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Talk:Failed bomb aboard Delta flight

First article, not exactly sure on if it should be published now, or wait until more information is available. Noian (talk) 22:56, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Ideally want three paragraphs, more written for an international audience, don't cite Detroit as a location like that unless you're somewhere in the city – such as the airport.
 * I've tidies the sources, added categories, and it's a pretty good first attempt. I'll change the title too, and if it can be added to to expand it to three paragraphs it should be ready for review and publication.
 * The MSNBC source puts this rather oddly as "trying to light a powdery substance", were the earlier reports of firecrackers misleading? --Brian McNeil / talk 23:18, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, news reports just updated as being a bomb activation device (10 minutes ago). Noian (talk) 23:23, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, are we allowed to upload AP images? Noian (talk) 23:25, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * No. No AP photos. They're technically a "competing news agency". They're not allowed on Commons, and not covered by Wikinews' fair use policy. Possibly best looking on commons for a file photo of the same type of aircraft; ideally in the correct livery. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

 * Don't add sources you don't use. I've not checked if you pulled anything out of the Fox one. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:41, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

 * I didn't add any sources I didn't use. I'm a experienced wikipedian. I got the DHS quote from the Fox one. Noian (talk) 23:42, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

 * What about http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wayne_County_Michigan_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Detroit_highlighted.svg? Noian (talk) 23:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * That map would have been less-useful for an international audience. You don't need to go quite as far as where is the United States but, ideally we'd have an image with Michigan highlighted in continental North America and the map you suggested's detail piece with the airport location highlighted. In any case, it was on the right track. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:17, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Do we need to mention AP?
Because the msnbc citation has been updated to reflect that the fireworks was a misconception as well. Noian (talk) 00:08, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * We don't know the details here, so if anything is wrong then we should say who said the wrong thing, and who collected particular pieces of the story. I'm not sure who first reported it as fireworks, and who first got told by an "unnamed source" that it was a bomb attempt. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:11, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The "unnamed source" is two HMS officials according to msnbc. As for the title of this page, should it be renamed to "Northwest" flight, as it was technically a northwest flight (although the two companies are essentially one) Noian (talk) 00:14, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The problem there is that many international carriers like Delta have multiple codes for their flights. It could have been Delta liveried, left Amsterdam on a Delta flight number, and within US airspace been identified as the more local Northwest, using their assigned flight number. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:12, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Name
A name has been released,. Waiting for verification from other sources. Noian (talk) 00:26, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia article has more information.
I have to go to bed right now, but if anyone has the time, there's plenty of information on the en B class article on this subject to add here. Noian (talk) 07:32, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup, lots of sources to take from there. Can't use any dated after this article's publication date; that would be for a followup article as more detailed information becomes available. If you look at my userpage on enWP you'll see I'd like some current Wikipedia templates updated so more people from there try doing this sort of article.
 * Please critique Wikinews policy and guides that might have helped you more quickly contribute to this. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:02, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Name and University College London link
Various sites are claiming the name, which was "on a federal database", is the name of an engineering student at UCL.

There is nobody at UCL with the name Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, but there was one, who graduated from mechanical engineering two years ago called Umar Abdulmutallab. The only current Abdulmutallab is a paediatric clinician. The only 23-year old engineer with a remotely similar name is definitely not Nigerian. Be very careful with names, as few news sources agree.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.160.59 (talk) 12:44, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Relative Date Error
The first sentence of the second paragraph says that the "plane landed safely around noon yesterday." I know it was because it was written on Dec. 26, but it is already Jan. 2010, so that aspect should be changed.

❌ That isn't how news is written. Maybe you should read some. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 02:55, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Additional info vs spin
I've noticed that the major media is spinning this as "HOLY CRAP, SOME TERRORIST GOT HIGH EXPLOSIVES ON A PLANE!"

The bare facts are he got a hard-to-detonate PETN bomb on the plane in his pants, without a proper detonator. Conjecture states that he would have been unable to move a proper, reliable detonator through airport security; a more neutral view point would be that "for reasons unknown, [possibly due to the difficulty in moving such a device through airport security,] the man did not board the plane with a proper, reliable detonator." It is, of course, possible to research the type of detonator needed to blow PETN effectively, and determine if it would be a large, bulky, electronic metal object with a fuse charge in it, or some other obvious non-passable device.

My point is that articles as such are hard to write neutral, and that the major media has no interest in neutralizing this. On one side everyone is screaming "OMG TERRORIST BOMB PLANE WTF," and on the other people are figuring out... what I just said above.

The Wikinews article is decently written, although it basically says the man got an explosive on a plane and we don't know how. Strategically leaving out information about the type of explosive and the details of detonation (i.e. this would never have worked, effectively) leaves most typical readers to naturally assume a panic situation (spin); whereas inserting such information would basically be a deliberate attempt to shape the reader's view of the situation and alleviate panic (opposite spin).

Is there actually a guideline for how to deal with things like this? The facts can be lain out to read neutral and still produce strategic, planned reactions; or more likely, inadvertently produce predictable reactions and fuel existing reactions deliberately provoked by other media outlets. To complicate the matters, these topics are highly political, meaning the articles not only take a natural (possibly inaccurate) shape for the reader; but are also easily shaped.

Just an interesting consideration. --199.173.225.25 (talk) 17:18, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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China sentences dissident to eleven years in prison

December 26, 2009

A Chinese court sentenced prominent democracy activist Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for inciting to subvert state power, prompting international calls for his release.

A Beijing court issued the sentence Friday following a two-hour trial earlier in the week. A group of U.S. and European diplomats were among those who stood outside the court after they were barred from the courtroom.

Gregory May, first secretary with the United States Embassy in Beijing, told reporters the United States is "deeply concerned" by Liu's sentence.

"We continue to call on the government of China to release him immediately," May said, "and to respect the rights of all Chinese citizens to peacefully express their political views in favor of universally recognized fundamental freedoms, including the right to petition one's government." May says members of the U.S. embassy have repeatedly raised Liu's case at high levels in Washington, D.C. and Beijing.

China has accused foreign diplomats of "meddling" in the trial. On Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu stressed that Liu is a Chinese citizen and, as a result, his case is an "internal" affair.

Liu's charge of subversion is an ill-defined one, often brought against those who voice opposition to Communist Party rule. Liu has spent time in jail or under house arrest before, especially following his early activism over the 1989 student protests in Tiananmen Square.

