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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:18, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Mehul Devkala

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fails notability. Only passing mentions in provided references. No indication of any published book other than few poems in literary magazines. Looks like advertisement. Nizil (talk) 12:19, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
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Mehul Devkala is a well known name in Gujarati and outside literary world.Sahitya Akademi Delhi published english translation of his poems in last December issue of Indian Literature under the title "21st century voices from Gujarati Literature."There are articles on the young writers in the same wikipedia category whose books are not published and lesser known then Mehul Devkala.For example Chintan Shelat. Mehul Devkala's poetry has been appreciated by legends of Indian literature like K.Satchidanandan, Sitanshu Yashschandra,Ganesh Devy and Nabaneeta Dev Sen.Considering his page as advertisement only shows lack of knowledge in the field of contemporary Indian literature. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shekhar Sen (talk • contribs) 09:22, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The page Chintan Shelat will also be deleted. Gazal world (talk) 10:01, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

@Nizil I would like to contest the deletion of article on Mehul Devkala.Wikipedia editors, whoever creating or editing literary pages need to be aware of contemporary literary world in particular upcoming prominent names.You can refer the Indian Express front page link of their national edition given in the article.They quote Mehul Devkala as Prominent name from Gujarat as a poet.He was one of the poet invited by Gujarat state government's Kalautsav 2016 held at Godhra.He was the only young poet along with Khalil Dhantejvi,Krishn Dave and other well known names. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 06:53, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, and IP. Every article is evaluated on its own merits so the existance of other article does not mean that your article too should exist. Every literary journal/magazine publishes poems/poem translations of any poet which does not mean that he/she becomes notable. Notable means what important work the author had done. I can not find any notable work cited in any references. Publishing book or having won an notable award or two helps to establish notability. The article does not fulfil criterias mentioned in notability guidelines (click to read it in detail). That Indian Express ref which passingly mentions him is "prominent" does not make him prominent. His contribution defines his prominence. That article is about singing some protest letter to the President. Such news does not establish any notability. Being invited to one event "Kalautsav" is not much of importance. Just being at an event does not estabish he is important. You have called him "upcoming prominent name" but we can not have article based on what he will became in future. See Notability to know what can be and can not be included. Please provide independent third party references to establish he is notable either in English or in Gujarati. See Identifying reliable sources for more details. Simply, please present some sources such as articles, interviews, criticism "about" him or his works etc published in books, megazines, literary journals etc. to establish that he is important person presently to have his own article on Wikipedia. You have told that his poetry is praised by some people than provide the proof (reference) of it like thier article on Devkala's poetry etc. We can deal with other issues of article after establishing his notability first. Hope this helps and clariefies your questions.--Nizil (talk) 11:29, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * P.S. Chintan Shelat is already deleted.--Nizil (talk) 11:37, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
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 * @Nizil, Kalautsav is not the only single appearance.He did many such poetry readings at state and National level.If you have gone through the Reference no 4.Kitabkhana then you would come to know that four day poetry festival was inaugurated with Gujarati poetry theme and Devkala was the only name along with well known poet Uddayan Thakkar from Gujarat.Kitabkhana is known to host prominent poets at Mumbai.Also reference was published in Indian Literature December 2016 issue published by Sahitya Akademi ,New Delhi,Highest literary body in the country,in the 21 st century's important Gujarati voices along with prominent names like Sahitya akademi winner Kamal Vora and others.Sahitya akademi published english translation of Devkala's poems along with brief Bio Data.If you want to verify then I can share it with you and Its an official journal by Govt of India and published by India's highest literary body Sahitya Akademi.
 * . I know about Sahitya Akademi. My point is we can not consider a poet notable enough only because his few poems are published in Akademi's journal. Hundreds of poets published this way in Akademi's journals so we can not consider all of them notable only due to this single reason. Kitabkhana ref you provided is primary source so can not be considered it as neutral. Being invited to a literary festival is not enough to prove notability. Apart from public poem recitations, does he has published any book? Or have any important contribution in literature (some poems or some public recitations are not enough)? Have won any notable awards? Or his works evaluated by any critic and that criticism published somewhere? Does he fulfils notability guidelines? You can mail scanned copy or pics of that brief biodata from Akademi journal for consideration on my talk page:User talk:Nizil Shah (go to left side panel and find [Email this user] to send email). Please message me here after you mail. We also need references to prove whatever information you have posted on his article too. Please try to find some articles and criticism "about him and his works", his interviews etc published in books, magazines, newspapers or any other reliable third party reference.--Nizil (talk) 14:02, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

 * Delete The fact that this person is mentioned as a "prominent name" in subhead of the Indian Express article] implies notability, but English-language searches do not provide evidence of notability. The Gujarati Wiki might be a better place for this article. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 21:23, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence available which establish him as prominent.--Gazal world (talk) 21:47, 26 September 2017 (UTC)


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eulogy
The second sense definition currently reads: "High praise or commendation." Shouldn't there be an element referring to the medium? I would think that a reference such as "oration" given for the first definition should be given to the form or medium of the expression. __meco 06:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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Dunwell

Dunwell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 * Brad Dunwell, American soccer player
 * Charles T. Dunwell (1852–1908), American politician
 * Mary Ann Dunwell, American politician
 * Michael Dunwell, English soccer player and manager
 * Richard Dunwell, English soccer player
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Plumley (surname)

Plumley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 * Basil L. Plumley (1920–2012), American soldier
 * Charles Albert Plumley (1875–1964), American lawyer and politician
 * Fee Plumley, British artist and technologist
 * Frank Plumley (1844–1924), American politician and lawyer
 * Gary Plumley (* 1956), British footballer
 * Gavin Plumley (* 1981), British writer and broadcaster
 * Jack Plumley (1910 – 1999), British Anglican priest, Egyptologist and academic

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Talk:Free content

There is a project underway at freecontentdefinition.org to define "free content". I don't know if that definition should be added here, just linked to, or presented as one possible viewpoint on what free content is - are there others that disagree with the essential freedoms outlined there? Angela 16:54, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for such a swift response Angela :-). I'll have a look now. Also adding this note (in edit conflict with you) ;-)

Note: I originally used the title "Free content" as it was the most general title I could think of. I now realise that there is a lot more to the subject than I had thought (obviously!), an example of which is that free content and open content are not the same, nor does a free-content licence have to be copyleft. I'd like to provide for general information - perhaps on a portal (Portal:Free culture?) - but I'm happy to change the title of this to include discussion of free and open content - what does anyone think? Cormaggio 16:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi, I don't think names are as important as some people make them out to be. Think what matters is consequences.-luke 13:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure :-) It's just that I didn't want to restrict any ideas by naming it something that didn't encompass the general field.. Cormaggio 16:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Explaining the licences
The cartoon is a good tool for learning, but does an awful job in its purpose -- WHY are the licences different. Maybe we could do a short video or cartoon on _explaining the differences between different licences_. I know I've looked at the issue several times, and I can't explain all of the differences and implications that the licences entail. When open source was emerging, it was hard getting buy-in from some people, even when we knew the implications and could explain the licence. Comments? Historybuff 14:46, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

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Jani Ingram

Jani Ingram is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Northern Arizona University. Ingram researches the chemistry and health impacts of environmental pollutants, especially uranium and arsenic. Ingram is a member of the Navajo tribe, and the Naneesht’ezhi clan. She leads the Bridging Arizona Native American Students to Bachelor's Degrees (NIH Bridges to Baccalaureate) program and the Native American Cancer Prevention Program. She promotes educational and professional opportunities for Native American students in chemistry through a number of initiatives and for this work was awarded the 2018 American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences.

Education
Ingram began her academic studies at Yavapai Community College in Arizona where she earned an associate's degree. She subsequently studied at New Mexico State University and earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry. Her Ph.D. is in chemistry from the University of Arizona.

Career and research
Ingram's research areas are analytical chemistry and environmental chemistry. She specializes on environmental uranium and arsenic contamination and how they effect the food chain and water supplies of the Navajo nation. She also researches traditional Navajo food ingredients and their health benefits, for example juniper ash as a calcium source. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, her research laboratory repurposed their facilities to produce hand sanitizer which was donated to the Navajo Nation.

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Mad Max's - Computer Set Up for Film Scoring

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What computer software do I need?

 * You need a complete Symphony Orchestra
 * Filmmakers (who are not musicians) need a music program which is easy to use and contains a complete symphony orchestra. Apple's GarageBand combined with Jam Pack:Symphony Orchestra is both easy to use and a terrific sounding symphony orchestra.

 * Therefore, this course is designed around GarageBand with Jam Pack:Symphony Orchestra. However, there are other interesting alternatives for you to consider.  One is even free.  See below.

Part 1 -- Music Programs

 * GarageBand -- from Apple Computer, Inc.
 * Apple Computer, Inc. created the first professional-quality music program which is easy to use for beginners who want to create their own music. GarageBand is free with all new Macintosh computers.  This is good because GarageBand needs a really powerful computer.  Highly recommended.  (Note: GarageBand does not come with the sounds of a symphonic orchestra.  To get this, you must purchase Apple's Jam Pack:Symphony Orchestra or download the free packages from Ben Boldt.  See below.)

 * or :

 * Notion Protégé demo -- from VirtuosoWorks
 * The Notion Protégé disk contains a fully working demo (30 days) for its low end version of Notion 1.5 which offers sounds from the London Symphony Orchestra and is ideal for learning film scoring and creating film scores if you know musical notation. Highly recommended.

