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BBC Resources sale could be unprofitable

November 8, 2007

The sale of the BBC subsidiary BBC Resources Ltd., has hit a hurdle after it emerged that the BBC could be left with a loss of up to £15 million on the deal. The cost of transferring the pensions of BBC Resources staff from the BBC pension scheme to its new owners could be up to £50 million according to a Guardian Newspaper report.

Managers from the division will meet with union representatives from BECTU on Monday to discuss this and related sale issues. BECTU general secretary, Gerry Morrissey is quoted as saying: "If the BBC gets less than £50 million for BBC Resources then how can it fulfil [sic] its duty of care to licence fee payers?"

It is believed that the BBC had hoped that a surplus in its pension fund could be used to bridge the possible £50 million gap — but the trustees of the fund have said "no". A BBC source said: "This is being discussed at the highest level".

Since April 2004 members of the BBC pension scheme have seen their contributions into it increase regularly, the BBC — like many other employers — having reduced its contribution (to 4.5% of payroll) over a ten year period when the stock market was booming in the 1990s.

The Guardian is seen as a reliable source on BBC matters, having reported the proposed sale of BBC Television Centre back in January 2007, with the formal announcement finally being made by BBC Director General Mark Thompson on October 18, 2007.

Background to the Resources sale
The Resources business-to-business unit was formed in 1998 and operates television studios, post-production and outside broadcast facilities for it's parent share-holding company, the BBC. It does not own any studios or premises, its assets being staff and equipment.

Advertised for sale on 16th August in the Financial Times, The Times and Broadcast and last year making profits of £5.2 million with a revenue of £126 million, the disposal — led by Ernst & Young — invited expressions of interest for the whole division or for each of its three operations separately. The BBC has yet to release the names of the short-listed companies.

BBC Resources was the first of the BBC's commercial business-to-business divisions to be set up as a limited company and will be the last to be sold, the BBC having previously divested itself of BBC Technology and BBC Broadcast — BBC Worldwide, formerly BBC Enterprises, will remain in-house as it earns revenue from the archive, media and licensing of products — in the year to 31 March 2007 Worldwide had a turnover of £810.4 million, generating profits of £111 million.

The BBC wants to use any money raised to be put into international commercial expansion and content, most probably through Worldwide.

It had been intended to float Resources back in 2005, but this was postponed for two years following strike action and ACAS talks in June 2005 — the BBC giving an undertaking that there would be no preparations made to sell the company until January 2007, and no sale allowed before July of this year. The current time-scale would see its disposal by the end of the current financial year in March 2008.


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How wonderful this experience! I would like to see it multiplied in many places.Jaime Saldarriaga 15:54, 8 November 2007 (UTC) Jaime Saldarriaga

OLPC's XO-1 has stared mass prodution
As posted on the OLPC Wiki XO-1 laptops are finally in full production Image posted originally posted 6 November 2007

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2007 Baseball World Cup Day 2: 4 teams score lots of runs

November 8, 2007

Batters overpower pitchers on this the second day of 2007 BWC. Italy, Chinese Taipei, Japan, and Canada easily won by ending early the games against their opponents as their aggressive hitting made it look like batting practice.

South Korea vs Venezuela
With both pitchers shutting down their opponents' batting, it quickly became a pitching duel. Through the 6th inning, a 0-0 double shutout was still holding. But at the top of 7th inning, with Kim Joo Chan's solo HR and Lee Seung Hwa's 2 runs HR to break the tie. With further effective batting, Korea went on to beat Venezuela with a final score of 4-0.

USA vs Panama
Last night, assisted by Mexico's errors and some key hits, USA defeated Mexico with 3-0. Today, the Americans faced Panama, who beat Spain, 5-0, in yesterday's opening match. Starting pitcher, Matt Wright, and relief pitchers, Chris Perez and Jeff Stevens, effectively closed down Panama's offense. USA scored 4 runs in the first two innings and went on to a comfortable victory at 7-0.

Netherlands vs Australia
Australia was defeated in extra innings by Cuba's 2 HRs, yesterday, even though the Aussies had the lead in the 9th. However, the Netherlands should not be overlooked. Evenly matched, it became a pitching game like Korea vs Venezuela did earlier. By the 6th inning, the teams were tied 2-2. The game was decided in the 9th inning. The Netherlands scored first in the top half, but in the bottom of the inning, the Dutch committed fielding errors. Australian player Trent Oeltjen secured the game, 4-3, for the Aussies by driving in the game-winning run.

Group A

 * Spain 1-11A Italy
 * Mexico 3-15A Japan
 * Chinese Taipei 16A-1 South Africa

Group B

 * Cuba 7-3 Germany
 * Canada 18A-0 Thailand

Group A

 * United States vs Italy
 * South Africa vs Spain
 * Mexico vs Panama
 * Japan vs Chinese Taipei

Group B

 * Thailand vs South Korea
 * Venezuela vs Australia
 * Germany vs Netherlands
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Comments:Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer

EW seems to me a very odd guy. Isn´t he? Jaime Saldarriaga 16:28, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Does he really think that doctors invent something about different kinds of HIV to scare him to practice safe sex? That's just downright sad... typical, but sad... --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:36, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was disappointed in that response as well. --David Shankbone 22:40, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

classics
David, another great interview.

I hope Edmund White is right about the canon taking an academic role secondary to contemporary authors. It’s not been my experience with my students, but I hope. In college courses, there are a few contemporary writers, but the emphasis is on canonical works. I just logged off the Princeton University course catalogue, which bears me out. Hampshire College was better of course, and the change is inevitable--the internet, the public domain--and it may well be that Edmund White is looking at a more forward thinking, or progressive, group of professors/teachers. MFA programs are further along than PHD programs, which are further along than undergraduate, in my estimation.

I would love to hear what title, if any, Edmund White would strike from the "classics."

Many thanks to Edmund and David for their conversation,

John Reed

canon
he is against the canon, which he views as elitist.

his views on the canon are contained in the essay "the personal is political" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Milsy (talk • contribs) 00:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

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I loved this. I find his writing incredible. I also wish it wasn't all about gay this and gay that though. It's tough. Tough to digest. I don't know if it's because maybe secretly I agree with all the sexual "activity." Or maybe it's that I'm straight and I'm not allowed to and have been programmed to not agree. I don't know. It teeters on disgusting and interesting. —71.201.211.17 (talk) 04:32, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

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i haven't laughed this hard in a long time. i appreciate the candor and wit of the interview. —68.122.72.194 (talk) 21:00, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Just another blathering commentator ...
Edmund White's comments seem to have hit a real point, at least with this reader, who is familiar with his work from his first collaboration on "The Joy of Gay Sex" and the general tone of the rewrite of that major work.

This work really needs to be looked it in that context.

Kudos! Really.

Of course, for those of us who do live proverbially "somewhere just outside of Lausanne" the whole bit of footsie, both saying something and not saying, leaving it unsaid, is part of the pleasure of a very exceptional read.

--S L S

Ed White
Honesty and good looks. I love you Ed. -13:50, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Edmund White Interview
Fascinating interview with a perennially fascinating man. And how typical of him that he was eventually prepared to appear with Larry Kramer, who had so vilified him, in a talk interview when the man was dying.


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Deadly shooting at high school in Finland
Eight people have been killed in a school shooting in Jokela, Finland according to an official police briefing. The victims are five male students and two female students and the principal of the Jokela High School. At least 12 people were injured from glass and other injuries during evacuation, but are not in serious danger. Besides the eight that perished, only one other person has been reported to have received a gunshot wound, but is also reported to be out of serious danger.

At a news conference at 18:00 EET (UTC+2), police said that they arrested the shooter after a siege situation at the Jokela School Centre. The shooter is said to be an 18-year-old male student, named as Pekka-Eric Auvinen, who attended the school.

The police say that the shooter had probably shot himself at some point in an apparent suicide attempt. He died at nearby Töölö Hospital at 22:14 EET. The police confirmed that they had not used weapons during the incident.

Illegal drug found to be used in the manufacture of toys
Bindeez beads, a children's toy from Australia and manufactured by Moose Enterprise in Hong Kong, is being pulled off toy store shelves in the United Kingdom after traces of an illegal drug, which is converted into gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) when ingested, was found inside the toy. At least 20 million toys are affected.

So far at least three children from the U.K. and at least two from Auckland, New Zealand have fallen seriously ill and are currently receiving medical attention. The toy is also sold in the United States as Aqua Dots with several illnesses reported.

The toy was recently named Australia's number one toy for 2007.

Albanian group claims responsibility for Macedonia clashes
A group, calling itself the Political-Military Council of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) says it was behind yesterday's armed clash with Macedonian police forces which left at least six dead.