Along with his prison term, Liu will lose his political rights for another two years. Liu's lawyer, Shang Baojun, said of the verdict, “We are just extremely disappointed.” Baojun says Liu plans to appeal the verdict.

Liu was detained more than a year ago after he co-authored the pro-democracy petition "Charter '08." Thousands of Chinese citizens signed the online document, including 38-year-old Yang Licai, one of a handful of Chinese supporters who came to the courthouse on Friday. Yang says he came to turn himself in.

Yang also says he signed Charter '08, and since Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years for sponsoring the document, Yang felt he should receive the same treatment. After he finished speaking with reporters, police escorted Yang into a van that promptly drove away.

Many international human rights organizations are denouncing the sentence and calling for Liu's release. International PEN, a non-profit organization devoted to freedom of expression, called Liu's sentence "a grievous betrayal of his inalienable rights as a Chinese citizen."

Liu is a former president of the independent China PEN Center. Larry Siems, the director of Freedom to Write and international programs at PEN American Center, says Liu exemplifies the traits that PEN values. "He's been in his work an example of a true intellectual, someone who is true to his ideas and principles," Siems noted, "and also as a public intellectual, someone who lives by his actions, his words, someone who's willing to speak his mind and take the consequences."

Siems says PEN will continue to advocate for Liu's release.


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whats wrong with us.didnt we learn enough from 911. how can someone from the no fly list still booard a flippin plane???????? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.93.196.225 (talk • contribs)
 * There will be always holes in our security.--65.8.253.38 (talk) 07:49, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * He was not on the "No Fly List". If he had been, he wouldn't have been allowed on the flight. Gopher65talk 18:03, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * He wasn't on the no-fly list, but he should have been. He shouldn't have been allowed on a plane, much less to get a United States visa... I'm not quite understanding how somebody on a terror watchlist could be given the green light to fly into the United States...--Unionhawk (talk) 21:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

did he detenate the bomb?
i heard gunfire from yahoo.com --AtwoodChino20 (talk) 12:25, 28 December 2009 (UTC)


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American actor Charlie Sheen arrested

December 26, 2009

American actor Charlie Sheen was arrested Friday on domestic-violence related assault charges. The 44-year-old was charged with assault, menacing and criminal mischief. He was released on US$8,500 bond from an Aspen, Colorado jail. Aspen police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro did not identify the victim in press briefings, citing police policy. Sheen's publicist Stan Rosenfield said not to jump to conclusions, "It would benefit everyone not to jump to any conclusion." Sheen is married to real-estate investor Brooke Mueller Sheen, with whom he had twins in March.

Sheen has had incidents in the past, such as in 1990 when he accidentally shot his then-fiancee, Kelly Preston, in the arm. He also had a drug violation in 1998, when he injected himself with cocaine and overdosed.

Sheen, born Carlos Irwin Estévez, is the son of actor Martin Sheen began his professional career in The Execution of Private Slovik. However his first starring role was the the 1986 movie Platoon, and he co-starred with Michael Douglas in the Oliver Stone film Wall Street. His filmography also includes Young Guns, Major League, The Rookie and a leading role on the television show Two and a Half Men.

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The aircraft that come out of the former Soviet nations are actually often quite good products perfectly capable of anything the Boeing, Airbus, Embraer or Bombardier competitors can do at a fraction of the price. Antonov, Ilyushin, Sukhoi and Tupolev are unfairly overlooked. Perhaps when Western airlines remember that the poorer models are a thing of the past and that the Cold War thawed out a long time ago then the manufacturers dominating the sector will have a major fall from grace. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:18, 26 December 2009 (UTC)


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Do you even need a passport to enter the Vatican? Sad though it is to have to mess people around with that kind of security, it seems like that's what's needed nowadays. All it takes is someone to walk through the scanners with a non-metal knife... Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Swiss guard would put them down pretty fast.
 * As this woman has demonstrated, not fast enough. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:23, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Side question though, "attack" is used in the headline to describe the woman's actions. If she was in fact mentally unstable, doesn't that wording suggest motivations which were not necessarily true? Maybe I'm just being hyper sensitive here, but the headline suggests we know something about her motivations that doesn't seem to be reported here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.112.118 (talk) 00:36, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You know, I was thinking the same thing. Is "attacked" really the right word? --Thunderhead 02:52, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * That's right!!! Why use this biased word for this hero? Down with Papist scum everywhere! 206.74.5.136 (talk) 00:23, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, troll elsewhere. Yes, it was an attack; any mental illness could influence or cause this. I'm not Christian, but was raised Episcopalian. I'm actually quite pleased to see the Pope's security this relaxed; many other heads of state would have taken a different view following previous incidents with the woman. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:35, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

John Paul or ratzinger\>?
he got attack by that guy? in red? AtwoodChino20 (talk) 12:36, 28 December 2009 (UTC)


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Ship fire kills nine Greek and Filipino sailors in Caribbean Sea

December 26, 2009

A blaze on the cargo vessel Aegean Sea has left three Greek and six Filipino sailors dead. Fire broke out in the Greek ship's engine room in the Caribbean Sea while it was 160km (100 miles) north of the Venezuelan mainland and close to Margarita Island.

The Venezuelan Navy provided assistance after the fire broke out and five more of the twenty-four crew-members were airlifted to hospital. The nine who were killed were reported missing and later found dead in various compartments throughout the ship. The fire had spread upwards through much of the vessel, which had been carrying iron ore from Brazil to Texas.

The injured were two men from the Philippines who received third-degree burns on their hands and faces while three Greeks had minor burns. All were taken to the mainland by the Venezuelan Maritime Rescue and Aid Service. The fire broke out before dawn yesterday when the ship was 33 nautical miles (61 km) from Blanquilla.

The navy stated that the cause is unknown and the ship, which has all ten of its remaining crew still on board, will be towed to Margarita.


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Review of revision 928002 [Passed]
Looks like something of a halfway house. Five wounded were 'rescued' (I'd say a rescue involves taking all folk off, so I didn't repeat the word). Nine more are dead to make fourteen. The ten that were uninjured remain on the ship as it is towed away, bringing us to the full 24. I don't know why their still on the ship; would make sense to take them off to grieve their friends and put navy sailors in a fit state to command a crippled vessel on to guide it while its towed. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:43, 26 December 2009 (UTC)


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Guard rail kills ten in Malaysian bus crash

December 26, 2009

A metal guard rail slicing into a bus killed ten people today in an overnight crash in Ipoh, Malaysia. Three more were injured with one hospitalised when the double-decker Sani Express struck the rail at 1 a.m. this morning with 48 passengers on board.

