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Explosion at Texas refinery kills 14, injures more than 100

March 24, 2005 A huge explosion at the third-largest oil refinery in the United States killed at least 14 workers and injured more than 100 others at about 1:30 p.m. local time (19:30 UTC) on Wednesday, in Texas City, Texas.

The blast caused extensive damage to the BP facility, left a large crater in the ground, and flung chunks of burnt metal onto cars and trucks in the employee parking lot. Windows and lights shattered in homes and other buildings miles from the blast location. A massive cloud of black smoke hovered over the sky.

"It was real scary," refinery worker Charles Gregory told the Associated Press. "Have you ever hear the thunder real loud? It was like 10 times that," he said.

Authorities do not suspect that the explosion was caused by terrorism, but have not yet determined the cause of the blast. Federal investigators have been sent to the site, according to Daniel Horowitz, the director of public affairs for the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.

"We have no reason to believe this was anything caused by an outside agent," said BP spokesman Hugh Depland.

The 1,200-acre facility employs 1,800 workers, and outputs three percent of the oil supply for the United States (almost half a million barrels a day). The western side of the facility directly affected by the blast makes high-grade fuel.

Firefighters worked for over two hours to fight blazes caused by the explosion.

Company officials have not yet announced how long production will be suspended at the refinery. Gasoline futures began trading higher at an all-time peak of $1.60 a gallon during after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, but retreated to $1.58 later in the evening.

"It's a sad day for BP," said site director Don Parus.

Texas City last suffered a major accident in April 1947, when a ship filled with ammonium nitrate exploded, killing about a third of the town's population, and injuring about 5,000 others.


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Who is John Couey? Has his name been in the media before?

Yes, as per the first line, he is the accused killer of 9 year old Jessica Lunsford..this is a big story in the USA(the killing of Jessica Lunsford). Paulrevere2005 12:28, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Woman finds human finger in bowl of chili at Wendy's restaurant

March 24, 2005 San Jose, California — A woman eating a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant bit into a chewy bit that turned out to be a human finger. She immediately spat it out, warned other patrons to stop eating, and upon recognizing the object as a finger, vomited.

"I'm more of a Carl's Jr. person," the 39-year-old Las Vegas woman, Anna Ayala, told Knight Ridder. She said this incident was her first visit to a Wendy's restaurant. Ayala described how she found the finger, "Suddenly something crunchy was in my mouth," she continued, "and I spit it out."

According to Devina Cordero, 20, after Ayala found the finger, she ran up to her and Cordero's boyfriend and said, "Don't eat it! Look, there's a human finger in our chili."

"We went up to the counter and they told us it was a vegetable," Cordero continued. "The people from Wendy's were poking it with a spoon."

The restaurant is located at 1405 Monterey Highway, just south of downtown San Jose.

Wikinews reporter David Vasquez drove his car up to the drive-thru menu and found that chili was still on the menu, at a price of US$1.19 for a small serving. He also witnessed workers unloading supplies from a semi-trailer truck in the restaurant's parking lot, and carting them into the back door of the establishment.

According to Ben Gale, director of environmental health for Santa Clara County, the finger did not come from any of the employees at the restaurant. "We asked everybody to show us they have 10 fingers and everything is OK there," he said. The found portion of the finger likely belonged to a woman because of its long and manicured fingernail, also found in the food.

Officials seized the food supply at the restaurant and are tracing it back to the manufacturer, where they believe the finger may have gotten mixed in with the raw ingredients used to prepare the chili. The restaurant's operators were later permitted to re-open after preparing new chili prepared from fresh ingredients.

As this story was filed, there was no mention of the incident on the Wendy's corporate web site. Wendy's issued a statement through a spokesman.

"Food safety is of utmost importance to us," said Wendy's spokesman Joe Desmond. He referred to the incident as an "unsubstantiated claim."

"We are cooperating fully with the local police and health departments with their investigation. It's important not to jump to conclusions. Here at Wendy's we plan to do right by our customers," Desmond said.

According to county health officials, the unfortunate woman who bit into the finger is doing fine, despite her initial reaction. Officials also noted that the finger would have been cooked at a high enough temperature to destroy any viruses.

The Santa Clara county medical examiner reported that the finger had a solid fingerprint, although investigators did not say if a search of fingerprint databases would be performed to find the owner of the finger.


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Iraqi, American forces raid insurgent training camp, killing 85

March 24, 2005 Iraqi and American forces raided a training camp in a remote, rural region 160 kilometers north of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 85 insurgents. Seven Iraqi commandos were killed in the raid and six were injured, according to the US military.

In addition to placing the insurgent death toll at 85, the Iraqi government also said that between 500 and 700 Iraqi commandos took part in the raid.

After encountering heavy fire from an estimated 100 insurgents as they approached the camp, the Iraqi commandos called in support from the American 42nd Infantry Division, which sent in ground troops and attack helicopters. The battle began at approximately 11a.m. local time (0800 UTC) and lasted seven hours.

The training camp, located in a remote region near Lake Tharthar, which is adjacent to the predominantly Sunni Anbar and Salahuddin provinces, is the largest guerilla training camp that has been discovered in the war so far, according to Iraqi officials.

