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NASA's Spitzer space telescope views alien worlds

March 23, 2005

For the first time since the discovery of planets outside the solar system, light from two of the 145 confirmed extrasolar planets has been directly captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Astronomers Dr. David Charbonneau of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Dr. Drake Deming of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), working separately on one each of the two planets used a simple technique to gather the infrared glow that the planetary bodies emit.

The planets, designated HD 209458b and TrES-1, are classified as "hot Jupiter" planets. These types of extrasolar planets orbit closely around their suns, absorbing the starlight and brightly radiating in the infrared wavelengths.

Using the Spitzer telescope, the astronomers first collected and measured the total infrared output from both the stars and planets. The stars alone were again measured when the planets disappeared behind them during their natural orbits. By comparing the differences between the two measurements, the scientist were able to determine how much infrared light each planet emits.

"In visible light, the glare of the star completely overwhelms the glimmer of light reflected by the planet," Charbonneau said. "In infrared, the star-planet contrast is more favorable because the planet emits its own light."

The data obtained indicates the planets are at least 1,340 degrees Fahrenheit, justifying the classification of "hot Jupiter". More observations from Spitzer could provide information about the planets winds and atmospheric compositions.

"Spitzer has provided us with a powerful new tool for learning about the temperatures, atmospheres and orbits of planets hundreds of light-years from Earth," said Dr. Deming.

"It's fantastic," Dr. Charbonneau said. "We've been hunting for this light for almost 10 years, ever since extrasolar planets were first discovered."

Dr. Deming's paper on his findings appears today in Nature's online publication; Dr. Charbonneau's paper will be published in an upcoming issue of the Astrophysical Journal.

The Spitzer telescope was launched August 25, 2003 and is scheduled to be de-orbited sometime in 2008. Spitzer was named for Dr. Lyman Spitzer who, in the mid-1940s, first proposed placing telescopes in space.

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Goddard Space Flight Center is located in Greenbelt, Maryland.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center, Pasadena, California.


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Icelandic parliament grants Bobby Fischer full citizenship

March 23, 2005 In an overwhelming vote, the Icelandic parliament voted Tuesday to grant the incarcerated Bobby Fischer full citizenship. The former world chess champion has been detained in Japan since July after being arrested for attempting to travel with a revoked United States passport. Japanese officials have previously said that in such a case Fischer would be sent to Iceland rather than face punishment for violating US economic sanctions by playing a match in Yugoslavia. The US has said it will oppose any such action.

The vote earlier today was 40 in favor, 2 abstentions, 21 absent, and 0 opposed. By a special variation from usual protocol, the measure was pushed through in only 12 minutes. The parliament had earlier declined to grant Fischer full citizenship, offering him instead a special Icelandic passport. This, however, was not enough for Japan, which refused to release him.

Fischer's case has been long and convoluted. Originally pursued by the US for economic sanction violations, Fischer has been on the run since 1992. In that time he has shown his anti-Semitism by having issued statements praising the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and denying that the Holocaust occurred. For these and other comments the United States Chess Federation revoked his membership. He is now also wanted for tax evasion on some property he owns in the US. He was arrested in Japan in July for travelling with a revoked passport, and has been held since then awaiting deportation. In that time he has tried to avoid being deported by doing such things as revoking his US citizenship and marrying a Japanese woman.


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Talk:Creationist sentiments affect Imax business strategy

Im concerned about the NPOV of this article. Reffering to Christians who take the bible literally as fundamentalists is the clearest example. Lets clean this up to a more professional style of writing. -Cburns

 * What's wrong with that designation?--Eloquence 05:14, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Christian fundamentalists are defined by how literally they take the bible - this is what defines them from mainstream Christianity. So rather than taking the bible as trying to "explain the unexplainable" by the use of nice stories, the contents of the bible are taken to have literally occured. --OldakQuill 11:48, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Australian Govt to lessen numbers of immigrants detained indefinitely

March 23, 2005

The Australian Government today announced terms of a new class of visa which is aimed at reducing the number of immigration detainees locked up indefinitely, after years of criticism by human rights watchdogs.

The new Return Pending Bridging Visa allows for release of detainees held for over three years and who have exhausted all rights for appeal, but who cannot be removed from Australia. In the community they will be provided income support, Medicare, maternity and child benefits, rent assistance and permission to work, and will be required to periodically report to authorities.

Senator Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs said, "The new Bridging visa will only be granted to a relatively small number of detainees where ... it is not reasonably practicable to achieve removal in the short term and where the detainee undertakes to cooperate fully with removal from Australia, once that becomes practicable."

"The new bridging visa will not be available to detainees with current visa applications, or who are challenging decisions, either through review or courts," the Minister said.

"The new bridging visa category does not apply to failed asylum seekers on Nauru. Management of that caseload remains completely separate from onshore cases."

And the visa applies only at the Minister's discretion.

A recent High Court decision has left it in the Government's hands to resolve the issue of indefinite detention, maintaining that under the law there was nothing to prevent immigrants who could not be sent to another country and are not accepted by the Australian Government, from being imprisoned forever.

