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Battle at the Binary Stars

"Battle at the Binary Stars" is the second episode of the first season of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery, which is set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series and shows the beginnings of the Federation–Klingon cold war. The episode was written by showrunners Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts, from a story by series co-creator Bryan Fuller, and was directed by Adam Kane.

Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, the First Officer of the USS Shenzhou. Series regular Doug Jones also appears in the episode, which serves as the second in the series' two-part premiere that act as a prologue to the rest of the series, setting up a season-long story arc for Burnham. Guest starring for the two-part premiere are Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou, captain of the Shenzhou, and Chris Obi as the Klingon leader T'Kuvma.

"Battle at the Binary Stars" was released on CBS All Access on September 24, 2017, along with the previous episode. The two-part premiere was believed to have caused record subscriptions for All Access, and received mostly positive reviews from critics, particularly for Martin-Green's performance.

Plot
After being raised as a Vulcan by Sarek, and becoming the first human to attend and graduate the Vulcan Learning Center and the Vulcan Science Academy, Michael Burnham is entrusted to Philippa Georgiou, captain of the USS Shenzhou, by Sarek. Seven years later, Burnham is the first officer of the Shenzhou, and has just disobeyed and attacked Georgiou in an attempt to fire, unprovoked, on a Klingon vessel, hoping to avoid an inevitable war. The Klingon outcast Voq, on behalf of his leader T'Kuvma, has just started a beacon that attracts 24 new Klingon vessels to the system, as Georgiou has Burnham imprisoned for mutiny.

The leaders of the 24 great houses question T'Kuvma's use of the beacon, which was prophesied to be used to unite the Klingon Empire once again. T'Kuvma is of a disgraced house, and the House of Kor leader Kol refuses to listen to him, especially given his acceptance of outcasts like Voq. T'Kuvma pleads with the other leaders to join him in fighting the United Federation of Planets, who he says intends to destroy their species' individuality. He predicts that reinforcements for the Shenzhou will soon arrive, and that they will announce that they "come in peace", and when these come to pass, the other leaders agree to fight.

The Starfleet ships take heavy fire, and the Shenzhou is almost destroyed, but is saved by the arrival of Admiral Brett Anderson and the USS Europa. T'Kuvma agrees to a ceasefire with Anderson, but then sends a large vessel, hidden with a cloaking device, to ram and destroy the Europa. The latter self-destructs, taking the large vessel with it. T'Kuvma proclaims himself Kahless, the ancient uniter, reborn, and allows the rest of Starfleet to escape as messengers of this. He sends the other Klingon leaders back to Qo'nos while he tends to their dead. In the damaged Shenzhou, Burnham escapes the brig after telepathic encouragement from Sarek, and convinces Georgiou to take T'Kuvma hostage.

After using a photon torpedo attached to a Klingon corpse to disable T'Kuvma's ship, Burnham and Georgiou board the ship and attack. Burnham fights off Voq, but Georgiou is killed by T'Kuvma. Burnham fatally shoots T'Kuvma, before being transported back to the Shenzhou. Voq promises the dying T'Kuvma that he will be revered for his services to the Klingons. Burnham is later court-martialed and sentenced to life in prison by Starfleet for her mutiny.

Development
On November 2, 2015, CBS announced a new Star Trek television series to premiere in January 2017, "on the heels" of the original series' 50th anniversary in 2016. In February 2016, Bryan Fuller was announced as the new series' showrunner, but was asked by CBS to step down at the end of October. Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts replaced him as showrunners. In June 2017, CBS announced that the series would now premiere on September 24, and on September 18, revealed that the second episode would be titled "Battle at the Binary Stars".

Writing
The teleplay for the episode was written by Berg and Harberts, based on a story by Fuller. The episode serves as the second of the season's two-part prologue, exploring protagonist Michael Burnham's initial actions on board the USS Shenzhou and her relationship with Captain Philippa Georgiou. The writers structured the season this way to avoid having to reveal this information in flashbacks during later events. It was always intended for Georgiou to die in the episode due to Burnham's actions, to set up the latter's story arc for the season in which she must contemplate and come to understand the consequences of her actions. Martin-Green described Georgiou's death as "the epitome of devastation. She’s not just my captain. She’s not just my mentor. She’s not just my teacher or my leader—she’s also my mother, in a sense. That’s one of those turning points. That’s one of those catastrophic events, one of those mortifying events, that changes the course of your life".

Casting
The series stars Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, Doug Jones as Saru, Shazad Latif as Ash Tyler, Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets,  Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly,  and Jason Isaacs as Gabriel Lorca; only Martin-Green and Jones appear in this episode.

In November 2016, series' writer and consulting producer Nicholas Meyer mentioned that Michelle Yeoh had been cast in Discovery, and she was soon confirmed to be portraying Captain Georgiou of the USS Shenzhou. Three actors were cast as Klingons in December 2016: Latif as Kol, before he was recast to the role of Tyler; Chris Obi as T'Kuvma; and Mary Chieffo as L'Rell. Obi compared T'Kuvma to Moses, and said that the character was the "runt of the litter" who was transformed into a leader after believing that he had been tasked by the spirit of Kahless to unite the Klingon Empire. By January 2017, James Frain was cast as original series character Sarek, and the next month, several actors were cast as Starfleet officers, including Terry Serpico as Admiral Anderson and Sam Vartholomeos as Ensign Connor.

Release
"Battle at the Binary Stars" was made available on CBS All Access on September 24, 2017. In Canada, it was broadcast on the specialty channels Space (English) and Z (French), also on September 24, before being streamed on CraveTV. In 188 other countries, the episode was released on Netflix within 24 hours of its U.S. debut.

Marketing
The CBS broadcast of the series' first episode featured advertisements from several technology companies, including Apple, Amazon, IBM, Motorola, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Samsung, with CBS charging a premium amount for advertisements during the "event". Several of the commercials focused on encouraging viewers to subscribe to All Access to see the next episode, and the rest of the series. These commercials focused on the different technologies through which All Access is available, such as Apple, Amazon or Roku. The first episode also ends with a cliffhanger, which CBS hoped would make viewers want to immediately start streaming this episode.

Ratings and viewership
The episode's release on All Access led to record subscriptions for All Access, with the service's biggest day, week, and month of signups coming with the premiere. In Canada, the Space release of the episode was watched by 1.2 million viewers. By September 26, the episode was also the 19th most pirated video listed on The Pirate Bay.

Critical reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 88% approval rating with an average rating of 7.49/10 based on 17 reviews. Darren Franich for Entertainment Weekly gave the two-part premiere a collective 'B' grade, praising Martin-Green's performance as the lead and the production design as well as commenting on the "undeniable appeal" of the "introduction of a new ship, the revelation that we're watching that ship's final voyage, the cliffhanger possibility that our new hero is a fallen angel." Writing for TVLine, Dave Nemetz graded the two episodes a 'B+', saying, "the nail-bitingly tense premiere delivered a cracking good action story, eye-popping special effects and a number of gasp-worthy twists" that was worth the wait. Chris Harnick at E! News considered Martin-Green's performance to be the strongest element of the show, praising her acting as a human raised in a Vulcan world as "the most interesting part of the series [which] presents a fascinating window into the world of Star Trek: Discovery."

