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Comments:Police: Pennsylvania mother drugged daughter, planned her impregnation

Three attempts?! Why didn't anybody report the bastard after the first attempt? It seems like something is being left out here, were they part of some cult or taking drugs? To be safe though guess I've got to get out the old list and mark off Pennsylvania as "too fucked up". 74.227.168.41 17:20, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Just f*cking great. --66.229.11.230 18:33, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Mothers are not always good.

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Talk:BC election writ drops; referendum campaigns underway

 * move to Story Preparation (actual writ is on April 14th).

Not sure how to do this, but I can read up on Wikinews.
 * This is done by adding the preperation template which is presently on the article itself.

 * Incorporate Wikipedia articles in line with style guide.
 * Done all previously included wikipedia articles are in the article story line rather than as cited sources.

Agreed.

 * Add news media sources (rather than just debate-on-STV websites).

Agreed.
 * Done, added media sources to the article

 * Give more context to the issues in British Columbia -- the election is not solely about STV.

 * I would like to make the article about electoral reform only. The election will get sufficient coverage. Electoral reform does not. The reason I talked about the election was that it is technically incorrect to talk about a writ drop for the referendum.
 * Added a brief blurb about the parties running as then wikinews also provides exposure, and the article is more rounded. May be changed back if desired. Made additions from reading article page before reading this note that the article intention was to address the referendum for the main part on collaboration page.

 * Even out pro-STV bias; a change in an electoral system is not necessarily reform

What is your definition of reform?

 * If you want the article to be only about STV, you should title it that way; adding tidbits on the REAL electoral race that are not "well-rounded" does not make it "well-rounded", it's not fair to those issues and the real election. Make the referendum article separate, there needs to be an election article per se.Skookum1 (talk) 14:14, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Jlam (talk) 19:48, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Jlam (talk) 00:57, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Webster's definition: "1 a: to put or change into an improved form or condition b: to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses 2: to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action 3: to induce or cause to abandon evil ways (reform a drunkard) 4 a: to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking b: to produce (as gasoline or gas) by cracking"

 * Has the election itself actually been called or is it just definitely going to be called? --Killing Vector (talk) 17:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

 * The election is definitely going to be called: the writ drops on April 14th, hence the date of this article.

 * I would ask for someone else to even out the bias for me. I'm having trouble seeing how I could achieve that (plus,  I am pro-BC-STV).
 * Found a newspaper article and tried to even out both sides of the issue somewhat.

 * Jlam (talk) 17:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 209.217.100.70 19:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Incorporated some comments into the above conversation. I think a great deal of the concerns have been addressed with how many news articles there are available so far online.SriMesh |  talk  04:33, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Peer review
Gimme a break - NPOV passed as of today? By whose say-so? I don't normally contribute to WikiNews but it's clear to me that having only Premier Campbell's imsage here and not Carole Jamaes and Jane Sterk's at least is clearly POV in effect. The image-links on regular Wikipedia are and, don't know if they'll work here but it's scarcely an oversight not to have them; I guess I'll have to look over the text here now too, to see what the as-of-today Peer Review also thinks is NPOV. Sorry for no-AGF but blatant presentation of only one candidate should have caused the peer review to FAIL.Skookum1 (talk) 13:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Angus Reid vs Tyee polls
Angus Reid is a known Liberal-backed, Liberal-oriented polling firm, this should be stated in the mentioning of its poll; a counter-poll, also an online, by The Tyee, which is admittedly NDP in orientation. The important part is teh poll results - the top issues are corruption, environment, poverty/homelessness and education, in that order, with crime far down the list. Did the Angus Reid poll even mention corruption?? That the article doesn't mention the Kinseall Affair (or its predecessor the Dobell affair) and the mounting questions about the Premier's personal involveement in the sale of BC Rail, and how this is becoming an issue even in the mainstream media (finally) is a major oversight; the Carole James also made a point of campaigning on it is also newsworthy; as is the divisions within the Green vote over run of the river power. It would help also if the NDP's slogan "Take Back our BC" wasa put in context, i.e. the sell-loff to American ownership of BC Rail, BC Hydro, hydroelectric leases on run of the river, and so on and so on. I'm not an NDP supporter and I realize issue-development in the article is a tricky NPOV subject; but not covering important issues becasue it might be POV to mention them.....this article is sadly lacking, other than in its coverage of the STV refereundum. I'm in no mood to become an election journalist, but I'm calling on conscientieous Wikipedians, partisan or otherwise, to get into the nitty-gritty. If NPOV news has to be so lacklsutre I'm not sure I can consider it journalism at all.....essentially, back to the start of this comment, having polls from only one company, and a Liberal-affiliated company to boot, is another reason why this shouldn't have passed NPOV.Skookum1 (talk) 14:12, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * On the subject matter - I think your perception of NPOV is different than mine, at least, and probably that of most people round here: I don't see it as necessary to show every angle/all sides. In some political matters, this will be impossible to do exhaustivly. What I see is crucial is that the major views/opinions are reflected - and that space that is given (whether article or photo) is not allocated arbitrarily, but rather according to importance/weight of opinions. Thus, with just one photo, I think having just the PM is fine: he's the most important representive of the currently most important party. Now if there were two images, both showing candidates from the liberal (or whichever) party, that, to me, would be obvious bias. I'd follow the same line of argument for the poll: adding a further poll for a contrasting picture would be great - but it not being done is due to the constricted contributor-time we have here, rather than a certain point of view being put forward.
 * The best way to remedy your objections (though you stated this is unlikely) is to address them yourself, and change the article appropriately - though admittedly before, and shortly after publishing is the best time to do that. Regards Sean Heron (talk) 21:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * P.S. from reading the discussion at the top of this page, and scimming the article, it started out as coverage of the new voting method used in this election (STV). That probably goes a way to explain that coverage of the election itself is somewhat thin - I think two separate articles might have been more elegant. Sean Heron (talk) 21:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


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Why does the Main Page suddenly say "Welcome to Canada's Wikinews"?!? Van der Hoorn (talk) 00:53, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Look at the date stamp of your question. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:53, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Ahh, yes. UTC. You got me there. :) Better archive this message before others find out as well. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 00:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * We aim to please ^_^ Thats also why I removed the date from the header. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 01:00, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

You win.
I am Canadian too. :3 ViperSnake151 (talk) 01:40, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

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I noticed you deleted Template:Mbox recently. Was there a specific reason? Or can I create it (copy from Wikipedia). It appears the template is required by some other templates. See Special:WantedTemplates. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 21:26, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It seems there is very few _real_ uses of it. All of them that I see are from Documentation subpage. Not saying that is a bad thing or anything.  I simply deleted them because an IP was coming by and spam creating Templates.  If we actually needed the templates, a real user would have created them.  Basically... I'm suspicious of IP's. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 23:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You should. :) It's hard to give trust to IP edits. I recreated the page; hope you don't mind... Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 18:17, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Ten April Fool's pranks of 2009
Edited somewhat the article. I peeked into the sites which had caught your eye, do you know of the "favourite" gaming gag upon the sites, or an editor whom writes "gaming news" on wikinews? I added wikipedia pranks and the main page wikipedia anniversaries, FA, DYK, news, is there an archive of wikinews news? Kind RegardsSriMesh | talk  21:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

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Hi! I noticed you removed the news in pictures and the create an article box. Could I ask why? You said in your edit summary that it levels out the main page, however, I honestly don't think it looks as good this way, as the NIP and create an article box helped fill in the whitespaces, and the main page looks a bit empty without it. Feel free to respond here or at Talk:Main Page, where there's currently a discussion on a new main page format. Cheers. tempo di valse  16:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
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A penny for your thoughts
Okay, not really, but I am requesting your participation in the following Water Cooler Discussion: OR and Broadcast report. The discussion involves the need for specific policy concerning how Original Reporting relates to information recieved from a broadcast report of an event. This can include both news-style reports and non-news reports, such as a sporting event. Thanks and again, please share your thoughts on this so we can get as many people involved as possible, especially since this relates to an important topic such as OR. —Calebrw (talk) 05:18, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


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Gunman massacres at least 12 at New York immigration center

April 3, 2009 🇺🇸 A gunman attacked a downtown Binghamton, New York-based immigration services center today, killing up to 13 people before killing himself.