The change is thought to allow release of up to 100 detainees currently held, although it is not a blanket release for all detainees held over three years, for example the longest-serving detainee, Peter Qasim who has been held for seven years, will not be eligible.

Ms Vanstone claims Mr Qasim has not co-operated with the department's attempts to establish his identity. India will only take him if it can be proven that he is Indian - and without any evidence available except his language, he has been unable to return. But according to Ms Vanstone, all it requires is "further co-operation from Mr Qasim" - therefore he remains in detention.

Qasim wrote in an open letter in September: “I have asked 80 countries to take me but all have refused. I have committed no crime but I have a life sentence. Please give me freedom. I would work hard with a grateful heart. But I cannot live imprisoned forever without hope.”


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Minuteman bike path iced out through Arlington after 4th snowiest winter on record

March 23, 2005 The Minuteman bike path, which runs 12 miles from Cambridge to Bedford, Massachusetts, is now passable by bike through Arlington, after what the National Weather Service has called the fourth snowiest winter in Boston's recorded history. The path has been covered in snow and ice since the Blizzard of 2005 covered it in late January.

The stretch of the path that crosses Lexington and Bedford is marginally rideable, particularly between Lexington Center and the bridge over Route 495, according to a sortie undertaken by Wikinews writer Pingswept. The first large patch of snow occurs just past the four-mile marker, near Trader Joe's in Arlington.

The path is not plowed in Arlington, Lexington, or Bedford, though the city of Cambridge plows a short section near the southeastern terminus of the path at the Alewife subway station. In the winter, the path can be a "scenic trail for cross-country skiing," according to the Friends of the Minuteman Bikeway website.

The bike path runs in the right-of-way once accorded to the Boston and Maine railroad. The conversion from abandoned railway to bike path occurred from 1991 to 1993. The path is named for its similarity to the route followed by Paul Revere and William Dawes on their rides to warn the Minutemen of Lexington about the impending arrival of British soldiers on April 19, 1775.


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AU$1.25M reward offer for proof of living Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)

March 23, 2005

Australian magazine  has offered a reward of AU$1.25 million for conclusive proof that the legendary, is still alive.

Says The Bulletin, "A live, uninjured animal must be produced. All government regulations and provisions must be adhered to. A panel of eminent experts chosen by us will have the final say - along with conclusive DNA testing."

Although the last confirmed wild Thylacine sighting was in 1932, and the last captive, named Benjamin, died in the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart on September 6, 1936, the legend has lived on, with occasional claimed sightings both in Tasmania, and on mainland Australia.

As recently as February of this year, a German tourist claimed to have taken photographs of the creature near Lake St Clair in Tasmania. According to The Bulletin, over the past 70 years there have been more than 4000 claimed sightings, but not a single verifiable artifact of hard evidence.

Appearing like a large, striped dog, the thylacine was in fact a marsupial, with a pouch like a kangaroo or koala. Present on the Australian continent for tens of thousands of years, persecution by farmers, government-funded bounty hunters and, in the final years, collectors for overseas museums saw the remnant Tasmanian population wiped out.

Nick Mooney, a wildlife biologist with the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, investigates 150 claims of sightings each year. He told The Bulletin he was open-minded to the possibility of the thylacine's survival, "But if I had to make a call, I'd put money on them not being out there."

The reward offer marks the 125th year of publication of The Bulletin magazine.


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Google launches Google Code project, showcasing open source code, APIs

March 23, 2005 On Thursday, March 17, Google announced the launch of code.google.com, a new website for its open-source software (also known as "code") and APIs, for use by external developers. This launch is the first significant contribution Google has made to the open-source community. The release was announced at the end of the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

Google's announcement comes two weeks after Yahoo announced its own Developers Program, offering access to a new collection of its APIs, at the Search Engine Strategies 2005 Conference & Expo in New York. Chris DiBona, Google's Open Source Program Manager, spoke about the release, emphasizing their desire to feature good programs that were being developed using their APIs. Two XML feeds are currently offered on the site, one for general updates to code hosted there, and another for changes to the weekly featured content.

The initial software projects provided on the Google site are narrowly focused, consisting of tools for debugging and compiling in two computer languages, C++ and Python, particularly when handling multi-threaded code. Google says this is in part to get feedback from a particular audience, before expanding the scope of the project.

These tools are all available under the BSD open-source license, though the site's FAQ notes that it is not tied to any particular license, and in the future is likely to include code released under a variety of free licenses. Google has said that it is developing this site, in part, in the hopes that it can use some of the resulting code in the future.


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Welcome
MYOB, 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! -- Davodd | Talk 07:30, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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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.

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Symbian licenses email technology from rival Microsoft

March 22, 2005 Mobile phone operating software maker Symbian is licensing the Microsoft ActiveSync technology in a move that surprised analysts. The license would allow Symbian to develop a plug-in for mobile phones to let users check email that is served by Microsoft Exchange Server mail system.

