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Google sued by thousands of authors over Google Print

September 22, 2005 Google is being sued by the Authors Guild, among others, due to the verbatim publishing of contents of their books in Google Print for Libraries, a search engine for searching books that started in December. The Authors Guild wants Google to make the content from books protected under copyright unavailable, as they claim that they have never given permission for their text to be published. However, Google offers the option of having their text removed from their databases.

Google also claims that the text is used under fair use, as they only include "snippets" of the text, and not the entire book. Also, Google sees Google Print as an incentive to authors, as it could help boost sales. “This ability to introduce millions of users to millions of titles can only expand the market for authors’ books, which is precisely what copyright law is intended to foster,” says Google.

The lawsuit was filed by three writers in a New York federal court, and has the support from the U.S.-based Authors Guild. The suit acknowledges that text snippets presented via the internet to users is legal under the U.S. definition of fair use. Rather, the complaint centers on the wholesale copying of a book's text into Google databases.

Another Google Print program, called "Google Print for Publishers", seeks consent from publishers (such as Simon & Schuster, who has given permission) to publish their works. Considering as publishers may be holders of the copyright in book contents, this could be the sole project of Google Print, assuming Google Print for Libraries is deemed "massive copyright infringement" by the District Court in Manhattan where the suit was filed.


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Log of the event
I do not have a written log, however I do remember the events that had happened that provoked me to write this article.

I was watching CNN while they were showing video footage of the plane landing. I noticed the plane had touched down, then a stream of sparks which erupted into a flame. The wheel ended up bending (perhaps because the metal holding the wheel in place has melted?) and the flame persisted, even after the plane stopped. However, the flame has weakened.

After I started writing, I rushed towards the TV again, and noted firetrucks at the scene. I continued to write, then I noticed stairs leading down from the front of the plane. And that's where I end this transcript.

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Looks good, but needed wording fixes. The title is still too long, even after I shortened it. If anyone else sees a way to shorten it further, please let me know. A pic would also be nice. StuRat 01:31, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


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Houston mayor urges evacuations as Hurricane Rita moves closer to shore

September 22, 2005

Traffic is bumper to bumper on interstate highways as citizens try to evacuate ahead of. Houston  urged citizens in low areas of the city to "begin making their evacuation plans" in preparation for what is currently the 3rd strongest hurricane to ever form in the  and the worst to enter the.

Acting U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director David Paulison was quoted saying "I strongly, strongly urge Gulf Coast residents to pay close attention to this storm. It's already a Category 4, a huge storm, it's in warm waters and there's a potential for it to increase more," at a briefing in Washington DC. The storm was upgraded to a category 5 hurricane on Thursday, the strongest category of storm. Recently, Rita has lost intensity since entering cooler waters and facing wind shear from an opposing weather front, and is now a Category 4 storm.

, Texas lies 50 feet above sea-level on average, but the area is still prone to flooding as the region is very flat and supported by multiple bayous. In 2001, following, large areas of Houston remained flooded after receiving 10 inches (250 mm) of rain, causing over $US 5 billion in damage. Meteorologists fear that Rita could cause similar, if not worse damage.

Located 50 miles away from the inland city of Houston, and situated on the Gulf’s coastline, lies, Texas at a mere 8 feet above sea level. The island city, with a population of nearly 60,000, built a 10-mile-long, 17-foot-high solid granite barrier next to the sea as a defense against hurricanes.

The National Hurricane Center currently predicts a storm surge from Rita in the 15 to 20 feet range, along with strong battering waves. The city manager of Galveston, Steve LeBlanc said, "Galveston is going to suffer. And we are going to need to get it back in order as quickly as possible. I would say that we probably have 90 percent of our residents have left the island. It feels like a ghost town to me, and that's a good thing."

Rita is expected to slow down and linger after making landfall in the region. That could possibly mean even more damage from heavy rainfall accumulations. The governor of Louisiana,, said the rain is a threat to New Orleans. Anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rainfall are expected there, when earlier predictions estimated that 3 inches of rainfall would be enough to cause more flooding in the city.


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Copyright statement

 * Considering as publishers are copyright holders to book contents

In what fantasy world is this? Most authors only give licenses for publishers to make limited use of their works in specific jurisdictions and particular media—or at least that's what my author mother (and common sense) says. —Brent Dax (talk) 05:48, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

 * IAAL (the shame).... Copyright is a knotty subject. The copyright for the words in a book subsists (initially at least) with the author.  Copyright for the typesetting probably won't and is likely to be with the publisher (since the author is unlikely to have been the person who did the typesetting).  Since copyright can be assigned, it may rest with your Aunt Sally for all I know.  It's not really something that can be boiled down to a single statement without oversimplifying.


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Oil price jumps as Rita heads to refineries

September 24, 2005

Oil, natural gas, and gasoline futures prices are all rising in anticipation of the landfall on Friday. The market price for crude oil is rising about 1% a day, while gasoline futures rose 5% both Wednesday and Thursday. Natural gas prices are also rising, with  price index showing an increase of over 3.5% on Thursday. Oil refineries in the path of the storm, despite the pressure exerted by rising oil prices, are expected to increase their prices which in turn will be reflected at the pump.

The price for crude oil is expected to reach US$68 a barrel after reaching the all-time high in the U.S. at $70.85 on Aug 30, in fear of the landing of Rita along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Along the Texas gulf coastline, whose key U.S. oil production facilities were largely untouched by the catastrophic onslaught three weeks ago, production and distribution facilities have been battened down.

Rita was downgraded to a Category 3 storm Friday as it neared the coast. The storm, packing sustained winds of 125 mph, appears headed for the border between Texas and Louisiana. Hurricane force winds extend up to 60 miles from the center, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm, currently, is the third-most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, just behind Gilbert in 1988 and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.

Regions of Texas near where the storm is expected to land is home to the biggest concentration of U.S. oil refineries, accounting for 26 percent of the nation's total capacity. After Katrina made its landfall in Louisiana last month, four damaged refineries in Mississippi and Louisiana were shut down, crippling 5 percent of the US capacity. Eighteen of the 26 refineries in Texas are located on the Gulf of Mexico with a combined distillation capacity of 4 million barrels daily.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the Texas coastline, including Galveston, where the nation's largest oil refinery belonging to is located.

"Some of those refineries in Texas, they're at sea level. It's a table top, it floods very easily,'' said Ed Silliere, vice president of risk management at Energy Merchant LLC in New York.

Plants have shut down as Rita advances. shut down its seventh-largest refinery in. There is no date set for resuming production. is shutting its Old Ocean, Texas, refinery. BP is pulling some workers from its Texas refinery and shutting parts of the fourth largest plants in US. , the largest U.S. refiner, said it is closing its plants in and, with the shutdown to be completed by midday Thursday.

The (OPEC) agreed at its meeting in  on Tuesday to effectively suspend its quota system for the first time since 1991  to relieve the rising oil price by pumping an estimated additional 2 million barrels of oil a day, which will begin at Oct 1 and last for 3 months.

The head of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (the statistical and analytical wing of the ), Guy Caruso, criticized OPEC for constraining production to keep prices high after the 11-member oil cartel pledged to make available the additional 2 million barrels daily.

