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Portal
By the way the general way (I beleive) to link to portals is to transclude it via. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:41, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I'll be sure to use that now. Gentgeen 21:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

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Original reporting
Just saw your note about the France/college students article. You're looking for the Original reporting template. Awesome to see more original reporting coming in. Let me know if you have more questions, or stop by IRC. Pingswept 20:42, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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50th Space Communications Squadron celebrates 55th anniversary
Did you give up on this article? --SVTCobra 21:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

 * No. Like it says in the article: "(to be published in late November)". --Pmsyyz 22:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I have moved this story to WN:SP at Story preparation/50th Space Communications Squadron celebrates 55th anniversary. It cannot sit in the Newsroom under development for that long. Cheers and happy editing. --SVTCobra 01:33, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Please leave the tag on. You can still continue to work on it. --SVTCobra 09:32, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * It isn't prepared. It is still in development, and like the develop tag says, I'd like others to see it and contribute if they see anything that needs corrections.  It should be publishable in four days. --Pmsyyz 17:21, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * You told me "late November" before. Four days in Development is probably OK. --SVTCobra 17:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry, late Nov for publishing on paper. A few days for publishing on Wikinews. --Pmsyyz 17:27, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I am so glad to see that you are sticking with this story. Unfortunatly, many come to us with great story ideas, but don't follow through. I did some copy-editing and I added some Wikipedia links. I will just mention to you that (unlike Wikipedia) we don't boldface the subject of the article. I look forward to the finished product. --SVTCobra 02:13, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

 * It's December now... how are things going on this story? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:42, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I have had to mark it as abandoned as it is to late to publish it on Wikinews. Maybe you could adjust it for wikipedia and post it there --Anonymous101 17:26, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

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NASA study: warming and snow melt chokes sea life 1000 miles distant

April 22, 2005

Earth science experts studying ocean currents and their relationship to snow melts have discovered that an unusual heating of the ground in one place on our planet can choke off sea life over a thousand miles away.

In a new NASA funded study, they have found that a decline in winter and spring snow cover over Southwest Asia and the Himalayan mountain range is creating conditions for more widespread blooms of ocean plants in the Arabian Sea.

The decrease in snow cover has led to greater differences in both temperature and pressure systems between the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea. The pressure differences generate monsoon winds that mix the ocean water in the Western Arabian Sea. This mixing leads to better growing conditions for tiny, free-floating ocean plants called phytoplankton.

The senior researcher and lead author of the study is Joaquim Goes, from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Goes and his colleagues used observations from satellite imagery of the ocean’s colors to show unusual blooms, or growth, of phytoplankton concentrations in the Western Arabian Sea. His work shows an increase of more than 350 percent over the past seven years.

Since 1997, a reduction in snow has led to wider temperature differences between the land and ocean during summer. As a consequence, sea surface winds over the Arabian Sea have strengthened leading to more intense upwelling and more widespread blooms of phytoplankton along the coasts of Somalia, Yemen and Oman.

According to Goes, while large blooms of phytoplankton can enhance fisheries, exceptionally large blooms could be detrimental to the ecosystem. Increases in phytoplankton amounts can lead to oxygen depletion in the water column and eventually to a decline in fish populations.

The study is in this week’s SCIENCE magazine.


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Work begins on world's longest underwater pipeline

April 22, 2005

Work began today on what will be the world's longest underwater pipeline. The pipeline, which is being built for Norsk Hydro ASA, will bring Norwegian natural gas to the UK.

Stretching 1,200 km from Nyhamna, Norway to Easington, Britain, the pipeline will eventually carry 70 million cubic metres per day. That equates to some 20% of Britain's gas supply.

The construction of the pipeline will consume over 1 million tonnes of concrete and about the same amount of steel.

Called the Langeled pipeline, it is due to open in 2007.


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Talk:Virgin billionaire suggests hybrids to save MG Rover

That'd be great :)


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Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund gains 2.4% in first quarter

April 22, 2005

Ireland's National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) has posted a 2.4% return for the first quarter (9.6% annualized). On March 31, the funds value stood at €12.3bn, a rise of €290m (excluding state contributions) since December 31.

Donal Geaney, the fund's chairman, told the press that growth in the past quarter had been driven by the Fund's European equity investments.

Mr Geaney, former Élan CEO, has pursued a policy of diversification since February of this year, with the stated aim of placing a larger amount of the funds assets in companies with small market capitalizations and in property funds.

The fund was set up by the National Pensions Reserve Fund Act, 2000 to partially meet the expected rise in Irish pension costs from 2025 onwards.


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Motorola to launch iTunes mobile phone

April 22, 2005

Motorola has recently confirmed plans that it will launch an iTunes compatible mobile phone. The firm, which released quarterly results on Friday, revealed that the phone would be available in a few months time.

There had been speculation that the wireless communications giant would scrap the phone after an underwhelming response from US operators, however CEO Ed Zander confirmed the company's intentions at the results presentation.

The phone, when launched, will allow users to easily download digital music from Apple's popular iTunes music store onto their handset. The combination of mobile phone and MP3 player is a long awaited example of the much touted "technological convergence" often mentioned by the industry's CEO's.

Wikinews will have a reporter live at Apple's WWDC keynote (when the software is likely to be released) on June 6 to cover the event.

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MediaWiki talk:Copyrightwarning

Licenses = public domain?
"or similar free resource" -- Isn't public domain the only public domain-compatible liscence? 137.165.192.17 20:36, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * No, as I understand it there are other copyleft licenses which allow any derivation, without crediting, but I may be mistaken about this. See Copyleft - Amgine 20:45, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I am not a lawyer, although I've tried my best to understand the Copyright Act here in Canada. As far as I can tell, there is no legal equivalent of "public domain" as it is used in the US. While I can certainly give up some rights (with respect to copying for instance), I cannot give up others (moral rights are a good example). My understanding is that only in the US can you put something in the "public domain". My feeling is that asking people to put their contributions into the "public domain" (presumably to allow others to use the content unattributed) could potentially cause problems for users of this information in other countries. I certainly would feel better with something a little more universally adopted. However, I have yet to submit or use anything, so for me it's a moot point...