 * or possibly :

 * Session -- From Avid's M-Tools

 * A program similar to GarageBand for Windows XP is avaialble from M-Audio. According to M-Audio, Session will not run without an M-Audio Fast Track USB audio interface.   (Your instructor has not tested this program.)

 * or on Windows, possibly :

 * Unknown Program code name "Monoco" -- From Microsoft

 * A program similar to GarageBand for Windows Vista might become avaialble from Microsoft next year.   (Your instructor has not tested this program.)

Not Recommended :

 * [[Image:Crystal Clear action stop.png|24px]] Logic Pro and Logic Express [[Image:Crystal Clear action stop.png|24px]]
 * Under no circumstance do I recommend Logic to filmmakers. I have tested this progeram and it is not suitable for anyone but a professional musician.  Hopelessly confusing, extremely buggy and not designed for film scoring.  Filmmakers, do not buy the current version. Robert Elliott

Part 2 -- Symphony orchestra sounds
In addition to GarageBand, you need to be able to create the sounds of a symphonic orchestra inside your computer. GarageBand comes with some great sounding software instruments (that is instruments inside your computer). But these are not enough for filmmakers. Filmmakers need the sounds of a symphony orchestra.

 * Ben Boldt's free instrument packages
 * These are add-on packages which are free from Ben Boldt. I have not tried these because I do not have a way to download files that large.  If you can download these, send me a copy.  To download, go to http://benboldt.spymac.com/instruments.html.

 * Apple's Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra
 * This is an add-on package from Apple which contains many of the sounds of an orchestra. Jam Pack : Symphony Orchestra works with GarageBand. Note : this package has many features.

 * The only feature of Jam Pack : Symphony Orchestra that we use is the software instruments. We do not use loops at for film scoring.  Loops are for documentary filmmakers and people who video events such as weddings, funerals and football games; not for narrative filmmakers.

 * or :

Not Recommended :

 * MOTU Symphonic Instrument
 * MOTU's Symphonic Instrument is a stand alone package and operates with or without MOTU's Digital Performer or GarageBand.This is an alternative package for Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra from the Mark of the Unicorn.

 * Your instructor does not recommend MOTU Symphonic Instrument to people who use GarageBand. Awkward, slow to set up, memory hog.  Only the voices are exceptional.

Part 3 -- Music software alternatives

 * Totally different alternatives are:

Tascam's GigaStudio
 * This is a highly recommended product for Windows for musicians. (Your instructor has not tested this product.)

Finale (Only the full version has natural-sounding instruments.)
 * This unique program is for musicians who read and write sheet music.

 * Never Recommended
 * Because this film scoring course is designed for non-musicians, I recommend that you do NOT, under any circumstance, use Apple's Logic Express or Logic Pro. These programs are for professional musicians.   (Your instructor has tested this products and was not, I repeat, not happy.) Robert Elliott

Install the Software

 * GarageBand
 * As soon as you have installed the software, you are ready to begin. GarageBand come installed on all new computers or it comes as part of iLife. Use Apple's Software Update to update GarageBand to the current version.

 * GarageBand requires very little learning.  One reason is it does very little.  It is extremely slimmed down to just the essencials

 * The secret to use GarageBand is to find all the hidden features such as importing MIDI and creating a regions and notes with a pencil tool.

 * Notation Protégé
 * Installation is very easy with this program. The program has a useful tutorial but it comes with no manual; only a reference card.

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Why "software instruments"?
Until two years ago, there was no way for you to create the sounds of a symphony orchestra. Until two years ago, the sounds created by a computer were close to dreadful.

Music by Radio Shack; Ugh!
Until two years ago, the typical low budget filmmaker purchased a keyboard synthesizer from Radio Shack for under $200 US and used that to create a musical score. Ugh!!!!

No matter how hard you try, you cannot get a synthesizer to sound like a real symphony orchestra. And even with the best musician, it is almost impossible to get a good sounding musical score from a cheap keyboard synthesizer. Therefore, your motion picture was branded as cheap.

Today
But all of a sudden, you now can have a realistic sounding symphony orchestra inside your computer thanks to "Software Instruments".

Even better, you can create wonderful sounding musical scores with little or now musical talent. Wow!

Organic sounds feel good!
There is a trick to scoring a motion picture by non-musicians.

Anything created by a symphony orchestra sounds good. Even bad music created by a symphony orchestra sounds good.

When people hear you do weird things (such as creating musical sound effects using musical instruments from the symphony orchestra), the audience thinks that you know what you are doing. They think you are a genius! They think you meant it to sound that way.

As long as you use sounds which seem organic (real and natural), your music will be considered 100% professional... no matter how bad it is.

That is why you need software instruments!!!!

Tricks of the trade
And of course, there are a few tricks of the trade to make your music sound better. That is what you will learn in these lessons.

You will learn how to create a mood with a single musical note (such as a violin trill), with fast repeating rhythms (with delicate bells or a harp) and with very simple melodies which give the movie additional meaning.
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What? No Midi Keyboard?
One advantage of GarageBand is there is no need for a Midi keyboard to create music on the Macintosh computer. The GarageBand program allows you to use your computer's keyboard. Since the computer's keyboard is not velocity sensitive, you will need to go back and adjust the velocity for each note. However, this is not as bad as it might seem since this course in Film Scoring is for non-musicians who will have to do this anyway because they play so badly.

However, if you wish, you can add a Midi keyboard to your computer system.

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Another option - Record real live musicians
Create an audio recording studio inside your computer

 * What if you don't have a fancy computer?
 * The purpose of this class is to make organic sounds which create a mood. Therefore, if all else fails, you can use your computer to record actual sound effects which have a musical tone to them.  Or even record live music which can be used as a sound effect.

 * Live sounds work too!
 * As an example, simply record the sound of fingernails on a blackboard, the sound of a very low note on a piano, the sound of someone making a sqeaking sound on a violin. Then you combine all these sounds elements to create a wonderful musical sound effect.

 * "Is there are musician in the house?"
 * Or simply record someone playing musical instruments as they watch the movie. Using any musical instrument and a real, live musician, you can create both a film score and terrific musical sound effects.  Rather than play the musical instrument in the normal way, try to play a musical instrument as you would to impress 5-year-old kids at a birthday party by using lots of exageration.

 * Hardware/Software Required
 * To record audio directly into your computer, you need a computer with a microphone and a device which connects the two.

 * For computer software, you can use a very simple audio program (perhaps Audacity; I have not tested this yet.) Or you can use a full DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software package such as ProTools Lite or MOTU's Digital Performer or even GarageBand.  The fancier programs can be much easier to use (with the exception of Apple's Logic which is NOT recommended at this time) but if you get an easy to use program that is simple, you can do some fantastic things.

 * Lots of effort
 * Recording and processing real music and musical sound effects requires a huge amount of effort to create a musical score. Yet, this method has some great advantages.  Using software instruments in GarageBand takes only a few minutes to obtain musical sound effects but GarageBand still has its limitations.  Recording actual sounds gives you more freedom… once you have built your recording studio (to keep the noise down) and mastered the art of audio recording.

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The next page

 * The next page gives you your final exam for the course.  You should start on it but continue on with the other lessons at the same time.
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 * 1) autonomy
 * 2) range distance a vehicle (car, byke, lorry, aircraft) can travel without refueling
 * 3) battery life

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) autonomy
 * 2) range
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Pink brotula

The pink brotula, Brosmodorsalis persicinus, is a species of viviparous brotula, the only member of the genus Brosmodorsalis. It is found along the northeast coast of the North Island of New Zealand from shallow depths to about 17 m. Their length is up to 6 cm.

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Talk:Davey Johnstone

Chronology
The chronology passes from Honky Chateau directly to the late 1970s. Why is there no mention of Davey's contribution to all the Elton albums between Honky Chateau and Rock of the Westies? This period saw the release of most of Elton's most successful albums (Don't Shoot Me, Caribou, GYBR, Captain Fantastic) and was the pinnacle of his achievements as part of Elton's band. Many omissions here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:44, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Because no-one's gotten around to adding it yet. Even though I've expanded the article a bit, I for one don't have much interest in Elton John or Davey Johnstone. Graham 87 03:55, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

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Paul Daisuke Narui

Paul Taisuke Narui, S.V.D. is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata, Japan.

Early life
Narui was born on 24 November 1973 in Iwakura, Japan.

Priesthood
Narui joined Society of the Divine Word on 1986 and was ordained a priest on 10 March 2001. He obtained a bachelor's degree from Nanzan University.

Episcopate
On 31 May 2020, Pope Francis appointed Narui as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata, Japan. He was consecrated on 22 September 2020 by Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi.

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Cookbook

I used to live in South Africa. I thought this is an ideal opportunity to get to know wiki.

Pages I've contributed to:

 * Cuisine of South Africa

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Talk:User created content

Something seem to be wron with the numbers of users.... 3200MILLION??? i thing this is not possible.

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Organic Chemistry/Foundational concepts of organic chemistry

The purpose of this section is to review topics from freshman chemistry and build the foundation for further studies in organic chemistry.