"Without question," Caruso said Wednesday when asked during a hearing whether OPEC has contributed to soaring oil prices, "OPEC policy has been to constrain production and collude... Under the FTC definition of collusion and price-fixing, yes."

According to OPEC, 62 percent in U.K., and 24 percent of fuel prices in the U.S. consist of taxes. Consuming nations have a responsibility to invest in refineries and to lower taxes if they want lower fuel prices, OPEC President Sheikh Ahmad Fahd al-Sabah said. He is the oil minister of Kuwait.


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Sometimes the thumbnail doesn't display and I only see the alt parameter as a link (firefox). Is this happening to any1 else? --Static 06:59, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

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London bomb suspect returned from Italy

September 22, 2005

The London bomb suspect, Hussain Osman, also known as Hamdi Issac, has arrived in London and been arrested following his extradition from Italy. Allegedly involved in the second set of attacks on London in July, which targeted the city's public transport infrastructure, Osman was arrested in Rome by Italian police on July 29, just one week after the failed attacks.

On September 13, a final appeal against extradition was rejected by an Italian court despite his lawyer's protests that he could not get a fair trial in the UK. Osman is accused of planting the failed bomb at Shepherd's Bush Underground station. His flight subsequent to the attack proved futile as phone records led police to Rome, and a raid on his brother's apartment, where he was captured.

Pending his extradition, he was held at Rebibbia jail, Rome, a high-security facility on the outskirts of the city. He left the jail late on Thursday and the Ethiopian-born terror suspect flew out of Italy at 12pm local time, accompanied by officers from the Metropolitan police. Flying on a chartered private jet, Osman and his escort landed at RAF Northolt, where Osman was charged on arrival. He is expected to be put on trial at the Old Bailey in London, alongside the other suspects involved in the failed attacks.

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Former 'Dudley Boys' sign with TNA Wrestling

September 22, 2005

TNAWrestling.com is reporting that the former Dudley Boyz have signed a multi-year contract with Total Nonstop Action. The team, who gained worldwide recognition through their work with WWE, recently left the company after a pay dispute. Their signing with TNA comes as the company prepares to debut their television show TNA iMPACT! on Spike TV in October 2005.


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This is totally wrong! Oil prices have barely budge 1% per day. However, gasoline futures are jumping 5% per day. See http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/ for details. - Texture 15:19, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

This is all moot. Bloomberg reports that Oil went down 26 cents on Thursday. (Gasoline futures went up $8.69 (4.23%). That would require an entire rewrite - Texture 20:17, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


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Italian Minister of Economy resigns

September 23, 2005 The Italian Minister of the Economy, Domenico Siniscalco, resigned from his position in the Government on Thursday.

Siniscalco cited the handling of a recent banking scandal among the reasons for his resignation. He had sought the resignation of the governor of the Italian central bank, Banca d'Italia, for his alleged involvement in insider trading during an aborted bank takeover bid. The governor, Antonio Fazio, was believed to strongly favour an Italian bid over that of the Dutch bank ABN Amro.

Siniscalco stated in his resignation letter that he was "scandalized" by the state of affairs, and would prefer to return to work as a university professor in Turin. In addition to his issues with the Bank of Italy, his proposed budget had faced considerable dilution by the government coalition.

The Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave the appearance of not being concerned about the resignation, and did not expect to take long to replace the minister. Centre-left opposition leader, Romano Prodi, said the dispute over the budget was a defining part of what made up the government. He called for immediate elections in the wake of the resignation.

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Sony restructuring plan includes 10,000 job cuts

September 23, 2005 In a major restructuring plan, Sony announced that approximately 7% of their workforce will be laid off between now and March 2008. Nearly 4,000 of the job losses will be in Japan itself.

The plan to try and revitalise the company is the brainchild of Sir Howard Stringer, the company's first ever non-Japanese CEO. Apart from the job losses, eleven of the company's 65 manufacturing plants will be closed or put up for sale. Restructuring follows considerable stock price falls over the last five years with the share value reduced to less than 40% of the 2000 value.

As well as announcing restructing plans, Sony announced an expected loss of 10 billion yen (US$ 90 million) during the current financial year.


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Looks good, but could use a pic, maybe a WiFi antenna ? StuRat 17:06, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


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US Chief Justice candidate John Roberts' nomination goes to full Senate

September 24, 2005 The confirmed   candidate  in a vote of 13–5 on September 22. The is expected to hold hearings on Monday before a having a full vote later in the week. The five members who voted No on Roberts were Senators, , , , and. The thirteen members who voted Yes were the in the committee as well as , , and. It is likely that the Senate will confirm Roberts to the Supreme Court.


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India subsidizes girls' education to offset gender imbalance

September 23, 2005 In a move aimed at curbing both population growth and preference for male children, the government of India has announced free and reduced cost education for girls.

The new program will offer free education at high school level to all girls of single child families. Those with two girls and no other children may receive discounts of up to 50%. As a continuation of India's policy of promoting education, the program includes provisions for fellowships of US$ 45 per month for those undertaking post-graduate studies.

India faces problems with the balance of the sexes in the country; some areas have a ratio of 80 girls to every 100 boys due to selective abortions. Boys are more highly prized in Indian society and as a result, many couples will have additional children after a girl in an effort to produce a boy. In cases where the family already has one or two female children the likelihood of a female foetus being aborted is significantly higher.

Indian law already prohibits tests to determine the sex of an unborn child for this very reason; however, it is routine during medical examinations of the mother for the doctor to disclose the sex of the child.


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Delta Air Lines to cut up to 9,000 jobs

September 24, 2005

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines announced plans to cut 7,000 to 9,000 jobs by the end of 2007, approximately 17% of its employees.

CEO Gerald Grinstein will take a 25% pay cut. Executives have their pay cut by 15%. Other employees will have their pay reduced by 7 to 10%. Employees that make less than $25,000 a year will not be affected by these pay cuts.

Delta has already cancelled leases on 40 aircraft and they plan to reduce its fleet by at least 80 more. They plan to reduce domestic capacity by 15 to 20 percent and increase international capacity by 25 percent.

Delta is the third-largest airline in the US. They have lost 10 billion dollars since 2001 and are 14 billion dollars in debt. Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Wednesday, joining United Airlines and US Airways. Four of the seven largest US carriers are operating under bankruptcy protection. Chapter 11 protection gives companies time to rearrange its finances while continuing to operate.

Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein said they intended "to move from being an unprofitable airline today to a profitable airline in just over two years". "This means we will become a smaller, more cost-efficient airline, with a strengthened network and a stronger balance sheet." These cuts should help save Delta up to $3 billion dollars.

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Insights on nutrient traffic in living cells

September 22, 2005

In a new study that may have important applications in medicine, researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara found that cells have evolved a surprising, but efficient, way to regulate the transport of goods to the nucleus and surrounding organelles.

Nutrients and signals outside of a cell get to the cell nucleus by way of carriers called endosomes. Endosomes travel through a cell on a highway of structural supports called microtubules.

Researchers studied the motion of endosomes by putting florescent tags, which glow under certain types of light, on individual endosomes and recording their motion through a microscope. They found that endosomes do not travel straight to the nucleus. Instead, they randomly travel toward and away from the nucleus with no preferred direction.