Maureen Ryan of Variety gave muted praise, saying the series "has yet to prove itself a worthy successor to The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine. But there are reasons to hope that Discovery will be a promising addition to the Trek canon". USA Today's Bill Keveney gave the premiere 2-and-a-half out of four stars, saying it "soars in ambition and devotion to Star Trek history and mythology, but stalls with certain plot details and stilted dialogue". Merrill Barr of Forbes felt the show was "not bad, but it’s off to a strange start... [it] has every chance from here to become something great, possibly even awards worthy." Patrick Cooley of cleveland.com called the series "a bitter disappointment, plagued by bad dialogue, poor storytelling and wooden, bewilderingly stupid characters."

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Talk:National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas, Counties D-G

Pioneer Memorial Library and etc.

 * Pioneer Memorial Library is the correct name. Pioneer Memorial Library home page   It was listed on here as Fredericksburg Memorial Library, which is incorrect.
 * There is no town called Enchanted Rock. The address for the state park is in Fredericksburg.
 * Morris Ranch Schoolhouse is at the Morris Ranch community.
 * Luckenbach School and South Grape Creek School are part of Luckenbach.
 * Maile66 (talk) 23:58, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your edits Maile ... Per WP:NRHP, I'm going to pipe link the Pioneer Memorial Library entry so that the name in the table matches the that in the NPS NRIS database for this listing. --sanfranman59 (talk) 00:57, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * OK. I looked it up on the official site for the National Register of Historic Places and see that the error is theirs.  Who knows how they came up with the wrong name, but I understand you need to match it. I'm glad I thought to mention it on this talk page, so you wouldn't think it was vandalism. Maile66 (talk) 01:17, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


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Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? Yes, there is no information about Norm Charlton since 2008 and there is a lot of missing information from college career, major league career, quotes from Charlton, quotes from other players, types of pitches, how he approached the game or his pitching, and so forth. 1517luther (talk) 03:56, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

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Botany/Plant structure discussion

Further Discussion
The questions posed in '''Chapter 3. Plant Structure''' are discussed further on this page. Remember, some questions are intended to be thought-provoking and more than one answer may be "correct".

Question:
 * At this point the conceptual differences between cell types, tissues, organs, and organisms may be somewhat confusing. Using the leaf as an example, describe this structure in a way that considers the cell types, tissues, and organs for that part of the leaf where photosynthesis is concentrated.

Photosynthesis is concentrated in the mesophyll of the leaf. The mesophyll is a type of tissue composed of two layers or arrangements of chlorenchyma cells: an upper pallisade layer of tightly packed parenchyma (called pallisade chlorenchyma), and a lower spongy layer of loosely packed parenchyma (or spongy chlorenchyma). One could regard these layers as different tissue types (simple tissues) and the mesophyll as a complex tissue. The mesophyll is packed between two protective layers of epidermal cells (tissue: epidermis of epidermal cells and cuticle), which along with the vascular tissue and perhaps other structural tissues form an organ called the leaf whose primary function is food production for the organsim: the plant.

Leaves usually have a stem-like structural part called a petiole by which they attach to another plant organ termed the stem.

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Talk:David Arnold

big cleanup
Major cleanup work done, plenty more still needed (lots of disamb wikilinks needed in filmography section). Also still lots of inconsistentcies with movie titles being italicized in some places, and not in some others. Same thing with TV titles and song titles, somethimes appearing in quotation marks, sometimes not. Hope this imroved page.

Also, I split time between The United States and Germany, so I have to ask if he's truly renowned in Britain for scoring the Little Britain show? Enough for it to be described as it is in the opening? If not, I'd suggest removing it from the intro, if so, then by all means leave it in! -- Jombage (talk) 02:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Black Patch Park

Modifications and draft improvements to Black Patch Park article
Do the changes made in the article on Black Patch park conform more closely with good practice? I have removed references to uTube and various other possibly speculative sentences based on my connections with inhabitants and ex-inhabitants of the area which I realise, as primary sources, are not suitable for an encyclopaedia entry. I have also adjusted some references which were failing as hyperlinks to their cited source. All assistance including further references and information about Black Patch Park would be very much appreciated. Simon Baddeley 14:52, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I would think that speculative materials are acceptable so long as they are noted as such. We have to work with the best available evidence, which is often a combination of conjecture and bits of evidence rather than complete documentation in black & white. However, I see that the prohibition on original thought probably applies to a lot of historical conjecture, which should result in hundreds/thousands of Wikipedia pages being flagged, edited or removed for proposing unsupported interpretations of available materials (i.e. historical analyses, e.g. original thinking).

As for sources, some initial suggestions: Formatting for inline references: "districts.(Ted Rudge 2003, p.5)." would be more correct missing out the first full stop and Ted's forename, like so: "districts (Rudge 2003, p.5)."

Would "arteries of the region's 'North West Corridor of Regeneration'" be much the same as The Arc of Opportunity or is the term more specific to Sandwell?

The statement about foundations and frontages might be substantiated in a couple of ways: comparative public domain photographs from ca.1900 and today, combined with references to OS maps (including out-of-copyright editions); reference to the booklet published by Avery about the changes to plant fabric, references to material at BLHA or possibly even online via Digital Handsworth. I know from direct conversation with and scholarly presentation by prominent industrial archaeologist who went into the foundations of Soho Foundry that it has changed much over time. But that would not be allowed here as it is not published by recognised authority. This applies only to Foundry though, so the issue of foundations and frontages may need restriction. We know that Benson Works is now just foundations, as is Smethwick Gas. I am not sure what site is indicated by 'frontages'.

The bit about Boundary and Hockley brooks can be partially sunstantiaed through reference to Victoria County Histories (available online).

The words between 'Kitchener Street to the east' and Midland Metro are superfluous to the story of the Park. These would be better off in the discussion of the Black Patch as a historical entity, as distinct from Black Patch Park (established 1911).

Did the Ray Plant attribution come via Ted, or his book?