In a statement, the organization claims that its members, formerly of the “Albanian Territorial Liberation Army“, had been "forced to assemble a regular military unit in order to protect the endangered Albanian people, and every inch of Albanian territory.“

This Thursday, the situation in the Tetovo region village, the scene of yesterday's battle, is calm.

New Zealand police blocked from laying terrorism charges
Following dozens of raids across New Zealand a few weeks ago, the Solicitor General has advised the Police Commissioner, Howard Broad, the New Zealand Police will not lay charges against those arrested under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002.

On October 15, when the raids occurred, 17 people were arrested and twelve of those were referred from the police to the Solicitor General, David Collins QC, to lay charges under the Terrorism Suppression Act. His consent was needed to lay charges relating to the act. Those arrested were charged with breaching the Firearms Act, however.

Mr Collins came to his decision due to insufficient evidence that there was planning or preparation of a terrorist act of any kind by those activist groups raided, and that the Terrorism Suppression Act is "complex and incoherent"

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Konami Cup Asia Series 2007 Day 1: Uni-Lions reverses China, SK Wyverns ends Japan's winning streak

November 8, 2007

Konami Cup Asia Series 2007 battled in Tokyo Dome today, with 2007 BWC in Taiwan and upcoming 2007 Asian Baseball Championship chained on the qualification of 2008 Summer Olympics, this series may varied Asian's teams recently.

Uni-President Lions (Taiwan) vs China Stars (China)
An alternative Cross-Strait battle became the routine Opening Match in the Konami Cup. For the Uni Lions, they have more actual strength than La New Bears of last year, and they try to win back title to Taiwan. In the China's way, due to the upcoming of 2008 Olympics, their players want to show their strength at this game.

Even though the starting pitcher Nelson Figueroa couldn't press China's batting with 1-4 behind before the 6th inning, with a Grand Slam HR by Chen Lien-hung and a back-to-back HR by Yang Sen, Uni Lions finally reversed China Stars with 9-5 by 3 HRs.

SK Wyverns (South Korea) vs Chunichi Dragons (Japan)
Evidentially, Dragons didn't take any advantages at their home. Instead of SK, they scored 5 RBIs at 6th and 7th innings and finally won Dragons with 6-3 even though Yung Chun Cho was hit by Kazuki Inoue's 2 RBIs HR at the bottom of 7th inning.

Tomorrow's fixtures

 * China Stars vs SK Wyverns
 * Uni-President Lions vs Chunichi Dragons


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Jack Ma
No doubt, Jack Ma is a man with remarkable business vision. Jaime Saldarriaga 17:00, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Tidal surge expected in UK

Used Met office and EA reports as well as BBC article. --Mark Talk to me 17:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

That, eh, doesn't sound like OR to me. They are all in the listed sources, no? --SVTCobra 18:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

ok well now there here does it make it OR. wasnt sure where there meant to go - is my first OR.

Another news report on it --Mark Talk to me 21:39, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

What I meant was that all of it is the kind of sources that we use and cite to form "regular reporting" - or whatever one should call it. However, this and the other story are so related that they should be merged to form one cohesive story. --SVTCobra 00:14, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Major protests in Venezuela over proposed constitutional changes

No doubt, Chávez wants to be reelected and get more power than he has now. It doesn´t look good for democracy. Jaime Saldarriaga 17:32, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Its a sad day because i thought after decades of us medaling Venezuela was gunna be happy with its anti-us socialist democracy, but now it looks like theyre going to slip into comunism! It's a shame i really liked the socialist for having the balls to stand up against bush, but suspect he'll get his powers partly because of the (us backed) interventions trying to overthrow him twice, were fought against by people not police! I don't see it as a failure of democracy tho, if they choose to vote him in thats how democracy works (not like WWII where he tricked his way into power). We can only hope that the leader doesn't commit atrocities in order to keep the power the next time the US try and intervene (its not even worth thinking that they wont):(

That smell...
Hugo Chavez smells like sulfur! Contralya 05:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

It's penalty of U.S. to Chavez for his attitude against Bush government.

 * No. It proves that Bush is right to put him on the 'beyond the axis of evil' list. He supports Castro, and people in south America like to follow him. He is south America's Stalin. I mean, the administrations of lots of south American nations just love him. They really think that the war in Iraq is justification for thinking the U.S. is evil. The next president of the USA needs to set south America straight, to start off, there need to be democratic revolutions in Cuba and Venezuela. Contralya 17:40, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps thats why everyone loves them. The US keeps trying to impose their will on them, and they keep telling the US where they can go. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:47, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

=Hayek is smiling=

His thesis point is proven yet another time. Socialism leads to tyranny. Fephisto 18:13, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Chemical weapons used in Iraq by US military, says Italian documentary

I will try to see this in RAI hoping that it will be shown again. Is is good that RAI is doing this, so that real facts can be seen all over the world. What should come now that the press has shown these facts? Will there be any action following this documentary show to the world? Will United Nations do anything?. Jaime Saldarriaga 18:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

As soon as the UN makes us stop we will —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.166.247.4 (talk) 04:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)


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And why the Office of the Vicepresident declined to comment on this issue? hummmm....


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Comments:Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy

I do have a rather strong opinion of this piece. I think it is one of the greatest interviews to ever appear in Wikinews. First, it testifies to the very value of an interview in the context of news media: it informs with recent, relevant information from a reputable source. Next, it reveals excellent judgment on David Shankbone's part, in his selection of the person to interview for this topic. Better yet, Shankbone was well informed and well prepared, asking intelligent and right-to-the-point questions, getting answers that could go a long way to inform, even guide the general public in a world where most media shoot for sensationalism, not to inform but merely to sell eyeballs to advertisers. David Shankbone's professionalism and successful execution of this interview can be proudly offered as the perfect retort to the media mandarins and other naysayers of citizen journalism. And the guy even takes the pictures! (I dunno, is he a team?)

And then there's Dr. Merlino, a man of considerable stature and accomplishment, heroically agreeing to this interview. With his resume, if he said you were crazy, you'd be in some trouble because you would be hard pressed to find someone with the credentials to say you were ok. I have a passing familiarity with psychology and modern life, so nothing really stood out or shocked me. I learned a few new things about Freud and when the psychiatric establishment gave up on homosexuality as a disease and such. The Doctor responded to David's questions with balanced and reasonable answers, interesting and professional as one would expect of such a person. Then towards the end of the interview he was talking about public apathy in the face of government transgressions and he made the statement, "I long for the play Hair to come back. It's forty years old now. I don't understand why it's not back on Broadway." In that moment as I was reading it, unbeknownst to the good Doctor, he became my friend.

I just want to thank absolutely everybody down to the last 10 yen contributor for that. - Zaz 16:25, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

David Shankbone
David Shankbone is a poopie head and narcissistic asshole who uses wikimedia projects opportunistically to archive maximum poopie-headedness. Joseph Merlino seems cool, though. -- Prophetofthewikis 19:28, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * LOL. --David Shankbone 19:34, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Transgender woman
Yes that's me i like being a woman the heck being a man i've had it i'm comfortable living a life as a female that's what i wanted to be since i was 10 years old. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.160.181.8 (talk) 21:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Transgender woman
Yes that's me i like being a woman the heck being a man i've had it i'm comfortable living a life as a female that's what i wanted to be since i was 10 years old, i have been putting on dresses high heels, and panyhose so that i be able to look more like a girl. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.160.181.8 (talk) 21:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Very nice site! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.55.158.75 (talk) 02:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy
Having read all the reviews posted on this matter, my toughts turn to people living in loneliness, segregation, misunderstood and probably deeply depressed. We are all born with all that we need to survive........so what goes wrong?........dealing with socilaising as well as surviving...........in a world that is becoming even further removed from reality through the media. I blame directly the influence the media has on people's minds.........whether it is films, programs on TV or music, we are all bombarded with the latest hype. Is it time we started to ask questions again? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.152.253.254 (talk) 21:24, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

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Decent article in general. Interesting points. —24.107.115.39 (talk) 01:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

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The questions were relevant and the subject was informative and thought-provoking. —71.191.26.248 (talk) 00:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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I liked the article, I am into psychology and psychosis, and this is what I have been looking for, the Jokes might of been a little off topic and annoying, but other than that, well done. Keep them coming please. —70.112.229.204 (talk) 07:31, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

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A insightful and straightforward look at involvement, intellectual honesty, with an inside view of a considerate practitioner of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. Dr Merlino represents the growth and direction of the practice of solving mental problems and illnesses in an informed and well thought out process that benefits his patients. A good and informative article for all to read. Thank you. —141.0.8.155 (talk) 01:18, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Spirituality, Carl Jung and Global Deleria.
What's considered our social norm, is far away from the universal norm which is much more centered and abstract.