This is a little like getting in the car to drive to work, but instead of being caught in heavy traffic along the main road, randomly choosing a back road to follow. If you end up being caught in traffic going that way, you can also turn around and travel in the opposite direction for a while. It would make getting to work a little slow, but it leads to an even distribution of endosomes all along the microtubules.

This finding surprised the Santa Barbara group. Endosomes are most concentrated around the nucleus of a cell, so researchers expected that the endosomes would usually travel toward the nucleus.

Computer simulations show that the starburst-shaped layout of the microtubule system is responsible for the high concentration of endosomes at the nucleus. “It’s all in the geometry of the cell,” said Samir Mitragotri, a researcher on the project.

Endosomes randomly travel toward or away from the nucleus and can change direction. But as in Italy where all roads lead to Rome, the endosomes get to their destination because all roads eventually pass the nucleus. This system does not get a particular endosome to its target as quickly as possible, but ensures that nutrient transport is not disrupted if the cell moves or there is increased traffic.

Some heart, neurological, and muscular diseases are caused by the break down of proteins that regulate endosome movement. Scientists are not sure what this does to the cell said Samir Mitragotri, a co-author of the study, but research like this could help them discover the “missing link” between disease and transport properties.


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As it says up front, this is my first Audio Wikinews contribution. I'd really appreciate feedback on my talk page. Yes, I fluffed the pronunciation on the name of the Italian jail, and there's a few bits where I'm running low on breath, but I don't think it sounds too bad.

What I did notice, was that the box linking to my audio version of the report didn't match the width of the infobox on the article. Not a major problem, but it is a bit klunky looking. --Brianmc 22:09, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


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What is this? My automatic assumption based on the title was that it had something to do with cellular phones.

I can't find the source that is listed, but I suspect this may be a straight cut and paste from it. --Brianmc 22:14, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

 * This may be the same contributor who started the article: Light stopped for over a second. This story, however, lacks any trackable outside reference to the research. I moved the closing paragraph to the top for making the context of a news story, rather than a research paper :| -Edbrown05 01:12, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The researchers didn't discover that the break down of these proteins causes diseases, that was already known. This study provided new insight on the basic properties of nutrient transport--an important thing to understand when studying diseases and treaments. I changed the order to reflect this.--special_k 16:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The paper this story is based on has not been published yet, that's why it's marked as developing. We can add the reference when it's available.

 * You are right about the title, most people will think it's about phones.

 * It wasn't a cut and paste from the paper - a friend of mine read a preprint of the paper and interviewed the authors. I am sure she will include notes about that shortly. But you are right that it reads like a scientific publication. It still needs work to make it engaging and approachable.--BuzzSkyline 14:16, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

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Information for this article came from the paper "Dynamics and Spatial Organization of Endosomes in Mammalian Cells" recently accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters and from email correspondance with author Samir Mitragotri. Contact information for Mitragotri will be available with the paper. --special_k 16:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Just suggesting, I think that we may have a typo or an ortographic error in :

"...by putting florescent tags, which glow under certain types of light,..."

According to www.dictionary.com, the English word "fluorescent" is used for something that glows. "Florescent", as written, indicates something that flourishes.

Regards.

rpguerra@tutopia.com.br - Curitiba - Brasil.


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Sorry for the funny edit - I misread the diff. :) --Brianmc 22:21, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


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Whalers upset Spirit in opening game for Ontario Hockey League

September 22, 2005 The 2005-2006 Ontario Hockey League season kicked off to a start Wednesday night at Wendler arena in The Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan, USA with the Saginaw Spirit hosting the Plymouth Whalers, with over 4,600 people attending. The Whalers won 7 - 2.

A power shot by a player sent the game into a 5-minute delay when a piece of glass on the boards was shattered during the first period. The game opened its first period with 4 goals for the Whalers, with right wing player Dan Collins scoring two. Teammates James Neal and John Vigilante picked up the remainder. The Spirit also received a goal, made by defenseman Patrick McNeill.

The second period started with an early goal by Michal Birner for the Spirit. Plymouth later rebounded with two goals from players Ryan McGinnis and Dan Collins. Later on in the period, Plymouth member Jared Boll was penalized with a ten minute misconduct. He did not return to play for the remainder of the game.

The third period held a goal made by Plymouth's Mike Letizia, rounding out the final score to 7 - 2. Later on in the period, Plymouth's #2 defenseman Brett Bellemore suffered an injury that left him on the ice. He later was able to skate to the bench, where he was examined by the team trainer, Dennis MacDonald.


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I attended this event last night (to a bit of disappointment, I might add, as my team lost.) and took around 40 digital photos. --Mrmiscellanious 23:11, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
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Category to add
Category to add: Category:Ontario Hockey League. —Zachary talk 21:23, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Done --Mark Talk 21:25, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You forgot one of the ]'s on the category on both of them :P —Zachary talk 21:27, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
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St. Anthony Foundation provides hope

September 23, 2005

On the corner of Golden Gate Ave. and Jones St. in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, right next to the Civic Center you can see a throng of low-income and homeless people lining up outside of St. Anthony’s Dining Room hall which opens up it’s doors everyday at 11:30 a.m. Volunteers dressed in St. Anthony Foundation shirts help keep the lines moving as hundreds of homeless and low income people shuffle their way towards the dining hall underneath the watchful eyes of a small statue of St. Francis of Assisi.

"There’s a lot of people who go hungry out here and it ain't right." says Jimmy Scott, a slightly brawny 44-year-old black man who has been living homeless in San Francisco for the past three years. "There are families out here with kids and everything and they have to walk around all night just to stay awake so they don’t get hurt or killed...Right here in the U.S. this is going on...it ain't right."

The dining hall, which has been open for the past 54 years, is owned by the St. Anthony Foundation which helps low income and homeless people and families in the Civic Center, Tenderloin, and SOMA areas with clothing, shelter, food, drug rehabilitation, and many other services. St. Anthony’s administrative offices are found at 121 Golden Gate Ave. with the majority of the foundation’s buildings on Golden Gate Ave. and Jones St.

"We are right in the heart of the homeless population of San Francisco," says Barry Stenger, 55, who's been working for the St. Anthony Foundation for one year, and is the Director of Development and Communications, "and people are pushed here because of the economic forces of San Francisco because it's hard to be upper middle class in San Francisco."

According to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, "San Francisco’s cost of living remains one of the highest in the country" with the average household income in San Francisco being around $76,400 and the average price of housing being $543,000. Average household income for the United States in 2002, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, was $42,409 and the average price of housing for the United States according to the National Association of Realtors was $185,200 in 2004.

"We served our 32 millionth meal on Tuesday," said Stenger, “and we serve 2,500 meals a day. Some of our people who work here actually get served [food] here because they spend all their money towards rent and medical costs."

The St. Anthony Foundation was started by Fr. Alfred Boeddeker in 1950 one year after Fr. Boeddeker became pastor of St. Boniface church on Golden Gate St. where he was baptized as a child. During his lifetime, according to the foundation’s website, he was referred to as the "Patron St. of the Tenderloin" and had Boeddeker park named after him because of his, and his foundation's, achievements with helping out the homeless and low income community.

