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User talk:0bserve~enwikinews

Welcome
0bserve, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!--Cspurrier 00:00, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
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 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called 0bserve. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name 0bserve~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:11, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:27, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:RestroomAttendantMatt

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!--Cspurrier 00:00, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:Masterofhogets

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!--Cspurrier 00:00, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:Nzgabriel

This is the talk page of Nzgabriel.

If you wish to leave a message for me, click here. I will reply on my talk page. Please remember to sign your name with four tildes ( ~ ).

The messages here are never deleted unless it is vandalism and/or hurtful.

All messages dating from 28 May, 2006 to 4 May, 2007, can be found here, User talk:Nzgabriel/Archive 1

Congratulations!
Congratulations on your one year anniversary with Wikinews, Nzgabriel! Jcart1534 23:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it's great to be here. And to celebrate I have an exclusive interview coming up soon, watch for it! --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Nice work!
Good work on the interview, Exclusive interview with prominent blogger, David Farrar. Enjoyed reading it. Cheers, Jcart1534 10:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:32, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * A pitty that you didn't write something on the blog about it... I've blogged about recent reports today, maybe you could write something about your experience with this interview, your cooperation with Brian... You could ask Zanimum to invite you to the blog.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I did blog about it on my blog: http://gpollard.wordpress.com ( and ). The blog is also under a Creative Commons licence if that helps. --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I just read about it on Planet Wikimedia, as long as it shows up there, we'll have promotion for Wikinews!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

The video response from Key is even more amazing... One peace of advise, email him to make sure you get permission to license the video under the GFDL which you claim on Commons, or some idiot might delete it... Or even better, you might want to dually-license it under GFDL-cc-by-2.5, which prevents problems for using it here on Wikinews.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ouch, I just read the license email,... Normally Commons doesn't allow works if derivate works are not allowed... In fact, if it can't be altered, then we can't have a Wikinews version... I really fear for the future of this file on Commons.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You should send them an email to ask if we could have derivate works, i.e. our version of the video. They may allow that, although it would contradict their request to not have alterations... I mean, it's normal that you can cut videos, no? Anyways, they always retain personality rights...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The e-mail permission is in regards to our version: "the video in question (indexed on your Wiki at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Exclusive_video_interview_with_New_Zealand_Opposition_leader%2C_John_Key as Wikinews_john_key.ogg)." The person who I was talking with was quite adamant that derivative works were not allowed explicitly. --Nzgabriel | Talk 10:41, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well that's very unfortunate, because I believe it will get deleted by Commons within the week...Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll start discussions up again with the person who I have been talking to. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Video Interview
Great job!!! Can we YouTube the video or something? That would be cool :) DragonFire1024 21:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Video has been deleted: would you mind posting it on YouTube, for example? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:08, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Just sent a requesti. Be back soon; school. --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:08, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * YouTube video has been uploaded and the article now links to it. --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

NZ article needs background
Care to add it? New Zealand newspaper poll projects majority for National Party. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Video Wikinews + John Key
Heya!

I am currently making a promo for wikinews video edition and am going to contact John Key. Please see the email I will be sending him later tonight located at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Symode09/Email

thanx, —Symode09 09:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good, and definitely ask him. But I am not sure if they are able to do it. --Nzgabriel | Talk 10:25, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

not sure about that what's her name stuff
I was trying to build a case, okay, on blogs, on the popularity of Paris Hilton. Is that impossible to do on this website? I wasn't trying to blog, merely report on it. My instinct was to revert you if it really mattered which it doesn't. -Edbrown05 12:28, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Why is Paris Hilton famous? What has she done? That's the report I was working toward. -Edbrown05 12:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't think it really mattered what one person thought on his blog. And I didn't think that they were a 'well-known' blogger, as they didn't even have their own domain name yet. If you think it is important to add more substance to the story, feel free to add it back in. --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Sources for four related images
I was wondering, would you be able to track down the source information for Image:Before Lahar.jpg, Image:After lahar.jpg, Image:Lahar during.jpg and Image:Lahar.jpg? If not, they should probably be deleted per Wikimedia fair use provision policies, but I thought that, given you are active around here (and we love you for being so :D), I'd be courteous and come to you first and see what you could do. Cheers,  Daniel  06:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * They came from webcam that other news outlets used as well. See Brian New Zealand for more information, as I have very, very limited Internet access currently. --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, will do, thanks.  Daniel  09:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

A present
. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:39, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, I'd like to thank my computer and the Internet for helping me to accomplish this task. --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome, I can't believe you don't already have a trophy. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:43, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Succesful reconfirmation
Hi Gabriel,

your reconfirmation was succesful, I've archived it, you can find it here. Keep up the good work!