Symbian was formed in 1998 by Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Psion in a collaborative desire to counter Microsoft's emerging market power in operating systems for handheld devices. While Microsoft now provides the Windows Mobile software for mobile phones, it has not attained significant market penetration. At the same time, in part through the increased popularity of Research in Motion's BlackBerry mobile email device, users have come to expect their mobile phones to synchronize email with various mail servers — including Exchange Server.

Symbian appears to be sensitive to the appearance of collaborating with the very competitor that spurred their creation. Symbian's press release emphasized that the licensing of the technology introduces just one of the many methods the Symbian software communicates with email servers. The spokesperson for the company, Peter Bancroft, was also on the defensive: "Microsoft isn't a monolithic company" he said, referring to the fact that Exchange Server and Windows Mobile are created by two different divisions of Microsoft.

Shares of Research in Motion dropped on the news.


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Welcome
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UN Reform: China, South Korea question seat for Japan on Security Council

March 23, 2005 A South Korean official expressed doubts over United Nations Kofi Annan's apparent support for a permanent Security Council seat for Japan, and attention has been drawn to widespread mistrust of Japan by Chinese — although the Chinese government has not commented directly against Japan.

Asked to comment on Annan supporting Japan gaining the seat, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Jianchao said, "I think reform of the UN Security Council should have its eyes on increasing work efficiency ... and at the same increasing the representation of developing countries."

Four hundred-thousand Chinese have signed an on-line petition opposing Japan's bid, and a poll last year put opposition within China at 95 percent. Resentment still runs high after Japan's invasion of China from 1931 to 1945 led to death or injury of up to 35 million Chinese, and sexual slavery of tens- to hundreds-of-thousands of women in mainland Asia.

The UN reforms currently being discussed are the largest changes since the body's formation 60 years ago.

Last year, Japan, Germany, Brazil, and India formed a lobby group supporting each other in bids for seats on the influential Security Council. But North and South Korea oppose Japan gaining a seat, Italy opposes Germany, Pakistan opposes India, and Mexico and Argentina oppose Brazil.

The United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China are permanent members of the council, with the other 10 seats filled by other countries, selected from regional groups for two-year terms.


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Explosion near Beirut kills three, injures five

March 23, 2005 Three people are dead and five are injured after an explosion tore through a shopping center near the port of Jounie, 20 kilometres north of Beirut, Lebanon. The 45-pound bomb, which was placed under a stairwell, exploded around 1:30am local time (0330 UTC).

Police say they believe the bomb was placed there just before the center closed.

The blast caused serious damage to the shopping center, breaking windows, causing false ceilings to collapse, and pillars to warp within a radius of several hundred meters.


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India signs on to chemical patents to comply with WTO order

March 23, 2005 A bill passed by India's Parliament put an end to the manufacture of many cheap generic drugs copied from products protected by foreign company patents. A Patents Amendment Bill (2005) has been condemned by foreign aid groups who expect a significant rise in drug costs as a result of the bill.

Drug compounds in India were previously not protected by patents, meaning that research and developement costs borne by the originating manufacturers were avoided by generic drug producers. The new bill "will move India toward the patent mainstream and support and encourage innovation and investment in research and development in India," said Ranjit Sahani, managing director of Novartis India.

As the world's fourth-largest manufacturer of drugs by volume, the pharmaceutical industry in India is valued at US$5 billion - but ranks as only 13th by value, reflecting the low costs to consumers of the products. "Because India is one of the world's biggest producers of generic drugs, this law will have a severe knock-on effect on many developing countries which depend on imported generic drugs from India," said Samar Verma, regional policy adviser at Oxfam International.

Around half of African, Asian and Latin American HIV patients needing anti-retroviral drugs rely on low-cost drugs from India, which are sold at one twentieth the price of similar drugs produced in the West.

More than 90 per cent of drugs listed as essentials in India are either unpatented or expired. Drugs patented before 1995 -- when the World Trade Organization [WTO] set a 10 year deadline to enact protection -- will not be eligible under the bill.

Some degree of protection was mandated by WTO in order for India to have greater access to international markets. Opposers of the bill say it goes too far.

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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U.S. federal marshals seize killer beds

March 23, 2005 On behalf of the FDA, U.S. Federal marshals have begun seizing beds which have killed at least seven patients out of about 30 who had become trapped by the products. Three versions of the bed were found to be "dangerous to health" by the FDA, with the specific danger of, "placing patients at an increased risk of entrapment and asphyxiation."

The model numbers of the faulty beds include the Vail 500, 1000, and 2000 Enclosed Bed Systems. The beds are made by Toledo, Ohio-based Vail Products, Inc.

In a government press release, the FDA pointed out that Vail had failed to heed two previous warnings issued by the agency, asking the company to comply with regulations regarding proper labeling and usage directions. The FDA also said that Vail had failed to supply required documentation to the agency to comply with the Medical Device Reporting and Reports of Corrections and Removals regulations.