"[St. Anthony’s] is a good thing," said Jimmy Scott, "they provide a good service and they feed people and they clothe them and provide furniture when you get housing and give you groceries when you have AIDS. It's a good little organization."

"Our dining room is open 365 days a year." Said Stenger. "Our other facilities are open seven days a week. We have a residence for senior women and our [free medical] clinic is open five days a week and we also have a furniture and clothing store. We have 12 programs all together."

Some of those programs are the Father Alfred Center which provides 61 men two programs for getting out of drug and alcohol abuse, the Employment Program/Learning Center which helps participants in educational and employment opportunities and provides each one with a personal staff advisor, and a Senior Outreach and Support Services center which states its mission is to "promote independence, self determination, and alleviate isolation" for seniors who are 60 and older.

A few homeless people who were interviewed complained that St. Anthony’s had some staff who were rude and that they were kicked out of the dining hall; other homeless within the area refuted those claims saying St. Anthony's has nice staff and only kicks people out who cause trouble.

"It’s a good place and good people. Everybody is so kind and so respectful and everything is under control." Said John Henderson, a tall and skinny 57-year-old homeless black man who has only been living in San Francisco for close to two months because he recently moved there from Phoenix, Arizona. "It’s pretty cool because they’re under control because yesterday I saw at Glide [Memorial Church which also has services for the poor and low income] and they were handing out food boxes and people were just rushing in and the woman in charge there was freaking out and so she just sat down. That would never happen at St. Anthony's."

"And they clean too!" Henderson said laughing with a grin on his face referring to the fact that there are no drugs allowed in the premises. "Not that Glide ain’t clean if you know what I mean."

"We [also] have a whole division that deals with justice education and advocacy to change the system that brings people to our doorstep." Said Stenger. "We hear a lot of appreciation from the people we serve. We get a lot of testimony from our clients who have become clean and sober.  Sometimes we have to push them a little to get them out the door because they love the [foundation] so much because it has changed their lives."

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This is from my Reporting class at San Francisco State University. My beat is the Civic Center/Hayes Valley area of San Francisco, CA. and all of my reporting must be orginal or else it's an automatic F (and possible expulstion from the university). Stephensj74 04:06, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * This is truly a great story. Thanks for that :). --Deprifry 05:26, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Hope you don't mind the minor copyedit. I changed all the odd quote characters to ' and ", corrected dinning to dining in quite a few places, and stuck in a semicolon somewhere.  --Brianmc 22:25, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

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A few pics would add a lot to the story. Either use a digital camera or take some regular pics and scan them (a Kinko's can do this for you). StuRat 18:17, 23 September 2005 (UTC)


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Hurricane Rita turns toward Texas-Louisiana border

September 23, 2005

Hurricane Rita weakened to become a category 3 storm on Friday with sustained winds of 125 mph. The forecast path is centered near the Texas-Louisiana border.

The core of the hurricane is expected to approach the Texas and Louisiana coasts late on Friday. Rita is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 8-12 inches, with the storm slowing down and producing a total of as much as 25 inches across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Bursts of tropical storm winds and rainfall amounts of 3-5 inches are possible in New Orleans.

The U.S. Corps of Engineers estimated that 6 inches of rainfall could breach the previously damaged levees. New Orleans' Ninth Ward, which saw as much as 20 feet of water during Hurricane Katrina, is currently in waist high water as a nearby levee was overtopped. Water is spilling over the levee in a section 100 feet wide.

Near the center of the storm, coastal storm surge flooding of 15 feet above normal tide levels is expected, reaching 20 feet in bays and rivers.

News of 3 levee breaches in New Orleans are being broadcast in televised reports. Tides are about 2 feet above normal along the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coasts, and tides will increase to 4-6 feet above normal, with large waves and swells.


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Houston mayor article
The information in this article is already mentioned in This Article, is it not? --Static 08:44, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but it seemed time for a fresh article for updates. Check the 4 AM Bulletin in 10 minutes, radio says now Cat 3.  Good night.  (SEWilco 08:56, 23 September 2005 (UTC))
 * : OK so make the article "Hurricane Rita downgraded to category 3 hurricane"?? --Static 08:57, 23 September 2005 (UTC)


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World Food Program told to leave North Korea

September 23, 2005

North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Su-hon has asked the United Nations  (WFP) to stop providing food aid in the country.

Claiming a good harvest provided the country with sufficient food, and that the was politicizing the aid issue, the formal request to end all humanitarian aid was made to  Kofi Annan at a meeting on September 21.

The WFP has been feeding approximately six million of the poorest and most needy in the reclusive communist state. There is much concern its withdrawal will leave many without adequate aid.

Neighbouring countries, including and, will continue to supply food aid to the North Koreans; however, the donors do not manage this aid and international organisations are unable to determine that it is reaching those who need it.

The request for the WFP's withdrawal is suspected by some to be related to the ongoing talks about the nuclear program of North Korea; continued acceptance of aid is seen as a weakness that may influence their negotiating position.


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Audio report will be done
I'll be recording this one later, please try and get edits in early as I'll publish when the audio report is done at about 14:00 to 15:00 GMT. --Brianmc 11:13, 23 September 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:India subsidizes girls' education to offset gender imbalance

Pop. Growth
How does this curb population growth? I mean, it's providing even more of an incentive to have or keep female children, and a higher female/male ratio is worse for a population explosion? Perhaps condoms would be a cheaper solution... -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 12:48, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Don't let the Church hear you say that, heathen. --Wolfrider 14:53, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * They only give free edu to single child families, and a discount to 2 girl families. Bawolff 20:17, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * As Bawolff comments, the incentives are only available to those with no boys, and one or two girls. As you say, more girls than boys is an issue for population growth, but the consequences of having a predominantly male population are far worse. --Brianmc 09:15, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Educated women have fewer children because they are off doing something else. - Nyarlathotep 13:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

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Wasn't sure which image to use, but decided on the map. the other possibility is the flag. Bawolff 20:15, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

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I'd like to say thanks to the folks that have done a bit to spruce this one up for me. I think the map looks good on it, and I didn't think to have the little Wikipedia articles box. --Brianmc 08:57, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

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 * ✅ --Brian McNeil / talk 23:38, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Please change the map link from [[File:LocationIndia.png]] to [[File:LocationIndia.PNG]] .--Game-M (talk) 23:20, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
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Please add interlanguage link for japanese wikinews at インド、女子教育に補助金―教育での男女格差解消を目指す .--Game-M (talk) 23:20, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
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Talk:WinMX shut down following RIAA requests

Winmx......
Winmx was great place...... if not for downloading then for talking to friends in a fast,easy to use chat! I'm sure many agree also.

 * e-mailing this story to my son ASAP. I told him so, I hate when I'm right (wrong?). -Edbrown05 15:19, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Wrong to a degree :). WinMX's OpenNap capabilities should still work, so you can keep the interface if you know how to operate the other (hidden) half of the program.  Hands down, the best p2p client I've ever used.  --Mrmiscellanious 02:40, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

There is a serious error in the original article, winmx.com operated no central server on their domain, the network was and remained a decentralised network formed only by its users thus no files where ever on the companies web prescence to be downloaded or filtered.

