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It looks like things are going from bad to worse in the USA. Gun Laws only protect criminals, a complete ban on guns would mean that only criminals will possess guns, this is a story we know all too well in the UK. After the handgun ban in the UK in 1996-97 gun crime skyrocketed, and it is mainly down to gangs and drugs. If there are more responsible gun owners and reasonable self defence Laws, this will act as a deterrent and the criminals will think twice before using a gun. Guns cannot be un-invented, they are here to stay, banning them is not the answer as this will only effect the Law abiding.


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Hello, !

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Chinese hostage rescued in the Philippines

July 6, 2010

A Filipino police official said that Xili Wu, a Chinese buinessman held by al-Qaida-linked militants on a southern island for one and a half years, has been rescued.

Amil Banaan, Chief Inspector of provincial police, says Wu was under the name Peter Go to hide his illegal status in the country before he was kidnapped by a terrorist organisation, the.

The police said the Abu Sayyaf abducted Wu in 2008, from his appliance store in Jolo township that he had opened after immigrating from China.

The police claimed that no people were hurt during the fight between them and the Abu Sayyaf that took place during the rescue operation.

The Abu Sayyaf group is on the US government's list of foreign terrorist organisations and is well known for staging kidnappings for ransom in the Southern Philippines.


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facepalm. Only a fool would believed the gov't of Iran. --KDP3 (talk) 11:48, 6 July 2010 (UTC)


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According to the Reuters link, the Financial Times was told by an unnamed source (according to the wiki article, "involved in the UAE's airline industry") that BP decided to stop refuling Iranian jets. I don't see why anyone needs to believe what Iran is saying in order to believe this article, which would, in effect, be foolish (though I'm willing they believe they will "retaliate"), unless Iran has infiltrated one of those sources - a possibility, all things considered, but not an immediately overwhelming one.

Either way, this is yet another nice little step on the way to confrontation. Somebody ought to have supported those students and protesters way back when - but then Micheal Jackson died.


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I don't even think the obvious point needs stated, but here it is anyway: Legal restrictions only impact people that follow laws in the first place!

But, aargh, as painful as it is to say, I don't think politicians are altogether dumb enough to believe it will. I think they know that they're repressing law-abiding individuals and that these ridiculously restrictive gun control laws are only there to increase their control of the populace.

People need to be able to own guns for two reasons: Protection from other people, and protection from oppressive government. Our representatives in government should be protecting us from oppression but instead are imposing new restrictions on we lower mortals as a first step on the road to a place we really don't want to go.


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Clearly a public relations stunt by BP - "We denied the Iranians fuel, aren't we good after all....Sure, we have destroyed a delicate ecosystem, but we aren't helping psychopathic islamic extremist..." KUDOS!

Could someone please get rid of Mahmoud Ahmadinnerjacket please, he's starting to annoy me...


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Both of you should watch "For Neda".--KDP3 (talk) 13:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)


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=( thats horrible...


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You bet. Obama doesn't interfere personally when any journalists or freedom activists are punished, when a guy talks about where to find oil in China then it becomes a personal matter to him?


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Severe heat wave blankets northeastern US

July 6, 2010 The Northeastern region of the United States has been blanketed by a severe heat wave since Sunday, with temperatures predicted to reach over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday.

The US (NWS) issued warnings of severe heat for most of the East Coast as well as some inland states, which are predicted to have temperatures as high as 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Factoring in humidity levels in a measurement called a heat index, temperatures will be even higher; New York City's heat index could reach 107 degrees.

An NWS meteorologist, Brian Korty in Maryland, said that hot air is "sitting over the top of us, and it's not really going to budge much for the next day or two," after which cooler air coming from the Atlantic Ocean is expected to arrive.

Officials warned of health risks from the high heat; an NWS statement said to "check on your elderly relatives and neighbors. Coaches, trainers, camp counselors should remain alert for signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. It will be so hot this afternoon that the weather could affect anyone no matter their age or overall health. Please consider postponing strenuous activities or work outs."

Electric utility companies are concerned about the effect of the heat on infrastructure; New York's said that several hundred people were without power Tuesday morning. In Philadelphia, as many as 8,000 people were without power Monday; the number has decreased to around 400, but is expected to rise again later on Tuesday.


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Flipino?
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Its very depressing film.--KDP3 (talk) 16:51, 6 July 2010 (UTC)


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Only the "valuable" are defended by our gov't. Look at people who are arrested for "smuggling" drugs into the middle east.--KDP3 (talk) 16:53, 6 July 2010 (UTC)


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BP reports progress in oil spill cleanup

July 7, 2010

BP reported Tuesday that it captured nearly 25,000 barrels of crude oil on Monday from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The energy company also reported that a third of the oil captured was subsequently burned off. This indicates that the oil spill recovery operations may have begun to stabilize, even as strong storms threaten to hinder efforts.

As of July 5, BP has collected about 657,300 barrels of oil, with an estimated flow rate of about 12,000 to 19,000 barrels per day. As recovery efforts progress, responders hope to increase these efforts by bringing in additional ships to raise the average oil capture rate to 53,000 barrels per day. However, this latest effort was delayed by the recent, bringing operations to a halt for three days.

BP plans to expand its containment capacity and flexibility, which is anticipated to occur during mid to late July. It is planned that several oil containment systems will be deployed; however, the efficiency of these systems cannot be guaranteed, as they have not been tested in the conditions they are expected to operate in. Work on the first two relief wells, which began in May, continues and is expected to take a total of about three months.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the worst offshore oil spill in United States history, and BP reports that recovery operations thus far have amounted to a total of about US$3.12 billion. The spill began in April when a drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon, exploded and subsequently sank, killing eleven.


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Obama's just offended. Look at that picture. He's like, "what you talkin' 'bout, China?"


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Sorry, but you can't review articles
Please see Reviewing articles and Reviewer. In short, until you've been around here for a while, you can't review articles. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 22:15, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Reviewing
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Hi
Time to drink Pepto-Bismol! (The trademark is owned by P&G, but I don't think Drinkpeptobismol is.) Anyway, I'm new here, but I know a lot about how to write news and stuff.

Bye
I'll be taking an indefinite break. (Maybe but unlikely) see you later!