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's good news, and all I can promise is that I won't do any bad work! --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Project news
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Protection of America's Cup: Seventh race results
Could you clarify your reasons for protecting this page? I'm afraid I don't consider it justified when considering the Protection policy. Adambro 14:28, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * They were just my live OR notes, no one should, or need to, edit them. I will be working on the article soon. --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:58, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Common Nation
I am the Editor in Chief of Common Nation. Common Nation is updated with the lastest national and political news as well as family, social, and health coverage. Let me know what you think! Thanks. Asher Heimermann|Talk 00:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You could give links to full articles on the stuff you blog about. And I don't think it is entirely appropriate for you to ask for advice, etc for your website on Wikinews, you could have contacted me by e-mail, etc. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:47, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery

Delivered by your friendly neighboorood Thunderhead 08:51, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

America's Cup
I normally don't touch sports stories, but given your excellent coverage of the America's Cup races, I felt that it was necessary to at least report the final result when it came in. Great job on the article expansion, btw. --SVTCobra 02:19, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I thought Team New Zealand was showcasing New Zealand in a great light, and I wanted to help promote the image neutrally! --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery

Thunderhead - (talk) 21:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom elections
Is there anyway I could possibly gain a vote from you? Answer me back, I want to prove myself to the Wikinews community? --TUFKAAP 19:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry but no. I voted for those who I truly believed would help and whom I knew very well in the community. I can't say I have noticed you much here on Wikinews, although I don't participate in community discussions as much as I would actually like. --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:02, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Help with interview
Hi there, as a fellow Oceanian and someone apparently highly experienced in the field of WikiNews interviews, I was hoping to ask you for some advice. Mainly,

 * 1) How do you go about approaching a subject to request an interview?
 * 2) How do you put together questions?
 * 3) How do you record the interview?

Horribly vague and open-ended questions I know, so I'll be a bit more specific. There's a public official coming close to 6 months in office, and I was thinking of organising an interview on the general topics of "Who are you? What have you done so far? What are you thinking of doing?" and writing up a little piece here, but not having done this kind of thing before I wouldn't mind a few prods in the right direction. Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 04:45, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have done a few interviews. The way I get in contact with them is usually by e-mail, or some other technological device (I.M.). So try and find their e-mail online.

 * When I am asking for an interview I usually say who I am, what the interview will be about, and how many RSS readers there are.

 * I usually like the interview to be done via e-mail, that way I have exact quotes, etc. But I recently did one (not yet released) via telephone. I recorded that by putting the phone on speaker phone, and put my computer microphone next to the speaker. Very basic.

 * If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the quick reply. I was actually planning on trying for a face-to-face interview, so do you know anyone here who's done a few of those I can talk to? Also, how many RSS readers are there, and where do you get that information? Thanks, Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 01:29, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * There are 30,000 RSS readers, this information can be found on the Wikimedia Foundation website here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects#Wikinews. To do an interview you could buy a voice recorder, or just jot down notes using pen and paper (yes, those still exist ;) ). I don't know of anyone here who has done a face-to-face interview similar to what you are proposing. Sorry. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:53, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Large image note from poll
Hi, I noticed that on the Main page poll you mentioned that the large image lead needs more OS/browser functionality. I think that we've tested it on all major operating systems and browsers and it appears to work correctly in the vast majority of the cases. Did you have a specific example in mind? -- IlyaHaykinson 08:54, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Firefox on Ubuntu. --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:57, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I have noticed the same, it also has problems on IE6 and below Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I fixed the font size issue on Ubuntu, again. We need to add it to the instructions to leave lots of extra space I guess.  As for IE6, I'll download an IE6 virtual machine to test with that on a regular basis. -- IlyaHaykinson 09:02, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin: September 1, 2007
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:06, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Edbrown05's block
I saw that you blocked him again. Ehh... isn't there a better way to handle his type of behavior? It's always been the WikiWay that blocks should be preventative, not punitive. I started a discussion on the water cooler to see what the community thinks we should do.

I'm not wild about his behavior, and the block log is very very revealing. However, he's also a really decent contributer in article space. *shrug* irid:t 07:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Looking for comments on User:Edbrown05
I am, sadly, being attacked by Ed, just as you were. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this. See one two three. I don't think traditional mediation is even an option here. Do you have any ideas? irid:t 06:25, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Arbatrition. --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Happy birthday!
Congratulations on being a year older. :)irid:t 20:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks irid. --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Terror raids in NZ
You have a great article and it's very well-written, and I think it's a better second lead than lead. The only times I've thought my interviews are worthy of lead article status are the two Presidential articles. If it wasn't for Brownback, and the significance and prestige it gives the project to have him talking to us (which boosts all our work on here, as it gives us more credibility, more readers, and more feeds to outside sites) I wouldn't have had an issue with the lead being yours. This is just a special circumstance is all, and a rare one that may not be repeated. --David Shankbone 19:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for leaving a message, I was kind of angry that this was happening. I concede that your article is of importance, and that it is (at this point in time of Wikinews' history) quite a feat. And also yours was original reporting, mine wasn't. I still hold a view that mine was perhaps more news-worthy than yours, but I guess that's just because yours was an interview. Oh well, what's done is done. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:13, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Edbrown05 Request for ArbCom
I've proposed a request for arbcom relating to the recent situation with Ed. If you take issue with being listed as an involved party, please remove your name from that list. Otherwise, I suppose you'll be expected to make a brief statement on that page. irid t i [mailto:ironiridis@gmail.com e] 08:41, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Userpage Sharing Project
You've been added as a member of the Userpage Sharing Project. You were added by me because I needed people to test the template with. If you wish to be removed, please contact me here. If not, please add to the top of your userpage (or wherever you want to stick it. Thanks, Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 22:44, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Gabriel
Gabrie Pollard is Joshua Nelson signed up to wikinewsKrayz-one 21:51, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Looking for help on Video Interview
Hi Gabriel,

