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KHKU

KHKU (94.3 FM) is a mainstream AC station licensed to Hanapepe, Hawaii, serving Kauai. The studio and office facility is located at 4357 Rice Street, Suite 201, in downtown Lihu'e, the county seat of Kaua'i County. The station is owned by Kauai Broadcast Partners LLC, whose managing member is Larry Fuss. Syndicated programming includes the Murphy, Sam & Jodi morning show, Throwback Nation Radio with Tony Lorino, Open House Party with Joe Breezy and Intelligence For Your Life with John Tesh. The callsign KHKU is derived from the Hawaiian word "Haku", meaning "Star."

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Wadsley Bridge railway station

Wadsley Bridge railway station was a station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England on the Great Central Railway's core route between Manchester and Sheffield.

History
The station opened on 14 July 1845 as part of the then Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway, on its original route from Bridgehouses in Sheffield (soon superseded by Sheffield Victoria) to Manchester London Road. This route became more popularly known as the Woodhead Line. The station stood on the north side of Halifax Road between Neepsend and Oughtibridge stations.

The station closed to regular passenger service on 15 June 1959, with the Woodhead Line itself closing to passengers in 1970. However, Wadsley Bridge railway station still saw occasional passenger use. summer specials were advertised until 31 October 1965, Between 15 and 19 February 1979, British Rail temporarily reopened the station (along with Dronfield and the Midland Main Line platforms at Dore) because road transport throughout Sheffield had been brought to a standstill by heavy snowfall. All Sheffield–Huddersfield trains served the station during that period, and a special single fare of £0.16 was charged. Sheffield–Huddersfield passenger trains continued to run through the station until 1983 and football specials used the station until 1994, serving Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. Official closure took place in 1997 after which the station platforms were abandoned.

Present
The station buildings survived until final closure, but have since been demolished. The two platforms remain, however they are in a visibly poor condition. Passing through the station is the single line from Sheffield to Stocksbridge - this has been retained for occasional freight workings to steel mills in Stocksbridge.

An old station sign, almost certainly from the signal box, can be seen attached to the adjacent John Fairest Funeral Home (see picture).

In 2008 the weighbridge was removed and reconstructed at Levisham railway station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

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1924 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico

The 1924 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on November 4, 1924, to elect the state's at-large representative. Incumbent Democrat John Morrow won re-election by 3.5 percentage points.

This election coincided with a Governor election and other state and local offices. John Morrow out performed Democrat John W. Davis in the concurrent presidential election by 9 points, making this the first time this district voted differently on the presidential level.


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Lee Moak

Donald Lee Moak (born April 20, 1957) is an expert in aviation safety, consultant, and the co-founder of Intrepid, a public affairs, advocacy, and business consulting firm located in Washington, D.C. He previously served as co-chair of The DOT Special Committee to Review FAA’s Aircraft Certification Process. Before joining Delta Air Lines and working his way up to a B-767 Delta Air Lines captain, Moak served as a Marine Corps and U.S. Navy Reserve fighter pilot, and as president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA).

USPS Board of Governors (2020–2023)
Moak was appointed to this position by the president of the United States at the recommendation of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Moak was confirmed to his seat on the board of governors by the U.S. Senate in on June 18, 2020 and was sworn into his role on June 24, 2020. Within this role, Moak has served as chair of the Compensation and Governance Committee of the Election Mail Committee, as well as a member of the Audit and Operations Committee.

Reliable Robotics (2022–present)
Moak was named first to the Advisory Board and later to the Board of Directors of Reliable Robotics, a company focused on enhancing aviation safety with advanced avionics.

Wheels Up (2023–present)
Moak was named as a Director to the Board of Directors of Wheels Up, a leading provider of on-demand private aviation in the U.S. and one of the largest private aviation companies in the world, in September 2023.

Intrepid (2015–present)
Moak is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Intrepid, a public affairs, advocacy, and business consulting firm located in Washington, D.C. The firm was previously called The Moak Group. Moak's Intrepid co-founder is Michael Robbins, who is now President & CEO of AUVSI.

Advisory roles
Lee Moak is a member of the FAA's Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee. Moak is a member of the board of the International Aviation Club of Washington, D.C., which he joined in 2017. Moak is also an advisor on the Aeroméxico Unsecured Creditors Committee (UCC), to which he was appointed in 2020. Moak is also on the Board of Directors at The Studios of Key West, a center for the arts in Key West.

Department of Transportation Special Committee (2019–2020)
In March 2019, Moak was appointed by Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao as co-chair of The Special Committee to Review FAA’s Aircraft Certification Process. The Committee was an independent body whose findings and recommendations will be presented directly to the Secretary and the FAA Administrator. The Committee released its report on January 16, 2020 finding that that overall, the FAA’s certification, as set forth by Congress and governed by regulation, is effective; however, reforms must be adopted to help our extremely safe aviation system become even better at identifying and mitigating risk.

Delta Air Lines (1988–2014)
After his tours of duty, Moak went to work for Delta Air Lines where he flew B-767s. He served three terms as chairman of the Delta Master Executive Council, beginning in 1995.

Moak led Delta's airline pilots through major transformations within the airline, beginning with the airline's declaration of bankruptcy and subsequent Chapter 11 filing in 2005, fighting off a hostile takeover attempt from US Airways, and continuing in 2008 during their merger with Northwest Airlines.

U.S. Military (1977–2001)
Moak served in the United States Marines, flying the F-4 Phantom and F-18 Hornet. He graduated from Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN), Air Combat Tactics Instructor (ACTI) program, and Marine Weapons & Tactic Instructor (WTI) program. He was a designated Nuclear Weapons Officer and was progressively promoted to the rank of Captain (O3).

In 1989, Moak transferred from the Marines into the U.S. Navy Reserve where he continued to fly the F-18 fighter jet. In 1998, he was appointed to the rank of Commander (United States).

Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) (2011–2014)
Moak became a member of ALPA's pilots union in 1988. In 2011, he began a four-year term at ALPA as chief executive and administrative officer.

While president, Moak oversaw the unionization of JetBlue pilots and fought the threat of airlines entering the U.S. market while evading labor protections. Moak and the ALPA led the opposition to a proposal to set up a U.S. customs checkpoint in Abu Dhabi, which U.S. pilots viewed as an advantage for foreign-owned airlines. His job responsibilities also included overseeing the association's daily operations and coordinating meetings and policy agendas.

Moak was expelled from ALPA in 2023 for an Article VIII violation for services performed for an outside entity acting contrary to the interests of the Union and its members.

Previous advisory roles
Moak was a member of the FAA Management Advisory Council from 2012 until 2017. He served on the FAA NextGen Advisory Committee from 2011 to 2014, as well as the FAA Institute Management Council of the NextGen Institute from 2011 to 2014.

In 2019, Moak was co-chair of the U.S. DOT's Special Committee to Review the FAA's Aircraft Certification Process and also served on the FAA's Drone Advisory Committee.

Moak serves on the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. The USPS Board of Governors, bipartisan by law, includes governors from both parties. Moak was appointed to this position by the president of the United States at the recommendation of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Moak was confirmed to his seat on the board of governors by the U.S. Senate in the summer of 2020 and was sworn into his role on June 24, 2020. Within this role, Moak has served as a member on the Compensation and Governance Committee as well as the Operations Committee, and as chairman of the Election Mail Committee.

From 2011 to 2015, Moak served on the AFL-CIO Executive Council and Financial Oversight Committee for the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department.

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Original- "Human microbiota"

The gut flora has the largest numbers of bacteria and the greatest number of species compared to other areas of the body. In humans the gut flora is established at one to two years after birth, and by that time the intestinal epithelium and the intestinal mucosal barrier that it secretes have co-developed in a way that is tolerant to, and even supportive of, the gut flora and that also provides a barrier to pathogenic organisms.

The relationship between some gut flora and humans is not merely commensal (a non-harmful coexistence), but rather a mutualistic relationship. Some human gut microorganisms benefit the host by fermentating dietary fiber into short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), such as acetic acid and butyric acid, which are then absorbed by the host. Intestinal bacteria also play a role in synthesizing vitamin B and vitamin K as well as metabolizing bile acids, sterols, and xenobiotics. The systemic importance of the SCFAs and other compounds they produce are like hormones and the gut flora itself appears to function like an endocrine organ, and dysregulation of the gut flora has been correlated with a host of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions.

The composition of human gut flora changes over time, when the diet changes, and as overall health changes. A systematic review of 15 human randomized controlled trials from July 2016 found that certain commercially available strains of probiotic bacteria from the Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus genera (B. longum, B. breve, B. infantis, L. helveticus, L. rhamnosus, L. plantarum, and L. casei), when taken by mouth in daily doses of 109–1010 colony forming units (CFU) for 1–2 months, possess treatment efficacy (i.e., improved behavioral outcomes) in certain central nervous system disorders – including anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder, and obsessive–compulsive disorder – and improved certain aspects of memory.

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The gut flora has the largest numbers of bacteria and the greatest number of species compared to other areas of the body. In humans the composition of gut flora is established during birth. Birth by Cesarean section or vaginal delivery also influences the gut's microbial composition. Babies born through the vaginal canal have non-pathogenic, beneficial gut microbiota similar to those found in the mother. However, the gut microbiota of babies delivered by C-section harbors more pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus and it takes longer to develop non-pathogenic, beneficial gut microbiota.

The relationship between some gut flora and humans is not merely commensal (a non-harmful coexistence), but rather a mutualistic relationship. Some human gut microorganisms benefit the host by fermentating dietary fiber into short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), such as acetic acid and butyric acid, which are then absorbed by the host. Intestinal bacteria also play a role in synthesizing vitamin B and vitamin K as well as metabolizing bile acids, sterols, and xenobiotics. The systemic importance of the SCFAs and other compounds they produce are like hormones and the gut flora itself appears to function like an endocrine organ, and dysregulation of the gut flora has been correlated with a host of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions.