Keeping the facts honest allows for legitimate debate, anything else simply smacks of biased propaganda. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.140.246.47 (talk • contribs) 21:29, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The article says no such thing. BRS  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:53, 18 January 2019 (UTC)


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Massive traffic jams, gas shortages plug evacuation routes near Houston

September 24, 2005

Before Hurricane Rita arrived, cars idling for hours in traffic jams near Houston began running out of gas, stranding evacuees in their cars. The New York Times reported Friday morning that "Colossal 100-mile-long traffic jams left many people stranded and out of gas as the huge storm bore down on the Texas coast on Thursday. ... Acknowledging that "being on the highway is a deathtrap," Mayor Bill White asked for military help in rushing scarce fuel to stranded drivers."

The obvious express routes slowed to a crawl. Some drivers reported easy travel on rural roads, while others encountered heavy traffic on two-lane highways. Constantly during the evacuation on two-lane highways, people would take over the other lanes, causing some head-on collisions. Even when the line jumpers didn't get in a wreck, they still slowed the flow of traffic because they had to merge back into the right lane at some point. The general attitude towards these cheaters was very hostile. Curses and hand signals were exchanged. To stop the cheaters, cars would swerve in front of those who tried to pass or not let them merge back in line, often causing an accident, or at least causing a backup in the lane of oncoming traffic. Sometimes blockers would occupy the shoulder as well as the lane to stop them cutting back into the line.

Small towns such as Magnolia were overwhelmed by the evacuees passing through. The majority of gas stations were closed and out of gas, and only a few restaurants were open.


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Talk:Arizona applies ban on autodialers to mobile phone spam

Looks good except the title, which is too long. A title should be short, even if that means a simplification of the story. Readers can go to the article proper for full details, there is no need for them in the title, which should only cointain the "gist" of the story. I suggest:

"Arizona bans autodialer use for text messages"

StuRat 17:14, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree short titles are good. The problem is the court is not baning the use of an autodialer for text messages, but applying a law that bans the use of an autodialer to ban text message spam --Cspurrier 17:23, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * My proposed title doesn't even mention the court. As I said before, a degree of simplification is permitted for brevity in a title.  The main article explains it in full detail.  The title is only for people to decide if they want to read the article or not.  They aren't going to decide differently based on the short or long titles. However, if all the titles are as long as this one, they are likely to give up and go elsewhere for their news. StuRat 17:48, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The new title is better, although it did have a typo, "moblie", which I fixed. StuRat 02:05, 24 September 2005 (UTC)


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Bomb explodes in Belarusian city

September 24, 2005

A bomb exploded in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk, injuring about forty-six people. The Thursday evening blast originated from a cafe in the city, which had an open-air structure and also had a dance floor, attracting many people. The bomb itself was planted in a flower bed next to the cafe.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations has said that four of the forty-six people have been critically injured, and twenty-one more have been hospitalized. Local police have not found a suspect in the incident.

The Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said, "I understand that it is very hard to stay intact in the midst of this boiling pot of terrorism. Why do we think that terrorism is far away from us and cannot occur here? The society should be on the alert." Lukashenko called on citizens to aid law enforcement agencies during an address to the 39th congress of the Belarussian Youth Union.

No suspect has been found in an earlier bombing incident that occurred in Vitebsk less than two weeks ago. An explosive beer can or metal box, laced with nails, was placed near a bus station. The detonation of the bomb also came from a flower bed and injured two people in the blast.

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Katrina conspiracy meteorologist quits Idaho TV News

September 23, 2005

Scott Stevens, the Idaho meteorologist who claimed that a weather manipulating conspiracy (possibly under the control of Japanese Yakuza mafia) caused Hurricane Katrina, has quit his job at KPVI-TV in Pocatello.

Stevens reportedly quit to pursue his weather conspiracy theories full time. According to KPVI's general manager Bill Fouch, Stevens left his job voluntarily.

Wikinews reported on Stevens' theories on Monday September 19, 2005.


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U.S. soldiers engaged in gore-for-porn swap

September 24, 2005

An amateur pornographic website, NowThatsFuckedup.com, is giving free access to its content to American soldiers currently who post pictures of corpses from Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers can also send in pictures of themselves, their buddies, or their living quarters. The post on the website states "the kinda pictures you would be sending home to your family and friends". Chris Wilson of Florida, the website administrator, says he started offering free memberships to soldiers in exchange for photographs from overseas after finding that many soldiers wanted to join the site, but could not due to issues with recognizing foreign addresses associated with credit cards held by overseas enlisted men.

"They wanted to join the site, the amateur wife and girlfriend site," Wilson said. "But they couldn't, because the addresses associated with their credit cards were Quackistan or something, they were in such a high-risk country, that the credit card companies wouldn't approve the purchase."

The soldiers caption the images themselves, such as one image of a woman's whose leg had been amputated, with the caption "Nice puss -– bad foot." in reference to her vagina also visible in the photo.

Response to the trading has been met with a certain level of ambivalence from military higher-ups; "There are policies in place that, on the one hand, safeguard sensitive and classified information, and on the other hand protects the First Amendment rights of servicemembers," said Army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Chris Conway. "In plain English, if you're on the job working for the Department of Defense, you shouldn't be freelancing. You should be doing your duty." However, Army Chief of Staff Peter Shoomaker warned that soldiers compromise "operational security" when they post photographs from Iraq on the internet in a memorandum issued in August.


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I'm a relative neophyte to the wikinews world, and I welcome virulent, merciless editing upon whatever it is I post... provided adequate reason is present.

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Parts of New Orleans flood again

September 23, 2005

Rain and the storm surge from Hurricane Rita have overwhelmed one of the fragile levees in New Orleans. The Industrial Canal levee gave way, reflooding parts of the Ninth Ward. There are three significant breaches.

"Our worst fears came true," said Maj. Barry Guidry of the Georgia National Guard.

"We have three significant breaches in the levee and the water is rising rapidly," he said. "At daybreak I found substantial breaks and they've grown larger."

The U.S. Corps of Engineers estimated that 6 inches of rainfall could breach the previously damaged levees. The Ninth Ward, which saw flooding as high as 20 feet during Hurricane Katrina, is currently in waist-high water as the nearby levee was overtopped. Water is spilling over the levee in a section 100 feet wide.

The Gentilly neighborhood has water accumulations of 6 to 8 inches deep as the patched London Avenue Canal has sprung leaks near its base.

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Ask Jeeves to remove valet from website

September 23, 2005 The mascot for Ask Jeeves is to disappear over "user confusion" on what the butler actually does. The butler has been known to be a global symbol for the search site. As of September 23 there is no confirmed date of when the butler will be removed from the web site. There is also no decision yet on changing the name of the web site since there will be no "Jeeves" anymore.

It was revealed by owner Barry Diller that the butler will no longer be the icon for the site.

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Its a mascott, what purpose is it suppposed to have? Ask Jeves users must not be that bright if they can't figure out what a mascott is. Appologies to any ask Jeves user who I just called stupid. Bawolff 22:31, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Dennis the Menace to Wally: "Jeepers, how's Mr. Wilson gonna take this?"
 * I think the real reason is that the mascot looks arrogant and punchable. PS - are press releases news?