I'm currently pursuing an interview with Reggie Bibbs (see Story preparation/Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis), and I might get lucky and get him to give us a video interview.

Problem is, I don't have any video editing skills, so I was wondering if you would like to help me on this project, and do something like what you did for the John Key interview (ie editing the raw footage, adding a Wikinews-branded introduction and then subtitles)? Do you have time for anything like that during the next week or so?

cheers, --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I can do that for you, "Steven". Looks like we'll have a few more interviews in the coming week(s), as I have one that will be done by Wednesday and the other is yet to be sorted out. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:26, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Excellent, thanks in advance, I'll let you know when I get the file (will probably be .avi). --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I just started working in a new hospital which seriously restricts internet access, and I have not internet cafe nearby... could you help me to download the video and upload it to Commons under the cc-by-2.0 license (I'll forward permission to OTRS, just say it's pending). I got these instructions for FTP transfer of the video:

Using an FTP program like Fetch. The URL is:207.44.136.30/username is: anonymous password is empty (blank) or in a web browser: ftp://anonymous@207.44.136.30/

 * If you could have a look at the video and possible edit it as previously discussed, that would be great. take your time anyway. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:16, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * As a side note, you probably already know this, but all web browsers are also ftp clients, so there is no need to use a special program like fetch. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:05, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Your article is nr. 1!!!

 * 1) Naked News presents a new style of news
 * 2) MS Explorer cruise ship passengers are safe
 * 3) The Onion: An interview with 'America's Finest News Source'
 * 4) In the spirit of US Thanksgiving tradition, two turkeys receive presidential pardon
 * 5) Chess grand master Kasparov arrested after protest
 * 6) Al Gore and Climate Panel awarded Nobel Peace prize 2007
 * 7) 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winners announced
 * 8) Baby falls from third floor window and survives
 * 9) Chinese student found dead in Perth suburb
 * 10) Canadian cruise ship sinking in Antarctic
 * 11) Youths riot in Paris suburb, attack police station
 * 12) Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after 'Top Model'
 * 13) Two Lordi fans mugged while manager and bodyguard were shot at in Louisville, US
 * More

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Template:Popular articles/recent : filters articles from the last 3 days. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Sir Edmund Hillary dead at 88
This story may strike a chord with you, but I'd appreciate it if you were a little more careful with the edits. --SVTCobra 03:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
 Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

WN:TO-DO
I have started WN:TO-DO as a place to list what should be daily or weekly points to check for regular contributors. Some parts are admin-only (e.g. Archiving) but others are things that anyone can get involved with. Feel free to add additional points and spread the word about this shortcut to get people helping do Wikignome tasks. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Uploading images
PLease remember to add a fair use rational to images. I have deleted toge images you uploaded as the were not used and had no raitonal. This makes them eligiable for sppedy deletion. When you write the associated article feel free to restore the image if you write a rational. Anonymous101  11:43, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The same applies to Image:John Key in Antarctica.jpg. I'll give you a few minutes to add a rational but uless you do it will have to be deleted. Anonymous101  11:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
Here is the latest Wikinews bulletin. Enjoy!

Anonymous101  12:19, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

The Game?
ARe you sure it was a wise move to interview that site? My impression was that particular site was more a sign that "The Game" was already dead. Well, whatever, but it's not always best to imagine that someone draping themselves in some part of popular culture really has much to do with it. Nyarlathotep (talk) 16:17, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

A discussion that may interest you.
w:Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 July 28 has a deletion review of the Wikipedia article on Jonty Haywood. JoshuaZ (talk) 00:42, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:57, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Request
Hi, if you are still online would you mind correcting the headline of http://wikinewsreports.blogspot.com/2008/09/operative-for-republican-party-edited.html to make it more accurate. Please change it to something like

(By the way, I am sending this message to every user with blog access who seems to be online as the headline has a major inaccuracy and I don't want to see it on Google News)

Thanks, Anonymous101talk 20:13, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

You've resigned?
I'm sorry to see you go: I hope you come back in the future! In any case, good luck and best of wishes. tempo divalse  13:25, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

privs
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
 * Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use.

 * The privilege reduction is in no way intended as a reflection on your past work, or to imply you are unwelcome. The aim in curtailing privileges is to address security risks, and concern that a long period of inactivity means you may not be up-to-date with current policy and practices.

