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Girls sweep Siemens science competition for US high schools

December 6, 2007 For the first time in history, the Siemens Competition, formerly the Siemens-Westinghouse Competition, was won by two females. The competition, which along with the Intel Competition are one of the two most prestigious competitions for high school science research in the United States. The Siemens Competition has two competitions, one for individual research and the other for team research. For the first time in history both the individual and team awards were won by women.

Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff, students at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School in Plainview, New York won the team section of the competition for their work developing a drug that blocks reproduction of tuberculosis bacteria. Meanwhile, Isha Himani Jain from Freedom High School in Pennsylvania won the individual competition for work involving the bone growth in Zebra fish. Schlossberger and Marinoff will split a $100,000 prize and Himani Jain will also receive a $100,000 prize. Various other students will also receive smaller awards. Many of the other higher-level awards also went to women this year.

The success of the young ladies was of particular note because historically women have been underrepresented in math and science. The lack of representation has been a matter of heavy political dispute and figured into the departure of Larry Summers as president of Harvard after he speculated that the lack of representation might be due to innate biological differences. The proportion of scientists who are female has been steadily increasing over the last 50 years. According to James Whaley, the president of the Siemens Foundation, there has been a steady increase in the proportion of students entering the competition who are female and this year 48% of the students entering were female. Many commentators have called the results a sign that the gap between males and females in the sciences is closing or has closed. However, other commentators have said that females will only have reached equality with males in science was when triumphs such as this one are so routine as to not merit headlines.

The Siemens-Westinghouse Competition, now known as the Siemens Competition, was founded in 1998 after Siemens acquired Westinghouse but failed to acquire the rights to the Westinghouse competition which instead went to Intel and was renamed the Intel Science Talent Search.

External link

 * Official website of the Siemens Competition


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What are you trying to do at Template:NFL? There are no official NFL rankings that I am aware of. Also, the bot is going to overwrite what you put there anyway. --SVTCobra 02:13, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Girls sweep Siemens science competition for US high schools

Is it me or does this sentence need to be fixed: "While many saw the competition results as a good sign, other commented that females will only have reached equality with males in science was when girls doing better than boys would not lead to headlines."  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 02:18, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I may not have phrased that well. How about "Many commentators have called the results a sign that the gap between males and females in the sciences is closing or has closed. However, other commentators have said that that females will only have reached equality with males in science was when triumphs such as this one are so routine as to not merit headlines". JoshuaZ 02:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Tiny conflict of interest
So I haven't decided if this constitutes me being scrupulous about possible conflicts or whether it is me just tooting my own horn slightly, but I feel obligated to disclose that I was a semi-finalist in the Siemens competition my senior year in high school (semi-finalist is the lowest level that gets any recognition at all. For comparison there are about 8 or so per a state). JoshuaZ 02:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I see no conflict, just that it explains your interest. If you were in it this year then obviously ... --SVTCobra 02:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Category
I didn't remove it, but exactly why is Category:Human rights on this article? --SVTCobra 02:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Not sure. It was added by FellowWikiNews. Maybe because of the gender issue involved? I can see a tiny bit where it might make sense but I don't think the connection is strong enough to justify including in that category. If no one strongly objects I think I'll remove the category. JoshuaZ 03:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is why I added it. But I agree, before I added it I thought the connection was not strong enough. No problem with removing it.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 03:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it would be appropriate to remove it. It's not like the girls were previously banned from competing. --SVTCobra 03:11, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


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Scientists take strong stance for cutting emissions at Climate Conference in Bali

December 6, 2007

A group of over 200 scientists have signed a document demanding that political action be taken following the scientific evidence that had been put forth in the last International report on climate change. The document, that had been drafted by the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Australia, was presented today at the United Nations Convention on Climate change, the scientists wanting to give a strong signal to the currently ongoing negotiations.

Unlike the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which tries to assess the current situation and what the future trends are, the 2007 Bali Climate Declaration by Scientists makes explicit recommendations to policy makers. These are twofold, one regarding the current Conference, and one future goals. On the talks here at Bali, the Declaration says it is necessary that "a new global climate treaty [...] needs to begin in December 2007 and be completed by 2009". It went on to say that "The primary goal of this new regime must be to limit global warming to no more than 2 °C", and that emissions would need to be cut to 40% or less than 2004 levels in order to be able to reach that goal.