 * 1) History of organic chemistry
 * 2) Atomic structure
 * 3) Electronegativity
 * 4) Bonding
 * 5) Electron dot structures
 * 6) Visualization
 * 7) Resonance
 * 8) Acids and bases
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Cecilia Frank

Cecilia Frank (born 1963) is a Swedish graphic designer, Cecilia Frank has a master's degree in Graphic Design & Illustration from University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm in 1990. Together with her husband Nikolaus Frank she runs the design firm Frank Etc. AB i Stockholm, where she focusses on conceptual design based on future technology, corporate identities and design of educational material.

Cecilia Frank has designed information and exhibitions for official purposes, such as the City of Stockholm. Has worked at different design studios in England. Has done descriptive illustrations for various encyclopedias, and worked for publishing firms, particularly with education, designed product graphics and material related to music. She has been part of project groups related to future technology. Cecilia Frank has received many recognitions, i.e. several Good Design Awards and several Excellent Swedish Design-awards. She has also received awards in several international design competitions, such as LG Electronics International Design Competition and MA Prize 2012.

Literature

 * Design:Stockholm, Stockholms Stadsmuseum, ISBN 91-85233-41-2

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Rolande Tokpoledo

Houane Rolande Tokpoledo (born 15 December 1992), known as Rolande Tokpoledo, is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. She has been a member of the Ivory Coast women's national team. She is nicknamed Tiotine, honoring her compatriot, late male footballer Cheick Tioté, who played at the same position of her.

International career
Tokpoledo capped for Ivory Coast at senior level during the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification.

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Eastern Pequot Tribal Recognition for Gambling Casino
Zell's husband was also in the audience in the packed Senate committee hearing room that day, sitting beside the leaders of the Eastern Pequots. He is Michael D. Cox, chief counsel for the tribe and architect of the tribe's successful petition for federal recognition.

Critics have cited the Eastern Pequots' hiring of Republican insider Ron Kaufman to lobby on their behalf. Kaufman, a GOP fund-raiser with close ties to the White House, Republican Party and Gov. John G. Rowland, was paid $500,000 for his work. He has denied contacting the White House on behalf of the tribe.

Few of the new casino players are bigger than William Koch, no. 354 on Forbes' list of wealthiest Americans and a daring former America's Cup skipper. He's the silent, and previously unnamed, partner behind North Stonington's Eastern Pequot tribe, whose only publicly identified investor is David A. Rosow, a Fairfield golf course developer.

Koch already has jumped the biggest hurdle: having his tribe recognized by the federal government, an entitlement that carries with it the right to open a gambling casino here.

Along the way, lobbyists must be hired to influence decision-makers and generous campaign contributions must be funneled to politicians. The Eastern Pequots spent $500,000 of Rosow's and Koch's money to hire Ron Kaufman, a Republican insider with close ties to the White House and Gov. John G. Rowland.

Controversy
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Etymology 1
From, from (placename) +.

Noun

 * 1) A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia.
 * 2) Any of a variety of white wines made from this grape.

Translations

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Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) The tokay gecko, a spotted lizard native to Asia and some Pacific islands.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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Pont Ruzizi I

The Pont Ruzizi I is a bridge in Bukavu which is one of the customs posts over the Ruzizi River between Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cangungu in Rwanda.

The bridge was first built in 1935 and later destroyed to be rebuilt in 1974 in metal and wood (Bailey bridge with a capacity to support only lower weight vehicles or carrying less than 3 tonnes. It remained in a state of disrepair until the construction of this new bridge, with a capacity to support up to 30 tonnes, in 2012, with financing from the European Union in the economic program of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries. It was inaugurated by the mayor of Bukavu, Bilubi Ulengabo Meschac, on June 19, 2019.

At 57 m, it is the second longest bridge in Bukavu, after Pont Ruzizi II, which is also a border crossing with Rwanda.

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1988 Brown Bears football team

The 1988 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown went winless and finished last in the Ivy League.

In their fifth season under head coach John Rosenberg, the Bears compiled an 0–9–1 record and were outscored 285 to 125. Greg Kylish, George Pyne and L. Wood were the team captains.

The Bears' 0–6–1 conference record placed last in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 196 to 91 by Ivy opponents.

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Draft:Center for Sacramento History

The Center for Sacramento History, or CSH, is a research center, archive, and collecting institution in Sacramento, California. CSH is the official archival repository for the City of Sacramento and County of Sacramento, and maintains a collection of privately donated materials including manuscripts, organizational records, film, photographic images, and objects detailing the history of the Sacramento region. CSH is the largest regional history center in California, with a collection of approximately 50,000 objects, 10,000 linear feet of archival holdings, and 7,000,000 photographic images.

Beginnings
CSH traces its history back to the formation of the Sacramento Historic Landmarks Commission in 1953. The Commission was formed by the City of Sacramento to identify historic structures throughout the city. Through the course of its work, the Commission began acquiring historic artifacts related to the redevelopment of Sacramento's West End, now known as the Old Sacramento Historic District. The Commission was not equipped to handle the storage of historic artifacts, and used the vault at the Sacramento Main Branch of Bank of America to store its first acquisitions. More artifacts were acquired, and the Commission established a committee dedicated to collecting historic artifacts and opening a museum. In 1967, the Commission reached an agreement with the Sacramento Pioneer Association to use their meeting hall, Pioneer Hall, as a storage facility and temporary museum.

City and County Archives
To reflect its changing objectives, the Commission was renamed the Sacramento Museum and History Commission in 1969. The County of Sacramento joined the City in support of the Commission, which was renamed to the Museum and History Division of the City of Sacramento. By 1976, the Division was appointed as the official repository of archival records of the City and County of Sacramento. With this designation came a large amount of material, including the bulk of the archival collection currently housed at CSH.

This growth led to the need for a new location, and that year the Division's facilities were moved to the Mayflower Building in the Midtown area of Sacramento.

Founding a Museum
Throughout the Historic Landmarks Commission's existence, the City began to explore the feasibility of opening a museum to tell Sacramento's history and its founding during the California Gold Rush.

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Etymology
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 * 2)  to pour out
 * 3)  to spill (to get spilled)
 * 1)  to spill (to get spilled)

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The Mists of Avalon (miniseries)

The Mists of Avalon is a 2001 television miniseries based on the 1983 novel of the same title by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Produced by American cable channel TNT, adapted by Gavin Scott, and directed by Uli Edel, the series retells Arthurian legend from the perspectives of Morgan le Fay and other women of the tale. The first episode was the highest-rated original movie on basic cable in the summer of 2001.

Part I: Igraine and Uther
The film begins with a battered, dirty, and injured Morgaine riding in a small boat through a misty river. Most of the film is a reflection through her eyes, with Morgaine as narrator.

Morgaine (aged 8) is living with her pagan mother Igraine and Christian father Gorlois, respectively the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. Igraine's younger sister, Morgause, lives with them.

Their eldest sister, Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, High Priestess of Avalon, along with Merlin, as the chief Druid, has come to Igraine with a prophecy that she will bear the king who is destined to beat the Saxons. Igraine is distressed after being told that the child will not be Gorlois', and she refuses to bear the heir. Merlin explains that the father of the great king would be wearing a dragon on his arm, but Igraine will not agree to do their bidding. Morgause offers herself to surrogate the child, citing that she also carries the bloodline of Avalon, but Viviane dismisses her. Morgaine has a vision, seeing her father dead. Viviane notes that Morgaine has the supernatural ability of premonition called "the Sight".

The High King, Ambrosius, summons his nobles to a feast to name his successor, Uther Pendragon. Igraine is immediately drawn to Uther; Gorlois interrupts their discussion jealously.

After Uther is crowned, Gorlois rebels against him. He rides out to battle in Cameldun, but secretly takes his troops at night where Uther Pendragon is stationed.

At the island of Avalon, Viviane uses a scrying spell to warn Igraine against Gorlois. Igraine, who is romantically infatuated sends a message via astral projection to Uther. The next day, Morgaine and her aunt Morgause find that Gorlois has ordered his guards not to let the women out, or any men other than himself in. Merlin and Uther arrive, and Merlin puts a glamour charm on Uther to make him appear and sound like Gorlois. At first, Morgaine is thankful her father is alive, but she noticed the dragon tattoo of the man's arm and begins to understand that this man is actually Uther. Later, when Gorlois' corpse arrives, Morgause ignores the commotion, since the man who delivered Gorlois' body, King Lot of Orkney, takes notice of her, and she falls in love. Uther takes both Morgaine and Igraine to Camelot, where Igraine gives birth to Arthur Pendragon.

Part II: Morgaine is taken to Avalon
Arthur and Morgaine grow up loving each other dearly. When Arthur is five and Morgaine is thirteen, Viviane and Merlin return, saying that it is time to take Arthur away for his training with Merlin as future king. Viviane then orders Morgaine to come with her to Avalon to be trained as a priestess. Igraine and Uther do not want Morgaine to go, but Viviane threatens to withdraw Avalon's support of Uther, and Morgaine and Arthur are taken away from Camelot. Arthur and Morgaine are torn apart tearfully from each other, Arthur heading north with Merlin, and Morgaine heading south with Viviane. Viviane then takes Morgaine behind a misty curtain into a utopian island, Avalon. Viviane trains Morgaine to gain power of the elements, and in the servitude of the Three-fold Goddess. It takes ten years for Morgaine to be initiated, her final test being to part the mists. Igraine has a distressful vision of Morgaine "being taken".