The composition of human gut flora changes over time, when the diet changes, and as overall health changes. A systematic review of 15 human randomized controlled trials from July 2016 found that certain commercially available strains of probiotic bacteria from the Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus genera (B. longum, B. breve, B. infantis, L. helveticus, L. rhamnosus, L. plantarum, and L. casei), when taken by mouth in daily doses of 109–1010 colony forming units (CFU) for 1–2 months, possess treatment efficacy (i.e., improved behavioral outcomes) in certain central nervous system disorders – including anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder, and obsessive–compulsive disorder – and improved certain aspects of memory. . However, changes in the composition of gut microbiota has also been found to be correlated with harmful effects on health. In an article published by Musso et al., it was found that the gut microbiota of obese invidividuals had more Firmicutes and less Bacteroidetes than healthy individuals. Furthermore, a study done by Gordon et al., confirmed that it was the composition of the microbiota that causes obesity rather than the other way around. This was done by transplanting the gut microbiota from diet-induced obese(DIO) mice or lean control mice into lean germ-free mice that do not have a microbiome. They found that the mice transplanted with DIO mouse gut microbiota had significantly higher total body fat than the mice transplanted with lean mouse microbiota when given the same diet. Cheng Xi (talk) 02:24, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

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Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, composed in 1820, is the third-to-last of his piano sonatas. In it, after the huge Hammerklavier Sonata, Op. 106, Beethoven returns to a smaller scale and a more intimate character. It is dedicated to Maximiliane Brentano, the daughter of Beethoven's long-standing friend Antonie Brentano, for whom Beethoven had already composed the short Piano Trio in B♭ major WoO 39 in 1812. Musically, the work is characterised by a free and original approach to the traditional sonata form. Its focus is the third movement, a set of variations that interpret its theme in a wide variety of individual ways.

History
Work on Op. 109 can be traced back to early in 1820, even before Beethoven's negotiations with Adolf Schlesinger, the publisher of his last three sonatas. Recent research suggests that Friedrich Starke had asked Beethoven for a composition for his piano anthology The Vienna Pianoforte School, and that Beethoven had interrupted work on the Missa Solemnis. In the end, though, he offered Starke numbers 7–11 of the Bagatelles, Op. 119.

Genesis
There is an April entry in Beethoven's conversation book describing a "small new piece" that is, according to William Meredith, identical to the first movement of Op. 109. In fact, the outline of the movement makes the idea of a Bagatelle interrupted by fantasia-like interludes seem very plausible. Beethoven's secretary Franz Oliva then allegedly suggested the idea of using this "small piece" as the beginning of the sonata that Schlesinger wanted. Sieghard Brandenburg has put forward the theory that Beethoven had originally planned a two-movement sonata, omitting the first movement. Apparently some of the motivic characteristics that link the first movement with the others were only introduced later. Alexander Wheelock Thayer, on the other hand, put forward the view that the beginning of a sonata in E minor by Beethoven was not developed further and had nothing to do with Op. 109.

For the third movement, Beethoven first sketched a set of about six variations, then a set of nine, and finally a continuity draft for a set of six. The differences in character between the individual variations seem to be smaller in the nine-variation version than in the final printed edition, but according to Kay Dreyfus this already indicates a "process of exploration and re-discovery of the theme".

Publication
It has not been conclusively established whether Beethoven completed the sonata in the autumn of 1820 or only in 1821. In letters to his publisher in 1820, he was already speaking of "Fertigstellung" (completion); but it is unclear whether Beethoven meant completed concepts, drafts or a fair copy that could be dispatched. The first edition was published by Schlesinger in Berlin in November 1821. It contained many errors, since Beethoven had sent the difficult-to-read autograph score to the Berlin-based publisher Schlesinger instead of a fair copy and was prevented by illness from undertaking adequate proof-reading of the prints. The sonata is dedicated to Maximiliane Brentano, the musically gifted daughter of Franz and Antonie Brentano.

First performances
The date of the first performance is unknown. The first pianists to undertake bringing Beethoven's last sonatas, including Op. 109, to public attention were Franz Liszt, who regularly included them in his programs between 1830 and 1840, and Hans von Bülow, who even included several of the late sonatas in one evening. Arabella Goddard is credited as having been the first pianist to program all of Beethoven's late sonatas in a single concert series. The Musical World reported in 1857, "No pianist in Europe has hitherto been able to boast of having performed the five last sonatas of Beethoven in public, at five alternate soirées, with very brief intervals between; but Miss Goddard has accomplished this feat, and accomplished it to admiration."

General considerations
With regard to Beethoven's late work, and especially to his late piano sonatas, Op. 109 is particularly noteworthy for its divergence from the norms of sonata form and for its harmonic and structural innovations.

Beethoven's last sonatas
Opus 109 is one of Beethoven's last three, five or six sonatas that are counted among his late works. The different cut-off points arise from the fact that the sonatas from Opus 90 on are varied and contradictory in form and in their predominant musical tendencies. The pianistic means are reduced to leaner, chamber music-like voice leading, as in the first movement of Opus 110, or dissolved into recitative-like passages, as in the third movement of the same work. These procedures contrast with a heightened virtuosity, a broadening of the form and an increase in overall length, as for example in the Hammerklavier sonata, Op. 106. In Op. 109, reminiscences of the straightforward style of the early, Haydn-influenced sonatas contrast with harmony that is sometimes harsh, anticipating the music of the 20th century. This gives special importance to the principles of polyphonic variation, as in the second movement of Op. 109, and consequently the use of baroque forms, especially fugue and fugato. Very wide intervals between the outer voices, a process of breaking the music into ever shorter note values (as in the sixth variation in Op. 109), use of trills to resolve the music into layers of sound (the same variation in Op. 109 and again in Op. 111), arpeggios, ostinati and tremolos gain increased significance.

General characteristics
This sonata seduces the listener with its intimate, less dramatic character and distinguishes itself by its special lyricism, "melodic and harmonic beauties" and ornaments and arabesques hinting at Chopin. In this sonata, as in many of Beethoven's late works, one interval is significant throughout. Here it is the interval of a third. It shares with other late Beethoven sonatas the shift of focus to the last movement, the dissolution into "pure sound" and the references to old baroque forms. Some similarities to the opening of the Sonata in A, Op.101 have been noted.

Key
Throughout the history of music there has been much philosophy and speculation about the character of the individual keys. In Beethoven, E major (frequently described as bright and radiant) and E minor (sad, lamenting) often appear together, as in Op. 14 No. 1, the second Razumovsky quartet and Op. 90. The combination has been said to mitigate both the light and the dark aspects of the music.

Differences from the standard model
Opus 109 differs from the "standard model" in several ways. Although written in three movements, it feels more like "two balanced movements", since the first movement is linked to the scherzo-like Prestissimo by holding down the pedal. The internal form of the first movement is based less on elaboration than on the contrasting juxtaposition of fast and slow, loud and soft, and major and minor. Hence the second movement takes on even more of the function usually assigned to the first movement, which would be in sonata-allegro form. Then the third movement is – most unusually for a sonata – a theme and variations. Thus the theme in the third movement takes on the role of the slow movement, which is usually the second movement in the standard model. Although the sonata is formally in three movements, many leading musicians and recordings make it sound like two movements by going into the second movement without a pause and then clearly separating the third movement. However, musicologists Jürgen Uhde, Richard Rosenberg, Udo Zilkens and Carl Dahlhaus divide the work into three movements in their detailed analyses.

Analysis
The three movements of this sonata are: 1. Vivace ma non troppo — Adagio espressivo, E major, time

2. Prestissimo, E minor, time

3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo, E major, time. A performance lasts about nineteen to twenty-one minutes, of which the third movement takes more than half. Overall, the sonata is endowed with abundant melody and interesting, complex harmony.

First movement
The first movement reflects the strong interest that Beethoven developed during this period in structures in which contrasting sections are included parenthetically. The same tendency is manifest in the Missa Solemnis, composed at almost the same time, and in the piano sonatas following this one. A quiet, lyrical, rapid Vivace first theme is contrasted, after only eight bars, with a forte and Adagio second theme full of arpeggios. Even from a purely harmonic point of view, the contrast between the clear major in the first part and the extremely tense diminished seventh chords in the second could hardly be more obvious.

Bar 8 does not complete the cadence in the dominant (B major) that was conventional when progressing to the second subject in sonata-allegro form. Bars 9–15 continue to avoid the cadence, which only appears in bar 15. Charles Rosen and others analyse the first movement as being in sonata form, in which the two opening sections form the first and second subjects, and bars 66 to the end as a coda.

Richard Rosenberg confirms the three-part structure of sonata form, but cannot identify any thematic duality within the exposition. Rather, he sees a correspondence between the upper voices of the Vivace and the Adagio together with the bass of the Vivace on the one hand (E–D♯–C♯–B–A–G♯–B–E) and the middle voice in the left hand of the Adagio on the other (D♯–E–F♯–G♯–A–C♯–D♯–E).

Jürgen Uhde and Richard Rosenberg  point out a similarity between the opening theme of the present sonata and that of the Vivace movement of the Sonata in G major, Op. 79.

Second movement

The stormy Prestissimo in E minor has been described as one of Beethoven's most tuneful Prestissimo movements.

This movement is in Sonatina form, although the usual contrast between the first subject (E minor) and the second subject (B minor) is completely absent here because of the nature of the thematic material.

Third movement
This movement consists of a theme with six variations of differing character and piano technique.