Asked by which means these reductions could be achieved, Professor Richard Somerville from the United States answered that only a combination of technological advances and lifestyle changes would be sufficient to attain the proposed emission levels.

The declaration, which is only about a page long, and its signatory list can be found at the Climate Change Research Centre's website (see below).


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Comments:German polar bear Knut turns one

Oh my god! This is ridiculous! They killed Bruno, the other bear from Germany, but Knut becomes more popular from day to day. I guess they are more cute when they are tame and little... Only then they deserve to live. Damn people always looking for money. "He is so cute, let's sell T-Shirts !" If Bruno was tamed, they would be making money with him as well. What can we learn from that? If you don't already know: "Money rules the world!" ... It's a shame Wikipedia reports about a polar bear's birthday...

A few days ago German scientists discovered a new sort of light bulb that needs less electric power, lasts a lot longer and is environmental friendlier than any other light bulb before. Why don't they report about that? Fruchtfrosch 05:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:National Football League: Quarterback Brett Favre breaks record for touchdowns

Brett Favre has the biggest weiney in the world!!!

Comments from feedback form - "sup"
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Comments:Girl shot six times protecting her mother in Michigan, US

"Ford said she dialed 911 on her cell phone as she walked into the station. "The first operator clicked off and I dialed again and told that operator a guy with a gun was holding me hostage with a mother and baby and threatening to kill us. I told her the name of the gas station and then she said they didn't have a unit to send. ... I told him I needed more gas and took money out of my purse and went back into the station," she said. The attendant, Mohammad Alghazali, 30, said he noticed Ford was crying and she told him what was happening. He called 911 as he heard shots coming from the vehicle. ... Alghazali said a police car on a street nearby arrived in less than a minute after his call."

So, wait a minute. She calls the police and they hang up. She calls the police again and they say they have no vehicles to send. So a business calls - this is the third phonecall - and the police have a car down the street and it shows up in less than a minute? Why is no one rioting? This is unbelievable and it shows who the police are interested in protecting.

911 don't work as well sometimes
My father was dying in my arms last Tuesday and I called 911 and no one picked it up... I had to take him to the hospital myself. -Yubal —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.79.100.217 (talk) 15:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

heroism
a child who will give her life for a parents is something veru great. that love tells you God is real! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.11.71.144 (talk) 23:13, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Heroism
Love Like this shows the real God above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.11.71.144 (talk) 23:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Please research
Please reserch your article, it is completely in error on a number of points. The girlfriend did not ask the boyfriend if she could come to his house, she asked one of her girlfriends if her daughter and she could stay at her girlfriend's home because of a lack of heat. When the girlfriend arrived to pick them up she saw the ex-boyfriend on the porch, the girlfriend beleived him to be a furnace repairman untill she got closer and recognized his face. At that time all three females were taken hostage and ordered into the girlfriend's vehicle. Also be aware that the woman had a personal protection order against the ex-boy freind who had been stalking her and a few days prior to this incident the police were called to the house where he was stalking her, at which point the police picked him up and instead of taking him to jail they took him to his aunt's house and released him. On the night of the attack he had cut the telephone line to the house in order to prevent any calls for help to arrive.
 * Whether she did or not, that is the way it was reported at the time. If facts were indeed different, then a new article should be started about what really happened.--SVTCobra 03:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Scientists take strong stance for cutting emissions at Climate Conference in Bali

Original reporting notes (brief)
I was at the press conference where they presented the Declaration, and stayed for the Q+A session as well. I think the video should be archived.. : http://172.17.17.203/ramgen/unfccc/2007/pc/unfccc071206pc5-orig.rm. I got the declaration and there press release as paper as well. I didn´t actually take any notes, but wrote from memory and their declaration. (wait, thats not right, I wrote two lines on the Q+A: that achievement of the cuts would require lifestyle changes and technologic measures and another,[sorry not got my notes here] . I´d like to say that we (the media) were presented this very much bite sized (in case that doesn´t carry through from the story), so it wasn´t much of a feat to write this. I guess I could do some checking up on who the scientists are, so as to add that... (but that would be work :D).Sean Heron 10:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