Soon after her initiation, Morgaine meets her cousin Lancelot (whose mother is Viviane), a handsome and bold warrior. He has come to seek his mother's blessing in battle, but she is reluctant to give it. Morgaine shows him a stone circle, and she begins to fall in love with him. Lancelot sees through the misty veil a few Christian nuns and some virgin postulants walking down a path. One of them strays and seems as if she is aware of Avalon's existence on a parallel plane of existence. Lancelot begs Morgaine to open the mists for her, and she does so. The postulant is startled, but quickly smitten with Lancelot, as Lancelot is with her. The girl's name is Gwenhwyfar, daughter of King Lœdekrans. Morgaine immediately dislikes Gwenhwyfar, and closes the mists on her, separating them. Lancelot, annoyed, decides to defy his mother and leaves.

A few days later, on Beltane, Viviane sends Morgaine to be a part of a fertility rite as "The Virgin Huntress", where Morgaine is to make love to the man who kills the king's stag. Both partners are masked, so neither knows who the other is; still afterward, Morgaine longs for it to be Lancelot, but believes she will never be certain.

Part III: Arthur is crowned
Arthur, having completed his training with Merlin, finds his father, Uther, in a battle against the Saxons, just before he dies. He is locked in a burning church, and Arthur calls to both God and Goddess for help. Viviane, on behalf of the Goddess, answers, and gives Arthur Excalibur in exchange for loyalty to Avalon and paganism as well as Christianity. Arthur quickly agrees, and defeats the Saxons.

Morgaine is finally released from Avalon and returns to Camelot for her brother's coronation. She reunites first with Morgause, who is now Queen of Orkney and has a teenage son, Gawain. She then finds her mother, old and worn, sitting by a window with the Bishop Patrick. Igraine says that she is becoming a Christian nun and moving to Glastonbury. She says that she will not love again after being twice widowed, and wants to seek forgiveness for betraying Gorlois long ago. Morgaine is startled by this news and distressed.

Meanwhile, Arthur has been given a Christian princess as his bride. As Arthur introduces his bride to Lancelot, she is revealed to be Gwenhwyfar. Lancelot and Gwenhwyfar are bewildered by this twist of fate, and have an awkward first meeting. Arthur then happily reunites with Morgaine and reveals that he was the King's Stag at the Beltane feast. Morgaine, shocked that she'd made passionate love to her own brother, cries in despair and shame. In a brief scene, Morgause is seen performing an infertility curse on Gwenhwyfar, a woman "she has decided to hate", cursing her to barrenness.

Arthur is crowned king under both the Pendragon and Christian banners. The Bishop Patrick then weds him to Gwenhwyfar; Merlin and Viviane appear startled, this union seemingly unexpected even to them. Morgause whispers to her husband that Gwenhwyfar will never have children, making her son Gawain next in line to the throne. Morgaine feels sick and quickly leaves the celebration. Morgause follows her; Morgaine reveals that she is pregnant but does not mention that Arthur is the father. Morgause is surprised—Morgaine's baby would inherit the crown before Gawain.

Arthur is called away soon after his coronation, leaving Gwenhwyfar in Lancelot's care. They go riding one day, only to be attacked by Saxons. Lancelot saves Gwenhwyfar from being raped, and they hide. Gwenhwyfar and Lancelot kiss, but vow that their loyalties are to Arthur first, not each other, and they swear to never have an affair.

Part IV: Mordred is born
Morgause concocts a potion to help Morgaine abort her pregnancy. Viviane stops Morgaine before she can drink it. Morgause warns Morgaine to never be Viviane's pawn. Morgaine is furious with Viviane for letting this abomination happen: a bastard child fathered by her own brother. Viviane wants this baby to be Arthur's heir, whose pagan roots would make him the greatest ruler Britain has ever seen. Morgaine renounces Viviane and Avalon, and moves to Orkney with Morgause. In the middle of winter, Morgaine gives birth to a son, Mordred. Morgause is advised by her husband, Lot, to kill the child. Indeed, Morgause has ample opportunity to kill him, as Morgaine is unconscious due to a fever she develops after childbirth. She sets Mordred in front of a cold open window. Morgaine suddenly calls out in her fever that Arthur is the father. Morgause gets a new idea and saves the baby and takes him to be nursed. She tells her husband that she will tutor and raise Mordred so the boy will have her influence. She also breastfeeds Mordred for the first time herself.

Part V: Morgaine returns to Camelot
This begins the second part of the miniseries. Morgaine, convinced by Morgause, decides to return to Camelot. Arthur has become the great king everyone has hoped for, and Gwenhwyfar is beginning to grow distressed at her inability to produce the son Arthur needs to succeed him. Arthur assures Gwenhwyfar that they are still young and have years to bear children.

Morgaine returns to Camelot and is greeted by Arthur. She is introduced to Sir Accolon, a pagan Knight of the Round Table and son of the elderly pagan King Uriens of North Wales. Accolon and Morgaine are drawn to each other. Meanwhile, Lancelot is dealing with increased stress over Gwenhwyfar and his growing desire for her. Gwenhwyfar, obsessed with bearing children, resorts to asking Morgaine for a fertility charm. Morgaine obliges, and gives her the charm on the night of Beltane.

On the night of Beltane, at a feast, Arthur gets very drunk. Meanwhile, Morgaine, feeling insulted by Arthur's lewd remarks towards paganism, leaves the feast and rides out towards the field where the pagans light the Beltane fires and dance. Accolon follows her outside. Arthur, in the meantime, is taken to bed, barely awake, by a spirited Lancelot and Gwenhwyfar. Arthur then brings up how he notices Lancelot and Gwenhwyfar looking at each other, and how Gwenhwyfar has no child. Arthur, blaming the lack of an heir on himself, suggests that Gwenhwyfar sleep with both him and Lancelot in the hopes of conceiving the needed heir. Arthur emphasizes that Gwenhwyfar will be able to swear that the child was conceived in the king's bed. Lancelot and Gwenhwyfar are both skeptical, but Arthur persuades them, and they all bed down together. Meanwhile, Morgaine and Accolon kiss amongst the dancing pagans.

The next day, Lancelot is feeling regret for what he has done with Gwenhwyfar and Arthur. Morgaine realizes that Lancelot will never love her, so she devises an alternative to Lancelot feeling regret and sadness all his life. Gwenhwyfar has, by this time, gotten her period, and therefore still remains barren. Her serving woman, Elaine, is ecstatic, as Lancelot (encouraged by Morgaine) has asked her to marry him (she was previously seen looking at him). Gwenhwyfar, angered and distressed, dismisses her. Gwenhwyfar is also annoyed at Morgaine, who promised the charm would work, and resents Arthur for insisting the threesome would work.

At Lancelot and Elaine's wedding, Morgaine speaks with Merlin. Viviane is absent from her son's wedding, as the pagan banners of Pendragon have been taken down from Camelot due to Gwenhwyfar being hysterically upset with the "painted savages". Meanwhile, King Uriens discusses taking a second wife (he is a widower) with Arthur, and out of spite, Gwenhwyfar suggests Morgaine. Arthur is not too keen on the idea, but he and Gwenhwyfar ask Morgaine. Gwenhwyfar carefully words the proposal, and Morgaine thinks it is Accolon proposing, and accepts. She only finds out too late that she was engaged to the father, and not the son. Morgaine realizes it would be disastrous to embarrass Uriens by rejecting the marriage, as Wales is an important political ally. Merlin, upset by Morgaine leaving Camelot with Uriens, leaves the feast.

Part VI: Mordred learns his paternity and birthright
Merlin, upon returning to Avalon, dies of old age and tiredness, with Viviane horribly upset, and Avalon filling with mist. Morgaine, ironically, finds her marriage to Uriens to be the few happy years her life would bring her. With Uriens and Accolon, for the first time in her life, she feels like part of a family.

Meanwhile, in Scotland, Mordred, Morgaine's son by Arthur, has grown to manhood. Viviane comes to him in an apparition at the forest and tells him of his being next in line for the throne. Mordred takes this to heart and tells Morgause (whom he called "Mother") he is going to claim his birthright. When he arrives in Camelot, Arthur is planning to turn back the Saxons, who have come on Britain again in force. Mordred makes himself known to Arthur only as his nephew, his mother being Morgaine. Arthur is not told Mordred is his son, and Mordred is welcomed with open arms into Camelot.

King Uriens dies, and Morgaine decides to go back to Avalon. Her entourage is attacked by the Saxons (Deleted scene: and by a devout Christian family suspecting her to be a witch upon discovering her lunar tattoo on her forehead) but escapes with injury. However, upon arriving at the border gate, the mists will not open for her, and Morgaine believes the Goddess has forsaken her. In despair, she crouches in the boat and lets herself float, only to be found by Igraine at the moat of Glastonbury convent, as she remains alive and living among the nuns. The women have a brief but happy reunion.

Mordred and Arthur, overlooking the knights one day, begin a discussion about the next heir. Mordred insists Arthur should name someone, but Arthur still believes Gwenhwyfar might still bear a son. Mordred insists he choose someone before Arthur dies in battle. Arthur says he needs someone of his own descent. It is here that Mordred reveals himself as Arthur's son and that Morgaine was the “Virgin Huntress” whom he copulated with from many years ago. Gwenhwyfar overhears this and runs away, embarrassed and despairing.

Part VII: The downfall of Camelot
Gwenhwyfar has fallen frantically into praying all day in her Christian chapel. One day, Lancelot meets her there, and they plan a secret rendezvous, only to have Mordred overhear. Mordred catches the pair before they sleep together, and he threatens to take both of them before the king and have them hanged for infidelity. Lancelot and Gwenhwyfar escape, and they part for the last time. Gwenhwyfar enters Glastonbury convent, where Igraine meets her. Igraine takes her to Morgaine, still living there, and both women finally make amends with each other.