New York Governor David Paterson at a news conference indicated that 12 or 13 people were killed at the American Civic Association. It is unclear whether or not the attacker was included in the number of the deceased.

An anonymous law enforcement official indicated the presumed gunman's body was found in an office of the immigration services center building. The attacker blocked the rear building door with his car and entered through the front door. He then opened fire.

The gunman held over 40 hostages, some in a closet and the rest in the boiler room. Police and EMS started arriving at 10:30 A.M (EDT). SWAT sharpshooters and the Endicott police bomb squad were called to the scene. Nearby residencies and businesses were evacuated, while a nursing home and the high school were placed on lockdown. FBI hostage negotiators and evidence response team were being sent to the scene. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents were headed to Binghamton. About noon, the shooter released ten hostages, then another ten out the back 40 minutes later. At 2:40 p.m., the local police said the standoff had ended and a SWAT team was checking the building for anyone remaining.

In Johnson City, Wilson Medical Center staff are treating three to five gunshot wounds, while Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton is treating a single such case. Both hospitals called in additional staff and cancelled all elective surgeries.

A national law enforcement source identified the shooter as 42-year-old Jiverly Voong. The police asked Broome Community College Assistant Professor Tuong Hung Nguyen, a fluent Vietnamese speaker, to translate for discussions between police and Voong.


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US stocks log gains for fourth week in a row

April 4, 2009 United States stock indexes posted gains on Friday, marking a four-week long positive streak. This comes despite a report released by the US Labor Department on the same day, which said that the US economy shed 663,000 jobs in March, with the unemployment rate reaching 8.5%, the highest since 1983.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a modest gain of half a percent or 39 points, ending the day at 8,017. The index has not closed above 8,000 since February. The last time the Dow had risen for four weeks in a row was between September and October of 2007, when the stock index reached its all-time high of over 14,000. The streak is the index's best since 1993.

The broader S&P 500 gained eight points, or one percent, by the closing bell. The Nasdaq Composite had the largest gains of the three indexes, up 1.2% to 1,622. Both the S&P and the Dow gained over 3% over the course of the week, while the Nasdaq was up almost 5%.

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No Humor
Anyone who would call these commercials "pornographic" or "homosexual" and give those a negative connotation has no sense of humor. These commercials are funny (I first saw them during Adult Swim and they were funnier than the actual programming), they get you talking, and moreover they make me feel as if Quiznos' (as a corporation) has a sense of humor. —-Eric 00:36, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

meh.
The commercial is up on youtube, its not particularly erotic or funny. I can't see anyone except the most homophobic members of society being offended by it. The innuendo is definitely immature but its not obnoxious, and I don't see how this would offend an adultswim audience. "the closest we'll get to a gay porn flick in a mainstream sub shop ad" ? Yes probably, but only because gay pornography probably wouldn't sell many sandwiches. There are thousands of commercials more "pornographic" than this one.

I'd call it a success.
I've heard their pitch, and I don't even watch television. 209.30.165.25 04:37, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

if its not news
its marketing H64 (talk) 08:34, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I really wish some people would see the humor for what it is, and not represent it as purely "gay". Not one person has mentioned the fact that "Scott" is looking down at what appears to be another sub sandwich(behind the vine ripened tomatoes) on the counter when he says "That burned" yet everybody seems to notice that since he is standing upright when he looks down, he must be looking at his genitals, although there is no other indication that is what he is looking at. Now, what we have is a dual meaning in the humor presented, which I find it hilarious that more people notice the "gay" innuendo than the straightforward explanation that he is looking at a torpedo that may have been too toasty for his liking and that to "put it in" again, would only burn it further.

Keep up the great work Bob Sassone-of searching out all that is gay in media and you too could be the next Jerry Falwell!

-The Great Sandwich Maker

If you get attention through controversy...
...then you get business.

Are you serious?
There are massive food shortages and debts in Southeast Asia, the world economy is going to hell in a handbasket and someone wants to write an article stating the obvious? Stop smoke-screening and do some actual journalism, for chrissakes. --76.11.240.232 21:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

The new Quiznos commercials are disturbing. I can't imagine who the target audience is. They missed the mark on this one. "Wide appeal"? I don't think so.

Disgusting Homosexual Commercials
The commericials featuring the voice of HAL from the movie 2001 are disgusting and offensive.

I think this ad no matter how you look at it has no taste nor tact. People nowadays lack real creativity and therefore fall back on sex to sell. I didn't find it funny in the least. I WONT be buying any of these sandwiches. -76.27.104.26 22:00, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Weird

It is clear to me not to buy from them anymore.

Funniest Commercial. those who don't see the humor, just get over yourself.

totally disguisting
who wants to eat at a place where the help is strongly encouraged ( by the company) to rub his penis in the food prep area and get his rocks off? I thought there were laws against that? The company is encourging their employees to have gay sex with anything in sight while on the clock? After reading further the company stated that the commericals represent them well and their ideals and values,,first it was a gross rodent flopping around on your food and now this? I think quiznos had tasty food but now i cant even look at it,let alone think of eating it,,, I would be REAL careful if you eat there and order any sandwich with mayonaise on it. Their marketing department must be headed up by the pot headed nephew who has blackmail on the company owners.. i am totally done with EVER eating ANYTHING there AGAIN

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With the new Playboy - Quiznos commercial patterned after the 2 Girls 1 Cup video on Youtube, maybe they should change their customer service number to 1-800-EAT-CRAP —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.94.155.79 (talk) 01:01, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

It's not offensive...
..unless your six year old asks why he said "put it in me" like mine did.

TV sucks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.222.91.253 (talk) 23:18, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Commercial
I am sorry that there are some of you that have nothing better to do than complain about a commercial that is very creative and thinking outside of the box. I am gay, and I never took this commercial in a sexual comparative way. It is very enjoyable and all my straight friends thinks its is so off the wall and enjoyable. I miss seeing Scott and the Toaster Oven having their conversations, please with all regards bring this commercial back... _____rik —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.138.227 (talk) 23:54, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Pornographic?
If someone's actually describing this commercial to be "pornogrpahic" then stay away from the internet, because I don't think you'll be able to handle the stuff on their.