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Takeitoutside.com
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Comments:Scientists take strong stance for cutting emissions at Climate Conference in Bali

Through the market or not? Fephisto 15:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * They didn´t go into detail as how the cuts are to be achieved (as that is not there expertise, in my understanding the signatories are mostly climate scientists). I reckon they would support market mechanisms (cap and trade in particular), as thats the only real option being talked about. However it was pretty clear that they wanted to keep their statement clear and easily digestable, so they stuck to what they saw as central: major cuts in GHG emissions need to be made. Regards Sean Heron 03:41, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

It's like were all going to die if we dont..
o wait we are! FFS (middle F is frick btw as wiki has a no swearing policy), these guys know what theyre talknig about maybe somebody (read AMERICA) should listen to them, while companies can lie, evidence (what scientists talk in) cant! It can be skewed, exaggerate and taken out of context but the basic facts are clear to anybody with a high school education (well with an interest in science anyway). light -> earth -> heat -> co2 -> heat -> earth -> etc! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.45.210.78 (talk) 18:52, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I asked America what they thought about the statement just an hour later, but of course they couldn´t answer as they hadn´t had any time to review the declaration yet: http://172.17.17.203/ramgen/unfccc/2007/pc/unfccc071206pc7-orig.rm (about 19 minutes in). I might try to follow up on that though :) Sean Heron 03:45, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


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India vs Pakistan
Thanks for creating this story but unfortunately this story never got developed or published and it is now to old to publish, sorry. For your next story remember not to overuse links in the text, although a good try for your first contribution for wikinews (I know that by looking at this page). Please continue to contribute to wikinews. --Anonymous101 17:50, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Middle East peace conference begins in Annapolis, Maryland

what the heck is President Bush thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Shenika Dunbar
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Your recent edits
Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikinews pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. On many keyboards, the tilde is entered by holding the Shift key, and pressing the key with the tilde pictured. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot 18:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Please do not vandalise my user talk page. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. 66.171.209.91 02:47, 10 December 2007 (UTC) (en.wp user Swatjester)

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Comments:US: Iran nuclear weapons initiative ended in 2003

Without meaning to be snide to the US, they were incorrect about Iraq having WMDs, and they are likely to be wrong about Iran not having WMDs. It would be dangerous to move on and ignore Iran from now.-79.180.17.130 22:10, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


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US Senate Panel approves bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

December 6, 2007 A United States Senate committee has passed landmark legislation aimed at combating global warming by limiting carbon dioxide emissions. The vote was timed to coincide with the U.N. conference on climate change taking place in Bali, Indonesia.

The bill would set caps on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility, transportation and manufacturing industries beginning in 2012 with the goal of cutting emissions 60 percent by 2050. It would create an incentive system that would give credits to industries that cut pollution. Industries that failed to reduce emissions would be forced to buy credits from others.

The Democratic-led Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted eleven to eight, largely along party lines, to send the measure to the full Senate for what supporters hope will be action early next year.

"We are facing a crisis that will hit our children and our grandchildren the hardest if we do not act now. Not to act would be wrong, cowardly, and irresponsible," said Senator Barbara Boxer, a Californian Democrat, chairwoman of the committee.

Senator Boxer, who is expected to travel to Bali as part of a U.S. congressional delegation next week, said committee approval of the bill sends a signal to the rest of the world that the United States is serious about reducing global warming.

But many Republicans oppose the legislation, saying it would increase energy costs and lead to job losses. They argue the measure does not ensure that other nations, particularly China and India, will cut emissions.

"China's emission will continue to accelerate as it builds coal plants and imports jobs from the United States. This will be enormously expensive to households within seven years as electricity prices skyrocket by 35 to 65 percent," said Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the committee.

But co-sponsor Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia, who broke with many in his party to support the measure, offered a different view: "If we do not act, China and India will hide behind America's skirts of inaction and take no steps of their own. Therefore we simply have to lead," he said.

The House of Representatives has yet to draft its own version of the legislation.