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New Palm Treo will run Windows Mobile

September 24, 2005

Technology weblog Engadget has published exclusive photos of the yet to be released Palm Treo 700w. The Palm Treo 700w is the first Palm handheld to run Windows Mobile

No official announcement has yet been made. Palm may choose to make the official announcement at the upcoming CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment trade show. The CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment trade show is one of the phone industry's largest trade shows.

Palm Chief Financial Officer Andrew Brown said in a interview with CNet last month, that a Windows Mobile based smartphone may help convert corporate customers. "CIOs don't get fired for using Microsoft products."

According to engadget, the Treo 700w has a 1-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 64 MB of memory and a 240x240 display.

Palm OS is no longer created by Palm but by a spinoff PalmSource. PalmSource was recently acquired by Japanese software company Access for $324 million. Palm is the only major handheld manufacturer to use PalmOS. Many expect Palm to release a PalmOS version in addition to the Windows Mobile version, somewhat implied by the model number Treo 700w. A PalmOS version of the phone would most likely be named Treo 700p.

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Proposal
What do people think of changing this template to: Which produces this: Welcome to the Wikinews  section. A complete list of articles is avalible, alphabetically, or by date. For more information about writing and editing see Workspace. for latest articles.

The date subpage would be. I have set this up on the google category so you can see. Google is not a very popular cat so it shouldn't disrupt anything if this is a bad idea. note you have to put a <div id="cat"/ > at the bottom of categories this is used on.

Any comments on this proposal is appreciated.

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 * note this still has a few bugs to work out. Bawolff 01:40, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I Think i fixed them.

 * One major issue with this concept is that DPL is limited in the number of articles it may find. I believe the current maximum number of articles returned is 50. There are a number of reasons for this, including not overloading the server with massive searches. (for example, what happens if someone adds this template to Category:Published?) - Amgine / talk 02:28, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:U.S. soldiers engaged in gore-for-porn swap

That's ummm... just... absolutely... You know what? **** it. I'm holding out for the nearest UFO that will take me off this God forsaken rock. Or at least sink the United States and turn it into an underwater theme park. I'm being facitious of course. A little. --Wolfrider 01:39, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

This is hilarious. It should be listed as Wackynews, as they're not just using gore photos to get free entry, they're posting photos of women soldiers naked. I'd like to add as the graphic, but that'd probably be a copyvio. :-) --Brianmc 09:27, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Somehow I fail to see why swaping pictures of dead and deformed human beings for porn can be considered "hilarious". --Deprifry 10:38, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
 * My sense of humour is always getting me in trouble. I even had a history teacher make me write a two page essay on, "The problems caused by having a twisted sense of humour".  --Brianmc 13:57, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Nice article, I like it. - Nyarlathotep 15:01, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Dig.. while I know that a certain level of desensitization occurs in war, this just seems like the result of an adolsecent, pervese mentality seeping onto the battlefield, which I think is far more dangerous than becoming numb to the horror of war. Thoughts, anyone? --Betterliving 16:59, 24 September 2005 (UTC)


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Controversy over effects of new bankruptcy law on victims of Katrina

September 25, 2005

Hurricane Katrina has rekindled debate over the controversial Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, in the U.S. House of Represenatives. Congressional Democrats feel that among the hundreds of thousands of victims of Katrina, many of whom have lost all their possessions and are coping with relocation, those that declare bankruptcy should be granted the protections of the previous law. 32 Democrats have sponsored a proposal that would delay implementing certain parts of the law to "insure that we do not compound a natural disaster with a man made financial disaster."

The new bankruptcy law affects anyone whose income (as of the six months before filing) was over the state median income. Democratic legislators point out that many hurricane victims who manage to find work will be suffering from wage reductions, making them unable to effectively deal with their previous debts. Among U.S. states, Louisana and Mississippi have the fourth and third lowest median incomes, respectively. Democrats also feel that it is unfair to require repayment by bankrupted Hurricane Katrina victims while citizens in other states with similar incomes would pay nothing.

F. James Sensenbrenner, Republican from Wisconsin and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has denied a hearing on creating an exception in the law for the purposes of Katrina relief. He noted that "If someone in Katrina is down and out, and has no possibility of being able to repay 40 percent or more of their debts, then the new bankruptcy law doesn't apply."

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 has been heavily criticized by consumer rights' organizations. The Consumer Federation of America argues that "[the] new requirements, coupled with strict deadlines for production upon the penalty of an automatic dismissal are difficult for the most organized person to meet, never mind someone who has had his or her home destroyed by Katrina."

Opponents of the bill also argued that it makes the government "a bill collector for private companies", and could lead to criminal prosecutions over matters best left in civil courts, and theoretically even to life imprisonment under federal three-strikes laws. Such opponents view the bulk of the act either as "bought and paid for" by the Credit Card Industry, who spent millions lobbying in support of the bill, or else as an unfortunate compromise between the lobbyists for banks and bankruptcy lawyers, such as the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). Nathalie Martin, of ABI, said that "Many people will still qualify to file for Chapter 7," which means liquidation of assets in exchange for cancellation of debt.


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This story isn't fully developed. It's very wandering, and doesn't provide near enough information on the topic you are writing about. What bankruptcy laws? What new democratic proposal? The spelling and grammar needs work as well. Please remove it from the front page and republish it when it is ready. --Wolfrider 03:27, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Rebuilding from the devastation in the Gulf Coast should be undertaken at personal and private expense. The government didn't build it in the first place. If it matters at all, it will get done without Uncle Sam. -Edbrown05 04:07, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

POV
I fear that this story is inherently POV. The new bankruptcy law was passed long before Katrina and Rita were a gleam in the Atlantic Ocean's eye; it was literally years in the making. The mere presence of this story suggests malice where there is none. (Not to mention that its current incarnation is blatantly anti-Republican.) —Brent Dax (talk) 08:09, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Your inherently wrong. The claim of "inherently POV" is always a load of BS.  That is the whole point of wikinews.  Its a fact that the bankrupsy law will force specific people to pay.  Its also true that Republicans are avoiding talking about the matter.  This can be said in an NPOV way.  Now, I'll agree the current story could use some work, but lets keep some perspective here.  - Nyarlathotep 13:29, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

I've triued to clean up the article POVwise. I'd appreciate it if the original author would take a look at it now. - Nyarlathotep 15:05, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm concerned by the fact that I found the same text, "Many Democrats and the Green Party strongly resisted Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 bill because the government would become a bill collector for private companies like Sears or Diversified Collections Services. Failure to pay the government can lead to criminal prosecution under the charge of theft of goods and services or fraud, for people with two strikes this can lead to a third strike" in the POV Wikipedia article "Worldwide Green Parties". I'm worried someone with an agenda is spamming text everywhere. Superm401 | Talk 16:49, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
 * No that text is fine, athough Green Party should be eliminated, since they don't do anything, - Nyarlathotep 09:32, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Alright, the article had seriously deteriorated so I tried to reintroduce all the important points which were being obscured. - Nyarlathotep 10:47, 25 September 2005 (UTC)


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Fire breaks out in Galveston

September 24, 2005

Three buildings in Galveston, Texas, have gone up in flames as Hurricane Rita approaches. Winds in Galveston are currently around 60 to 70 mph as firefighters try to control the blaze from a distance. Most of Galveston has already been evacuated in anticipation of the hurricane. The cause of the fire is unknown.