Theme
The movement opens with a 16-bar theme. The dotted notes emphasise the second beat of the bar, giving this song-like theme something of the character of a Sarabande. Its "dignified, meditative feel is strengthened by emphasis on the tonic E", which is reached through the falling third in bars 1 and 3, and later through other, wider intervals such as the falling fifth in bar 5 and the rising minor sixth in bar 7. Bars 1–2 are present in various shapes throughout the first eight bars. Bars 1–2 and 5–6 are based on a common thematic shape: G♯–E–D♯–B; bars 3–4 and 7–8 are based similarly on G♯–E–F♯–A♯–B.

Variation 1
This variation keeps the tempo of the theme. Compared with the quartet-like theme, it is more pianistic. The melody is an octave higher, thereby becoming more emotional. It is formed like a "ceremonial waltz". With its accompanying formulae in the left hand, its ornamentation and its nuanced dynamics, it calls to mind many later compositions, such as bars 16–20 of Chopin's Waltz in A minor Op. 34, No. 2. or Debussy's Prelude Danseuses de Delphe.

Variation 2
This variation is marked leggiermente. Whereas the theme and first variation were a binary phrase structure, here we have three variations collated and presented as one. The first texture is a call and response which strongly recalls the beginning of the first movement. The second is a two-voice canon in the right hand over a steady quaver accompaniment. The two textures are then combined to form a third, with alternating semiquavers between the left and right hands as in the beginning, with a steady quaver chordal pulse as in the second part. This pattern is then repeated for the second half of the theme.

Variation 3 (Allegro vivace)
This variation breaks away from the original tempo and is marked Allegro vivace. It replaces the theme's time signature with. It is a virtuosic Allegro in a two-part contrapuntal texture reminiscent of a two-part invention. This is the only variation in this movement to end on forte.

Variation 4
This variation is a little slower than the theme ("Etwas langsamer, als das thema. Un poco meno andante ciò è un poco più adagio come il tema."). It is in time. The first half (repeated) is a contrapuntal texture varying between two and four voices. In the second half, between zero and two voices continue in the same vein over an accompaniment of broken chords.

Variation 5 (Allegro ma non troppo)
After variation 4, Beethoven abandons numbering the variations and just provides tempo indications at the head of the remaining ones. The reasons are unknown. In spite of this, it is usual to refer to the remaining variations as numbers 5 and 6.

According to Udo Zilkens, the driving rhythmic energy of the fifth variation gives the impression, at least to begin with, of a complex, many-voiced chorale-like fugue.

The Schenker edition gives three different bar numberings for this variation, two of which imply the omission of some of the bars. Neither preface identifies the sources leading to these numberings.

Variation 6 (Tempo primo del tema)
In extreme contrast to the energy and speed of the previous variation, this one begins with a four-bar passage marked cantabile, in quiet, slow crotchets at the tempo of the theme. Its peaceful, static character is emphasised by the repeated B in the top voice. As the sonata progresses to its conclusion, Beethoven intensifies almost every musical parameter to the maximum. Note values intensify the rhythm by decreasing from crotchets through quavers, triplet quavers and semiquavers to demisemiquavers. Contrast of register is increased by alternating very prominent high notes and deep bass notes. From bar 12, long drawn-out trills in both hands and from bar 17, raging arpeggios and sequences in the top voice build further towards a climax. Then the last sixteen bars repeat the simple theme – just as if nothing had happened – and quietly fade away.

The work as a whole
Already in the first two movements, many musicologists see motifs, scale passages, rhythmic models and characteristic idioms that reach their full potential only in the third movement. Jürgen Uhde does not consider the first two movements to be completely self-sufficient constructions in their own right. Rather, often in concealed ways, they already foreshadow the theme of the third movement as the goal of the whole sonata. Richard Rosenberg, in his "reductions", concentrates more on the commonalities among the bass and middle voices of the movements. Starting with the first eight bars of the first movement, he reduces the bass progressions of each movement to a fundamental model of a stepwise descent followed by an ascent in leaps.

This approach recalls Heinrich Schenker's determination of an Ursatz through his technique of reductive analysis. Uhde and others often point out the danger of too much interpretative license indicating parallels between passages that are scarcely related.

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Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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Etymology
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Spanish/Gender of nouns

In English, the verb in a sentence changes depending on whether a noun is singular or plural. For example, in Standard English, it would be grammatically wrong to write "We is here", since we is plural but is is the singular form of the verb. We need to keep track of which words are singular and which are plural, but since we learn a noun's number when we learn the word, it isn't too difficult.

In Spanish, we also need to keep track of another attribute, called the gender. Spanish has two grammatical genders, which are known as "masculine" and "feminine". Just as a word can be singular or plural, it can also be masculine or feminine. Sometimes it is obvious which gender a word is, such as the words for man and woman. Other times, it may seem arbitrary. Just learn the gender of each noun you learn, and you won't have too much trouble.

Gender of sexed nouns
Normally, for nouns that express gendered entities (people or animals), there is both a masculine-gender form and a feminine-gender form (example: el profesor (m), la profesora (f)). Normally, the feminine-gender words end with the letter 'a' and the masculine words end with the letter 'o'. If a masculine word ends with a consonant, the feminine adds 'a'. If word ends in 'a' it can be both masculine and feminine (el artista, la artista).

Examples:

Sex is not correctly expressed by the gender alone. If you want to say "I need a female student" you can say Necesito una estudiante. However, since gender is required but doesn't convey additional meaning, the sentence would be better understood if you say Necesito una estudiante mujer.

In the plural, the masculine-gender form indicates there is at least one male, or that sex is unknown. Los niños is the children. To indicate boys you must say los niños varones or los niños hombres (the male children).

See also Formation of the feminine

Gender of non-sexed nouns
Many words in Spanish have a fixed arbitrary gender, which is also called grammatical gender. This is true for all things: el pan (bread), la leche (milk). Most animals follow this rule: el camello (camel), la jirafa (giraffe). There are a few words applied to persons that have grammatical gender: el personaje (personage, character), la visita (visitor).

Normally, the feminine-gender words finalize with the letter 'a' and the masculine-gender words end with the letter 'o'.

Examples:

Masculine-gender words ending in o:

Feminine-gender words ending in a:

Here the endings that are typical for feminine nouns.

A mnemonic rule for most feminine-gender endings is the "word" D-ión-Z-A.

There is also a (much less strict) rule for typical masculine-gender endings. The endings can be summarized easily by the word L-O-N-E-R-S:

{| border="1" bgcolor="#9999FF"
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 * -l || el árbol (tree) || la miel (honey)
 * -o || el pelo (hair) || la mano (hand)
 * -n (minus -ión) || el cinturón (belt)
 * la sartén (frying pan); however, many people say el sartén
 * -e || el volante (steering wheel) || la muerte (death), la base (basis)
 * -r || el olor (smell, odor) || la flor (flower)
 * -s (minus -is) || el virus (virus) ||
 * stressed vowel || el sofá (sofa) || la mamá (mother, mom)
 * -e || el volante (steering wheel) || la muerte (death), la base (basis)
 * -r || el olor (smell, odor) || la flor (flower)
 * -s (minus -is) || el virus (virus) ||
 * stressed vowel || el sofá (sofa) || la mamá (mother, mom)
 * -s (minus -is) || el virus (virus) ||
 * stressed vowel || el sofá (sofa) || la mamá (mother, mom)
 * stressed vowel || el sofá (sofa) || la mamá (mother, mom)
 * stressed vowel || el sofá (sofa) || la mamá (mother, mom)

Since there are many exceptions to some of the rules it is always good to learn the gender along with the noun. Definite articles normally help us to do this.

Some of these exceptions can be memorized in groups. For example, although most nouns that end in "-a" are feminine and therefore take the "la" article, many nouns that end in -ma are exceptions to the rule and are masculine. This is because these words have a Greek origin. For example, el tema, el programa, el fantasma, el clima and el diploma. However, many words ending in -ma have a feminine gender: la cama, la broma, la norma, la rama, la fama, la yema, la estima, la espuma. Back to lesson 2

Género de los sustantivos

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roman Catholic missionaries

The result of the debate was redirect to Missionary. Mailer Diablo 01:14, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Roman Catholic missionaries
Inaccurate and unencyclopedic. This content is already addressed at Missionary. K e rowyn 00:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Redirect to Missionary. --Aim Here 00:43, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Missionary -- T B C [[Image:Confused-tpvgames.gif|18px|]] ???  ???   ??? 01:08, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Missionary.Carlo 01:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Aim Here.--Firsfron 01:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to missionary.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 01:38, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Missionary. ¡Dustimagic!  ( T / C ) 04:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Missionary. --Ter e nce Ong 10:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect, ensuring no content is lost. Oliver Keenan 20:39, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Catholic missions are NOT the same as all other missionaries, different thing, different article --DragonWR12LB 06:57, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well the votes here are for the article as it stands. If someone was to write a proper, encyclopedic article on Catholic missions (or any other flavour for that matter) then I'm sure opinions would change. --Aim Here 17:26, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, if you want a seperate article, just start adding info on Catholic missionaries in a section of the missionaries article, eventually people will be forced to fork it for you. JeffBurdges 04:05, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Redirect to Missionary. Cr  na  t e c   Go  ra  02:28, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


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Aleocharini

Aleocharini is the type tribe of the subfamily Aleocharinae. It contains three subtribes, Aleocharina, Compactopediina and Hodoxenina. The tribe contains 29 genera and 682 species. The vast majority of biodiversity is distributed in the subtribe Aleocharina, which contains 650 species in 16 genera including 545 species in the genus Aleochara alone.

Uncategorized genera
The following genera are not currently assigned to any of the 3 subtribes of Aleocharini:

 * Axiologarthra Pace, 2013
 * Borneochara Pace, 2014
 * Compsoglossa Bernhauer, 1915
 * Eloschara Pace, 2012
 * Eydelusa Pace, 1997
 * Myrmecosticta Maruyama, 2011
 * Oxybessoglossa Pace, 1993

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Mabel B. Dunn

Laura Mabel Blackstock Dunn (August 7, 1880 - April 9, 1968) was an American clubwoman.