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User talk:79.180.17.130

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User talk:69.159.25.35

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User talk:129.186.18.59

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User talk:66.204.76.61

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User talk:204.184.214.1

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Amtrak train smashes freighter in Chicago

December 1, 2007

An Amtrak train collided with a parked Norfolk Southern freight train in Chicago on Friday. 30 people were injured, five of them Amtrak personnel who were most seriously injured.

Amtrak train 371, the Pere Marquette, started in Grand Rapids, Michigan and carried 193 people on board including six crew members. The train was in south Chicago heading towards its destination of Chicago Union Station when the crash occurred around 17:30 UTC. No injuries were reported among the crew of the Norfolk Southern freight train. Amtrak's locomotive, a GE Genesis, was derailed by the force of the impact, although the rest of the passenger train remained on the tracks. All Amtrak trains between Chicago and Michigan are currently cancelled while workers remove the locomotive from the scene and perform any needed repairs. A National Transportation Safety Board "Go Team" led by Ted Turpin was dispatched to the scene to conduct a federal investigation into the crash.


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Wikinews Shorts: December 7, 2007

Paris Hilton film announces soundtrack
Lionsgate Films and Twisted Pictures announced the artists on the soundtrack of Repo! The Genetic Opera, yesterday.

Among those contributing the soundtrack are Richard Patrick (Filter), Steven Perkins (Jane's Addiction), Clown (Slipknot), Ray Luzier (Army of Anyone), Brian Young (David Lee Roth's band), Richard Fortus (Guns & Roses), Sonny Moore (First to Last), David J (Bauhaus/Love & Rockets), Daniel Ash (Love & Rockets), Blasko (Ozzy Osborne), Tommy Clefetus (Rob Zombie's band), Melora Creager (Rasputina). Pop singer Poe is the only solo artist on the album.

The cast, all of whom sing their own songs, includes Anthony Head, Paul Sorvino, Alexa Vega, Sarah Brightman, Bill Moseley and Kevin Ogilvie. Gathering the most headlines for the movie, though, is hotel heiress Paris Hilton. Hilton's 2006 debut album Paris reached #6 on the Billboard album chart.

The movie is set in 2056, where organ failures are common. Fictional biotech firm GeneCo offers organ transplants, but those who can't pay up get their parts repossessed.

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Conrad Black named Maclean's Newsmaker of the Year
Canadian news magazine Maclean's has chosen its equivalent of the TIME Magazine Person of the Year, jailed business tycoon Conrad Black.

Conrad faces a cruel business in the months and years ahead. But he is a resilient man, and the way he has comported himself throughout this ordeal, which bordered on a nobility even his detractors grudgingly acknowledged, suggests that he will survive whatever lies ahead, and makes him Maclean's "Newsmaker of the Year." And, Maclean's, along with its readers, watch and wait to see if the mighty will rise again.

The issue looks at the top new faces of the year, the "exits" of people and things, a Political Yearbook, and more. The issue hit newsstands yesterday.

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Talk:Sudoku/2006/January

Anyone else find this a little spammy?
 * Oh, yes, but it was way old so unpublished as a start. --SVTCobra 02:16, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:US Senate Panel approves bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

This is being talked about here at the Conference, and is widely regarded as pretty good news by the enviromental NGOs :). The problem is going to be getting it through the senate itself, which I heard one American saying he reckoned was rather unlikely (as they´d need 60 pro to overcome a filibuster by the republicans. Sean Heron 03:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

More welfare for the rich
The bottom line here is that if Joe Schmuck's grandchildren want to be allowed to burn a log in their fireplace, they're going to have to pay the descendants of Rich Powerplant for the privilege.* What everyone has taken for granted - the right to burn fuel - will soon be the valued property of certain industrialists, whom our society sees fit to reward for all the good work they've done in getting us into this mess. After this measure the common person will be born with fewer rights and the wealthy person will be born with one more kind of property. All because "democratic government" may have the power to tax poor people for their beer and cigarettes, but it doesn't have the power to tax the rich for polluting - it can only obsequiously offer to pay them for it. 70.15.116.59 07:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

* An optimistic view; more likely they'll have to sign contracts committing them to special forms of obedience for the privilege; for all I know they'll have to sacrifice extra offspring to help offset overpopulation...


