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Saudi Arabia fears Hajj swine flu outbreak as four pilgrims die

November 22, 2009 As the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca gets underway, Saudi Arabian authorities have expressed concern swine flu could impact pilgrims. Four, with underlying health issues, have already died.

Two men and a woman in their seventies and a seventeen-year-old girl have died, according to the Health Ministry. The men from India and Sudan, the older woman from Morocco, and the teen from Nigeria. None were vaccinated against the virus.

One died in Mecca, the others in Medina. All had conditions including cancer and respiratory ailments. The World Health Organisation puts the current swine flu death toll at 6,750. Four more people are in Saudi hospitals in critical condition and a further twelve are recovering in hospital.

Each year around three million make the pilgrimage. And, Saudi authorities are concerned about the possible spread of the virus. At least one pilgrimage to Mecca is deemed mandatory for every Muslim capable of doing so. Fifteen thousand extra medical staff are deployed, ports and airports screen incomers with thermal cameras, and hundreds of extra hospital beds have been set aside. Visa requirements specify only those vaccinated against the flu strain can apply.

In September, Egypt forbade hundreds of Muslims from leaving Cairo for the Hajj after an Egyptian woman returning from a more minor pilgrimage last July became the first swine flu fatality in both Africa and the Middle East. For Ramadan, pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia was banned by Iran for the same reason.


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Talk:Republican groups suspected in gun battle with, failed bombing of, Northern Irish police

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I don't get it. Not one single person is claiming it is anything other than the IRA. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:33, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Who don't call themselves terrorists. If you want to use "terrorist", you have to get someone else to say it, and attribute it to them. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:46, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

 * Ah, point taken. Is the IRA acronym well enough known for the title? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:50, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I think that's a given, but who says it's the IRA should be how it's done. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:53, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for making the title even longer, but an unqualified "IRA" is almost always taken to refer to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, whilst the people claimed to be responsible here are splinter groups of that. I know the eTaiwan source uses "IRA", but they also have "NIreland" in their headline! the wub "?!"  16:37, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I really wish I'd just called them dissidents in the first place... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:39, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Nah. With the new title we get to associate them with the American Republicans. :P --Brian McNeil / talk 16:40, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, dissidents is good but I didn't want to look like I was copying the BBC! the wub "?!"  16:42, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Astronaut's baby born 200 miles below him

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While this title might sound more interesting, i kind of prefer the previous one; IMO it's not very clear with this title that the astronaut is a father, or that he became one while in space. Thoughts? Tempodivalse [talk]  16:03, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Plus, it seems newlyborn isn't a real word. Newborn is correct. Den dodge  T\C 17:57, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't trust wiktionary to be comprehensive; I've found numerous words which are not in it, or meanings it does not cover. However, "newly-born" would have satisfied. @Tempo - the title is, in some part, an advert for the article; plays on words should be used where reasonable and not tacky-tabloid style. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:06, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

 * Just because your modern spellchecker neglects to realise many words have been placed togather to make one for almost a century doesn't mean they aren't. Crewmembers and motorcoach are other examples that spring to mind. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:13, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

 * Meh, I generally don't like puns or word-plays in headlines, especially when it makes them sound confusing (as in this instance). This title doesn't mention the most critical thing - that the astronaut became a father while in space - and it could be misinterpreted due to the phrasing (e.g.: the astronaut was orbiting the newlyborn). Tempodivalse  [talk]  18:52, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

 * update: I was w:WP:bold and changed the title. Tempodivalse [talk]  18:57, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't consider that bold; I consider it dull as ditchwater in terms of a title. It also makes the error I was keen to avoid — implying he either had sex, or the child was born, in space. --Brian McNeil / talk
 * It might be less interesting, but at least it makes sense, which to me is more important. (Feel free to revert though, if you feel strongly about it.) I admit I didn't realise some of the other ways this title could have been interpreted though. Any ideas for a title that isn't ambiguous, but still contains the relevant info? Tempodivalse [talk]  19:50, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

(unindent) Astronaut's baby born 200 miles below him was the first idea that struck me, but I'm up for better ideas. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:00, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I still preferred the "in orbit" one. Too many redirects for me to be bothered changing it back. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:41, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I like Sandman's idea. The Flying Spaghetti Monster (talk) 21:35, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Just so it's not lost in the mists of time, the title I put on this was "Shuttle astronaut in orbit over newlyborn". It is not just a word-play, but factually accurate.

 * 1) He is a "shuttle astronaut"
 * 2) He is "in orbit"
 * 3) The Shuttle does pass over the United States (or can be reasonably assumed to)
 * 4) His child, "newlyborn", is below him

I don't think a headline needs to totally make sense; we've seen some horrors from trying to do that, such as 60+ character titles. I will not dispute it is quite a fine line to tread, but not a decent into tabloid journalism. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't dispute that your title is factually accurate, I'm just concerned that it can be misinterpreted easily, isn't specific enough, and could be confusing. IMHO, titles should make sense as much as is reasonably possible. The current title, I think, seems to be the best one suggested so far in terms of style an accuracy. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  01:46, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


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Pirates seize Greek-owned ship off coast of Yemen

November 22, 2009 A Kenyan maritime official said today that pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden, near Yemen.

Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program said the ship, named the Red Sea Spirit was taken on Thursday, but news of the seizure only emerged earlier today. According to him, the vessel was seized about 36 nautical miles from Balhaf, a Yemeni port.

"Red Sea Spirit was taken by gunmen off the Yemeni coast last Thursday. She is flying the Panama flag. She is a Greek-owned bulk carrier," Mwangura said.

Somali pirates are currently holding at least thirteen ships and more than 200 crew. They are still active in the waters off the east coast of Africa, despite the presence of many navies patrolling the region.


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Thank you for your productive and helpful edits on Wikinews. We really appreciate what you've done. Wikinews needs more good editors like yourself; please consider getting an account! We'd be very happy to have you. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:22, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

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Ex-cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov dies; Soviet space pioneer was 83

November 22, 2009 Pioneering Soviet cosmonaut has died aged 83. A statement by the Russian Space Agency declared that he died of "unspecified causes" last Saturday in Moscow.

Feoktistov was important in the early development of Soviet space travel and was part of the first group spaceflight in history, as part of the mission in 1964. He was also the first civilian allowed to participate in the Soviet space programme.

He was born in in 1926 and was wounded whilst serving in WWII. His inclusion in the spaceflight programme was often met by resistance from the Soviet government as he was neither a member of the party or in the military at the time. After his retirement from space travel he continued to work as a designer and engineer for the space programme until 1990, helping to design spacecraft and space stations such as and Soyuz, amongst others.