Early life

Laura Mabel Blackstock was born in Ventura, California, on August 7, 1880, the daughter of Judge Nehemiah Blackstock (1846-1928) and Abigail "Abbie" Smith (1848-1930). Nehemiah practiced law there for about 30 years and in 1897 was appointed to the State Railroad Commission; in 1905 he was appointed State Banking Commissioner.

The family moved to Los Angeles in 1905.

Career
Mabel B. Dunn was active in club affairs. She was the curator of the Shakespeare section of the Highland Park Ebell Club in Los Angeles. She was also a member of the Friday Morning Club and Kate Tupper Galpin Club.

Personal life
In 1906, Mabel Blackstock married Oliver Dunn, an early resident of the Oxnard area, and had two children: Oliver Charles Dunn (1909–1998) and Gerald/Gerold Camarillo Dunn (1911–1980). They first lived at Camarillo, California, and later moved to 5409 Pasadena Ave., Los Angeles, California

With the help of his father-in-law, Oliver Dunn became vice-president and trust officer of the Merchant Bank & Trust Co. of Los Angeles. In 1911 he opened his own company, the International Indemnity Company. He died in 1912 for blood disease.

She died on April 9, 1968, and is buried with her family at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).

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Template:List of Filmmaking Software Reviews

Free Filmmaking Software

 * Bryce 5.5
 * Bryce 5.5 costs $70 if you buy the boxed set but it is now free if you can download it.  Over 130 Megs.    Your Instructor : Robert Elliott

 * Tux Paint [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * A fun paint program for kids. It has the added advantage of using rubber stamps and creating matte paintings easily. Has the unique feature of doing rough storyboards with special storyboard artwork.  Also useful for learning about matte painting at Wikiversity Film School.

 * ArtRage2 Free [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * A simple and fun artistic painting program. Feels very natural. Extremely useful.  If you need any kind of digital painting with traditional artist materials, this is your first choice.  This is the free version which is fully working but more limited than the full version which is also very inexpensive.

 * FrameForge 3D Studio Demo [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * This is the most educational program for filmmakers. A simulation of a movie camera and a movie set with digital actors.  Teaches you all about lenses and image composition for motion pictures.  The demo version is almost fully working for 20 uses.  Highly recommended.  (So far, no one has downloaded this.  Is there a problem?)  20 uses.

 * VirtuosoWorks Notion Protégé demo [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * An interesting program because if the extremely high quality orchestra sounds it produces. Requires you to know notation.  No manual!  (I ran out of time before I had completed the review of this program.)

 * DAZ Studio [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * For posing and rendering Poser figures. At times, the human interface is stupidly awkward.  More like a beta version.  But a good way to learn about digital puppets. This program (or Poser 7 which is not free) will be required for the 3D animation course to be offered next winter.  Also an useful alternative for doing 3D storyboards using Poser figures.

 * GIMP [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * A paint program comparible to Adobe Photoshop. Surprisingly mature program but not to the level of Photoshop.  Requires X-11.  If you do not have Adobe Photoshop 4 or later, this program is absolutely necessary for some of the classes at Wikiversity Film School.

 * Inkscape [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * A illustration program. Surprisingly mature program.  Requires X-11.  If you do not have Illustrator or Freehand, this program is useful.  Only the text features are weak.

 * Audacity [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * Useful utility for working with audio and converting audio to OGG files.

 * Google SketchUp 6[[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * Very interesing. Very challenging.  For anyone who wants to sketch in 3D. To be revieweg.  This is the free version of the new Pro version of Google SketchUp.

 * CinePaint [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * This is a paint program which works with motion pictures. Used in film studios but still too awkward for use at Wikiversity Film School.  Look at GIMP instead.

 * Finale NotePad [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * So far, I have not find a use for this program.

Commercial Filmmaking Software

 * Macintosh OS X [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]] + 1/2
 * Replaces the old Macintosh. A ten fold improvement.

 * Apple's GarageBand [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * GarageBand is free with all new Macintosh computers. Otherwise, it is sold in the bundle called iLife.  Very basic, mostly simple, extremely useful for filmmakers who need to create film scores.  Needs orchestra sounds (such as Jam Pack:Symphony Orchestra.)

 * Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * While GarageBand is free, you still need this to get orchestra sounds for film scoring.

 * MOTU Symphonic Instrument
 * An alternative to Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra. To be reviewed shortly someday.

 * Poser 7
 * To be reviewed shortly someday. Boxed version not available yet.

 * Adobe InDesign 4 (CS2) [[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]][[Image:Star*.svg|16px]]
 * This is a replacement for PageMaker and Freehand. Surprisingly useful.  Some limitations.  Free 30 test.

Digitized Film Dailies ready for editing

 * "Follow Dave?" Editing Workshop CD
 * Required for the first editing lesson at Wikiversity Film School. This is not free but you can pay for this with the points you earn at Wikiversity Film School.

 * "24 Unedited Scenes"
 * Required for the second editing lesson at Wikiversity Film School. This is not free but you can pay for this with the points you earn at Wikiversity Film School.

 * "Hearing Voices" Editing Workshop DVD-Video and
 * "Fireworks Display" Editing Workshop DVD-Video
 * Required for the third editing lesson at Wikiversity Film School. These disks are not free but you can pay for them with the points you earn at Wikiversity Film School. To be reviewed shortly. Note: Currently, these disks are the only digitized unedited scenes ready for practicing dialog editing.

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User:Chinoyhardik

Hi, my name is Hardik Chinoy. Currently, I am pursuing a major in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. In the undergraduate level, I have done a B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Kiit University.

My field of interest is Machine Learning and Neural Networks.

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User:Gutie43/Books/Mike G. IT Thoughts

Nerd Stuff

 * ITSM
 * IT service management
 * Service desk (ITSM)
 * IT asset management
 * Configuration management database
 * ServiceNow

 * Venture Capital
 * Venture capital
 * Andreessen Horowitz
 * Greylock Partners
 * Insight Venture Partners
 * Sequoia Capital

 * Business Information Transition (BIT)
 * Technology Business Management Council
 * Apptio

 * Shadow IT
 * Shadow IT
 * Skyhigh Networks

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User:NPBEvangelist/sandbox

Network Packet Brokers (NPBs) is the latest name coined by Gartner Analyst Deb Curtis and Jonah Kowall to define a set of hardware based appliances that help optimize the access and visibility of a variety of network monitoring, security and acceleration tools to traffic from one or many network links. A NPB or a system of NPBs provide a combination of functionality that may include aggregating monitoring traffic from multiple links, traffic filterign and grooming, traffic regenerating and load balancing desired traffic to multiple tools, pre-filtering traffic to offload tools, and directing traffic according to intelligent one-to-one and many-to-many port mappings.

Formerly they have been also called data monitoring switch, data access switch,  Matrix Switches, traffic aggregator, net tool optimizer, and distributed traffic capture systems.

NPBs enable organizations to use their monitoring tools more efficiently, to centralize traffic monitoring functions and create centers of IT expertize, and to share tools and traffic access between groups. Most NPBs also provide functionality that helps extend the retun on investment in exsiting network monitoring, security and acceleration tool while also helping justify more expensive higher througput monitoring and security tool purchases i.e. 10G and 40G.

In an nutshell, NPBs simplify deployment and management of these tools while maximizing the ROI customers can expend from their monitoring and security tools.

Key Features and Functionalities
NPBs broker network traffic from multiple Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) ports from other network elements, and manipulate the traffic to allow more efficient use of Network Monitoring, Security, Analytics and Acceleration tools. The NPB product can also be deployed in line to reduce the latency reported to the attached network monitoring and security products.

Typical NPBs offer the following features and funtionality:

 * Many-to-many port mapping, with a configuration interface (graphical user interface [GUI] or command line interface [CLI]) for real-time adjustments of packet flow, including port mapping and paths.
 * Filtering of packet data based on the characteristics found in the packet headers, allowing filtering of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Layers 2 through 4.
 * Packet slicing and deduplication, (and some offer even packet fragment re-assembly) which allows a subset of the full packet data to be passed to the monitoring device, thus allowing monitoring tools to scale more efficiently.
 * Aggregating multiple packet stream inputs into one larger stream, for example five 1Gb links into a single 10Gb link. Alternately, the reverse also will work, where a single 10Gb link would be fed into multiple 1Gb connections. The destination would be a monitoring tool with the proper interface.
 * Distributing traffic load per device by sending it to different probes or appliances in order to scale the monitoring, or to provide redundancy in the monitoring technology.
 * Insertion of hardware-based time stamps that can be used by the monitoring tools to provide more accurate measurements. These hardware-based features can change the accuracy of the packet time stamp from milliseconds to microseconds, enabling more granular time measurement.
 * Some NPBs also offer hardware based port stamping at the time of packet capture which when combined with sub-milisecond time stamping can help maintaing link-layer visibility and in turn help support attribution during network or application performance troubleshooting or incident analysis and response activities.

 * Few NPBs also offer load balancing across multiple tool ports, filtering on patterns in packet payloads, and converting media and data rates so tools can be used to monitor traffic from dissimilar links.

More advance NPBs will also offer:

 * Deep packet inspection, allowing for the filtering and routing of packets based on data characteristics in the header or payload, and support for filtering on OSI Lay* ers 2 through 7.

 * The ability to capture ingress port identification data, enabling unique identification of traffic from multiple ingress ports.

 * The capability to mask specific data in the packets, or slice off undesired (large video files, RTP Payloads) or highly sensitive payloads which could be applied in compliance use cases(e.g. Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, etc.)