Also, they're not encouraging people to mack on their toasters, unless those toasters are also sentient, and can talk. Get real people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.93.13.226 (talk) 13:29, 20 October 2009 (UTC)


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Nice article - I didn't realise they'd been gaining so long. As extra info, the boost on the G20 statement (or on the day of the G20 desision) might be interesting (not sure it was related though...can just remember browsing that somewhere). I'll see if I can add it later on. Sean Heron (talk) 17:00, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


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Welsh University announces intelligent robot conducting biology experiments

April 5, 2009

Adam is a robot developed by Welsh Aberystwyth University researchers which combines artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and to independently conduct and analyse biological laboratory research.

"What's new and exciting about Adam is [it is] the first time we've managed to show that a computer can not only think up new scientific ideas, but experimentally test them and decide whether they're true," said Ross King, a computer science professor and lead researcher at Aberystwyth University, "Adam makes up its own mind what to do. It decides what experiments to do, what to test." He says that for other lab experiments the hardware is already in place, the only step needed is to change the software.

The artificial intelligence alone spans three computers which holds the databases and analytical software to enable Adam to think. For the yeast experiment, Adam was loaded with databases which hold known information relating to yeasts and organisms. Adam compared all fields in the database to find the areas of missing information from which he devised 20 hypotheses.

Adam's AI is connected to, , and cameras which enable Adam to start over 1,000 individual experiments every day and follow their progress over a week.

A part of the process is that Adam's AI can cycle and analyze the results of the experiments as well doing routine repetitious lab work. Following Adam's testing, King's team manually tested three of Adam's hypotheses and found that the robot's conclusions were correct, and each was a breakthrough to the scientific community.

Adam has spawned discussion amongst researchers. William Melek, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Ontario's University of Waterloo, has noted that to set up the AI needed for subsequent experiments involving new biological variables and criteria, the human expertise would be time consuming to customize it. The usefulness would be limited therefore to the allotment of human input needed to set up Adam.

David Waltz of Columbia University and Bruce Buchanan of the University of Pittsburgh say that "For the foreseeable future, the prospect of using automated systems as assistants holds vast promise as these assistants are becoming not only faster but much broader in their capabilities -- more knowledgeable, more creative, and more self-reflective," They note the potential of such lab assistants which may more efficiently process the research data.

It was reported that Adam cost about $1million in production costs and this was weighed against the costs of hiring lab techs. King said, We made many mistakes and learned from Adam. Eve is a much cleaner design."

Eve is the second AI computer under development by Professor King's research team. Eve's artificial intelligence will be enhanced to analyze compounds needed for medicinal drugs which may treat killer diseases such as malaria.


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The title really ought be more "news-like" and adhere to WN:NC. --SVTCobra 01:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Me thinks this title may be closer to WN:NCSriMesh | talk  03:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

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13 killed in U.S. air strike in Pakistan

April 4, 2009A suspected United States drone missile attack in northwestern Pakistan has left 13 people dead, local security officials say.

The strike hit a town in the tribal area of North Waziristan, near the Afghan border, an apparent stronghold of Al-Qaeda militants.

"Thirteen people were killed. Ten of them are militants and the identity of the other three — whether they are militants or civilians — is not yet confirmed," a local official told AFP, asking to remain anonymous.

"The missile hit a house where some guests were staying. We have information that 13 people were killed including some guests," an intelligence official stated.

The apparent target was the home of Tariq Khan, a local Wazir tribesman, who has been described as a 'facilitator of the Taliban'.

Pakistan has repeatedly condemned the U.S. drone attacks. Just two days prior to this latest attack, foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit told a press briefing that "they are violations of our sovereignty and secondly they are counterproductive. They are not helpful in our efforts to win hearts and minds. So we cannot accept drone attacks," he said.

US special envoy Richard Holbrooke is scheduled to visit Pakistan next week and this issue will be discussed, according to Basit.

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Comments:Interview with US political activist and philosopher Noam Chomsky

Chomsky's ignorance
Chomsky ignores the biggest scam of all time and that is Obama's rescue of the financial elites with trillions backing their bogus credit default swaps. Geithner, Bernanke, and Paulson directed the rescue of Goldman, JP Morgan and unnamed international banks with taxpayer backed bonds and all Chomsky can think of is let's have more solidarity and unions.
 * While I can feel with you for not wanting to bail out a bunch of people that earned (and earn) plenty playing roulette (well, selling pyramid schemes is perhaps more precise - thought to be honest not all of them do that) with other people's money, would you really prefer the alternative... let them crash, widespread bank runs, considerably more hefty recession than the one we're experiencing, etc. ? I would have guessed not... Sean Heron (talk) 15:26, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sean I believe you are overlooking the fact that these bailouts were designed to undermine democracy. If the Obama administration cared about democracy and fairness they would simply have bought the banks, in fact the government could have bought AIG and CITIGROUP for less than half of what it is costing to bail them out.  Also there is no evidence that letting these banks fail would lead to an economic crisis, in fact it is possible that it may be a good thing. Soapy (talk) 17:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Also to respond to the first person there is a good youtube video where Chomsky does thoroughly discuss the bailout plan and determines its win-win for the investors and bankers, and lose-lose for the public, I didn't ask him about the bailouts because I knew he had already spoken on them Soapy (talk) 02:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Mr. Chomsky shows deeper insight into societal functioning than is commonly found amongst functionaries of government, members of academia or participants in the profession of journalism. It is sad that such light cannot shine strong enough into the darkness we are cloaked in by the all pervasive machinery of common journalism that enables the brainwashing by 'the system'. It is journalism Like Michael Dranove's that rates with the efforts of Bill Moyers on Public Television; I applaude wikinews for helping expand the counterforce to the Orwellian nightmare I find myself living in. -Bertvanwijck (talk) 11:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

congratulations for this interview
I am not a Chomsky follower or so, but I read this interview with great interest. I think it's a very nice piece of wikinews journalism -- Torsten (talk) 16:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You lose credibility with your hairstyle.

Also want to say I really appreciated this interview and video clips. thanks :) --Mdale (talk) 16:06, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Makets DO let you decide.
He says: 'But a market doesn’t permit you to decide "I don’t want a car, I want a public transportation system". That’s just not a choice made available on the market.' I disagree. If by "public transportation system" he means "mass transit", then a market *does* let you choose that -- if enough people want it then a business will likely spring up around that. However, if by "public transportation system" he really means "I want *you* to pay for *my* transportation", then by definition, no, because that isn't a market, that's coercion or theft.
 * Well I'd have to disagree. In the early half of this century and up until around the 1950's, we have one of the best public transportation systems in the world.  However, around the 1950's Goodyear tires, Standard Oil, and Firestone Rubber decided to change all this by buying the public transportation system in cities all around the country and then destroying them.  Chomsky has spoken about this in this past, saying it was a literal conspiracy because the companies were actually tried in court for conspiracy to destroy the transportation system and found guilty.  Well that's a good example of how the free market works I think.  Large centers of concentrated wealth are able to run amok doing whatever they can to increase profits, while consumers have little choice over which concentrated center of power they want to support. Soapy (talk) 19:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