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Wikinews has policy on software agents (bots). Please specify the exact duties this bot is intended to perform and request it be approved. It is slightly concerning that it, on the user page, specifies Wikipedia; there are significant differences between Wikinews and Wikipedia - such as the vast majority of our main namespace pages being fully protected per the archiving policy. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:47, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you think I know that there is difference between the projects and the languages. At the moment I'm trying to get the feel of wikinews. And if I get the feel of it I will ask for the flag on the correct place. Carsrac (talk) 23:26, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That is as may be, but if someone thinks the bot is malfunctioning if you test without warning, it will be blocked and people prejudiced against it. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:19, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I will not test my bot here, Carsrac (talk) 17:17, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:British rapper Derek B dies at age 44

r.i.p derek b!!!
you were & still loved man we'll all miss you sleep tight

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He did so much more, so this is really a gloss over the real person and his achievements. It is good for if people wanted who he was and his music, but it only glosses over his life in the spotlight. —217.37.191.97 (talk) 15:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

baby derek (the bear) he still waits for you to come home the anniversary is coming up love you more than ever xx

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Australian sport may be on the cusp of change

November 23, 2009

The Independent Sport Panel Report, set up to look into sports funding, was published in Australia last week, prompting debate and speculation for the future of sport in the country. Many in the sector believe the report will prompt changes in the way sport is funded and administered in Australia.

John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee, criticised the report, and several elite sports people have joined Coates' calls for sustained funding to Olympic level sport. Other commentators have welcomed the recommendations, challenging commonly held beliefs that Australians benefit from funding high performance athletes. Such positions call for more resourcing of sport at a participation level rather than performance level.

Key recommendation areas in the report are:

 * Defining Australia's national sports vision
 * Reforming the Australian Sports Commission to lead the sports system
 * Merging Australia's institutes of sport
 * Building the capacity of Australia's national sporting organisations
 * Putting sport and physical activity back into education
 * Building community sport with people and places
 * Ensuring Australia's sports system is open to all
 * Sustaining the funding base for sport

Australians now await a Government response to the recommendations.


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Former Iranian vice-president sentenced to six years; released on bail pending appeal

November 23, 2009 Former Iranian vice-president Mohammed Ali Abtahi has been released on bail pending appeal after being sentenced to six years in prison on Saturday for his part in the protests following the presidential elections in June.

"Abtahi was sentenced to six years in prison for acting against national security and propaganda activity," an anonymous court official told the INSA news agency. According to the agency, he was released on bail set at seven billion rials ; under Iranian law, all convictions of a minimum of three months are subject to appeal and bail may be granted for the first twenty days to allow anyone sentenced to lodge one. "Abtahi was released this afternoon after he paid the bail amount," Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Doulatabadi told IRNA.

Abtahi, who was as a minister and vice-president under President Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2005, is amongst thousands who were arrested following protests; two hundred still behind bars of which around eighty have been sentenced to jail and a further five to death. He has remained in custody ever since his arrest. He was convicted of various charges, including "gathering and plotting against the country's security, propaganda against the regime, insulting the president and participating in an illegal demonstration." He also faces further charges of "keeping classified documents."

Opposition critics have called the prosecutions "laughable show trials" and spoken of "forced confessions". They have called for the unconditional release of prisoners. On Friday, a United Nations committee passed a vote to approve a non-binding resolution which condemns Iran for its reaction to the protests following the election, criticising Iran's record on human rights, highlighting torture and executions. The committee has also called on the Iranian government to stop persecuting its political opponents and release political prisoners.


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== Somali Piracy—203.80.178.113 (talk) 05:51, 23 November 2009 (UTC)Amirtt995@hotmail.com—203.80.178.113 (talk) 05:51, 23 November 2009 (UTC) ==

Solve the Somali mainland problem by deploying massive troops - American and European- before it is too late. There are signs that the Somalis (whose coastline is taken over by illegal fishing armies and shameless dumping of industrial wastes) are not alone. International crime gangs can make their move here in this absolutely no-man's land.
 * Good luck selling the American people on that one. They (as a whole) cannot stand to be involved in a war against a force party to murder of some of our own (IE: Afghanistan). Trying to police the piracy issue in Somalia would be akin to asking them to give up their first born. --CyberStormAlpha (talk) 08:14, 24 November 2009 (UTC)


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Review of revision 915379 [Failed]

 * Thanks for the review.. I think I'm going to need a thick skin for this :) But I agree - it was choppy. Have deleted most of the bookmarks, leaving it to the original source.. What you think now? Leighblackall (talk) 08:22, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Review - should have failed again
This should have been failed a second time - not passed.

 * 1) The title is in no way reflected within the content
 * 2) This, "Other commentators have welcomed the recommendations, challenging to beliefs that Australians benefit from high performing athletes." is incomprehensible nonsense
 * 3) There's a numbered list in the middle of it that's meaningless
 * 4) The sources do not have dates formatted correctly
 * 5) The sources are not sorted newest->oldest

After reading it, I have zero idea what the Crawford report is/was, why it was commissioned, or - pretty much - any clue what the hell this is about. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:00, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks Brian, as encouraging as always. I'll have a crack at addressing your issues in the next 12 hours if no one else has before then. Leighblackall (talk) 12:13, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 * This wasn't directed at you, but at those doing reviews. There's the essay, WN:ARTICLE which might help; also, the link from the more-current welcome template for a Wikipedia people 'quick-start'. IIRC you're account is old enough you don't have that (I will fix). --Brian McNeil / talk 14:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I tend to agree, this should have undergone some cleanup and formatting changes per WN:SG before publishing. Brian points out most of the difficulties with the article - it needs more context to make it clear for an international audience. Right now it's not very clear what exactly the report is about. Also - the use of "our" should be avoided since we're an international news agency, not based in any particular country. I'll see if I can help correct the article when I get a chance. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:16, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

✅ Changes made based on Brians numbered list. What need to happen now to update the page? Leighblackall (talk) 05:41, 24 November 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Pickle23

Welcome
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User talk:Iecfabchem

Welcome
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Complete up-to-date list

 * 2021
 * New South Wales government announces 'Bradfield' as name for third city of Greater Sydney
 * Tropical moisture ceases to cause severe floods in South East Australia
 * 2020
 * German authorities confirm first case of novel coronavirus in Germany
 * 2019
 * New Zealand mosque murder suspect appears in court at Christchurch
 * French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard
 * 2018
 * Storm causes building wall at Amazon.com warehouse to collapse
 * Airplane crashes into ocean in Micronesia
 * Russians protest against pension reform
 * US rapper Mac Miller dies at home in Los Angeles
 * Brisbane, Australia Magistrates Court charges two cotton farmers with $20m fraud
 * New South Wales, Australia government says entire state in winter 2018 drought
 * Total lunar eclipse occurs in July 2018
 * Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
 * Woolworths, Australia moves single-use plastic bags ban date to June 20
 * US toy retail giant Toys 'R' Us files for liquidation in United States

 * 2017
 * New South Wales police extradict 'self-healer' Hongchi Xiao from London over death of six-year-old boy at conference
 * Google performs first successful collision attack on SHA-1 security algorithm

 * 2016
 * Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US October 24, 2016
 * Italian police charge homeless local with murder of US exchange student July 8, 2016

 * 2015
 * United Nations analyzes oil spill in Sundarbans, Bangladesh January 1, 2015