--Pi zero (talk) 00:46, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

TVNZ photo
Hello Gabriel,

I'm not sure if this contact is still active for you, but thought I'd try it. I am the author of a book called Moon: Living Abroad in New Zealand. It's a guide for migrants and potential migrants that tells them all about life in New Zealand and how to immigrate.

The book is going into its third edition this year, and I am looking to update some of the photos in it. One photo I had in previous editions was the TVNZ building in Christchurch, in the section about media in New Zealand. This building was pulled down after the earthquake, so I want to replace the photo with the TVNZ building in Auckland.

I saw your photo of the TVNZ sign on the Auckland building and would love to use it. I know it's on a creative commons license already, but the publisher would prefer to get specific permission from you to use it, with full credit to you of course.

If this is OK with you, perhaps you could fill out a permission form and then scan (or take a picture of it) and email it back to me. I posted my email below so let me know if you want me to send you the form. If it's not OK to use the photo, just let me know and I won't submit it.

If you could get back to me either way by February 7, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance and I hope you're having a great summer!

Best regards, 72.0.209.167 (talk) 14:43, 27 January 2015 (UTC)Michelle Waitzman Author, Moon: Living Abroad in New Zealand loveinatent@hotmail.com

 * This sounds . --Pi zero (talk) 14:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Jared743

Welcome
Jared743, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!--Cspurrier 00:00, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:Daniel ingram

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!--Cspurrier 00:00, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:Prevail

Welcome
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'ing' words
I thought the use of "laying" followed from the use of your "lamenting". But your point is noted.

Sorry if I upset you. The story was released here by you. -Edbrown05 00:35, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello, No upset here at all. I've only written a few stories for wikinews, and I'm trying to learn the ropes. I thank you for your help. I've been around long enough, though, to know that whatever I throw out to wikinews is going to be edited, and I have no say in it other than what I say. Besides, I've had actual paid city editors muck up my work much more effectively.JLCourier 02:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I try to adopt a more formal tone here to address what is an audience I believe exceeds my neighborhood in Virginia. Please carry the issue of wording on the story itself. -Edbrown05 02:34, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

You're in Virginia? I would have sworn that you were euro in some way. Do they say "laying plans" in Virginia? Anyway, once again, no offense taken and certainly none offered. Keep up the good work.

I applaud your efforts to adapt your tone to your audience. One small point, though. When I read a "foreign" writer, I am somewhat glad that they have a distinctive parlance, a way of phrasing, that reflects and indicates their differing culture. Would I be better served if their words were fed through some filter which reset them to some international standard, decided upon by a committee? I think I'd rather have that local flavor in there, and I think they probably feel the same.JLCourier 02:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I didn't take your story to be foreign. -Edbrown05

 * I took it to be what is was, too many "ing" ending words in the lead. If there is a problem with the lead, please change it. -Edbrown05 03:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

 * If you are ant-collaborative, and stuck up on yourself, then please change that too. -Edbrown05 03:33, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello, I think I see who's anti-collaborative here. Thanks the the lesson!JLCourier 04:01, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Now I'm lost, what was the issue? -Edbrown05 04:08, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Your message on the water cooler
I am truly sorry you've had such a negative experience... You (and the students at James Logan) are, in my mind, exactly the kind of editors Wikinews is hoping to attract. You should never have been threatened with legal action (this is a violation of policy under some interpretations), nor should your employer have been contacted. Would you consider contacting me via email at [mailto:chiacomo@gmail.com chiacomo@gmail.com] (or on my talk page and explaining the details? I would like to try to figure out what happened. The insults are an on-wiki problem and I did leave a message for the other editor involved drawing his attention to his inappropriate comment. Again, please accept my apologies for your reception -- it seems that we often expect new editors to "hit the ground running". We do need to be more understanding and welcoming to new contributors. --Chiacomo (talk) 22:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Settlement returns billions to California schools funding
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User talk:Pashdown

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User talk:Johnsonsaran

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User talk:Stimpy66

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User talk:Mrintuito

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Flight from Armenian capital Yerevan crashes near Sochi

May 2, 2006 An Armavia Airbus 320 passenger plane flying from Armenia's capital, Yerevan, to the city of Sochi in southern Russia has crashed into the Black Sea. The jet was found 6 km from the coast and carried a total of 113 people. Among the passengers were 8 crew and 6 children. Controllers lost contact with the plane at 0215 local time (Tuesday 2215 UTC).

Rescuers have found the corpses of a woman and a girl and another 12 body parts at the site of Wednesday's crash of Armenia's Airbus A-320 plane off Russia's Black Sea coast, a spokesman for the Russian Prosecutor General's Office told Interfax. Other reports say that at least 25 bodies have been found.

There were 77 Armenian citizens, 26 Russian citizens, 1 Ukrainian and 1 Georgian citizen on board of the Armenian air liner, Armenian Civil Aviation Department head Artyom Movsisian told on a news conference.

"Most of the Russian citizens are of Armenian origin," Movsisian said.