Exclude Wikipedia
We should IMHO add that incorporating Wikipedia content is not allowed. Because, if people read "free resource" in the last paragraph of the warning, they might think that copying text from Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia is OK. --Deprifry | +T+ 19:35, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't see any problem with that. Bawolff 23:52, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Sounds like a good idea to me. Does anyone have a suggested text modification? - Amgine/talk 00:54, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

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Select text and click  to link to Wikipedia (requires JavaScript). I added smallcaps and the border because I thought it'd look cool. Bawolff 23:51, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I like the wording. And it does look cool :). --Deprifry | +T+ 08:37, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks great to me. Needed a touch of padding in Moz, which I've added. If there's no further comment in a couple hours, I will update the site. - Amgine / talk 02:23, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Some changes
Brion made some changes to the edit page code, that reorders things a bit. This message now appears  above the save page/show preview buttons. As is the warning is much to long. I have reduced it down to be much shorter, since it both looks better and I do not believe people who most of the message is aimed at really read it anyways :). --Cspurrier 18:29, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Capitalisation
That capitalisation thing, "Do Not Submit Copyrighted Work Without Permission!", is really really ugly. It should be changed to "Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!". Jon Harald Søby 18:58, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed; changed. -- IlyaHaykinson 20:56, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

One more thing
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I suggest that we amend this warning a little bit. Although I'm not sure if CC-BY-SA work can be included in CC-BY documents, I think we should just amend this warning with one more bullet point:

 * You must have written your work yourself or copied it from a compatibly licensed resource or public domain resource.
 * Please note that text from other Wikimedia sites (such as Wikipedia) cannot be posted to Wikinews, as the licensing used by all other Wikimedia sites is incompatible with the more lenient requirements of the Wikinews license.

ViperSnake151 (talk) 16:04, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest that you bring this up on the watercooler in order to get concensuse for this change. I don't feel comfortable making a significant change like that without consultation. I'll leave the editprotected request in place for now, until such consultation is done. Gopher65talk 06:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ❌, at least for now. This is a rather significant change, and I think it's safest to first obtain consensus before adding the text. I'll post at the water cooler asking for other people's opinion on this. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:45, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
 * For the water cooler entry, please see WC:MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:31, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Change to reflect consistancy with other Wikimedia sites
So, apparently last year, the general council pushed some "revised" language for these warning messages on the edit page. I think we should do something similar, but adjust it to reflect our differences. I hereby wish it to be changed to this:

By clicking the "Save Page" button, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. You also agree that attribution to "Wikinews" is sufficient attribution under the license.

Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! You must have written your work yourself or copied it from a compatibly licensed resource or public domain resource. Other Wikimedia sites (such as Wikipedia) are not considered to be a compatibly licensed resource, as their license terms contain requirements which conflict with the less restrictive Wikinews license.

ViperSnake151 (talk) 16:49, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I essentially like it, want to change it slightly. First: "...to include it on Wikinews." - just delete that, it's implied. Second: "Due to its use of a different license..." - I'd rather "Due to our use of a less restrictive license...". In part, its -> our as a minor copyedit, and second it explains why the two licenses are incompatible.
 * I'm not into consistency for its own sake, but do think this is an improvement. Not doing it immediately pending some other thoughts on this. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:59, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've applied these changes. ViperSnake151 (talk) 05:42, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Protocol Relative
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Please make the link protocol relative. Legoktm (talk) 21:40, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 22:38, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Revision for consistency with other Wikimedia sites, again
To promote better consistency between other projects, and because my previous revision wasn't acted upon yet, I'd like to propose this instead By clicking the "Save page" button, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the [//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license]. You agree that credit to "Wikinews" is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license. Due to incompatibilities between their licensing policies, copying text from other Wikimedia websites, including Wikipedia, is considered to be a copyright violation.

ViperSnake151 (talk) 04:51, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
 * This is probably a fairly major revision, so does anyone have any objections to making this change? Microchip08 (talk) 20:44, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I've reopened a discussion at Water_cooler/policy (permalink). Microchip08 (talk) 20:51, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Additional wording
I've added some words,
 * Your contributions to this page will be visible to the public immediately. If you do not want your contributions to be available to the public immediately, then do not click the 'Save' button.

Personally I don't even think they were necessary. However, we were told that if we didn't add some such words the "Save" button would be renamed to "Publish". I did point out that in the Wikinews context that use of the word "Publish" would be a lie, but apparently the WMF bureaucracy doesn't care about not lying to people; they did, however, claim they would forgo lying to users if we added these words here. So far our button still says "Save". --Pi zero (talk) 23:52, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

What we need
We need to replace all occurrences of the link "Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License" with Current CC Version in this page.

Why we need it
As part of the project to upgrade the copyright license used by en.wn, pages will need to be updated to reflect the change. To make the process easier in the future, we are trying to consolidate the places where we mention the specific version used. We are doing this in part by using Current CC Version, as discussed here.

The template is protected. It requires elevated privileges to make that change.

When we need it
Pinging active admins for good measure: If you're feeling extra generous with your time, in addition to this change, we have a list of protected pages that need the Current CC Version template added to them. That list can be found here.

More information
You can see the full discussion here: Water_cooler/policy

Thanks in advance!

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User talk:209.82.51.154

Thanks for cleaning up after your test! Feel free to edit other articles, too, but hopefully positive edits to improve them...

- Amgine 20:51, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Great ideas

Wikinewsies are constantly coming up with great ideas to improve the site, resolve problems, and suggestions for how things can and/or could be done in the Water cooler. Some of the best of these are collected here, to give people an idea of projects which are available to help out on, or ideas they can pick up and run with on their own.

Video Wikinews
Camera phones are just the first step! In 2005, DV led the Broadcast project to develop the ability to create video news casts of Wikinews stories. The mantle was taken up in 2007 by the Video 2.0 project.