Farewell
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Netherlands beats Uruguay 3-2 in FIFA World Cup semifinals

July 7, 2010

The Netherlands defeated Uruguay in the semifinals of the on Tuesday. Uruguay was the last South American team holdout in the tournament. This year's World Cup is being hosted by South Africa.

scored for the Dutch with a 35-yard shot in the eighteenth minute, while Uruguay's scored his fourth goal in this year's World Cup to tie in the 41st minute.

However, after the Netherlands' coach replaced  with attacker  at halftime, the Dutch went on a roll, with  and  both scoring in the second half. They scored in quick succession, in the 70th and 73rd minutes, respectively. Uruguay later narrowed the Dutch's lead to one point in injury time, but the orange-clad Dutch beat back late Uruguayan pressure after the injury time goal was scored.

The Dutch team was jubilant after their semifinal win. "This is unforgettable," Sneijder said. "It was a tough fight and toward the end we complicated matters. Sunday we play in the World Cup final. I have to get used to that."

Coach Bert van Marwijk was also happy. "This is very special. After 32 years we play the final again. Such a small country. We can be very proud of this." Van Marwijk has been coach of the Netherlands for two years.

Fans of the Netherlands' soccer team were wildly celebrating too. 45 minutes after the small Western European country won, many fans returned to 's to see the players do a victory dance. Many of the fans beat drums and cheered "Holland! Holland! Holland!"

The Dutch will face either Spain or Germany Sunday in the World Cup finals. This will be their first World Cup final appearance since 1978, when they lost 3-1 to Argentina, who was playing on their home turf. The Dutch also lost the championship in 1974. Uruguay hadn't appeared in the semifinals since 1970. However, they won the World Cup in 1930, and again in 1950, but they have since suffered a 60-year drought, which continues to this day.


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Abducted four-year-old Missouri girl found alive, person of interest shoots himself

July 8, 2010

The issued for four-year-old Alisa Maier of, Missouri was canceled after Maier was found alive at a gas station late Tuesday night, just over 24 hours after her kidnapping. A person of interest in the incident shot himself when approached by police on Wednesday afternoon.

The young Maier was playing with her six-year-old brother, Blake, when investigators say she was kidnapped at around 8 p.m. (0200 ) Monday evening. The brother ran inside the home to alert his parents after seeing an unfamiliar person drive away with his sister. Police say that the boy was the only witness to the incident, and provided them with a vague description of the suspect and vehicle in the case. Both of Maier's parents were inside their residence at the time of the abduction, and did not notice the incident until their son came in for help. Maier's mother attempted to pursue the kidnapper while waiting for police to arrive, but was unsuccessful.

An Amber Alert was issued shortly afterwards, and over 100 searchers, some volunteers, began scouring through Louisiana on Tuesday morning. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also joined in the investigation. Currently, the Louisiana Police Department,, FBI, and St. Louis County Police Department, are all involved in the investigation.

At around 9:45 p.m. CDT (0245 UTC) Tuesday, Maier was found alive and apparently unharmed wandering near a car wash in. police were alerted to the area after several people reported that a small boy had been left unattended at the gas station. After talking with the child, police realized it was the missing Maier. She was taken to St. Clare Medical Center for evaluation, released, and then taken to the St. Louis County Police West County Precinct. Early Wednesday morning, she was taken to another hospital, SSM, for more tests. Police said that Maier's hair was cut, possibly to make her look like a boy, but have not said whether she was sexually assaulted.

Maier's family was said to be "elated" over the girl's safe return. They recently moved into the town of 4,000, where they have family, but Alisa Maier was born in Ohio. Louisiana is about 80 miles (128.7 kilometres) north of and is situated next to the.

On Wednesday afternoon, law enforcement officials were following a man driving a dark car to a home in, Missouri when the man reportedly shot himself around 4:30 p.m. CDT (2130 UTC). The man, called a "person of interest" in the case, was then transported to a hospital. Authorities have not officially released the man's identity, but sources identified the individual as Paul Serling Smith, a 38-year-old registered sex offender previously convicted of sodomy. The shooting occurred about midway between where the kidnapping took place and where Maier was found. Smith was listed in "critical condition" Wednesday night, and later died.

Smith was reportedly spray-painting his car silver when three police officers approached him. He refused to put down a handgun he was carrying and shot himself in the head. According to one official source, police were able to find the man through a tip from one of Smith's relatives.


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wow that sucks butt!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —76.181.156.102 (talk) 23:29, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

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why is this story continually on wikinews?


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It's an archived story now. It's going to stay here forever. :)


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That's it? What a waste


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Ah...I think I know what happened. Do you regularly read our articles through Wikipedia's current news portal? This article had a certain template that caused it to show up in the category of the current day. Therefore, this article showed up at the Wikipedia portal every single day since April 3. It should be fixed now, I think.


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Forgot to mention amount of oil spilling into the ocean, reduces neutrality and completeness.


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Spectator injured in 30-foot fall at Texas Rangers baseball game

July 8, 2010

A fan fell 30 from the club-concourse level into the lower-level seating area at the  in Texas during the ' home game against the  Tuesday night. The incident occurred in the bottom of the 5th inning with at bat for the Rangers. Cruz hit a foul ball into the crowd. The fan leaned over the railing to grab the ball and fell over the railing and into the crowd 30 feet below. Play was immediately stopped and suspended for 16 minutes. The man, whose identity has not been released, was conscious and could move all extremities. He was stabilized and taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.

In a press conference following the game, team president told reporters that "He's over at the emergency room having tests done.  The preliminary indications are that it could have been a lot worse. We really don't know at this point in time. I think that obviously he'll remain in the hospital for observation. We're hopeful that what injuries he has are minimal."

Four other spectators, including a young boy, were treated for minor injuries at the scene.


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Well, aren't all of us, the good little Republicans! I think it is to OBama's credit that both the tighter relationship he has been able to create around the World and deciding to take this strong action against Iran's refusal to stop producing atomic weapons, is a huge step toward forcing the real authorities in Iran to step forward and insist on a ban. Where are the people out there that can acknowledge how many gigantic problems he has been wrestling with, and the numerous reforms and laws he has been able to force into effect. And all of that while the "stand by and watch the US going down the drain, because it makes it easier for them to win seats in congress in November and the presidency back in 2012. PIWAK July 6,2010


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Captain and four shipping companies face legal action over 2009 Australian oil spill

July 7, 2010

In light of an oil spill that occurred off the coast of southeast Queensland in 2009, a captain of a cargo ship and four companies are set to appear in court.