Spiritually the norm is all about love, forgiveness and acceptance of each and every individual. Fetishes wise, Fetishes are nothing more than alternative sexual tastes. It's very much like the spectrum of music, you might like to listen to music others may find extremely unnapealing and maybe even taboo. Same goes with sexuality.

I for one have an alternate sexual taste which happens to be popular in the furry/scalie subculture. I find the human body unnatractive, so do I find the normal bioligical way of having sex. I have voraphillia and am attracted to anything serpentine.

Spiritualy I've been in love with a serpentine dragon, and even practice astral projection to induce 'hallucinations' and 'dreams' in which I turn into my true self. Ofcourse bieng aware that I'm in such state with 'reality checks' and common sense.

Yes, I believe I am a dragon in heart, soul, mind and spirit. Which is the only reasonable explanation to it. Many spiritualist have written about these concepts, and hypothesize quite valid scientific and filosophical concepts about higher levels of existences as proven in string and quanta. As the possiblity of such 'serpentine' or other forms having incarnated into a lower form of existence. In which you all limit your views to.

Calling the most enlightened insane, and prescribing serotanine uptake inhibitors to people going through a spiritual awakening, only making it more difficult for them.

Let's take a look at someone I am personally a huge fan of. Carl Jung, and his theories about sexuality and fetishism. Sexual repression is a social norm, but as many social norms, these are unhealthy for individuals and humanity alike. So I fixed myself, I am polyamorous, as I believe love on all levels should be shared as with many people you can, unconditionally. As such is our modern slavery, binding ourself to currency, going through education with a group of people forcing us to give up our individual beauties and creativity. If you don't adapt, you will get beaten up in the schoolyard, it's either that or adapt. Many of the worlds problems are caused by human imbalance, and incompetence to realize that social norms aren't neccesarily yours and neither need to adapt to them. Even if this would result to certain death or prosecution, neither did the world most popular prophet Jeshua! There will be always people who have lost control in the frontal cortex and go ahead. Also the fact that instinctually we are connected to our reality, and we can clearly but 'inexplainably' feel for example something really obnoxious happening, or have prophetic dreams about events *BEFORE* they actually took place. This been proven but rejected as vodoo by mainstream science and sigmund freud himself when carl jung talked about this.

The higgs boson will never be found, reality is a collective projection. And thus illusive. Infact the constant state each and every human is constantly in, is delerium, because we still take on negative energy and thought, making ourselves believe we don't know the awnser to the ultimate question. We are constantly afraid of our own reality. Using less than 3% of the possible neuronic connections we can make.

To make a long and incoherent story short, if you find this rather low-existentional and obvious subject intresting. READ CARL JUNG! Combine Religion, Spirituality and Science if you ever want to come closer to an awnser.

Never been diagnosed, as I avoid psychologist and visit shamans for my problems instead. To Shamans, I am indeed a dragon (some of them have seen so before they could even know) To psychiatrist, I'd probably be severely autistic, with high IQ. (142)

_87.212.230.138 (talk) 01:13, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

I enjoyed reading this, but it wasn't great. The topic is brilliant and had room for a lot of interesting discussion but I don't think that Merlino's intellect or expertise was tapped in to all and some of the questions seemed almost juvenile and under researched. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.136.241.79 (talk • contribs) 04:30, 2 February 2014

FREUD AND THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX
Alice Miller exposed Freud and his Oedipus complex Lie.

FREUD AND THE TALMUD

Sigmund Freud in his 1905 work Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, outlined a theory of psychosexual development with five distinct phases: - The oral stage (0 - 1.5 years) - The anal stage (1.5 - 3.5 years) - The phallic stage (3.5 – 6 years) culminating in the resolution of the Oedipus conflict - The Latency Phase (6–12 years of age) - The genital, or adult stage

__________________________ TALMUD ON SEX WITH 3YR OLDS Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Sanhedrin Folio 54b http://www.halakhah.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_54.html "Our Rabbis taught: In the case of a male child, a young one is not regarded as on a par with an old one; but a young beast is treated as an old one.23 What is meant by this? — Rab said: Pederasty with a child below nine years of age is not deemed as pederasty with a child above that. Samuel said: Pederasty with a child below three years is not treated as with a child above that" __________________________

FREUD ON SUPERIOR JEWS "Joseph Wortis based on an interview with Freud in 1935: Freud commented that he viewed gentiles as prone to “ruthless egoism,” whereas Jews had a superior family and intellectual life. Wortis then asked Freud if he viewed Jews as a superior people. Freud replied:

“I think nowadays they are… When one thinks that 10 or 12 of the Nobel winners are Jews, and when one thinks of their other great achievements in the sciences and in the arts, one has every reason to think them superior” Page 108 The Culture of Critique

Freud thought Gentiles were prone to "ruthless egoism" but simultaneously declared that the self-described "Chosen Ones" are "superior"? It seems he must have been projecting his own tribe's worst characteristics onto the Gentiles, and extrapolating from there. Also, many of Freud's own patients were Jewish, so most of his "scientific" conclusions were not scientific at all, but rather based on the psycho-analysis of a rather, ahem, psychologically skewed sampling -- although his conclusions are no doubt valid for the majority population that dwells in Israel (and probably Manhattan and Hollywood).

TORAH/TALMUD

The Talmud is Judaism's holiest book (actually a collection of books). Its authority takes precedence over the JEWISH Bible in Judaism. Evidence of this may be found in the Talmud itself, Erubin 21b (Soncino edition):

"My son, be more careful in the observance of the words of the Scribes than in the words of the Torah (JEWISH Bible)."

Jewish scholar Hyam Maccoby, in Judaism on Trial, quotes Rabbi Yehiel ben Joseph:

"Further, without the Talmud, we would not be able to understand passages in the Bible...God has handed this authority to the sages and tradition is a necessity as well as scripture. The Sages also made enactments of their own...anyone who does not study the Talmud cannot understand Scripture."

The Talmud (and not the JEWISH Scriptures) is the legal/canonical text which obligates those who follow the Jewish religion. It is from the Talmud that laws, regulations, and world views are drawn. In practice, the everyday life of the modern religious person is drawn and influenced by the Talmud.

In the late 19th century, most European Jews were a people of the book. But their book wasn’t the JEWISH Bible. It was the BABYLONIAN TALMUD. To this day, the Talmud remains Judaism’s highest moral, ethical and legal authority.

THREE YEAR OLD BRIDES

Second century Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai, one of Judaism’s very greatest rabbis and a creator of Kabbalah, sanctioned pedophilia—permitting molestation of baby girls even younger than three! He proclaimed,

“A proselyte who is under the age of three years and a day is permitted to marry a priest.” 1

Subsequent rabbis refer to ben Yohai’s endorsement of pedophilia as “halakah,” or binding Jewish law. 2

Has ben Yohai, child rape advocate, been disowned by modern Jews? Hardly. Today, in ben Yohai’s hometown of Meron, Israel, tens of thousands of orthodox and ultra-orthodox Jews gather annually for days and nights of singing and dancing in his memory.

References to pedophilia abound in the Talmud. They occupy considerable sections of Treatises Kethuboth and Yebamoth and are enthusiastically endorsed by the Talmud’s definitive legal work, Treatise Sanhedrin.

THE PHARISEES ENDORSED CHILD SEX

The rabbis of the Talmud are notorious for their legal hair-splitting, and quibbling debates. But they share rare agreement about their right to molest three year old girls. In contrast to many hotly debated issues, hardly a hint of dissent rises against the prevailing opinion (expressed in many clear passages) that pedophilia is not only normal but scriptural as well! It’s as if the rabbis have found an exalted truth whose majesty silences debate.

Because the Talmudic authorities who sanction pedophilia are so renowned, and because pedophilia as “halakah” is so explicitly emphasized, not even the translators of the Soncino edition of the Talmud (1936) dared insert a footnote suggesting the slightest criticism. They only comment: “Marriage, of course, was then at a far earlier age than now.” 3

In fact, footnote 5 to Sanhedrin 60b rejects the right of a Talmudic rabbi to disagree with ben Yohai’s endorsement of pedophilia:

“How could they [the rabbis], contrary to the opinion of R. Simeon ben Yohai, which has scriptural support, forbid the marriage of the young proselyte?” 4

OUT OF BABYLON

It was in Babylon after the exile under Nebuchadnezzar in 597 BC that Judaism’s leading sages probably began to indulge in pedophilia. Babylon was the staggeringly immoral capitol of the ancient world. For 1600 years, the world’s largest population of Jews flourished within it.

As an example of their evil, Babylonian priests said a man’s religious duty included regular sex with temple prostitutes. Bestiality was widely tolerated. So Babylonians hardly cared whether a rabbi married a three year old girl.