At the time this story was filed, the Vail web site made no mention of today's FDA announcement. Toledo's WTOL News 11 reported that, "Company officials say their beds aren't dangerous if used properly." The Vail corporate web site claims that the beds allow, "the patient to move about freely within a safe, padded environment" and "control wandering."

The FDA is the U.S. agency responsible for regulating food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.

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96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola

March 23, 2005 More than 100 people are dead in Uige province in northern Angola, due to a virus related to the Ebola virus, known as the Marburg virus, which causes death by bleeding and is both "very virulent" and "very contagious". A longer incubation period without symptoms than that of the Ebola virus has authorities keeping a watchful eye for the disease migrating.

"This is a possibility. The incubation period is 21 days so we must reinforce the surveillance in neighbouring provinces and especially in Luanda," Vice Minister for Health Jose Van Dunem told Reuters.

The virus is transmitted by bodily fluids, including saliva. Most of the victims have been children under five. There is no cure, but the 70 percent survival rate is somewhat better than the worst form of Ebola, which has a survival rate of only 10 percent.

Symptoms of Marburg include high fever, headaches, nausea with vomiting, and diarrhea accompanied by blood.


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Parker shown the door as Gap spokeswoman

Sarah Jessica Parker has lost her fashion cache with Gap Inc. The U.S. clothier said it was dropping the star of its current and ubiquitous I Enjoy Being a Girl television advertising campaign and buying out her contract.

Parker who turns 40 Friday and is best known for her role as the Manolo Blahnik shoe-crazed Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO comedy, Sex and the City, was ousted after less than one year of a multi-year contract. She signed a three-year $38 million deal with the San Francisco-based retailer in mid-2004 and has only appeared in ads for the company since the 2004 holiday season.

"While Gap will always seek partnerships with celebrities, musicians and rising stars, we don't have any future plans to sign a single person to a multi-season deal like the unique and special relationship we enjoyed with Sarah Jessica," Gap said in a statement Monday, stopping short of calling the ad campaign a failure. One such rising star slated to appear in the upcoming summer white denim promotion for Gap is 17-year-old Grammy-nominated British singer Joss Stone.

Although Gap would not say its Parker ad campaign was less than successful, the same can not be said for stock market pundits. "If you're like me, and have gotten a little sick of hearing Sarah Jessica Parker sing about how much she likes being a girl on those Gap commercials," Alyce Lomax, a stock market commentator for The Motley Fool web site, said. "Investors who have been watching this stock know that despite the best efforts of Ms. Parker and the creative teams that came up with the ads, Gap's quarterly fashion sense continues to be, well, flattish ... in the meantime, other, hotter retailers have stolen the show."

In a statement to reporters, Parker called the spilt with Gap a mutual decision, and walks away $38 million richer and recently signed a 2-year deal with former employer HBO to develop future programming for the network. Parker is also scheduled to appear in two upcoming comedy films, a movie adaptation of the Comedy Central series, Strangers with Candy, as well as The Family Stone, costarring Diane Keaton and Claire Danes.


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Chess legend avoids 10 year prison term

March 23, 2005 Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer will move from Japan to his new home of Iceland despite requests from the USA for his deportation to the US. Mr Fischer had been held in Japan since last July when he was arrested on what US officials claimed was an invalid US passport. He was freed from detention on March 23 after 9 months in confinement.

Mr Fischer is wanted in the USA for violating Executive Order 12810, signed by then-President George H. W. Bush in 1992. EO 12810 placed sanctions on the former Yugoslavia, where Mr Fischer played a chess match in 1992 against Boris Spassky. If Mr Fischer had been sent to the US, he would have faced a ten year prison term. The U.S. revoked his passport in 2003 and Mr Fischer was later arrested at Narita Airport while trying to leave Japan en route to the Philippines.

Following an appeal by Mr Fischer's supporters, the parliament of Iceland granted Mr Fischer an Icelandic passport on Monday. Mr Fischer won the world championship in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1972, against Mr Spassky, then of the Soviet Union, and Mr Fischer remains popular among Icelanders. (Mr Spassky became a French citizen in 1978). The 1992 rematch was billed as as being for the "World Championship", although by then most chess fans recognized Garry Kasparov as the world's #1 player.

Iceland's ambassador to Japan, Thordur Oskarsson, said that the US government had sent a message of displeasure to the Icelandic government before its parliament passed the bill allowing for Mr Fischer's citizenship. Mr Oskarsson went on to say that, "Despite the message, the decision was put through Parliament on humanitarian grounds".

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Here's a "See also" for this article:

 * Icelandic parliament grants Bobby Fischer full citizenship

Cheers, — DV 11:29, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Its
A couple of contributors keep on making this mistake, so here is a brief explanation:

The possessive form of "it" is "its":

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=its

The word "it's" is the contraction for "it is".

It's understandable to forget this rule, because the possessive form for other words uses an apostrophe.