The story about subscription for the park and Mrs. Pilkington is partly attributed to the Birmingham Playgrounds, Open Spaces and Playing Fields Society book, which should be referenced here. and so on. Hope that helps. e-tat 19:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Merging
Since it seems that Black Patch Park and Black Patch are about the same subject, I have added merge tags to the articles. The only question seems to be which title to keep, which may require local knowledge. -- Nataly a 01:53, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Choice of name
If you google "Black Patch" you get a lot of separate hits which could lead to disambiguation problems. I think "Black Patch Park" would be better and Ted Rudge - whose related website is linked on the Black Patch Park article - and who probably knows as much local history on this area has e-mailed me to say he agrees. Sibadd 22:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Merge proceed
I shall start transferring the information in Black Patch to Black Patch Park as no-one has said it's not sensible.Sibadd 01:40, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Merging
I have now almost completed the merging process with most of what appeared under Black Patch now merged into Black Patch ParkSibadd 08:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Merged
I hope this is now satisfactory with a redirect from Black Patch to Black Patch ParkSibadd 10:04, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I have removed the merge tag from this page, since the merge has been performed. -- Nataly a 15:36, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Demerging?
I haven't been here for a long while - and was unaware that any changes had been made. Shouldn't I be notified in some manner when this happens? In any case, I'm here to ask that the merging be reversed, since there's an important distinction between the Black Patch Park and its parent space, the Black Patch. This distinction should also show up on disambiguation pages, with the Black Patch (c18/19 industrial tipping ground & open space, Birmingham/Handsworth/Smethwick) and Black Patch Park/Recreation Ground (c20/21 public park, Birmingham/Smethwick) having their own entries. I'll check back again in the next week or so to see if there's been any response. e-tat 14:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Clean-up + References tags
I have tagged this article as 'cleanup' beacsue of unencylopedic wording (such as "To understand these developments in more detail, we go back to..."); and for citations, because statements like "As the population grew and settled around this proliferation of smokestack industries, tension grew between people...", "The Friends argue that it is difficult to overestimate the value of Black Patch Park as a place to learn to play and enjoy football" and "The Friends [...] are listened to by officers of the council" are not individually sourced. Andy Mabbett 00:05, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Regional project
I have already raised with Erebus my reservations about this overarching approach to the West Midlands Area and would like to learn more about the project and who is involved before feeling comfortable with the rather arbitrary criteria being applied to this and other articles. i believe Wikipedia works best via collective iteration rather than through interventions into many articles within a region of a consortium opinion about what is best. Wikipedia encourages its contributors to arrive at best versions of the truth by constant rewriting and tweaking of what may be initially sketchy. Simply placing a label on an article suggesting it doesn't come up to a partcular standard of accuracy or reliability impugnes the integrity of a contributor striving to arrive at the truth via successive approximations. Simon Baddeley 02:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Simply placing a label on an article suggesting it doesn't come up to a partcular standard of accuracy or reliability impugnes the integrity of a contributor
 * As I said elsewhere, it doesn't. It's merely a 'house style' issue. The format in which it's currently written would be perfectly fine in a journal or paper (i.e sources cited at the end, but no specific location of individual statements). The reliability is backed up by, say, peer review and/or known authority of the author.
 * Here, anyone can be the author and there is no peer review, so it works differently. Reliability derives purely from the reliability of third-party sourcing, so it's the convention to do less synthesis, and organise material so that any statement can be tracked to the source from which it's quoted. For example, what's the source for the anecdote about Ray Plant? Where is it "said that deeds to this effect were destroyed when the king and queen's caravan was ritually burned after her death on 7 January 1907"? (Dog ate my homework?)
 * WP:RS gives an overview of what is considered reliable. This will help explain why people are getting jittery. For instance, I'm sure it's true that "The great surrounding factories including the Soho Foundry, started by James Watt and Matthew Boulton are, but for foundations and frontages, almost all gone", but a hyperlink to the Smethwick Local History Society doesn't support that statement. Tearlach 14:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Help
Can anyone assist in getting the article on Black Patch park up to scratch? I need to be able to use it in debates and discussions about it's future but it's rather embarrassing sending people the URL while it remains threatened with deletion. Simon Baddeley 13:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Can I repeat my request for clearer guidance on spefically has to be done to this article to bring it up to Wikipedia standard? Should the whole article be removed or are there particular paragraphs or sections that need rewriting. I am finding the blanket criticism of the piece rather unhelpful. Simon Baddeley 10:15, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I've done some work on the article and removed the tags, but added "fact" tags where specific citations are needed. I suspect the will mostly be for Rudge's book or website. Please note the format of other references (especially second and subsequent occurrences) and replicate these if adding more Andy Mabbett 11:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help needed to clarify references and it is looking much better. Simon Baddeley 18:12, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

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Ekenbabu

Ekenbabu is a Bengali detective fictional character created by author Sujan Dasgupta. The first story of Ekenbabu, "Manhatane Moonstone" was published in Anandamela in 1991.

Character
Ekenbabu is a police detective who looks like a very common Bengali man. He studied criminology in the USA. His real name is Ekendra Sen. He is eccentric, little comical and takes snuffs. He is a man with a sweet smile, a bald head and a round face. Although he is a government employee, he likes to solve cases in his own style unlike a typical investigator. As per the writer, Eken's friend, Professor Bapi writes the stories of Ekenbabu.

Books

 * Manhattane Moonstone
 * Dhaka Rahasyo Unmochito
 * Puraskar Panch Hajar Doller
 * Khuner Agey Khuni Khoja
 * Ekenbabu O Keyadidi
 * Sankhayar sanket
 * Manhattane Manhunt
 * Asol Khunir Sandhane
 * Santiniketane Osanti
 * Ekenbabu Samgra (Part I-V)

Film adaptation
A drama film, The Eken released on 8 April 2022, directed by Joydip Mukherjee. Anirban Chakraborty played the title role. Suhotra Mukhopadhyay had played the role of narrator, Bapi and Somak Ghosh had played the role of Promotho. A new film, The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan, the previous film's cast reprising their roles which had premiered on 14 April 2023. Tungkulung-E Eken, a web series was released on the streaming platform "Hoichoi" in December 2023, in the direction of Joydeep Mukherjee.

Television
Eken Babu web series is a comedy-detective series that was first released on 3 March 2018 with 6 episodes directed by Anirban Mallik. Later on 10 November 2018, Hoichoi released the second season of the web series but the second series was directed by Anupam Hari. The third series was directed by Abhijit Chowdhury. Actor Anirban Chakraborty played the role of Ekenbabu.

Radio adaptation
Radio Mirchi Kolkata station aired Manhattan-ey Moonstone for Mirchi's Sunday Suspense Programme. Eken Babu was voiced by RJ Deep, Bapi by RJ Somak, Abinash by Sayak Aman, Sailen Sapui by RJ Mir, Pramotho by Agni and the story was narrated by RJ Deep. Even Manhattan ey Manhunt was adapted and released by the same program on Youtube on 31 July 2022.

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1974 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

The following poll makes up the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.

Collegiate Baseball
''Currently, only the final poll from the 1974 season is available. ''

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Podolsk (inhabited locality)

Podolsk (Подо́льск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.

 * Urban localities
 * Podolsk, a city in Moscow Oblast; administratively incorporated as a city under oblast jurisdiction

 * Rural localities
 * Podolsk, Republic of Bashkortostan, a selo in Tanalyksky Selsoviet of Khaybullinsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan
 * Podolsk (Novosibirsk Oblast), a village in Bagansky District of Novosibirsk Oblast
 * Podolsk, Omsk Oblast, a village in Roshchinsky Rural Okrug of Gorkovsky District of Omsk Oblast
 * Podolsk, Orenburg Oblast, a selo in Podolsky Selsoviet of Krasnogvardeysky District of Orenburg Oblast
 * Podolsk, Tomsk Oblast, a selo in Bakcharsky District of Tomsk Oblast

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User:Yuvraj Tiwari

Yuvraj Tiwari  (born 02 November 1989) is a Chartered Accountant, who qualified Chartered Accountancy Course in 2012. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has served in various companies and earned a good reputation in India.