The insurgents had planned to attack the city of Samarra, located 55 kilometers east of the lake, with a large number of car bombs, according to the Iraqi Interior Ministry.

Iraqi officials claimed that most of the insurgents came from Arab countries, though men from the Philippines were also among the deceased insurgents. They also claimed to have captured one Algerian.

"The Arab countries are sending fighters into Iraq because they want to destroy our democratic movement," said General Rashid Flaiyeh, head of Iraqi police in Salahuddin Province, in an interview broadcast on state-run television network Al Iraqiya.


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Talk:Explosion at Texas refinery kills 14, injures more than 100

The second paragraph forced me to read more.

The sub-heading below headline is brilliant addition. -edw 08:27, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Number of dead is not yet known. Should be renamed. -Anom

 * Four of the five sources use the number "14" in their headline.

 * All of the sources use the number "14" in the article copy.

 * Scanning the latest reports, this number is the best available information.

 * If BP, the medical examiner, or another authority revises the casualty figure, I will certainly update the story, but I am unaware of any news outlets which are disputing this number. Some other outlets are hedging a bit and using "at least 14" which is what I did in the body of the article. — DV 13:26, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * The latest update from refinery manager Don Parus: "We think we've found all the bodies." — DV 13:28, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Reply from me (teh Anom). I had viewed the story that morning in which they said 'Fourteen suspected dead in blast' or some such. It was not confirmed when I posted that, or the news article I read was older than I thought.

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Talk:India signs on to chemical patents to comply with WTO order

I don't understand this:

"The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights [TRIPS], under WTO, allows developing countries to not provide patent protection for uses of known drugs, new dosages and formulations, or combinations of known drugs."

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Talk:Woman finds human finger in bowl of chili at Wendy's restaurant

yeah! cook a finger at high enough temp. to destroy viruses... how considerate! -edw 10:28, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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I arrived on the scene at 1405 Monterey Highway, in San Jose, California, shortly after closing time, with my camera in tow.

 * Chili was still on the menu, at a price of US$1.19 for a small serving.

 * Workers were unloading supplies and carting them into the back door of the establishment.

 * I was unable to procure a bowl of the chili in question, as the drive-thru closed at 1 a.m. local time (09:00 UTC).

 * The restaurant appears to be preparing to re-open tomorrow morning.

I may follow up and purchase a bowl of the chili from that location to photograph and inspect it, but I'm not a big chili eater, and I would feel bad giving it to someone else, so I'm afraid it would go to waste after I was done with it.

Anyways, that's all from San Jose for tonight.

— DV 10:49, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I kinda like how wackynews breaks things up. -edw 11:03, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * E-mail it to me. I like chili. Dan100 (Talk) 18:19, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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(Unintended pun removed.) Knowing what we know now, doesn't it seem odd that we could write "and upon recognizing the object as a finger, vomited." at the time? Even if we had had an eyewitness, how could they have seen her recognise it as something if she already knew what it was. I have my doubts about more of the dramatising, but this bit I (another unintended pun removed) can not even find a possibility for. Aliter (talk) 21:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)


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 * March 24: Woman finds human finger in bowl of chili at Wendy's restaurant - Reporting of activity at the scene, and three original photos. The restaurant is located at 1405 Monterey Highway, in San Jose, California.
 * April 2: Inspectors close landmark Healthy Food restaurant after finding dead mouse in cooler - I called the restaurant to find out if they had reopened and received a brief comment from someone who answered. The restaurant is located at 3236 S. Halsted, in Chicago, Illinois.

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User talk:The bellman/Sandbox

Wow, what an improvement!

Is it possible to put the two sub-lead articles in the upper-right hand corner in a separate box with a distinct background color from the Browse/Weather box?

Also, could you fit the market data in a separate box underneath the Weather, with a different background color? I think Davodd showed how that could be done on his sandbox page number two. Ilya mentioned he might be willing to post a second template which has the abbreviated form without the dates, which is required to make that work.

After these couple of other changes, I would fully endorse what you have accomplished with this new design.

My hat's off to you for working to improve the Main Page design.

Regards,

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 * I tried to do the different boxes thing, but wikimedia tables seem to have defeated me. I'm going to leave a message on the mainpage talkpage to see if anyone else can manage it. As for the market data, ive talked to Ilya; it looks like it will be possible but might take a couple of days before its ready. The bellman 03:56, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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New company to research artificial brain

March 24, 2005 A company named was founded today by, founder of  company , and his longtime partner. The company is focused on the creation of technology to emulate the workings of the. They are based in, California.

Hawkins has been intrigued by the faculties of the human brain for years. In, he founded the. His theories on the working of the brain were explained in "On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines," co-written with. Hawkins' official recognition with the company will only be as 'founder', as the company will be led by Dubinsky. Hawkins will continue as chief technical officer of palmOne and remain at Redwood.

The company will not charge fees for its products during the first few years in order to encourage further development of the technology and build up a development community. The annual budget of more than $1 million will be paid by Hawkins and Dubinsky, who have raised an undisclosed amount from a handful of friends and associates.