 * 2014
 * Google shuts down Google News Spain December 11, 2014
 * Wikinews interviews Paúl M. Velazco about new yellow-shouldered bat species April 21, 2014 (original reporting)
 * Researcher discovers 39 new cockroach species, increasing genus Arenivaga fivefold February 28, 2014
 * Researchers identify protein responsible for malaria transmission February 25, 2014
 * Japan government panel urges reinterpretation of pacifist constitution February 8, 2014
 * NSW Parliament passes alcohol-fuelled violence bill hours after drafting February 1, 2014
 * Australia announces plans to close five mainland refugee detention centres January 17, 2014
 * Indonesian authorities report refugee boats pushed back by Australian Navy 2014-01-13
 * Nauru raises media visa application fee from AU$200 to $8,000 2014-01-11
 * Wikinews interviews on contributions to open-source: Opera 2014-01-06 (original reporting)

 * 2013
 * Hawaiian Airlines announces iPad mini in-flight service 2013-08-31
 * Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas 2013-06-12
 * 'Cartoons country' festival in Moscow: in pictures 2013-05-30
 * High Court of Australia dismisses appeal against conviction, compulsory voting 2013-04-17
 * Wikinews interviews American zoologists about pirate perches' chemical camouflage 2013-03-29 (original reporting)
 * Wikinews interviews co-discoverers of Ziegler's crocodile newt 2013-03-22 (original reporting)
 * Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awards Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne with Abel prize of 2013 2013-03-21
 * Wikinews interviews British sensory biologist Dominic Clarke about floral electric fields and bees 2013-02-24 (original reporting)
 * Wikinews interviews DuckDuckGo, Opera, Mozilla, Wikimedia about DoNotTrack feature 2013-02-05 (original reporting)
 * Australian Manns Mitre 10 hardware store closes after rent dispute 2013-01-27 (original reporting)
 * Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery 2013-01-24 (original reporting; featured article)

 * 2012

 * Wikinews interviews Spanish evolutionary biologist Francisco G. Gonzálvez 2012-12-19 (original reporting)
 * Bird flu outbreak kills birds in Krasnodar region 2012-12-01
 * Locally designed, low emissions car launched in Qatar 2012-11-30
 * Of cabbages and things: Dutch researchers study wasp hyperparasitoid 2012-11-29
 * Fujitsu launches cloud website for dog pedometer service 2012-11-27
 * South Korean presidential candidate promises to legalise non-ActiveX technologies for banking 2012-11-16
 * Felix Baumgartner jumps from stratosphere, breaks sound barrier 2012-10-16
 * Australian scientists develop culture to destroy reef-killing starfish 2012-10-09
 * Electric vehicles can be less green than classic fuel cars, Norwegian study finds 2012-10-07

 * 2011

 * What's eating you? US study highlights bedbug incest 2011-12-08
 * Scientists sequence small genome of a pest: spider mite 2011-11-25
 * Google introduces the '+1' button 2011-06-30
 * Russian reverse engineers Skype; uploads source to public 2011-06-12
 * Skype suffers downtime in Europe 2011-06-08

 * 2010

 * Nokia takes over Symbian OS development 2010-11-10
 * NuCaptcha introduces a video captcha service, ads included 2010-11-03
 * Nokia appoints Microsoft Business Division Head as chief executive 2010-09-12
 * Researchers find moonlight influences owl monkeys' nocturnal activity 2010-09-08
 * UK researchers discover first antibiotics originating from insects 2010-09-08
 * Samsung releases its first tablet computer 2010-09-06
 * Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 to manufacturing 2010-09-03
 * Telstra becomes the first in the world to switch to HSPA+ wireless Internet technology 2010-09-01
 * Study suggests 'sleeping sickness' parasite mutated to evade immune system defences 2010-09-01
 * Frenchman climbs skyscraper in 20 minutes without any equipment 2010-08-31
 * Tobacco attracts predators with chemicals in response to caterpillars, a study finds 2010-08-30
 * UK scientists discover multiple antibiotics used by fungus-farming ants to protect colonies 2010-08-29
 * Japanese researchers create smell sensor using genetically engineered frog eggs 2010-08-29
 * Oil-eating microbe found in the Gulf of Mexico 2010-08-28

 * 2009

 * Africa makes first draft version of UNCCC treaty, with harder goals 2009-12-15
 * Danish unofficial draft version of UNCCC treaty leaks, G77 reacts sharply 2009-12-10
 * Copenhagen climate conference opens 2009-12-08
 * Obama delays arrival to Copenhagen summit by one week 2009-12-05
 * American botanist Lou Jost discovers world's smallest orchid 2009-12-04
 * LHC sets new particle energy acceleration record 2009-11-30
 * Obama declares tougher emission targets before Copenhagen summit 2009-11-26
 * British Climatic Research Unit's emails hacked 2009-11-22

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User talk:Weeping Willow

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User:Brian McNeil/Ubuntu

In carrying out more sophisticated work on audio, video, or graphics, the key problem with Windows is that very little good free software is available. Downloading a 'pirate' version of Photoshop or other such applications has a high risk of exposing the user to malware such as rootkits, viruses, or spyware.

Having made the transition for virtually all of my personal computing needs to using Ubuntu, the following are notes & scripts to quickly add on to a default Ubuntu install the required components for standard use, and then audio use - eg for WN:AUDIO.

You are strongly recommended to boot your computer from an Ubuntu Live CD; test graphics and audio; verify your Internet connection can be established (use a throwaway password if asked to set up a keyring for WiFi access); and try some of the as-standard graphics tools such as the GiMP (a free alternative to Photoshop).

If this all works, you can install. You may need to use additional tools (such as Partition Magic) to make space on the disk for Ubuntu. If you return to Windows and do so, then again boot into the live-CD environment and install from there.

The two scripts below can be cut and pasted into a terminal session. Use Applications->Accessories->Terminal. A reboot is likely required after each. It is strongly recommended that a completely separate "regular" user and a "audio" user be created; do not configure Skype or any other applications that require nonstandard setup under the audio user. This can break the realtime audio console, which should be avoided with the standard user.

Standard 'useful' setup
This script is for use when Ubuntu has been installed on a machine from the standard bootable CD.

It assumes that all non-free repositories have already been enabled (System->Administration->Software sources), partner repositories have been enabled, security updates set to install without confirmation, and then Internet access enabled.

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get -q update && sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get -q update sudo apt-get install googleearth w32codecs non-free-codecs libdvdcss2 mplayer mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree vlc wine pavucontrol ubuntustudio-wallpapers skype libdvdcss paprefs
 * 1) Add Medibuntu repository
 * 1) Add Medibuntu repository
 * 1) Add usually needed packages
 * 1) Add usually needed packages

Ubuntu Studio components
''Code to add getdeb repository untested! If fails, manually add to sources.''

echo "http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)-getdeb apps MUST BE ADDED TO SOFTWARE SOURCES!" sudo wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add - && apt-get update sudo apt-get install linux-rt ubuntustudio-menu ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins ubuntustudio-sounds rosegarden sudo echo '@sound  -  rtprio      99' >> /etc/security/limits.conf sudo echo '@sound  -  memlock 512000' >> /etc/security/limits.conf sudo echo '@sound  - nice        -10' >> /etc/security/limits.conf sudo apt-get install libc6-dev libjack-dev jackd libvorbis-dev libsamplerate0-dev libsndfile1-dev python-gtk2-dev libmad0-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libmp3lame-dev libmp4v2-dev flac vorbis-tools python-eyed3 libspeex-dev python-mutagen wget http://web.bethere.co.uk/idjc/download/idjc-0.8.0.tar.gz tar xzvf idjc-0.8.0.tar.gz cd idjc-0.8.0 ./configure CFLAGS="-O2" make sudo make install
 * 1) Add realtime/studio packages
 * 1) Add realtime/studio packages
 * 1) Set user group sound...
 * 1) Set user group sound...
 * 1) Build IDJC
 * 1) Build IDJC
 * 1) Compile...
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User talk:121.168.5.179