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Eugen Niederer

Eugen Niederer (22 August 1881 – 28 January 1957) was a Swiss painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Bryan Martin

The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 11:17, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Thomas Bryan Martin

 * ... that Thomas Bryan Martin served in the House of Burgesses alongside George Washington and managed his uncle Lord Fairfax's 5000000 acre Northern Neck Proprietary (map pictured)?
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5x expanded by Caponer (talk). Self nominated at 03:15, 8 February 2015 (UTC).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seacom Engineering College

The result was delete. Tone 09:14, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Seacom Engineering College

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Seeking redirect to Howrah or Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology for failing WP:GNG.

There's nil coverage except over these three links. I am a native speaker of Bangla (the vernacular language of the region) and can confirm that there's no coverage of the institute in regional sources. ∯ WBG converse 12:08, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  ∯ WBG converse 12:08, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  ∯ WBG converse 12:08, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 12:15, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. Accredited degree-awarding institutions are usually kept. Not part of the university, just affiliated to it, so no reason for redirect. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:17, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Do we need a re-run of this episode? ∯ WBG converse 12:32, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * How very sad that you have dredged up that shameful example of attempted bullying of an editor into not expressing their opinion (note comments by Kudpung and DGG); it really does not reflect well on you that you have chosen to do so. I might almost think you were threatening me and/or trying to shut down my opinion. Let's not have any more unpleasantness like that. There's no place for it on Wikipedia. I am entitled to express an opinion and I have done so. End of. Also note that discussion (and the RfC) was about secondary schools, not tertiary institutions; please don't try to extend it to something it did not cover. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:30, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV. If sufficient sources can be found I will gladly change to keep. We still have to follow verifiability standards of multiple sources. One source is not enough.4meter4 (talk) 01:36, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   06:43, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Institutions about which nobody writes are not notable. Rockphed (talk) 13:18, 30 September 2019 (UTC)


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User:CherishRael

'Rael, is A Pretoria singer/songwriter real name Mahlatse Mabulane, born July 2 1996,the singers aim is to use her voice as an instrument by stretching out her backing vocals and sometimes her main vocal in a very ambient manner, this effect giving the listener a 3 D musical effect, this sound is explored on both her newer EP’s. Rael started singing in 2018 having always loved music but she explored it further when shegot vocal lessons. In 2019 she teamed up with Frieze Smoke and her 2nd EP “Prayers” was born, having previously released “Drive X Intimacy”, she followed up with her 3rd EP “Of Mud and Clay” teaming up with her long time collaborator Frieze Smoke and Tag teaming up with TYFAM (Tell Your Friends About Me). Her focal subject on the last 2 EP’s has been love, expressing her love for loving and showing us that love songs can be cool her latest single “Sober” defines that.

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Talk:Chinese (Mandarin)

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Hey all -- I've just expanded out the main page a little, since I thought that more topics should be discussed beyond simple greetings. I have set out a tentative structure for a wider treatment of chinese which is probably most useful for a beginner to learn. The idea of the "Exercises" which I added to Chapter One is to set out a few questions for students to work through according possibly to a corresponding lesson, with example solutions given at the end or on a separate page, although possibly this is more in the domain of Wikiversity. --Gremlin 29 December 2006

 * I moved all the new lesson ideas to the Chinese/Planning page for now. They're good ideas, but need to be more smoothly integrated with the book I think. Instead of making new headings for each chapter, I think it would be best to enter them all under the Lessons heading in the format already used. I think it's time for some of the later chapters listed to be renamed to subjects areas like the ones you added, but the old content should be moved first, maybe to a subpage of the Planning page. That's why I didn't do all that just now. Sometime soon. --Everlong 05:44, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry for the very late response. Thanks for the positive feedback. It was a good idea to move my ideas to the planning page, since afterall they were only intended as a sketch of what could be done. I might return and help out again when I can find the time. --Gremlin 4 February 2007

A new Cantonese book has just started up. If there are any Cantonese-speaking contributors in this crowd, we'd appreciate your help on the Cantonese book as well. Thanks! --Alissa 07:45, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

You may also want to check out Spanish which I have just organized, simplified and improved. Hope you don't mind I changed the splash image into a link to the contents page. --Karl Wick

Not at all -- this is a collective effort, so any and all help to further improve upon what is existent would be appreciated. -Taoster

Does anyone else plan on adding more to this Wikibook? I would like some collaboration on this, as one person's work will ultimately yield errors at some point or another. Yacht/Gboy? -Taoster

 * Hey, Taoster! u guys r so cool! when I came back here, I found out a lot of contents have already been added. :) About the textbook, I would like to help, but I know little about what other Chinese textbooks for English speakers are like, I want to check out some examples first. BTW, r u mandarin speaker?
 * And, here is my opinion: I don't think it's good to introduce the grammar at the very begining lessons, which would make learners boring. What do u think? --Yacht (talk)Q 02:31, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * BTW, shall we make a note that this textbook is in Simplified Chinese? --Yacht (talk)Q 02:45, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)

This is a very good textbook on chinese! Keep up the good work guys, it's good to be able to have access to comprehensive texts like these for people with little money :)

I suggest writing the pinyin using the tone markings on the letters instead of with numbers. It would look a little cleaner and be easier to read.

It is great that someone does this stuff! I learned how cool Chinese can be. Keep up the good work. The only thing is that I would like to see section 5, and 6 done.

couple of things
Couple of things I'd like to say after writing a bit on pronunciation and lesson 1:

 * What's the purpose of "Fundamentals"? As far as I can see, it duplicates content that belongs elsewhere.
 * The current material introduces things too fast, too much... I've tried to cut this down by reducing the dialogue in Lesson 1 to just a few sentence structures. The result is a rather idiotic conversation but I don't think that can be helped.
 * Pinyin: currently we're using Unicode for pinyin. Does anyone think we should switch to using numbers for the tones?
 * I feel that using numbers for tones is not a good idea because it looks clunky and to me seems more difficult to read. Think of the tone marks like the special letter marks in French.

That's about it for now. -- Ran 05:23, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Simplified and Traditional Chinese mixed up!
I am not doing this to the tradition Chinese, but the mixed-up is really ugly, and confusing. i don't think it's good for the learners. We need separate textbook for the needs of different learners. Mixing up is not a good option. Maybe we need to set up a Simplified Mandarin Chinese and Traditional Mandarin Chinese respectively. --Yacht 18:39, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

They're parallel to eachother, but I wouldn't say it's harder to learn. I think that people can just disregard the one that they don't plan on learning. As well, they're just simplifications of chars, you could probably run a script to convert a text from trad to simplified or vice versa.
 * TC > SC is problematic. eg ?? vs. ??. Nateji77 23:29, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I like having both, since it is nice for learners that learn how to write one system, but perhaps only learn charater recognition of the other system.

i also like having both. on the mainland TC is often used in business/school names. Nateji77 23:29, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I've thought on this quite a bit. I've seen books that:
 * have the traditional for lesson texts only, as an insert or in the back of the book
 * acknowledge the traditional, but just in the vocab section
 * have simplified/traditional/pinyin/english for everything
 * have traditional on the left page--simplified for the right, all the way through the book
 * or totally ignore the other character set
 * In my opinion, #2 would be the best trade-off with making the book less cluttered but still friendly to familiarization with the alternate character set. However, since it is a Wikibook, I think it's inevitable that people will volunteer the translations (as in fact happened), converting us to the #3 type. This makes me want to lean towards the #4 type with parallel texts. Especially after having tried using traditional while using an exclusively simplified book, I think having the two is necessary.