In March of last year, the cargo ship , with Filipino national Bernardino Gonzales Santos at the helm, encountered bad weather, which resulted in its fuel tank being damaged by loose cargo, leading to the spillage 270,000 litres of oil into the. The oil later washed up on beaches as well as Moreton and Bribie islands and was dubbed "one of Australia's worse environmental disasters" by the media.

Santos and four companies behind Pacific Adventurer face individual counts of discharging oil into the ocean and can be fined a maximum of 1.75 million in the case of the companies, while Santos faces a $350,000 fine if found guilty.

Santos is also charged with not taking reasonable action following the incident.

Richard Kendall, an executive of one of the involved companies, Swire Shipping LTD, said today that "[w]e are deeply regretful. But we will vigorously defend the charges [...] We stand by Captain Santos, who is a first-class captain".

Like Swire Shipping, China Navigation Company LTD and Bluewing Shipping LTD, who are both joint owners of Pacific Adventurer, pleaded not guilty to all charges.

However, prosecutor Peter Davis stated that "[t]he prosecution's case is that the cause of the cargo going overboard was due to faulty lashings [...] By failing to maintain the lashings, the defendants acted recklessly," an act that prosecutors say should see the companies and captain pay.


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User:Brian McNeil/BT-CWU dispute round 2

Early this week, the UK's Communication Workers' Union (CWU) announced they would not be moving to strike action in their dispute with British Telecom (BT). This in response to letters received from BT indicating any call for a strike would be challenged through the courts.

At-issue is legal requirements that the CWU must comply with, should they formally announce an intent to go on strike. Channel 4 News highlights the specific aspect of UK trade-union legislation causing problems; namely, the union must inform BT of the workplace of all employees who would be going on strike. This is complicated by many of the union's members who work for BT being mobile, such as phone or broadband engineers working for BT OpenReach.


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User talk:Brian McNeil/BT-CWU dispute round 2

Original Reporting

 * Attempting to set up interview(s) around this, including Andy Kerr, CWU Deputy Gen. Sec.

Log of interactions
July 6, 2010
 * 1) 1300 BST: Emailed Sian Jones, CWU Press Officer. Warned of intent to call, mentioned desire to interview Andy
 * 2) 1312 BST: Rec'd friendly response from Sian, responded. She remembered talking to me, indicated Andy difficult to pin down, but would try.
 * 3) 1344 BST: Emailed Richard Knowles in the BT Press office (earlier failed send BCC'd scoop, email content identical). This an invitation to let me speak to someone in management. Request for copies of all issued statements.
 * 4) 1355 BST: Read receipt from Richard Knowles.
 * 5) ~1400 BST: Called CWU Press Office. Got voicemail, and Sian's GSM number.
 * 6) 1420 BST: Called Sian's GSM, confirmed was back in office & called press number again.
 * 7) 1420 BST: 25 minute chat with Sian about current situation.
 * 8) 1431 BST: Rec'd response from Richard in the BT Press office, offering background marked as "purely off the record".
 * 9) 1518 BST: Corrected Richard, "Wikinews, not Wiki News". Clarified independent journo. Highlighted rec'd no pressers on BT dispute. Stated talking with CWU Press Office. Noted, despite "door always open", CWU claimed difficulty arranging a meeting with BT management.
 * 10) 1540 BST: Emailed a former Postmaster-General requesting permission to phone about the dispute.
 * 11) 1550 BST: Reply post-call to Sian. Provided mobile for contact, asked for clarification on 2-3 points, stressed keen to speak to Andy Kerr.
 * 12) 1603 BST: Response from Richard @ BT. Quoted below.
 * 13) 1659 BST: Again, re-iterated "Wikinews, not Wiki News" to Richard @ BT. Thanked for updating on statements issued to press.

 July 7, 2010

 * 1) 1015 BST: Emailed apparent press contact with the USPS to see if can get in touch with the US Postmaster General (John Potter).
 * 2) 1128 BST: Received various contact details back from Sian at the CWU.
 * 3) 1231 BST: Received response from Michael Woods with the USPS.
 * 4) 1350 BST: Emailed a number of questions to Michael Woods for the US Postmaster General.
 * 5) 1402 BST: Emailed press staff at Unite seeking general information on their dispute with British Airways over planned strike action there, and it going to the High Court.
 * 6) 1430 BST: Read receipt, Michael Woods USPS.
 * 7) 2230 BST: Invitation to call former Postmaster General, Tony Benn.

Notes from interaction #7 (Call to Sian at CWU press office)

 * Started getting queries, and challenges from BT as soon as the ballot on strike action was started.
 * Even received five letters in one day.
 * Decided to take legal advice last week regarding strike action, assuming a yes vote on-ballot. Told that there was a high probability of BT raising a successful challenge in the High Court.
 * All related to 1992 Trades Union Act, described it as "draconian". Generally known as anti-trade union law.
 * Ballot was being conducted by Electoral Reform Services (ERS).
 * There was not any actual result due to Monday's cancellation, no indication of how the voting was going.
 * Related to the '92 act, British Airways strike and legal challenges were with Unite. They lost in court due to, apparently, balloting members who had already left the company.
 * CWU has successfully won on-appeal when legally challenged in relation to balloting Royal Mail employees on strike action.
 * Determined to get more than 2% for members in 2010. Do not normally tie themselves into 2-year deals with BT. Consider the on-the-table offer unacceptable given high inflation and BT profits.
 * As-yet no meeting date set between Andy of the CWU and BT management.
 * BT being unhelpful in setting this up.
 * RE '92 act. TUC &c put significant pressure on New Labour to repeal or amend it while in power. CWU still a Labour affiliate. A draft bill was created to amend the "anti-trades union legislation".

Notes (on-the-record) from interaction #8
"BT is pleased that the CWU has withdrawn its ballot for industrial action. There were procedural issues regarding the ballot that we raised from the start and the union have now accepted this to be the case. Our door remains fully open to the union and so we hope we can sit down and resolve this matter. An amicable agreement is in everyone’s interest and the withdrawal of the ballot provides both sides with a window of opportunity in which to reach such an agreement".