"Rescue efforts are being hampered by deteriorating weather conditions, heavy rain and rough seas," a spokesman for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said.

"The fragments were found six km (3.7 miles) from the shore near the airport of Adler. The search operation continues," said Beltsov. The location of the crash site has been ascertained by a numerous fragments and life vests, and a large oil slick.

"The only thing [we] know is that when the crew asked for permission to land, the air controller in Sochi responded that bad weather meant this was not yet possible," Gayane Davtyan, head of Armenia's civilian aviation authority said. "Contact with the crew was lost at 600 meters, when the plane went to circle for a second time."

The cause of the tragedy remains unclear, but the investigators are pursuing two main versions: bad weather conditions and poor maintenance.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office believes terrorism can be ruled out as a factor in the A-320 plane crash near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday morning.

"We don't have any information that could indicate a possible terrorist attack on board the plane," Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel told Interfax on Wednesday.

An official from the regional department of the Emergency Situations Ministry in southern Russia said "apparently there were malfunctions on board, as the pilots were making another attempt to land at the Adler airport."

"The plane was in an ideal technical condition, the crew was well qualified," said the airline's deputy commercial director, Andrei Aghajanov. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

In the area where the plane crashed, more rain is expected in the next hours and the water temperature is currently between 8 to 10 degrees celsius.

The Russian and Armenian presidents have announced on Wednesday that Friday, May 5th, would be a day of mourning in remembrance of the 113 people that died in the crash.

The worst crash involving an two-engine A-320, which was first built in 1984 and remains the most popular Airbus on the market, occurred in August 2000, when a Gulf Air plane crashed off Bahrain on a flight from Cairo, killing all 143 people on board. The Airbus A320 is a short-to-medium range commercial passenger aircraft and a total of 328 people have been killed in earlier A320 accidents.

About 20 boats and a Be-200 amphibious aircraft are involved in the recovery operation, emergency services said, adding that two more Be-200s would fly to the scene if necessary. A group of rescuers from the Russian emergency ministry is expected to fly to the crash site in the next few hours.


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User talk:Brian

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Only your bureaucrat access has been removed. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 20:56, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
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Transit chaos in Bogota, Colombia

May 3, 2006

As managers of local transit companies tend to boycott developments of transit rules in Bogotá, the whole transportation system was a complete chaos on Tuesday (2).

The local Administration intends to develop the year 2000-stablished Transmilenio system, and to accomplish that, old buses must be removed from main routes and from active service. The protest included a complete halt of public service, and people recurred to private cars, trucks, and cabs for transportation. Bogotá has in place an already strange rule to stop the movement of cars around the city depending on the day of week and the last number of the license plate. Such a rule was cancelled for the time the protest continues, and other measures were announced by the Mayor Luis Eduardo Garzón. Garzón hinted several penalties will be applied to those who omit showing to the streets to give service, going from a buch of hundreds of dollars, to the total cancellation of transit licenses for Bus companies (Already in the past those measures were announced with no real effect and no real sanctions).

The protest was also infiltrated by people who damaged more than 70 machines of the Transmilenio system, Public schools called the day off and there will be no classes on Wednesday (3). Most public and private corporations and business, sent people home by 14:00 local time (19:00 UTC), to help avoid security problems.

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User talk:Trödel

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Wikinews interviews Ethan Zuckerman

May 3, 2006

On Friday, April 28, Wikinews interviewed Ethan Zuckerman, the founder of Geekcorps, a non-profit organization that sending people with technical skills to developing countries for development projects. Ethan has also founded Global Voices Online and helped found Tripod.com, the free web-hosting company now owned by Lycos. He serves a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Tripod.

The interview was held publicly in a dedicated IRC channel.