But with expulsion of the Jews in the 11th century AD, mostly to European lands, Gentile tolerance of Jewish pedophilia abruptly ended.

Still, a shocking contradiction lingers: If Jews want to revere the transcendent wisdom and moral guidance of the Pharisees and their Talmud, they must accept the right of their greatest ancient sages to violate children. To this hour, no synod of Judaism has repudiated their vile practice.

SEX WITH A “MINOR” IS PERMITTED

What exactly did these sages say?

The Pharisees justified child rape by explaining that a boy of nine years was not a “man”. Thus they exempted him from God’s Mosaic Law:

“You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination” (Leviticus. 18:22)

One passage in the Talmud gives permission for a woman who molested her young son to marry a high priest. It concludes,

“All agree that the connection of a boy aged nine years and a day is a real connection; whilst that of one less than eight years is not.” 5

Because a boy under 9 is sexually immature, he can’t “throw guilt” on the active offender, morally or legally. 6

Presumably, the majority of little Jewish boys get raped before they are nine by Rabbis. They get caught doing this constantly.

And so do the Zionist Roman Catholic priests

A woman could molest a young boy without questions of morality even being raised:

“…the intercourse of a small boy is not regarded as a sexual act.” 7

The JEWISH Talmud also says,

“A male aged nine years and a day who cohabits with his deceased brother’s wife acquires her (as wife).” 8

Clearly, the JEWISH Talmud teaches that a woman is permitted to marry and have sex with a nine year old boy.

SEX AT THREE & ONE DAY

In contrast to Simeon ben Yohai’s dictum that sex with a little girl is permitted under the age of three years, the general teaching of the Talmud is that the rabbi must wait until a day after her third birthday. She could be taken in marriage simply by the act of rape.

R. Joseph said: Come and hear! A maiden aged three years and a day may be acquired in marriage by coition and if her deceased husband’s brother cohabits with her, she becomes his. (Sanhedrin. 55b)

A girl who is three years of age and one day may be betrothed by cohabitation. . . .(Yeb. 57b)

A maiden aged three years and a day may be acquired in marriage by coition, and if her deceased husband’s brother cohabited with her she becomes his. (Sanhedrin. 69a, 69b, also discussed in Yebamoth. 60b)

It was taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai stated: A proselyte who is under the age of three years and one day is permitted to marry a priest, for it is said, But all the women children that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves, and Phineas (who was priest, the footnote says) surely was with them. (Yebamoth. 60b)

[The Talmud says such three year and a day old girls are]. . . fit for cohabitation. . . But all women children, that have not known man by lying with him, it must be concluded that Scripture speaks of one who is fit for cohabitation. (Footnote to Yebamoth. 60b)

The example of Phineas, a priest, himself marrying an underage virgin of three years is considered by the Talmud as proof that such infants are “fit for cohabitation.”

The Talmud teaches that an adult woman’s molestation of a nine year old boy is “not a sexual act” and cannot “throw guilt” upon her because the little boy is not truly a “man.” 9

But they use opposite logic to sanction rape of little girls aged three years and one day: Such infants they count as “women,” sexually mature and fully responsible to comply with the requirements of marriage.

The Talmud footnotes 3 and 4 to Sanhedrin 55a clearly tell us when the rabbis considered a boy and girl sexually mature and thus ready for marriage.

“At nine years a male attains sexual matureness… The sexual matureness of woman is reached at the age of three.”

NO RIGHTS FOR CHILD VICTIMS

The Pharisees were hardly ignorant of the trauma felt by molested children. To complicate redress, the Talmud says a rape victim must wait until she was of age before there would be any possibility of restitution. She must prove that she lived and would live as a devoted Jewess, and she must protest the loss of her virginity on the very hour she comes of age.

“As soon as she was of age one hour and did not protest she cannot protest anymore.” 10

The Talmud defends these strict measures as necessary to forestall the possibility of a Gentile child bride rebelling against Judaism and spending the damages awarded to her as a heathen – an unthinkable blasphemy! But the rights of the little girl were really of no great consequence, for,

“When a grown-up man has intercourse with a little girl it is nothing, for when the girl is less than this (three years and a day) it is as if one put the finger into the eye.” The footnote says that as “tears come to the eye again and again, so does virginity come back to the little girl under three years.” 11

In most cases, the Talmud affirms the innocence of male and female victims of pedophilia. Defenders of the Talmud claim this proves the Talmud’s amazing moral advancement and benevolence toward children; they say it contrasts favorably with “primitive” societies where the child would have been stoned along with the adult perpetrator.

Actually, the rabbis, from self-protection, were intent on proving the innocence of both parties involved in pedophilia: the child, but more importantly, the pedophile. They stripped a little boy of his right to “throw guilt” on his assailant and demanded complicity in sex from a little girl. By thus providing no significant moral or legal recourse for the child, the Talmud clearly reveals whose side it is on: the raping rabbi.

PEDOPHILIA WIDESPREAD

Child rape was practiced in the highest circles of Judaism. This is illustrated from Yebamoth. 60b:

There was a certain town in the land of Israel the legitimacy of whose inhabitants was disputed, and Rabbi sent R. Romanos who conducted an inquiry and found in it the daughter of a proselyte who was under the age of three years and one day, and Rabbi declared her eligible to live with a priest.

The footnote says that she was “married to a priest” and the rabbi simply permitted her to live with her husband, thus upholding “halakah” as well as the dictum of Simeon ben Yohai,

“A proselyte who is under the age of three years and one day is permitted to marry a priest.” 12

These child brides were expected to submit willingly to sex. Yebamoth. 12b confirms that under eleven years and one day a little girl is not permitted to use a contraceptive but

“must carry on her marital intercourse in the usual manner.”

In Sanhedrin 76b a blessing is given to the man who marries off his children before they reach the age of puberty, with a contrasting curse on anyone who waits longer. In fact, failure to have married off one’s daughter by the time she is 12-1/2, the Talmud says, is as bad as one who “returns a lost article to a Cuthean” (Gentile) – a deed for which “the Lord will not spare him.” 13 This passage says:

“… it is meritorious to marry off one’s children whilst minors.”

The mind reels at the damage to the untold numbers of girls who were sexually abused within Judaism during the heyday of pedophilia. Such child abuse, definitely practiced in the second century, continued, at least in Babylon, for another 900 years.

A FASCINATION WITH SEX

Perusing the Talmud, one is overwhelmed with the recurrent preoccupation with sex, especially by the most eminent rabbis. Dozens of illustrations could be presented to illustrate the delight of the Pharisees to discuss sex and quibble over its minutest details.

The rabbis endorsing child sex undoubtedly practiced what they preached. Yet to this hour, their words are revered. Simeon ben Yohai is honoured by Orthodox Jews as one of the very greatest sages and spiritual lights the world has ever known. A member of the earliest “Tannaim,” rabbis most influential in creating the Talmud, he carries more authority to observant Jews than Moses.

Endnotes:

1 Yebamoth 60b, p. 402. 2 Yebamoth 60b, p. 403. 3 Sanhedrin 76a. 4 In Yebamoth 60b, p. 404, Rabbi Zera disagrees that sex with girls under three years and one day should be endorsed as halakah. 5 Sanhedrin 69b. 6 Sanhedrin 55a. 7 Footnote 1 to Kethuboth 11b. 8 Sanhedrin 55b. 9 Sanhedrin 55a. 10 Kethuboth 11a. 11 Kethuboth 11b. 12 Yebamoth 60b. 13 Sanhedrin 76b.