Content of email received as interaction #12
"Brian, As I said, it is not our want to carry out conversations with the CWU through Wiki News. Below is the only press release we have issued, plus subsequent reactive statements. I will ensure that you go on the mailing list for any future press releases on this issue, however it is not our protocol to distribute statements en masse as by there very nature they are reactive. Regards, Richard On June 18th, BT issued the following statement: "We are surprised by the union telling the media they are willing to compromise on their 5 per cent claim. At no stage have they formally put forward an alternative proposal. Given this, we call on the union to postpone the ballot and return to formal discussions with the company. Industrial action is unnecessary and would only benefit our competitors so we look forward to any new proposal from the union".  On June 17th, BT issued the following statement: "We are disappointed that the ballot is going ahead but for many months the Union has appeared to be intent on taking industrial action. BT has improved its offer several times but the union have not moved once from their opening claim. Their insistence on 5 per cent this year alone, at a time when they're accepting around 2% from other companies, is puzzling and at odds with pay deals throughout the public and private sector. Our offer is one of the best around and would see all their members receive 5.1 per cent over twenty one months with thousands actually getting more than 10 per cent. On top of that, there are extra payments and guarantees on job security. BT is now contacting union members directly as it is clear that the union's leadership are unwilling to negotiate. BT workers already enjoy pay and holidays well in excess of those at other companies and our offer would ensure that remains the case". June 9, 2010 - BT PAY TALKS COLLAPSE BT tonight expressed its surprise and disappointment after CWU leaders rejected all aspects of the company’s new offer and said they would ballot for industrial action. The CWU are demanding a 5 per cent pay rise for 2010/11, whereas BT has offered a pay rise worth 5.1 per cent over twenty-one months, several additional one-off payments and guarantees on job security. BT made the offer on Monday afternoon in an effort to break the current impasse, but the union’s leadership rejected it the very next day, prior to any discussions with the company. Talks were held today at BT Centre but no progress was made given the union’s refusal to shift from their original demands. A BT Spokesman said tonight: “We are astonished the CWU have rejected an improved offer which would have given their members job security. Our offer is considerably more generous than those they’ve accepted elsewhere, including at some of our competitors. “BT has moved several times over recent months but the union have remained rooted to the spot demanding a pay rise that is out of line with the current market. Their demand for 5 per cent this year alone is simply unrealistic and we would question how many major companies are making such an offer in the current environment.” The key elements of BT’s revised offer were as follows: A 2 per cent consolidated and pensionable pay rise from April 2010 to December 2010. * A 3 per cent consolidated and pensionable pay rise in the 2011 calendar (rather than financial) year. This equates to a 5.1 per cent rise over 21 months. * A lump sum payment for the first three months of 2010 reflecting the 2 per cent rise. This lump sum would be worth 0.5 per cent of salary. * A guaranteed bonus of £250 per team member – as per the original offer – to be paid in July 2010 rather than December 2010. * A further bonus of £250 in mid 2011 subject to BT’s performance in the 2010/11 financial year. * A guarantee of no compulsory redundancies among direct BT staff in the UK between now and the end of 2011. * A further review in October 2010 for more than 7,000 Team members that could see them typically receive an additional 5% increase in consolidated and pensionable pay. * Further exploration, with the union, to see if work carried out by third parties can be brought back in-house."


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Hate to see it happen to BP, they are probably the most ecologically minded oil company in the world.


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This article is really misleading, Mehdi Aliyari is just the secretary of the Iranian Airlines Union, which is not part of the government while "[Iran] foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday that "no such limitation has been imposed". And the UK, Germany and UAE all denied the claim."

The actual news is the fact that "Most of Iran Air's jets will be banned from flying to the EU because of safety concerns, the European Commission says." (BBC: )

As predicted, Iran is getting vilified (BBC:) while more sanctions are being added. Israel is going to strike by the fall, it seems inevitable in the current climate.


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I knew that, it was added on the insistence if the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization, and is contrary to the enlightenment and secularism, which is why I opened this discussion. And I was arguing for a return to secularism, and not atheism as a commentator pointed out.


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Neutrality issues, no opinions against gun laws stated correctly.


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Talk:Captain and four shipping companies face legal action over 2009 Australian oil spill

Crap...
Shit, I'm sorry, people. Screwed up multiple times on the title of this. My fault, and I apologize. C628 (talk) 22:01, 7 July 2010 (UTC)


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Correction
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Also on the team are technical advisors... (Wording) Tyrol5 (talk) 19:24, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

 * I would disagree that there is anything wrong with in. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally, I have never heard it used in this manner, but I will trust your judgment. Tyrol5 (talk) 19:34, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * To my ear, "on" sounds much better in this context, so I've changed it accordingly. Feel free to revert if you really disagree though. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:36, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

 * I don't care enough to revert. Is this some perversity of US English? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:04, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sure it is, although it's not my fault. Tyrol5 (talk) 20:10, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Um, not that I know ... I prefer using BrE, actually. I've never seen "in" used in that context, and it just sounds wrong to me, although I can't quote a specific grammar rule for it. Open to other opinions though. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:13, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

 * I'm not entirely sure where anyone ever blamed you for the language you are lumbered with (US is perhaps the worst subsection of what is already a fairly stupid language; I will never know how people learn this a second language). This article should use US English owing to geographic location, so if this is how they do it over there. To me, the two are interchangable; I may have overexposure to the foreign version to blame for that. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:14, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Just clarifying that I'm not some sort of grammar misfit. Tyrol5 (talk) 20:39, 7 July 2010 (UTC)


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Its almost laughable how hysterical this geopolitically motivated confrontation has become in the public sphere. The US has its panties in a bunch over Iran's adamant refusal to bow to the authority of NATO on the issue of Nuclear Technology.Trouble is, Iran isn't producing "Atomic Weapons", They're producing fuel rods for nuclear power plants, which they of course have the legal right to do under the NNPT. The real issue here is that a nuclear-powered Iran would be able to greatly increase their petroleum production market share with their domestic demand for electricity taken out of the equation. NIOC (The Iranian state-owned Oil company) would likely become the largest oil company in the world by revenue.) This makes The Oil Industry - which is comfortable with the status quo (for the past 65 years) of Saudi Arabia having the largest market share- very very nervous.


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Gsteinbach is the username of Gabriel Steinbach, brazilian, writer, visual artist and business engineer, or Yewu (concept developed by him), born in the South of Brazil, the South America, on November 20, 1981.