Morgaine goes back to Camelot, now in ruins, with various men crucified, hanged and decapitated along the walls of the palace. Mordred, Morgaine, Viviane, and Morgause all meet on the stairs to the palace. Viviane reveals Morgause's evil for all to see, reminding the people of the true ways of the Goddess; Morgause, in anger, takes a knife to kill Viviane, but Viviane catches the knife and accidentally stabs Morgause, who falls dead. Mordred, having thought of Morgause as his real mother, takes his sword and kills Viviane in turn. Because Viviane was Lady of the Lake, the sun is eclipsed, and Igraine senses that both her sisters are dead. Back in Avalon, Raven, a priestess who had taken a vow of silence, screams vocally for the first time in despair and the mists of Avalon rise even higher, totally eclipsing the island.

A final battle at Cameldun is set to take place between the Saxons and Arthur's army. Lancelot joins him at the front lines just before the battle. Morgaine is off seeing over the cremation of Viviane and Morgause. Mordred has now betrayed Camelot and joined the Saxons and is leading them to Arthur. Morgaine sees this in a vision as the bodies of her aunts burn before her, and rides off to the battlefield. The fierce battle kills all until only Mordred and Arthur stand. Morgaine arrives all too late. She sees the dead bodies of Gawain, Accolon, and Lancelot among the thousands. Mordred and Arthur have both fatally wounded each other. Mordred dies first, in Morgaine's arms, but Arthur lingers. Arthur begs Morgaine to take him to Avalon.

Part VIII: A new incarnation
As in the opening scene of the film, Morgaine is in the boat rowing to Avalon. Arthur, barely alive, is lying in front of her; Morgaine tries to part the mists, but once again fails. Arthur holds out the sword of Excalibur, suggesting the Goddess needs an offertory. Morgaine hurls the sword into the mist, where it is mystically transformed into a cross, and temporarily opens up the mists to Avalon. Arthur sees Avalon, and Morgaine declares, "We're home!" Arthur sees the beautiful land, and then dies. As Arthur dies, the mists close permanently.

Morgaine then goes to the convent of Glastonbury — not to live as a Christian nun, but because she has nowhere else to go. She is convinced the Goddess is dead, until one day she sees a little girl praying at the feet of a statue of the former Goddess, but is now veiled as the Blessed Virgin Mary. Morgaine smiles, realizing that the Goddess has simply taken a new form, and that one day, perhaps the mists of Avalon will part again. The film ends with credits.

Cast

 * Anjelica Huston as Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, High Priestess of the island of Avalon
 * Julianna Margulies as Morgaine, Duchess of Cornwall
 * Joan Allen as Morgause, Queen of Orkney
 * Samantha Mathis as Gwenhwyfar, Princess of Lœdekrans
 * Caroline Goodall as Igraine, Queen of Camelot (Former)
 * Edward Atterton as Arthur, the High King of Camelot
 * Michael Vartan as Lancelot, Knight of Round Table
 * Michael Byrne as Merlin, High Priest of the Druids
 * Hans Matheson as Mordred, Prince of Cornwall and Orkney
 * Mark Lewis Jones as Uther, High King of Camelot (Former)
 * Clive Russell as Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall (Former)
 * Tamsin Egerton as the young Morgaine, vestal priestess of Avalon
 * Christopher Fulford as Lot, King of Orkney
 * David Calder as Uriens, King of North Wales
 * Hugh Ross as Bishop Patricius of Britain
 * Edward Jewesbury as Ambrosius, King of Britain (Former)
 * Freddie Highmore as young Arthur, Crown Prince of Cornwall and Britain

Reception
The Mists of Avalon was watched by more than 30 million "unduplicated viewers" during its premiere; the first episode "was the highest-rated original movie of the summer on basic cable". Critical reception was mixed but generally positive. USA Today gave the miniseries three stars out of four, crediting its success to Margulies, Huston and Allen as well as Gavin Scott's adaptation. Reviews from Entertainment Weekly and The San Francisco Chronicle were also somewhat positive. Hollywood.com said simply that the series "works" and that "instead of glorifying these legendary characters, Avalon fleshes out their weaknesses, desires and ultimate failures". Kendal Butler of Culture Vulture felt that Hans Matheson as the adult Mordred "promptly walks off with the show" but that the overall production was hampered by "cheesiness" and failed to adequately convey the religious contention between the pagan beliefs and Christianity that were central to the novel.

The Mists of Avalon was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Miniseries and Joan Allen and Anjelica Huston were nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a miniseries or movie. Margulies was nominated for a Golden Globe and Huston for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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Grants and fundraising/Wikiversity nonprofit corporation

Participants in the Wikiversity NPC project create a nonprofit corporation (NPC) that will produce Wikiversity content.

Learning project
The Wikiversity NPC learning project allows Wikiversity participants to learn how to create and manage a nonprofit corporation. The corporation will be entirely oriented around the use of MediaWiki technology for the promotion of education.

Business plan
The goal of this nonprofit corporation (note, a name for the corporation needs to be selected) is to hire experts who will be employed to produce learning resources for Wikiversity. The corporation will also hire experts to write grant proposals for both itself and for the Wikimedia Foundation. Any profits made by this NPC will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation.

November 2007. The Wikimedia Foundation has an illustration project designed to allow people to get paid for creation of “key illustrations” that will be used by Wikimedia wiki projects. If the Wikimedia Foundation is able to support this kind of arrangement for Wikiversity, then a new NPC as proposed here will not be needed.

"aiming to see if the general idea -funneling restricted donations to community members for execution- is workable. To the extent that it does work, it could be very powerful." - Sue Gardner

(Note: I doubt that the grant funders will let you do this. Roadrunner 18:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC))

The corporation will be a strictly educational entity with no purpose other than to advance education as made possible by the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikiversity project.

The corporation will engage in commercial activities such as providing the services of certified educators who specialize in teaching by making use of Wikiversity-derived learning resources. Income derived from fees charged for these services will fund grant writing and the creation of new Wikiversity learning resources.

(Note: This is probably not legally possible. Any funds that you make from for-profit activities will be subject to tax, and if it makes up a large fraction of your income, you will lose your non-profit status.  If you are going to engage in any for-profit activity, it is much simpler to simply create a for-profit corporation.

Non-profit law in the United States allows schools and universities to have non-profit status. The trouble is that they have a rather restrictive definition of school (it has to have a formal curriculum. Simply having classes without a curriculum, will not get you that exemption.

Roadrunner 18:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

 * The point is not to create a school. The point would be that there could be charges for services provided by the NPC; if there was any money from those charges above the costs of providing the services the money would go into the mission of the NPC, support for the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikiversity project.)

Research
We need to do research into the history and activities of the Wikimedia Foundation and other education-oriented NPCs.

Interested users
The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this project, you can list your name here (this can help small projects grow and the participants communicate better; for large projects a list of active participants is not needed).
 * User:JWSchmidt - I am interested in the Wikiversity NPC project
 * User:CQ - I want to hear and see Wikiversity Internet Audio and Video
 * User:Roadrunner - I manage a 503(c) non-profit at http://www.gnacademy.org/
 * User:Historybuff - I'm helping to set up Wikimedia Canada
 * Dionysios (talk), Founder of the Wikiversity School of Advanced General Studies, Date: 2007-09-25 (September 25, 2007) Time:  2121 UTC
 * Remi
 * User:Sunflower67

I AM interested... I run an NPO in South Africa


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Western Allies

The result was delete and redirect to Allies of World War II. — JJMC89  (T·C) 05:31, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Western Allies

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This article is unsourced original research. The subject is ambiguous, and is much better covered in 2 existing articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of World War II. The article is effectively an orphan: links to it are invariably better going to Allies of World War II. I suggest the article and Western Allied, an equally ambiguous redirect, be deleted. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:14, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:17, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Comment from nom: a previous PROD by was removed by . Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:20, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect to Allies of World War II, with a hatnote to Allies of World War I. bd2412  T 13:25, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America1000 15:07, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

 * support BN2412. This provides a good means of disposing of a poor article.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:03, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * support upmerge per BN2412.Hugo999 (talk) 05:09, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. The term is used, but not necessarily in a consistent or well-defined way. The Western Allies are just those Allies that a given author considers Western. As a term, there is not enough discussion of it to warrant an article. Srnec (talk) 19:11, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a commonly-used term in regards to World War II (where it's usually applied to the British Empire/Commonwealth and the US). Nick-D (talk) 07:43, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete and Redirect per BD2412. It's a term that typically is interchangeable with the Allied Powers.4meter4 (talk) 04:06, 30 September 2019 (UTC)


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Hi I'm Luke from England. My main academic interest at the moment is physics.--luke 15:30, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

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Mohan Meena is an Indian Forest Service officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Currently working as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Monitoring and Evaluation in Department of Forest, Government of Madhya Pradesh. Born (06-10-1968) and brought up in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

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Mark Hunter (ice hockey)

Mark William Hunter (born November 12, 1962) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive, coach, and former player. He currently is the owner and general manager for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Hunter was born in Petrolia, Ontario, but grew up in nearby (13 km) Oil Springs, Ontario, and was one of three brothers, with Dave and Dale, to play in the NHL.