you complain about money, yet u endanger lives by driving. That is a very double mentality. Obviously voting for public transportation, means you want to apply it, and will promote it; Amongst many other things for safety and comfort of the rest. With this crazy " bail out" huge expenditure is done on wildwest finances. Supposedly sth. weird (war..?) will raise some consumption levels to new macabre heights (not 10 but 30% of usians in wheelchairs beause of weight problems perhaps). Okay so after the usian pharmaceutical industry got you all sick they now go in the wheelchair business.. Brings me to my own compliment for chomsky, this is a nice and impressive interview for wich my thanks to soapy, I especially want to thank Noam for comprehensively representing the 'medi-care' solution. It is rather simple, and kept out of the picture in an orwellian way indeed. Well.. check the 50% of usian minors on psychiatric drugs for that.. big business, the desperate market is the brains of a whole population and 2 generations ?? You know it's worse then any drugs for the future generations? it is a cumulative problem of 3 or 4 generations now!? i.o.w. in the middle and near future throughout the west extra medical will need to be taken even to minimally cope with the effects of this capitalist exploit. Massive costs already the persistent run on pharmaceutics spells the very worst. These cars and their related effects on polution are a much to blame next in this avalanche. 24.132.170.252 (talk) 01:28, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Chomski's dreamworld
There are two kind of socialists: those who tried socilism themselves and those who learned about socilaims from books. Chomski is clear example of the last. His idea of socialism which he pushed all his life has nothing with reality. Socialism failed in Russia, China, Cambodia, Africa, Chili, etc.-everywhere where it was tried. Blinded by his ideology Chomsky does not see that unions destroyed US industry and the result is profitable not for workers who became unemployed but for mafiosies governing the unions. A separate interesting question is why Chomsky socialism goes hand-by-hand with his hatred to Israel? In this respect he follows the line of Hitler national socialist and Stalin's communists. Probably, anti-semitism and the left-wing ideology are different features of the build-in mentality invented by Chomsky.

 * This is a fairly typical criticism. I'm just going to respond to one of your points. It's kind of ridiculous to call Chomsky anti-semitic just because he is critical of Israel. I mean, it's ridiculous for anyone, but especially so for Chomsky, because he is Jewish! Do you see him saying things like "Jews are evil - including me!" Of course not. That's what anti-semitism means, and he isn't anti-semitic.

Hes a anarchist not a stalinist.

 * He's a libertarian socialist. As am I. --JulesMattsson (talk) 22:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hang on a minute, really, let's take Chile (Not chili for the record), was that socialism under Pinochet? Whoever wrote the comment above needs to look at the examples they listed, and think whether they are actually socialist. Going back to Chile, which is the country i know most about as I have family and friends there, under pinochet was quite the opposite of socialism, he was for the free market; it was neoliberalism, and how many people died, how many's lives were ruined. He eventually was forced to u-turn, presented with the clear evidence that his policies didn't work. And thatcher astonishingly stood by pinochet amongst intra-national calls for him to be tried for crimes against humanity! --JulesMattsson (talk) 22:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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how will i drive this thing with an arm and leg missing. how about a car for us here on ground level. how about a model t. t for tesla. tesla would facepalm over this were he alive today. look how extravagant that is. give me something electric that i can afford while i'm paying off a student loan. then we'll talk about revolutionary. wheres my function over fashion. more indulgences? in this economy? the nerve. H64 (talk) 14:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

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Major explosion at Mt. Redoubt volcano in Alaska

April 4, 2008The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported today a "significant explosive event" had occurred at Mount Redoubt in Alaska. Lightning was observed within an ash cloud that formed over the volcano. As a result the AVO raised the alert level to 'warning' and level 'red' for aviation. The event occurred at 6:00 a.m. (AKDT).

According to the Observatory, seismic activity caused a major lahar, similar to a mudslide or landslide, to occur in the Drift River Valley. Inhabitants of the Valley were advised to seek high ground and take immediate precautions against flooding. So far there are no reports of injuries or evacuations. Wikinews has e-mailed the AVO for a statement regarding the event, but has yet to receive a reply.

"Strong, but diminishing seismic activity is continuing as of 07:35 AKDT," said the AVO on its website. At 9:18 a.m., the AVO reported that the event had ended. "Continuing seismic activity and web camera images indicate that low level emissions of steam, gas, and some volcanic ash are continuing to be emitted at the volcano at altitudes of [20,000 feet]." The AVO is sending a team to investigate the latest eruption which will include a fly-over to take readings on the gases being emitted.

The explosion sent volcanic ash which spread to "Homer, Anchor Point, and Seldovia" to an altitude of over 50,000 feet. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued an advisory stating that ash fall can be expected from "Ninilchik Southward through mid morning." The advisory is scheduled to end at 10:00 a.m. (AKDT).

As a result of recent eruptions at Redoubt, half of the 6 million gallons of crude oil stored in the Drift Valley will be removed to a safer location. There is no word on when the move will take place. The storage facility is located just 22 miles from Redoubt.


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Since no direct links to the AVO statements are around, I will add the AVO ones from their site:

 * 2009-04-04 12:03:28
 * The AVO web cam continues to show a plume of mostly water vapor, gas, and likely small amounts of ash rising above Redoubt to about 15,000 feet. This plume is drifting southeast. The Mt. Redoubt alert level remains WARNING and aviation color code remains RED. An AVO field crew is en route to the volcano via helicopter. A fixed wing flight will depart early this afternoon to attempt gas measurements. We have received no additional reports of ash fall.

 * 2009-04-04 09:18:35
 * The significant explosive event at 06:00 AKDT has ended. Continuing seismic activity and web camera images indicate that low level emissions of steam, gas, and some volcanic ash are continuing to be emitted at the volcano at altitudes of < 20,000'. Ashfall resulting from the 06:00 AKDT event has been reported in Homer, Anchor Point, and Seldovia. The Mt. Redoubt alert level is currently WARNING and aviation color code is RED.

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 * The Mt. Redoubt alert level is currently WARNING and aviation color code is RED. At 06:00 AKDT there was a significant explosive event at Redoubt. An ash cloud has reached at least 50,000 feet above sea level and is heading SE. The National Weather Service has issued an ash advisory lasting to 10am AKDT for areas from south of Ninilchik. Lightning was observed in the eruption cloud and AVO seismometers indicate a lahar in the Drift River Valley. Strong, but diminishing seismic activity is continuing as of 07:35 AKDT. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

DPRK event?
The explosion possibly coincides with the flight of a north korean ballistic missile, maybe it impacted the volcano? That would mean war, allowing USA to kick some commie ass... Better excuse than the yellow cake uranium fake story was for Iraq in 2003! 91.83.0.11 08:28, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


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Boeing 737 makes emergency landing at Vnukovo airport in Moscow

April 4, 2009 ]A Boeing 737 with 69 people on board safely made an emergency landing at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, after the crew noticed excessive vibrations in the aircraft's left engine shortly upon takeoff. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

The airplane circled around the airport to burn spare fuel in order to make the landing safer, according to Interfax. Fire crews and ambulances were at the scene when the jet landed.

a spokesperson for the airport told Interfax.

The plane had taken off from Vnukovo and was en route to Sochi on the Black Sea.