 * Some NPB solution vendors have the ability to interconnect their appliances to configure logical systems with hundreds of ports, although user interface complexity can serve as a limiting factor in many product. Ohers have pushed the envelope even further allowing customer to build up a fully redundant mesh architecture to broker traffic across Virtual,Physical networks or LAN and WAN and Internet boundaries.
 * When a number of monitoring tools are connected to the NPBs tool ports, copies of traffic from any of the network ports can be optimized and delivered to any of the tools using the NPB's CLI, GUI or central management interface. Some even offer extensible XML API to perform desired configuration changes and perform on-demand data capture and intelligent data delivery to one or more security and monitoring tool.

 * The more advanced products offer enhanced security (access control, port permissions, etc.) either on the individual level or by using groups, filter library / archiving, and the ability to manage multiple devices simultaneously from a single interface.

Advantages

 * Network Packet Brokers facilitate centralizing network traffic monitoring tools and expertize in the NOC.

 * By providing remote monitoring and control, they save the time and expense of traveling to remote locations to install monitoring and security tools at every location wile keeping the capital expenditure low by avoiding the need for deploying multiple instances of the same tool(s) across the network
 * NPBs make it easier to share tools among groups and help extend the ROI from existing tools.
 * NPBs offering media and data rate conversion capabilities, enable 1 Gigabit tools to support 10 Gigabit links, and 10 Gigabit tools to monitor traffic aggregated from multiple 1 Gigabit links.
 * NPBs prevent tool oversubscription by pre-filtering traffic, and some even offer large-data buffers to mitigate against microburst in the network.
 * With NPBs customers can Tap network links directly, instead of relying on switch SPAN ports for monitoring access. Those NPBs offerign bypass switch capabilities also allow the IT network administrators to deploy multiple inline tools on the same network link or support 10G links with multiple 1G tools by leveraging the NPBs intelligent L2-L7 filtering and load balancing capabilities decribed earlier.
 * Because of their high port densities and modular form factors compared to discreet Taps, they save rack space and power, and can have a lower price per port while allowing customers to future-proof their investments. This is particularly true for those offering a system based approach for connecting multiple NPB appliances across LAN and WAN segments.

Disadvantages
Not all NPBs are created equal.
 * They are non-standard – different vendor devices operate and are managed differently.

 * Some NPB offer off-the-shelve hardware packaged (OEM) in different form factors which can lead to lack of backward compatibility and access to predicitive engineering roadmaps.

 * Others provide a monolithic switched based architecture that offer a expensive initial investment to buy a large chassis that is unable to share access and intelligence across different platforms. These are often limited by backplane chassis throughputs and lack backward compatibility with other legacy platforms from the same vendor; they more dense switches oftne need a separate management interface.

 * Entry-level pricing is expensive – if just a few links or tools need to be instrumented, price per port will be higher than the customer is willing to invest in. Not everyone need to build a large mesh architecture. So it's imperative that those NPB vendors offering a system-based approach can offer customers a pay-as-you-grow model with a highly flexible and modular platform.
 * Advanced functionality on some products can be very cumbersome to activate and maintain over time. Make sure you do you due dilligence to perform side-by-side evaluations to see which one offers a more user friendly and extensible management to help reduce any associated operational expense.
 * Some advanced NPBs require Command Line interfaces as the primary interface required to perfom the vast majority of advanced functions, even on many boxes that also offer a GUI. While CLI offers a great deal of control over the operations of the box, only the utmost of advanced users will be able to configure filtering and connections using CLI without overlooking problems such as filter overlaps, replication and accuracy checks, and ongoing active system management.

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Category:Discoveries by Édouard Stephan

This is a category for astronomical objects discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan.

See parent category for proper sortkey usage instructions.

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User:Shahzadkhan0786/Sample page

my name is Shahzad khan

I am business man

My father is good Man

Date of birth 25/1/2001

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User:Er Mohammed Dilshad Alam

DS Born -                5 Jan 1998 《Mon》 Born City -        Noida 《UP》 Father Name - Md Mahfug Alam Mother Name - Noorjaha

ER Mohammad Dilshad Alam which Nick Name is 《DS》

Er mohammed dilshad alam was born 5 January 1998 in noida u.p from childhood He is very innocent and disiplain boy he was only two years old when he moved to ghaziabad UP in 2000. Because he was living on a rent in noida and his was buy a home in ghaziabad in nand gram area DS has one elder sister and one small brother, Shabana, Eajmamul DS love his family very much he always try to give them a better life because he is living in a low middle class area and from his childhood his dreamson to be a rich man in his life for his family he always believe in his self he never believe in superstition his thinking is very practically he pray for God his heart he was started study  when he was only 5 year old in Bal sangam public school nur to 2nd class then he changed his school to pc sr sec secondary school at ashram babu school where he studied 3,4 class then he again changed his school to nandini public school at nandan gram tempo stand where he studied 5,6 class in nandini public school he got some good friends he was enjoying and studying very well in nandini public school he was also a couple dance activities with a girl because that was couple dance performance it was his first and last dance  performance in his school life then he again change his school in 2011. In Jkg school there was he feel bored and changed the school after one year then he move to Baba Internet college in 2012.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ogasawara Shōsai (2nd nomination)

The result was no consensus. – filelakeshoe (t / c)   13:25, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Ogasawara Shōsai
AfDs for this article:
 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

All I can find about this subject appears to be WP mirrors. It has been banging around, spawning copies since it was created in 2014. Any history book that describes a Japanese person from 1615 would likely be written in Japanese. This article in the English version of WP should be deleted. If the Japanese version lives and is later sent to English with references -- and spelled the same way, fine. For now it has to go. Someone figured out how to generate hundreds or thousands of English articles from the Japanese version, but without references. The last time this article came up for AfD, an argument was that the Japanese WP had the same guy, but the name was spelled differently. That's not a reference. Rhadow (talk) 15:23, 20 September 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 16:05, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  M assiveYR   ♠  16:57, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.  M assiveYR   ♠  16:57, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep The rationale behind this AfD is hard to understand. We don't delete articles just because they have been spawning copies. We also don't delete them because they currently have no references (see WP:NRVE: "Notability requires only the existence of suitable independent, reliable sources, not their immediate presence or citation in an article"). The characterization of the previous AfD is also incorrect: as I and others agreed, there are reliable sources out there for the individual (even though not a lot on the net), and then there's the additional fact that this person has become a recurring character in many novels and historical accounts of the era, achieving fame in the popular imagination. No where did I argue it should be saved just because it has a Japanese Wikipedia article (and that was definitely not the main reason the article was saved). My previous argument stands (though, as anyone who reads it can see, I did consider the article from multiple angles and did not argue that it was an obvious keep). If referencing is an issue, I have now added the Kumamoto Prefecture reference, though more can be done. Michitaro (talk) 09:54, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:42, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


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The Meadows Greyhounds

The Meadows Greyhounds is one of two metropolitan Greyhound racing tracks located in the Australian state of Victoria. The track is positioned within an industrial estate in the north western Melbourne suburb of  Broadmeadows. The Meadows is one of 13 greyhound tracks located in Victoria; it has races on Saturday nights (Metropolitan meetings) and Wednesday days (Provincial meetings).

History
The Melbourne Greyhound Racing Club (MGRA) was founded in 1955. MGRA conducted its first races at the Maribrynong track by leasing it for £100 per week. In 1957, MGRA was allowed to relocate to the North Melbourne Greyhound Oval. Racing was conducted with a tin hare. The first Australian Cup, held on the 31 March 1958, was won by champion greyhound, Rookie Rebel. Following a dispute over rent, the last race meeting held at the North Melbourne Track was on 16 April 1962. The MGRA then moved to the Olympic Park No.2, with the first meeting held on 20 August 1962. In 1994, the CityLink project resulted in the track being closed. The MGRA ended up receiving compensation to relocate the track to the Broadmeadows site. The first meeting held at The Meadows was on 8 February 1999.

Track distances and specifications
The Meadows track is a circle track and has three distances over which the Greyhounds race - 525, 600, and 725 m. The track from post to post is 450 m.

Feature races
The Meadows holds many feature races on its race calendar, including 9 group ones per year. The biggest event is the Australian Cup, which is worth AU$250,000 to the winner.

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Panther Racing

Panther Racing was an American open wheel auto racing team. It was one of the oldest continually operating teams in the IndyCar Series.

Four years in a row (2008–2011), the team finished second at the Indianapolis 500.

Formation
The team was formed in late 1997, to compete in the Pep Boys Indy Racing League (now IndyCar Series), by six owners: open-wheel racing team manager John Barnes, Indianapolis car dealer Gary Pedigo, former radio personality Mike Griffin, television production executive Terry Lingner, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jim Harbaugh and Indianapolis director of corporate government affairs Doug Boles. Mike Kitchel was the Director of Public Relations for Panther Racing.

1998–2000: Early success with Scott Goodyear
For their first season in 1998, the team fielded the #4 Pennzoil G-Force GF01B-Oldsmobile Aurora L47 V8 for Scott Goodyear. The car had an unusual yellow and black paint scheme, as Pennzoil did not use its traditional all-yellow livery in favor of a Sam Bass design as part of changes by the company when they added NASCAR sponsorship to Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in 1998 (Bass, a well-known race car motorsport livery designer, wanted more focus on black instead of the traditional yellow to reflect Pennzoil's sponsorship of Earnhardt and Earnhardt's signature black color). The car used #4, which reflected Harbaugh's jersey number with the Indianapolis Colts. The team would debut at the Indy 200 at Walt Disney World Speedway. Goodyear would start in 21st place (due to qualifying being rained and the top 20 starters being determined by 1996-1997 entrant standings and the remaining eight by practice speeds). Goodyear would finish in 17th place due to a suspension failure after 132 laps. Goodyear would then finish in 6th place (one lap down) at the following race, the Dura Lube 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Over the next seven races, Goodyear would finish in the top 6 five times and would get a best finish of 2nd place at the New England 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Goodyear was ranked in 5th place following the Atlanta 500 Classic at Atlanta Motor Speedway and would finish in 7th place with 244 points due to 22nd-place finishes at the last two races of the season, the Lone Star 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and the Las Vegas 500K at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The team would also field the #43 Pennzoil G-Force GF01B-Oldsmobile Aurora L47 V8 for Dave Steele at Texas and Las Vegas. Steele would finish in 24th place at Texas and 27th place at Las Vegas. Steele would finish in 36th place in points with 22 points (Steele also drove for Helmut Marko Racing at Phoenix).