Brantford Alexanders
Hunter began his junior hockey career with the Brantford Alexanders for the 1979–80 season where in his rookie season he finished fifth in team scoring, getting 34 goals and 89 points in 66 games, while getting 171 penalty minutes, helping Brantford to the playoffs. In 11 postseason games, Hunter had two goals and 10 points.

He returned to the Alexanders for the 1980–81 season, as Hunter appeared in 53 games, scoring 39 goals and 79 points to finish sixth in team scoring, while having a team high 157 penalty minutes. In six playoff games, Hunter had three goals and six points. After the season, Hunter was selected in the first round, seventh overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

Montreal Canadiens
Hunter made the NHL as an 18-year-old with the Montreal Canadiens for the 1981–82 season. In 71 games with the Canadiens, Hunter had 18 goals and 29 points, while finishing second on the team with 143 penalty minutes, helping Montreal into the playoffs. In five playoff games against the Quebec Nordiques, Hunter had no points and 20 penalty minutes as the Canadiens lost to their provincial rivals.

Hunter appeared in only 31 games for the Canadiens during the 1982–83 season, scoring eight goals and 16 points, while accumulating 73 penalty minutes. He suffered a season ending knee injury on December 26, 1982 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.

Hunter had another injury plagued season in 1983–84, playing in 22 games, scoring six goals and 10 points. Hunter was healthy for the playoffs, where he scored two goals and three points in 14 games, helping the Canadiens reach the Wales Conference finals, where they lost to the New York Islanders.

He was healthy during the 1984–85 season, as Hunter played in 72 games, scoring 21 goals and 33 points, while getting 123 penalty minutes, the second highest total on the team. In the playoffs, Hunter had three assists in 11 games, however, Montreal lost to the Quebec Nordiques in the Adams Division finals.

On June 15, 1985, the Canadiens traded Hunter, Mike Dark, and their second, third, fifth and sixth round draft picks in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft to the St. Louis Blues for the Blues first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth round draft picks in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

St. Louis Blues
Hunter joined the St. Louis Blues for the 1985–86 season, where he broke out offensively, scoring a team high 44 goals and finished second on team scoring with 74 points, helping St. Louis qualify for the playoffs. Hunter appeared in the 1986 NHL All-Star Game held in Hartford, Connecticut, going pointless as the Campbell Conference lost 4–3 in overtime to the Wales Conference. In the playoffs, Hunter had seven goals and 14 points in 19 games, helping the Blues reach the Campbell Conference finals, where they lost in seven games to the Calgary Flames.

Hunter had another solid season for the Blues in 1986–87, scoring 36 goals and 69 points to finish third in team scoring in 74 games. In the playoffs, Hunter had three assists in five games as the Blues lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round.

In 1987–88, Hunter missed 14 games due to injuries, however, he managed to break the 30 goal plateau for the third consecutive season, scoring 32 goals and 63 points in 66 games. In the postseason, Hunter had two goals and five points in five games, as the Blues lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Norris Division finals.

On September 6, 1988, St. Louis traded Hunter, Doug Gilmour, Steve Bozek and Mike Dark to the Calgary Flames for Mike Bullard, Craig Coxe and Tim Corkery.

Calgary Flames
Hunter saw his offensive production drop in his first season with the Calgary Flames in 1988–89, as he scored 22 goals and 30 points, which was his lowest point total since the 1983–84 season, in 66 games. In ten playoff games, Hunter had two goals and four points, as he helped the Flames win the 1989 Stanley Cup Finals over the Montreal Canadiens.

Hunter missed the majority of the 1989–90 season due to knee surgery. In ten games with the Flames, Hunter had two goals and five points and did not suit up for the team for the playoffs.

Hunter returned from his knee injury for the 1990–91 season, as in 57 games, he scored 10 goals and 25 points for Calgary. On March 5, 1991, the Flames traded Hunter to the Hartford Whalers for Carey Wilson.

Hartford Whalers
Hunter finished the 1990–91 season with the Hartford Whalers, where in 11 games, he scored four goals and seven points. In six playoff games, Hunter had five goals and six points as the Whalers lost to the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs.

In 63 games with the Whalers in 1991–92, Hunter scored 10 goals and 23 points, helping the team reach the playoffs. In four playoff games, he did not earn any points, as the Whalers lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round.

On June 15, 1992, Hartford traded Hunter and Yvon Corriveau to the Washington Capitals for Nick Kypreos.

Washington Capitals
Hunter appeared in only seven games with the Washington Capitals during the 1992–93 season, earning no points for the team. He finished the year with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the AHL, where he had 13 goals and 31 points in 28 games with Baltimore. In seven playoff games, Hunter had three goals and four points for the Skipjacks.

Hunter retired from hockey after the season. In 628 career games, he scored 213 goals and 171 assists for 384 points, while accumulating 1426 penalty minutes.

Sarnia Sting
Hunter became the coach of the Sarnia Sting in the OHL midway through the 1994–95 season. He led the Sting to a 17–19–2 record in 38 games, helping the team reach the playoffs. Sarnia was then swept by the Windsor Spitfires in the first round of the playoffs.

In the 1995–96 season, Hunter led the Sting to a 39–23–4 record, finishing in second place in the Western Division. Sarnia swept the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the first round of the playoffs, however, the Sting lost to the Peterborough Petes in the second round. After the season, Hunter left his head coaching position with the Sting to become the head coach of the St. John's Maple Leafs.

St. John's Maple Leafs
Hunter became the head coach of the St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL for the 1996–97 season. Hunter led the Maple Leafs to a 36–28–10–6 record to finish in first place in the Canadian Division. In the playoffs, St. John's defeated the Binghamton Rangers in the first round, however, the Maple Leafs were eliminated in seven games by the Hamilton Bulldogs in the second round. After the season, Hunter left St. John's and returned to the Sarnia Sting.

Sarnia Sting
Hunter returned to the Sarnia Sting of the OHL for the 1997–98 season. He helped the club to the playoffs, as they finished with a 32–21–13 record, third place in the Western Division. They lost to the Plymouth Whalers in five games in the first round of the playoffs.

The Sting improved in the 1998–99 season, as the team finished with a 37–25–6 to finish in second place in the West Division. Sarnia had a disappointing playoff result though, losing in six games to the London Knights in the first round.

In 1999–2000, the Sting fell to a record of 33–27–8–0, finishing in third place in the West Division. In the postseason, the Sting lost to the Windsor Spitfires in seven game in the first round.

London Knights
Hunter became co-owner of the London Knights with his brother Dale Hunter, where he served as an assistant coach and general manager of the club while Dale was the head coach of the Knights. On November 28, 2011, Mark became the head coach of the Knights when Dale left to become the head coach of the Washington Capitals. Hunter led the Knights to a 29–13–0 record over their last 42 games, leading the club to first place in the Midwest division In the postseason, the Knights put together a 16–3 record to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the second time in franchise history. At the 2012 Memorial Cup held in Shawinigan, Quebec, the Knights had a record of 2–1 in the round-robin portion of the tournament, which was good enough for the team to advance directly to the championship game. In the final game, the Knights lost to the Shawinigan Cataractes in overtime by a score of 2–1.

London Knights
Hunter spent twelve years as owner, vice-president, and general manager of the London Knights in the OHL. He departed his management role with the team in October 2014. After 4 years with the Maple Leafs, he returned to his position of general manager in 2018.

Toronto Maple Leafs
On October 21, 2014, Hunter was announced as the director of player personnel for the Toronto Maple Leafs. On April 12, 2015, after the firing of general manager Dave Nonis, Hunter along with Kyle Dubas were named as co-interim general managers of the Maple Leafs, and they continued as assistant general managers after the Maple Leafs hired Lou Lamoriello. Lamoriello left the Maple Leafs in April 2018 and Dubas was named Toronto general manager. Shortly afterwards, Hunter agreed to mutually terminate the contract with the Maple Leafs.

Personal life
Hunter has two brothers. Dale Hunter and Dave Hunter also played in the NHL. Their father also scouts for the Knights. Hunter's son Garett Hunter played parts of three seasons for the London Knights from 2007 to 2010.

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Second Revolution (Republic of China)

The Second Revolution refers to a 1913 revolt by the governors of several southern Chinese provinces as well as supporters of Sun Yat Sen and the Kuomintang against the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China led by Yuan Shikai. It was quickly defeated by Yuan's armies and led to the continued consolidation of Yuan's powers as President of the Republic of China.

The Bai Lang Rebellion was concurrent to the Second Revolution.

Background
Kuomintang leader Song Jiaoren was assassinated in March 1913. Some people believe that Yuan Shikai was responsible, and although it has never been proven, he had already arranged the assassination of several pro-revolutionist generals. Animosity towards Yuan grew. In April he secured a Reorganization Loan of 25 million pounds sterling from Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Japan, without consulting the parliament first. The loan was used to finance Yuan's Beiyang Army.

On May 20, 1913, Yuan concluded a deal with Russia that granted Russia special privileges in Outer Mongolia and restricted Chinese right to station troops there. Kuomintang members of the Parliament accused Yuan of abusing his rights and called for his removal. On the other hand, the Progressive Party, which was composed of constitutional monarchists and supported Yuan, accused the Kuomintang of fomenting an insurrection. Yuan then decided to use military action against the Kuomintang.