Audio Wikinews
 Audio Wikinews

Mrmiscellanious, Amgine, and NGerda have been doing sporadic hosting of the show. The longest broadcasting streak was one week, by NGerda. Hopefully, the broadcasts will become more regular, as it takes hours to record a single segment.

Wikinews Print Edition
The WikiNews Print edition is an attempt at creating a daily print edition. It is designed to help bring new users in, by allowing people to print and distribute copies to those that would never otherwise hear about WikiNews.

 * CraigSpurrier, MrMiscellanious, Chiacomo, and anyone else I've missed have kept the print edition running with an unbroken record more than 6 months! - Amgine 04:45, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * How can I help? Jason Safoutin 19:42, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikinews Newsrooms
Wikinews Newsrooms could be Wikinews offices located around the country, with space donated by business owners. It would be a community newsroom where Wikinewsies can collaborate on articles, assist one another in finding media for articles, and print and distribute Wikinews Print Editions to their communities. Local offices could also be in charge of recording Audio Wikinews and Video Wikinews programs. At first, computers could be available at a "bring you own" policy, but as donations raise, we eventually might be able to buy computers. The goal of this project is to raise community awareness of Wikinews, create a physical meeting place for Wikinewsies, and to further increase the quality (and quantity) of Wikinews articles.

WikiNews Network (WNN)

Audio Wikinews has been producing short 5-minute audio files you can listen to, and there are not any currently any plans for a 24-hour news feed. WNN is just like any other news channel on TV, exept we cover world wide news. Most news channels are country/region specific and don't talk much about anything outside of that area, and also it will be broadcasted via Shoutcast, rather than recieved on TV. Also we show very little commercials, and most commercials are for Wikimedia or Wikimedia projects anyway. WNN will not be a 24/7 station, at least not right away. If you have any ideas for a show you can do, about an hour time block, you schedule in the commercials when you want, send an email to emailWNN@gmail.com if you're interested in advertising to help out WNN, or want to do a show on WNN.

RSS story development workflow
Automated RSS feeds to inform wikinews-developers of submitted stories, prepared stories, developing stories, etc. That is, pre-publication stage news feeds, to accelerate workflow. i've implemented a test of this at Proposed Workspace, and elaborated on it further at Water_cooler/proposals. Kevin Baastalk 01:24, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia's featured article template
Wikipedia uses a java script and a template to add stars to the interwiki links in the side bar when an article has been marked as a featured article on the project sister site. If other Wikinews projects have a featured article system in place, we should import this feature.

 * I proposed this on the water cooler, and no one really cared. see w:template:link FA for more info. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:29, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Article discussion/Letters to the editors
Several people expressed an interest in creating a namespace/article tab where readers may discuss the news content separately. A larger number of community members opposed the idea, but it may be something to consider as new technology becomes available.

Some technical issues:

 * Multiple talk namespaces associated with a single main namespace article.
 * Creating an article tab

Some community issues:

 * Violates multiple element of the WN:NOT policy.
 * Concerns regarding Etiquette and policing these talk pages.

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User talk:137.165.192.17

Welcome
137.165.192.17, 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! → CGorman (Talk)  22:03, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:63.246.83.58

Welcome
63.246.83.58, 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! → CGorman (Talk)  22:03, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:207.81.156.168

Welcome
207.81.156.168, 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! → CGorman (Talk)  22:04, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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Talk:Las Vegas 'chili finger' woman arrested

Original reporting notes
(I also left notes on the other story about this event, Wendy’s finger pointer gets fingered for crime).

We left for the Clark County Detention Center at about 5AM, and arrived to find three other news crews already set up to cover the story.

I shot photos of various angles of the Detention Center, and carefully listened to the other reporter's stories to get more than one source for the latest facts of the story. For instance, there was some dispute over whether Ayala was arrested at or near her home on a traffic stop.

Later in the day, we headed over to the Ayala residence and shot more photos and video there, which round out this story.

A video report is coming up next - I will post the transcript so there is a written record of what was said at both locations.

— DV 22:05, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Koizumi offers apologies for Japan's past

I am kind of objecting to this sentence:

However, since 1974 it is the 17th time Japan has officially apologised to China over the atrocities committed.

It was added later and it makes the whole thing biased. Waerth 22:10, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Not supported by sources (that I could find). Removing until verifiable. - 22:15, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Moussaoui pleads guilty to conspiracy in 9/11 attacks

April 22, 2005

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema accepted would-be hijacker guilty pleas on six charges of conspiracy laid against him for his plotting to participate in the. Moussaoui, who had to be restrained at one point during the trial in an, Virginia courthouse, was polite and quiet during the day's appearance.

36-year-old Moussaoui, a French citizen, faces the death penalty or life in prison in the sentencing phase of his trial. The prosecution has also asked that Moussaoui be forced to pay restitution to the victims of the attack.

September 11, 2001 attacks
19 hijackers took control of four planes on September 11, 2001. Nearly four weeks before the attack, Moussaoui was arrested in Minnesota on immigrations charges having raised the suspicions of instructors at a flight school.

During the attack, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center buildings, a third struck the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, USA.


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Third concert date for U2 in Dublin

April 22, 2005

Rock group U2 will play a third date at Dublin's Croke Park this year. Following strong demand from fans, the group have announced that they will play Monday June 27th in addition to the 23rd and 24th.

The band's current Vertigo tour has proved extremely popular among fans, with the original 160,000 Dublin tickets sold in less than an hour. The tour officially kicked off in San Diego, USA on 28 March 2005.

Although no support act has yet been lined up for the extra date, it is widely believed that promoters MCD will have no trouble selling the additional 80,000 tickets.

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LDS Church announces new library plans

April 25, 2005

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on Wednesday April 20, that they will build a five story library and archive next to Temple Square in,.

