's exact location within the Gaza Strip would be helpful. This story should also be put in context of the attempt by various factions to gain control of Palestine, with the major players being Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. StuRat 16:35, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I made it the lead story. Good job ! StuRat 16:50, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

The title "Palestinians assassinate ex-security chief" seems misleading to me since it implies that the "Palestinian people" or "Palestinian government" were responsible for the attack when it was just a, admittedly fairly large, group of terrorists. --Deprifry 17:01, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, we could identify the specific terrorist group, but they have a long name and aren't known worldwide, so that might be even more confusing. Not mentioning who the assassins were at all would make everyone think it was Israel. So, this might be the best we can do.StuRat 18:49, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * We could call the assassins "Palestinian terrorists..." or "Palestinian gunmen..." (if an assassination squad sent by a group that plants bombs in roads isn't considered to be a terrorist organization). Would either of those be better ? StuRat 18:57, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Gunmen sounds fine to me. I've moved the page --Deprifry 19:02, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

 * Looks good. Hopefully nobody will dispute that men with guns who assassinate someone are, in fact, gunmen. StuRat 19:03, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, on Wikinews everything gets disputed ;). I guess we just have to deal with it :). --Deprifry 19:08, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

 * Uhm, could we also identify the victim is also Palestinian? For example: "Militant gunmen assasinate former Palistine Security Chief" (not intending a dispute, just clarity) - Amgine/talk 19:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I think that's implied. That is, when a nation is mentioned once in a title, the remainder of the title is assumed to apply to that same nation, unless stated otherwise.  If we didn't do this, we could get some very long and redundant titles, like "US victims in US city of New Orleans are evacuated by US soldiers to US military base in US state of Massachusetts".  Also note that your suggestion doesn't explicitly list the nationality of the gunmen, so isn't an improvement. StuRat 19:15, 7 September 2005 (UTC)


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Halliburton's KBR awarded half billion dollar repair contract for Gulf Coast Navy facilities

September 8, 2005

Halliburton Co.'s subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) has been awarded a half billion dollar repair contract for U.S. Navy facilities damaged by natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina. KBR won the competitive-bidding in July 2005.

The Bush administration has been criticized for awarding KBR a five-year, no-bid contract to restore Iraqi oil fields, shortly before the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. Congressional Democrats have asked Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to investigate last month's demotion of Bunnatine Greenhouse after she testified to improprieties in the no-bid procedure and other KBR improprieties. Bunnatine Greenhouse was Chief Contracting Officer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1997.

Halliburton reported being paid $10.7 billion for Iraq-related government work during 2003 and 2004. Pentagon auditors have questioned tens of millions of dollars of Halliburton charges.


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Talk:New Orleans wiki site for hurricane info

Headline ambiguous
The original headline sounds as if there is a Wiki set up on a sidewalk in Los Angeles. (SEWilco 17:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC))


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Talk:Australian PM Howard under fire over AU$1.40/L pump prices

I don't quite understand something. If Queensland is subsidizing the petrol prices, that means they are paying to lower them, doesn't it ? So they are adding taxes and paying to lower the price at the same time ? That seems silly, if true. StuRat 17:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * One obvious omission is the actual amount of taxes and percentage of the overall price. StuRat 17:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Might I suggest a pic of an Aussie petrol price sign ? That's extra credit for you if you take it yourself ! StuRat 17:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

The Federal government takes the petrol excise, and (I assume from the article) that the Queensland State government subsidises. So yes, the two taxes are working against each other. I suppose it is happening because Queensland is more sensitive to petrol prices because it has a larger rural sector.

Good idea on the picture of the petrol price sign. I'll see what I can get on the way home. - Borofkin 00:27, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I planned on taking one this afternoon, but I'm in Queensland so we don't get the high petrol prices which you would expect in a photo for an article like this because of the state government subsidy I mentioned :). Dorian Gray 06:58, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

 * That could still work, with a caption like "Lower prices in Queensland, due to state subsidy". StuRat 15:20, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Unclear language
I've figured out what was so unclear about the article. It said:

 * "criticism of Queensland Premier Peter Beattie"

When it really meant:

 * "criticism by Queensland Premier Peter Beattie"

This led me to wonder why Beattie was being criticised, if he was subsidizing the petrol prices. I made the correction. StuRat 15:30, 8 September 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Halliburton's KBR awarded half billion dollar repair contract for Gulf Coast Navy facilities

Needs more info on the immediate repairs, but AP doesn't provide that, at least not in a form I can make use of. - Nyarlathotep 17:18, 7 September 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Award show producers try Emmy Idol

Looks good, but title isn't clear. I thought it meant they were going to hand out something like the Oscar statue. I'm not sure how it can be fixed, so will leave that up to you. A pic would also be nice. StuRat 17:56, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * It sounds like this event will be horrid, to me. Non-singers trying to sing old theme songs ? Sounds like the same level of quality as a Brady Kids special ! StuRat 18:05, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

William Shatner and the Star Trek Theme
Gene Roddenberry actually wrote lyrics to the star trek theme so he could get 50% writing credit of the song. The words don't actually fit the tune at all, so if Shatner does sing it, the consequences could be dire. I'm not sure if this should be added to the article or not, so I'm leaving it to someone hopefully with more experience than me.

 * Well, there is the voice over: "These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise, on a 5 year mission to explore strange new worlds and civilizations, and to boldy go where no man has gone before". I wouldn't call those lyrics, though.  And yes, it scares me that I knew that, LOL.  StuRat 15:38, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

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Apple unveils iPod nano

September 7, 2005

Apple today unveiled its latest addition to the iPod line, the iPod nano. The announcement came today at a special music event hosted by Apple, held in the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco.

The iPod Nano comes in two colors, white and black, as well as two sizes, a 2GB and a 4GB, capable of holding 500 and 1,000 songs and will cost $199 and $249 USD respectively. The iPod nano is the second model of the iPod family to utilize flash memory, after the Shuffle was introduced in January.

The iPod nano replaces the similar iPod Mini in the iPod family. The iPod nano's maximum capacity is 2GB smaller than that of the last version of the iPod Mini, which held 6GB for the same price of $249.

Apple also announced an iTunes-compatible cell phone, the Motorola ROKR E1, which will be available exclusively from Cingular Wireless in the United States, Virgin will be in the UK. The ROKR has a color display for viewing album art and features built-in stereo speakers, as well as stereo headphones that also serve as a mobile headset with microphone. Users can randomly autofill or manually fill the mobile phone with playlists of music, audiobooks and Podcasts from their iTunes library via a USB 1.1 connection. The Motorola ROKR pauses music automatically when users take a call and offers the ability to listen to music while messaging or taking a photo. It will cost $250 with a two-year cell service contract.

A new version of iTunes was also announced at the event, bringing it to version 5. Along with a new look, it also features a customizable randomization, improved search for the Library and Music Store, and greater parental controls on songs with explicit lyrics in the iTunes Music Store as well as controlling content of Podcasts.

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