Hawkins and third co-founder of Numenta, Dileep George, have been working on developing the technology since 2003, and have devised an example piece of software. Data is put into the program by showing it 90 different pictures. The software can then recognise any of the 90 objects, even when drawn incomplete or in bad quality. Pattern matching is still difficult for today's and software technologies. If outfitted with a camera, a sophisticated pattern matching system could be used by law enforcement to recognise the faces of wanted criminals in crowds.

Other notable attempts at creating more powerful computer systems include artificial intelligence, which started in the 1950s and took off in the mid 1980s and led to disappointment due to high expectations, and the, both fields are still in active development.

Jeff Hawkins and Dileep George will be publishing a paper on 'A Hierarchical Bayesian Model of Invariant Pattern Recognition in the Visual Cortex' at an upcoming neural networks conference.


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Arab summit comes to an end

March 24, 2005 leaders ended their Wednesday with no new initiatives for peace with Israel. The summit, held in Algeria, coincided with the 60th anniversary of the Arab League.

The summit rejected Jordan's plan to normalise relations with Israel by instead sticking to the 2002 peace plan. That plan promised to normalise relations only after an Israeli withdrawal from, the creation of a Palestinian state, and the settlement of Palestinian refugees.

The summit announced the creation of an Arab Parliament to be based in the Syrian capital of Damascus. It will contain four members from each of the 22 Arab League states.

Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, the longest serving Arab leader at the meeting, caused tensions by telling the Palestinian delegation he thought both "Palestinians and Israelis are stupid." He also reiterated his call for a single state solution, saying "the solution I think is to have a single state. We cannot have two states." He also addressed terrorism, claiming it was the result of "oppression, injustice, arrogance, insults, contempt and the humiliation of this [Arab] nation."

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New figures released on Irish income distribution

March 24, 2005 New figures released yesterday by the Central Statistics Office of Ireland confirmed that Dublin has the highest level of disposable income per person in the Republic of Ireland whilst Cavan, Donegal and Kerry have the lowest figures.

Taking 100% to be the national average, Dublin's disposable income per person was 13.4% above the national average, compared to the bottom three counties which were up to 16.5% below the national average.

According to the figures, only four counties in the country were above the average - Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Limerick. Six counties were less than 90% of the national average.

The figures indicate that Southern and Eastern regions have the highest levels of disposable income in the country. The Western, Border, Midland and Northern regions have the lowest levels.

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Canada set to rule on U.S. Army refugee

March 24, 2005

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada is scheduled to release its decision on Jeremy Hinzman's application for political refugee status.

The case is being closely watched as it will directly affect at least 8, and possibly more, U.S. military deserters in Canada, and could further strain relations between Washington, D.C. and Ottawa.

Hinzman's application was heard at a three-day immigration hearing in December. At the hearing he argued that he fled to Canada to avoid military service in Iraq in an illegal war, possibly making his participation a war crime under the Nuremberg tribunals. The U.S. Army has declared Hinzman "Absent Without Leave" (AWOL), and said he would face charges as a deserter which include the possibility of the death penalty.

"My life isn't that significant, but it's also not so worthless to be killed or go kill innocent people," said Hinzman.

Canada has accepted refugees in the past fleeing compulsory military service, but as Hinzman volunteered to serve this case is breaking new ground.

Hinzman is a practicing Buddhist, and applied for conscientious objector status in the Army in 2002 before his unit was ordered to Afghanistan. His application was rejected and he was ordered to ship out to Iraq in late 2003. At that time he and his family fled from his North Carolina base for Canada (his wife, Nga Nguyen, is also seeking asylum.)

The Immigration and Refugee Board's decision is expected Thursday afternoon on their website, and will not be announced publicly.

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PBS cancels 'Wall $treet Week' after 35 years

U.S. pubcaster, PBS said it was canceling its business magazine and interview program, Wall $treet Week. The last new episode is scheduled to air on June 24.

The program, based in Owings Mills, Maryland, has been on the air continuously for 35 years, becoming one of the longest-running programs in U.S. television history. It had been struggling to regain audience lost after the producers fired long-time host Louis Rukeyser in 2002 and signed a controversial deal with AOL Time Warner to co produce the show with the editorial staff of Fortune magazine.

According to a report in the New York Times, after Rukeyser's dismissal, 22 of the show's regular expert guests vowed never to appear on the program again. Rukeyser was later hired by cable channel CNBC, where he hosted a program that aired in direct competition with Wall $treet Week in the U.S. eastern time zone until he fell ill in December 2004.


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Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car

March 24, 2005 A technology entrepreneur in northeastern Washington asked a doctor to implant an RFID chip into his hand in order to experiment with the technology. Amal Graafstra, who runs a technology company in Bellingham, WA, asked a doctor to place the chip under the skin of his left hand, and posted pictures of the procedure to the photo-sharing site, Flickr. Graafstra plans to use the chip for keyless entry to his car, home, or as a login for computer systems.

Implanting RFID chips is a relatively old technology. Professor Kevin Warwick of the University of Reading, UK implanted a 23mm RFID chip into his left arm in August 1998. It allowed him to open doors and turn on the lights in a room as he entered. Further European research in the area was recently dealt a blow when the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies made a presentation to the European Union raising privacy concerns over the potential for such chips to be used to track members of the public.