The vehicle was en route to the northern destination of Perlis from the central state of Selangor when it crashed in Perak on the North-South Expressway, which runs the length of the country. The victims were on the lower deck when the vehicle skidded, struck and was ripped open on the left-hand side by the rail before swerving across the road to rest against the central divider. Of the ten killed, the youngest was fourteen and the oldest 64. The victim hospitalised has four broken ribs.

The bus driver had prior traffic offense convictions, although the bus had not been in any incidents with the police. Police arrested him, noting he was not drunk or on drugs, and he has been remanded in custody until Wednesday. He admits that he fell asleep just before the crash.

Press photographs showed the left side of the bus had been torn open along the bottom of the lower deck for most of its length, and bodies covered with newspaper lying in front of the vehicle.

Perak saw another major bus crash two years ago on the same highway. 22 people were killed in that crash, which remains the nation's worst bus accident.


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Two arrested, 40 dead in Indian bridge collapse

December 27, 2009

A bridge under construction along the Chambal river collapsed in Kota India, trapped more than 40 people under debris, and injured five, on Thursday.

Twelve bodies have been recovered from the river, and Rajeev Dasot, the inspector general of police, said that the remaining 30 are most likely dead. Numerous rescuers were on the site, however it could take another three days to finish cleaning the area.

Local investigators have arrested two project managers working for South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Gammon India under suspicion of culpable homicide. The maximum penalty is ten years if convicted.


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If someone can figure out how to get a map like they have at, that would be appreciated (they overlayed two images). I can't figure out how to reverse engineer the template. Noian (talk) 20:56, 26 December 2009 (UTC)


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Vietnam record drug seizure suspects convicted

December 27, 2009 Five Chinese nationals, identified as Lu Mingcheng (52), Wan Huilan (42), Chan Kwok Kwong (52), Ngan Chiu Kuen (42) and Ieong Chi Kai (52), were sentenced to death by firing squad for trafficking nearly eight tons of marijuana by sea.

The People's Court of the northern Quang Ninh Province made the sentence after a four-day trial, and confiscated 19,600 jeans used for smuggling, HK$1.5 million (278,262 Yuan, US$10,485) in assets. The group were hired in April 2008 by individuals known by A Giai and A Tran to transfer the marijuana from Pakistan to Canada and were caught on May 12, 2008.

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Beirut car bomb targets Hamas official

December 27, 2009

A car bomb went off in the Lebanese capital of Beirut Saturday. Two people were killed and three injured when device detonated in the southern suburbs of the city, an area where Hezbollah support is strong. The neighborhood of was cordoned off by Hezbollah, preventing journalists from entering.

According to one source,, Hamas' Southern Lebanon Chief was killed. He is rumored to be the target of the bomb, according to Arab media. Lebanon's State News Agency claim "three bombs tied to each other were placed under the vehicle".

The bomb was detonated about 700 meters from a building in which Shiite supporters of Hezbollah were holding a ceremony for on the eve of the event, Shiite Islam's most important religious holiday.

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Deaths in Philippines ferry accidents

December 27, 2009

In two separate ferry incidents, more than 40 people are feared dead in the Philippines. The first accident on Thursday involved a wooden ferry near colliding with a large fishing boat, the Nathalia. 46 people were rescued, four confirmed dead. The BBC reports as many as 24 may still be missing from the incident.

The second incident occurred today, south of at. The MV Baleno-9 capsized after listing and taking water, drowning three. At least twenty remain missing.

Commander Armand Balilo, a coastguard spokesman, said rescue operations are continuing. "Hopefully their [search] flights will not be fruitless and they may find a few more of the missing," he told a local radio station, "We always hope that there will be survivors."

The Philippines has a history of storms, lax safety enforcement, and aging boats, leading to common ferry accidents despite the island nation's heavy reliance on ferries for transportation.

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British Member of Parliament David Taylor dies

December 27, 2009 David Taylor, the 63-year-old Labour Co-operative British Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire, died yesterday from a sudden heart attack whilst walking in Calke Abbey, Derbyshire with his family. According to his website, he was taken to Queen's Hospital, Burton in Staffordshire, but staff were unable to save him.

On their Twitter page, the Co-operative Party described his death as 'devastating'. Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, described him on her blog as 'one of those MPs who could be described as a true parliamentarian'.

Taylor was elected MP in 1997, and was previously an accountant and computer manager. In 2007, he won the Commons Backbencher of the Year award. He was not going to stand for re-election.


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Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up airliner

December 27, 2009 U.S. authorities have charged Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab with trying to blow up a plane on its descent into the city of Detroit, Michigan on Friday. The man, who comes from a prominent Nigerian family, was read the charges in a hospital Saturday, where he is being treated for burns.

The charges were read by United States District Judge Paul Borman while Abdulmutallab was being held at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Abdulmutallab was asked if he understood the charges against him, and he answered in English that he did. Witnesses reported he was in a wheelchair with a blanket over his lap.

The U.S. government accuses the Nigerian national of bringing an explosive device onto Friday's Northwest Airlines Flight 253 plane from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. A preliminary analysis by federal authorities indicates he used a syringe to detonate a highly explosive substance, identified as PETN. Abdulmutallab said he got the explosives in Yemen from an Al Qaeda bomb maker who sewed the device into his underwear.

Passengers have told investigators the man went into the bathroom for 20 minutes before landing and complained about stomach problems before pulling a blanket on himself.

Just as the plane was getting ready to land, they heard a pop, smelled smoke and then saw the man on fire. A Dutch passenger, Jasper Schuringa, jumped on the Nigerian to subdue him, and a fire extinguisher was used to put out the fire.

The House Committee on Homeland Security chairman, Bennie Thompson, said it was a very close call. "We're just fortunate nothing happened. This was a serious situation," he said. Thompson said Congress will look into the matter soon. "As soon as we reconvene from the holiday recess, we will start looking into the circumstances around the Northwest flight incident."

Nigeria's acting ambassador to the United States, Babagana Wakil, immediately issued a statement, which he read to the Voice of America over the phone. "Expectedly, the embassy is already in contact with relevant U.S. authorities over the incident to facilitate any preliminary investigations to get to the bottom of this unfortunate development. Officers from the embassy have already flown to Michigan to gain consular access to the individual under investigation, and to offer the mission's cooperation to federal and local authorities," he said.