Church Member Elder Marlin K. Jensen noted that "Scholars, Church members and other researchers will enjoy expanded, more comfortable research facilities and enhanced access to our collections."

The new five-story library is expected to reach completion in late 2007.

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Creative Technology sees profits drop 72%, but sales soar

April 22, 2005

Creative Technology Ltd, maker of the popular Zen and Zen Micro MP3 player ranges, has reported a 72% drop in quarterly profits. However sales rose 65%.

Net income was $15.9m, $0.18 a share; down from $57m or $0.68 a share a year earlier. Sales were $333.8m.

The results show the extent of Creative's current price war with rival Apple Computer. Both firms have dropped prices on key products on numerous occasions in recent months in an attempt to steal market share in the fast growing digital audio market.

Creative, based in Singapore, has thus far sold 2m MP3 players worldwide, making it the number two player in the market.


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Elite Boston Marathon runner Emily Levan discusses life and running

April 23, 2005

''The interview below was conducted by Pingswept over the phone with Emily Levan on April 21, 2005. Levan lives in, with her husband and daughter, and she ran in the Boston Marathon women's race on April 18, 2005.''

To summarize for our readers, you recently came in 12th in the Boston Marathon, right?

That is correct.

You were the first American finisher.

Yes.

There was also a Russian woman who lives in the US who finished ahead of you.

You know, I believe it is, I'm not actually positive, but I think you're right. There's often a lot of foreign runners that live and train in different parts of the US for a variety of reasons. Some live in Colorado and might train at high altitude, or they might have coaches in the US.

OK, but as far as you know, for straight up Americans, people who were born here, who have lived here for long periods of time and are not going anywhere special to train, you were the first finisher.

That is correct.

'''So congratulations, that's very impressive. In the rest of your life, my understanding is that you are going to nursing school.'''

I am. I'm at the in. and I have been going to nursing school for a couple years now. I'm just going part time right now because of the baby and other things going on in my world.

Your baby is currently one and a half?

She's fifteen months.

'''Fifteen months, so one and one quarter. 1.25, sure.'''

Hopefully I'll finish up nursing school in December. That is the tentative plan.

So you're almost done.

I just have a couple classes left. I'll take one class this summer and two classes in the fall.

You ran the Boston Marathon originally two years ago?

Actually, I ran it for the first time in '99. I've run it four times. I did run it two years ago as well.

'''You ran it two years ago, and you also came in twelfth then, if not the top American finisher then. You were the fourth?'''

I think third or fourth. I can't remember exactly.

How long were you actually training for this marathon in particular?

I'd say about 4 months. I typically try to train about four months for each race. It depends a little bit on what kind of shape I'm in leading up to the training. Four months is usually the time frame I shoot for.

And how many miles a week were you doing--I assume you peaked somewhere right before the marathon.

At the peak, I have a month or six week period where I've built up to my peak training, and I was probably doing between 90 to 100 miles a week.

Was there a lot of variation in your day to day mileage, or was it pretty much you're doing 1/7th of that mileage every day?

There's definitely variation, probably more so in the type of workout that i did each day. For example two days a week I would do a speed workout, so I might be doing mile repeats, which just means that I do a mile in a specific time, and then I might jog for a couple minutes and then another one and another one. I'd do a series of eight mile repeats on that specific workout day. My other speed workout would be a marathon pace run, so I might run 8 or 10 miles at my marathon pace. If my marathon pace is 6 minute miles, I'd do a two mile jog warm up, and then I might do 8 or 10 miles at a six minute pace, and then a two mile cool down.

So you maybe end up running 14?

Sometimes what I would do on those speed workout days-- on those days I might end up with about 14 miles. On some other days, I might run twice during the course of the day. Say in the morning, I might run eight miles, and then in the afternoon I might do six or eight more miles.

Wow.

Those days tend to be a little bit more mellow. More of kind of a maintenance run, a little bit of a recovery day. I try to have a recovery day after every hard workout.

'''Do you think that all of your training could fit into four hours a day? Do you think that's true?'''

You mean the workouts for a specific day? Probably even less than that. Depending on the day a little bit, probably between 2 or 3 hours. Usually on Sunday I would go out and do a long run, and that would be a 20 or 22 mile run, all in one fell swoop and that usually takes two and a half hours.

'''So that explains how you're able to do this, as well as go to nursing school, as well as have an extremely young child. I assume you talk to your friends occasionally.'''

I try to at least — have some sort of social life. This is not a job, so it's not something that I do 8 hours a day. It's something that I fit in with all the other obligations, things that I like to do too. I like to be able to pursue other interests as well.

'''You live on a road with no one else near by. Do you pretty much just run from your house every day?'''

The winter is harder because with the baby, I often end up running with a treadmill down in the basement. Brad, my husband, has pretty long hours at the farm, and especially in the winter months, it's hard to find daylight when he's able to watch Maddy, so I ended up running a lot on the treadmill this winter, as opposed to last summer, I would take her with me. I have one of those baby joggers, and that was great. I could just leave right from the house, and I could take her. She would be pretty happy to go eight or ten miles with me. Typically what I do when I go outside, I just go right from the house. The roads are so pretty around here. We're pretty secluded, so I don't have to worry too much about crazy drivers.

Do you ever try to go find big hills to run up and down?

I do. In the past, I have done a hill workout as a part of my training, usually early on in the training during the first six weeks or 2 months of the training I do a hill workout and I would find some place close by that I could find a warm up jog and run to and then do a hill workout. If I couldn't find one within a couple miles, I would drive to it. It's a little bit harder now with Maddy because I don't have as much leeway and freedom with when I go running and where I go running. I'm a little more limited.

You'd have to load up the cart, er, the carriage into the car.

I've done that sometimes. Sometimes it's easier to go straight from home. Running with the jogger up hills is not an easy thing to do.

'''When you're in the race, you feel like, "Hey, I'm not even pushing a kid anymore." without the kid is substantially easier, I suppose.'''

Yeah.

'''Do you know most of the elite runners in the race? You know who they are, but are you friends with them, or not really?'''