In 1999, Goodyear continued to drive for the team in the #4 Pennzoil G-Force GF01C-Oldsmobile Aurora L47 V8. At the season-opening TransWorld Diversified Services Indy 200 at Walt Disney World Speedway, Goodyear started in 4th place and finished in 2nd place after leading 36 laps. Goodyear would then win the MCI WorldCom 200 at Phoenix International Raceway after starting in 3rd place and leading for a race-high 134 laps. Goodyear would take the points lead following the race. Goodyear would then finish in a disappointing 27th place at the Indianapolis 500 due to an engine failure after 101 laps before winning the following race, the Longhorn 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, after leading the final 43 laps of the race. Following Texas, Goodyear would get a best finish of 12th place at the Radisson 200 at Pikes Peak International Raceway in the remaining six races of the season. Goodyear continued to hold the points lead following the MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200 at Dover Downs International Speedway (with three races left in the season). Goodyear would finish in 9th place in the final standings with 217 points. Steele would drive the #43 Pennzoil G-Force GF01C-Oldsmobile Aurora L47 V8 as a second car for the team at Indianapolis. Steele would crash in practice on May 19 and would suffer a concussion, causing him and the car to fail to qualify.

For 2000, Goodyear drove the #4 Pennzoil Dallara IR00-Oldsmobile Aurora L47 V8. The team began to use an all-yellow Pennzoil livery after using the Sam Bass-designed black and yellow livery the previous two seasons. At the season-opening Delphi Indy 200 at Walt Disney World Speedway, Goodyear started in 8th place and finished in 4th place. Goodyear would then finish in 2nd place at the MCI WorldCom Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway and was ranked in 3rd place in points. Following Phoenix, Goodyear only had one finish outside of the top 12 (a 16th-place finish at the Radisson 200 at Pikes Peak International Raceway) and was always ranked inside the top 4 in points. Goodyear would later win the pole position at the Belterra Resort Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway and finish in 2nd place to Buddy Lazier after leading a race-high 65 laps. Following the race, Goodyear was ranked in 2nd place in points and was 38 points behind Lazier (a win gives 50 points, while leading the most laps gave 2 points and qualifying on the pole position gave 1 point). At the season-ending Excite 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Goodyear started in 2nd place and won the race after leading for 39 laps. Eddie Cheever (who was also eligible to win the championship due to being 4 point behind Lazier) would finish in 2nd place and Lazier would finish in 4th place. Goodyear would finish in 2nd place in the championship to Lazier by 18 points.

2001–2003: Championships with Hornish Jr.
Goodyear went into semi-retirement starting in 2001 and second-year driver Sam Hornish Jr. became the new driver of the #4 Pennzoil Dallara IR01-Oldsmobile Aurora L47 V8. Hornish would win the season-opening Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway after starting in 2nd place and leading 140 of 200 laps. Hornish would then win the Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway after leading 142 of 200 laps. Hornish would only have one finish outside of the top 10 during the season (a 14th-place finish at the Indianapolis 500) and his worst finish in the top 10 was a 6th-place finish at the Harrah's 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. Hornish would also receive his first two pole positions of his career during the season at the Gateway Indy 250 at Gateway International Raceway and the season-ending Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway (although both races had their starting lineup determined by entrant standings). Hornish would clinch the championship at the next-to-last race of the season, the Delphi Indy 200 at Chicagoland Speedway, with a 2nd-place finish. Hornish would then win the season-ending race at Texas after leading 115 laps. Hornish would win the championship with 503 points, beating Lazier by 105 points.

For 2002, Hornish returned to drive the #4 Pennzoil Dallara IR02-Chevrolet V8. At the season-opening Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Hornish qualified on the pole position and led for 166 of 200 laps to win the race. Hornish would then win the Yahmaha Indy 400 at California Speedway after leading for 73 laps and passing Jaques Lazier for the lead on the final lap on the main straightaway. During the season, Hornish would battle for the points lead with Marlboro Team Penske teammates Hélio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran. Hornish then had three races where he failed to finish better than 17th place (Firestone Indy 225 at Nazareth Speedway) and would drop to 3rd place in points behind the Penske drivers following the Indianapolis 500 (where Hornish finished in 25th place, ten laps down, due to contact with the wall). Hornish would then win the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway after leading only the final 2 laps of the race. Hornish would reclaim the points lead following the Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway with a 2nd-place finish. After the following race, the Gateway Indy 250 at Gateway International Raceway, Hornish was 8 points behind new leader Castroneves and 1 point behind de Ferran. Hornish would then win the Delphi Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway by 0.0024 over Al Unser Jr. after qualifying on the pole position and leading for 102 of 200 laps. Following the race, Hornish led Castroneves by 12 points and de Ferran by 38 points. De Ferran was injured in the race and would miss the season-ending Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. At Texas, Hornish started in 3rd place and led for 79 laps and would beat Castroneves for the victory. Hornish would win the championship with 531 points. The team would also field the #15 Pennzoil Dallara IR02-Chevrolet V8 at Chicagoland and Texas for Dan Wheldon (who would make his series debut in the car). At Chicagoland, Wheldon started in 7th place and finished in 10th place. At Texas, Wheldon started in 28th (last) place and would finish in 15th place, five laps down. Wheldon would finish in 36th place in points with 35 points.

In 2003, Hornish would continue to drive the #4 Pennzoil Dallara IR03-Chevrolet V8. Several teams from the struggling Champ Car World Series would join the IndyCar Series full-time and would use Honda and Toyota engines. Panther's Chevrolet engines would struggle compared to the Honda and Toyota engines during the season. At the season-opening Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Hornish started in 3rd place and finish in 10th place, one lap down. Hornish would then get a 6th-place finish at the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi. At the Indianapolis 500, they would field the #44 and #98 Pedigo Chevrolet Dallara IR03-Chevrolet V8 for Robby McGehee and Billy Boat. Hornish would qualify in 18th place while Boat and McGehee qualified in 29th and 31st place. Boat would retire after 7 laps due an engine failure and would finish in 32nd place. McGehee would suffer a steering failure after 125 laps and would finish in 25th place. Hornish was running in the top 10 when he blew an engine after 195 of 200 laps and would finish in 15th place. Hornish would get three top 10 finishes at the next three races, with a best finish of 4th place at the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway. Cosworth would then build a new Chevrolet engine that was dubbed "Chevworth". Hornish's results would significantly improve and he would have a streak of six races where he finished no worse than 6th place (his next worst finish was 2nd place) and would get three wins at the Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway (after leading 181 of 200 laps and qualifying on the pole position), the Delphi Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway and the Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway. Going into the season-ending Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Hornish was 19 points behind leaders Scott Dixon and Hélio Castroneves (who were tied) and had a chance to win a third consecutive championship, along with Tony Kanaan and Gil de Ferran. At Texas, Hornish retired after 176 of 195 laps due to a spray issue and would finish in 17th place and in 5th place in the championship with 461 points, 46 points behind champion Dixon. McGehee finished in 35th place in points with 5 points and Boat finished in 37th place with 1 point.

2004–2005: IRL's Chevrolet spearhead and decline
For 2004, Tomas Scheckter replaced Hornish, who left to drive for Team Penske, in the #4Pennzoil Dallara IR03-Chevrolet V8. Team Menard merged into the team to form Menard-Panther Racing and would field Menard's #2 Johns Manville/Menards Dallara IR03-Chevrolet V8 for 2003 Menards Infiniti Pro Series champion Mark Taylor under the name. At the season-opening Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Scheckter started in 3rd place and Taylor 6th. Scheckter would lead for 22 laps and would finish 5th, while Taylor crashed after 39 laps and finished in 19th (last) place. Scheckter would get eight top 10 starts in the first nine races, but would fail to qualify in the top 10 afterwards nor would he get a top 10 finish for the remainder of the season. Scheckter's second-best finish of the season was a pair of 13th-place finishes at the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi and the Firestone Indy 225 at Nazareth Speedway. At the Indianapolis 500, Scheckter qualified in 10th place and finished in 18th place, one lap down. In the race, Scheckter passed six cars at once. Although Taylor had three top 10 starts, with a best of 3rd at the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway, he crashed out of five of the first six races. The only race Taylor finished was the Copper World Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, where he finished 12th, two laps down. Taylor would be replaced by Townsend Bell following Richmond. Bell would start in 7th place in his debut for the team, the Argent Mortgage 200 at Kansas Speedway, and would finish in 17th place, 11 laps down. Bell then finished 5th at the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. Bell would get five top 10 finishes in 10 starts and would finish 21st in points with 193 points, despite missing the first six races of the season. Scheckter finished 19th in points with 230. Taylor, who drove for Access Motorsports after being released from Panther finished 17th in points, despite missing one race during his transition. Following the season, Menards left the team to sponsor Vítor Meira at Rahal Letterman Racing and the #2 car began to compete under Panther Racing proper.