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"Category:Victoria, Australia" should be renamed to "Category:Victoria". Van der Hoorn (talk) 15:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
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Comments:US Justice Department to withdraw Stevens charges

I velvet Mr Senator Steven of your innocence, my Son is in Federal detention he is now  proving his innocence  the district Attorney  and the Judge heed  and sealed  the proof of his innocence, hi is fairing for his life ,we olso write a letter to Mr  Eric Holder   United States Attorney  General,   so far nothing  has being  done I wish you woud help as I am his mother ,my name is Lyda E. Fisher  his name is Daniel A Fisher he is in Seagoville Federal Prison Texas if you need more info. about this case please have somebody contact us  I will be forever grateful with you,Thank You Lyda E. Fisher Ramirez


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Bomb blast kills 5 policemen in Islamabad, Pakistan

April 4, 2009 At least five policemen are dead after a bombing took place near the check post in Margala Road,, Pakistan. Reports conflict as to whether the attack was a, but Interior Advisor Rehman Malik told SAMAA TV that it was.

Police have cordoned off the area and the press is not being allowed within the zone of the attack.

SSP Tahir Alam told Geo Web TV that the attack took place at 10pm local time as police were taking dinner. Although initial reports stated that gunfire was exchanged, Alam said that security forces only fired into the air to scare off other potential attackers.

The attack comes less than two weeks after a March 23 bombing in Islamabad killed one police officer and injured another. leader claimed responsibility for that attack; Mehsud also claimed responsibility earlier today for yesterday's shooting of 13 immigrants in, New York, a claim the  has rejected.


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At least 3 police officers killed in Pittsburgh shootings

April 4, 2009

At least five police officers were shot this morning in the Stanton Heights section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The alleged 23-year-old shooter, Richard "Pop" Poplawski, surrendered to police around 11 a.m. EST after fatally shooting three officers and wounding two others.

Initially, four police officers responded to 1016 Fairfield Street for a domestic dispute call around 7 a.m. The shooter, who was armed with a high-powered assault rifle, an AK47 and a bullet-proof vest, was hanging out of the window and opened fire on the officers.

When SWAT members arrived on the scene to assist officers, they were also shot at by the suspect. A neighbor says an estimated 100 rounds of ammunition were shot off before the suspect surrendered to police. The shooter, upon surrendering, was taken to the UPMC Presbyterian hospital with injuries.

Edward Perkovic, a friend of the alleged shooter, told local news affiliate WTAE-TV that Poplawski called him around 8:30 a.m. on the phone and said that "he [Poplawski] was going to die today."

"This was a complete surprise to me and my family and everyone's families that were friends with him. Nobody ever expected something like this from him," Perkovic said, adding that Poplawski was scared of "the Obama gun ban that's on the way" and "didn't like our rights being infringed upon."

Another longtime friend, Joe DiMarco, told KDKA-TV that Poplawski had been laid off earlier this year from his job at a glass factory and that Poplawski was upset about losing his job.

During the several-hour long standoff, police claim Poplawski was watching the special breaking news coverage on local TV stations. Therefore, police had to move the media away from the scene for a short time. In the end, Pennsylvania state police, Allegheny County police, Pittsburgh police, SWAT members and a state police helicopter responded to scene.

WPXI-TV reporter Rick Earle said his sources say one of the injured officers was shot in the hand, and the other broke his leg while jumping over a fence.

One of the officers who was fatally shot, a thirteen year veteran with the Pittsburgh Police, was off-duty at the time but responded to the scene to offer his help. The two other officers who were fatally shot allegedly joined the police force in 2007.

Police spokeswoman Diane Richards said medics at the scene were unable to reach the wounded officers for a while because of the continuous shooting.

WPXI-TV reports that Poplawski had previously been training to become a U.S. Marine, but was kicked out of boot camp. He was also reportedly expelled from North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh.

More details are to be released by Police Chief Nathan Harper at a 3 p.m. news conference at Pittsburgh Police Headquarters.

Two weeks ago four police officers were killed in a fatal shooting in Oakland, Calif., in what was the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001.


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We here at Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, are praising God for these raging waters! Sing along now:

From that valley you see God’s wrath pouring With flood waters all over that land Manitoba's now swarming with perverts God has smacked you with his righteous hand

Fags come sit by your side like they love you But they hasten to teach you to sin If you don’t stop rebelling against him He will come there and smack you again

For a long time we’ve warned you – Obey him! But your eyes are so blind – you can’t see That God’s blessings will never revisit Your destruction you soon will all see

Those flood waters are just the beginning Your false prophets – they tell you such lies For the fags and the flags that you worship Christ is coming in wrath from the skies!

Now the Red River's raging and flooding So your food and your homes are all gone Simple sluts and the whores who have raised them Need to learn from the words of this song

From that valley your wails we are hearing And the groans and the moans for your pride When the Great God of Glory comes seeking All you perverts and rebels can’t hide!

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I love this "they are violations of our sovereignty and secondly they are counterproductive. They are not helpful in our efforts to win hearts and minds. So we cannot accept drone attacks,"
 * So the Taliban and Al-Qaeda (both foreign) can step up shop and do what ever they want but God Allah damn America for helping Pakistan have less Terrorist. And on the Counterproductive part if Pakistan have the balls to take their country back maybe we don't have to send drones over their homeland.--♪ Tempo di valse ♪  23:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you really having trouble understanding the problem here? Consider this the other way round. Hypothetical scenario: Say the U.S. lets neonazi groups collect people and arms and plan attacks with only the occasional federal raid to keep it in check. (Which actually sounds a lot like what it does do...) The Bundeswehr then then sends fighters over to the U.S. and independently targets and kills a bunch of people who were collecting in a park because they thought they might have been neonazis. And as is the case here, a couple other people maybe playing in that same park with their dogs got killed too. Collateral damage eh? And this would be acceptable HOW? ♪ Tempo di valse ♪  23:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


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User:Hunter Kahn

I consider myself inactive on WikiNews, for personal reasons. I may pop in now and again for some original reporting. Other than that, though, you're more likely to find me over at Wikipedia... — Hunter Kahn

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European Union Parliamentary Elections, 2009

 * What is your party's opinion on the Treaty of Lisbon?
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 * What is your vision on the energy policy the EU should follow?
 * What else do you think the EU can do for the environment?
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Canadian convicted of murder in HIV case

April 4, 2009In what is described as a Canadian first, a jury on Saturday convicted an Ontario man of first-degree murder in the AIDS-related deaths of two women.

Johnson Aziga, 52, was accused of knowingly infecting his sex partners with the HIV virus which can cause AIDS. The trial dealt with the cases where two women had died from AIDS-related complications, while 11 others were either infected or exposed to HIV. Aziga was informed he carried the HIV virus in 1996 and was instructed by public health authorities to inform his sex partners of his condition. However, the trial prosecutors alleged that Aziga disregarded these orders and continued to practice unprotected sex without warning his partners he carried HIV.

The defence counsel for Aziga argued that he suffered from various problems including depression and an organic brain disorder, which rendered him incapable of causing intentional harm.

During the trial in Hamilton, Aziga also faced 11 counts of aggravated sexual assault and was convicted in all but one of these charges. The 11th charge was replaced by conviction on a lesser charge of attempted aggravated sexual assault. The murder convictions mean that Aziga faces sentence for which he could not be paroled for 25 years.