Welcome
--Brian McNeil / talk 14:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

British Climatic Research Unit's emails hacked - thank you!
The article has been published. Thank you for your collaboration! Gryllida (page, talk, contributions) 00:36, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Killy-the-frog~enwikinews

Welcome
Brian McNeil / talk 14:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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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User talk:Kongoi~enwikinews

Welcome
Brian McNeil / talk 14:34, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
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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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User talk:Kandarihu~enwikinews

Welcome
Tempodivalse [talk]  15:05, 23 November 2009 (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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User talk:Kingoomieiii

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank You for posting your comments on articles. Did you know that you can also write articles for Wikinews? If you choose to help Wikinews by writing articles the links below might be helpful:

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 and Comment 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! Brian McNeil / talk 17:32, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
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User talk:23prootie~enwikinews

Welcome
Tempodivalse [talk]  18:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

delays on your article
Hello 23prootie! Thank you so much for submitting Philippines and US hold naval drills in South China Sea amid territorial dispute. You are clearly a great writer whose talent would be very helpful to our work here on Wikinews. :) Unfortunately, the review process seems to have been delayed for this particular article, especially since so many available reviewers have already gotten too involved with the article. (Wikinews policy forbids editors who get too involved with an article from publishing it onto the main page.) Surely this is just a sign that so many people are dedicated to well-informed, accurate coverage of the current territorial dispute in the South China Sea. Hopefully someone will come along and take the final few steps to get this published! Cheers, Ragettho (talk) 05:52, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The article got published! (albeit under a new name) Thanks for submitting the article! Ragettho (talk) 00:23, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

UN's Convention on Domestic Workers expected to take effect in 2013
An excellent effort. Please tighten up and re-submit! --Bddpaux (talk) 22:23, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It's getting a bit long in the tooth, isn't it? --Pi zero (talk) 23:12, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Communist rebels apologize for Philippine bomb attack
Alas, we didn't get to this one in time; it seems an interesting item. There's always the chance of a fresh development to refocus on, though in this case I'm not sure what that would be. --Pi zero (talk) 12:20, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Quick note on requesting review
I absolutely realize it's possible to think you're done with an article and then see things after you've submitted it for review. That kind of thing happens. But from the reviewer's perspective, it can be disconcerting (if not a little demoralizing) to take up an article that's been submitted for review and then realize the author was continuing to change it after submission. So, just a thought, maybe create an article with the develop tag in place, then look it over for a few moments to convince yourself you're really ready to have it reviewed before requesting review. --Pi zero (talk) 13:41, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

User talk:23prootie/US Navy ship damages Tubbataha Reef National Park
Trying to understand. Why did you create this page? --Pi zero (talk) 01:44, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Meh. Duplicate of a pre-review version of the article; I could reasonably have history merged it into the article, but that would be a no-op, since it was already in the article history.

 * I'm still a bit uncomfortable with the creation of this duplicate in the first place. Was there a reason?  (Which begs the question, have you any objection to the deletion?)  --Pi zero (talk) 06:19, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

US Navy ship damages Tubbataha Reef National Park
Published. There was a lot of stuff that needed fixing, though; see review comments and. --Pi zero (talk) 06:06, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Philippines seeks United Nations arbitration on South China Sea claims
Published. See. --Pi zero (talk) 16:06, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

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School closed after five-year-old boy dies from suspected swine flu in Buckinghamshire, England

November 25, 2009

A five-year-old boy has been suspected to have died from the H1N1 swine flu virus in Buckinghamshire, England. The boy came from Emberton School, which now has just 29 pupils attending.

Health tests are currently being carried out to determine whether or not the child did indeed die from the virus. He was admitted to a hospital in Milton Keynes, but later died in the early hours of Sunday morning. At present, the individual remains unidentified.

Steve Dunning is the principal in the school. Speaking to BBC Three Counties Radio, Dunning said: "The staff of Emberton School are very saddened to learn of the death of one of their pupils who was a confident, delightful and happy student and will be missed greatly. At this time we are focusing on supporting the children and parents in our small village community. I have spoken directly with the mother and passed on the condolences of all the staff and governors at the school."

The school has now been closed and is expected to re-open on Tuesday. Dr. Diane Gray, who is the Deputy Director of Public Health in the town of Milton Keynes, said: "My sympathies go out to his parents, family and friends. We don't yet know the cause of this boy's death. At this stage, there is no need to change normal behaviour - you should continue to go to school, work and any social activities."


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Talk:School closed after five-year-old boy dies from suspected swine flu in Buckinghamshire, England

Passive voice sucks! --Brian McNeil / talk 19:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


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UK policeman convicted of murdering WPC fiancée who died after staged car crash

November 24, 2009

A policeman from the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to the murder of his fiancée, a female police constable. PC Martin Forshaw, 27, used a steel hammer to bludgeon WPC Claire Howarth, 31, before placing her in her car and staging an accident.

Forshaw's intent had been to convince police that Howarth had died behind the wheel, but officers became suspicious when they found her injuries were severe while the car was virtually undamaged. The trial had been due to start today before Manchester Crown Court but Forshaw confessed to the crime beforehand.

The couple met in 2006 and the next year became engaged in Mexico. They were due to fly to St Lucia on the day of the killing but Forshaw had other plans; he, his lover, and their child were booked on a trip to Disneyland in Paris. An argument broke out and Forshaw used a large steel hammer to hit her, in the same room as her dress and packed suitcases.

He then drove to an isolated patch of moorland, placed her in the driver's seat and executed a crash into a hedge at 50–60 mph. He then dialed 999 and said he had been in a high speed accident. Howarth was found unconscious; she died later that day in a hospital in Bolton.

"It was such a poor attempt to make it look like a crash that both the police and the ambulance service were immediately suspicious, and the severity of Claire's head injuries meant they could not have been caused by such a minor crash," said lead investigator Andy Tattersall of Greater Manchester Police. "That caused us to question Forshaw's account and led us to unravelling this tragic sequence of events."

Forshaw was sentenced to life imprisonment, of which he will serve a minimum of eighteen years.


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Massa god!

Comments from feedback form - "Good page, has information, bu..."
Good page, has information, but still has space for a lot of improvement. —182.64.41.55 (talk) 07:38, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


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Comments:Wikinews discusses the H1N1 pandemic with the CDC

The guy being interviewed gives such monotone answers. I get the impression he was being a jerk to the interviewer. 128.210.124.119 (talk) 20:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


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Reverend Billy Joe Daugherty dies at the age of 57

November 24, 2009

🇺🇸Founder of the Victory Christian Centre, Billy Joe Daugherty died aged 57 on Sunday 4:40 am. This followed a short battle with lymphoma. The death was announced by church officials during morning services that day.

