D Wednesday, September 30, 2009 METRO Georgia Salpa strikes a pose at the search for Irelands biggest inner geek launch to celebrate the launch of Microsoft 7 in October Picture: Photocall Mental health link to gang culture GUN, knife and gang crime are inextricably linked to mental health problems among young people, a leading youth charity has claimed. It believes youth violence is as much a public health issue as a criminal justice matter and is calling for changes in mental health services, particularly for young black people, and better support for communities. Charity Barnardos believes the majority of gang members have experienced some kind of childhood trauma and the cycle must be addressed. Peacekeeper in Darfur killed in convoy ambushONE international peacekeeper was killed and two wounded in Sudans troubled Darfur region when their convoy was ambushed. A group of up to eight unknown armed men opened fire on peacekeeping soldiers and police as they escorted a minibus carrying civilian workers in El Geneina. Details of the unit and their nationality were not disclosed. The attack brings the number of African Union/United Nations Mission in Darfur troops killed in violence since their arrival in January last year to 17. The killing underlined the insecurity that persists in the region despite a flurry of diplomatic efforts to find an end to the six-year conflict. BY ROSS McDONAGH Search is on for Irelands super geekNERDS 16 EVER! If you got that, you could be just the person Microsoft is looking for. To celebrate the launch of Windows 7 on October 22, the computer giant has begun a nationwide search for Irelands biggest inner geek. Although technology touches just about everybodys lives nowadays, Mi- crosoft doesnt want just any old n00b; it is looking for the l33t. The checklist includes: knowing more people online than in the real world; in- stant messaging someone even though they are in the same room; always hav- ing the latest MP3 player, mobile phone and computer games; prone to bouts of nostalgia, discussing Wolfenstein, Win- dows 3.0, Comic Chat and 8-bit gaming at every possible opportunity. The public can nominate anyone they believe capable of dishing out some ownage in the geek stakes, be it a friend, family member, neighbour or even them- selves, by logging onto celebrategeek.ie. Microsoft says the competition has been launched to celebrate the role that ordinary people from all walks of life have played in developing Windows 7. Thousands of people from across the globe and Ireland provided feedback on the features they would like to see in- cluded in Windows 7 and were involved in testing the new operating system. We think lots of us have a little bit of an inner geek just waiting to get out and this is your chance to celebrate that love for gadgets and the net, said Ronald Dockery, of Microsoft Ireland. The winner will receive a home enter- tainment package, including a copy of Windows 7, a laptop, an Xbox 360 Elite, Xbox LIVE subscription, a selection of video games and a mobile phone. Females do more work after sex IT IS news likely to be welcomed by males everywhere sperm makes females do housework. While the, erm, exhausted male has a doze, a chemical in sperm spurs females into domestic activity. Now, before you fellas do a Google search to find out how to make this happen, we should mention the discovery applies to fruit flies, whose sperm is coated with a sex peptide which prompts the activity in females, according to a University of Leeds study. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html