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Five children found dead in Graham, Washington

April 5, 2009 At least five children have been found dead in a home in Graham, Washington in Pierce County located in the United States. The bodies were found on Saturday after officials in neighboring King County found the body of their father who committed suicide by way of a self inflicted gunshot wound.

According to the Pierce County sheriff's office, the ages of the children, one boy and 4 girls, range from 7-years-old to 16-years-old and all were shot and killed. Police went to check on the children's health after King County sheriffs contacted Pierce County regarding the father's suicide, whose name has not been released.

Authorities believe the 35-year-old man killed all five children before he killed himself, but the motive is not yet known.


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Massive ice shelf expected to break away from Antarctica

April 5, 2009 The European Space Agency (ESA) reported on Friday that the Wilkins Shelf, an enormous Antarctic ice shelf half the size of Scotland, could break away from the continent very soon.

According to reports, only a thin strip of ice connects it to the Charcot Island, and cracks are expanding rapidly. This is the largest shelf of ice so far to have disintegrated in the Antarctic.

In February 2008, the shelf lost 425 square kilometres (164 square miles) of ice, followed by a loss of another 62 square miles in May 2008.

"During the last year the ice shelf has lost about 1800 square kilometers (694 square miles), or about 14 percent of its size," said Angelika Humbert from the Institute of Geophysics at University of Münster in Germany. Scientists say that the shelf, if it detaches from the mainland, won't cause an increase in sea levels, as it is already floating.

Most scientists believe that the incident is further evidence of global warming. Average temperatures in the Antarctic peninsula have increased by about 2.5 degrees Celsius (3.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in the past fifty years.


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Great, perfect way to advance gun rights. This totally won't make gun advocates look nuts and totally won't give the smug, self-righteous left something to be even more self-righteous about.

I'm afraid to say that cop killing is becoming the norm.--66.229.11.230 11:27, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


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North Korea launches rocket

April 5, 2009 Despite international appeals, North Korea has gone ahead with a long publicised rocket launch. Authorities from the United States, Japan, and South Korea confirm that the rocket lifted off at 11.32 local time (02.32 GMT) on Sunday April 5, 2009.

"A short time ago a flying object appeared to have been launched from North Korea," read a statement by the Japanese government. The rocket seems to have passed over the Japanese capital of Tokyo and headed over the Pacific Ocean. Two parts of the rocket, the first and second stages, fell either side of the Japanese home islands, falling into the Sea of Japan and the Pacific.

A statement by the North Korean official news agency said that the rocket had successfully launched a satellite which is now broadcasting "data" and North Korean propaganda songs. A South Korean source told the South Korean Yonhap news agency that the rocket did appear to be carrying a satellite. The North Korean statement calls the rocket Unha-2 ("Galaxy-2") and the satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 ("Lodestar 2").

However, the US Northern Command stated that the launch of the rocket failed, and that the payload and second stage have fallen into the Pacific Ocean.

President Obama of the United States condemned the launch as "provocative" and stated that "North Korea has ignored its international obligations...and further isolated itself from the community of nations." America, Japan and South Korea will discuss the launch at an emergency UN Security Council meeting at 15:00 EDT (1900 GMT).

Pyongyang's one ally, China, has called for "restraint" on all sides. Both China and fellow veto power Russia oppose further sanctions on North Korea.

Resolution 1718 enacted in the wake of a stated 2006 nuclear weapons test bans North Korea from missile development. North Korea claims that the rocket is a launch vehicle to orbit a satellite, however its neighbours suggest that this is simply a cover for a long-range missile test, a missile that could potentially hit Alaska and the West Coast of the United States.

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Italian police find 24 children living in Rome's sewers

April 6, 2009 98 people, including 24 children, were found Saturday by Italian police in the sewer system of Rome.

The Afghan youths were reported to be between the ages of 10 and 15. According to the newspaper La Repubblica, the children had stowed away on trailer trucks traveling from Turkey and Greece. They had spent nights sleeping in a standing position in filthy sewer pipes after removing the manhole covers and some of them were found in a sickly condition.

There had been reports to the police of children under the Ostiense train station, a common place for the homeless to seek shelter on cold nights.

The children, who do not speak Italian, are under the care of Rome's Social Services. Efforts are being made by interpreters to identify the children who traveled without parental care.

Save the Children said that Afghan minors in Rome have increased to 264 in 2007 from 32 in 2004.


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Talk:North Korea launches rocket

Note that I think that the name below should be spelt correctly:

A South Korean source told the South Korean _Yunhap_ news agency that the rocket did appear to be carrying a satellite.

That should be South Korean _Yonhap_ news agency.

--Ceditor (talk) 00:16, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ In the future, you can simply correct mistakes like this yourself - after all, this is the news source anybody can edit. [[Image:Smile.png]] Thanks for pointing this out to us. tempo di valse  00:23, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

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Sounds like the best un-intended April's fool ever.

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Comments:Massive ice shelf expected to break away from Antarctica

Actually it has started to break already. You can see it on the European Space Agency website (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMWZS5DHNF_index_0.html) also in the news http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5326HO20090404 and http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/placa/Wilkins/pierde/puente/hielo/unia/Antartida/elpepusoc/20090405elpepusoc_1/Tes (in spanish) Images from NASA can be seen in http://decsai.ugr.es/~mrubio/wilkins/

Thank you, developed world (especially the USA and China) for all the political and social inertia that has kept us away from using alternative energy sources. When the ice caps completely melt I hope the bastards at Big Oil are the first against the wall.--72.209.8.195 15:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

so what would happen?
So if (when) it does break off whats going to happen then? Will it float down to the atlantic and wreak havoc colliding into things or will it break up and melt?

Yeah sure there's global warming. It's April 7th and there is snow on the ground in Rochester NY two weeks into spring. This has been one of the coldest winters on record in this area. It seems as though scientists can tell you how temperatures are rising at the poles but when there are record cold temps in other regions nobody addresses those. Can't prove global warming to me until you tell how and why this is happening.

Terrific !!! There are also interesting pictures of Yann Arthus-Bertrand demostrating the consequences of global warming. —fonclea 193.128.124.62 09:18, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Ice shelf, Day After Tomorrow
In the movie The Day After Tomorrow, an ice shelf breaks in middle for miles; could that really happen? Could it cause massive distruction?


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Jenson Button wins half of the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix points

April 6, 2009

Brawn-Mercedes driver Jenson Button wins FIA Formula One 2009 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. The race was suspended by red flag due to heavy rain after 33 laps and later stopped after more than half an hour of waiting the track to dry up. All drivers earned only half possible points counted after 31 laps.

Nick Heidfeld on his KERS-equipped BMW Sauber car placed second from 11th place on the starting grid. Both Toyota drivers Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli ended up behind Heidfeld. Button's teammate Rubens Barrichello finished 5th. Mark Webber's Red Bull gained one place from the start, finishing 6th.

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton finished 7th after burst from 13th place on the start.

Nico Rosberg had a fantastic start overtaking all drivers in front of his 6th place to the first corner. Still he lose this advantage throughout the race and closed the top eight with only half a point for his Williams team.