I got interested in Geekcorps because I'd lived in Ghana as a student in 1993 and 1994 While over there, I was amazed at just how little internet connectivity was available I did a bit of volunteer work helping wire an environmental organization, but basically the only people who had regular net access were US embassy employees. So I was fascinated to learn that my friends in Ghana were getting online in the late 1990s, and I wondered whether anyone would start building net-based businesses, as people were doing in the US My wife and I went back to Ghana to visit friends and found that there was a huge deal of enthusiasm about the web and the potential it represented, but almost no expertise people were really desperate to learn, but very few people were able to teach at the same time, I was ready to step down from Tripod, and I knew a lot of burned out geeks I started wondering whether some of my friends would be interested in sharing their skills in the developing world and whether that would be a useful thing to do lots of international development folks seemed to think it was a good cause, so I started working on it fulltime. We ended up sending about 100 people overseas over the four years I was involved with the project we usually sent about 6-8 to a country at a time, working with a variety of businesses, NGOs and government agencies biggest projects were in Ghana, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal. Basically, I'm concerned about the ability of people all over the world to make a good living, send their children to school, build nice houses, have enough food and clean water, etc there's clearly something of a tradeoff offered by all sorts of globalization - as millions of Chinese are lifted out of rural povery, industrial manufacturing jobs in the US disappear but the US has a pretty good history of innovating and creating new jobs in fields that require a lot of intellectual endeavor the US continues to found interesting software companies, pioneer new net services and generally do a lot of the interesting development on the cutting edge of tech I think a lot of routine coding jobs are up for outsourcing, but I don't think that people who design software - or who manage the outsourcing and software development process - are going away any time soon it's very hard to outsource creative activities - it's somewhat easier to outsource repetitive processes. I think we need to worry less about individual job loss and more about the ability to continue creating new projects. at the same time, I'm very excited to see companies in the developing world moving up the value chain as well, starting to innovate and create new projects as well... They're very different projects and communities, WC is a magazine -it's a chance for a small group of smart people to write original content on green issues it's a lot less global than GV - perhaps overly focused on the US and Europe - and has a tight subject focus GV is an edited aggregator People are not so much writing original, opinionated content on GV as they are linking to other content indeed, we ask people to try very hard not to be especially opinionated on GV. Not NPOV, but a similar perspective - you point, you don't advocate also GVO is huge - 10 regional editors, about 60 regular contributors, a network of about a thousand blogs we regularly link to the community has a very different feeling - much more international, more 24/7. both are fascinating projects, successes in their own ways, but quite different on the tech issues, a little - in both cases, we're taking very simple weblog tools and asking them to support very large communities. And a little bit on the issue of how they interface with mainstream media in both cases, we're interested in amplifying memes and getting them picked up by popular press as well as on the web. Blogs are essentially about opinion, asking for NPOV in the blog space misses the point - we want to know what opinions people in Syria have but we want our middle east editor to try to fairly represent the different opinions taking place in that space that said, he's got an opinion as well so asking for NPOV isn't the right thing to do - asking him to point to a diversity of opinions is, in our case
 * What insipred you to get behind Geekcorps, and has there been a big Geekcorps mission, yet?
 * With Geekcorps you pushed the idea that newly tech-savvy citizens of developing countries could start online businesses to do digital work for the developed world. But from an American perspective, that's outsourcing, the bane of US workers. How do you justify working towards a goal that might cost Americans their jobs?
 *  Lately you've been involved with projects including Global Voices and Worldchanging. Where and how do the two dovetail, and where and how do they differ? What are the strengths of each?
 * Isn't that a contradiction? you're asking people to be "less" opinionated, but not asking them to be unopinionated?

Geekcorps can be found online at www.geekcorps.org and Global Voices Online is at www.globalvoicesonline.org.

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New Zealand Government to unbundle local loop

May 3, 2006 The New Zealand Government has announced that it would require Telecom to unbundled the local loop to provide "faster and better broadband Internet services." New Zealand used to be the only country in the OECD to have investigated unbundling the local loop and then rejected it. This means now that any Internet service provider in New Zealand can create their own plans / speeds for New Zealanders. The shock announcement, due to a leak of the plan to Telecom, saw the stock lose over NZ$2 billion over the New Zealand, Australian and American listings.


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Armenian president offers condolences over Black Sea air crash

May 3, 2006 Armenia's president expressed his condolences Wednesday morning to friends and families who lost their loved ones in the air crash over the Black Sea.

Early Wednesday morning, an Armenian flying from the capital of Armenia,, to the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi crashed with the loss of all 113 passengers and crew.

"I was deeply grieved to learn about the air crash," President Kocharyan said. "I offer my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the passengers and the crew. I assure that the families of those who died will receive the necessary assistance, and the authorities will make every effort to discover the causes of the accident."

The Russian and Armenian presidents have also announced on Wednesday that Friday, May 5th, would be a day of mourning in remembrance of the 113 people that died in the air crash.

Russian emergency services said the airliner had crashed at about six kilometers (3.7 miles) from the coast while approaching land in stormy weather.


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Merge
This article also should be merged to the lead article on front page and also should be sourced to that article per breaking news guidelines. Jason Safoutin 08:27, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

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editprotected There is a related link that got deleted, so it should be removed. Van der Hoorn (talk) 13:11, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

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BJP leader Pramod Mahajan dies in Mumbai

May 3, 2006

Senior politician and general-secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, Pramod Mahajan, passed away in Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai at 16:10 IST (10:40 UTC) today. He was 56. His younger brother Pravin had shot him three times from point blank range on April 22, 2006. He was given 25 bottles of blood to compensate for the extensive bleeding he suffered. His pancreas and small intestine were also damaged. Over the past 12 days his condition had remained critical yet stable. He was on a respirator, and ionotropes had to be administered to him to keep his blood pressure up. The seriousness of the condition made it unsafe for doctors to operate on him and remove the bullets lodged in his body.

Events took a turn for the worse when he developed acute respiratory distress syndrome 36 hours ago. This prompted physicians to further increase the level of respiratory support provided to him. This afternoon doctors reported that he was suffering from multiple organ failure - the first indication that his life was in grave danger. His family members and well-wishers were allowed to see him around 14:30 IST today. The attending physicians from Hinduja Hospital made an official statement of his death at 16:50 IST. Pramodji's family made the decision to cease giving him artificial ventilitaion after doctors made it clear to them that chances of Mr. Mahajan's recovery were very bleak. He will be given a state funeral tomorrow in Mumbai at 12:00 IST (6:30 UTC).