The suspect's family members in Nigeria said they were shocked. The suspect's father, an accountant and businessman, was previously a very well known banker in Africa's most populous nation. Friends and family said Adbulmutallab had studied in Togo and London, and that he had recently made several trips to Yemen. His father had, apparently, made concerns with his son's extremist connections known to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria.

Adbulmutallab told the FBI he met with a radical Yemeni cleric he corresponded with online. The cleric is not believed to be Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Imam connected to Major Nidal Malik Hasan who carried out the Fort Hood shooting last month.

Friday, the White House said it believed it was an attempted act of terrorism. U.S. media reports say the suspect told interrogators he had affiliations with Al Qaeda.

The charges that were read against him Saturday carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.

Meanwhile, security screening measures have upgraded in the wake of the foiled attack, including only allowing one carry-on bag for international passengers, banning anyone from moving around the airplane during the last hour of the flight and additional "unpredictable" measures that will vary from airport to airport.

Related news

 * Failed bomb aboard Delta flight. Wikinews, December 26, 2009.


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Great job!
We should follow Vietnam's footstep and this country wouldn't have that much of a drug problem as we are right now.

A harsh punishment not fitting the crime over a nature created plant. Education, not ridiculous khmer rouge punishment is the answer to ignorance and most of our drug problems. Harsh toke, dude! —64.22.64.2 (talk) 08:20, 14 June 2011 (UTC)


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I was going to write an article after the house/senate panel hearings (at Investigations expand over Delta bomb plot), but since you've already started one here, should I redirect the placeholder here? Noian (talk) 17:38, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
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IDIOT, JERK
I AM GLAD NOBODY WAS HURT.

I DO BELIEVE HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING,POSITIONED OVER THE FUEL TANK...

HOPE HE ENDS UP IN THAT ILLINOIS PRISON

HOPE HE GETS A MAX SENTENCE

What happened in Amsterdam?
Has the airport in Amaterdam said anything about this? Their security measures were clearly insufficient. Benny the mascot (talk) 01:36, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree. Clearly everyone needs to strip naked while their undies are examined for bombs. C'mon, Benny, face it: There will always be a way round whatever measure is presented if you are resourceful enough. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

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on undergarments begins.... 76.172.219.186 (talk) 06:55, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Most hilarious act of terrorism ever
It's all fun and games if the perpetrator only succedes in carbonizing his crotch. When the passengers "smelled smoke" I'm sure they ill suspected this darwinian fitness abolishing act of genital self-barbecue. I would not have been able to keep a straight face during the presentation of the charges. 209.30.92.75 (talk) 07:15, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Obviously the smell wasn't bacon; it was sweetmeats. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:14, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Niger, African...
Why did he blow up the airplane in the first place? --AtwoodChino20 (talk) 11:19, 28 December 2009 (UTC)


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German jet bound for US searched in Iceland after suitcase loaded without owner

December 27, 2009

A bomb squad searched a jetliner belonging to German flag carrier Lufthansa after it was found that the owner of a suitcase in the hold was not on the flight. The Airbus A330 diverted to Iceland but was later able to continue to the US.

The 160 people on board remained so while the luggage was inspected in Reykjavik. It was found that there were no security risks in the suitcase concerned. "It seems the passenger in question somehow missed the plane after having checked in," explained Fridthor Eydal of Keflavik International Airport, which serves Reykjavik.

The flight from Frankfurt then completed its trip to Detroit. It is unclear how the aircraft was able to leave with a bag that had no owner. Detroit was the location of an attack attempt on Friday in which a man attempted to light a bomb as the plane carrying him approached the airport. A Lufthansa spokesman described yesterday's incident as, "an unfortunate coincidence."


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Finnish Olympic champion ski jumper arrested for attempted murder

December 28, 2009

Police in Finland have arrested, a four-time gold medallist ski jumper, on suspicion of attempted murder. He spent the weekend in custody following an incident on Christmas Day in which his wife was injured.

Nykänen, 46, is alleged to have left his wife with wounds to her hands and forehead in a knife attack, causing her to flee to a neighbour's house where she called the police. The reported that the  expects Nykänen, from, to be charged tomorrow.

Nykänen, who won three of his gold medals at the in Calgary and has nineteen medals from various competitions, is best known for sport although recently he has taken up singing, performing in bars and nightclubs, and written an autobiography. A regular sight in the tabloid press, he has sought treatment as an alcoholic and is known to the police, previously serving time in prison for violent offences.

His convictions include assaulting his fourth wife in 2006, and he served four months despite requesting community service; a stab attack from behind with a five-inch blade on a friend landed him a two-year suspended sentence and put the man in hospital. He also served thirteen months for stabbing a friend while drinking and has been prosecuted for attacking a man with a knife in a restaurant, a case dropped through lack of evidence.

He was regularly drunk in training sessions and in public. A weekly Finnish gossip magazine paid for a series of laughing gas treatments in exchange for story rights in a bid to combat his alcoholism. He has worked as PR representative for Jyväskylä and gave relationship advice answering phones for a sex line. He has also been employed by a club known to hire out prostitutes which asked him to be a stripper; media reported he did private shows, an allegation he denies. Swedish and US porn producers offered him roles in their films.


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I suspect CIA, Mossad, or Mi6 to be behind this. --71.161.219.153 (talk) 23:59, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

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Run-off likely in Croatian presidential elections

December 28, 2009

The two top candidates in the 2009 Croatian presidential election, Ivo Josipović of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia and the independent Milan Bandić, will go into a run-off. The run-off vote is scheduled for January 10, 2010.

The two candidates have a combined percentage of the vote of 47.2%, with Josipović having 32.4% and Bandić having 14.8%. Andrija Hebrang of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union only received 12%, showing overall discontent with the economic situation and with high-level corruption allegations. There were twelve candidates attempting to succeed the incumbent Stjepan Mesić who has served the maximum two terms.

The 2009 election had extremely low voter turnout of only 34%. The victor will be the third president in the country's 19 year history. The nation has recently become a member of NATO, and both Josipović and Bandić have pledged to support Croatia in its 2012 bid to become members of the European Union, though there are concerns over acceptance into the EU is regarding the nation's suspected corruption.