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Hurricane Rita makes landfall

September 24, 2005

The core of made landfall just west of the – border as a  storm at 3 AM Saturday with sustained winds near 120 mph. The center of the eye crossed the coast southeast of, Texas, near , with the eyewall extending into Louisiana.

Rita is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 8–12 inches, with the storm slowing down and producing a total of as much as 25 inches across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Bursts of tropical storm winds and rainfall amounts of 3–5 inches are possible in.

New Orleans' Ninth Ward, which saw as much as 20 feet of water during, is currently in waist high water as a nearby levee was overtopped. Water is spilling over the levee in a section 100 feet wide. There are reports of damage or leakage at three levee breaches.

Near the center of the storm, coastal storm surge flooding of 15 feet above normal tide levels is expected, reaching 20 feet in bays and rivers. Tides are about 2 feet above normal along the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coasts, and tides will increase to 4–6 feet above normal, with large waves and swells.

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US army whistleblowers allege widespread torture of Iraqi detainees

September 24, 2005

Human Rights Watch yesterday released a report containing new and detailed allegations, by three serving US army officers, of widespread torture and abuse of Iraqi detainees by American forces, at Forward Operating Base Mercury, near Fallujah.

Prisoners are alleged to have been severely beaten, forced into painful "stress positions", deprived of sleep, denied food and water, subjected to extremes of hot and cold, and to have had chemical substances applied to their skin and eyes.

Some of the abuses were specifically ordered by Military Intelligence personnel, prior to prisoner interrogations, say the officers. In other cases, soldiers tortured prisoners (known as Persons Under Control—PUCs) on their own initiative, in order to "relieve stress".

"Everyone in camp knew if you wanted to work out your frustration you show up at the PUC tent. In a way it was sport", one sergeant told Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch suggests that the widespread abuses result from "civilian and military failures of leadership and confusion about interrogation standards and the application of the Geneva Conventions".

"The administration demanded that soldiers extract information from detainees without telling them what was allowed and what was forbidden," the group's Washington Director, Tom Malinowski, is quoted as saying. "Yet when abuses inevitably followed, the leadership blamed the soldiers in the field instead of taking responsibility."

The US government has claimed in previous cases that such abuses are exceptional, and not the fault of civilian or military leaders. An unnamed captain told Human Rights Watch that he had tried repeatedly, over a period of 17 months, to raise concerns about the abuses with his superior officers, only to be told to ignore them and "consider his career". The concerns were only taken seriously after he approached members of Congress, he says. The Los Angeles Times today named the officer as Captain Ian Fishback.

The US army yesterday announced that it had launched an investigation into the captain's allegations. Army Spokesman Paul Boyce told the Associated Press that army officials opened the inquiry as soon as the concerns were brought to their attention. "These are allegations of potential felony crimes," Boyce told the Los Angeles Times. "We want to speak to anyone else who might be able to corroborate this information. These things should be looked into thoroughly."

According to the Los Angeles Times, the investigation was opened following a referral from the Senate Armed Services Committee. Captain Fishback is the first officer to make such allegations publicly since the Abu Ghraib prison scandal came to light last year, says the newspaper, quoting an unnamed Capitol Hill aide as saying that the allegations are "very credible".


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Sydney Swans win AFL premiership after 72 years in classic match

September 24, 2005

After 72 long years, long suffering fans of the Sydney Swans football club will be toasting their club's success as they defeated the West Coast Eagles of Perth today in the AFL Grand Final by a score of 8.10 (58) to 7.12 (54), a victory of four points. This gives the Swans, formerly based in South Melbourne before moving to Sydney in 1982, their first premiership since 1933.

Sydney captain Barry Hall and West Coast goalsneak Adam Hunter both kicked two goals in a low-scoring affair. West Coast kicked the first goal, and then proceeded to kick another after Sydney replied. The Swans went on to kick five unanswered goals (6 points) to take a 20-point lead into halftime, while the Eagles could manage a handful of behinds (1 point).

The Eagles came alive in the third quarter, and at three-quarter time reduced the deficit to two points thanks to picked-up performances from West Coast stars like David Wirrapunda and Brownlow Medal winner Ben Cousins. However, attempts at goal were wasted as West Coast failed to capitalize throughout the game at many scoring opportunities.

West Coast gained the lead 15 minutes in the final quarter thanks largely in part to a misjudged short kick by Luke Ablett which was caught by Cousins right in the front of the goal. This would bring the Eagle lead up to 10, before Amon Buchanan's goal erased the deficit. The Eagles mounted a spirited charge in the dying minutes, but a timely saving mark by Leo Barry seconds before the final siren was the final nail in West Coast's coffin. Chris Judd won the Norm Smith Medal for being voted the best-on-ground, becoming the fourth person to win this honour while representing the losing side.

The grand final was Sydney and West Coast's fourth meeting of the season, with both teams splitting the home-and-away series. The Eagles had defeated the Swans by the same Grand Final-winning margin in the Qualifying final at Subiaco Oval three weeks ago, and it is a vindication for the Swans, who lost that match on a number of questionable umpiring decisions which the AFL's chief umpire Jeff Gieschen later admitted were incorrect.

The Swans had also come under great criticism earlier in the year from footy commentators and AFL Commissioner Andrew Demetriou for their now premiership-winning tactics, which was criticized as "boring" and, in the words of Demetriou, would lead the Swans to "lose more games than they would win" this season, but the Swans achievement forced Demetriou to backtrack his words days before the Grand Final.

91,898 footy fans of all stripes and locales packed the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the game, which was opened with entertainment from the likes of Delta Goodrem (singing I Am Australian), the finalists of Australian Idol (performing Waltzing Matilda), Dame Edna and Michael Buble.

John Steven's (Sydney Swans fan) later remarked "This was one of the most exciting, gripping and enthralling matches I have ever witnessed."

This game will certainly leave a mark in the record books.


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Net skills to be taught by kids

September 24, 2005 Young people (mainly children) are being encouraged to take the role of "Internet trainer" in order to help teach Internet literacy skills to older people. On 24 September Grandparents Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom, and BT Group plc is marking this Grandparents Day by trying to persuade children to teach their grandparents how to use "the Net". This effort is being made to help prevent grandparents from becoming "digitally excluded".

A web site, Internet Rangers, by BT, was recently launched with tools, activities and advice to assist children with helping their grandparents make use of one of the world's largest information resource, the Internet. The site links to BT's "Green X Code" of conduct which encourages kids to stay safe while accessing the Internet.

BT is working with governments and other commercial organisations to help provide Internet access to people who are currently unable to get access. Recent research shows that teenagers aged between 13 and 16 have been encouraging their parents and grandparents to "surf the Net".

By the year 2025, around 23 million adults could miss out on what the Internet has to offer, according to BT.