In 2005, Scheckter returned to drive the #4Pennzoil Dallara IR05-Chevrolet V8. Tomáš Enge became the driver of the #2 Rockstar Energy Drink Dallara IR05-Chevrolet V8. At the season-opening Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Scheckter qualified on the pole position and Enge in 3rd. In the race, Enge suffered an engine failure after 41 laps and finished 21st out of 22 cars while Scheckter led for 13 laps but was involved in a crash on lap 159 and finished in 11th place. Scheckter and Enge would qualify in the top in each of the next three races, but Scheckter would only get a best finish of 10th place at the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi, where Enge failed to start. Both drivers were involved in crashes at the XM Satellite Radio Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway and the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg. At the Indianapolis 500, Buddy Lazier would drive the #95 Jiffy Lube/Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria/ESPN 950 AM Dallara IR05-Chevrolet V8 in conjunction with Byrd Racing. Lazier would qualify in 9th place, Enge in 10th and Scheckter in 11th. On lap 155, Enge and Scheckter were involved in the same crash and would finish in 19th and 20th place. Lazier would finish in 5th place with a broken front wing due to contact with Scott Sharp. At the following race, the Bombardier Learjet 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Scheckter qualified on the pole position and Enge in 2nd. Scheckter would lead for 119 of 200 laps and would win Panther's final race while Enge finished 19th, six laps down. Scheckter would get five top 5 finishes for the rest of the season. Enge would be injured at the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway and would miss two races. When Enge returned for the final six races, he got three top 10 finishes with a best finish of 5th place at Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway. Lazier would return for five races (including the ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile, where he replaced Enge) with sponsorship from Pennzoil and American Sentry Guard. Lazier would have top 10 starts in each race and would get four top 10 finishes in four of them, with a best finish of 6th place at the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway and the AMBER Alert Portal Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway. Bell would replace Enge at Michigan and would have the fastest lap of the race after starting 10th and finished 15th after being involved in a crash after 180 laps. Scheckter finished 9th in points with 390 points, Enge in 16th with 261 points (2nd in the rookie of the year standings to Danica Patrick), Lazier finished 23rd with 140 points and Bell 30th with 15 points.

2006–2007: Transition to Honda
In August 2005, General Motors announced that they were withdrawing from the IndyCar Series (by this point Panther was their only full-time team). Royal Dutch Shell also left the team following the 2005 season. The team would cut down to only one car, the #4 Dallara IR05-Ilmor-Honda Indy V8 HI7R for Vítor Meira in 2006. The team would start off the season with sponsorship from Econova at the Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg. At Homestead, Meira started in 15th place and finished in 16th place out of 20 cars (four of which failed to start the race) due to an engine failure after 10 laps. At St. Petersburg, Meira started in 12th place and finished in 5th place after leading for two laps. The team then got sponsorship from Network Live for the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi, where Meira finished 10th. At the Indianapolis 500, Meira qualified in 6th place and would be the highest-starting driver to not drive for Team Penske, Chip Ganassi Racing or Andretti Green Racing. The team would acquire sponsorship from Harrah's after qualifying. Meira would eventually finish in 10th place. The team then ran the next four races without sponsorship. Meira would finish in 2nd at the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix presented by Tissot at Watkins Glen International, 6th at the Bombardier Learjet 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, 2nd at the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway and 3rd at the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway. Following this group of races, the team got sponsorship from Revive! for three races. Meira would get a 3rd-place finish at the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway and his third 2nd-place finish of the season at the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway after leading for a race-high 75 laps. Lincoln Tech, Barnes' alma mater would sponsor the car for the final three races of the season. Meira would finish 6th at both the Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Secret at Kentucky Speedway and the season-ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean at Chicagoland Speedway and 3rd at the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway. Meira would finish in 5th place in the final standings with 411 points and would be the highest-ranked driver not driving for Penske or Ganassi.

For 2007, Kosuke Matsuura joined Panther as a second car, running Panasonic sponsorship and in association with the Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, with the #55. Meira's #4 carried Delphi sponsorship. Both drivers had so-so years, with Matsuura taking a top five at Michigan.

2008–2013: National Guard sponsorship and four 2nd places at Indy
For 2008, Matsuura was released from the 55 and Panasonic sponsorship went to the #27 of rookie Hideki Mutoh for Andretti Green Racing. Meira's team remained unchanged. Meira scored a second-place finish for Panther Racing at the 2008 Indianapolis 500, earning more than a million dollars.

In 2009 former IndyCar Series champ and Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon replaced Meira in the Panther #4 car, with the U.S. National Guard as the primary sponsor. Veteran driver Scott Sharp competed in the #16 Patron car for the team at the Indy 500. Wheldon finished second, with Sharp off the pace.

In 2010, Wheldon remained with the team and again placed second in the Indianapolis 500, however the team was not a factor for most of the season. The squad also ran a limited schedule with Ed Carpenter, scoring a second-place finish at Kentucky. Wheldon departed the team after the season, while Carpenter signed on with Sarah Fisher Racing.

In 2009, Firestone Indy Lights champion J. R. Hildebrand signed a multi-year contract to drive the #4 National Guard car starting in 2011. In the 2011 Indy 500 the team's rookie driver was leading when he crashed on the final turn of the final lap. Hildebrand coasted across the finish line to place second. Ironically former Panther Racing driver Dan Wheldon, driving the #98 William Rast car for Bryan Herta Autosport, won the race after finishing second the last two years.

Hildebrand remained with the team. He was 11th in the final points standings. Panther Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing formed a strategic alliance prior to the 2012 Indy 500. The team obtained Panther's second Chevrolet engine contract.

Hildebrand was released from his contract after the 2013 Indy 500. Ryan Briscoe and Oriol Servia alternated in the #4 car for the remainder of the season. Briscoe was injured in Race 1 of the Toronto doubleheader. With Servia unavailable, Panther Racing got Indy Lights points leader (at the time) Carlos Muñoz to drive the #4 for race 2.

2014: closedown
In 2014, Panther Racing sued Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and IndyCar, alleging it lost the National Guard sponsorship worth $17.2 million because of bid rigging. Without the National Guard sponsorship, Panther did not field an entry for the start of the 2014 season. Columbian driver Carlos Huertas tested for Panther Racing at Sebring.

In April a report stated that only a skeleton staff remained with the organization, and their equipment was sold to KV Racing Technology to field a fourth entry for James Davison at the 2014 Indianapolis 500. The team announced that its remaining assets would be sold off at auction on July 23.

The team was officially listed as defunct in August 2014.

Infiniti Pro Series/Indy Lights
In 2003 Panther Racing won the Infiniti Pro Series with Mark Taylor. He won 7 of the 12 races of the season and graduated to the IndyCar Series in 2004.

Hideki Muto finished 2nd in the 2007 Indy Pro Series for Super Aguri Panther Racing.

In 2008 Panther Racing fielded two cars in the Indy Lights Series. Brent Sherman competed in all 16 events. Dillon Battistini drove the other car but left for Team Moore Racing for the final race. He was replaced by Bobby Wilson. Battistini won four races.

Pippa Mann and Martin Plowman drove for Pather Racing in 2009. Both finished outside the top ten in the final standings.

Drivers who have driven for Panther

 * 🇺🇸 Dave Steele (1998–1999)
 * 🇨🇦 Scott Goodyear (1998–2000)
 * 🇺🇸 Sam Hornish Jr. (2001–2003)
 * 🇬🇧 Dan Wheldon (2002, 2009–2010)
 * 🇺🇸 Billy Boat (2003) (Indy 500 only)
 * 🇺🇸 Robby McGehee (2003) (Indy 500 only)
 * 🇬🇧 Mark Taylor (2004)
 * 🇺🇸 Townsend Bell (2004–2005; 2013 Indy 500)
 * Tomas Scheckter (2004–2005)
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Enge (2005)
 * 🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier (2005)
 * 🇧🇷 Vítor Meira (2006–2008)
 * 🇯🇵 Kosuke Matsuura (2007)
 * 🇺🇸 John Andretti (2007) (Indy 500 only)
 * 🇯🇵 Hideki Mutoh (2007) (Chicagoland only)
 * 🇺🇸 Scott Sharp (2009) (Indy 500 only)
 * 🇺🇸 Ed Carpenter (2010)
 * 🇺🇸 J. R. Hildebrand (2011–2013)
 * 🇺🇸 Buddy Rice (2011) (Indy 500 only)
 * 🇦🇺 Ryan Briscoe (2013)
 * 🇪🇸 Oriol Servià (2013)
 * 🇨🇴 Carlos Muñoz (2013)

Complete IRL IndyCar Series results
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 * 1)  The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.
 * 2)  Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
 * 3)  The final race at Las Vegas was canceled due to Dan Wheldon's death.

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Jean-Louis Roersch

Jean-Louis Roersch (born 8 October 1936) is a Belgian field hockey player. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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Talk:Yaquina Bay Light

Edit summary
Oops that was EncMstr, not me who fixed and fact tagged that sentence. Sorry!!! (It seemed like something I would do...) Katr67 23:59, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I thought it was you too! —EncMstr 00:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Trevenard legend
This was added to the article, but has several issues, particularly reliable sources. Since it is expressed as "legend", perhaps a separate section is good enough?

Local legend states that in 1899, a teenage girl, Muriel Trevenard, was exploring the lighthouse with friends on a late summer day. When the group of teens started to leave, Muriel noticed she was missing her handkerchief and went back for it. One of the young men in the party, reputed to be a wanna-be suitor of Muriel's offered to go back with her but she refused. No one has been able to explain why. Muriel was never seen again. When the group went back into the lighthouse to look for the teenager, all they found were various blood spatters but no trace of Muriel Trevenard.

Since then local legend has never been able to explain why there is no recording of a comprehensive search for Muriel despite rumors that the lighthouse contains a secret passage on the second floor that is said to go all the way down the house, under the house and out to the ocean although this has never been substantiated and blueprints show no such passageway. It is also rumored that this passageway was used by sea pirates during the time of the light's de-activation and that nefarious activity took place in the house and legend suggested that it was these pirates that Muriel Trevenard stumbled across when she went back for the handkerchief. The theory is that they waited in the passageway until the teens left and then, believing they were gone, came out of hiding and were surprised by the teenage Muriel whom they immediately murdered and absconded with her body. This theory is complete conjecture and local rumor and has never been substantiated.