Adam Sanders, Daugherty’s son-in-law spoke about his final hours during the morning services saying, "We don’t sorrow as the world sorrows, as one without hope [...] We celebrate his life, but at the same time there is sorrow, there is grieving". His other son-in-law, Caleb Wehrli, spoke emotionally about how the family worshipped up until the end.

The Victory Christian Centre is one of the largest churches in Oklahoma with around seventeen thousand members.

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma Daugherty also founded the Christian Centre in Tulsa and the Victory Bible Institute. His work included involvement with a missionary training centre which has sent over one thousand missionaries to several countries around the world. Author, with his wife, of several books he also appeared in his own TV show, Victory in Jesus.

Daugherty made national news in 2005 when punched at an altar call. The attack required two stitches, but Daugherty chose not to press charges despite visiting his assailant in jail where the inmate showed no remorse; Daugherty penned a book about this incident in his life.

The memorial service is planned for the 30th of this month.


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Italian Air Force transport wreck kills five

November 23, 2009 A transport aircraft belonging to the Italian Air Force has crashed near Pisa. All five on board the C-130 Hercules were killed.

The aircraft was on a training mission when it went down onto a railway line close to a military airport. It had been approaching for landing when it swerved to one side and crashed, according to Pisa's fire brigade. An electrical fire was triggered at the railway line, but no trains were endangered.

The plane left the airport at 2:10 p.m. and was returning shortly after at the time of the accident. As well as the fire service, police, ambulances and airport rescue workers attended the scene. The crash was away from the main city and no-one on the ground was injured. An investigation has been launched.


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Man misdiagnosed as being in coma for 23 years

November 24, 2009

A Belgian man who was thought to have been in a coma for 23 years was in fact conscious yet paralyzed the whole time, as was discovered in 2006. Doctors diagnosed Rom Houben, now 46, as being in an irretrievable coma after a car crash in 1983.

It was only after his family's insistence that he be given another PET scan that doctors realised he had been conscious yet unable to move or talk ever since the accident. Doctors and his family slowly taught him to communicate using tiny movements of his feet and eventually through a specially designed keyboard.

Houben used the keyboard to tell a German newspaper that he 'screamed, but there was nothing to hear' and that when the truth was discovered it was like 'being born again'.

Despite discovering his consciousness in 2006, Houben's case only came to light recently after a study published in the journal BMC Neurology about coma patients used his case as an example. The study, by Professor Steven Laureys of Belgium's Coma Science Group, suggested that up to four in ten so called 'vegetative state' coma patients may, in fact, be misdiagnosed.


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User:Brian McNeil/Google News

This is a rough guide to what's required to get a language version of Wikinews indexed by Google News.

 * 1) You must have "editorial control"
 * 2) You must provide a sitemap of to-be-indexed articles, or have each appear on the main page
 * 3) If using the main page, each article URL must have a four or five digitnumber within it

Editorial control is achieved with the Flagged Revisions extension. Here on enwn each article must be reviewed by an independent editor before publication. At this point, an article passing review is marked as published and "sighted" (marked as okay using FlaggedRevs).

The Dynamic Page List extension has been enhanced to work with Flagged Revisions. Within a DPL you can specify "stablepages=only"; this means only articles "sighted" by an editor will be listed in the DPL.

Enwn's main page uses two templates containing DPLS:
 * 1) Main headlines - Which produces the article list down the right of the main page
 * 2) Main google news - which is a "hidden" list indexed by Google
 * This list picks up special redirects in the main namespace created for GNews to index (a "dirty fix")

Reviewing is by those with the "editor" user right - WN:EDITOR - This is never automatically granted, as is done on the dewp FlaggedRevs setup, instead it must be requested once you've demonstrated to the community you know the policy. Administrators can grant this privilege to themselves, as well as anyone else, so I've always said that repeat abuse/misuse by an admin would be grounds to seek desysopping.

To actually do the review, enwn has set up a template - peer review. The parameters to fill in are pretty straightforward, but there's also a gadget for it which is very helpful. The "Easy Peer Review" gadget (see user preferences) allows automation of the review process and completion of the template. On failure, it puts an appropriate cleanup template on the article page. On successful review, it puts the publish template on the article, sights the page, and - as a "for-now" quick-fix, creates a main namespace redirect with the needed numbers in it, sights that, then it appears in the Main google news template which gets indexed.

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Benet Academy, Illinois students support classmate with leukemia

November 24, 2009

Students at Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois, United States, have raised money and offered support for Jenna McKeown, a classmate who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

Miss McKeown, a 17-year-old senior from Naperville, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on October 28 after she went to the doctor's office with a sore throat and extreme fatigue. She has just finished her first ten-day round of induction chemotherapy at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.

News of the diagnosis spread quickly among the student body with the help of social networking sites such as Facebook. Students formed an online support group and set up a Mass to be held the next morning at 7:15 am in the school's chapel. Students, teachers, and parents attended the service.

Within twelve hours of diagnosis, friends made plans to supply enough meals to the McKeown family for the next three months. One thousand orange lapel ribbons were made the following weekend and passed out to students to wear the Monday following Miss McKeown's diagnosis. One senior pupil filmed a video of messages from teachers and students, and several students shaved their heads to show support for their classmate. Kyle Marinko, President of Student Government, announced that orange Livestrong-type gel bracelets are to be sold during the school's annual Christmas Drive fundraiser. "These activities are to show support and solidarity for Jenna through our thoughts and prayers," said Michael Macaluso, an English teacher and moderator of Student Government.

Miss McKeown's illness is an aggressive, yet curable, form of leukemia; she needs to have two more rounds of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in January. Despite this, she remains positive, adopting the slogan "Be positive!" when it coincidentally matched her blood type, B+. In an effort to replenish the supplies needed for this treatment and support other patients in need of transplants, friends and family will staff a blood drive and register people for the National Marrow Donor Program tomorrow at Benet Academy.


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User talk:Snoopybrown

Welcome
Brian McNeil / talk 23:41, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Benet Academy, Illinois students support classmate with leukemia

Review of revision 915675 [Failed]
The template itself says, "Exceptions may be possible for original reporting, breaking news, or local stories." This story only has one existing source. Benny the mascot (talk) 00:01, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Review of revision 915910 [Passed]
Thank you!!! Benny the mascot (talk) 23:30, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

New category
editprotected

Please add the "Benet Academy" category. Benny the mascot (talk) 03:53, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  03:56, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

editprotected Category:DuPage County, Illinois Benny the mascot (talk) 03:15, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅.--Brian McNeil / talk 18:19, 12 February 2010 (UTC)


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User:Amgine/23 Nov 2009 msg to Werdna

Hi!

Kim is prevailing upon me to e-mail you regarding the en.Wikinews bugzilla bug #20818.

I should mention at the outset that this bug is considered by the community to be the highest possible priority after WMF server failure.

Some element of the recent upgrade removed curid from the urls Wikinews uses to direct Google to flagged revisions of articles. The technique which was used was a fragile hack.

Without the curid, Google News immediately stopped distributing en.Wikinews.