 * I think the best way to implement it would be making subpages with traditional in the form of Chinese/Lesson_1/traditional and just keeping the content all the same, which is easy enough. We can make a traditional Table of Contents template to make the traditional easy to navigate, and, being subpages, there's the automatic linking back to the simplified pages all the time. What does everyone think? --Everlong 09:13, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I finally made the subpages change a few days ago. I think things look much neater without a simplified/traditional translation of everything. However I did leave the alternatives in for the dialogues and for the vocab lists so that readers can get to where they recognize the other set, but don't have it cluttering up every example sentence.
 * --Everlong 17:05, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

a proposed new outline
is here, check that out. --Yacht 08:08, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Chinese Writing
Shouldn't the writing system be a wikibook of its own? If it's combined with Mandarin it is hard to reference to here for other Chinese languages (eg. Cantonese) which uses the same system?
 * I definitely think this wikibook needs to contain sections on how to write the characters learned in the dialogue. That means means some text gets duplicated between the two, but in my opinion a language textbook needs to have a holistic approach to its subject matter.Rycanada 21:08, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Pronounciation
It would be nice to add audio recordings of the texts. It is very hard to understand the pronounciation just from the transscript.
 * Completely agree—for Chinese, I feel that audio is a must. Jade Knight 22:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm working on including audio, linking the vocab lists to all the Wikicommons recordings available (current total: 3). I've put in a request with one of the recorders to do more to fill out our lessons, though I haven't heard back from him. When I find time I'll try to record them myself if need be, though they'll just be standins until a native speaker takes on the task. Eventually, whole dialogues could be recorded, even the grammar could be recorded as in the Spoken Wikipedia.
 * --Everlong 18:25, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Update: The guy I asked, Peter Isotalo, of Wikicommons, contributed some more audio samples specifically for use in this book. We're now up to 19 vocab pronunciations now. See our Contributor's Guide to find out how to contribute your own sound samples.
 * --Everlong 16:25, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

why not in languages category?
can't find this book at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:Languages (i don't know how to fix this, maybe somebody else does) --Tjalling 10:35, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * You just need to add the tag to a page for it to be added to the category. I'll add us to the list. --Everlong 02:54, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Naming Policy
I'm going to start converting the Chinese textbook to conform with the new "slash convention" recommended for new wikibooks in Wikibooks Naming Policy as opposed to the now obsolete Wikibooks Naming Conventions we're currently using. The MediaWiki software will make automatic links back to main page from all subpages (i.e. - < Chinese), simplifying organization. Additionally, the slash convention could be used to easily expand in a logical heirarchy, as shown below. --Everlong 03:43, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

etc.
 * Chinese
 * Chinese/Pronunciation
 * Chinese/Lesson 1
 * Chinese/Lesson 1/Stroke Order
 * Chinese/Lesson 1/Exercises
 * Chinese/Lesson 1/Solutions

Copyright for main image: Image:China splash.jpg
This is just a note that the main China splash image is something that needs formal copyright attribution. If anybody who is working on this Wikibook knows of either what copyright license this image has been uploaded under, it would be greatly appreciated. --Rob Horning 02:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

More useful media!
The podcast, chinesepod has lessons in audio, and they are CC-by, which is completely wikimedia-compatible. Should we try to integrate them into the wikibook somehow? We'll need to convert them to .ogg of course. -- Kowey 00:35, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Disentangling Traditional and Simplified
Thanks for everyone's hard work! This is a fantastic resource.

I was just wondering, if there is a separate Traditional wikiproject, why do the lessons have both Simplified and Traditional characters in them?

I've taken a short (4 month, 3 hours a week) course on Mandarin Chinese, so I've covered a lot of the same material that this has... but I find my textbook much easier to follow simply because my eyes wander over to the traditional version of the dialogue. Rycanada 21:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

 * (Oh, there is one exception to the Simplified-only rule in my textbook: There is a guide to writing characters at the end of each section, and that section contains traditional versions as well as simplified). Rycanada 21:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Traditional / Simplified split is not working
The Traditional and Simplified versions should not have been split up! Now we have two parallel wikibooks teaching precisely the same topics except for a split in orthography, which doubles our workload. Changes and corrections made to one wikibook has to be made to the other one as well, which also doubles our workload. Moreover, it's inevitable that people will make changes or additions to one wikibook but neglect / forget to do it to the other, which splits our efforts and results in forking. Considering how stalled this wikibook already is, it is not helpful to split up what little we already have.

Moreover, it is not hard to teach two systems at the same time. In fact, I think it is a disservice to potential students if we don't show them both systems: many Chinese programs in fact do teach both systems simultaneously, with the expectation that students will learn to write one and read the other. Teaching two systems simultaneously does not take up that much space even, so why have we stopped doing it?

In short, I see huge problems and little advantage with this current split into Traditional and Simplified. If there are no objections, I will re-merge them together.

-- Ran 18:07, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

More reading passages?
This textbook is so far very elementary. I'm wondering if there should be more offered... maybe reading passages for slightly more advanced students? harder vocabulary lists from those reading passages? All of the chinese language textbooks (from china) that I've ever seen are structured that way. I would offer to write the passages but I am not a very good writer and my writing in chinese is even worse. However, I will volunteer to read and record passages. I am fluent in speaking and chinese is my first language. Blacksheepmails 04:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

 * The text may be elementary, but I don't think a new student would find anything about it too easy, what with studying grammar, pronunciation and writing simultaneously. It's a real struggle making everything gradual enough. We need to introduce useful vocab slowly so as to not overwhelm students with too many words a lesson. I've used books where the new vocab would vary from 40–90 per lesson, and it was not fun.

 * I'm wary too about adding reading passages with a lot of "supplemental" vocab words that won't be properly reinforced. Nevertheless, I think some extra passages could be good every few lessons. Most textbooks I've seen do that and it could be good for an occasional challenge and review without being intimidating. -- Everlong 11:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, the reading passages should be occasional. But also, not everyone using wikibooks will be a complete beginner. I came here first to learn spanish, which I have been learning for a while now.Blacksheepmails 01:41, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Orphans
你好! I found some orphaned pages belonging to this book: Please link to these pages in this book or mark them for deletion with delete. 谢谢, hagindaz 02:15, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Chinese/Pronunciation
 * Chinese/Elementary Chinese + Elementary Chinese Lesson 1
 * Chinese/Appendix CE-B - Chinese/Appendix CE-C - Chinese/Appendix CE-D - Chinese/Appendix CE-K - Chinese/Appendix CE-M - Chinese/Appendix CE-N - Chinese/Appendix CE-P - Chinese/Appendix CE-W - Chinese/Appendix CE-Z

Adding lang attributes?
The display of Chinese in this book isn't too great in my browser because there are no "lang" attributes on the Chinese portions, so the fonts firefox chooses aren't correct. Does anyone know of a way we can implement the adding of "lang" attributes to the appropriate sections? --Echalon 05:13, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I looked up lang's uses, and it seems it might be a good idea, both for specifying a font and for making the Chinese text a larger font than the English for readability. Looks even better since bold and italics don't work too well on Chinese, so this would allow alternative emphasizers to be specified.