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Talk:Netherlands beats Uruguay 3-2 in FIFA World Cup semifinals

Typo
edit protected "This year's World Cup is is being hosted by South Africa." -> "This year's World Cup is being hosted by South Africa." Minorax (talk) 09:09, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Green Giant (talk) 17:41, 10 May 2020 (UTC)


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@facepalm


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Spain advances to first World Cup Finals

July 8, 2010

Spain defeated Germany 1–0 in the semifinals to advance Spain to its first World Cup Finals in its history. Played in Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, the game was a re-do of the 2008 European Championship final, in which Spain also won 1–0. About 60,960 people, including Spain's, were in attendance.

The game got off to an interesting start after an Italian fan invaded the pitch in the fourth minute, briefly interrupting the game. A first half dominated both by the German defense and the increasingly powerful offense kept both teams scoreless at halftime. Spain used the second half to threaten the German goal. In the 57th minute, Spain's David Villa came within inches of scoring on an cross, and Sergio Ramos was equally close to convert Xabi Alonso's pass. Carles Puyol scored the lone goal in the 73rd minute by heading in Xavi's corner kick. As the game came to an end, the German team was visibly distraught, while fans of the Spanish team partied until late at night, waving flags and singing "Ole! Ole! Ole!".

Villa later said, "This is one of the greatest moments for Spain, for us to be in the final of the World Cup, it's history. And we want to make more history in the final."

In addition to being Spain's first finals appearance, the Netherlands' defeat of Uruguay on Tuesday advanced the Netherlands to the finals as well. As neither team has won the World Cup before, this match-up ensures that either the Netherlands or Spain will come out having won the World Cup for the first time. It will also be the two teams' first ever match against each other in the World Cup. Uruguay and Germany will play each other for third place on Saturday at 18:30 UTC, while the finals will be on Sunday 18:30 UTC.


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I'm guessing you guys are going to create the Spanish victory over Germany after sunday. :) --KDP3 (talk) 22:38, 7 July 2010 (UTC)


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From WIKIPEDIA:

''A facepalm is a popular online expression referring to the physical gesture known more widely as "smiting one's brow" or "smiting one's forehead;" that is, striking one's own face in a display of exasperation. In Internet discussions, the term is used as an expression of embarrassment[1], frustration[1], disbelief, disgust or general woe.''

May I inquire, what exasperates you KDP3?


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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hits Southern California

July 8, 2010 An earthquake occurred on Wednesday evening in Southern California with a of 5.4. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (2353 UTC). At least two dozen smaller aftershocks, none greater than a magnitude of 3.6, have struck the same area since the quake.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 kilometers (8.7 miles), and the epicenter was located 20 kilometers Northwest of ; 23 kilometers Southeast of ; 33 kilometers Northeast of ; and 94 kilometers to the northeast of San Diego.

There were no initial reports of any major damage. San Diego skyscrapers are reported to have swayed as a result of the earthquake.

Wikinews reporter Mike Morales, who was in the area at the time of the tremor, reported: "I remember it happened around five o'clock. It was nothing much, just a little rolling feeling."

According to Kate Hutton of the, this earthquake was caused by an earlier quake in April with a magnitude of 7.2. Hutton says that "changes in the fault line" from April's quake, caused today's quake to occur. The April quake was centered in the southern Imperial Valley south of Mexicali, Mexico near the Colorado River.


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Aftershocks: at least 2 dozen. Source: Caltech live press conference on CBS, Dr. Kate Hutton. "changes in the fault line caused the quake." This is a result of the 7.2 quake in April. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:04, 8 July 2010 (UTC)


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NBA free agency: Bosh, Wade to sign with Miami Heat

July 8, 2010

National Basketball Association (NBA) free agents and  will sign with the, the pair announced yesterday.

first reported the decision early yesterday. The players confirmed the deal in the afternoon with a joint appearance on the network. The Miami Heat did not comment per NBA rules which prevented teams from discussing contracts prior to Thursday at 12:01 a.m. (ET), at which point contracts may be signed.

Bosh, a, comes to the Heat after playing the first seven years of his career with the. It is still unclear whether Bosh will sign a contract outright with the Heat, or if he will sign with the Raptors then be traded to the Heat. Raptors and Heat officials are attempting to negotiate a sign-and-trade deal which will allow the Raptors to receive players or draft picks for losing Bosh, and will allow Bosh to receive as much as $25 million more in a contract.

Wade, a, returns to the Heat, the team where he has played his entire NBA career. Wade was considering a move to the, but in the end decided to stay in Miami. He told ESPN, "It became the best decision for me, especially when Chris said he wanted to come down."

Both men feel that this situation will give them the best opportunity to win NBA titles. Said Bosh, "It's not about the money. It's not about anything else except for winning. I'm a winner. Dwyane's a winner. We're going to bring winning to Miami."


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Leader of East Timor tells Australian prime minister to fully form asylum seeker policy

July 9, 2010

East Timor's leader,, has advised Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard not to contact him about until a fully formed plan has been established.

Prime minister Gusamo claims he is preoccupied with other government matters and has asked, East Timor's president, to continue deliberations on the issue with Gillard.

Gillard has proposed a regional processing approach center in East Timor to tackle the increasing numbers of Asylym seekers in the Oceanic Region, to which Gusamo has announced conditional support for by saying that he needed to see the details of the proposal before he could say for certain and would then need to be extensively reviewed in parliament.

Australian opposition leader,, has criticised Gillard for not correctly involving East Timor in the proposal's development. This was in light of Gillard addressing the President of East Timor and not the prime minister directly, assuming the president holds the executive powers of the country. This, however, is not the case with the government holding the executive powers.

“The fact she did not know this and did not think to ask this demonstrates that frankly we have amateurs running the Australian government,” Abbot claimed.

Prime minister Gusamo, however, was not offended by Gillard's gaffe.


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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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US jobless claims lower than forecast, futures rise

July 8, 2010

The rose back up to 10,018.28 Wednesday, rising 275 points after the  said initial jobless claims were lower than expected.

The report, which showed a modest dip in initial jobless claims, was better than what a poll of economists had predicted. The economists, who were polled by, had predicted 465,000 initial jobless claims in the month ending July 3; the number the Labor Department released was 454,000.

The four-week average of initial claims also fell 1,250 to 466,000, the Labor Department said on its website.

Also, after the raised its 2010 world growth estimate to 4.6% from 4.2%, international markets rallied. The rallied along with the Dow, up 3.13% to 1,060.27. However, the stayed flat at 2,159.47.


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Georgian woman celebrates 130th birthday

July 8, 2010 , a woman from the country of Georgia, is said to be celebrating her 130th birthday, which would make her the oldest known person on Earth, past or present.