I was asked to come up with a more permanent solution, one which was unlikely to be broken by future upgrades. I started developing a special page which produces xml feeds based on the Intersection (DynamicPageList (Wikimedia)) extension. You can see my documentation at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Amgine/Google_News_Sitemap. The script is installed and working on a en.Wikinews dump at http://wiki.enwn.net/index.php/Special:SpecialGNSM.

This isn't the most-current version, but I gave up on the project due to what I will politely describe as the usual level of dev support for sisterprojects.

Amgine

-- This e-mail was sent by user "Amgine" on the English Wikipedia to user "Werdna". It has been automatically delivered and the Wikimedia Foundation cannot be held responsible for its contents.

The sender has not been given the recipient's email address, or any information about his/her e-mail account; and the recipient has no obligation to reply to this e-mail or take any other action that might disclose his/her identity. For further information on privacy, security, and replying, as well as abuse and removal from emailing, see .

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User talk:72.94.76.149

Bawolff ☺☻ 01:12, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

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Four US, eight Afghan troops killed in Afghanistan after attacks

November 24, 2009 International security forces in Afghanistan stated today that recent attacks in the country's south and east have killed four US and eight Afghan soldiers.

A NATO statement said that a bomb killed one US soldier in eastern Afghanistan today; yesterday, three US troops died in gun and bomb attacks in the southern part of the country.

"Four ISAF [International Security Force] service members died in the last 24 hours in Afghanistan," read the statement.

Afghan officials say a roadside bomb in Helmand province killed three Afghan soldiers and wounded another two others on Sunday. Earlier in the day, a border security commander said a roadside bomb in Kandahar province killed five Afghan soldiers.

The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan in 2009 has now risen to 481 with these deaths; this according to a tally by the Agence France-Presse news agency.


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Talk:UK policeman convicted of murdering WPC fiancée who died after staged car crash

Review of revision 915762 [Passed]

 * This article needs to be renamed, would do it myself but the move button seems to have dissappeared. The title is inaccurate, as it stands it implys that the fiancee died in the staged car accident, while in truth she had been murdered with hammer (as the first sentence makes clear) and the staged car accident was an attempt to hide that fact. UK policeman convicted of murdering WPC fiancée would be accurate without going into too much detail.KTo288 (talk) 19:05, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

 * It would also be boring. I carefully used 'after' not 'in'. Remember, we have to convince people to read it based on the title - the unusual circumstances are important to highlight here. BTW, rename is now located in the drop-down between the star and search assuming you use the default skin. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:09, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks found the button. Yes we need to convince people to read the article, but for those who don't go on to read the full story, just reading the title should give them the majority of the story. Someone who just read the title and did not read the article may be mislead.KTo288 (talk) 21:56, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I think given what it says, people will realise this is quite strange as soon as they see the title. Regardless, it cerfuly stops short of saying or implying the crash killed her; if people try and judge the world from newspaper titels then they are in trouble. (Yes, some people do, but such people are not in WN's target audience unless we can convince them to start reading properly). Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:05, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


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Talk:Man misdiagnosed as being in coma for 23 years

Hoax Alert
Rom Houben isn't the one typing the messages on his computer. This is an instance of the "facilitated communication" fraud. Watch the msnbc.com video from 12 seconds to 35 seconds: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31388323/vp/34111007#34111007

Also see James Randi's commentary on this story: http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/783-this-cruel-farce-has-to-stop.html
 * I made a edit about this, but it was reverted, arguing that the new info should go into a new article. I am not going to start a war over this, but I am going to revert the revert, since I simply don't see how this small bit of extra info to a very specific story about a single individual could warrant a whole article of its own. It is not even confirmed that the original story is indeed a hoax, it is just that there is reasonable suspicion. At least until it is confirmed, it should just appear as a 'heads-up' in this original article. --217.157.165.109 (talk) 12:45, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree that this info probably would have been relevant to the article, but per our article archiving policy, pages should not undergo significant content changes or additions after 31 hours. In this case, it's been well over that time limit since the article was published. As such, I've had to undo your edit, sorry. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:01, 25 November 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:153.107.97.161

Welcome
Please refer to the talk page on the article about the 'hack' of CRU emails, as well as most of the links in the above template. --Brian McNeil / talk 03:13, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Man misdiagnosed as being in coma for 23 years

Jesus that is scary.--KDP3 (talk) 08:05, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Can I get a facepalm? 164.116.47.179 (talk) 16:21, 24 November 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Rafaelc378

Welcome
Brian McNeil / talk 11:00, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Rajnayaknsnd

Welcome
Brian McNeil / talk 11:16, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

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Ritual sacrifice in Nepal sees 320,000 animals slaughtered to Hindu goddess

November 24, 2009 In a tribute to, a Hindu goddess of power, a Nepalese festival began today with the mass of 20,000 buffalo in the village of. Shortly after, 300,000 birds, sheep and goats were similarly ritually slaughtered.

It is estimated as many as 750,000 people travelled from India, which recently banned similar mass-sacrifices, to make up the majority of the festival's estimated one million attendees. Member of Parliament skipped Tuesday's legislative meeting, saying that the festival had more importance as a religious celebration.

Although animal rights groups have condemned the ceremony as cruel, the Nepalese government has ignored requests to cancel the festival, held once every five years. Last year, the government banned a similar slaughter during the festival of, and was greeted with angry protests.

The meat is taken to local villages, who host large feasts for those in attendance, as it is believed to ward off evil.


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Nice work guys, now what exactly is that thing good for?


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Comments:British Climatic Research Unit's emails hacked

People are gonna be throwing the baby out with te bath water here. we may not be causgin global warming, (probably contributing tho), but tht dosent mean we can just...well...spray pollutants all over out Habitat?
 * But of course it does! What does it matter if we are filling our cities and our children's lungs with toxic products, destroying biospheres that might hold the key to new medical advances, and using a form of private transportation that kills 43,000 people every year in the USA alone, and 260,000 children worldwide?  So long as the evil liberals are wrong about their godless apocalyptic "scientific" theories, we can do whatever we want to our habitat without need to worry about the consequences.

Oh climategate.--KDP3 (talk) 01:46, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


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"Angry Protests"
Isn't quite the NPOV thing to say is it? The animal rights activists were also very angry during their protests. Because of a lack of internet access in certain parts of the world, it is unfortunately going to take some time before certain articles can ever achieve neutrality. DaGizza (talk) 10:12, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


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Dear Apostle Billy Joe, we will all miss you, will see you in heaven. This is a moment of sorrow mixed with joy. Dr. Vargas, www.mynor.com

A Man of compassion for a Lost and hurting world
As a teenager who knew very little about God I meet Billy Joe in 1979. Billy Joe and a friend of ours brought me into his office, Billy Joe convinced me to go to his first VBI Bible school class in 1979. I have known and talked to him over these last 30 years. I and my family have attended his church Victory Christian Center a very long time. Two things I admired about him was his Vision and compassion for a lost and hurting world.He was and will always be missed until we see him in heaven. KEVIN L. B. Tulsa OK

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I loved the man of God,his wife and ministry. i saw him as a man of intergrity. one of his wife book imparted my life greatly. i know he is resting in the bosom of the God he served faithfully.Pray for us as we are joining you soon by rapture! Adieu God,s general. Prophetess derby -Nuel Ikeakanam. dallas tx

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In 1981 Pastor Billy Joe and Sharon flew to Guatemala with me to do crusades for Pastor Jim Zirkle and Living Water Teaching in the jungles and volcanic mountains there. It will remain one of my most precious memories in 30+ yrs of ministry because during that time I witnessed first hand, the love of one of the most compassionate couples that I have ever known in ministry any where in the world as I have traveled it. Humble would describe them best, as no matter how large their membership grew, they also remained the same pure hearted people, never high minded, but unchanged in their simple loving approach to the work of Christ and the loving of his people great and small. We at the Ground Zero Prayer Shield and Harvest Projects International in Tulsa, will miss this father of the faith and continue to pray for his precious wife and family. Though we grieve not as others, we are indeed deeply saddened at this sudden loss. But one day we know, that his unique laugh will greet us in the joy of reunion on resurrection day! God bless you Billy Joe! Thanks for being my faithful friend and for ordaining me to the ministry so long ago.