It's funny — I know who people are, but I don't run that many races to really get to know that many of the runners. If you're a professional runner, and that's your job, a lot of those people travel in the same circles. They run the same races and they have the same schedules in terms of when they compete. I pick out a couple of races each year to focus on and because of that, I don't get to know as many of the runners. As time goes on, you do get a little bit you do get a little more familiar with people.

During the race, do you talk to the other runners, or do you just run along and think things like, "I wish I were at the end right now"?

I think that really depends I find that if I'm feeling good and the run is going well, then it's easier for me to talk to people, just because you're feeling strong, and you're not focusing so much on “I'm not doing so great.” I might talk to some folks along the way. Sometimes if someone passes me, I'll encourage them and say "Good job, go get them," and just stuff like that. I certainly find I'm not carrying on lengthy conversations with people because you're expending energy that should be focused on the race itself. I enjoy getting to know folks along the way and knowing what pace they're hoping to run.

'''In races other than the Boston Marathon do you find that you have good competition? I don't really know what the running scene in Wiscasset, Maine, is like at all, but I imagine that being the fastest female marathon runner in the United States, you might not find a whole lot of competition. You say that you encourage people when they pass you, but having read some of the other interviews with you on the web, it doesn't seem like people pass you very often.'''

It definitely depends on the race. Like I said before, I don't run that many races. At this point, what I'm trying to do is to find races that are competitive so I can be pushed by competition. For example, when I ran the Maine Marathon last fall, there wasn't a whole lot of competition. That just gets hard. I ran alone for most of the race. Running 26 miles at a fast pace all by yourself without anyone around you to help push you and motivate you, can be pretty hard. Because of that, as I've been looking toward the future and thinking about which races I want to do, I've been targeting races that will have a little more competition. That's why Boston was one that I wanted to shoot for and I'm thinking about in the fall going to Chicago because they've got a pretty competitive marathon. It's also a pretty flat course, so people tend to run pretty fast times there.

Most people run a couple of minutes faster in Chicago, right?

Yeah, exactly. And I've heard good things about the race too, so I'm looking forward to that.

Have you thought about running internationally?

Not at this point, no. It's hard to find the time to travel to races, and It gets expensive too. A lot of my family members say, "Wouldn't it be great to do the or the " because they like coming to watch. At this point, I think I'm going to stick closer to home. I've got a few races, like I was mentioning Chicago, here in the States that I'd really like to do. Maybe once I've done those, I might think about something else, it really just depends. A lot of it's a time issue, because I have other things that I'm pursuing and it gets hard to spend too much time traveling off doing different races.

Do you know ?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

You at least know of him, right?

Yes, exactly.

Have you ever been in any races against him?

This was the first race that I had run in that he ran in. He was the fourth overall male finisher. That's a really good showing for an American male. I've read a lot about him in different running magazines and just heard a lot about him through running circles. But this was the first time that I've actually seen him run. It was neat because in this particular race, they start the women's elite group about 25 minutes ahead of the rest of the start.

29 minutes actually, I believe.

That's right, 29 minutes. So, I didn't see a male runner until pretty close to the end, so it was really neat to see--I think I saw the top five male finishers because they passed me in the last couple miles. It was really interesting--there's all these cars and press and motorcycles, policemen, so I could tell when the first male was coming up behind me because there was a lot more going on on the course. Alan Culpepper was one of the ones that passed me in the last mile or two. It was pretty neat to see him finishing strong.

'''You might not be able to beat him in a race but do you think you could maybe, I don't know, beat him in a fist fight? He's pretty skinny, right? He only weighs 130 pounds.'''

I don't know. I don't know. I wouldn't make any bets on it at this point.

No?

No.

'''OK. Have you thought about doing things longer than a marathon? Like a 50 K or a 100 K?'''

At this point, I haven't because I've gotten into the marathon, and I've really been enjoying that so far. I feel like I still have some room to improve and grow in the marathon, but I think at some point I'd really like to do one of those ultra-type races. For the next several years, I'll stick towards the marathon distances. Once that competitive part of my life is over, I might move on to something different.

Based on your age, are you likely to peak around now, or you maybe have a few years to go before your legs start to fall off?

Before I can't walk anymore? I don't know. It's really interesting because for marathoning you've got a longer life span than in a lot of competitive sports. The fifth place female finisher in Boston this year was over forty. You can still be competitive into your forties. I'm not sure if I'll keep doing it that long-- at least another 3 years or so. One thing in the back of my mind looking at is the Olympic Trials for 2008. I'm looking at that time frame right now. If I want to keep running competitively after that, then I'll assess things from there.

'''That sounds good. When you came in as the first American finisher, did you get any certificates or cash or a medal or anything like that?'''

Yeah, actually, I won $2100.

Oh, great — two thousand bucks!

Which is pretty nice.

That's a lot of baby clothes.

I know — or a lot of shoes. The shoe expense is pretty expensive, and I've been trying to find a shoe company that might give me some shoes.

I would think — couldn't you just call up New Balance and say, "Hey, look, I'm pretty good, why don't you give me some shoes?"

Well, this past November, after I ran New York — I usually wear or  — I wrote to both of those companies. I sent them a little running resume. I said I'd be interested in pursuing some sort of sponsorship opportunity, and they both wrote back and said, "Sorry, we don't have any space or funds available at this time." I was a little disappointed by that, because I was hoping to at least get someone to help me out with my shoes.

Yeah, at least some sneakers.

But in addition at Boston, they do have these crystal vases that they give out for the top 15 finishers, so I got a little piece of hardware there too.

So you get to put flowers in that.

I had some flowers in it; they've wilted so I decided to them.

Oh, that's good.

Yeah, send them back to the earth, you know.

'''Has anyone else tried to interview you? Local following you?'''

I hide in my car for most of the day. I did some local interviews — with the local NBC affiliate, and I'm going to do an interview tomorrow with the affiliate in Portland, and some affiliated newspaper interviews as well.