 * I haven't used lang and don't know if it is allowed by the wiki software, but what font would you choose for best display? (In Firefox and Opera, since IE doesn't recognize lang.)
 * — Everlong 23:28, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Personally I use AR PL ZenKai Uni, but really that should be up to every user. The idea is with the correct lang tags, I can set my preferences in the browser and everything should work out. All the tags really do is help the browser to decide what is English text versus Chinese text, and then the browser can make font choices based on that information. If everything was under a different character encoding it would be far easier, but with UTF-8 and kin we have to add that information ourselves. --Echalon 00:05, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

A bit too basic?
I feel like there are a lot of really basic "What is your name?" type lessons in here. I've had to learn a lot of Chinese in my time, and by the end of the first year of Chinese study, we were already on to more advanced topics of conversation. Fundamentally, I feel like this textbook should be structured around subjects of conversation, rather than around grammar. Each lesson should introduce new grammar and vocabulary, of course, but each should have its own unique subject of conversation. Just my 2 cents, gleaned from four years of Chinese study.--Danaman5 (talk) 12:13, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, I think really the "perfect" textbook will have a dialogue at the beginning that introduces a topic and a new grammatical concept. The next section of that lesson will introduce and explain the vocabulary used in the dialogue. The next section explains the grammatical concept introduced.  Following are drills/exercises that give the student an opportunity to apply what was learned.  This would allow for us to give students more vocabulary and topics will still addressing the fundamentals of the language.Shivasprogeny (talk) 06:21, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

WTF with the License？
According to the printable version header,this,textbooks is shared under CC-BY-SA 3.0.But the License at the end of the text says it is GFDL 1.3.Shall I change CCBYSA to GFDL?--Arthur200000 (discuss • contribs) 18:56, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:David Marsden

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< http://spiritofradio.ca/Personalities.asp?Show=Marsden%2C+David >;

< http://spiritofradio.ca >;

These are on a spam_blacklist:

< http://pulver radio.com >;

< http://pulver radio.com/blog/?author=5 >;

< http://pulver radio.com/blog/?cat=44 >.

These Dave Marsden websites seem closed:

< http://asticles.com >;

< http://marsdenplanet.com >.

hopiakuta ; [[ <nowiki> </nowiki> { [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 19:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Dave Mickie in Hamilton?
It's not mentioned in the article, but Marsden, as Dave Mickie, was on a Hamilton top-40 radio station (I think CKOC) in the early 1960s and later hosted a local pop music dance show on CHCH TV (channel 11), Club 11 Dance Party. Part of his on-air shtick was to encourage the wearing of black bobby socks rather than white, and he lauded wearers of the former as "black sock boobies." Anyone with a long memory able to verify any of this?

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George V. Ursabia Jr.

Admiral George Villareal Ursabia Jr. (born September 8, 1965) is a Filipino Admiral who served as the former Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard. He is a member of the Philippine Military Academy "Hinirang" Class of 1987. Prior to his appointment, he served as commander of the Coast Guard Marine Environmental Protection Command, and the Task Group Laban COVID-19 (Water Cluster) under the Joint Task Force COVID Shield.

Early life and education
He was born in Polomolok, South Cotabato, and finished his basic education with honors at the DOLE Philippines School in 1983, before entering the Philippine Military Academy and graduated as a member of the "Hinirang" Class of 1987. He also attended various courses locally and abroad, such as the Port State Control Officer's Course in Yokohama, Japan in 1995 and in 2002, the Comprehensive Crisis Management Course at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies at Hawaii, United States in 2010, conventions from the International Maritime Organization, and other numerous courses, meetings and seminars. He earned his Master of Science Degree in Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection (MSc, MSEP) as a scholar at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden, with the help of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation.

Career
After graduating at the PMA in 1987, he commanded various ships from the Philippine Coast Guard, the Philippine Navy, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, such as the DA BFAR MCS-3008, DA BFAR MCS-3001, and the DA BFAR MCS-3002. He also served as a field station intelligence officer in Davao, Zamboanga, Cebu, and Manila. He also toured the BRP Besang Pass (AU-76), and the BRP Badjao (AE-59) and commanded the BRP Davao del Norte (SARV 3504), the BRP Romblon (SARV 3503), the BRP Pampanga (SARV 003), and the BRP Corregidor (AE-891), where he earned his Coast Guard Command-at-Sea Badge, after having 7 years of sea experience.

He also commanded two Coast Guard Stations, the Coast Guard Station General Santos and the Coast Guard Station Sarangani, and led Coast Guard Ready Force in September 2008 to September 2010, before commanding 4 Coast Guard Districts: the Coast Guard District Northern Luzon from October 2010 to February 2012, the Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao from March 2012 to January 2015, the Coast Guard District Palawan from January 2015 to March 2016, and the Coast Guard District Central Visayas.

From 2004 to 2006, he served as a staff member for the Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Maritime Safety Services, CG-8, where he contributed to the implementation of the International Ship Port Security (ISPS) Code, and became the Secretariat of the Liaison Office for Legislative Affairs (LOLA), where he led the passage of the “Coast Guard Law of 2009”, the new enabling law separating the Philippine Coast Guard from the Armed Forces of the Philippines in its maritime enforcement duties. In 2013, He was awarded the “Bakas Parangal ng Kadakilaan” by the Office of Civil Defense for his relief and rehabilitation efforts during the Typhoon Pablo, and led humanitarian efforts during the 2013 Bohol earthquake. He is also known as the Father of the Philippine Coast Guard's Coast Guard Officer's Course (CGOC) and the Coast Guardsman's Course (CGMC).

He also led the Coast Guard Marine Environmental Protection Command, and, under the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he led the Task Group Laban COVID-19 (Water Cluster), a combined task force of the AFP, the PNP and the PCG. On June 1, 2020, he took helm as the Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, replacing Admiral Joel Garcia after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56. He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on July 31, 2020.

2017 Graft Case Allegations
In July 2017, Then-Commander Ursabia was one of the 25 officials facing alleged graft cases, due to an anomalous P67.5 million procurement scandal on office supplies and information systems in 2014. The Ombudsman filed administrative and possible dismissal from service charges on the 25 officials. However, in September 2019, Ursabia, along with the other 24 officials were cleared from charges due to lack of evidence.