Ivo Josipović is a professor of law at The University of Zagreb and also an award winning composer who's piece Samba da Camera won first prize from the European Broadcasting Union. Milan Bandić is the incumbent mayor of Croatia's capital Zagreb and was also a member of the Social Democratic Party until the 2009 election when he lost the party's nomination.


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Briton faces execution in China

December 28, 2009 Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year old British national, has been held in prison in the People's Republic of China since 2007 under charges of drug trafficking and is due to be executed at 10:30 China standard time (02:30 GMT) on 29 December 2009.

Shaikh is said to suffer from bipolar disorder and pleas for clemency have been made by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and actor Stephen Fry.

Shaikh's condition reportedly causes him to suffer from delusions, and he has unrealistic ambitions to become a pop star. In his quest for stardom he travelled widely, first to Poland and then through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, where he associated with supposed music producers who promised to help him launch his music career. On 12 September 2007, Akmal Shaikh flew from Dushanbe, in Tajikistan, to Ürümqi, in north west China, where he was arrested by Chinese authorities for posession of 4kg of heroin.

Opponents of his execution claim he suffers from mental illness and was tricked into carrying drugs in a suitcase which did not belong to him. Shaikh is currently being held in a secure hospital in Ürümqi.

The Chinese Embassy in London has issued a statement about the case, citing the obligations of the People's Republic of China to United Nations Conventions against Illicit Drug Trafficking and the need to punish the "grave crime" of drug smuggling. The embassy statement guarantees Shaikh's rights and interests under Chinese law.

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Elvish, Klingon and Na'vi: Constructed languages gain foothold in film

December 28, 2009 The release of the movie , written and directed by James Cameron, has generated increased interest in the field of constructed language, also known as conlang. Cameron asked American professor  to develop a language spoken by the extraterrestrial people in the film known as the.

Author developed  for his literary series . The Elvish language was featured in scenes of, directed by.

The (tlhIngan Hol) was developed by linguist, initially for use in the 1984 film . Okrand drew inspiration from Klingon lines spoken by actor in the film ; Doohan portrayed character  in the Star Trek series. A dictionary for Klingon developed by Okrand,  sold over 300,000 copies.

Klingon became quite popular and has developed a usage among Star Trek fans. The Klingon Terran Research Ensemble in the created an  in Klingon. The play  by was translated into Klingon. A German Trekkie who goes by the moniker Klenginem posted videos to YouTube where he raps songs he translated into Klingon by musician. Klenginem has been cited recently in pieces on constructed language in ', ', and . "You know your alien language has taken off when a German guy translates rap songs into it," said National Public Radio of Klenginem.

Linguistics professor Frommer received his degree from the University of Southern California (USC), and subsequently shifted his focus into the business arena. He returned to USC to teach at the. Cameron tasked Frommer with creating an entire language for the Na'vi people.

In an interview with Geoff Boucher of the , Frommer voiced hope that the language would continue to be used separate from the movie, as Klingon has. "I'm still working and I hope that the language will have a life of its own," said Frommer. The created by Frommer contains over 1,000 words, as well as a structural system and rules format for usage. Frommer told  that the language was fairly developed, commenting, "It’s got a perfectly consistent sound system, and grammar, orthography, syntax".

Frommer explained the direction given to him before creating the language, "Cameron wanted something melodious and musical, something that would sound strange and alien but smooth and appealing." The Avatar writer-director provided Frommer with approximately three dozen words of the Na'vi language he used in his for the film. "That was the starting point. Probably the most exotic thing I added were ejectives, which are these sorts of popping sounds that are found in different languages from around the world. It's found in Native American languages and in parts of Africa and in Central Asia, the Caucasus," explained Frommer. Cameron and Frommer worked together for four years developing the language.

The linguistics professor relied on inspiration provided by Cameron, and avoided drawing upon influences from Elvish, Klingon, and the. Sample words in the Na'vi language include "Uniltìrantokx" (oo-neel-tih-RAHN-tokx), meaning "Avatar", and "tireaioang" (tee-REH-ah-ee-o-ahng), which means "spirit animal".  reported that fans of Avatar were anxious for more instructive material from professor Frommer about the language in order to learn how to speak it with others that appreciated the film. "The response has been quite remarkable and totally unexpected. I never thought there’d be this level of interest. But I really don’t think of Na’vi as a competitor to Klingon. If it does develop a following, that would be quite wonderful," said Frommer of the response to the language from Avatar fans.

The Na'vi language is itself a minor plot point in the film Avatar. The character Jake Sully portrayed by endeavors to learn the language while living on Pandora. A portrayed by actress  instructs a scientist played by actor  on how to become conversational in the language.

, the actress behind warrior princess Neytiri in Avatar, picked up the Na'vi language faster than her fellow cast members. "Zoe owned the language and everyone had to match her, even her accent," said Cameron. Saldaña remarked that the most difficult part about acting in the film was speaking in English with the accent of the Na'vi people. Cameron touted the rich nature of the Na'vi language in publicity for his film. "We wanted to 'out-Klingon' Klingon. The best sci-fi movies immerse the audience in that world until it doesn't seem alien to them," said Cameron to .


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Thailand begins repatriation of Hmong migrants to Laos

December 28, 2009 The Thai government rejected accusations by the international community that thousands of Lao Hmong refugees were being forcibly sent back to Laos. The Thai military carried out the deportation under tight security.

The deportation of 4,000 Hmong to Laos began in the early hours of Monday with convoys of military trucks and buses ferrying people to the border.

Human rights groups fear the Hmong, who have been held at the Huay Nam Khao refugee camp in Phetchabun Province, will be persecuted once they return to Laos.

The U.S. government called for a suspension of the operation, saying Thailand has violated international humanitarian principles by forcibly returning the Hmong. The United States recruited the Hmong back during the Vietnam War to help the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in their "Secret War" in Laos.

"We deeply regret this serious violation of the international humanitarian principles that Thailand has long been known for championing," said State Department spokesman, Ian C. Kelly.

Thai government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn denied this accusation. Wattanayagorn said Lao authorities promised to grant amnesty to those returning.

"No, no, not forcefully - they volunteer to go back at least in the morning of today," he said. "Many of them are on the way back and those who are they have told the officers' in charge they have told us that they are volunteer[ing] to go."

He said under Thai law the Hmong are illegal immigrants and they have been treated according to law.

"We do this in good faith. ... We have to follow the compliance with human rights standards and we have to make sure these people will be repatriated back in safe and sound condition," he said.