Reportedly born in 1880, documents state that Khvichava picked corn and tea for a living in 1965, at the age of 85. Prior to Khvichava, the record holder for the oldest known person to have lived on the planet was of France, who lived to be 122 years old. If confirmed, Khvichava would take the top spot with an eight year lead. The Justice Ministry in Georgia backs up her claim, but it was not independently verified by the and her birth certificate was lost.

Khvichava lives in a small village in Sachino, in the Tsalenjikha district with her entire family, including her 70-year-old son Mikhail, who was apparently born when his mother was 60 years old, 10 of her grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and her other six great-great-grandchildren.

"I've always been healthy, and I've worked all my life — at home and at the farm," said Khvichava to the Associated Press. Although she spends most of her time in bed, Khvichava can walk without aid, but has some difficulties. Despite her age, her family says she is "clear minded" and can "think rationally."


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Talk:Spain advances to first World Cup Finals

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Please consider replacing the current image (which illustrates another match) with a more relevant File:FIFA World Cup 2010 Germany Spain.jpg illustrating this very match. Thanks — NickK (talk) 00:03, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the thought; but, we don't replace images on an article once the archive policy kicks in. See Template:Missing image/message.  --Pi zero (talk) 01:19, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem is that the image that was originally in the article was deleted, and yesterday I uploaded a different image under the same name. Thus the image currently on display was not a part of original article and it does not really illustrate the stadium anymore — it is just a different match. If you want to keep the original image, you would probably need to restore it from Commons where it was deleted — NickK (talk) 02:44, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I see. Thanks for the heads up.  I've used missing image in the article.  --Pi zero (talk) 04:55, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The same concerns Netherlands beats Uruguay 3-2 in FIFA World Cup semifinals — NickK (talk) 12:42, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Got it, thanks. --Pi zero (talk) 13:21, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


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Three arrested in al-Qaeda bomb plot

July 8, 2010 Three alleged al-Qaeda members have been arrested in Norway and Germany for suspected involvement in a bomb plot. Norway's Police Security service said that they were arrested for "preparing terror activities." The three men had been watched both by Norway and the United States for over a year, and officials said that bombs were planned to be used.

It was unclear if the men, of which one had Norwegian citizenship, with the other two possessing permanent residence permits, had selected a target. One of the suspects was of origin, another is Iraqi-, and the third is from Uzbekistan.

Two of the suspects were arrested in Oslo while the other one was captured in Germany in collaboration with authorities there.

Norwegian and United States officials say that this bombing plot is linked to last year's failed New York subway bombing scheme and another failed plot to bomb Manchester, England. These failed schemes also involved peroxide bombs.

Norway's Police Security Service released a statement that said "[i]t is important to emphasize that those groups in Norway that may constitute a threat to national security are small and primarily involved in support activities to foreign countries. We would therefore like to stress that today's apprehensions will not result in a different assessment of the current threat situation in Norway, and that the threat level will still be considered low."

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Solar-powered plane completes 26-hour flight

July 8, 2010

The , an experimental airplane, landed in Switzerland on Thursday after completing a successful 26-hour test flight. The flight was a proof-of-concept displaying that a solar-powered aircraft can accumulate enough power from the sun during the day to power it through the night. The team that designed and built the aircraft believes that, in theory, the plane could fly indefinitely, given that there is enough sunlight to power it.

The flight is the longest and highest flight by a piloted solar-powered aircraft, with an average altitude of about 28,000 feet, and an average speed of around 25 miles per hour. Pilot Andre Borschberg, a former fighter pilot in the Swiss air force, said "I've been a pilot for forty years now, but this flight has been the most incredible of my flying career. Just sitting there and watching the battery charge level rise and rise thanks to the sun. I have just flown more than 26 hours without using a drop of fuel and without causing any pollution."

The plane can carry only one passenger, and contains 12,000 solar cells. However, the plane does have its setbacks; a blog on the project's website reported after seventeen hours of flight that "Andre's feeling great up there. His only complaints involve little things like a slightly sore back as well as a ten-hour period during which it was minus twenty degrees Celsius in the cockpit. That made his drinking water system freeze up and worst of all his iPod batteries die."

The project's intention is to show that emissions-free air travel is a feasible concept; however, the team does not believe that current propulsion methods will be replaced by alternatives in the near future.


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Talk:Georgian woman celebrates 130th birthday

Accuracy
something doesn't add up: either she is not 130, or her son is not 70. Giving birth to a son at age 60 seems unlikely. 67.188.73.225 (talk)


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Talk:Solar-powered plane completes 26-hour flight

Information could be more extended
Incomplete information: pilot's age, airplane's wing span (it seems quite extended in the movie (external link), kind of electrochemical batteries to store energy. Was the temperature drop in the cockpit a technical breakdown or just due to the lack of a heating system to save energy and poor isolation to reduce weight? The maximum speed reached, 68 knots has been omitted.

On the other hand, the speed should have been given in meters per second or kilometers per hour, more widely used units, even the organization gave the average speed in knots rather than in miles per hour. No mention to the airplane's next challenge, flying around the world in 5 stages in 5.20.2013. Why in stages? It has not been commented that these flights are programmed around the Summer solstice, when there are more sun hours and flux of light radiation is higher above the tropical latitudes. It means that only has been proven effective during the Summer months. Finally, a 24-26-hour flight doesn't prove yet indefinite flight since the plane has been probably storing energy to take off. We don't know whether the energy stored was the same or higher 24 hours later. A 4 to 5-day flight would have been more convincing.

Finally, there's a statement that could be misleading: "in theory, the plane could fly indefinitely, given that there is enough sunlight to power it." Sunlight level at an altitude of 30 thousand feet can only be caused by day and night ratio and the sunlight angle of incidence. the weather has nothing to do since the kind of clouds at that altitude can hardly attenuate sunlight radiation. --Heathmoor (talk) 22:03, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Category
Could somebody add Category:Renewable energy ? —Elekhh (talk) 19:36, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 22:10, 15 August 2010 (UTC)


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NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson becomes first time father

July 9, 2010

NASCAR driver  and his wife Chandra Johnson welcomed their first child Wednesday. The child was born at 1:44 p.m. (1744 ) in, North Carolina, and was a female. She weighed six pounds and fourteen ounces, and she was 19.5 inches long. However, they have yet to name the child.