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Spoken Wikinews
Great job on the recordings. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:25, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion
Can I suggest you add Spoken Wikinews In Progress to the takl page not the article. Thanks, Anonymous101talk 20:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Sony recalls 440,000 laptops due to wiring faults Audio
Just as an FYI. You had a double of the first sentence of the article, in the audio. I've clipped it out and uploaded a new version. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 06:15, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Another barnstar!
Yeah I saw them, great work, I can't listen to them at the moment, but keep it up! Dotty•• |☎ 19:25, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Userpage
Ha, like your userpage! Dotty•• |☎ 14:52, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hehe, I've mentioned you at the bottom left. I almost had the ability to be creative but then I saw your page and thought feck it and just copyed and pasted. --James Pain (talk) 15:55, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, it said you awesomified it & then I saw it! Anyways, it's not my original design, so all good.  The beauties of copyleft. :,)  See you around. Dotty•• |☎ 16:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar!
I award you the Voice Barnstar for your great voice and the fact you let the whole world hear it by contributing it to many articles :D Irunongames   play  18:44, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup, really good work on the audio. I'll have to do another Thailand story to give you some tongue-twister names. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:27, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Audio
Please see Wikinews_talk:Audio_Wikinews & let me know your thoughts! Good work. Dotty•• |☎ 10:41, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, and here as well-Talk:Main_Page! Dotty•• |☎ 10:54, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Uhm hi Queen Thando (talk) 21:06, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

news brief pages
Great work with the audio stuff. I was just wondering if you could add  To the bottom of each News Brief: date page you make. That way they aren't mis-identified as developing stories in Newsroom. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:59, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * p.s. I made some changes to the date category code, so that the categories recognize news briefs with names of News briefs: (lowercase b and no space after the colon) as well as News Briefs:  (upercase B and space after colon). Hopefully that will make the categories work more like they should. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:59, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice one, thank you very much. Edit the code in the news briefs as much as you want, what I do each day is just copy and paste it into the next days page, replace the script text and changing the dates. Again thanks --James Pain (talk) 22:03, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Hows it going?
Hi James, Just wondering whether you think you're going to be able to keep up with the audio?   Tris
 * I will, I've just cleared up college and I was planning on restarting any time from tonight and friday. Down side is that I'll be away for a week (next week) so there'll be another gap in audio. --James Pain (talk) 20:07, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, just wondering! I would help if I had a microphone-maybe one day!     Tris   20:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Audio News
I can help while you are away (I did this before) but I never found out how you can make it so when you post a new audio file the previous file will show in the archive list. How do you do this? Do you do it manually or what? Thanks. 14:20, 14 July 2009 (UTC)Andimahony —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andimahony (talk • contribs)

Recent articles with dual audio templates
Hi James Pain. Some articles that you have recently edited for audio have both the Article-audiobrief and Audio box 2 templates. I believe they should have one or the other, not both. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:34, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Here are some examples: Workers at England wind turbine plant stage occupation and Black spot on Jupiter is impact site, says NASA. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:37, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Adminship
Congratulations, your RFA was successful. Enjoy your new power :). If you have questions about adminship let me know. --Cspurrier (talk) 18:07, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

New news reader
Hi James, I would really love to be part of the audio news, reading that is, how can I get involved? Please email at ajwatson82@hotmail.com. Hope to hear from you soon. Cheers

Your support for my RFA
I would like to thank you for supporting my successful RFA and for your confidence in me. I look forward to serving further the English Wikinews community in this new capacity. I shall take the new tasks required of an administrator on board step by step and will make the utmost effort to fulfil the role to the best of my abilities. Kind regards Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 12:44, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Regarding IRC
While I was eating, and when I came back, everyone but me was kicked out. Is this just me or did it happen to you? ConCompS (talk) 01:17, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Standard netsplit, all is resolved. --James Pain (talk) 01:46, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

How to start Wikinews audio in another language
Hai James Pain, I want to ask you, how do I start this audio to Wikinews in Malay?

Smim90 (talk) 13:24, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Replied to on your talk page. --James Pain (talk) 14:41, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikivoices
Have you had any progess on the Wikivoices episode from just before Christmas? No worries if not, just interested to listen!   Tris   20:51, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh crap, I didn't realise people were still waiting on that. I'll upload it somewhere this week. --James Pain (talk) 21:01, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Awesome. Can you ping me when you do in case I don't notice.  Thanks!     Tris   12:27, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Canadian track and field coach Charlie Francis dies at age 61
Thank you for reviewing the article. Just to let you know that i have edited the article about the athletes trained and the first source (The Guardian) does mention the cause of death being announced by his family.

Regards, Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 14:00, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

 * That Guardian fact must have slipped by me. Put it up for review again and I'll give it another look through. --James Pain (talk) 14:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Five hundred Euro note withdrawn from sale in UK
Hey, thanks for your review. If you have a moment, I wonder if you'd take a look at my comments and share your thoughts. Much obliged, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   15:35, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅--James Pain (talk) 17:11, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for your help! It's much appreciated. Now... back to those pesky vandals! :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   18:48, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh, no problem. Keep up the good work --James Pain (talk) 18:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Copyvios
Hey, just wondering what the practice is here with copyright violations. I'm still getting used to a lot of things here- on WP I would have zapped "Internationally recognized educational journals restricted in Russia" on sight. Thanks in advance, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   19:56, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Just add :) --Diego Grez return fire 19:58, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * What he said ^^^. There are numerous pages on how we handle stuff, if you dig around enough, you'll find what you need to know. --James Pain (talk) 11:03, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * We do also have the option to zap copyvios straight off. I did it yesterday because the story in question (Air India disaster) was obviously likely to get a ful write-up without any need to keep the copyvio hanging around. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:18, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

PeP
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Welcome back, James Pain :-)
Seeing you back is unbelievably encouraging. Thanks!

I am in a former British colony, now keen to learn about brexit developments from you. I didn't know there is a possibility of another vote.. --Gryllida (talk) 02:59, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Re: French fuel protestors call for change by government
I've added a couple notes to the talk page, including link to a page with heaps of photos about it at Commons. --Gryllida (talk) 22:35, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Very grateful. Thank you! --James Pain (talk) 22:45, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Greetings
Hello Mr Pain, I'm greeting you as a fellow user. I am new here. Do you have any advice for me? That would be great. You can find me on my user page PASTOR11.

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Perpetrator of Finnish school shooting dies in hospital

November 8, 2007 Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the gunman who killed eight people in the Jokela school shooting in Finland yesterday, has died in hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

"He died at 22h14 of a one-bullet injury in the head," said traumatology physician Eero Hirvensalo, chief of the Helsinki University Hospital.

Auvinen, 18, murdered his headmistress, school nurse and six students, as well as wounding one other victim, before turning his gun on himself.

When police special units arrived on-scene and entered the school they were initially shot at, but when they reached Auvinen he was already unconscious, and no rounds were fired by the police.

Auvinen had no previous criminal convictions, and had received his gun license several weeks previously. He purchased his gun on October 19.

In a text describing himself on the video sharing site YouTube, where he had posted a total of 89 videos, including some showing him firing his gun and others directly referring to the killing, he said that he was "a cynical existentialist, anti-human humanist, anti-social social-Darwinist, realistic idealist and god-like atheist."

"I am prepared to fight and die for my cause," he continued. "I, as a natural selector, will eliminate all who I see unfit, disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection."


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Trailer released for Lordi horror movie

November 8, 2007 A short trailer for the movie Dark Floors, a horror starring Finnish theatrical hard rock band Lordi, has been released.

The film, set in a hospital, follows a group of people left trapped by a broken lift as they are attacked by monsters, and focuses heavily on one particular patient, a little autistic girl.

Dark Floors, acted in English by a largely Finnish cast, cost €4.2 million (approximately US$6 million) to make. It will make its full premiere in Finland on February 8, 2008, although advance screenings will begin this year.

Lordi recently attended the Cannes Film Festival to promote the movie, where the band's lead vocalist and frontman described it as a "traditional modern horror" and promised "horrific scenes."

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Queues start to form for UK iPhone launch tomorrow

November 8, 2007 Queues have started to form today outside the London Apple store for the launch of the iPhone. The phone launches tomorrow at 6.02 p.m. UTC exclusively onto the O2 network amid controversy. The iPhone was launched five months ago in the United States and is set to launch in the United Kingdom and Germany tomorrow.

Many people have braved the poor weather and have set up camp in the street in a bid to be the first of many thousands to buy the product on the first day of it's release in the UK. Apple have already sold 1.4 million of the units in the US, some of which have already been imported into the UK un-officially. The cost of the device is set as £269 on a minimum £35 per month contract and will be sold at The Carphone Warehouse, O2 and Apple Stores across the UK.

The iPhone has a touch screen display and can act as a phone, text device, web browser, music player and email client all in one. The launch of the product onto one phone network only has caused controversy internationally and has led to many people using free and paid methods of unlocking the phone to be able to use it on other networks even though it voids the warranty. Apple replied to this move by releasing software patches that, when installed, will prevent functionality of the phone.


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Talk:Perpetrator of Finnish school shooting dies in hospital

This article doesn't really have anything that wasn't in yesterday's story. --SVTCobra 22:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I checked the article before I wrote this. According to it - at least at the time of writing this article - the killer is still in critical condition in hospital. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * That's not true. His death was added with this edit 22:53, 7 November 2007. This article wasn't started until 21:32, 8 November 2007 some 22 hours later. --SVTCobra 13:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Very strange... I don't know where I got that from, I re-read that article several times and can't for the life of me make out where I got that from; as I did check the article prior to starting this. But no matter; I owe you an apology for my mistake: I am sorry. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

"When police SWAT teams arrived on-scene [...] "

These are not called "SWAT teams" in Finland; rephrasing to "special units". Naphra 22:35, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

 * That seems reasonable. I did raise an eyebrow at the source when it told me "SWAT teams". Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

The part where it says the teams to arrive at the school were shot at: I remember reading a story that said a shot was fired in response to their arrival, but nothing to indicate definitively that the shot was fired at police, or that there was more than one shot.