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Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty
Your article states that Pastor Daugherty was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Not true. Billy Joe was born in Magnolia, Arkansas on April 23, 1952. Billy Joe was my oldest and dearest friend. We both grew up in Magnolia.


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Death of Kentucky census worker considered suicide

November 25, 2009

Kentucky State Police said yesterday that the September 12 death of census worker Bill Sparkman was suicide. His body was found naked in a Clay County, Kentucky cemetery, with "Fed" written on his chest and his census identification taped to his neck. This prompted widespread speculation that anti-government sentiment was responsible. However, police now believe that Sparkman deliberately killed himself, and tried to make it look like murder so his son could receive an insurance payout. Trooper Don Trosper, a Kentucky State Police spokesman, said, "[w]e believe this was an intentional act. We believe the aim was to take his own life."

This conclusion is based on the police's analysis of several elements of the crime scene; Sparkman was not hanged in the typical manner; his knees were less than six inches off the ground, and he could have avoided death simply by standing up before he suffocated. Captain Lisa Rudzinski, a leader of the investigation stated, "We do not believe he was placed in that position." The letters of the word "Fed" were written bottom first, which is unlikely if they had been written by an attacker. The rag found in his mouth contained only Sparkman's DNA. Police also believed he left glasses taped to his head so he could see while preparing.

Police suspect Sparkman's motives included debt, failure to find a full-time job, and a desire to provide for his son through his life insurance.


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Comments:Ritual sacrifice in Nepal sees 320,000 animals slaughtered to Hindu goddess

fucked up curry fucks, leave the animals alone

man peta must be piss!--KDP3 (talk) 23:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Compare
They use the animals in a feast, afterwards. How many turkeys, pigs, etc., have been butchered for thanksgiving in a couple days? Kosher meat needs to be prepared, beginning with the slaughter, in ways that are ritualistic, too. Sure, Jews don't pilgrimage to a select location to do it all together, but the equivalent of animals is probably killed during a Jewish holiday. --67.174.131.145 (talk) 05:00, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. As long they don't waste the food. I have no problem.--KDP3 (talk) 01:44, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

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Exactly! Where more than 80% of the world is non-vege, its worthless to oppose such ritual. Muslims slaughters som many animals for IED ritual, Chrishtians also on thanks giving, jews , tribal people all over the world even sacrifice rare animals. Non-veges also do that on the name of feeding. Even they also use them for food after such ritual offering to their god / godess. At least they are not killing and eat rare animals such as shark-fin soup, embhryo of different animals as goat, sheep, monkeys. Its bull$hit if you done the worse than for what you are cusing others.Look in your self befor preeching.

ritual sacrifies
ban it

Appalling
Why not bring back human sacrifice while we're regressing back into the stupid ages? I mean relly, who can honestly say butchering 300,000 animals can ever be a good thing? But of course, anything is ok as long as its for a religious figurehead. When will people wake up and stop believing fairy tales?

This ritual is rather sad. The governments refusal to condemn this ritual is probably due to it being afraid to lose votes.

Whiners
To everybody whinging above let me ask you, are you vegan or vegetarian? If you're not then you're a hypocrite. The fact that a lot of animals were slaughtered does not make it different in principle from one animal being slaughtered. Do we only send a murderer to jail after he/she has killed 10 people or a rapist after at least 5 instances of rape and 2 cases of pedophilia?

Animals rights activists seem to be selective since they never protest about the 320,000 ants people step on everyday or the flies and cockroaches they kill with their spray. If you want to be theoretically consistent (though extreme) we should be seeing outrage at the large scale deforestation in the Amazon where the trees are being wiped away just as quickly. After all a plant is just as much a living organism as a human or any other animal.

And to the moaning atheist above, if gods and all that are just fairy tales shouldn't we all just try to be get the most happiness from our current situation? These people enjoyed eating the goats they sacrificed so it fits in with a materialist view of life. If you're a nihilist OTOH then your comment makes even less sense. You guys may have your superficial arguments but they can't hide your stirring racist hatred against the Indians. Best summarised by the first guy - fucked up curry fucks indeed mate! :P. DaGizza (talk) 10:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

 * Your argument was doing so well untill the last paragraph. Get happiness by killing things? You were better sticking with the earlier theme of "we must eat, almost everyone eats meat, therefore if they do it and then eat it it's ok". The fact that people are too wrapped up to understad that hardly amounts to racism; more ignorance. Ignorance similar to your own, if you honestly believe an entire conversation's worth of people can be judged on the basis of a single troll. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:31, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

 * When did I say that "an entire conversation's worth of people can be judged on the basis of a single troll". You can say that I argued or believe that the troll above represents the majority of the people opposed to this event. The person above merely made it obvious whereas most of the time people cover their anger and hatred with euphemism. Also racism and ignorance overlap a lot. A major source of racism in the world is ignorance about other cultures. So to say that my claim of racism is wrong or too extreme when in fact they are merely ignorant is almost missing the point. As long as the whingers are well educated and have the ability to understand the reasoning behind the history and events themselves (ie. have the liberty) the ignorance isn't deliberate but has to be called racism. What else is it? No not intended racism but unintentional racism is still racism. Ask any victim. (Also I know why you responded so emotionally to the last paragraph haha!) 220.233.65.97 (talk) 06:25, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

This must stop
Gadhimai festival is the world's notorious mass execution of domestic animals. This has to be stopped in all cost. I didn't know about it until recently and felt real sorry for those innocent animals. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ashishlohorung (talk • contribs) 12:39, 10 February 2014

Sad to hear this  news  .....stop it ....animals are  wealth of  nation


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Hi! I just wanted to say that I had to revert your changes to the coma article here. Generally, after about a day after publishing, articles shouldn't be updated or altered in terms of content per the archiving policy. I do agree, though, that the information probably would have been relevant to add. You're certainly welcome to create a new article, i.e. Controversy over man misdiagnosed as being in coma, in light of the new information, if you so wish. In any case, thanks for contributing to the project. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:08, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

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Israel announces 10 month halt to settlement construction in West Bank

November 25, 2009 The prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, told a news conference earlier today that there will be a ten-month stop in the construction of new settlement housing in the West Bank. The Israeli cabinet approved the move by a margin of eleven to one.