Regards,

— DV 12:37, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Initial ping
This link adds the article to Technorati's database

- Amgine 23:27, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

How do you change the title of an article? I suggest "Chess legend Fischer released from detention in Japan". Fischer faced a 10 year prison term only if tried and convicted, which was by no means a sure thing even if he was returned to the US. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.202.80.51 (talk • contribs) 03:00, 24 March 2005 (UTC)

go Bobby go

 * !Fischer moves king to Iceland

 * ?Strong move or desperate flight

I see no on-line source yet. USA has "repudiated" the Icelandic amnesty. edw 17:36, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

1992 Soviet union?
If they played in 1992 his opponent could not have came from the soviet union. The soviet union collapsed on christmas day 1991. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.250.195.167 (talk • contribs) 15:02, 24 March 2005 (UTC)

 * The first match between Spassky and Fischer was held in 1972. A rematch was later held in Iceland, who view Fischer with great appreciation. -edw 17:33, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Kazaa Trial concluding

March 23, 2005

The trial against internet file-sharing network Kazaa in Sydney, Australia, is coming to an end, as closing arguments began today. Kazaa pleaded it could not be held responsible for the copyright infringements perpetrated by its users, as it cannot control how the software is used.

The peer-to-peer distribution software and its owner, Sharman Networks Ltd. and its directors were sued by a group of Australian record labels for copyright infringements by the network's estimated 100 million members worldwide. Members of the software share music files with each other, and download up to three billion songs and music files monthly. The music industry claims it has lost millions of dollars in unpaid royalties as a result.

Lawyer Tony Meagher argued that Sharman is no more responsible for the uses of its software than the designers of the photocopiers and video recorders were responsible for the illegal copying of materials on those machines. The remaining question is whether Kazaa authorises its users to download files illegally.

"We tell these users in our Web site and we tell them in our license that they cannot use this (software) for infringing copyright," Meagher told Judge Murray Wilcox. By consenting to this license by users, Kazaa is exempted from responsibility.

The record industry claims Kazaa not only enables but encourages copyright infringement. Record industry lawyer Tony Bannon argued that as Kazaa collected information from its users through spyware and sold it to advertisers, the company's claim that it had no control over the software was "completely mind boggling."

This is not the first trial against Kazaa, and other programs of its kind. In August last year, Judge Stephen Wilson ruled that the distribution by Grokster and Morpheus of peer-to-peer software does not violate U.S. copyright law. Rod Dorman, lead trial council for Sharman Networks in the U.S., said, "As a result of this decision, Sharman Networks will be filing a motion for summary judgement, nearly identical to the successful motions filed by Grokster and Morpheus, and we are confident that Judge Wilson will find that our product, Kazaa, is a lawful product as well." However, the ruling held no precedential effect in the Australian trial, as the principles differed.

Kazaa and the FastTrack protocol are the brainchild of the Scandinavians Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, and were introduced in March 2001 by their Dutch company Consumer Empowerment. It appeared during the end of the first generation of P2P networks. Napster shut down in July of that year. (Wikipedia)

The trial is expected to wrap up later today. A verdict should be passed within six weeks.

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In case there is any doubt about my changing so many "it's" to "its":

From Its:

"Its is the possessive form of the pronoun it and is correctly written without an apostrophe. It should not be confused with the contraction it's (for it is or it has), which should always have an apostrophe."

This is no big deal, I only point it out to save another contributor some time and effort in case they thought it was the other way around.

Cheers,

— DV 12:54, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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New Kyrgz interior minister says force may be used, riot police clash with protesters in Bishkek

March 23, 2005 About 200 riot police violently broke up a peaceful, anti-Akayev protest of some 300 to 400 people and arrested 20 to 30 protesters in the capital city of Bishkek on Wednesday, just hours after President Askar Akayev appointed head of police in the city, Keneshbek Dushebayev, as new interior minister.

"Our primary task is to restore constitutional order in all regions," the new interior minister said. "The law gives us every right to take action, including by using physical force... and firearms."

Akayev has previously stated that he would not resort to force to end protests.

Akayev dismissed Interior Minister Bakirdin Subanbekov and the general prosecutor, Myktybek Abdyldayev, earlier in the day. According to a spokesman for Akayev, Abdil Seghizbayev, the dismissals were for issues relating "to the events in the south and their poor work on preventing those events."

Seghizbayev stated that Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev would visit the southern city of Osh for negotiations on Thursday, but said there would not be talks with "criminal groups that are controlling the situation there." Elsewhere in Bishkek, approximately 10,000 people held a pro-government demonstration as riot police guarded key government buildings and main roads were sealed off. Several demonstrators said they had been coerced into taking part.

"Our classes were cancelled and we were told to be here at the meeting in support of Akayev," a Kyrgyz National University student said.

"We are protesting instead of working now," said an employee of the interior ministry at the rally.

Neighboring Tajikistan also sealed border crossing points from Kyrgyzstan into the country because of the unrest.