Since the child was born on Wednesday, Jimmie Johnson will be able to race at Saturday. Jimmie Johnson, his, and his had prepared  as a substitute driver, in case Johnson had to leave during a race because of birth.

The Johnsons were not the only family in NASCAR to expect the birth of a child. Some others include, , and Johnson's teammate Jeff Gordon.


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Sorry I've been involved in only fits and spurts, but here's my latest long addition -  Amgine | t 18:33, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Protests erupt in East Jerusalem over Death of Silwan Resident
Hi. Don't put the publish tag on your own article. It neither causes nor requests publication, and it moves the article to the wrong part of the Newsroom. If an article is ready to review, replace the develop tag with review. If and when the article passes peer-review by an uninvolved authorized reviewer, the publish tag will be added automatically.

By the way, an article with a very large number of sources is going to have difficulty getting published, because many sources makes a tremendous amount of work for a reviewer, so that reviewers are less likely to want to try to review the article (since reviewers are volunteers, after all). --Pi zero (talk) 22:06, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

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Why are the oxygen masks not automatically deployed in the cockpit when there is a pressurization problem? Was the copilot not wearing a mask if the flight attendant was trying to revive him? Was was the flight attendant not wearing a mask when he was observed in the pilot's seat? Why is there not recording of the conversations between the plane and operations? ie: the question from the ground about the auto settings for pressurization? or the conversations from the flight attendant and the cockpit after the passenger mask deployment? Are there NO SOP for the flight attendants if there is a deployment of masks that would include a prompt conversation from the cockpit to the crew? and what to do if there is no word from the cabin? The official story has a lot of logical holes in it. Has this copilot or pilot never had a CA warning go off before? The idea that a whole crew could have a lack of pressurization and not know it or respond correctly seems impossible!


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CNN journalist fired for controversial Twitter message

July 9, 2010 Atlanta-based CNN journalist, 20-year veteran of the network and senior editor for Middle East affairs, was reprimanded for a Twitter comment published on Sunday in which she expressed sadness at the death of Iraqi-born Lebanese Grand Ayatollah. In the post, the journalist stated that she was "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.. One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot..".

According to a New York Times blog, after Parisa Khosravi, the CNN senior vice president, "had a conversation" with Ms. Nasr she was formally asked to step down. She left the network on Wednesday.

Brian Stelter of the Times reports that the issue was originally brought to the public's attention by online supporters of Israel, who republished the comment widely. They criticised her for being a "Hezbollah sympathizer" for a man who was "committed to the destruction of Israel." Critics point to comments Fadlallah has made in the past about the Holocaust, in which he questions the veracity of the agreed-upon figures of Jewish deaths in concentration camps.

"Is this the sort of extremist figure that CNN's Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs should be professing her respect for?" asked, the media watchdog group which purports to defend Israel "against prejudice in the media."

 reporter has responded to these allegations of "prejudice" by pointing to similar cases in which no controversy arose: "The Washington Post lavished editorial praise on the brutal, right-wing tyrant Augusto Pinochet, and that caused no controversy...Benjamin Netanyahu formally celebrates the  that killed...78 civilians and nobody is stigmatized for supporting him.   sent around the most rancid and arguably racist tweets, only to thereafter be hired as a CNN contributor."

Lebanese author and academic has also argued that commentators have not properly placed Fadlallah in context, and pointed to the schools and orphanages he founded in Beirut and southern Lebanon. Amira Al Hussaini of Global Voices quotes Abu-Khalil's post, saying "His [Fadlallah's] relationship with Hizbullah is always misunderstood...he broke from ...and developed a new liberal thinking especially on issues of personal status laws." He also "urged for a closer relationship between science and religion", which drew the ire of both Iran and Hizbullah.

Nasr herself clarified her comment the day before her dismissal on a post to her CNN blog, saying that she used the words "respect" and "sad" because "to me as a Middle Eastern woman, Fadlallah took a contrarian and pioneering stand among Shia clerics on woman's rights. He called for the abolition of the tribal system of '.' He called the practice primitive and non-productive. He warned Muslim men that abuse of women was against Islam."

The cleric has been a controversial figure in the West and has been blacklisted by the United States as a terrorist for several years, along with Hizbullah's leader,. He is thought to have been the target of, which killed 80 people but not the Ayatollah himself. The BBC reports it may have been "the work of the CIA, possibly in conjunction with regional intelligence agencies friendly to the US", while David Kenner of  writes that the plot was all but confirmed by through interviews with then-CIA Director.


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User:Blood Red Sandman/ArbCom talk with Tempo

''The discussion was held between Tempodivalse and I in IRC. After obtaining xyr permission, I am uploading it here as it addresses a key issue. It has been edited to fix mistakes in wording that were immediately rectified and had no bearing on the discussion. It has also been edited to remove conversation from others who have not given permission for publication of the private chat log.''