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5 reporters hurt in conflict over ex-President's monument in Taiwan

December 8, 2007

Before the Ministry of Education removed the title the "Gate of Great Centrality and Perfect Uprightness" along the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, members of the public and politicians from Pan-Greens and Pan-Blues battled and demonstrated there, but 5 reporters were hit by a truck near the National Central Library when they made a SNG live report.

According to witnesses and Chien-chiang Wang from Formosa Television, they witnessed the driver deliberately stepping on the accelerator after he hit a reporter and braked. Even though the suspect, Sheng-lou Peng was under arrested by the police, he caused the public indignations and was punched by a protester.

Due to the incident, politicians from Pan-Greens and Pan-Blues argued for the responsibilities again. Eventually, a legislative candidate named Feng Mei maliciously said: "It's a show, SO WHAT?!" This behavior without respects on hurt reporters caused outrages from voters from Pan-Greens and Pan-Blues and Mei's neighborhoods.

Politicians from two coalitions like Premier of the Republic of China Chun-hsiung Chang, KMT 2008 Presidential Candidate Ying-jeou Ma, Magistrate of Taipei County Hsi-wei Chou, Minister of the Government Information Office Chih-wei Hsieh, and current President of the Republic of China Shui-bian Chen all criticized on this incident and hoped 5 hurt reporters can recover soon.


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Its shocking, they all knew it, Catholic church is a crime organization. It has noting to do with religion user:CroatianUser


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Germany's top officials seek to ban Scientology

December 7, 2007

After an investigation into the Church of Scientology (CoS), top security officials in Germany said that they consider its goals to be in conflict with the German constitution. Hamburg's Interior Minister Udo Nagel first brought complaints to state interior ministers in Hamburg. The German Office for the Protection of the Constitution has also been monitoring the group, fearing they may gain control in German elections. In official reports, the government agency has said "There is substantial evidence that the Scientology organization is involved in activities directed against the free democratic order." Nagel has been building support among other interior ministers.

Berlin's Interior Minister, Senator Erhart Koerting, presided over a two-day conference on the issue with the interior ministers of all of Germany's 16 states. Federal Interior Minister,, also attended. The German government does not believe Scientology is a religion, but instead treats it as a commercial enterprise, and states that it takes advantage of its members. The government taxes the CoS and its sister organizations as businesses in the country.

The interior ministers will ask Germany's domestic intelligence agency to determine what will be necessary in order to ban the CoS in Germany. The organization has been under investigation by the German government for over a decade, under allegations that it "threatens the peaceful democratic order."

Scientologists have said that the investigation is a violation of their freedom of religion, and the United States Department of State has criticized Germany in its Human Rights Reports in previous years. Sabine Weber, a representative of Scientology in Germany, called the actions to ban Scientology "more than incomprehensible."

This past summer, Germany had initially refused producers of a film starring Scientologist Tom Cruise to film at key sites. Cruise was later able to shoot his film in certain restricted areas.


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GÄÄÄÄHN!!!


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Still could expand a bit more from this source, Reuters : Wilhelm 15:25, 7 December 2007 (UTC).
 * In particular this needs to describe what exactly is meant by 'ban.' A word as strong as that shouldn't be used without a specific explanation.  It seems that they would like to shut down financial transactions and even possibly disallow scientology-owned businesses/headquarters.  But to prohibit the personal practice of scientology in the same way Nazism is prohibited there, which is what I read 'ban' to mean, is extremely unlikely and infeasible.Demiquave 16:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've replaced the term "scientology" with "Church of Scientology" where necessary. Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices and, as such, is not the object of the potential ban.  What officials are seeking to prohibit is the primary organization associated with Scientology, the CoS.  The terms can be synonymous sometimes, with "scientology" referring to the church, but in this case, the distinction is important.  I used the abbreviation a few times since 'Church of Scientology' gets unwieldy, not sure if that's good journalistic practice.  cheers!Demiquave 16:31, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

 * "Ban" is the word used by the Associated Press, which I think is a more respected source on the matter than Wikinews. Wilhelm 20:51, 7 December 2007 (UTC).
 * I agree that it's entirely appropriate, and that lots of outlets have used that term. I just think it's important to note in the article (headline is excusable because of limited space) that it's the organization being banned here.  Demiquave 01:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's fine. Wilhelm 11:06, 8 December 2007 (UTC).