In mid-2004, about 160 Mexican officials received RFID implants for security purposes, and scientists in the past have implanted themselves with such chips for research purposes. In October 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the implantation of Verichip technology for medical purposes.

An implantable RFID chip is a minuscule capsule containing a microchip and an antenna, all enclosed in glass. The chip that Mr. Graafstra had implanted was 12mm long and 2mm in diameter — about the size of a grain of rice. RFID chips work by storing a unique identification number in the microchip. This number can be retrieved by a special RFID reader that is held within close proximity. Graafstra notes that his chip can be read from a distance of about 2 inches (5cm), and only provides the single identifying number.

Describing himself as a long-time tinkerer, Graafstra's comments do not show much of a hesitation to perform this process. "I like to mod things, and I guess it was only natural that it extended to my own body," he wrote in an email to Wikinews. Graafstra appears to have been impressed by the process, too. "It was odd feeling it [the chip] being pushed under the surface of my skin... without feeling pain, I was able to really get a feel for just how utilitarian our bodies actually are and how... separate the skin layer really is from the muscle layer under it," he told Wikinews. He was able to use his hand to perform technical computer maintenance just an hour after the procedure.

RFID is a controversial technology. Privacy advocates fear that the technology might be abused by governments and used to track people. Microchip implants have been used for years for tracking lost pets.

The pictures that Graafstra posted spurred commentary in the blogosphere, with some assuming that the pictures — or the process — were faked. Graafstra denies this, and posted a short video of himself triggering the RFID reader with a swipe of his hand.


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Talk:Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car/Notes

Interviewed over email by User:IlyaHaykinson. Questions prefixed by dash (-).

Message 1
-Original Message- - briefly tell me about yourself. i take it you work in the technical position at a web hosting provider?

I have no RFID background at this point, however I do have an extensive tinkering/gadgetry background. I like to mod things (http://amal.net/blog/links/07-07-04_1455.jpg, http://amal.net/blog/links/07-07-04_1642.jpg), and I guess it was only natural that it extended to my own body. I became interested in RFID and other alternate means of identification a while back. I constantly lose my keys... and my wallet... yeah, I'm one of those guys. So I was sitting around thinking about keys and credit cards, and the obvious truth that these chunks of metal and pieces of plastic were really representing me... basically identifying me to whatever mechanisms and systems they worked with, be it my front door deadbolt or my bank account. I basically just wanted to get rid of my keys and wallet.

A lot of people ask why not use biometrics, an approach that uses your own body and features to identify you... and I guess I have my own big brother paranoia. Given the choice of Orwellian societies, I'd rather live in one based on RFID tags than fingerprints, DNA, or facial structure... because an RFID tag system is easy to manage and opt-out of... DNA sampling or facial recognition is, well, not.

As for the future of my involvement with RFID past my own projects, I'm already talking to many of my clients (I provide services to medical clinics and other medical related industries) for tracking products/items, such as blood test vials, throughout the entire process... from collection to testing to storage and eventually to disposal or whatever it's final destination is.

I own Morpheus Inc., which started out as a webhosting company but now we are expanding into managed computing environments (http://morpheusinc.com/mce). I also am part owner in a venture called WireCutter (http://www.wirecutter.com), which I am very excited about.

- why did you decide to implant yourself with an RFID chip?

It honestly started out because of the car keys issue I talked about above... but really, when you get right down to it, the proceedure was rather trivial, so why not? Right now I'm only looking at this thing in a personal context... something really only for me. As for society at large... night clubs in Spain are already using RFID chips to let customers put drinks on their tabs and enter VIP lounge areas... I think Australian pubs are doing the same as well. I'm not sure if they use encrypted implants or not... I was more interested in just getting something simple, cheap, and fun to play with.

- how long did the process take? was it painful during or after?

The proceedure was rather simple. Normally, the RFID chip is implanted with a needle and syringe and is as simple as a swab of anesthetic, inject, bandaid, done. However, we couldn't find a needle 2mm in size in stock, so we resorted to a scalpel. The chip itself was placed into a container with a powerful anasthetic. I was asked if I had any allergies to any medications or latex or anything like that. I washed my hands with soap. The tools were taken out of their sealed sterile bags, and I was told not to touch them or the clean sheet on the little table. They look like a jumbled mess because they fell out of the sterile bags that way. Then I just sat down in a chair and my hand was swabbed with some form of anesthetic... from the color of it, I'd guess it was iodine based. A local anesthesia was injected (because I'm kind of a wussy) and within a minute we were cutting into my skin. The chip itself is encased in glass and is solid inside... probably containing some kind of epoxy resin of some sort, so there is little chance of crushing or breaking it. The chip was removed from the liquid it was soaking in with metal tongs and dried, then inserted into the cut.

It was odd feeling it being pushed under the surface of my skin... without feeling pain, I was able to really get a feel for just how utilitarian our bodies actually are and how separate everything is... how separate the skin layer really is from the muscle layer under it. It really is just a rubbery protective coating. Complex and amazing, but far less mysterious to me now.