You're officially famous, then.

I don't know. I guess. It's been pretty busy.

Has anyone asked you for an autograph yet?

No. No autograph seekers yet, no.

'''Maybe in the Yellowfront Grocery in Wiscasset? "Hey, I know you!"'''

"I saw you on TV!" No, not yet.

'''That's surely coming. The Chewonki Foundation, which is where you live, recently had Eaton Farm donated to it.'''

Yes.

And they're planning on making a 12 mile long trail that runs from approximately your house to Wiscasset.

Oh, you know more about this than I do, that's great.

I don't know if it's going to start right at your front door; you might have to cut through the woods a little bit.

That's OK, I can do that.

Have you run on trails at all, or is it just, "I want to run on the pavement because I don't want to twist an ankle"?

I'm not a big trail runner. Maybe it's because I'm not used to running on trails. Now it would be much more difficult, because I have the baby with me. The baby jogger has some nice wheels on it, but I don't know if it could handle trail running.

Yeah.

It's a nice change of pace every once in a while. I don't worry too much about twisting an ankle--you just have to be careful. I figure I can walk out my door and step in a pothole and twist my ankle, so I don't worry too much about that. That goes along with being alive in our world. We'll see. I'm going to have to look into that 12 mile trail.

Because 12 miles, you do that there and back, you've got a marathon on your hands.

There you go.

'''What's your next target? Can you walk right now?'''

If I train well, I'm usually not sore. Especially on the long runs, my body gets used to running for that length of time and sure, I'm running faster during the marathon than I do on my long runs, but I think my body tends to adjust to the rigors. It's usually a good sign if a few days afterwards I don't have any major soreness. I certainly feel like I've done something significant.

Yeah, I can imagine feeling too.

No major aches or pains.

'''That's great. What's your next race? Do you have one targeted? Is it Chicago?'''

Yeah, I think the next marathon will be Chicago in the fall. there's a 10 K race, the Beach to Beacon, you may have heard of it.

In Portland?

It's actually in. It's put on by. It's in August, so I'll probably do that one and then shoot for the fall marathon.

Well, I think that's all my questions.

Nice, well, thanks for calling. I appreciate it.

Sure, well, thanks for running so fast.

No problem.


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 * Immigration and asylum turn voters off UK Tories
 * Judges rule patrons may sue nude bars for lap-dance overcharges
 * Widespread insurgencies in Iraq
 * Sir John Mills dies at 97
 * Dermot Mannion becomes new Aer Lingus CEO
 * VoIP penetrates emergency calling infrastructure
 * American who owns BenedictXVI.com wants "one of those hats"
 * New rodent discovery leads to new mammal family
 * Google translates Gmail to 12 languages, asks for volunteers to target 144 more
 * Controversial Queensland Premier of 19 years dies at 94
 * Romania will do everything possible to spare journalists kidnapped in Iraq
 * Estonia to sign border treaty with Russia in a few weeks
 * Texas Same-Sex Couples could be prohibited from fostering children
 * Female sponge contraceptive re-approved for US market
 * Elite Boston Marathon runner Emily Levan discusses life and running
 * Woman arrested in Wendy's chili finger case and larcenous mobile home sale
 * Moussaoui Pleads Guilty to 9/11 Attacks
 * Boston Cyberarts Festival opens with Hotel@MIT gala

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Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election

May 6, 2005 At 21:00 UTC yesterday, the polls closed in the United Kingdom general election. With only a handful of seats left to declare, Labour reached the 324 seats necessary to form a majority in the House of Commons, with the result in Corby at 03:28 UTC.

The Conservative Party remains the Opposition party, with the Liberal Democrats being the third largest party in the House of Commons.

Both the Labour victory and the reduced majority were widely predicted by opinion polls before the election. The BBC/ITV exit poll predicted Tony Blair a majority of 66 seats, which continued to be forecast as the final result as declarations were made. Some early results in the north-east indicated a bigger swing away from Labour than the opinion polls had been suggesting, but later results confirmed the survey.

Overall, there has been no clear swing in votes between the parties. Many seats have seen large swings, but in many different directions, with perhaps the national swing of 5% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat being the most dramatic with many much larger local swings.

The new Labour government has been elected with the lowest proportion of the popular vote ever - just 35.2%. However, the Tories only gained 32.3% barely more than the last election in 2001. The biggest winners in terms of popular vote were the Liberal Democrats led by Charles Kennedy, who secured 22.1% of the vote. With 645 of 646 seats declared so far, this has given the Liberal Democrats another 11 seats in Parliament, but the Conservatives have gained another 33 seats. Labour have lost 47.

As a result, Tony Blair is forecast to be governing with a majority of 66 in the new Parliament. However, on some major issues such as university fees and anti-terror laws, many Labour MPs have voted against their leadership. With a greatly reduced majority, Tony Blair may be forced to water down many more controversial policies in order to guarantee their passage through the House of Commons. Speaking on BBC News, commentator David Dimbleby pointed out the uncertainty of such possibilities, and noted that a majority of 66 was larger than the 43 seat majority won by Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom general election, 1979.

One surprise vote was the election of ex-Labour member George Galloway in Bethnal Green & Bow, in East London. The area has a very high number of Muslims in it, and Galloway moved from his home in Scotland in order to gain their anti-war support. He ousted Britain's only second female black MP, Oona King, in the process.

Robert Kilroy-Silk, the ex-talkshow host who was sacked from the BBC after writing racist newspaper articles, only came fourth in his election in Erewash in the East Midlands. His party, Veritas, which fielded 65 candidates across the country, stood for withdrawing from the European Union and blocking immigration.

Turnout in the general election is 60%, up 2% on 2001.

The race to declare
In every General Election there is an informal race amongst the constituencies to declare a result first.

For comparison:

Timetable for the new Parliament
The new Parliament met on Wednesday May 11. Its first business was the election of the Speaker. Michael Martin was re-elected.