 * See this, cited as a source in the article. It doesn't say how many shots were fired; consequently, I have deliberatly left this open-ended. It does, however, make it clear the police say the shot(s) was/were fired at them. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:50, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:BBC Resources sale could be unprofitable

I removed the Afriqu enligne source because that is this story. If you look you can see they link back to Wikinews. --SVTCobra 22:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I added a couple of other sources, including the original BBC Resources press release announcing the sale. --SVTCobra 23:01, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I also found and added a press release from the union, BECTU. --SVTCobra 23:11, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Could someone add an update please: BBC Outside Broadcasts to be sold to Satellite Information Services Thanks...Zir - (talk) 20:09, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for your help --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 14:20, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Cheers...Zir - (talk) 10:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Please add Category:BBC Thanks...Zir (talk) 10:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
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editprotected "fulfil" => "fulfil [sic]" Van der Hoorn (talk) 15:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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Another typo
editprotected "licencing" => "licensing" (in BE the verb is "to license" and the noun is "a licence") Van der Hoorn (talk) 23:56, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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Hello there. Please don't create test articles or other articles that are not news, as we are Wikinews. If you wish to test, please use the sandbox. For more information about how to write a news article, see writing an article. Thankyou. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:29, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Trailer released for Lordi horror movie

Is this news or advertising??

reply: definately advertising. garbage.

 * No, it is not advertising. It is called music journalism. If you don't like it don't read it.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 03:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * It is somewhat suspicious that those two comments come from two IPs within the same range i.e. I'm reasonably confident you are either the same oerson ar a friend asked specifically to attack this article. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:26, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


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Why the heck is Europe only getting it now? Spacehusky 02:09, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * That's like asking why did the UK get the BMW M3 back in September, but it won't come state-side until mid-2008. --SVTCobra 22:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


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Delaware scientists create shortest ever metal to metal bond

November 9, 2007

Chemists from the University of Delaware, Newark, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently reported their preparation of a complex containing two chromium atoms connected by the shortest ever metal-metal bond, 1.8028 Å (0.2 nm) long. 1 Å is 1×10−10 meters or 1/10,000,000,000 meters. The scientists, including Prof. Klaus H. Theopold and graduate student Kevin A. Kreisel, believe the compound contains a quintuple bond, i.e., five bonds between the two chromium atoms.

In general, shorter bonds containing more electrons will be stronger. Although single, double and triple bonds occur in nature, quadruple and quintuple bonds have so far only been found in the laboratory. The first compound with a quintuple bond was reported in 2005.

To make the complex, the scientists first reacted chromium chloride with a bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)diazadiene ligand, which has the structure Ar-N=C-C=N-Ar (Ar is a bulky aryl group). This intermediate dark-green compound was then reduced using KC8 (potassium metal in graphite) to give the unusual product. The compound crystallises from ether as red/green plates. The quintuple bond between the metals is weakened by some mixing in from antibonding orbitals, reducing the overall bond order to around 4.28. The bond length is 0.026 Å shorter than the previous record, a dichromium complex reported in 1978 by F. Albert Cotton and coworkers, which featured a quadruple bond 1.828 Å long.


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Comments:Meat Loaf calls off European tour

Dismayed
I hope his performance isn't permanently affected by this. Still, I am glad he is at least back to his old, fighting self, and already promising new dates. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:40, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

It would indeed be a sad day if his voice wouldn't come back. Rogutaan 03:29, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


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Candidates make campaign stop at trade fairs ahead of 2008 Taiwan Presidential Election

November 9, 2007

Thursday, November 8, two trade shows, named MEDIPHAR Taipei at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) and Taipei Audio Video Fair at the TWTC and The Grand Hotel, opened in Taipei, Taiwan. Some politicians and government officials chose these events as an opportunity to promote their parties and campaign-coalitions ahead of the 2008 Taiwan Presidential Elections.

From the incumbent Pan-Green Coalition, President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian, Premier of Republic of China Chang Chun-hsiung, and spokesman for the Executive Yuan Jung-tai Cho visited the two shows successively and were innundated by Taiwanese media. President Chen avoided answering questions on the hot topic of commodities prices, addressing only those about the medical industry development, overseen by Sheng-mao Hou, Minister of Health.

From the Pan-Blue Coalition, 2008 vice-presidential candidate, and former Premier, Vincent Siew participated the opening of the Taipei Audio Video Fair at The Grand Hotel. He criticized on the economy policy and remarked: "The ruling party [DPP] doesn't have a good track record, and some industries weren't be supported in timely manner so that they lost some opportunities. I sincerely hope the government can appropriately assist the audio and video industries in marketing good brands and products to the world."

Also, current Democratic Progressive Party legislator Wang Shih-chien was invited to give a violin performance and sing a Taiwanese song. The events at the Taipei World Trade Center proved to be quite a platform for the candidates running in the 2008 Taiwan Presidential Elections.


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Written with I witnessed because some politicians I listed in the article were in site yesterday and today. Picture will be added later. Brock contact... 08:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Picture problem fixed. Brock contact... 06:58, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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Brock, give it a look and make sure that I didn't accidentially change any facts or add false statements. Thanks. --SVTCobra 15:24, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I removed the word "today" from the paragraph on Wang Chien-shien because your photo was dated November 8. When you look at this put in whether it was today or yesterday. Thanks. --SVTCobra 15:27, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, Wang Shih-chien isn't Wang Chien-shien. Their family name are Wang, but different people, you can see gallery. Brock contact... 15:59, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. Yes, he is far too young to be the other Wang. --SVTCobra 17:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Please help me to add Category:2008 Taiwan Presidential Election and move Translated Wikinews Tag into Source section, thanks. Brock contact... 15:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Hope you're going to try for some candidate interviews. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


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Talk:Delaware scientists create shortest ever metal to metal bond

Can we have more of the non-technical issues with this? Is this ultra short bond something that makes the compound stronger? --Brian McNeil / talk 08:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC) A bit of overview would be nice, what were they trying to do?

I agree, please dumb-it-down for people like me. Keep the technical information, but at least add a paragraph that explains for the rest of us. Is there an advantage to a "short bond"? I don't know and it doesn't say in the article. I guess it must be, why else would they be trying to do this. --SVTCobra 17:42, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I've added a short lay summary. I'm not aware of any useful result from this sort of research by itself other than the general hope that studying strange molecules will improve our understanding of chemistry. JoshuaZ 17:52, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Josh has it right, there are no immediate applications. Thanks for adding the extra summary, too.  I tried to aim the first paragraph at the lay reader, and the last paragraph for someone with a chemistry background, with lots of wikilinks to explain the terms.  But this is a perennial problem with chemistry, it's pretty hard to "dumb-it-down" at times!  The main significance of this work is pushing the boundaries - rather like "largest known planet" or "smallest known organism" - not exactly important by itself, but it helps to define the limits of the phenomenon.  And what can I say - chemists get excited about such things! Walkerma 22:40, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Suggested addition to help people with less chemistry background (and correct me if I'm wrong):

"To understand the size of this bond, the largest atoms have a radius of about 3 Å while the smallest have a radius of about .3 Å." Would this help possibly? I'm trying to make there be something more concrete that people can relate to. JoshuaZ 22:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if (regular) people can conceive of the size of an atom. I am fairly well educated, but I quickly learned that I could neither relate to the size of atoms nor the vastness of space. Sure, I am able to think about these as concepts, but as far as making them seem "real" is pretty far off. But I do want thank to you both for responding to the "dumbing down" request and "opening the door" to laymen. (both here and in the article itself) --SVTCobra 04:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Examples and comparisons help
What is the length of the bond in terms of something like percentage of the thickness of a piece of paper, or a strand of human hair? You need some sort of superlative that says "this is a billionth the thickness of a human hair" or somesuch to emphasise how small it is. So far its been improved, and - yes - for the chemists in the audience it will be interesting. However, check the comments page, the average reader is going "?" --Brian McNeil / talk 16:08, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

 * A strand of hair should be around 10^6 atoms across. Would that help matters? JoshuaZ 22:32, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think I could put this in meaningful terms - all bond lengths are simply very small, and the numbers only mean something when put next to other bond lengths. Also, the difference between this bond and a "long" bond might seem to be quite modest in comparison.  I don't think humans can really conceive of things this small. I'd love to be proved wrong, though! Walkerma 07:27, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * From Joshua's comment you could say there are a million bonds in the thickness of a strand of hair and x million of these bonds would fit in the same space. I know that's not technically accurate, and as it stands the article has been greatly improved. Only real minor niggle is you have to go to Wikipedia for the definition of the unit of measurement. A few words on the unit and its full name might help. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:59, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Ar
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Pakistan lifts house arrest of former PM Benazir Bhutto

November 9, 2007

The government of Pakistan late on Friday has withdrawn the earlier detention notice and house arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Police had served her with a temporary detention notice and ordered her to serve 30 days of house arrest. Bhutto was not detained by the police.