The chip is placed between the skin layer (all the way under the skin) and the muscle layer... but honestly, it could have gone anywhere. The main concern is migration and read-range. You don't want a chip too deep to get an effective read from, but you also don't want it scooting around under your skin once it's in. This implant surface has nothing on it... it is simply glass touching my body. However, the implants dogs and cats get normally have a "cup" or half-coating on them which is a porous polypropylene polymer sheath that allows development of fibrocytes and collagen fibers to grow around the implant and impede migration. The doc wasn't too worried about my implant moving around on me though... and really the only problem if it does move is knowing where it is so you can scan it.

After the chip was in place, the doc used skin glue instead of stitches to close it up. After it was closed, some steri-strips were placed over the site to help hold it together, and then a non-stick gauze bandage pad was taped over top, then some really fancy loose gauze was wrapped around my hand, making me look like a burn victim. I was told not to flex or move my left hand or use it for anything for at least a couple days. I was then given the standard "if it gets red or infected call me, etc." patient care information. The whole proceedure took about 5 minutes to prep for, 1 minute to actually perform, and 5 minutes to bandage up and go through the patient care information.

I had never had skin glue on me before and had my doubts... especially since I went right out and disobeyed doctors orders... only an hour after the proceedure, I had to move a bunch of rack mount servers from one rack to another... a 2 hour process of lifting and using a screwdriver and such. I babied that hand, but as the anesthesia wore off, I could feel a little bit of pain in my hand... but I pressed on, confident my skin glue had come apart. However, today I took off the outer bandages and things looked fine... no blood or tearing.

- your site mentions that your friend who did the implantation is a doctor -- is he / she worried about performing this type of an operation? would he/she be willing to answer some questions (on or off record)?

I just did this procedure last night, and as I have not asked the doctor for permission to publish their name, I can't give that out... but they happen to be a cosmetic surgeon, so it seemed the natural choice. However, it was not hard to find someone to do the procedure... I have many MDs for clients and the day I got my chips, I asked two and both said they'd do it. I also stopped into a tattoo shop and asked them if they'd do the procedure and, while they couldn't help me, they gave me the number of someone who does body mods and said they would probably do it no prob. Since I had two willing MDs, I didn't bother following up... I was just curious to see how hard it might be to get someone to put this thing in me.

- you are undoubtedly getting some feedback about this, both positive and negative. any highlights?

I've not gotten much feedback yet, as this just happened last night. I honestly didn't think so many people would find my flickr pictures that interesting... I'm quite surprised at the number of image views. I put the FAQ page up on my site simply for a few friends I sent the flickr link to.

Message 2
- who's the manufacturer of the chip? Verichip? How did you choose the model?

I don't actually know the specific manufacturer of this chip... but it is not VeriChip... I believe they use a proprietary encoding and reading system for their chips, I like a standards based approach which allows for the use of cheap and easily available equipment.


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Akayev flees Kyrgyzstan as protesters seize control of Bishkek

March 24, 2005 Thousands of demonstrators, reportedly cheered on by residents, overran the Kyrgyz Presidential Palace, seizing control of Bishkek’s government buildings and forcing President Askar Akayev to flee the country.

Some 10,000 protesters gathered on central Ala-Too square in the country’s capital this morning. Fighting broke out between supporters of Akayev and the anti-Akayev protesters at the demonstration, and, although it was reportedly relatively minor, a Reuters witness reported hearing gun fire.

At the rally, the protesters gave speeches stating that the opposition would today finish taking control of the country. Keneshbek Dushebayev, newly appointed Interior Minister and chief of police for the city, called on them to give up their plans, but his pleas were dismissed by the protesters.

However, the Interior Minister assured them that the Akayev's regime would not use force against them, despite the fact that riot police suppressed a smaller demonstration the day before after he claimed that the use of force was lawful.

The Presidential Palace was reinforced with police forces and soldiers as about 5,000 protesters marched to the palace, chanting “down with the Akayev clans.”

The forces surrounding the building, which reportedly numbered in the hundreds, repelled an initial attempt to storm the building by the protesters, but the forces dispersed as about a thousand protesters fought back, armed with rocks and clubs, attempting to storm the building a second time.

Once inside, hundreds of protesters ransacked the building, throwing portraits of Akayev out the windows and destroying documents.

Thirty people were injured, according to medical officials.

Interfax reported that Akayev had flown to Kazakhstan with his family by helicopter earlier.

Former Vice President Felix Kulov, who was jailed in 2000, was among many political prisoners freed. He praised the "revolution made by the people."

"Let's keep the peace, let's not lose our head," he said into a megaphone on the steps of the palace, addressing the protesters. "I want to thank you that you weren't afraid and were peaceful and civilized."

Felix Kulov was quoted as saying that Akayev had resigned, though he denied this. "Akayev's resignation will come when we find him," he said.

The demonstrations began at about noon local time (0700 UTC), and, by 3:30 (1030 UTC), every government building in the capital was seized. The opposition quickly established a “Coordination Council of National Unity.”

"We will establish order. We will not allow looting. We will hold our own elections to start our rule," Kurmanbek Bakiyev, leader of the newly established Coordination Council said.