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I can see where they are coming from but if people want to be scientologists let them, no one is forcing them to be scientologists, and I am fine with them being scientologists as long as they are peaceful and non-violent (although I would never be a scientologist). --Anonymous101 16:38, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

If someone wants to practice Scientology within the bounds of the law, that is their right, yes.

But this action is being taken against the organization, the Church of Scientology, and if the German government has evidence that they are doing naughty unconstitutional things, they have every right to ban the organization and prosecute the members who are involved with that kind of thing.

Singling out a specific member who was in the country for presumably non-Scientology-related reasons, however, is a little more questionable, unless he was also planning to do other naughty things under the Church of Scientology's direction while he was there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.88.255.139 (talk) 17:42, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

 * What is interesting about Scientology is they are making sincere efforts to place their members inside positions of power in government, look it up, they've attempted to infiltrate numerous US agencies in order to secure their status in America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.50.73.131 (talk) 18:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

 * scientologiests are no better than drug dealers, they get you hooked on bull when you 1st go in then keep you hooked using tricks, including getting you to leave your family! I see anything banning Scientology as a stop forward--18:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.82.106.28 (talk)

Sweet! Avoiding this junk is why NO country should grant religious worker visas. Nyarlathotep 00:48, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Any religion that was created due to a bet is laughable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.74.86.66 (talk) 02:56, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

The Greatest Show On The Internet
It may sound like a dull wacky cult, but I assure you... the deeper you dig, the more fun the events surrounding this group will provide. We're talking about nuclear physicists and Navy spooks breeding a putative Antichrist in a Caltech mansion, people taking confessions under a lie detector and their information stashed in secret files, poisonous snakes left in mailboxes, people breaking into the IRS to get their tax status fixed (and winning!), ships anchored in international waters with naughty cultists locked in the space where the anchor chain is drawn up into should they happen to move, spammed child porno appearing so the first anonymous remailer can get broken into, and it goes on and on. I'm not saying everything you read is true (who knows?) but it's glorious entertainment! Start here with the book they tried to suppress. Safety First 07:26, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

This is bullshit. It's amazing how country's leaders try to CENSOR their citizens because THEY DONT WANT US GETTING TOO SMART NOW. They're finally realizing not everyone is a brainwashable Christian, and they don't like it!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.214.66 (talk) 09:05, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Just because you're not a Christian doesn't mean you can't be brainwashed. Actually, I also find the precedent of banning "religions" to be dangerous, but there's a difference between targeting a religion and an organization.  If you want to become a Protestant or a Jain or a Wiccan you can look up the core principles of your new religion online and discuss your conversion for free.  From what I've read, if you want to become a Scientologist, their "Tech" is copyrighted, and you're supposed to learn by taking "courses" costing up to tens of thousands of dollars.  There are unsanctioned practitioners of the religion (basically an offshoot of 1950s psychology that carefully refrains from practices requiring licensing), but they act more or less in defiance of copyright law.  While I think sharp fellows should have fairly wide latitude to separate fools from their money, there's only so much funny business - and so many criminal activities - that any government can be expected to put up with from an organization before it takes some kind of action. Safety First 17:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


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"What Olympics?" say 34 percent of Canadians about 2010

December 7, 2007

While the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games may be hard at work, constructing stadiums, building roads, and launching the event's mascots, a third of Canada remains oblivious.

When polled by Decima Research, 34% of Canadians could not name the location of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Sam Sullivan, mayor of Vancouver, was asked by CTV whether he was concerned with the results of the poll, commissioned by the federal government. He remained confident of their abilities as an international host, saying the Games will bring "us together as a country."

Pollsters accepted either Vancouver or Whistler as correct answers. In the host province, British Columbia, all but 3% were aware. But other major provinces didn't fare so well. Only 68% of Albertans and 60% of Ontario residents knew. Quebec remained the least aware, with only 43% giving a correct answer.