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I live in Arlington...VA. perhaps the state should be featured in the title....? --Morbid-o 14:58, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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It says he was holding it in his mouth like a bone, but I could not put that exact statement in there cuz it would be copyvio. But yes the dog had it in his mouth. Jason Safoutin 16:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

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Perhaps the article should state why Iceland of all places? Were one of his parents Icelandic? --OldakQuill 21:10, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Harp seal hunt approved by Canada, activists call for boycott of Canadian seafood

March 23, 2005 Ottawa says it will allow the harvest of 320,000 young seals this year, prompting a backlash from international environmental activists who call for a boycott of the Canadian fisheries products.

The seal hunt is an annual event on the ice floes off the east coast of Canada where the seal nurseries give birth. This year's hunt begins March 29, and lasts for two months.

The government reports the harp seal population is large and healthy. "The harp seal herd - the most important seal herd for this industry - is estimated at around five million animals, nearly the highest level ever recorded, and almost triple what it was in the 1970s," a Department of Fisheries and Oceans statement said. Large scale hunts will continue to be allowed until the harp seal population drops below four million.

Environmental activists protest and observe the hunt annually, but this year's larger number of seals has brought a bigger response. Observers are already in the hunt area, and officials said if too many show up they will be prevented from interfering with the hunt. The annual protests, and the publication of photos of the hunt, are a public relations problem for Canada.

Protests were held in 50 cities around the world last week, and activists say they would press consumers and restaurants to avoid Canadian fish for at least the duration of the hunt.

"We're going to be encouraging consumers to enter into dialogue with their grocery stores and their restaurants and say 'Please don't serve Canadian seafood' or 'I won't buy Canadian seafood until this hunt is over'," said Pat Ragan of the Humane Society of the United States [HSUS] to Reuters.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare sponsored two independent veterinary teams to observe the 2001 hunt which concluded the animals are often (42% of the time) killed in an inhumane manner and not in accordance with Canada's own laws.


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Warning: 'The information on this page may be incorrect and/or outdated. Don't trust it.'

Information about the world's markets index, no longer maintained.

Metals

 * Forex Gold Index: $424.30/barrel, [[Image:Arrowupred.png]] $0.80

Currencies

 * 1 US Dollar (US$):
 * = STG£0.5349 = €0.7727 = ¥106.4000

 * 1 Euro (€):
 * = STG£0.6923 = $1.2942 = ¥137.6900

 * 1 Pound Sterling (STG£):
 * = US$1.8694 = €1.4443 = ¥198.8550

 * 1 Japanese Yen (¥)
 * = STG£0.0050 = $0.0094 = €0.0073

(Commodities & currencies as of 2005-03-24 T 23:00 UTC, or last close were applicable. None of this data is guaranteed to be correct. Please read our General disclaimer and Risk disclaimer.)
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Talk:New Kyrgz interior minister says force may be used, riot police clash with protesters in Bishkek

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- Amgine 23:01, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

German article with new name
The German article is at Politische Krise in Kirgisistan weitet sich aus now! Best regards, Juhan


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Talk:Symbian licenses email technology from rival Microsoft

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User talk:4.15.118.39

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User:The bellman/Sandbox/1

New Kyrgz interior minister says force may be used About 200 riot police violently broke up a peaceful, anti-Akayev protest of some 300 to 400 people and arrested 20 to 30 protesters in the capital city of Bishkek on Wednesday, just hours after President Askar Akayev appointed head of police in the city, Keneshbek Dushebayev, as new interior minister.

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The MerVal index from Argentina.

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Wikinews:Custom skin

I've been working on coding a brand new skin specifically for Wikinews. This is not a modification of any existing skin, but a new skin built from scratch. It is inspired by viceroy321's mockup in the Wikinews skin design contest. As of Mar. 25th, the skin is complete, including commented, very customizable CSS. I am still working on some tweaks, but the bulk of the skin is done.

I've included several images here (Most likely outdated).

Concept
Wikinews is a news site, and MonoBook just doesn't fit a news theme. The idea behind this skin is to give Wikinews a more "newsy" layout while preserving the usability of a Wiki. To that extent, I believe I've succeeded.

Functionality
As of this writing, functionality is total and equivalent to MonoBook, save a few exceptions:

Known issues

 * The skin doesn't support the default (common) cascading style sheet used for printing, so I'll have to make one from scratch.
 * IE: The skin displays just fine in IE, but it doesn't support page scaling (fixed-width)

Browser compatibility

 * Internet Explorer 5 and up: As close as it'll get, Mr. Gates' fault (95%)
 * Firefox, all versions: Full (100%)
 * Opera: Full, maybe some font tweaks (98%)
 * Safari: Full (100%)
 * Konqueror: Full (100%)
 * Other browsers: Untested (Assume none. If you use another browser, visit the FarkWiki and [mailto:noclip@gmail.com drop] me a line with results)

Multi-language compatibility (code)
Full (100%)

To do

 * Implement logos
 * Add page footers (copyright, powered by notices)
 * Fix cell backgrounds
 * Implement CSS
 * Clean up and comment the code
 * Create a printer-friendly cascading style sheet
 * Create "IE-fixes" cascading style sheet to address fixed page width issue
 * Format page footers
 * Test functionality in Safari, other browsers
 * CSS overhaul and optimization
 * Minor pokes and prods (finishing touches)

Large screenshots
These screenshots are current as of April 17th:

Old version
Here is the old version of the skin as per request for comparison purposes.