But the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said several in the camp would have qualified as refugees. Thailand never allowed the UNHCR or any other groups to assess the status of the Hmong in the camp.

The Human Rights Watch representative in Thailand, Sunai Pasuk, called the repatriation a "serious breach in international standards."

Pasuk added, "Such coercive, intimidating and brutal measures are clearly the opposite of the concept of 'voluntary repatriation'. As a result of what Thailand has done to the Lao Hmong today, Prime Minister Abhisit sinks Thailand’s record on contempt for human rights and international law to a new low."


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13 billion year old galaxy
We claim to have seen the image of a galaxy only 1 billion years old when it radiated its light - it supposedly formed in only one quarter of the age of our earth. Soon, we will be announcing the discovery of a galaxy which formed 1 billion years before the big bang. According to redshift measurements, some stars are thought to have existed 15 odd billion years ago - way before the big bang? When will this rickety astronomers' house of cards collapse? Most of the universe consists of black matter which, by definition, cannot be detected - please !! How can serious scientists cling so desperately to their epicycles! Let us ask for a major astronomical science sponsorship or bursary, which expressly forbids to build on current mainstream astrophysics! Maybe a fresh breeze can then blow away the cobwebs of creaking dinosaurs. --41.26.163.220 (talk) 19:19, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

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Not News
This is not news. There are more important, relevant stories deserving of the front page over this article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 173.79.218.235 (talk • contribs)
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Toruk Makto!!! Cirt (talk) 22:53, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

This is news? The article basically elaborates on how much it is not news. —68.224.36.62 (talk) 09:17, 29 December 2009 (UTC) Brent
 * So write an article on a topic that interests you. :P Cirt (talk) 04:43, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

I am ten years old and have drawn up one language and am starting on another. Idis espilir aryazz toktoripan jernamora missilir joticant! Espis tevhad susgirpo aspollis toktoripan gor espis hergaspo. Reg? (And they were four years making their own! I was not six when I started. Why?) Ck339

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These people who speak these imaginary languages are idiots, complete idiots. Who are they kidding? The languages aren't going to be important. They're a craze which will die. —86.7.33.106 (talk) 14:26, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

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Apartment block blaze kills nine in Mississippi, US

December 29, 2009

A blaze at an apartment block killed nine people early yesterday morning in Mississippi, US. The dead included six young children, and the building was seriously damaged after fire broke out at 4 a.m. in Starkville.

All nine victims were in the same apartment in the two-story building, which was split into eight residences and sustained heavy damage to three of these. Firefighters had difficulty dealing with the emergency and were still there six hours after the fire began.

The youngest child was six months old and the eldest was four. No names have been released, and the disaster's cause remains a mystery. Emergency services kept residents away while they cleaned up the scene.


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World's oldest leather shoe found in Armenia
Hi. I looked over [ your edits] to this article. Unfortunately, most of them are not publishable in the form that you made them. The article is a synthesis of the information in its sources, and its sources don't say most of what you submitted. We can make significant content changes to an article only within 24 hours of publication, and in this case additional sources would be needed (and in this case your edits were more than 24 hours after publication). After 24 hours, new developments require a new article. I realize this takes some getting used to; it's distinctly different from the way Wikipedia works! Thanks for your contributions. --Pi zero (talk) 13:39, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
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Fireworks found on US domestic flight

December 29, 2009

A 67-year-old man, Thomas Ouellette, of, Florida was questioned by the FBI Monday after he brought fireworks onto an airliner. flight 4126, a, from Baltimore, Maryland landed safely and without complications in New York's LaGuardia Airport. No suspicions were raised until cleaning crews found the pyrotechnics on the airplane.

The fireworks are currently being held as evidence by the, owner of LaGuardia Airport. Ouellette has been issued a summons to appear in federal court. Pyrotechnics are banned on American flights and individuals face a $10,000 civil penalty for bringing them on board.

This case comes after an incident on December 25 when, a Nigerian national, attempted to bomb an airliner with explosives concealed in his underpants.

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British national Akmal Shaikh executed in China

December 29, 2009

Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year old British national, has been executed at 10:30 China standard time (02:30 GMT) today. He was arrested for carrying drugs in September 2007. Shaikh is said to have suffered from bipolar disorder and pleas for clemency were made by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and actor Stephen Fry. Shaikh's condition reportedly caused him to suffer from delusions, and he had unrealistic ambitions to become a pop star. In his quest for stardom he travelled widely, first to Poland and then through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, where he associated with supposed music producers who promised to help him launch his music career. On 12 September 2007, Akmal Shaikh flew from Dushanbe, in Tajikistan, to Ürümqi, in north west China, where he was arrested by Chinese authorities for possession of 4kg of heroin.

Shaikh's family claims that he suffered from mental illness and was tricked by Polish smugglers into carrying drugs in a suitcase which did not belong to him, with a promise to make him a pop star in China. The Chinese buried his body in China and it will not be returned to his family in the UK.

Chinese state media say western news outlets are "politicizing" Mr. Shaikh punishment and that the Chinese officials have ruled that there is insufficient evidence of Mr. Shaikh alleged mental illness.


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Talk:Fireworks found on US domestic flight

"Pyrotechnics are banned on American flights and individuals face a $10,000 civil penalty." needs substantiating before publishing otherwise looks good to me. Have left a note on author's page, but if anyone else can find one, all the better. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 09:46, 29 December 2009 (UTC)


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Before this is published, it should address why said person was executed. Bawolff ☺☻ 10:03, 29 December 2009 (UTC)


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US charges homeless man after plane stolen and crashed in Maryland

December 29, 2009

Police from Frederick in Maryland, US have charged a homeless man with three offenses after a light aircraft was stolen from Frederick Municipal Airport early yesterday morning. The single-engine aircraft crashed as its thief tried to take off.

51-year-old Calvin Cox was arrested near the scene in the nearby woods after officers arrived. He was discovered by dog handlers. The Piper Super Cub came off the runway and ran onto grass, sustaining damage to its fuselage and propeller as well as possibly its engine. The crash occured at 2:15 a.m.

Cox has been charged with felony theft, burglary, and trespassing. The plane was removed from an airport hangar and belonged to the Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association, who uses it to tow gliders. Michael H. Higgins, the association's president, said it would be difficult for someone unfamiliar with the aircraft to start it, as several buttons and switches are required. He described the incident as "a very unusual situation."