Awards

 * Philippines Presidential Unit Citation.png Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
 * PHL People Power I Unit Citation.png People Power I Unit Citation
 * 2 Coast Guard Legion of Honor (Degree of Maginoo)
 * PHL Outstanding Achievement Medal.PNG 4 Coast Guard Outstanding Achievement Medals
 * 9 Distinguished Service Medals
 * PHL Gawad Sa Kaunlaran.gif 1 Gawad sa Kaunlaran
 * Meritorious Achievement Medals
 * 2 Coast Guard Bronze Cross Medals
 * PHL Bronze Cross.gif 1 Bronze Cross Medal
 * 15 Coast Guard Merit Medals
 * PHL Military Merit Medal.gif 7 Military Merit Medals
 * PHL Military Commendation.gif Military Commendation Medals
 * PHL Military Civic Action Medal.gif 1 Military Civic Action Medal
 * AFP Long Service Medal.gif Long Service Medal
 * Anti-dissidence Campaign Medal.png Anti-dissidence Campaign Medal
 * Luzon Anti-dissidence Campaign Medal.png Luzon Anti-Dissidence Campaign Medal
 * PHL Visayas Anti-Dissidence Campaign Medal ribbon.png Visayas Anti-Dissidence Campaign Medal
 * Mindanao Anti-dissidence Campaign Medal.png Mindanao Anti-Dissidence Campaign Medal
 * Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations Ribbon.gif Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations Ribbon
 * Coast Guard Auxiliary Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations Medal
 * Combat Commander's (Kagitingan) Badge.png Combat Commander's Badge
 * Coast Guard Command-at-Sea Badge

Personal life
He is married to Ms Agnes Chamos, a native from La Trinidad, Benguet, and they have two children, both licensed professionals.

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Talk:2012–2013 North American drought

Add section on Canada
As it is, it seems like this is an article about the US with one mention of Canada. The drought is affecting Ontario too. Another article here ->
 * By all means, add this info. The drought is affecting the US, Canada, AND Mexico. All I can really gather on the matter is to look at the very slow-to-update and infrequent North American Drought Monitor for impacts outside the US. Once again, PLEASE, by all means add any new information you have for these areas. --Bowser the Storm Tracker  Chat Me Up 04:01, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * There was a map on CBC News showing the affected areas in Canada. I believe it was from Environment Canada. Is this public domain? Can it be included in the article?TurtleMelody (talk) 20:15, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

For context, but labelled Opinion, add or not?
It has a nice chart which shows deviation in annual rainfall levels beginning in 137 BC (21 centuries), from Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, University of Tennessee, "A 2,129-Year Reconstruction of Precipitation for Northwestern New Mexico, USA," 1996; David M. Anderson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:41, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
 * OPINION; Hundred-Year Forecast: Drought'' published August 11, 2012 in The New York Times
 * Well that image is copyrighted, so you can't just add it. Inks.LWC (talk) 07:11, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Hunt for the cites
I agree with the editor, who added the need citation tags. I am working on the hunt for the cites. Please, would another editor take a look at what I add as cites and then we can discuss to get consensus. Thanks. Geraldshields11 (talk) 12:59, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

 * I found an article by University of Massachusetts Lowell about the metrological issues section.

 * Please discuss. Geraldshields11 (talk) 15:47, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Maps and dates needs updating
Map needs updating since significant changes have occurred in the drought intensity and coverage. Stormchaser89 (talk) 10:04, 26 September 2012 (US Central)

Also, in the second paragraph it says the drought peaked July 17. But it doesn't indicate what year. I'm guessing 2012. However, more current articles indicate 2014 is the worst (and the worst is yet to come).

Propose rename and merge
This article now says the 2012 NA drought is an expansion of the 2010-2012 Souther US drought..... we should rename this article Drought in North America (Current) and we should merge 2010–2012 Southern United States drought into this one. Comments? NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 13:08, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose - How are you going to maintain (Current) on Wikipedia continually?  The title suggestion also appears to have a different meaning than the two you suggest eliminating.  <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:48, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The same way we maintain Current sea level rise, a subject for which we do NOT have one article for Sea level rise in 2010-2012 and another for Sea level rise in 2012; Also since you are a blocked IP sock puppet it beats me why you expect editors to put a lot of weight on your opinions. Whenever any of these phenomena cease then the article can get an appropriate name.  As it is the drought is projected to continue to next year so there is right now an ongoing naming problem; this proposal makes it easier instead of harder to maintain since we would only have to adjust the time part of the article title ONCE instead of annually (for however long is needed) and we would have just one article to deal with this single subject. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 23:31, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

 * oppose - the current sea level rise is a long term ongoing phenomena expected to keep going for a very long time, decades in fact. the "current" drought is a random event "short term" event and expected to terminate "shortly". -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  23:00, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Please explain the reason you are opposed.... what you provided is merely critical of the analogy in my response to the prior editor, and does not address the proposal to merge 2010–2012 Southern United States drought and 2012 North American drought, where the latter says it is an extension of the former. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 23:17, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. It would be cleaner if one were made for each year.  The "present" is continually changing, making the article unmaintainable. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:24, 5 December 2012 (UTC
 * You already expressed your opinion before your other sock account was blocked. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 23:34, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

The 2012-13 drought is not the same as the 2010-11 drought. In fact, though it gre initially from the 2010-11 drought, at the height (so far) of the 2012-13 drought, many of the southern areas where the 2010-11 drought had taken place were significantly relieved. The only reason to create ANOTHER article would be if the entire drought shifted, relieving the great plains, west, and midwest almost completely. However, The southeast drought and the overall 2012-2013 North American droughts are distinct. Watch the 52-week CONUS archive animation from the US Drought Monitor if you don't believe me. --Bowser the Storm Tracker Chat Me Up 19:05, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

When did it start
I'm no grammar expert, but the opening sentance leads me to believe that the 2010-2012 drought started in 2010. I know it's poor construction, I just can't say why. Punctuation? Gimelgort 21:17, 21 January 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gimelgort (talk • contribs)

I see your point. The NOAA Drought Task Force has a report dedicated to understanding and explaining the origins of the 2012 Central Great Plains Drought: cite http://drought.gov/media/pgfiles/2012-Drought-Interpretation-final.web-041013_V4.0.pdf. According to this, the drought that began in the Great Plains in 2012 was a separate event from the previous year's Southern Plains drought, and was a short-term drought. There should be a distinction between the long-term drought (i.e. lasting 2010 - 2012) and the short-term droughts (i.e. only lasting for a season). comment added by Kaev64 23:50, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Extreme drought.
Before the table of contents, the word "drought" appears 29 times (20 without the picture). Someone who cares about this page may want to consider the risk of semantic satiation. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:55, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Flora and Fauna
Can somebody tell me about concrete effects the drought has on the flora and fauna especially in California? — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 17:33, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

"2012–16 North American drought"
Per http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ change to 2012–16 North American drought ?

Requested move 25 June 2016

The result of the move request was: moved to 2012–13 North American drought. I agree that the California drought should be split, but a) I'm not sure how that should be done and b) what the name of that article would be. For now, I'll add a split tag to the article, and if someone is motivated and knowledgeable enough, they can do the work. -- Tavix ( talk ) 21:25, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

2012–15 North American drought → North American drought (2012–present) – Drought continues (without an obvious end) particularly in the the American Southwest, notably in California, see Climate change in California <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:27, 25 June 2016 (UTC) <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:27, 25 June 2016 (UTC) --Relisting.  — Amakuru (talk) 20:54, 3 July 2016 (UTC)  --Relisting.   Anarchyte  ( work  |  talk )   11:54, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Oppose: To tell you the truth, I don't like the name of the article, "2012-15 North American drought", even now. I think that the article should be named "2012-13 North American drought". I would like that name better because I think we would call a drought "a North American drought" only if it affects a large part of North America, and much of that big American drought that the introduction part of this article talked about had mostly ended in 2013 with heavy rains. Only the California and Texas droughts remained, and the Texas drought ended in 2015. Also the main focus of that article is that large drought, not the California drought. The California drought is just a side note. Lastly, for local droughts such as the California drought, I believe a separate page should be created, but that is a different issue that I will raise later. Thanks, <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 07:34, 6 July 2016 (UTC).