Only 2 in 5 Canadians think the Olympics will positively affect those facing social issues. That question fared even worse in B.C., where just 29% agree.


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Comments:2007 Ig Nobel Prize winners announced

this is fuckin gay

The peace prize is really fucked up —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.132.118.239 (talk) 16:58, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

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Many of the already famaous persona grabs this prize:thats why its so infamous and many young persons of this world are not familiar/peculiar with it: There for it does'nt real make the world a better place for all ==41.138.78.17 (talk) 09:25, 13 August 2017 (UTC)


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HMV Canada to finally sell iPods, to avoid fate of Sam's, Music World

December 7, 2007 Many of record store HMV's Canadian locations have started to stock iPod portable music players, in a move to stay relevant.

HMV Canada President Humphrey Kadaner commented "While the majority of purchased music continues to be in physical form, it's clear the listening experience of many Canadians is evolving to also include portable music and for the majority of those consumers the digital player of choice is the iPod. As the country's leading music retailer, it only makes sense that we provide a full music experience for our customers by selling Canada's leading digital music player."

"Many people think the world of CDs and the world of iPod are incompatible and it just isn't true. Not only are they compatible, they are now cohabitating at many HMV stores across the country. The addition of iPod in HMV stores is another step in HMV's evolution from a music retailer to an entertainment retailer."

In mid-November this year, Canadian chain Music World announced it was closing its stores as of the new year. The franchise has 72 stores across the country, and 648 employees who have been able to keep their jobs during liquidation, which is expected to continue through until Christmas. The store's website now contains nothing but its logo for months.

Previously, the last remaining location of Sam the Record Man closed down, in downtown Toronto. Sam once had 130 stores nationwide, then the record. There is a store in Belleville and Sarnia, once part of the chain, but now simply known as "SAM".

The last American locations of HMV closed in 2004.


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Climate change talks continue in Bali

December 7, 2007 The United Nations Climate Change Conference in is nearing its halfway mark. Senior delegates are hopeful an international agreement will be reached on how to control harmful when the  expires in 2012, but environmental activists fear the talking is taking too long.

Delegates in Bali hope to begin drafting a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to contain rising global temperatures. Many scientists believe the emissions contribute to a rise in global temperatures.

, the United Nations' climate change chief, told reporters Friday that over the past two days, the mood at negotiations has been positive.

Asked to provided a concrete example of progress, he said a special working group of delegates has agreed that any future agreement should include ways to encourage countries such as China and India to develop environmentally friendly practices as their industries and economies grow.

"So they've gone into an in-depth discussion on mitigation, and have come to the conclusion that really a strong focus needs to be on putting in place incentives for developing countries to mitigate climate change. That came up very strongly. That, to me at least, is a good indication that the mood is good, people are at work," said de Boer.

But environmentalists have not been as optimistic about progress in this week's negotiations.

Also today the Greenpeace ship the  arrived in Bali. Earlier this week, Japan took a position similar to the United States in proposing that any new agreement should favor voluntary emissions targets instead of mandatory ones. The two nations believe that binding emissions caps would threaten the economic growth needed to fund technology used to fight global warming.

, director of the 's Climate Change Program, urged the U.S., Japan and others to take more decisive action in light of a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that found global warming is occurring and is likely caused by humans.

"We did not come to Bali to just have another process, and we have two years of talks. It is time to get on with it," said Verlome. "The IPCC report has delivered the results that are necessary to inform decision making, and the decision making is here, now."

Verlome and other environmentalists say China has taken a leading role in negotiations this week. China wants wealthy countries to help spread technology for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in poor countries.

of the U.S. delegation reaffirmed his country's opposition to mandatory caps on carbon emissions, but said the U.S. would be open and flexible.

"The U.S. is committed to advancing negotiations, and developing a Bali roadmap, that will guide negotiations on a new post-2012 global climate change regime that is environmentally effective and economically sustainable," he said.

Delegates are on schedule to begin drafting proposals early next week. Environment and trade ministers are scheduled to meet over the next few days.

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