"We have been told by our friends that once Israel takes the first meaningful steps towards peace, the Arab world and the Palestinians will follow," said Netanyahu following the cabinet's endorsement of the move. "Well, the government of Israel has taken a very big step towards peace today, and I hope the Palestinian and the Arab world will work with us to forge a new beginning for our children and theirs."

The freeze was made "out of broad national interests with the aim of encouraging negotiations with our Palestinian neighbours," he continued. "When the period of freeze ends my government will return to the previous policy of building in Judea and Samaria [the Jewish name for the West Bank]."

"This is a far-reaching and painful step [...] We hope that this decision will help launch meaningful negotiations to reach an historic peace agreement that will finally end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians," Netanyahu later said.

Under the plan, construction permits for new residential buildings would be put on hold for ten months. The government said that "natural growth" — characterised by the construction of homes by young people, who were raised in the settlements and want to build houses for their own families — would be exempt from the freeze. Parts of the West Bank that Israel annexed to the Jerusalem municipality would also be excluded from the freeze. The building of schools and places of worship, which will enable settlers to live what Netanyahu described as "normal lives", will also continue.

"We will not halt existing construction and we will continue to build synagogues, schools, kindergartens and public buildings essential for normal life in the settlements," he commented.

The prime minister added that there would be no change to Israel's existing policy on the issue of Jerusalem. "Regarding Jerusalem, our sovereign capital, our position is well-known. We do not put any restrictions on building in our sovereign capital," he said.

Several members of the Israeli cabinet expressed their disapproval at the proposal, with the conservative, ultra-Orthodox Shas party boycotting the cabinet meetings.

"I think it's a complete crumbling of Netanyahu's position and is contrary to all of his electoral promises. He promised an end to unilateral steps, and here we see him after only a few months in office giving up, even though there is no reciprocity from the Palestinians," said the head of the main settler lobby, Danny Dayan, to the Christian Science Monitor. We are 300,000 citizens, living in 150 communities. It is impossible to freeze us. I don't how it will happen, but we will break this freeze."

Many Palestinians also criticised the proposal, mainly because East Jerusalem was not included in the settlement freeze. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a Palestinian spokesman, said to the Wafa news agency that Palestine “rejects returning to peace talks without the complete cessation of settlement activities in the West Bank and Jerusalem.”

Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad also rejected the plan. "The exclusion of east Jerusalem is a very, very serious problem for us. We are not looking for the resumption of the process just for the sake of it, for it to falter a week or two down the road,"

Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordanian control, following Israel's victory in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. The Jewish state annexed that part of the city in a move that was not recognized by the international community.

Earlier this week, on a visit to Argentina, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stepped up his campaign to put international pressure on Israel to stop building on lands that Palestinians say are their own. Abbas urged US president Barack Obama, as well as leaders of other nations that support Israel, to press the Jewish state to end its construction of settlements on occupied lands.

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Jordanian king dissolves parliament, calls for general election two years ahead of schedule

November 26, 2009 The King of Jordan, King Abdullah, dissolved the country's parliament on Tuesday, half-way through its four year term, and called for early general elections to be held, up to two years ahead of schedule.

The monarch did not immediately provide a reason for the move; however, there have recently been reports accusing the parliament of handling legislation ineptly, and even of being corrupt. The king's decree ordered the civil service to host new elections to replace the 110-member parliament, although an exact date for the polls hasn't yet been named.

Critics of the parliament have said that its members didn't properly address issues such as unemployment and poverty. The opposition, however, asserted that the house had been disbanded so that the government could use emergency laws to pass legislation.

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Talk:Israel announces 10 month halt to settlement construction in West Bank

Is title POV
I don't see how the title Israel announces 10 month halt to settlement construction in West Bank makes any sense. Maybe the title should read Israel announces 10 month halt to construction permits for new residential buildings in West Bank except East Jerusalem

Binyamin Netanyahu said "We will not halt existing construction and we will continue to build synagogues, schools, kindergartens and public buildings".

The line halt to settlement construction in West Bank is not true because it is
 * except for building in East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want as their capital,
 * except for "natural growth", construction of homes by young people
 * except for building of schools
 * except for building of places of worship
 * more than 2,500 housing units being built or recently authorized.

Half-Truths Dim Chances for Renewing Mideast Talks

 * I Agree. The headline is very misleading, if not false. 172.162.32.68 (talk)
 * Too late. Article is >48 hours old. It will not be renamed; nor will and significant content changes be made. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:24, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe its too late but again the title is misleading - The other example is UN criticises Israel's latest settlement plan, angry reaction from US and UK (talk) which seemed to suggest that the US and UK angry at the UN, which also was not true. I feel the title should give an overview of what the article is about and should not mislead the casual reader.
 * Then the solution is to be here and raise your point prior to the article's publication. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:38, 27 November 2009 (UTC)


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The San Jose, Calif. Police Department said they would investigate when they were was notified in June 2009 that there was new information in the suicide or assisted-suicide death of a Jesuit priest on jury duty, Fr. James Chevedden, S.J. The death was a few minutes walk from the downtown police headquarters. The San Jose police never asked for the new information and soon said they found nothing new in their investigation.

He was so ashamed to work for Obama's Federal Government that he took the only way out he could think of. How sad, but hey, the American people chose for this to happen. Now they must suffer to learn their lesson. 206.74.5.136 (talk) 03:50, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

That's a dangerous comment to make, do not use this man's death to further push your political agenda. It is a sad case and should be recognized as so, he did not die for you to denounce Obama


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I wonder why???
Is anyone else as pleased about the fact that all the emails and documentation of their eternal lies and cover-ups about the fact that the globe is cooling are now out in the open? Yes we should remove all global warming propaganda from wiki, if we want to actually be factual here. The globe will coll and then warm again. Stop trying to tax us for our footprint on the planet! liars all of them.


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Uninvited couple passes Secret Service checkpoint, crashes White House state dinner

November 26, 2009

A couple entered a state dinner when they were univited, passing through several layers of security, and socialized with high-profile guests Tuesday night.

Tareq and Michaele Salahi from northern Virginia arrived at the party at approximately 7:15 pm Tuesday night. They were formally dressed as they passed by a crowd of reporters and cameramen waiting for VIP guests to arrive, even though the couple was neither invited nor on the guest list. A White House official has stated that the couple was never seated at a table.

Although there was a checkpoint that failed to follow proper procedures, the couple still passed through the same security checkpoints as all other guests at the dinner did. A Secret Service spokesman has stated that nobody was under any threat, but it is unclear whether Mr. and Mrs. Salahi were ever near President or Mrs. Obama or the guests of honor, Indian Prime Minister and his wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Salahi later posted photos of themselves at the dinner on Facebook. The couple is known around Washington for promoting wine and polo in Virginia, and they are hoping to become stars in the reality TV show .


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Comments:Jordanian king dissolves parliament, calls for general election two years ahead of schedule

Dissolving parliament for being inept... Now where would that really help? Oh, right, half of the Western countries in the world. I have a newfound respect for the King of Jordan.
 * Just half? 99.236.163.30 (talk) 13:18, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Ian lucas

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