Confirming Interfax’s reports, he also said "Askar Akayev right now is not on Kyrgyz soil."

Former legislator Oksana Malevanaya, speaking for the Coordination Council on state television, now under opposition control, said that the former parliament would meet Thursday night. Kyrgyz Supreme Court Chairman Kurmanbek Osmonov told the session of parliament that the court had declared the elections invalid. He reportedly stated that the court considered the convened former legislature as the legitimate one.

"It's not the opposition that has seized power, it's the people who have taken power. The people. They have been fighting for so long against corruption, against that [Akayev] family," Ulan Shambetov, an opposition activist, said.

Presidential elections are reportedly likely to be held in May or June, followed by parliamentary elections in the fall. The old parliament will serve as the legitimate legislature until the elections are be held.

Top government officials, including Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev, who cancelled his trip to Osh for negotiations today in light of the new developments, and State Secretary Osmonakun Ibraimov, resigned.

Opposition MP Ishinbai Kadyrbekov, former parliamentary speaker, was named acting president and newly freed Felix Kulov was named head of the ministries of security in the country by the parliament.

Elsewhere, in Batken, the third regional center in the south after now opposition controlled Osh and Jalal-Abad, hundreds of protesters broke through police lines and seized government buildings.

Monica Whitlock, a correspondent for the BBC, notes she observed that some protesters carried pink banners while others carried yellow ones, suggesting that the opposition is fractured.

Widespread looting reportedly continued overnight, as law enforcement officers were not present on Bishkek's streets. Bishkek was described as sinking into a state of "anarchy" by one observer, as gangs of people roamed the streets and plundered stores of consumer goods. Several Bishkek residents blamed protesters from the south for the lawlessness.

"There are looters and there are no police to stop them," Felix Kulov told Reuters. "The law enforcement bodies are completely demoralised."

Amid the continued instability, Kazakhstan tightened security along its border with Kyrgyzstan, as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have recently done.

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Talk:Akayev flees Kyrgyzstan as protesters seize control of Bishkek

Given that all of the cited sources (in the Sources section) appear to have been written on March 24, 2005, shouldn't the filing date for this story be March 24, 2005?

It seems strange for a story that is filed under March 23, 2005 to exclusively refer to stories one day into the future. — DV 22:23, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Woops, I did a copy-paste from yesterday's story so I could keep all the see also links and such and I forgot to change the date. Thanks for pointing that out. - VF 22:29, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Sony's PlayStation Portable is launched in North America

March 24, 2005

Sony launched its eagerly anticipated PlayStation Portable (PSP) in the North American market today. The PlayStation costs $250 and plays MP3 files, movies and of course games.

Launched previously in Japan last year with much fanfare, the PSP quickly achieved sales of more than 800,000 units. The device is Sony's first major attempt at challenging Nintendo's long held grip on the market for handheld games.

Nintendo currently holds a 90 percent of the market share for handhelds in North America. With the recent introduction of Nintendo DS, the fight for control of this market is expected to become even more intense.

Japanese launch
The first shipment of 200,000 PSP units were made available for purchase in Japan on December 12, 2004. All units sold out within the first two days. Some users reported problems with the launch units, including dead pixels (discolored squares) within the LCD screen and game discs ejecting abruptly if the system is twisted. Sony offered to replace these PSPs under warranty, but said they do not consider a display faulty unless four pixels are within 1cm (0.39 in) of each other.

Games available for North American Launch
Sony have said that the following titles will be launched during the launch window:

 * Ape Escape: On the Loose (Sony Computer Entertainment America; SCEA)
 * ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails (SCEA)
 * Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (Capcom)
 * Dynasty Warriors (KOEI)
 * FIFA 2005 (Electronic Arts)
 * Gretzky NHL (SCEA)
 * Lumines (Ubisoft)
 * Metal Gear Acid (Konami)
 * MLB (SCEA)
 * MVP Baseball (Electronic Arts)
 * NBA (SCEA)
 * NBA Street Showdown (Electronic Arts)
 * Need for Speed Underground: Rivals (Electronic Arts)
 * NFL Street 2 Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
 * Rengoku: Tower of Purgatory (Konami)
 * Ridge Racer (Namco)
 * Smartbomb (Eidos Interactive)
 * Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
 * Tiger Woods PGA TOUR (Electronic Arts)
 * Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix (Activision)
 * Twisted Metal: Head On (SCEA)
 * Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade (Sony Online Entertainment)
 * Wipeout Pure (SCEA)
 * World Tour Soccer (SCEA)

Technical specifications
The unit measures 170 mm (6.7 in) (Length) × 74 mm (2.9 in) (Width) × 23 mm (0.9 in) (Depth), and weighs 260 grams (9.17 oz) including the battery. The most noticeable element of the PSP is its 4.3" 16:9 ratio TFT LCD screen sporting a 480 x 272 pixel resolution capable of 16.77 million colors.

The PlayStation Portable's CPU is a MIPS R4000 (32-bit) CPU, split into two cores each operating between 1 and 333 MHz; the system has 32MB of main RAM and 4MB of embedded DRAM. The primary CPU core is responsible for traditional game processor functions; the secondary core, dubbed the "Virtual Media Engine", is responsible for decoding multimedia, for example the h.264 decoder.