Police described Cox as familiar with aircraft. They say that while they have yet to determine any motive, they believe Cox's "intention was to leave the Frederick area." Nobody was injured in the crash.


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Airline bombing suspect spent months in Yemen

December 30, 2009 Authorities in Yemen say the Nigerian man accused of trying to destroy a U.S. airliner last week lived in Yemen during a four-month period earlier this year.

The Yemeni Foreign Ministry and it's Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi says 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab lived there between early August and early December. The ministry says the Nigerian was granted a visa to study Arabic at an institute in the capital Sana'a. Security officials say they approved the visa for Abdulmutallab because he was granted visas by several friendly countries, and still held a valid visa to the United States.

Abdulmutallab is charged with trying to detonate a bomb while flying aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit. Authorities say he unsuccessfully tried to set off explosives attached to his body as the plane was approaching Detroit.

A group known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility on Monday for the failed attack. In an Internet statement, the group says the attack was in retaliation for U.S. support for operations against the group in Yemen. The claim could not be independently verified.

Yemen has recently begun operations with U.S. support against al-Qaeda due to concerns that the country is becoming a training ground for militants. al-Qirbi said to BBC's Radio 4, that al-Qeada remains a top priority despite the Yemeni government having to deal with two insurgencies, one in the north by Shi'a rebels and one in the south by separatists.

al-Qirbi said the Yemeni government needs more support, "We need more training. We have to expand our counter terrorism units and this means providing them with the necessary training, military equipment, ways of transportation - we are very short of helicopters. The United States can do a lot, Britain can do a lot, the European Union can do a lot in that regard."

He also believed there 200 to 300 members of al-Qaeda in Yemen, however, that is a rough estimate. He added, "Of course there are a number in Yemen and they may actually plan for attacks as in Detroit." However, he called some statements made by U.S. officials overstated and "exaggerated in some media."

U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States will use all resources to find and hold accountable those responsible for the terrorist plot.

The president on Monday ordered a full review of air safety regulations and the terrorist watch-list system, in an effort to prevent future attacks. He vowed to use every element of U.S. power "to disrupt, to dismantle and defeat" extremists in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia or elsewhere, who might want to attack the United States.

Abdulmutallab's name was listed in a U.S. government intelligence database, but he was not on the government's so-called "no-fly list," which would have banned him from flying on a U.S. airline.

His father, a prominent banker and former Nigerian government minister, had warned the U.S. embassy in Nigeria about his son's extremist views.


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Somali pirates capture two ships

December 29, 2009

Pirates from Somalia have captured two ships in the Gulf of Aden on Monday. The ships thought to be captured are the British owned St James Park chemical tanker, and the Panamanian Navios Apollon cargo ship. This brings the total number of ships being held by the pirates to ten. Also on Monday, pirates released a Singapore-owned cargo ship, the Kota Wajar, for US$4 million (€2.7m, £2.5m) ransom. The pirate commander Mohamed Shakir told The Times “We have hijacked a ship with [a] British flag in the Gulf of Aden late yesterday, we have peacefully captured the ship and no shots were fired and [there are] no casualties.” The St James Park's owner Zodiac Maritime Agencies released a statement saying that none of the crew had been injured and that they are working to get the crew members released.

Somalia's provisional government has vowed to fight piracy in their territory, although the pirates appear to outnumber the government. The government receives aid from foreign nations and the European Union to help fight the piracy. Large ransoms appear to be the motive for young Somalians and foreigners to hijack these ships.

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User:Brian McNeil/recovery.gov

= Notes from investigation into data made available on http://www.recovery.gov =

Introduction
http://www.recovery.gov is the government website where open reporting of expenditure agreed as part of the fiscal stimulus page may be publicly accessed.

From figures available in this site, a total just under $159 billion has been awarded. Of this, less than $37 billion was spent as-at the end of the third quarter of 2009.

Example - California
California is the largest recipient of recovery funding with $8.2 billion spent. The largest grant within the state is $4.4 billion, on education, and claims to have saved or created over 50,000 jobs.

An additional three awards of over $1 billion are registered as being in California; they total an awarded amount of $3.4 billion, spent-to date is $1.2 billion, and the total number of jobs claimed as created or saved is over 25,000. Again, these are awards in public education.

AARA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)
This is the centrepiece of Barack Obama's recovery planning. Prior legislation (Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, Emergency Economic Stablization act of 2008 and the Troubled Assets Relief Program) was the result of measures taken by the administration of George W. Bush.

As reported at the bill's signing it was not for the bandied-about figure of US$ 900 billion but, for US$ 787 billion, of this US$ 268 billion was allocated for tax cuts.

Analysis of Recovery.gov
Recovery.gov allows drill-down to individual grants, loans and contracts. Each item is expected to report the number of jobs saved or created.

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Initial look at recovery.org
Relatively easy to drill down into where money has been spent - not so easy to see the job figures.

Data is available piecemeal as state-level reporting figures in spreadsheets.

Retrieve with

$ curl http://download.recovery.gov/recipient/2009_Q4/[A-Z][A-Z]_FinalAwardsFY09Q4.xls.zip -o "#1#2_FinalAwardsFY09Q4.xls.zip"

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This collects all the end-Q3 reports.

Note: There don't appear to be database dumps available, likely in MSSQL judging by .asp front-end stuff.
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Avenged Sevenfold drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan found dead at age 28

December 29, 2009

The drummer of metalcore rock band Avenged Sevenfold, James Owen Sullivan, has been found dead at his California home located in the United States. Sullivan, better known as "The Rev," was found dead on Monday at his home in Huntington Beach at around 1:00 p.m. (PST). It is believed that the 28-year-old died of natural causes.

Sullivan was one of the founding members of Avenged Sevenfold when the group debuted in 1999. The group achieved notable success when they won the MTV Best New Artist award in 2006. The group was reportedly working on a fifth album at the time of Sullivan’s death.

Avenged Sevenfold released a statement via their website saying "It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan. Jimmy was not only one of the world's best drummers, but more importantly he was our best friend and brother. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jimmy's family and we hope that you will respect their privacy during this difficult time."

They added, "Jimmy you are forever in our hearts. We love you."