The move came as Bhutto planned to attend a protest she organised today in Rawalpindi. She was stopped by troops who were ordered to surround and block off her home located in Islamabad. They then served her with a 30 day detention when she attempted to cross the blockade.

"I am trying to get out, as I want to go to Rawalpindi. I am in front of my house in my car. I have not been arrested and no arrest warrant has been served on me. Large numbers of policemen are present here and there are barb wire barricades and blockades in front of me," said Bhutto.

Police claimed that they are protecting Bhutto from a possible suicide bomb attack because "some suicide attackers have come to Islamabad," added Bhutto.

In Rawalpindi, protesters clashed with police who were enforcing a ban against public demonstrations. Bhutto has publicly announced that she will head a protest against the country's president, Pervez Musharraf, in an attempt to get him to resign as head of the country's military. A protest march from Lahore to Islamabad is scheduled for early next week.


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Man kills five relatives in family massacre in Croatia

November 9, 2007 Damir Voschion, 46, has reportedly killed five members of his family in Pula, Croatia on Thursday night around 7:00 p.m. CET (UTC+1). They were all killed by gunshots to the head. The victims include Damir's two-month-old nephew, his seven-year-old niece, his brother, sister-in-law and then his father. The massacre took place in the family's home.

Damir turned himself in to police after about an hour and confessed to them "I killed them all". The bodies of the family have been transported to the morgue at the Pula General Hospital.

The motive for the massacre is not yet known, but there are theories that it might involve a property dispute between Damir and his brother. Neighbors say that Damir was a violent man and that at one time killed his brother's dog with his bare hands.


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TECA celebrates 60-year anniversary with Taipei Audio Video Fair

November 10, 2007

The 28th Taipei Audio Video Fair (TAVF), organized by the Taipei Electrical Commercial Association (TECA), featured not only some innovative domestic market exhibition ideas, but also offered a pavilion entitled the "Global Audio and Video History Corridor", to showcase the audio and video industry's world-wide history. Wikinews reporter Rico Shen attended the fair, which, this year, highlighted TECA's 60th anniversary.

At the Taipei Grand Hotel (Yuanshan Hall), some participants (exhibitors) rented soundproof guest rooms, which offered the best quality and performance for audio experiences. With high-definition television becoming a popular topic, some pre-market or marketed wide-screen HDTVs featuring 1080p were exhibited at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC Hall).

The TAVF show runs from November 8 to 12, closing at 8:00 p.m. (Taipei Time) each night except November 12, which has a closing time of 6 p.m. To assist visitors from The Grand Hotel, TWTC and TECA hired the Metropolitan Transport Corporation for an inter-hall shuttle service. The peak number of visitors are expected to be on the weekend after permitting minors under 120 cm to enter the showground.


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Baseball teams from Taiwan and Japan battled same day in different places

November 9, 2007 If the same fixture can be played in different countries same day, today in 2007 BWC and Konami Cup 2007 was the best example of this. Two professional teams battled in Tokyo, but two national teams battled in Taichung.

At the Konami Cup, SK Wyverns easily won by ending early the games against China Stars with 13-0 by SK's aggressive hitting firstly, but in the "Uni-President Lions vs Chunichi Dragons", they battled with a pitching game.

The key factors of errors decided the winner in this game. At the top of 5th inning, it started from Motonobu Tanishige's "hit by pitch", with errors by Uni Lions' third-base man Tilson Brito, reversing the match with 2 RBIs with base full chance by Chunichi Dragons, and Hirokazu Ibata's 1 RBI hit, Dragons finally defeated Lions at home (Japan) with 4-2.

In the same time, Chinese Taipei and Japan National Team battled in Taichung. Pre-sale tickets of this match were unavailable in site. To maintain the honor of the host (Taiwan, as of Chinese Taipei), Chien-fu Yang battled Junichi Tazawa in the starting pitch. With a aggressive battings led by Tai-shan Chang, 5 hits scored 3 RBIs in the bottom of 6th inning, and the relief pitcher Fu-de Ni successfully closed battings from Japan, Chinese Taipei won Japan with 6-1.

By results at different places, this alternative battle drew with upholding their own home each other.

Group A

 * USA 2-6 Italy
 * South Africa 4-7 Spain
 * Mexico 2-3 Panama

Grorup B

 * Thailand 2-18A South Korea
 * Venezuela 4-7 Australia
 * Germany 5-15A Netherlands
 * Canada 3-6 Cuba

Group A

 * South Africa vs Mexico
 * Chinese Taipei vs Spain
 * Panama vs Italy
 * Japan vs USA

Group B

 * Netherlands vs Venezuela
 * Germany vs Canada
 * South Korea vs Cuba
 * Australia vs Thailand

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Dollar General chain in US recalls sunglasses, toy cars

November 9, 2007 Dollar General is the latest American company to recall unsafe Chinese-made products. All products affected by the recall contain "excessive amounts of lead" in the yellow paint.

The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission has just recalled "pull and release" toy cars, as well as yellow children's size sunglasses.

Products affected are:
 * a four pack of Super Wheels (UPC #400016576344)
 * a two pack of Super Racer cars (UPC # 883788965002, 380000)
 * "Time to Play Every Day" Fashion Sunglasses (UPC #400007860896, 51,000 units)

The car toys were sold at the chain's stores from April through October; the glasses were sold from March 25 through to October 2007.

Affected products should be taken from children immediately. Dollar General will provide full refunds on return.

The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based price-point retailer chain had 8205 stores, as of June this year.


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Comments:Delaware scientists create shortest ever metal to metal bond

whats the point of this research? while i do like bluesky research i just don't see the point of this, it doesn't seam to help theory or have any practical implications, but perhaps they're working on room temp superconductors (although i doubt it because it contains carbon) or maybe they're working on nano-tech??

Same for me, it was the first question which came into my mind: what is the practical application for this research? I don't think they did it only for the sake of a record or only to see if it is possible to do it.

 * It should be a really strong metal, which has many practical uses. They're looking for a super-strong metal for the space elevator last I checked.  Fephisto 17:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Carbon is the top candidate for a space elevator, the issue is making a molecule miles long. This? I just don't know. I wonder if the scientists even have enough to work out the properties of the compound. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:34, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * No, this wouldn't make a strong metal, because it's a compound. It has no immediate real-world applications - in that sense it is blue sky work. This is really "pushing the envelope" of bonding theory - five bonds between the same two atoms is pretty weird!  And that means in the long term that we may discover some unusual properties that will lead to new applications, perhaps some we can't even imagine right now.  Walkerma 07:35, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * My comment came from this quote in the article, "In general, shorter bonds containing more electrons will be stronger". But as a side-note, Delaware!  Fephisto 18:07, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


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More US recalls: Fish pool toy rips fingernail off child, numerous toys with excessive lead

November 10, 2007

The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled more products over the last few days, though not all because of excessive lead.

While American toy companies have been rocked in the last few months by numerous unsafe Chinese-made products, mostly due to excessive amounts of lead in paint, a few of the latest recalls were actually due to design flaws.

Also recently recalled are sunglasses and toy cars from the Dollar General chain of price-point retailers.

Products affected

 * "Big Red" Wagons
 * About 7,200 units have been made by Northern Tool & Equipment Co., of Burnsville, Minnesota. The reason for the recall is "Surface paints on the wagon and handle contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard." The product was sold through the Northern Tool & Equipment catalog, Web site, and retail stores nationwide from July 2007 through September 2007 for about US$60. Customers should immediately take the recalled wagon away from children and return it to any Northern Tool store for a free replacement. For additional information, contact Northern Tool & Equipment Co. at (800) 222-5381 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.northerntool.com

 * Curious George Plush Dolls
 * About 175,000 units have been made by Marvel Toys of New York, New York. The reason for the recall is "Surface paint on the toy’s plastic face and construction hat contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard." They were sold at toy and discount department stores nationwide from December 2005 through August 2007 for about $15. Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and contact Marvel Toys to receive a full refund. For additional information, contact Marvel Toys at (800) 352-2064 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.regcen.com/curiousgeorge

 * Dizzy Ducks Music Box
 * About 1,300 units have been made by Schylling Associates of Rowley, Massachusetts. The reason for the recall is "Surface paints on the wooden base of the music box contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard." People with the product are to contact Schylling to receive a refund or free replacement toy. Their hotline—(800) 767-8697—is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. There have been no reported injuries as result of this product.