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Communal tension erupts in Vadodara, India

May 3, 2006

Violence erupted in Vadodara in the state of Gujarat after municipal authorities demolished a dargah (Muslim shrine). The shrine was an unauthorised structure that was obstructing a road-widening project.

The Muslim community objected to its demolition citing the fact that it was at least 200 years old. They also observed that many Hindu temples that were unauthorised were spared. Despite the reservations of the minority community, the authorities decided to proceed with the razing of the dargah, leading to rioting.

At least 6 people were killed in the clashes, and one citizen (35 year-old Rafiq Vora) was burnt alive in his car by an angry mob. Curfew has been imposed in the troubled areas and the sending of instigatory text messages prompted authorities to temporarily block the sending of mobile-phone text messages in the town.

Vadodara is infamous for the horrific Hindu-Muslim clashes in 2002, which left thousands dead. To avoid the recurrence of such a tragedy, six battalions of Rapid Action Force anti-riot police and multiple companies of the Central Reserve Police Force have been rushed to Vadodara. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who was Chief Minister during the 2002 Gujarat violence, for which the state government was accused by various independent human rights groups as well as major Indian newspapers of supporting, and in some cases instigating, the violence, is visiting Vadodara and has promised that all efforts would be made to prevent the situation from escalating any further. Home Minister Shivraj Patil is also monitoring the situation closely.


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No offense, but please do not consider me apologizing to Cowicide. If anything he should be apologizing to the community. Your "apology on behalf of the commuity" is false as the all the "community" may not agree with you. Jason Safoutin 05:23, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

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No offense, but please do not consider me apologizing to Cowicide. If anything he should be apologizing to the community. Your "apology on behalf of the commuity" is false as the all the "community" may not agree with you. Jason Safoutin 05:23, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm an admin on Italian Wikinews. Here you can find my user page.

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Talk:Flight from Armenian capital Yerevan crashes near Sochi

Passenger List
I removed the passenger list, for now, as I couldn't see it on any of the links given in the sources at the bottom or at http://www.arminfo.am/ - can someone please find a permalink for the source of this list?

Would also like to know what our policy is with naming the dead from major disastors. Many news outlets have a policy of only releasing lists AFTER they are sure that all of the relatives have been informed, where possible (to avoid family finding out the news indirectly). Should we follow this? There's also the issue of being even more thorough than usual to try and make sure the list is correct. Re-publishing the name of someone who was meant to be on the flight, but cancelled late (or didn't make the plane), which has happened before, can potentially cause a lot of upset.

I'm not against the list, but we should be careful, is all I'm saying... Frankie Roberto 13:34, 3 May 2006 (UTC)


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Soft drink companies to stop high school soda sales

May 4, 2006 Most U.S. soft drink companies will stop selling their soda products at high schools across the nation as part of a soft drink industry deal that aims to reduce childhood obesity.

The agreement, announced Wednesday morning by the William J. Clinton Foundation, means that the nation's biggest beverage distributors, Coca Cola Co., Pepsico, Cadbury Schweppes PLC, and the American Beverage Association, will pull their soda products from vending machines and cafeterias in schools serving about 35 million students, according to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative between the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association.

"This is an important announcement and a bold step forward in the struggle to help America's kids live healthier lives," said Bill Clinton, according to a press release from the foundation. "These industry leaders recognize that childhood obesity is a problem and have stepped up to help solve it. I commend them for being here today and for taking this important step. There is a lot of work to be done to turn this problem around but this is a big step in the right direction and it will help improve the diet of millions of students across the country."

Under the agreement, high schools will still be able to purchase drinks such as diet and unsweetened teas, diet sodas, sports drinks, flavored water, seltzer, and low-calorie sports drinks for resale to students.

The companies plan to stop soda sales at 75 percent of the nation's public schools by the 2008-2009 school year, and at all schools in the following school year. The speed of the changes will depend in part on school districts' willingness to change their contracts with the beverage distributors, the release said.

California had already banned soda sales at Logan and other state high schools, starting in July 2007, under a bill signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. "California is facing an obesity epidemic," he said at the time. He said he plans for the ban to be the first step in creating a healthier California.

The bill banning soda sales, SB965, was introduced last September by Senator Martha Escutia of State Senate District 30 in Southern California. SB965 is one of several bills signed into law to "eliminate junk food and soda from campuses, and to increase the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables available to students," said Schwarzenegger. The new law will go into full effect by July 1, 2007.

State law already bans soda sales at the lower grade levels.