The independent 166 MHz graphics chip provides hardware polygon and NURBS rendering, clipping, morphing, texture compression and tessellation, along with handling image output. Specifications state that the PSP is capable of rendering 33 million flat-shaded polygons per second, with a 664 million pixel per second fill rate.

Unlike Sony's PlayStation 2 console, the GPU (PS2 Vector Unit equivalent) is not programmable.


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Expo 2005 opens in Aichi, Japan

March 25, 2005 The 2005 World Exposition opened today in Aichi, Japan. The fair, which runs until 25 September 2005, is expected to draw over 15 million visitors from across the globe. 121 countries will take part in what is expected to be a 135 billion yen event.

The first Expo - the Great Exhibition - was held in 1851 in London. The event had always been held in either Europe or North America, until in 1970, it was held in Osaka, Japan.

One of the major attractions at this year's Expo is the skull of an 18,000-year-old woolly mammoth.

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Tsunami death toll updated

March 24, 2005 New figures on the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster death toll have been released by Indonesia's National Disaster Relief Coordination Agency. It confirms 126,473 dead and 93,943 missing in Indonesia, the worst hit nation by far.

The tsunami was the result of an undersea earthquake near the northern tip of Sumatra (in Indonesia) on December 26. The waves struck as far away as Tanzania on Africa's east coast.

According to Sri Lanka's Centre for National Operations, it was the second hardest-hit by the disaster with 30,957 dead, with another 5,637 people listed as missing.

According to SBS World News today, the total dead and missing for all eleven countries damaged by the tsunami now stands at 282,517.

 figures from SBS World News March 24, 2005

* Aid workers claim this figure to be inflated.

Over a thousand Europeans were killed in the disaster. Mostly holiday-makers, of those lost it is estimated that one third were German. Another 1,100 were listed as missing.

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UN Security Council approves peacekeepers for Sudan

March 25, 2005 The United Nations approved the deployment of 10,000 peacekeeping troops and 715 civilian police to southern Sudan. They will monitor a peace plan that ended the country's 21 year long.

The peacekeeping force will enforce a ceasefire agreement between Sudan's government and the.

Jean-Marie Guehenno, head of UN peacekeeping operations, welcomed the Security Council's unanimous support of the resolution, but warned of "serious political hurdles" and "unprecedented logistical obstacles".

"If security does not improve quickly, the killings and rapes will continue. We must not allow allow this catastrophic scenario to become a foregone conclusion," he said.


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Harvard's Berkman Center blog group develops blogging tutorials

March 27, 2005 A discussion group about weblogs, or for short, that meets at  Harvard University's  last week began releasing video tutorials about how to blog using various web and software tools.

Harvard University's Berkman Center hosts the blogging discussion group, which has met weekly for the past two years.

After months of discussion and collaboration on the new tutorials, at Friday's evening meeting presenters showed off some of their early video tutorials, which stream recorded audio, and previously-captured video of a computer screen, along with simultaneous live audio from a microphone.

Participants learned how similar tutorials can be constructed using free software tools such as CamStudio. Audio of the session was made available on the World Wide Web.

Shimon Rura, a local software developer, presented

a recent screen-capture + voiceover flash file he had made, demonstrating how to use a bookmarklet in the Frassle blogging package. Other participants discussed video demonstrations of how to podcast, and how to use specific blogging tools such as WordPress.

There was also disussion of a recent initiative to set up a Blogging101 site for distributing and translating these instructional materials. Rebecca MacKinnon, a noted blogger and Berkman Fellow, spoke about the BloggerCorps initiative to connect non-profits who want broader exposure with local blogging enthusiasts.

The meeting was held inside the main conference room in the Berkman Center's Cambridge offices on Massachusetts Avenue.


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Getting confirmation of names of participants in the photos. Photos taken via Amanda's cameraphone, by her husband, with direction from the author. Who gets the photo credit? Sj


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Yahoo adds Creative Commons search for locating reusable content

March 25, 2005 Yahoo! has launched a beta version search tool at http://search.yahoo.com/cc, designed to locate content on the web under a Creative Commons (CC) license. While most copyrighted material on the web does not allow reuse, other than "fair-use" allowances, copyrighted material held by Creative Commons licensing allows the public to reuse material in a variety of ways specified by the copyright holder under the licensing agreement.

The nonprofit organization behind the license, Creative Commons, was founded in 2002 by Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig. The organization provides 11 agreements customized for use in various countries. Depending on the licensing agreement, users can reproduce or modify the work as long as they mention the original creator. Some licenses prohibit reusing works in a commercial setting.

Not everyone is impressed by the new search tool. Shelley Powers, author of Practical RDF from O'Reilly Press, writes in her book's blog, "Since CC licenses are recorded using a standardized meta language," Yahoo! is, "just checking for this information in the process of their normal operations." John Batelle of Searchblog points out that A9.com incorporates a similar feature in A9.com's Open Search. Wikinews reporter Pingswept found that A9.com requires registration and login to use the Creative Commons search.