 * Dragster and Funny Car toy
 * About 7,500 units have been made by International Sourcing Ltd (ISL), of Springfield, Missouri. The reason for the recall is "Surface paint on the wheels and engine of the toys contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard." The product was sold at National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) events through Schumacher Racing, and by Matco Tools through door to door sales by its representatives from March 2007 through September 2007. Consumers should immediately take the toy away from children, and return it to International Sourcing Ltd. for a full refund or replacement product. For additional information, contact International Sourcing Ltd at (877) 404-1584 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at www.islpromotions.com

 * Duck Family Collectable Wind-Up Toy
 * About 3,500 have been made by Schylling Associates of Rowley, Massachusetts. The reason for the recall is "Surface paints on the ducks contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard." People with the product are to contact Schylling to receive a refund or free replacement toy. Their hotline—(800) 767-8697—is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. There have been no reported injuries as result of this product.

 * "Robot 2000" collectable tin robot
 * About 2,600 have been made by Schylling Associates of Rowley, Massachusetts. The reason for the recall is "Surface paints on the robot contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard." People with the product are to contact Schylling to receive a refund or free replacement toy. Their hotline—(800) 767-8697—is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. There have been no reported injuries as result of this product.

 * "Skippy" Pool Toys
 * About 31,000 have been made by Swimways Corp., of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The reason for the recall is "The elastic tongue of the fish can break and forcefully come out and cut the users' hands during launching of the toy." Swimways has received 24 reports of the pool toy breaking during use. There were five reports of injuries to children including one requiring stitches to a child’s hand. Another child’s thumb nail was ripped back from the nail bed. Products were sold at mass merchandisers and independent pool supply stores nationwide from February 2007 through September 2007 for about $10. Consumers should take the toy away from children immediately and contact Swimways for a free replacement toy. For additional information, contact Swimways toll-free at (888) 559-4653 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.swimways.com

 * Winnie-the-Pooh Spinning Top
 * About 3,600 have been made by Schylling Associates of Rowley, Massachusetts. The reason for the recall is "Surface paint on the wooden handle of the top contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard." People with the product are to contact Schylling to receive a refund or free replacement toy. Their hotline—(800) 767-8697—is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. The products feature the classic Pooh illustrations, not the Disney characters. There have been no reported injuries as result of this product. This follows a previous recall of circus, Thomas and Friends, and Curious George brand tops back in August, by the same company.


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2007 Master Forum on Walking in Taiwan warms up for the Taiwan Walking Day

November 9, 2007 Before the "Taiwan Walking Day", Sports Affairs Council of Executive Yuan (SAC Taiwan) held "2007 Master forum on Walking" at Da-Hsin Campus of Chinese Culture University today. This forum invited walking experts from Japan, Belgium, and USA to share experiences on promotion of walking. Chi Cheng, spokeswoman of Taiwan Walking Day, thanked SAC Taiwan for the promotion of public sports especially walking, and she appealed forum participants integrating sports into people's life to keep in healthy.

At the keynotes, Luc Henau, former president of International Marching League Walking Association (IMLWA), focused on the relationship between soul, spirit, society, and body. He pointed out the importance on walking, participation structure between different ages, and effective on social and neighborhood interactions by glancing the history of the IMLWA.

In the part of "Mr. Pedometer" W. Ron Sutton, he explained some successful cases of pedometer counting in their life and described some advances of walking. Finally, Japanese "10,000 steps a day" expert Yoshiro Hatano analyzed some statistics to emphasize the importance between health and sports. "Some cardiovascular diseases were originated with bad habits, nutrition problems, and doing less sports." Hatano said.

After the speech, Min-yu Wu (General Manager of Taiwan Post Co., Ltd.) and Jongher Yang (Commissioner of SAC Taiwan) announced the release of "2007 Walking Stamp", and awarded "2007 Recreation Sports Stamp" to the panelists (Henau, Sutton, and Hatano) for the end of this forum.


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Is some Bad Javascript here causing crap like 2007 Master Forum on Walking in Taiwan warms up for the Taiwan Walking Day/w/index.php or is it just regular vandalism? --Connel MacKenzie 21:47, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
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Comments:Dollar General chain in US recalls sunglasses, toy cars

They should open a case against China through the WTO, I mean, just about everything made in China is poisoned. Contralya 17:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Jlwbflo

Your dispute of the accuracy of 12 'fire bombs' found inside Buffalo, New York apartment house has been noted. Please go to Talk:12 'fire bombs' found inside Buffalo, New York apartment house for any further discussion on the matter. --SVTCobra 19:15, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Australia completes inquest for victims of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200

November 9, 2007 Ron Cahill, a Canberra resident and chief coroner of the Australian Capital Territory, has concluded the inquest into the deaths of three Australian nationals who were amongst the 21 people killed in the crash of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200. The Boeing 737-400 aircraft overshot a runway at Yogyakarta, Indonesia on March 7.

The inquest indicated that Alison Sudradjat, Brice Steele and Mark Scott died from injuries sustained in the crash. Cahill commented that this finding would also apply to the deaths of two other Australians on the flight; the remaining fatal injuries were sustained by Indonesians. The inquest was opened at the request of families of the three victims involved in this inquest after the repatriation of their bodies.

Cahill agreed fully with a recent report issued by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee, which indicated that the pilot-in-command attempted to land the aircraft at extreme speed despite 15 automated cockpit warnings and a request from the co-pilot to perform a go-around. He went on to suggest that the pilot should be prosecuted over his mistakes.

"I recommend that CASA and Air Services Australia and all Australian airlines review the report to consider whether any of the safety deficiencies identified have relevance to Australian aviation operations and therefore need to be addressed," he said.

He went on to describe concerns with how these deficiencies are being addressed in Indonesia: "It is of some concern that the Indonesian regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, did not provide the National Transportation Safety Committee with details of safety action to address the recommendations which were in the draft report."

Alison Sudrajat's daughter had this to say in light of the findings: "It was very informative and it was nice to know what exactly happened, because he went into quite some detail about everything."

"It was quite comforting, but it's not going to bring anyone back."


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Finland considers tougher gun laws

November 9, 2007

Finland is considering toughening gun legislation in light of this week's Jokela school shooting. Nine people, including the gunman, were killed when Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18, went on a shooting spree at his local school.

Until now, Finland has actively resisted plans for all European Union member states to limit gun ownership to persons aged 18 and over. Currently, the law stipulates that Finns may apply for a gun permit at age 15.

However, Anne Holmlund, Finnish interior minister, told reporters today that "Finland has changed its position to the EU firearms directive." Holmlund told the press that the intention is now to raise the age for ownership to 18, and require those aged 15-18 to be under parental supervision when carrying or using a firearm.

Prime minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen had earlier commented that the shooting would likely cause a change in Finnish gun control policy, but Holmlund denied a direct connection. "There is no direct link (to the school shooting). ... It is important that our new position is clear," Holmlund said.

"We were the only EU member country that was willing to keep its regulations untouched and it was obvious we would be left alone." She added.

"As all other EU countries are ready to accept the age limit of 18 years for the acquisition of firearms ... Finland does not want to oppose the said amendment to the directive under the circumstances."

"The cabinet is ready to agree on a proposal which says that those under 18 years old can use a gun only under parental or adult guidance," commented cabinet spokeswoman Sanna Kangasharju.

Ministry spokesman Ilkka Salmi agreed that a potential change in legislation was being considered months beforehand, but added that, "It's obvious that this kind of tragic incident has probably sped up the decision."

Auvinen had obtained a license for his .22 caliber handgun via a local shooting club just weeks prior to the attack, on October 19. He opened fire on students and staff shortly before lunch break was due to start, killing five students and two staff members with the gun, which he called 'Catherine' in internet discussions, before turning it on himself. He later died in hospital. There is also evidence he attempted to set the building on fire.

Police have commented that he had apparently acted with intent to kill as many as possible, but selected his victims at random. The day prior to the incident, he posted a video on YouTube announcing his intentions. Police have also recovered a suicide note that said that he hated society.

In related news, police are investigating after an internet posting claimed Kirkkoharju middle school in Kirkkonummi was going to be the subject of another attack. Police say they are treating the incident as a "bad joke".

Finnish gun ownership per capita is the third highest in the world, due largely to a long tradition of hunting sports in the country, but fatal attacks are exceedingly rare. Around 13% of the 5.2 million inhabitants own a gun, with only the United States and Yemen having higher levels of gun ownership.

title: Finland considers tougher gun laws