Elsie Lee Szeto, the director of Food and Nutrition Services of New Haven Unified School District in Union City, California, said that, under the new law, no less than 50 percent of all beverages sold to students between a half hour before school begins and a half-hour after school will have to meet specific criteria that include alternatives like fruit based drinks that are comprised of no less than 50 percent fruit juice and have no added sweeteners. All milk sold will be two percent fat milk, soy milk, and other similar non-dairy milk. About 16 percent of our nation's children and adolescents are overweight or obese – nearly four times more than forty years ago, according to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

According to the Center of Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a non-profit advocacy group in Washington D.C., two out of three teenagers in California drink soda everyday. The average intake for males 13 to 18 is three or more cans of soda a day.

A recent study by researchers of Children's Hospital Boston showed a connection between consumption of sugary drinks and childhood obesity.

Children's Hospital Boston's Cara Ebbeling, PhD, and David Ludwig, MD, PhD, led a controlled trial for 103 children ages 13 to 18. Half of the teens, picked randomly, were sent non-caloric beverages of their choosing. The remaining teens were asked to continue their regular eating and drinking habits as a control group.

After six months, the group that had received the calorie-free drink deliveries had an 82 percent decrease in the consumption of sugary drinks, while the control group continued unaffected. The body mass index of the drink delivery group decreased, while the control group had a slight increase. Other factors such as exercising and television viewing did not change in either group.

Ebbeling concluded that one 12-oz sugary drink every day converted to a one pound weight gain over 3 to 4 weeks. "It should be relatively simple to translate this intervention into a pragmatic public health approach. For example, schools could make non-caloric beverages available to students by purchasing large quantities at low costs," she said.

The agreement announced today "is really the beginning of a major effort to modify childhood obesity at the level of the school systems," said Robert H. Eckel, president of the American Heart Association.


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8.0 magnitude earthquake occurs near Tonga

May 3, 2006

An earthquake with estimated magnitude 8.0 (later, revised to 7.9 by USGS) shook the Pacific island of Tonga. The strongest quake of the year so far, the earthquake occurred at 04:26 local time (15:27 UTC) on May 3 at 19.9°S, 174.2°W, about 150 KM south of Neiafu, Tonga and 2150 KM north-northeast of Auckland, New Zealand.

Three more earthquakes with moderate magnitude of 5.1 (1700 UTC, 06:00 local time), 5.4 (1756 UTC, 06:56 local time) and 5.1 (1928 UTC, 8:28 local time) were felt in the same region, according to USGS report.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu issued tsunami warnings for Fiji and New Zealand and a tsunami watch for other areas in the Pacific, including Hawaii, but excluding the west coast of North America. The warning and watches were cancelled at 1736 UTC (7:36 a.m. HST).

According to the latest bulletin, sea level readings indicated a tsunami was generated. There was some definite tsunami activity recorded near Pago Pago and Niue.

No major damage or injuries have been reported in Tonga, but power was temporarily lost, which reportedly prevented Tongan authorities from receiving the tsunami warning issued by the PTWC.

Fourteen schools in Hawaii located on or near coastlines were closed all of Wednesday despite the warnings being lifted.


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Wikinews:Briefs/May 3, 2006

The time is 18:30 (UTC) on 3rd May 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

8.1 magnitude earthquake near Tonga; tsunami possible
South Pacific

An earthquake with estimated magnitude 8.1 has occurred at 1527 UTC today near 19.9° south, 174.2° west, near Tonga. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu has issued tsunami warnings for Fiji and New Zealand and a tsunami watch for other areas in the Pacific, including Hawaii, but excluding the west coast of North America.

Communal tension erupts in Vadodara, India
India

Violence erupted in Vadodara in the state of Gujarat after municipal authorities demolished a dargah (Muslim shrine). The shrine was an unauthorised structure which was obstructing a road-widening project. The Muslim community objected to its demolition citing the fact that it was atleast 200 years old. They also observed that many Hindu temples which were unauthorised were spared. Despite the reservations of the minority community, the authorities decided to proceed with the razing of the dargah, leading to rioting. At least 6 people were killed in the clashes, and one citizen (35 year-old Rafiq Vora) was burnt alive in his car by an angry mob.

BJP leader Pramod Mahajan dies in Mumbai
Mumbai

Senior politician and general-secretary of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, Pramod Mahajan, passed way in Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai at 16:10 IST (10:40 UTC) today. He was 56 years of age. Mr. Mahajan had been shot three times at point blank range by his younger brother Pravin on 22 April 2006. After being shot, Mr. Mahajan was rushed to hospital where he was given 25 bottles of blood to compensate for the extensive bleeding he suffered. Pramodji also sustained severe injuries to his pancreas and small intestine. Over the past 12 days his condition had remained critical yet stable. He was on a respirator, and ionotropes had to be administered to him to keep his blood pressure up. The seriousness of the condition made it unsafe for doctors to operate on him and remove the bullets lodged in Pramodji's body.

New Zealand Government to unbundle local loop
New Zealand

The New Zealand Government has announced that it would require Telecom to unbundled the local loop to provide "faster and better broadband internet services." New Zealand used to be the only country in the OECD to have investigated unbundling the local loop and then rejected it. This means now that any ISP in New Zealand can create their own plans / speeds for New Zealanders.

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