The State Opening of Parliament is scheduled to be on Tuesday May 17.

Northern Ireland
Counting in Northern Ireland is not performed overnight, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, but instead is performed the next day. Counts began at 09:00 BST.

South East London
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Woman arrested in Wendy's chili finger case and larcenous mobile home sale

April 23, 2005

The woman claiming headlines for allegedly finding part of a human finger in her bowl of Wendy's chili late last month, was arrested Thursday evening at 8:45pm at or near her home.

San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis, declaring the arrest was part of an ongoing investigation, said Anna Ayala was arrested and charged with one count of attempted grand theft in the Wendy’s incident, and one count of grand theft in an unrelated home purchase transaction. She is being held under a $500,000 arrest warrant.

Chief Rob Davis describes the case as a CSI-type operation where forensics studying the finger found it to be inconsistent with conditions it would have experienced if it were cooked at 170 degrees for 3 hours according to Wendy's food preparation standards. The loss in sales due to negative publicity for the chain could range into the millions, a loss for which Ayala could be held criminally responsible. Davis said, "... evidence suggests that the truest victims in this case are the Wendy's owner, operators and employees here in San Jose, who have suffered financially throughout this investigation."

Prior to her arrest, Wendy's had recently concluded its own internal investigation that turned up nothing to explain the source of the finger. The San Jose police, who have not accused Ayala, 39, of planting the finger herself, did search her home on April 6 for evidence relating to a possible hoax. There are no reports evidence was found.

She has a history of filing suits for financial settlements. Cases involve the El Pollo Loco chicken chain over a claim her daughter got sick, a sexual harassment suit against her former boss in 1998, and General Motors in 2000. A total of 13 lawsuits in California and Nevada had been filed.

There is an inconsistency in the Ayala account of finding the finger and claiming it caused her to vomit compared with police saying there was no vomit at the scene. One larceny charge concerns $11,000 from the sale of a mobile home owned by her live-in boyfriend.

The two combined charges, which could result in a possible 6-year prison term, are against the backdrop of the Wendy's chain offering a reward for information to solve the case, which has cost the chain millions of sales.


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Female sponge contraceptive re-approved for US market

April 23, 2005

What was once the most widely sold contraceptive for millions of women, the Today® Sponge, has been re-approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be brought back for sale to the American marketplace, as early as this summer.

The reintroduction of the sponge, demanded by many women for years, is noteworthy because it offers certain distinct advantages versus other forms of contraceptive:
 * It does not interfere with the natural sensations of intercourse, compared with male or female condoms.
 * It does not require multiple applications of contraceptive gel or cream, unlike the diaphragm.
 * It remains effective at preventing pregnancies for up to 24 hours after insertion, even with several acts of sexual intercourse.
 * It will legally be made available over-the-counter an estimated price of $7.49 to $8.99 for a package of 3.

The sponge does not, however, protect against sexually transmitted diseases, and it carries with it certain minor risks which should be noted by potential users.
 * There is a minor risk of Toxic Shock Syndrome, a risk also carried by certain other female hygiene products, such as tampons.
 * Product should not be inserted during menstruation, and should be removed after no more than 30 hours of continuous use.

The sponge has also been found less effective as a form of birth control than oral contraceptives, Depo-Provera injections or an intrauterine device (IUD), although similar in effectiveness to the male condom. A pregnancy rate of 13 to 16% is expected from a year of "typical use" as a standalone method of birth control. The product varies in effectiveness depending on if the woman forgets to insert the device before intercourse, uses the device incorrectly, or fails to wait at least 6 hours after intercourse before removing the device.

History of the Today Sponge
The sponge was invented by Bruce Vorhauer, PhD to combine a safe, widely used spermicide, nonoxynol-9 (N-9), and a barrier contraceptive, made from polyurethane. Since being brought to market in 1983, it quickly established itself as the best-selling contraceptive for women. More than 250 million Today Sponges were sold until March, 1994, when manufacturer American Home Products ceased making the sponge.

Some misconceptions have surrounded the product's withdrawal, such as the sponge was found to be unsafe by the FDA (false), or that the company making it went bankrupt (also false). What happened is that the FDA inspected the only plant where the sponge was manufactured, in Hammonton, New Jersey, and discovered bacterial contamination of the water supply and other concerns.

American Home Products, which today is known as Wyeth, decided to cease manufacture rather than undergo the potential cost and delay of upgrading their plant and meantime losing share to their competitors.

The passing of the sponge era was noted in the famous episode of the TV show Seinfeld (Season 7, Episode 119: "The Sponge"). Character Elaine Benes hoarded her sponges as the supply started to dwindle, and began to examine her potential lovers to see which one of them was truly "spongeworthy".

Reintroduced to Canada, US
The President and Chief Executive of Allen Pharmaceuticals, Gene Detroyer, bought the Today Sponge from Wyeth in 2000 for US$7 million and prepared new packaging to meet updated requirements. However, re-introduction of the product was delayed by several years, at least partly due to FDA inaction in inspecting the new manufacturing plant.

"I'm overwhelmed," said Detroyer to the Associated Press. "I am pleased both from a business point of view ... and from the point of view that we can add another contraceptive for women." The Today Sponge received FDA approval in March 2003 to be sold in Canada, and some women even in the US have been able to purchase it through Canadian websites. The FDA has in the past received criticism for its role in removing the Today Sponge from the market and it continues to receive criticism for the impact of its regulatory actions on women's health.

Despite its decade-long absence from public availability, "The product was found to be safe and effective," said FDA spokesperson Susan Cruzan about its recent re-approval.