 * [21:07]  in other words, i commented
 * [21:08]  to me, the problem is [not] specific userboxes as such. If you want to say you like coffee, say it. Don't make a template. That is the view.
 * [21:09]  But, does it realistically make any difference?
 * [21:10]  that is something for wider community discussion i.e. my comment that the policy contents be decided by a larger audience
 * [21:10]  Server space was Amgine's argument, but impact is minimal
 * [21:10]  Time is mine
 * [21:11]  As I just said on WN:RFAR, do we have an ongoing problem with bad userboxes?
 * [21:12]  I'm generally against employing policies unless they actually help something that's wrong.
 * [21:13]  As a user, I'd be pissed if I spent ages making userboxes and THEN you said, 'oh, we banned that now. we weren't going to bother unless you actually started doing it'
 * [21:13]  About the worst thing I've seen is the Twitter userbox, and that is not completely irrelevant
 * [21:13]  ^^^
 * [21:13]  enWP etc do love their userboxes. we want to import users. lets not import that alongside.
 * [21:13]  a little bit is fine; even one or two stupid ones
 * [21:13]  We could be like wiktionary, and ban any userboxes taht are not babel
 * [21:14]  I like that, actually. Focus on content.
 * [21:14]  hmmmm.... tempting
 * [21:14] <Tempodivalse> But realistically, even if someone had started a ubx-creation spree, would anyone have cared - or even *known* - about the arbcom's decision way back when?
 * [21:14] <BloodRedSandman> what does that have to do with my comment?
 * [21:15] <Tempodivalse> wait, isn't that what you said? maybe I misread. *checks*
 * [21:15] <BloodRedSandman> i was commenting on not acting until there was a problem
 * [21:15] <Tempodivalse> "As a user, I'd be pissed if I spent ages making userboxes and THEN you said, 'oh, we banned that now. we weren't going to bother unless you actually started doing it'" ?
 * [21:15] <Tempodivalse> Oh.
 * [21:15] <BloodRedSandman> "I'm generally against employing policies unless they actually help something that's wrong."
 * [21:16] <BloodRedSandman> and your comment before that, were what i was responding to
 * [21:16] <Tempodivalse> Never mind. i think I misunderstood your meaning, sry
 * [21:16] <Tempodivalse> OK, I understand now ...
 * [21:17] <BloodRedSandman> lol :p :)
 * [21:17] <Tempodivalse> Text-only communication is not always the best way to convey one's feelings, I've found.
 * [21:18] <Tempodivalse> Or meaning
 * [21:18] <BloodRedSandman> im fairly used to it. of course, being young, i've spent a major portion of my life doing it
 * [21:18] <Tempodivalse> Anyways, my point is that I don't think there's any specific problem here that needs to be addressed
 * [21:19] <BloodRedSandman> I do feel sorry for any enwp user who comes accross and becomes the one to create the problem
 * [21:19] <Tempodivalse> If we do decide to ban "This user likes the Simpsons" then we should make that clear so that people dont' go around creating it and then get upset when it is deleted.
 * [21:19] <BloodRedSandman> yeah
 * [21:19] <BloodRedSandman> i can think of a few good things to add to such a policy; I will say them on-wiki when the time comes
 * [21:21] <BloodRedSandman> id say we allow a few VERY basic fun-ish things, but no more. I cba elaborating on that; like I said, ill set it all out properly onwiki in due course
 * [21:23] <BloodRedSandman> Tempodivalse: May I have your permission to post our discussion just now about the case on-wiki? It raises good points
 * [21:23] <Tempodivalse> Certainly
 * [21:24] <Tempodivalse> BRS: Stuff like one's employment, one's hobby, link to twitter or facebook account IMHO should be allowed, as they aren't completely irrelevant to Wikinews. But "This user likes maple syrup" or "This user likes the Simpsons" needs to go because it doesn't further project goals and only wastes time.
 * [21:25] <Tempodivalse> Then again, we dont' have an ongoing problem with that.
 * [21:25] <Tempodivalse> Which is why I dont' see the urgent need to instate a policy on it.
 * [21:26] <BloodRedSandman> I can agree on this. However, I maintain that a user who liked userboxes has every right to be upset if they try to bring that to Wikinews, create the new problem and then finds that we now decide to ban what was allowed before.
 * [21:27] <BloodRedSandman> Okay, Tempo, I'm going to post our talk on a subpage of my userspace
 * [21:27] <Tempodivalse> Sure ...


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California jury orders Skilled Healthcare to pay $671 million in damages

July 9, 2010 A California jury in a courthouse ordered nursing home operator Skilled Healthcare (SH) to pay $671 million (about €531 million) in a  lawsuit from patients of SH's 22 California facilities and their families. The jury found that SH failed to properly staff its facilities to comply with California state law.

The jury has not heard the case for ; however, it awarded the plaintiffs $613 million (about €484 million) in. The remaining $58 million (about €46 million) was in.

After the verdict was issued, Skilled Healthcare stocks plunged over 75% to a record low.

An official statement from SH says it "strongly disagrees" with the jury's verdict. SH plans on filing an appeal to the decision. The company could possibly face bankruptcy because of this verdict.

One of the lawyers for the nearly 32,000 plaintiffs, Timothy Needham, claimed that inadequate staffing levels put SH's patients at risk. He said, "The company knows that this lack of staffing causes a higher risk of problems for patients. Call lights don't get answered, persons don't get proper hygiene, persons don't get their medications on time or the care they need."

This lawsuit does not apply to SH's facilities in Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas.


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Not News?
I thought it was news, for one if it wasn't the sources would not exist. It doesn't read like a blog and it is not encyclopedic. -- Nascar 1996  20:53, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. This article is newsworthy because it is important to a large audience. The same argument applies to local news and other specialized news articles. Benny the mascot (talk) 20:57, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Then why is the template on it? -- Nascar 1996  20:58, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Because another editor disagrees. Let's resolve this dispute first before we take any actions. Benny the mascot (talk) 21:03, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, Tempodivalse believe it is borderline, but I believe he is not know that much about the sport, so he asked me and I replied at his talkpage. -- Nascar 1996  21:15, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * This story is a bit on the "fluff" side of things, but in the end I'm of the opinion that it's sufficiently newsworthy - the driver does seem fairly noteworthy after all. I'll submit this article for review for a third opinion. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:31, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I am fairly certain that a sizable group of people will see this as interesting and newsworthy. Tyrol5 (talk) 01:38, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Single source
I don't know why this passed review when both sources attribute the AP. This brings us up against a decades old but still current requirement to avoid the "appropriation of hot news".

However, don't be discouraged.
 * 1) It is a rookie mistake that many rookies here make (I have the luxury of not remembering what my rookie mistakes were, but I do know that I still make mistakes.)
 * 2) This article is much better written than the sources. Really.

The dispute drops this article off the front page, but lets see if we can fix it.

--InfantGorilla (talk) 05:45, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

It is back on the main page. --InfantGorilla (talk) 06:06, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Googol
At this moment (in my part of the world) Wikinews is right at the top of this page. --InfantGorilla (talk) 05:48, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It is here, too. -- Nascar 1996  14:40, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

THIS NOT NEWS!!!
I don't care about this story, because I don't believe Nascar races to be sport. I don't care about this story, because 99.9999% of the world does not care either. I don't care about this story, because Nascar is the preoccupation of 100,000 U.S. males who also think chewing tobacco is "cool" and not carcinogenic. This is the reporting of the most mundane of events (almost every human has the potential to make a baby) involving the most mundane of persons pursuing the most mundane of employment (someone whose claim to fame is their limited history of driving a machine around a track at high speed. You damage your reputation online by allowing this schlock to exist on your webpage.
 * If it wasn't it would not be on FoxSports.com, NASCAR.com, Lowesracing.com, and hendrickmotorsports.com. We (other editors) have chose that this is news and it applies to more people than you think. There are thounsands if not millions of fans outside the United States alone. -- Nascar  1996  14:55, 9 July 2010 (UTC)


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