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Comments:Ten April Fool's pranks of 2009

I like this one Pigeon Internet Protocol :) --Yuriybrisk (talk) 11:27, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

From: "GMWatch "  Subject: Prof. Detritus and the G20 Date: 06/04/2009

1.What they said about Prof. Detritus and the G20

2.GM may be on the agenda at the G20 summit

NOTE: The media this year once again followed in the fine tradition of the BBC's spoof documentary on the spaghetti harvest in Ticino, by pumping out a host of entirely bogus stories on April 1.

And in case anyone's still in the slightest doubt, the Times article by "Mark Handerson" (GM may be on the agenda at the G20 summit) that GMWatch circulated on the morning of April 1, and also posted onto its website, was also an April Fool.

Although the bogus article was authored by us, some others joined in the joke by posting the piece on their websites too, while others presumably took it at face value. Bioportfolio, for instance - a site that claims its "Serving the needs of the biotech industry", posted a truly extraordinary number of links to the piece. svRks

And even Sky News has posted links to an article quoting our April Fool's piece, including links claiming to provide greater "depth" on Prof. Pingo Detritus, the bogus expert that we quoted. (Sky News - Pingo Detritus In Depth) InDepth/topic/Pingo_Detritus

Someone even went to the trouble of checking with the GM-adoring science correspondent of the Times, Mark Henderson (sic) that he hadn't written our piece. Mr Henderson confirmed, "It was an April Fool, nothing to do with me or The Times. The tinyurl goes to GM Watch, which isn't surprising really - they're not my biggest fans. It would be flattering if it were funny!" Hu7G0

Below are all the other comments we came across or were sent. But first here are two very telling quotes from GM supporters that one commentator posted together with our article:

"This journal champions biotech research, so we are not downbeat on its prospects to, one day, generate products that will heal, fuel and feed the world. That is, nevertheless, an outrageous act of faith bordering on the religious. And the fact is that biotech approaches must be used in the context of other technical and nontechnological solutions. Thus, reason dictates that proponents should be very careful about overhyping what biotech can do now and overpromising what it can do in the future ... it is time that the industry and its lobby organizations learnt that pushing one-dimensional hype about biotech solutions is counterproductive... Pushing biotech as the 'solution' to the world's problems is doing more harm than good."

Editorial, Nature Biotechnology 26, 837 fbae.org

"The cynic in me thinks that they're just using the current food crisis and the fuel crisis as a springboard to push GM crops back on to the public agenda', says Professor Denis Murphy, head of biotechnology at the University of Glamorgan in Wales. 'I understand why they're doing it, but the danger is that if they're making these claims about GM crops solving the problem of drought or feeding the world, that's bullsh**.'" spiked-online

whereas a few countries celebrate jokes only until noon such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa.
Wrong. Many canadians joke all day long for the day, It's commonly known that the "ending at noon" thing is a MYTH here.

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Talk:Jenson Button wins half of the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix points

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Slightly odd title, wouldn't you say? How about the more normal 'Button wins rain-shortened 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix'. The current version is bound to leave one asking 'Who won the other half'? A question to which there is no sensible answer. 83.67.72.226 14:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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The Sunnis have systematically been killing Shias in Pakistan since the time of Zia ul Haq (1977). For three decades now we have been suffering. The world please take notice of this.

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Comments:Five children found dead in Graham, Washington

Life's too hard
Why does he have to take them away instead of himself alone. Poor kids

his motive may have been to spare them the pain of losing a father. or he may have been mentally ill/psychotic and believed that killing them (and himself) was necessary for some (higher) reason. or he may have hated them, so he killed them, but then didnt want to face the court/himself for that act. who knows.

That's messed up.

five children found dead in graham, washington
mabye the father did not want the chidren to report what happened either that or he was a maniac —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.243.36.17 (talk) 00:48, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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Manitoba volunteers go to war against Red River flooding

April 6, 2009 Over 1,600 volunteers registered to help build approximately 65,000 of the 500,000 sandbags to create dikes high to protect the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba in the war against the Red River of the North flood.

700 volunteers answered at the rural municipality of St. Andrews alone. Once sandbags are filled for West St. Paul, St. Andrews, and Selkirk, then frozen culverts must be cleared.

The height of the river is expected to be Thursday, and predictions are that it will be less than Flood of the Century of 1997. There is no precipitation in the forecast, and snow in the province should be melted by the end of the week.

"The fear right now is we have to get that ice out of the river. The Amphibex [Excavators] are still working and breaking the ice apart, and everyday we buy with the warm weather and the current, it is thinning the ice down a bit, so when it does start to move, the better chance it'll move right out into the lake," said Paul Guyder, the emergency coordinator for the RMs of St. Andrews and St. Clements. "I feel that we've done everything humanly possible to get ready," said Gary Doer, Premier of Manitoba, "But ... there are fallibilities with human behaviour. We can take every preventative measure as human beings possible and we can still get Mother Nature proving again she is superior."

Communities with ring diking will partially or fully close their dikes at the beginning of the week. Provincial officials are considering opening the Red River Floodway gates around mid-week before ice is fully melted.

Ice jams could cause flooding within the city, however opening the gates could spare neighbourhood flooding when the river rises to the estimated height. The province does have back up plans for dealing with ice jams within the city if they do occur. The unpredictability of ice jams and the ensuing water level rise may cause neighbourhood flooding. The city is raising dikes where the river has jammed with ice in the past such as on tight curves and past bridges. Likewise there are excavators and backhoes positioned at these points.

Vulnerable neighbourhoods on the river banks have been reinforced with sandbag dikes at vulnerable areas from the massive volunteer effort over the weekend. Guyader feels no more extra volunteers are needed, however volunteers are still being asked to leave their names and number in case of unpredicted need. Existing personnel will assess roads, and help with clean up.

Approximately 400 of the 800 people who evacuated the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation have returned to their homes.

Former Premier, Dufferin Roblin, brought forward the floodway as a protection for Winnipeg residents and economy following the 1950 Red River Flood. The Red River floodway, "Duff's Ditch" was finally finished in 1968, and its floodway gates have been opened 20 times saving Winnipeg from an estimated CA$10 billion in damages. The floodway expansion began in 2005 at a price of $665 million.

Polish and Chinese experts have come to survey the Red River Floodway, and Dennis Walaker, mayor of Fargo, North Dakota recognises the need for Red River flood defences down river. "Every town that you drive by from the Canadian line up to Winnipeg is either elevated or ring-diked," said Walaker.


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I wonder how long it will take for the real status of the satellite to be known. If the West is saying it did not reach orbit, but the East is saying it did, what are the facts? Here's a question; what frequency is the satellite transmitting at, and can anyone around the world hear the transmission? Chadlupkes (talk) 21:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Is it "the East"? Or just North Korea? Are the Westerners commenting on this politicians with their credibility at stake, or scientists laying out the facts? --Brian McNeil / talk 21:28, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm neither. Initially Russia and China were saying that they thought the satellite was up there, but now Russia can't find it.  Hopefully, someone will find it where it landed in the Pacific.  I'm not really worried about it, personally.  Chadlupkes (talk) 17:14, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I really hate these motherfuckers. Kim Jong Il needs to find another hobby instead of being the world's biggest douchebag. Can't wait to see America go over and fight a 5'6" man that has to wear platformed shoes. Real tough.