Comments
Comments are appreciated, post them here:
 * I hope you'll scale that right collumn back a bit? And could you add a margin to the left? The text is now on the edge of the screen, and that's irritating. -- Redge (Talk) 17:43, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * That was the result of a CSS bug, it's been squashed now -- Noclip
 * The right-hand column is huge again now (using IE6) --Phil | Talk 13:19, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Noclip - THANKS! This is cool, and I hope it gets Datrio challenged too.
 * Europe is missing from the selections of regions at the top. — DV 00:58, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Oops! Added. -- Noclip
 * Well, this one has my vote so far. Can you show a story with an image with an image caption in it? -- Davodd | Talk 03:15, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I think that's fanstastic. A few question - does it render well at other screen resolutions? How does it perform in other browsers (I assume you're using Firefox)? Dan100 (Talk) 09:33, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Firefox, Safari and Opera work just fine, IE has a fixed-width issue that I'm working on ATM. -- Noclip 13:19, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe you could supply a copy of the CSS file which people could drop into their respective myskin.css files to try out? --Phil | Talk 09:48, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Sadly, CSS can't give you the whole look. It requires a .php file located in the /skins/ subdirectory of the Wiki. It's selectable from a user's preferences when it's installed.
 * Would it be possible to view Wikinews.php? I keep getting a blank return, and I'd like to study the skin towards my own wiki. ScarredSun 18:26, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd also like Wikinews.php for my own testing. Thanks. Cap'n Refsmmat 23:09, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I might test it on Konqueror (Khtml) web browser Marshaü 13:36, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * tested! here is a screenshot - in my opinion main font is too large... Marshaü 15:03, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * We probably don't need a link to Submit a story on every page, but we do need one for the Workspace, also does the search box need to take up an extra line? Dan100 (Talk) 07:25, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The IE search box bug is squashed as of the latest update (see next comment). The submit story link can go later if need be.
 * I've moved the development over to another Wiki. The skin itself can be viewed here from now on. This page will remain the general information page for the skin. Noclip 04:16, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Do I need to create an account there to see the new skin: I'm just getting a monobook look-alike with something really screwy around the logo. --Phil | Talk 13:14, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Imho you should move the Search Field one line down, so it aligns with the text. On the bbc website that makes sense, but not here. you are just wasting space. I made the mistake as well, sorry for that. viceroy321
 * Actually, you could use that space for the user-specific bits: they are currently a bit hard-to-find nestled right in the middle of everything. --Phil | Talk 13:17, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Is the skin avalable to modify? Its a bit huge on the top, without much content - Less banner, more news. Maybe even a banner-scroller. -Stevertigo 20:00, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think the top and right bars are a little dark. Could you lighten them up a bit?  It would also be good to have space for a Second and Third Lead article. NGerda 22:15, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * My only qualm is the lack of vertical headroom (i.e. space) for the article. Can the header by made smaller? Kevin Baastalk 04:59, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

The test wiki seems to have disappeared :( Dan100 (Talk) 23:21, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

 * What happened? No updates since May 05? Is this skin dead ?
 * Note if anyone wants to see this in (semi)action, find me on irc, i have a test server with it on. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:40, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

The skin was inspired by viceroy321's Wikinews skin contest entry, and created by Noclip.

Last update: 04:16, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Does the brilliant originator of this skin have a release date in mind? We hope the answer's yes and that it's some time in 2006.

10 March 2006
 * Where may I get a download of this skin? I like the neatness and contemporary look.
 * I know there are lots of comments about this very point, but the dead link to the test-wiki and the lack of recent information leave the impression that this project is abandoned. Which would be a pity since it is the best looking skin for mediawiki I have seen so far. Could you please release the current version of the skins so that others (I include myself here) might do the rest of the development? From what is mentioned here this shouldn't be too much.
 * try at wikipedia:user talk:noclip he is active there. (last edit at may 2nd). Also see Wikinews skin contest (which has gone dead). I personally like cologne blue, but I hope this does get finished by someone eventually.see /Latest_code (or here for better link (with mimetype css for in browser display), mimetype php (may be auto downloaded by your browser) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:41, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Theres also some other alt skins avalible at special:preferences and on some browsers view→Page Style. (subskins on monobook skin)

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Ground broken on Northpoint development in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Construction of two condominium buildings and a five-acre park began on March 21, in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. The buildings and park are part of the 45-acre Northpoint development, which will take 15 years and more than $2bn to complete, according to the . The buildings, designated as "Building S" and "Building T" by the planners of the project, Spaulding & Slye Colliers, have been designed by local architectural firm Childs Bertman Tseckares and Architects Alliance from Toronto. Buildings S and T are the first of an eventual 20 buildings planned at the site.