There were several underlying reasons for the Second Revolution besides Yuan's abuse of power. First was that most Revolutionary Armies from different provinces were disbanded after the establishment of the Republic of China, and many officers and soldiers felt that they were not compensated for toppling the Qing Dynasty. These factors gave rise to much discontent against the new government among the military. Secondly, many revolutionaries felt that Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong were undeserving of the posts of presidency and vice presidency, because they acquired the posts through political maneuvering rather than participation in the revolutionary movement. Lastly, Yuan's use of violence (such as Song's assassination) dashed the Kuomintang's hope of achieving reforms and political goals through electoral means.

Yuan Shikai's actions against KMT supporters
In the beginning of May Li Chun led the 8th Division from Baoding to Wuhan, and also brought his crack troops to reinforce Shanghai. On June 9, President Yuan removed KMT supporter Li Liejun as Governor of Jiangxi, he was replaced by Vice President Li Yuanhong. Some modern scholars have rehabilitated Li Liejun in this light.

June 13, Military Governor of Guangdong Hu Hanmin (Kuomintang) was appointed to a position in Tibet, he was replaced by Chen Jiongming. June 30, Anhui Governor Bai Wenwei (KMT) was also dismissed, on the same day Li Yuanhong made mass arrests of underground party leaders in Wuhan. At the behest of Jiujiang garrison commander Chen Tingxun, on July 3, Yuan sent the Beiyang Army 6th Division under command of Li Chun into Jiangxi.

Southern Provinces declare independence
On July 12 Li Liejun returned to Jiangxi and at hukou Proclaimed Jiangxi independent On July 15, Huang Xing arrived at Nanjing, organized an anti-Yuan force, and announced Jiangsu independence. Jiangsu Governor Cheng Dequan was named commander of southern forces, however Cheng declined the offer and fled to Shanghai.

On July 17, Anhui governor Bai Wenwei, declared his province's independence. On the 18, Chen Qimei announced Shanghai independence. On July 18, Chen Jiongming responded to Sun's plea to declare Guangdong's independence. On July 19, Sun Daoren and Xu Zhongzhi announced Fujian independence over telegram.

On July 22, anti-Yuan forces were defeated around Xuzhou by the Beiyang Army 2nd Division led by Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun and retreated to Nanjing. From the 22nd to 28th anti-Qing forces attempted to capture the Manufactural Bureau of Jiangnan but the Beiyang Army was able to resist the attack with assistance from the Beiyang Navy.

On July 26, Long Jiguang's forces headed towards Zhaoqing where Li Yaohan of the Zhaoqing army joined him on the 30th and then on August 3, His army entered Sanshui District

On July 31, Ni Sichong's Beiyang force attacked Fengtai and captured Huaiyuan County. On August 2, Fengtai fell to Beiyang forces.

On August 4 in Chongqing Xiong Kewu declared Sichuan independent. Yuan Shikai ordered Yunnan's general and warlord Tang Jiyao and his army into Sichuan to suppress the rebellion. Long Jiguang would be successful in this and defeated Xiong Kewu's forces. On the 8th He Haiming declared independence in Nanjing a second time, however that evening Chen Juhe went to Nanjing's 8th Division headquarters and cancelled the declaration. The next day Sun Daoren cancelled Fujian independence via telegram message.

On August 5 16:00, Beiyang forces captured Shou County. On August 7, Hu Wantai revolted against Anhui in support of Beiyang and On August 11 took control of the provincial capital of Anqing.

On August 11, He Haiming again declared independence in Nanjing, and led 2000 soldiers in a bloody battle against the Beiyang Army. On August 11, Long Jiguang's forces began the attack on Guangzhou. August 13, the pro-Yuan Ji Army led by Long Jiguang took control of Guangzhou. On the same day in Hunan, Tan Yankai took to telegram to cancel independence, also the Beiyang Navy took Wusong, and later anti-Yuan forces in Jiading were dispersed. On August 18, the Beiyang Army under command of Li Chun captured Nanchang. On August 19, Ni Sichong's Beiyang forces entered Hefei. He then reached Anqing on the 25th, Taking Wuhu on the 28th, and sending Hu Wantai to enter Huizhou. on the 29th. September 1 Zhang Xun's Wuwei Corps captured Nanjing. At this point every province had repealed independence, so Sun Yat Sen, Huang Xing, Chen Qimei all fled to Japan.

On September 11, Xiong Kewu abandoned Chongqing, dispersed his forces, assumed an alias and fled. The next day, Tang Jiyao and his Ji Army entered Chongqing and the Second Revolution was defeated in its entirety. After the failure of the Second Revolution, Sun Yat Sen again fled the country and re-established the secret society Revive China Society. In October 1913 an intimidated parliament formally elected Yuan Shikai President of the Republic of China, and the major powers extended recognition to his government. Duan Qirui and other trusted Beiyang generals were given prominent positions in the cabinet. To achieve international recognition, Yuan Shikai had to agree to autonomy for Outer Mongolia and Tibet. China was still to be suzerain, but it would have to allow Russia a free hand in Outer Mongolia and Tanna Tuva and Britain continuation of its influence in Tibet.

Seeing the situation for his party worsen, Sun Yat-sen fled to Japan in November 1913. Subsequently, Yuan gradually took over the government, using the military as the base of his power. He dissolved the national and provincial assemblies, and the House of Representatives and Senate were replaced by the newly formed "Council of State", with Duan Qirui, his trusted Beiyang lieutenant, as Prime Minister. He relied on the American-educated Tsai Tingkan for English translation and connections with western powers. Finally, Yuan had himself elected president to a five-year term, publicly labelled the KMT a seditious organization, ordered the KMT's dissolution, and evicted all its members from Parliament.

Aftermath
The KMT's "Second Revolution" ended in failure as Yuan's troops achieved complete victory over revolutionary uprisings. Provincial governors with KMT loyalties who remained willingly submitted to Yuan. Because those commanders not loyal to Yuan were effectively removed from power, the Second Revolution cemented Yuan's power.

In January 1914, China's Parliament was formally dissolved. To give his government a semblance of legitimacy, Yuan convened a body of 66 men from his cabinet who, on 1 May 1914, produced a "constitutional compact" that effectively replaced China's provisional constitution. The new legal status quo gave Yuan, as president, practically unlimited powers over China's military, finances, foreign policy, and the rights of China's citizens. Yuan justified these reforms by stating that representative democracy had been proven inefficient by political infighting.

After his victory, Yuan reorganized the provincial governments. Each province was supported by a military governor (都督) as well as a civil authority, giving each governor control of their own army. This helped lay the foundations for the warlordism that crippled China over the next two decades.

During Yuan's presidency, a silver "dollar" (yuan in Chinese) carrying his portrait was introduced. This coin type was the first "dollar" coin of the central authorities of the Republic of China to be minted in significant quantities. It became a staple silver coin type during the first half of the 20th century and was struck for the last time as late as the 1950s. They were also extensively forged.

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Talk:StarText

I know that the StarText staff had a heads-up on the emerging technology of the Internet, because I told them about it at a couple of StarTexan meetings in 1989 and 1990. I encouraged them to incorporate Usenet and Internet content into their offerings, and essentially become an ISP for the StarTexan community. The response? They'd had a look at this Internet thing, and thought that their content model was superior and there wasn't any reason to spend their time on that Internet stuff. They had some notion that newspapers across the country would follow their lead, and the online experience of the future was just going to be a lot more of what they had already been providing. As noted in the article, this was not a winning strategy. (Wesley R. Elsberry, 11:01 AM PDT 20 March 2006)

I'm surprised it's not mentioned in the article that StarText provided a free internet email address to subscribers. This was one of the first times that access to internet email was available to the average person. Art Carnage (talk) 21:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I managed StarText for several years. I left in 1998 a couple of years after Knight-Ridder purchased the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. When we started trying to move to the internet the newspaper was owned by Cap Cities/ABC. It took a couple of years to make the case necessary to get the funding for web servers and other equipment needed. The entire staff had to be re-trained to learn how to use the new technologies. It was wonderful and exciting work. The primary thing that was superior about the old local dial-up business model was the accountability of the user. There wasn't any anonymity with that system. Moving to the internet meant loosing that and we weren't at all sure that anonymity would enhance the news business. Time has proven that anonymity of uses is, indeed, a problem. Also, time proved the inevitability of moving to the new environment. Emarla (talk) 18:22, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

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(How to Live) as Ghosts

(How to Live) as Ghosts, is the eighth studio album by American alternative metal band 10 Years. While their prior album, From Birth to Burial alluded to the band's plan at the time for it to be their final album, (How to Live) as Ghosts alludes to the sentiment of it being a rebirth of a band, while also alluding to the general sentiment that humanity spends too much time worrying about death rather than life. The album's first single, "Novacaine", was released in August 2017. The second single, "Burnout", was released on April 23, 2018.

Background
In 2015, the band released their seventh studio album, From Birth to Burial, deriving from the fact that frontman and lead vocalist Jesse Hasek believed it to be the band's final album. The sessions for the prior album had been difficult for the band, with long-time members Matt Wantland and Brian Vodinh leaving in 2013, after over a decade of involvement in the band, with Hasek conceding that it "just didn't feel like 10 Years without [them]." However, Hasek reconnected with the two after the release of the prior album, and after rejoining, began work on a new album in 2016.