Press Releases

 * January 12, 1995: Today Sponge: FDA Talk Paper


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Google translates Gmail to 12 languages, asks for volunteers to target 144 more

April 23, 2005

Google has translated its email service, Gmail, into 12 languages, and it has put up a form that allows the public to volunteer to translate the Gmail interface into 144 more languages. Available for its first year with an English interface only, Gmail now appears in 13 languages:

 * Chinese (2 variants, "Simplified" and "Traditional")
 * Dutch
 * English (2 variants, US and UK)
 * French
 * German
 * Italian
 * Japanese
 * Korean
 * Portuguese
 * Russian
 * Spanish

While most of the languages listed in the volunteering form are old, three are relatively new: Borkborkbork, Klingon, and Esperanto. Additionally, the form lists Pig Latin, which is a method of rearranging words to obscure a language, rather than a language in itself.

Google has also recently introduced a feature known as "My Search History," which allows users to record their searches. Use of the search history requires that the user have and log in to a Google or Gmail account.

Languages into which the Gmail interface may be translated:


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Hi,

You've been inserting falsehoods for about ten minutes now. All of your changes have been reverted. Please stop. If you do not, you will be banned for 24 hours.

You are, of course, welcome to contribute constructively.

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Texas Same-Sex Couples could be prohibited from fostering children

April 23, 2005

Texas Senate Bill 6 requires foster agencies to inquire of adopting couples their sexual preference. This bill has caused distress to many, especially among the gay and lesbian community. Representative Robert Talton claims that compared with children raised by a heterosexual couple, those in same-sex households are much more likely to become homosexual.

Talton has also stated that sexual orientation is a choice for the parents: "If they choose to be homosexual or lesbian, that's their choice when they turn 18," he says, regarding the same-sex couples.

Under the bill he proposes, couples who answer 'same-sex' or 'bi-sexual' on the questionnaire, would not be allowed to adopt or foster children. Children fostered currently to same-sex households would be removed from their foster-parent's care.

"Some of us believe they would be better off in orphanages than in a homosexual or bisexual households because that's a learned behavior," the Republican congressman said.

There are reportedly thousands of children in same-sex households in Texas who would be removed, if this bill is passed.

"It's very traumatic to remove a child from a stable home," said Colin Cunliff, field director for the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas. "It's the whole reason they're in the foster system, because their prior home wasn't stable. You're adding to the instability."

According to a 2002 report by the American Academy of Pediatrics, children with homosexual parents have the "same advantages and the same expectations for health, adjustment and development as children whose parents are heterosexual."

A similar law passed in Arkansas was ruled unconstitutional in December.


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New rodent discovery leads to new mammal family

April 23, 2005

Researchers in mammalogy from London, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Gloucestershire, UK have just discovered a new species of rodent that is unlike anything previously identified.

In a new study published in Systematics and Biodiversity, researchers describe a new rodent species called the Laotian Rock Rat. It was found for sale as meat at a marketplace in Laos. The researchers brought it to London for a closer look at its skeleton and DNA.

Researchers found that the specimen was not particularly related to anything currently known. The group had to describe a new family of mammals for this single species. The last time a new mammal family was created to accommodate a new species discovery was in 1974 when the bumblebee bat was discovered.

The closest relatives to Laotian rock rats are a group of rodents that includes porcupines and guinea pigs, but this relationship is a rather distant one. The researchers think the Laotian rock rats may have split off from common ancestors a long time ago, with porcupines and guinea pigs evolving after that split.

The authors hope that by studying Laotian rock rats, they can solve an old puzzle. How did guinea pigs and their relatives get to South America at a time when it was surrounded by water? Until these rock rats came along, the only Old World relatives of guinea pigs were ones found in Africa or both Africa and Asia. This led some scientists to think that guinea pig ancestors got to South America from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Others insisted that they went through Asia and North America first. Understanding how the guinea pig's new Asian relative is connected to the rest of the family may help to explain this mystery.


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I'm not a regular contributor. I just put together a new article in wikipedia about this animal and am astounded that the science news media outlets haven't picked this story up. So I thought I'd try and start one here. Anyone who's interested, please edit away and be brutal. That includes the title.
 * Welcome! Thanks for starting this article. However could you provide an online source (excludeing wikipedia), our rules mean it will not be allowed on the main page without at least two online sources/or proof that it is original reporting. Again thanks for your effort, its much appreciated. → CGorman (Talk)  10:05, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * And I second the welcome, and the request for links. Google produced no hits on your new rat, and the cited journal couldn't be nudged for one either(?) I sure hope the story is true...it's almost too well written to be fiction! --HiFlyer 15:25, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I found a link to the abstract, in the journal where this study was published. I think that it's enough to link to one scientific peer-reviewed source. Indeed, it appears that with the help of the contributor Wikinews is just ahead of others in mainstream media on this. -- IlyaHaykinson 16:17, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah...it's real. It should go up a notch, no? --HiFlyer 17:57, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I wrote the article specifically because it has somehow been completely overlooked by regular news. That abstract link is as good as it gets for online sources.  The citation from a legitimate peer-reviewed scientific journal is the only source available at this time .  I guess that makes it a Wikinews exclusive.  Also, a note on the date:  The journal volume is considered December 2004, but the issue date (and date first available to the public) is 18 April 2005. --Aranae


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Estonia to sign border treaty with Russia in a few weeks

April 23, 2005

The Baltic state of Estonia expects to sign a border agreement with the Russian Federation in a few weeks, before the European Union-Russia Summit, which is set to take place in early May. Urmas Paet, the Estonian Foreign Minister said, "There are no concrete arrangements yet but we hope the border agreement will be signed by the time the EU-Russia summit begins in Moscow on May 10. Estonia is ready to sign today."

Javier Solana, the EU foreign policy chief, said that the sooner the agreement is signed, the better. He stated that, "I'd be happy to witness the signing of your [Estonian] and the Latvian agreement with Russia. It is possible on May 10 but there are no guarantees."

Estonia and Latvia, which were occupied by the Soviet Union until the early 1990s, joined the European Union in 2004. The two countries both border the Russian Federation, and have been trying to sign definitive border treaties for a long time since independence, but Moscow has repeatedly delayed on signing.

Solana said he hoped the treaty would be signed at the EU-Russia Summit, because "Relations with the countries on the EU border [such as Russia] are very important."