In what is considered the "Log Room" in the house, there is sheet of metal against the wall that would resemble a trap door. The room is plexi-glased off so no visitors to the Lighthouse can enter the room but Lighthouse volunteers and employees refuse to admit that this is the much rumored secret passageway. They are also hard pressed to admit that the disappearance of Muriel Trevenard is anything but local lore and may even have been a story purposedly concocted by the local newspaper at Halloween time as a holiday offering to add mystery to the landmark. —EncMstr 00:36, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

 * It's a popular legend, but it seems to have originated as a fictional story back in 1899. Still, there have been mysterious happenings there. I think it's OK to say the place is subject of a legend (without recounting the whole tale in the article--external link it instead) and that people have supposedly seen mysterious lights, etc. But yes, needs reliable sources (and not the dozen or so ghost-hunting and UFO sites I turned up). The pdxhistory or Statesman Journal articles would work. Katr67 01:16, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Ah, I see the legend is linked in the article already. If someone expands on the haunting that is already mentioned in the article, be sure it is not to be redundant. Katr67 01:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm confused. I wrote the Muriel Trevenard piece shortly after visiting Yaquina Bay Lighthouse and interviewing Park Employees, all of whom asked that their names not be used. I went to pains to express it as local legend and local lore and went to so far as to photograph (as best I could)the "log room" and came here to post the photographs only to find the work deleted. What, essentially, is the issue that led to the deletion of this work? Any Oregon State Parks employee will tell you that it is just a ghost story and that it is not true. Links to the story do not provide the exact information as related by the Parks employees I spoke to and they all admit it was just a story concocted for a Halloween edition of the local paper. I resent the term "redundant". There was nothing about the work that was redundant and actions like these make it very difficult to support Wikipedia so some clarification would now be necessary. Sweet Talker 22:25, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

 * In response to "redundant", what I meant was: Please read the article and make sure what you add to it isn't repeating what is already said in the article. This is simply a good writing practice. The article already mentioned the ghost story, so that part should have been taken out when the new material was added. Now let me look at your additions because it's been a couple weeks since we discussed it above, and then I'll respond to what I think you should do next. We really are trying to help you, that's why we are discussing it on this page rather than deleting it and not saying anything. It's part of the process here--it's tedious but it usually yields good results. Katr67 23:37, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

 * OK, the main issue as stated above, is the section lacks reliable sources. Unfortunately, interviewing park service employees is original research, so any new info you learned that's not able to be cited will have to be left out until citations can be found. Also, it "may even have been a story" isn't true--I think it's pretty clear the legend stems from the 1899 story and that this should be stated first thing when discussing the legend. Katr67 23:47, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm still confused. I came here in good faith to relate what I believe is interesting and necessary piece of the lighthouse's history. The story, as it can be linked from other websites, contains hosts of incomplete or just slapped together information. That was one of the reasons for my trips out to Yaquina Bay which will be getting more difficult as the rainy season descends on the Pac Northwest. If there is a link that shows the actual 1899 article, I'd be all for it. I cannot find it. As for the claim that the "log room" includes the trap door, I have not found that in any online research. The basement of the lighthouse itself houses the gift shop and a small "theatre" of sorts with bench seats in which a video history of the lighthouse is shown in a loop for interested people. It is on that video that mention is made of the mysterious trap door.

My last trip to the lighthouse was to photograph the "lamp room" as best I could. It's on the "third floor" as were and where the iron rung steps to the lamp room (boarded off for safety reasons)are located. The "log room" is right before the ladder to the lamp room and it is Plexiglased off. It's more of a eaves room or closet storage than a real room despite the fact that it houses a small bed, a desk, an officer's hat, a small lamp and a log book. In times past, the trap door was always closed. On my last trip, the door was ajar and I don't know if that is a vanity on the part of Oregon Parks to encourage the "pirates secret passageway" part of the Trevenard ghost story.

I understand everyone's vehemence in keeping Wikipedia credible due to its somewhat dubious reputation as a reliable online encyclopedia and I applaud that in some small way, but my contribution just wasn't slapped on here. I've explored, photographed and financially donated to this lighthouse for the past six years. So this wasn't some attempt to cavalierly add some reference to something I heard in conversation in a backhanded manner. A major part of the lighthouse's history is this ghost story. It needs to be told and in a comprehensive, factual yet interesting way. Let me know if you want files of the photographs. Sweet Talker 19:12, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Actually, I was planning to rework your entry and restore it to the article (you know it isn't lost, but is in the page history, right?) But did you read the part about original research? I don't doubt your integrity, but unless you get your research published somewhere else, we can't use it. You're absolutely right about the credibility angle and we treat everyone from conspiracy theory crackpots and college professors the same way--if you can't cite a source, the information is subject to removal. And it's my turn to be confused because the link to the 1899 story has been in the article this whole time. Do you mean an actual scan of the story? Katr67 20:42, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Sweet Talker 22:45, 30 September 2007 (UTC)No, I haven't published my work yet. Tried to. Coastal Living has yet to respond back. I must be using the wrong terminology as well. Yes, I meant a bona fide scan of the actual story. Either I'm looking in all the wrong places or it no longer exists but I haven't exhausted all of my sources in Oregon yet. Besides the "citing sources", how in the world do you cite a source if all you have (the reprinted story notwithstanding)are links to websites that provide spotty information. I still believe that this is a viable and needful section of the page. While poking around the Yaquina Bay giftshop (looking for whatever book I haven't already bought) no less than five people asked about the ghost story. The volunteer behind the counter was obviously new because she just muffed the whole thing up. The video and the old salts who greet you at the door of the lighthouse know each and every corner of the dwelling and set any number of people straight but folks are interested in the ghost story because they've heard it somewhere. Do you want the photographs of the Log Room? PS. Oregon Parks employees at the lighthouse are vehement that, despite the published newspaper story, the Trevenard ghost story is a made up story. They don't explain the trap door in the log room but they are admamant that the story is made up.

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1891 Aston Manor by-election

The 1891 Aston Manor by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Aston Manor on 20 March 1891. It was triggered by the death of incumbent MP George Kynoch. The Seat was retained by the Conservative Party.

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Mirabad, Mazul

Mirabad, Mazul may refer to:
 * Mirabad (36°13′ N 58°40′ E), Mazul
 * Mirabad (36°18′ N 58°49′ E), Mazul

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Anthony Roche

Anthony Roche (born 17 August 1976) is an Australian retired footballer.

Early life and education
Anthony Roche was born on 17 August 1976 in Brisbane, Queensland. He may have French citizenship as well as Australian.

In 1994, Roche played in the Australian Schoolboys International team.

Career
Roche first played for Wynnum District in Brisbane, Queensland.

He represented Queensland against New South Wales in 2000 (when he scored once) and 2002 (no goals).

In 2002 he joined Brisbane Strikers in the National Soccer League, under coach John Kosmina. He played as a forward, number 21, scoring 12 goals in 21 games.

That attracted the interest of Fortuna Dusseldorf and he signed for the then-Oberliga Nordrhein club from the Strikers for the 2004/5 season. He failed to make an impact in Germany, despite coach Massimo Morales's hopes for his "killer instinct" in front of goal.

He then joined English side and Yeovil Town in League Two from July 2004, but retired in December 2004.

After retirement
After leaving Yeovil, Roche managed the Wynnum Wolves FC from January 2005 until December 2007.

In 2019, he was became senior women's coach at Sunshine Coast Wanderers

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Thrust (album)

Thrust is the fourteenth studio album by American jazz-funk musician Herbie Hancock, released in September 1974 on Columbia Records. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. It is the second album featuring The Headhunters: saxophonist Bennie Maupin, bass guitarist Paul Jackson, drummer Mike Clark (replacing Harvey Mason in this role) and percussionist Bill Summers.

Background
Thrust was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock.

Covers
"Actual Proof" was covered by the Peter Zak Trio (2006) and Roberta Piket (2015).

The composition "Butterfly" was subsequently performed by Hancock himself in his live album Flood (1975), in two studio albums of Direct Step (1979) and Dis Is da Drum (1994), and in Kimiko Kasai's album Butterfly (1979). "Butterfly" was also covered by Norman Connors (1978), Eddie Henderson (1978), Toto (2002), Austin Peralta (2006), Azymuth (2008), Robert Glasper Experiment, and Gretchen Parlato (2009).

"Spank-a-Lee" was covered by Mitchel Forman (2001).

In popular culture
A variation of the composition "Palm Grease" was used in the 1974 vigilante film 'Death Wish', starring Charles Bronson.

The composition "Actual Proof" was originally written for the 1973 film The Spook Who Sat by the Door, and Hancock has used it as a demonstration of his style of playing the Fender Rhodes piano.

Personnel

 * Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP Soloist, ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble
 * Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute
 * Paul Jackson – electric bass
 * Mike Clark – drums
 * Bill Summers - percussion

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GENtle/Image Viewer

The Image Viewer module can be invoked via Tools/Image viewer. It can display images, such as gel photos, print them, or save them in another image format.

The viewer can read and write common formats, such as JPG, TIF, BMP, GIF, etc. In addition, it can read the IMG format used by the BioRad Molecular Analyst software.

The directory can be selected via the upper left button. The files in that directory are shown below. A single click on a file displays the image.

The context menu of the image contains entries to save or print the image, or copy it to the clipboard. For saving, PNG, TIF, BMP, and JPG are available formats, with PNG being the default, as it has the best lossless compression.

Labels of IMG images are shown on screen, print, and saved images by default. This can be changed through the "Show labels" checkbox beneath the file list.

An image can be inverted (black <=> white) through the "Invert" checkbox.

title: GENtle/Image Viewer