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Three detained for Thai marine deaths

September 25, 2005

Thai Defense Minister, Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhya, announced the arrest of three persons suspected of involvement in the deaths of two marines in Thailand's troubled southern region.

The two marines were detained and subsequently stabbed and beaten to death by villagers in Narathiwat province. This was seen as retaliation for an attack on a tea shop where people in Tanyong Limo village believed the soldiers had been involved.

The plain-clothed marine officers, Sub-Lieutenant Vinai Nakhabut and Petty Officer Khamthon Thongeiat, were detained by youths who suspected them of being involved in a recent shooting. They were tied up and held at a local school; their brutal deaths did not occur until after villages had demanded Malasian media cover the event. A subsequent rumour that troops would attack to release the hostages led to the killing.

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E-Inquiries - Bring Public Inquiries to the Net

September 24, 2005

A search in Wikinews for "Inquiry" will return many examples of Public Inquiries conducted by governmental organizations into issues that are often deeply controversial.

The processes and terms of reference of such 'Public' Inquiries are normally determined by the commissioning governmental body. However the Internet has now made possible the emergence of a new type of Public Inquiry, called an "E-Inquiry" that appears to be not only independent of government but also, like a Wiki, enables anyone who wishes to partake in the Inquiry to do so by contributing evidence and by posing questions that contribute to the process of determining the Terms of reference of the E-Inquiry.

The absence of a US government sponsored independent public inquiry into the Katrina hurricane disaster could well be the spur that led to the development of a new non-profit web site that incorporates a framework for conducting a Public E-Inquiry. That site http://www.ForumKatrina.org carries the banner line "Katrina Support, Recovery, Planning & E-Inquiry".

The web site owners have given permission to quote the following extract from its statement on the web site about the objective of its E-Inquiry:

"Everyone who may think of getting involved in the E-Inquiry is asked to remember, at every stage in the process, that the end purpose of the E-Inquiry is to provide recommendations, for the future. The objective of those recommendations is to help everyone to avoid death, disease and destruction in consequence of forthcoming natural and man-made disasters. If those recommendations are to be taken seriously, and this, the first E-Inquiry, is to acquire any public credibility, then the process must be democratic, patently fair and intellectually rigorous."

It will be interesting to see whether an E-Inquiry is capable of meeting these ideals and whether they become a common feature of internet activity.


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Thousands march to demonstrate opposition to U.S.-led wars

September 24, 2005

Across the globe demonstrations took place against the US-led war and occupation of Iraq.

Washington D.C. saw the largest demonstration with hundreds of thousands of people marching. Organisers put the figure as high as 250,000 though police put the number at 150,000. Many speakers linked the massive deployment of US troops in Iraq and the inability of the federal government to respond adequately to the needs of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and others linked the Iraq war to the occupation of Palestine and the oil crisis. The mobilisations were united around the slogan "Bring the Troops Home Now!" San Francisco, and Los Angeles also had demonstrations.

The demonstration in London set off from Parliament square and went to Hyde park. Organisers' figures for attendance (100,000) differ greatly from the police's estimate of only 10,000. Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) jointly organised the demonstration. The organisers planned the demonstration to coincide with the Washington demonstration and also in hope of influencing the Labour Party Conference.

Notable in the U.S. mobilisations was the increasingly visible presence of military families speaking out against the war. Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan spoke in D.C. and drew the largest crowd of spectators.

Antiwar mobilisations, as well as actions against the World Bank and IMF, will continue in D.C. tomorrow and into next week.


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Source the numbers
You need to back up these numbers. I've no doubt that tens of thousands turned out globally, but I can't find any numbers in the sources except for CNN claiming 2,000 turned out in DC.

I got home a couple of hours ago from the protest, and can guarentee you that AT LEAST 100,000 people were there. There was an announcement at 2:30 claiming that the number was as high as 250,000. 68.236.35.67 00:52, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Other cities
Were any other cities involved? Because I know Salt Lake City had a small/moderate rally along the same lines.

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Thousands march to demonstrate opposition to U.S.-led wars is an inacurate discription, Thousands march to demand end to Iraq war was better, but also inacurate. We were marching for many reasons. Primarily, we were marching not only to end the war in Iraq, which, consequently, has nothing to do with the "war on terror," but also calling for the impeachment of mr. bush. This needs to be moved back to the original title, as that title is closer to our original aim. 68.236.35.67 05:49, 25 September 2005 (UTC) AKA Wikipedia User:Autopilots
 * There were a hell of a lot of other causes trumpted by the speakers... from anti-Israel speakers, to Filipino activists, to just plain old run of the mill faux-communists. In fact, many of the speakers said little of interest regarding the Iraq war other than to use it as rhetoric -- stringing together as many stupid sounding aliterations as they could. But sure, it was about Iraq or something. None of the people behind the rally and who they are backed up by will ever get reported because the MSM knows it will look bad when the average person finds out that half the speakers think the jooos flew the planes into the WTC. So instead of getting an interesting article here, we get the same breathless mush that the standard new sources peddle. Notice something very basic about the majority of articles on 'anti-war' protests: They never discuss the actual content of the rallies. They never repeat anything more than empty slogans. Ever. Why should I suspect wikinews of being any different?


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What is this article about? -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 21:19, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

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

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Google creates new desktop software

September 24, 2005

Recently, Google had released Google Desktop 2 (beta), software that aims to provide information on a side-bar that sticks to the right end of your screen. Content on Google Desktop include e-mail searching, news and weather, subscribing to RSS-syndicated websites, and more features.

One particular feature of Google Desktop is how it sends anonymous information of your computer use to Google (at option) in order to help choose RSS feeds and the like for you. This is much akin to how spyware works, however, said features can be disabled rather simply. Along the same lines are the ability to automatically find Weather and Stocks you would like at the first time you open it. This is a Beta so there are a few kinks in this system that can be expected to be sorted out at the full release.

Google Desktop replaces the "Gmail Notifier", so you can check your gmail emails directly from the Sidebar. In addition to the Gmail mail checker, if you have Outlook, Outlook Express or Thunderbird email clients on your computer then it will check the email accounts in them. All this is automatic, so you get all these emails. Emails can be hidden by using filters.

The program is a 1.3MB download and requires Windows 2000 or Windows XP. It automatically starts up when you load your computer.

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Wikinews switches to Creative Commons license

September 25, 2005

The Wikimedia Board of Trustees has decided to change the licensing of Wikinews from either public domain or other licenses which some language versions had chosen based on their community decision to the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5, following a poll of Wikinewsies and the Wikimedia community. This license received 31 votes, beating other options such as the GNU FDL, Creative Commons Sharealike, BSD license, custom-made Wikinews licenses, and other combinations.

Before switching, most of Wikinews were in public domain, however, three language versions including Polish one were released under GNU FDL, and one version, Japanese one, was released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.1 Japan, since there is no 2.5 version aiming to Japanese jurisdiction in Creative Commons licenses.

The poll, which ended September 20, 2005, was set up in response to criticisms of releasing Wikinews into the public domain. Perceived disadvantages of releasing content into public domain were particularly focused around the fact that a public domain does not exist in some countries and that it could lead to plagiarism of Wikinews stories. Also differences of chosen licensing between each Wikinews editions was worried.