Lessig recently reflected on Creative Commons' success in a guest post at Yahoo!'s search blog. Describing an event at the launch of Creative Commons Korea, he said: "At the end of our final celebratory dinner, one of the judges who had helped launch CC-Korea asked me, 'so what will make CC in the world as successful as CC-Korea?' And I recognized, for the first time, that this project that we started two and a half years ago had finally left home. I was no longer asking others to help; others were demanding from me a success to match their own."


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note - a width of 100% breaks Internet Explorer rendering. setting it to 95% is a temporary fix — please keep IE in mind if you want to change this again. -- IlyaHaykinson 07:14, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * IE... you mean some people still use that thing? Wow, it's a strange world. The bellman 11:38, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Just under 9 out of 10 web users use IE. Our goal should be to meet the audience's current needs and not make the site look broken on the browser used by the vast majority of Internet users. :-) -- Davodd | Talk 20:09, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Some three-quarters of the visitors to the WikinewLatestNews blog use Firefox, and I'd imagine that the stats for Wikinews itself are not very different. Dan100 (Talk) 11:06, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Adding Audio Wikinews
I think we should add Audio Wikinews to the Front Page Menu. NGerda 22:01, May 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * and since we are at it Print Edition too. --Cspurrier 23:00, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Good idea. NGerda 00:26, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

WNN
I think WNN should be added.--Ryan524 16:30, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Proposal:

any objections, i also like to know if anybody has a diffrent idea for exactly where it should go.
 * Nevermind, i added it elsewhere on the main page, adding the WNN links, enlarges this too much.--Ryan524 20:37, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

New RSS feed
We have an RSS feed built in to every Wikinews Category, and here is the one for Category:Published. I really think we should use this feed, mainly because it's a live RSS feed, which is what RSS feeds are supposed to be. NGerda 16:45, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * I know about this, the problem is it will die with the next mediawiki upgrade. Dan100's talkpage (IIRC) has more info about this --Cspurrier 16:47, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * You mean, this? NGerda 16:49, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sory, Dan100 reply on User_talk:The_bellman --Cspurrier 16:51, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Additional issue is the RSS feed has a substantial vandalism security issue, which will hopefully be addressed but is not yet ready for prime time. - Amgine/talk 16:54, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't the point of an RSS feed to be live? NGerda 16:55, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Only if both secure and reliable as well. - Amgine/talk 16:56, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

empty span atrribute in this template stops it from validating to w3 validater
I removed an empty span atrribute in a table cell (  in html src) because the validater doesn't like it. I don't think it will screw anything up. Bawolff 22:48, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Remove RSS feed link
The RSS feed link directs to an off-site non-Wikimedia webpage RSS feed maintained by a single person, which is not wiki. This should not be linked to on the main page. I am merely using the same logic Dan100 uses to dismiss many of my proposals. Good day. -- NGerda 04:56, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * I oppose removing it, it is a useful service used by many, It is not antiwiki since as far as I know he does not exclude any published story. All he is doing is converting the work of the community into a different form in an exact way. Also please see this page as it is very relevant to proposals like this --15:26, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Make a nice big blue border around the FrontPageMenu
like this:

I belive this would look nicer on the main page then the current version with no border. Bawolff 20:29, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Odigity~enwikinews

Welcome
Odigity, 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!
 * 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!

(hi Ofer) -- IlyaHaykinson 07:18, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

SleepTracker
That's quite a claim they're making about the SleepTracker. The server for SleepTracker seems to be down at the moment, but it would be newsworthy if the product really does what it claims. I've never heard of such a device. — DV 06:15, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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 Odigity. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Odigity~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 23:22, 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) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, ya'll.

 * ofernave.com (my site)
 * Agape and Appalled (my blog)

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Well, two thoughts on whether or not to add "Browse latest news by:" First of all, I think the links or not so self-explanatory that people will automatically asume they are ment for browsing the latest news. Secondly, I think the layout didn't look too well, with the lines under subject and region being so close to that of the above story. It doesn't take up much room anyway, I say we keep it this way. -- Redge (Talk) 09:21, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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US dog attack owner charged with involuntary manslaughter

March 25, 2005 A Spotsylvania County woman, whose three dogs allegedly attacked and killed her elderly neighbor, was freed Wednesday by posting a $10,000 bond. Dianna Large, 36, received one felony charge of involuntary manslaughter and three misdemeanor charges in an indictment issued last week.

In her first appearance before a judge, she answered Circuit Court Judge William H. Ledbetter questions with simple “Yes sir.” and “No sir.” responses. The short hearing, held Thursday, formalized the charges against her. The involuntary manslaughter charge, a first in the severity of punishment being sought on a dog owner in the Virginan state of USA, carries a maximum penalty of 10 years.

State procecutor Wiliam Neely said that Large knowingly let her three Pit Bull dogs run free, and that an animal control agency person had warned her to keep them under better control. She also a violated a county ordinance requiring owners of dangerous dogs to post a warning sign to visitors. The prosecution also noted that none of the three male dogs were neutered.

The Animal Control Department of Virginia maintains a dangerous dog registry. It contains a list of owners whose dogs are deemed dangerous to society. The link to the registry was moved to a more prominent position on the county web page following the attack.