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The name of the article should be 'Avenged Sevenfold drummer James “The Rev” Sullivan found dead at age 28' Cocoaguy (talk) 22:09, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


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California congressman George Radanovich to leave office

December 30, 2009 California Republican congressman George Radanovich announced Tuesday that he is leaving office in 2010 to spend time with his wife, who is battling ovarian cancer. He has asked that state senator Jeff Denham replace his seat in the state's 19th congressional district, although former congressman Richard Pombo is also considering the position. Radanovich has held the post since 1994 and is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Radanovich released a statement: "My family needs me, and I intend to be by their side to win this battle. It is for this reason that I have decided to not seek reelection to Congress in 2010." He said that even when he is out of office he will continue "to fight to unite our valley in helping us get the water we need to save our state's No. 1 industry — agriculture."

Although Radanovich said that he would like Denham to succeed him, Richard Pombo and others are vying for the seat in Congress. "I haven’t made my mind up on it at all, but it is something that I am considering.” Pombo said Tuesday.


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Comments:Somali pirates capture two ships

These ships should be contracting private security forces if they want to operate in the Gulf of Aden (and the west coast of Africa in general). Pirates should be sent to the bottom of the ocean, not home with stolen money. Since it's clear there are no governments willing to tackle the problem, individuals should be given the chance to step up to the plate.

A Page From an Old Book
Maybe we need to take a page from WW2 and start putting Q-Ships on the Somali front. Once they're not sure which vessels are actually warships, they might be more hesitant to attack. --CyberStormAlpha (talk) 09:05, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

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I love it and when i grow up im going to marry it. —142.30.174.131 (talk) 18:51, 10 June 2010 (UTC)


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China to Surpass Japan to Become 2nd Largest Economy

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China to surpass Japan to become second largest economy

January 2, 2010

The Chinese economy is likely to overtop the Japanese economy and become the second largest in the world.

Li Daokui, Director of the Center for China in the World Economy (CCWE) at the Tsinghua University, states that there is no doubt about what the numbers or the statistics show. China's GDP growth was 9.6% in 2008. Despite predictions about China's GDP being at around 8.6% to 9%, it rose to 9.6%, as stated by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected previously that China will overtake Japan soon since the latter's GDP dropped this year.

“The big underlying factor propelling China’s growth is the continued migration of people from the agricultural sector to the more modern economy—industry and services,” said economist David Cohen.

In 2007 China became the third largest economy in the world when it overtook Germany. In 2009, the economic stimulus program assisted China in attaining 8% growth.


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//post comment to comments page (maybe using lqt)

var fallback_post = function (err) { if (err.name === 'invalid-talkpage') { if (!text.match(/~{3,4}/)) { text += feedbackhack.i18n.unsignedWikitext; }   var extra_fallback = function  { Bawolff.mwapi.edit({page: feedbackhack.commentPage, summary: feedbackhack.i18n.sec_header.replace('$1', shortText), section: 'new', content: feedbackhack.i18n.commentPrefix + text + feedbackhack.i18n.commentSuffix},		function {			if (document.getElementById('mw-feedbackform').getAttribute('action') === 'javascript:void%200') jsMsg(feedbackhack.i18n.successCommentsOnly);			location = '#mw-js-message';		},		function {			alert(feedbackhack.i18n.postFailure);			location = mw.config.get('wgServer') + mw.config.get('wgScript') + '?title=' + mw.config.get('wgFormattedNamespaces')[102] + ':' + encodeURIComponent(mw.config.get('wgTitle')) + '&lqt_method=talkpage_new_thread';		}      ); }   Bawolff.mwapi.edit({page: feedbackhack.commentPage, summary: feedbackhack.i18n.autoCreateComment, content: feedbackhack.i18n.newCommentPage, createonly: true},		function {			if ( !feedbackhack.triedMakeLQT ) {				feedbackhack.triedMakeLQT = true;				Bawolff.mwapi.getToken(lqt_post);			} else {				extra_fallback;			}			if (document.getElementById('mw-feedbackform').getAttribute('action') === 'javascript:void%200') jsMsg(feedbackhack.i18n.successCommentsOnly);			location = '#mw-js-message';		},		function (err) {			if ( err.name === 'articleexists' ) {				extra_fallback;			} else {				alert(feedbackhack.i18n.postFailure);				location = mw.config.get('wgServer') + mw.config.get('wgScript') + '?title=' + mw.config.get('wgFormattedNamespaces')[102] + ':' + encodeURIComponent(mw.config.get('wgTitle')) + '&lqt_method=talkpage_new_thread';			}		}     );

} else { if (mw.config.get('wgUserGroups') && mw.config.get('wgUserGroups').join(' ').indexOf('sysop') !== -1) { alert(feedbackhack.i18n.unknownError + err.name + ': ' + err.message + ';' + ' After trying to post new LQT thread'); }   alert(feedbackhack.i18n.postFailure); location = mw.config.get('wgServer') + mw.config.get('wgScript') + '?title=' + mw.config.get('wgFormattedNamespaces')[102] + ':' + encodeURIComponent(mw.config.get('wgTitle')) + '&lqt_method=talkpage_new_thread'; } }  var lqt_post = function (token) { var f = new Bawolff.mwapi.Request({action: 'threadaction', talkpage: feedbackhack.commentPage, threadaction: 'newthread', subject: feedbackhack.i18n.sec_header.replace('$1', shortText), text: feedbackhack.i18n.commentPrefix + text + feedbackhack.i18n.commentSuffix, token: token}, 'POST'); f.send(function(doc) {   var thread = doc.getElementsByTagName('thread');    if (thread && thread[0] && thread[0].getAttribute('result') === 'Success' ) {     if (document.getElementById('mw-feedbackform').getAttribute('action') === 'javascript:void%200') {      jsMsg(feedbackhack.i18n.successCommentsOnly);      location = '#mw-js-message';     }    } else {     //CAPTCHA generally     alert(feedbackhack.i18n.postFailure);     location = mw.config.get('wgServer') + mw.config.get('wgScript') + '?title=' + mw.config.get('wgFormattedNamespaces')[102] + ':' + encodeURIComponent(mw.config.get('wgTitle')) + '&lqt_method=talkpage_new_thread';    }   }, fallback_post); } Bawolff.mwapi.getToken(lqt_post); //end post comments to talk.

feedbackhack.submitTryCount = 1000; //mark as submitted.

} }; $(feedbackhack.init);

} catch (e) { // containerize gadget, to protect other gadgets if this one goes wrong // ignore }

title: MediaWiki:Gadget-Feedbackhack.js