Writing and recording
For the first time since 2008's Division, the album's core writing team again consisted of Hasek, Vodinh, and Wantland again. However, this time they approached writing differently; historically, Hasek and Vodinh would do the bulk of the writing together, and then have the rest of the band members add minor nuances to the songs. For (How to Live) as Ghosts, all of the music was written as a full-band and collaborating with music producer Nick Raskulinecz. Vodinh provided guitar and drums for the album, relegating newcomer Kyle Mayer as merely the live drummer for touring. The track "Blood Red Sky" originated from a solo EP recorded by Vodinh, but was reworked by Hasek to have a vastly different vocal approach.

Themes and composition
Working with Raskulinecz for the first time lead to the band changing a number of aspects of the music. Past albums focused on layering and harmonizing Hasek's vocals for a more "epic" feel, though Raskulinecz encouraged Hasek to move away from that, stripping it down to just one unaltered vocal track for much of the album, in an effort for the vocals to feel more "intimate" and "human". Similarly, Hasek moved away from the abstract themes of his lyrics, to more direct themes: "In the past, I've written a lot of songs that were pretty ambiguous. But on this record, I'm more comfortable being direct and talking about things that are important to me. I'm older and find myself reflecting on the world more especially after having travelled the world and talk to people and really see what's going on...seeing all the political, social, and religious turmoil, it had me thinking about how many people are judging and preparing for death, but are actually missing life. And, instead of using spirituality for good, a lot of people use it to point fingers and judge. Instead of worrying where we end up in the end, we need to focus on the now and the humanity." Some lyrics were also more upbeat than prior albums, with the band feeling like the recording sessions had been a "rebirth" for the band, feeling more positive about their musical future.

Release and promotion
In December 2016, the band announced that they had signed with Mascot Records of Mascot Label Group, to release their album. The album's name was first announced on August 16, 2017, alongside the track list, and the album's first single, "Novacaine". The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Touring in support of the album started prior to its release as well, including a one-off show in August, and then starting with more regular shows in September.

Personnel
10 Years
 * Jesse Hasek – vocals
 * Brian Vodinh – guitar, bass, drums, backing vocals, keys, programming
 * Matt Wantland – guitar

Production
 * Nick Raskulinecz – production
 * Nathan Yarborough – audio engineer
 * Eric Ratz – mixing
 * Justin Shturtz – audio mastering

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Introduction to Media Studies

Media Educators have developed a set of Key Concepts through which new students can be introduced to the subject. These are often remembered through the acronym MIGRAINE:

M - /Media Language/ I - /Institutions/ G - /Genre/ R - /Representation/ A - /Audience/ I - /Ideologies and Values/ N - /Narrative/ E - Economical, political, social, historical!

These should be seen as a starting point for the study of the Media and not an exhaustive model of Media Studies.

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User:Prasenjit Chuyan

Prasenjit Chuyan is a Research Scholar of Vidyasagar University. He is from a small village (Kultha Jagannath Chak) of West Bengal, India. Born on 14th March of 1996. His research area is International Relation and International politics. Now he is doing research on 'India-China Relation Under Modi Regime: Challenges and Prospects'. He received two gold medals from Vidyasagar University. He also received 'Deshapran Birendranath Sasmal Memorial Endowment' from Chancellor of Vidyasagar University and Governor of West Bengal.

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Satellize

Satellize (formerly known as Exseed Space) is the first private Indian company to have a satellite in space. In December 2018, their first satellite was launched into space via SpaceX. They launched their second satellite, AISAT (called ExseedSat-2) for a customer, AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) India on board the fourth stage of the PSLV-C45.

Exseed Innovations was started in 2017 by Mahesh Murthy, Asshar Farhan, and Kris Nair in Hyderabad. Its focus is on "assembly, integration, testing and operation of satellites" and seeks to "democratize space exploration".

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2011–12 División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano

The División de Honor Femenina 2011–12 was the 55th season of women's handball top flight in Spain since its establishment. Season began 10 September 2011 and finished 12 May 2012. Fourteen teams took part in the competition, with BM Gijón, CB Kukullaga and CB Porriño replacing CP Goya Almería, CBF Monóvar and AD Sagardía.

SD Itxako won every match but one to lift its fourth championship in a row with a 5 points advantage over runner-up BM Bera Bera, which also qualified for the Champions League. BM Sagunto, BM Alcobendas and CB Mar Alicante followed in European positions while newly promoted Gijón and Kukullaga were relegated as the two bottom teams.

Financial strain led to major changes following the end of the season. 4-times champion CBF Elda asked to be relegated to the third tier on 18 June, Itxako renounced to its place in the Champions League three days later, and Mar Alicante also renounced to its European place on 9 July. Two days later BM Murcia became the second team relegated for financial reasons.

Teams

 * Alcobendas
 * Bera Bera
 * Castro Urdiales
 * Elche
 * Elda
 * Gijón
 * Itxako
 * Kukullaga
 * León
 * Mar Alicante
 * Murcia
 * Porriño
 * Remudas
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Talk:Xiao He

Another proverb
Probably more famous than the other two. "Xiao He made and broke him."(成也萧何, 败也萧何). It was referring the relationship between Xiao He and Han Xin. Xiao He made him the commander of Liu Bang's army, yet he also set up the trap that led to Han Xin's execution. Later it refers to somebody's success and demise were caused by the same person/thing. E.g. Low price is the key to Walmart's success, but it also caused Walmart to be well hated.

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Ossie Nicholson

Oserick Bernard "Ossie" Nicholson (1910 – 9 November 1965) was an Australian cyclist who twice held the World Endurance record for distance in a calendar year.

Australian cycling career
Nicholson was a professional cyclist in the years before World War II. He competed on both road and track, as was typical of Australian cyclists of the era such as Hubert Opperman and Richard Lamb.

Nicholson was third in the 1929 Warrnambool to Melbourne Classic, behind Opperman and Horrie Marshall and won the 1929 Wangaratta to Melbourne race. In February 1930 Nicholson rode 55.5 mi to break the Australian one hour motor-paced cycling record, previously held by Opperman. The following week Opperman narrowly defeated Nicholson in a 10 mi motor-paced match race. In September 1930 Nicholson broke the record for Canberra to Melbourne completing the 417 mi in 26 hours 19 minutes. A week later Nicholson set the fastest time in the 116 miTour of Gippsland.

In 1934 Nicholson was training Billie Samuel to break records. In the same year he was suspended for six months for interfering with E Waterford who was making a record attempt from Adelaide to Melbourne. The suspension was extended to 12 months as Nicholson unsuccessfully appealed. Nicholson was able to have the suspension lifted in time to ride in the Centenary 1000. The Centenary 1000 was a one-week race over seven stages covering 1102 mi. The race was run in as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of Victoria. In stage 2 there was a crash at a railway crossing a few miles from Penshurst involving Nicholson, Joe Buckley and Bill Brewer. Nicholson suffered a severe head injury, completing the stage despite suffering from concussion, but abandoning the race at Stawell.

In 1938 Nicholsen set the Australian men's seven day record, riding 1507 mi.

1931 Tour de France
Nicholson rode in the 1931 Tour de France in a combined Australia/Switzerland team including Opperman, Lamb and Frankie Thomas. In the third stage Nicholson's crank broke. The 18 km walk for a new crank meant Nicholson finished outside the time limit and was eliminated.

World endurance record for distance cycled in a single year
In 1911 the weekly magazine Cycling began a competition for the highest number of 100 mile rides or "centuries" in a single year. The winner was Marcel Planes with 332 centuries in which he covered 34,366 mi. A.R. Peebles of England had the highest number of consecutive centuries with 268.

In 1932 the record for the greatest distance cycled in a single year was set by Arthur Humbles of Great Britain with 36,007 mi.

Malvern Star was a sponsor of Nicholson, so when he agreed to undertake the record attempt in 1933 with Bruce Small as his manager and promoter, Malvern Star supplied the bicycle with the latest equipment, the first derailleur to be available in Australia, a 3-speed made by the Cyclo Gear Company. Nicholson was a tyre tester for Dunlop Rubber who supplied his tyres. In 1937 the League of Victorian Wheelmen declined a request by Nicholson for patronage for his attempt on the record. Nicholson's response was to appoint a committee to supervise his attempt. Nicholson's initial target was 110 mi for a total of 40,150 mi. He predominantly rode from Melbourne to Portsea. A car collided with Nicholson on 12 December 1933, but despite a trip to hospital Nicholson was able to continue his rides without interruption. Nicholson raised the record to 43,966 mi.

Nicholson rode more than 100 mi on every day and in doing so broke the record for the highest number of consecutive centuries, held by A.R. Peebles. It appears that Nicholson's record was unmatched until 2017.

For his efforts, Nicholson received £25 from Cyclo and a gold watch from Dunlop. Nicholson is reported to have received an unspecified honorarium from an unnamed "English sportsman" for the period he held the record.

Nicholson's record was broken in 1936 by Walter Greaves of Great Britain with 45,383 mi.

On New Year's Day 1937, Nicholson rode off on the difficult journey to wrest back the record. Bernard Bennett and René Menzies were also attempting to break the record. Nicholson's initial target was 150 mi per day for a total of 54,750 mi. Nicholson developed a lead however Menzies had drawn level in October 1937, as both passed Greaves' distance. Each of the three riders beat Greaves' mark with Bennett riding 45,801 mi and Menzies riding 61561 mi. Nicholson regained the record with 62,657 mi. The record was broken in 1939 by Tommy Godwin with 75,065 mi.

He died in November 1965 in Auckland, New Zealand from a heart attack.

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