 * So, North Korea is the new two-minute hate? Your sudden hatred is not only pointless but the media exposure of such childish behavior just makes relations worse and isolates North Koreans more. That's the opposite of what you should be doing, kid. I wish North Korea luck in developing space technology and its local space industry. Compete with the world in the newest industry and you can leap frog over the wealthy nations. 68.210.70.42 04:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes since on average 2 million people are dying of starvation in N.Korea, but hey good luck with the "space" program and the 1 million strong army.--66.229.26.39 14:46, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Well, from what I read about what goes on at N. Korea, they (the communist govt., that is) definitely deserve ridicule. 76.254.49.201 08:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

My personal opinion for the North Korean issue is that our president should take this as a personal issue as a threat to our safety. I think though, instead of a stern speech, he should have done a rap, something like:

Yo, North Korea and Kim Jong-il, All these bad weapons, what the fuck is the deal? Thinkin' you all is bad and shit, Putting the world into havoc is what I don't get

Fool.

I'm not even black.

World War III much?

WHAT!!!!!!!
no way! i just thought it was a satilite launch at first but a long range missile test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Six-year-old Egyptian boy contracts bird flu

April 6, 2009

The Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Sunday that a six-year-old Egyptian boy contracted bird flu, the sixth such incident in a month. The child was hospitalised on March 28, reported to be in critical condition after treatment, and is breathing with an artificial respirator.

The state news agency MENA revealed that the boy's name was Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa, and that he was from Qalyubia, a province located along the Nile Delta, located about forty kilometres north of Egypt's capital of Cairo.

The death toll of the cases of the bird flu virus in humans in Egypt is 23, with the first incident reported in March 2006.

Statistics from the World Health Organisation's (WHO) website say that 413 people in fifteen countries have been infected with the H5N1 virus; out of those, 256 have died.


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Major magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes central Italy

April 6, 2009

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According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a major moment magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck Central Italy at 3:32 a.m. local time with a 4.8 aftershock about an hour after. Earlier reports from the USGS had said the quake was a 6.7. Italy's National Institute of Geophysics registered the quake at a Richter magnitude of 5.8.

The epicenter was registered 95 kilometres (60 miles) Northeast of Italy's capital of Rome. It registered a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles). At least nine aftershocks, with the highest being a magnitude 4.8, have shaken the area since the initial earthquake.

At least 150 people have been killed in the region and officials say the death toll is likely to rise. According to the RAI (Italian public broadcasting service) and press agencies, at least 1,500 people have been injured. No less than six people, four children, and an elderly woman, are reported to have been killed in a building collapse in L'Aquila, where most of the shaking was felt and at least six students are trapped beneath the rubble of a partially collapsed college dormitory. The USGS says nearly 70,000 people live in L'Aquila, with hundreds of thousands more people residing in the surrounding areas.

Several buildings are reported to be collapsed or damaged in the city, including a church and school. The BBC reports the area as "hard hit." BNOnews reports that there are thousands of buildings damaged or collapsed in the region. Reports say as many as 50,000 houses and buildings have been destroyed, leaving thousands of people homeless. The mayor of L'Aquila, Massimo Cialente, declared that Onna fraction, a small conglomerate of houses near the capital of Abruzzo, was completely destroyed.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has declared a state of emergency for the region, and is returning to Italy to coordinate the relief operations. The Minister of the Interior, Roberto Maroni, is also travelling to L'Aquila to offer collaboration from the government.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman contacted Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini to offer the assistance of Israel's natural disaster SAR teams.

This is the deadliest quake in Italy since November 23, 1980, when nearly 3,000 people were killed in a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Southern Italy in the Irpinia region. At least 10,000 were injured with over 300,000 being left homeless.


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Pictures?
Is there any place where we can get some PD or fair-use photos of the earthquake damage? After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. I checked on Commons, and they don't seem to have anything. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪  19:47, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


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Portuguese TV is reporting at least 2 dead. (Sic Notícias)

Italian news sources report 92 dead and 50 thousand homeless: http://www.repubblica.it/2009/04/dirette/sezioni/cronaca/terremoto-nord/terremoto-centro/index.html

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I think you should put more info in it, like how much did all the damage cost, or what jobs or careers are related to earthquakes. --75.159.209.209 18:16, 13 April 2009 (UTC)Viktoria Kozma

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18-year US media ban on covering return of fallen soldiers lifted

April 9, 2009 The media were allowed to cover the return of an airman killed in Afghanistan on Monday, ending an 18-year ban that had prevented the publication of images of American.

The military allowed media access to the service in in Delaware for the return of the body of Air Force Staff Sergeant Phillip Myers of Hopewell, of Virginia, after the family had given permission.

According to the, the 30-year-old airman was killed on April 4 near , Afghanistan, after being hit with an.

The ban had been enacted by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 during the, apparently as a way to shield grieving families. But critics claimed the ban was an attempt to hide the human cost of war. President Barack Obama had asked the United States Department of Defense for a review of the ban. Defense Secretary said he was "never comfortable" with the blanket restriction, according to USA Today.


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Comments:Alaska GOP calls for Begich resignation for Senate revote

The only fair thing to do is have another election.
The Alaska Senate election was tainted by corruption in the Department of Justice. First, the lawyers responsible for prosecutorial error should be disbarred. Second, The original election in November should be declared null and void. Finally, a new election should take place ASAP. --84.129.223.145 10:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)Richard C. Herzog

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Talk:Asian countries call for global currency

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This article needs to clarify that the government weren't calling for a world currency, but for a global reserve currency. I propose the title is changed to "Asian countries call for global reserve currency". --Joowwww (talk) 11:55, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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Scientist says he predicted Italy earthquake, was ignored

April 7, 2009

Gioacchino Giuliani, a researcher at a Gran Sasso physics institute in Italy, claims that he predicted the powerful earthquake that struck the country on Monday, but was dismissed by the authorities as a scaremonger. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) the moment magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Central Italy at 3:32 a.m. local time on April 6. So far, over 150 people have been killed with over 1,500 injured and tens of thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed. A magnitude 5.1 aftershock struck the same region just under 24 hours later.

Giuliani claims to have predicted the quake by monitoring radon gas emissions. Last month, cars with loudspeakers drove around the area, broadcasting the researcher's warning that a quake would soon strike. He was then reported to the authorities for making false alarms, and was obliged to remove his findings from the Internet.

The researcher demanded that he be given a formal apology. "There are people who must apologize to me, and they must have the weight of what occurred on their conscience," said Giuliani after the earthquake hit.

Giuliani holds a patent on a device measuring atmospheric levels of radon in order to predict earthquakes. In 2005 he gave a seminar at Gran Sasso discussing the device and its use to predict tremors in the area of L'Aquila, but has not published papers on the topic. Giuliani is not a geophysicist or seismologist; rather, he is a technician working on the Large Volume Detector experiment at Gran Sasso, which measures cosmic rays.

The local news agency IlCapoluogo reports that Giuliani gave an interview on March 24, in which he repeated his warning. Authorities, however, say that the earthquake was the result of a series of recent tremors in the area, and it would have been impossible to forecast its magnitude or epicenter.

Giuliani lives in L'Aquila and made his findings while at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics in the nearby Abruzzo region.

The use of radon levels to anticipate seismic events has been under study by the seismological community since the 1970s, but a generally-accepted proven link has not been established.


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