The development will fill what used to be a railroad yard for the, a subsidiary of Guilford Transportation Industries. According to, Guilford is controlled by , heir to the Mellon banking fortune. Guilford Rail Systems has its headquarters in North Billerica and owns 1600 miles of railroad throughout. The tracks in the Northpoint plot have been removed, though Boston subway's Lechmere station remains within walking distance of the site, along with parts of Boston and Cambridge. The site is bordered by Route 93 on its eastern side, Monsignor O'Brien Highway to the west, and the Gilmore Bridge to the south.

The landscape architecture of the park is provided by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, a landscape architecture firm on Concord Avenue in Cambridge. The firm's principal teaches in Harvard's Graduate School of Design. MVVA is also completing the landscape for Harvard's Northwest Science Building.


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Talk:Broken/Portal\x3aWackynews

I kind of like the wacky logo. Noclip — did you have a reason for the change of logo? -- IlyaHaykinson 02:50, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I was looking at the logo modification voting page and it hit me, "That'd be perfect for Wackynews!" ("Be bold" and all?) --Noclip 03:03, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * If we were to use the "organic" Wikinews logo, the text underneath would have to be modified to read "Wackynews".

 * However, the "stars and scribbling" logo is a bit more wacky than the distorted Wikinews logo, in my opinion. — DV 04:48, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Noclip — I didn't mean to suggest that it wasn't right of you to be bold. It just might have been nice to comment about your change on the talk page when you changed it. :-) But I'm in DV's camp on this one: the starry wacky logo seems more appropriate to this category than the stretched/twisted world logo. I like the stretch/twist image, but it seems to be laden with more meaning than the current wacky logo. -- IlyaHaykinson 08:08, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

New name
Please see, and comment on my proposal on the watercooler for a new name for wackynews. The bellman 09:02, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Satire new for wackynews
is it ok to write Satire news like http://www.chaser.com.au/ and CNNNN I would love to write some. Satire news facts are often incorrect and silly. Maybe a one of those warning stubs or whatever could be developed. It would also be great to work with others doing it and i cant think of anywhere that give you that opportunity I hope you guys approve --Whywhywhy 10:57, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that is impossible under the current concept. Satire, by poking fun on someone, necessarily violates the NPOV principle. But UnNews might be something for. --Deprifry|+T+ 11:02, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Is Wackynews NPOV?
Please see discussion at Water cooler/policy. Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 01:21, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:64.229.44.81

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John Couey confessed to police in 1991 to molesting his stepdaughter; Never prosecuted

March 24, 2005 Last night, CNN's played a chilling police audio tape of a 1991 confession made by the accused killer of 9-year-old. On the tape, is heard admitting to molesting a young girl in her own backyard. For the crime he was subsequently charged, convicted and imprisoned for 2 years.

An accompanying written report by the officer who took the taped confession says; "Couey admitted that this was not the first child he had ever touched, however, this is the first time he was caught." The officer continues, "Couey admitted to molesting his wife's daughter, however, she agreed not to report the incident if he left the house and gave her a divorce, which he did." CNN was unable to locate Couey's former wife.

The revelation calls into question the way Couey has been dealt with by officials over the years. He spoke on the 1991 tape about how he "needs help" and "wants help".

Mary Doyle, a Citrus County probation official, said Monday that if they had known Couey was a registered sex offender, they may have been able to keep him away from Jessica Lunsford. Florida Courts do not provide probation workers with criminal backgrounds of their probationers, even in the case of registered sexual offenders like Couey, Doyle said. With that information they might have tried harder to locate him when he failed to report in with probation officials last November. When detectives did finally catch up with him, they learned he had been living across the road from Jessica.


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Talk:Surfwax releases "quick index" to 600k Wikipedia terms

"Atrocious website design and a love of bizarre nomenclature"? That doesn't seem very neutral.


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Wikinews talk:Contributing Reporter Awards

What an awesome addition to the main page!

Changing the main page to place the stock roundup in the right column is a great idea - it balances the page layout, filling in that wasted space Wikinews usually has under the Developing stories.

— DV 03:48, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Great idea, can't wait to hit 5,000 articles! → CGorman (Talk) 11:02, 25 August 2005 (UTC)


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Bush, Martin, Fox hold summit, sign SPP accord

March 24, 2005 American President George Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, and Mexican President Vicente Fox met at Baylor University in Waco, Texas on Wednesday. The leaders discussed cooperation in the areas of border security, trade, and immigration, signing an accord called the "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America."

"In a rapidly changing world, we must develop new avenues of cooperation that will make our open societies safer and more secure, our businesses more competitive, and our economies more resilient," read a joint statement released by the three leaders.

The agreement calls for greater sharing of intelligence and the strengthening of infrastructure security. It also seeks to develop a common system for screening travellers, and promotes collaboration in the sectors of transportation, energy, technology, and financial services.

Each nation will set up ministerial-level working groups that will "set specific, measurable, and achievable goals and implementation dates" and "identify concrete steps the governments can take to achieve these goals," according to a White House press release. The initial reports are due within 90 days.

President Bush, while not offering specific details, also said that he would "continue to push for reasonable, common-sense immigration policy with the United States Congress."