 * Oppose and concur with split idea introduced by the anon; the California drought (in which I live ...) is not really the same topic.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  20:08, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: There's been very little discussion since your relisting, so what do you think ? I've relisted it for a second time and hopefully the last  Anarchyte  ( work  |  talk )   11:54, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi I think there might be a consensus to move to 2012–13 North American drought here. Admittedly there's not much discussion, as you say, but two commenters have made the reasonable point that the core part of the drought, on a North America wide basis, ended in 2013 and that the ongoing droughts in California etc can be handled in separate articles. I would be tempted to close with that move myself, but you may think differently. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 13:37, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I have no opinion on where this article ends up, but just a quick question, why would an article about the drought in 2012-2015 be moved to a title that only contains 2012-2013? I'd say either let the final relisting run its course or move it to where the IP proposed.  Anarchyte  ( work  |  talk )   13:41, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Well have you read the comment by <IP_ADDRESS> above? They state that the "North American" component of this drought ended in 2013, and the article text confirms that because it says "Beginning in March 2013, improved rainfall across the Midwest, southern Mississippi Valley, and Great Plains began gradually alleviating drought in these areas". To me that's a reasonable explanation - the continent wide drought that was the original subject of this article, beginning in 2012, in fact was not ongoing in 2015, it is a far more localised drought now. SMcCandlish's comment also says "concur with split" which I believe refers to the same proposal, to leave this article about the continent wide drought that ended in 2013, while splitting off details of the Calif drought into a new article. — Amakuru (talk) 13:51, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

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article previously name "2012–15 North American drought", now this Talk's article called "2012–13" ?
Why was the title of this article changed from "2012–15 North American drought" (found via link on "2010–13 Southern United States and Mexico drought" article)? This article has information on 2015, see article page called "2012–13 North American drought" and note this links to article Talk called "2012–15 North American drought" (this page). WTF? X1\ (talk) 23:40, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 19 July 2018

Not moved. This is a request to move this article to a title with an incorrect date range, as noted below in the discussion. This article was originally titled "2012 North American drought" and was retitled in 2013 to "2012–13 North American drought". Move logs show further stretching of the date range in 2014 and 2015. Then came the 2016 requested move that resulted in the title being returned to its 2013 name, its present name. Below there is no reason given that would include the entire North American continent nor even a large part of it, but just that in small parts of the continent, such as California, Mexico and the southern US, the drought continued. Those small areas do not constitute the greater part of the continent, in which the drought did not extend past 2013. So the 2016 page move should not be overturned. Have a Great Day and Happy Publishing! (nac by page mover)  Paine Ellsworth   put'r there  14:52, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

2012–13 North American drought → 2012–15 North American drought – See above X1\ (talk) 00:44, 19 July 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. Dekimasu よ! 00:37, 26 July 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. Dekimasu よ! 21:56, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I have reunited the talk page with the article. Is that all that you wanted, or do you want to argue that the article should be at 2012–15 North American drought? The current title is the result of a previous move request. Dekimasu よ! 01:35, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * While the Talk and article ought to be "reunited", I never asked to change the Talk page. See above, 2012–15 North American drought is what the article was (rightly) called.
 * After that is "reunited", then other dates will need to be "argued".

 * Comment - per Wikipedia's guidelines (like on MOS:DATERANGE), the suggested title should presumably be "2012–2015 North American drought", with the full year written out. Paintspot Infez (talk) 02:05, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

2010-2017 ?
Since 2010–13 Southern United States and Mexico drought includes U.S. "North America" and 2011–17 California drought is in "North America" wouldn't this be the 2010–17 North American drought? X1\ (talk) 22:04, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

 * I know you posted this question and a previous one a long time ago, but the reason this page is called "2012-13 North American drought" is that for a drought to be called a "North American" drought it has to affect a majority of the United States. The period of drought in Texas from 2010 to 2011 and the period of drought in California from 2014 to 2017 were notable, yet during those years the droughts were only constrained to Texas and California. Yet, from 2012-13, the drought was not just constrained to particular states and had expanded so greatly throughout North America, with 64% of the contiguous U.S. in moderate drought, comparable to the Dust Bowl. Hence it is called a "2012-13 North American drought". Regards, EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 10:07, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, July 2018 does seem very long ago, . I understand your comment but it still seems confusing in the article.  These kind of topics are difficult to circumscribe, as the atmosphere not only knows no political border, it is constantly moving around in varying qualities.  X1\ (talk) 10:22, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

merge?
should not 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought be merged in with this article? -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:41, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

rename to 2012–14 North American drought or rename as the 2012–15 North American drought
The page itself says the drought went longer across some states/regions within North America or the United States than others. Can we have the drought page changed back to either of these names above? Angela Kate Maureen (talk) 21:44, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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Keger

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Talk:CNN

RFD
--Connel MacKenzie 16:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * keep, but modify the entry so that the expansion of the initialism links directly to the wikipedia article. This is a major news network, and there is no harm in explaining what the initialism stands for. --EncycloPetey 19:43, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * keep. Featured in regular dictionaries (e.g. Merriam-Webster, Webster's New World). JackLumber 22:11, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and relink per 'Petey. bd2412 T 00:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * delete. I'd like to see how it meets CFI.  Yes, it's huge, as is HBO, MTV, and Exxon.  But is the only reason we're keeping it because it fits under initialisms?  Isn't that meant for things like OMG, WTF, and FUBAR?--Halliburton Shill 01:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * ...and for EU, USA, NATO, etc.; there are many different kinds of initiaisms, including some that are names. --EncycloPetey 04:36, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Halliburton Shill, all initialisms, provided they are widely used, are good to put in Wiktionary. — Paul G 16:41, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Initialisms are inherently idiomatic because, e.g., the letters "C", "N", and another "N" do not inherently stand for "Cable", "News", and "Network". bd2412 T 22:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Idiomatic? Exxcuse me?  --Connel MacKenzie 22:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * If I pick three letters at random out of a hat - HQP or FJJ or ERH, they likely mean nothing to most people (although there is probably at least one organization out there for every three letter combo you can think of). But if the letters are C, N, and N, that immediately (for most people, I would think) brings to mind one particular set of words for which those letters stand, among all the possible combinations of such words. Cheers! bd2412 T 20:14, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * To clarify the original nomination: this entry is blatantly promotional. We should not have entries for commercial entities.  There is nothing linguistically relevant about it...it is just a name.  AFAIK, the trademark is for "CNN", since that is what they go by, with only passing references to the full name.  Explaining the reasoning for advertiser's choices of random letters is not real helpful.  Anything that might be pointing to CNN should instead be pointing to CNN, anyhow.  --Connel MacKenzie 22:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh piffle Connel - an entry that says "CNN is an initialism for Cable News Network" is far less promotional than a Wikipedia article about them. If there was another use of the initials "CNN" (e.g. a hypothetical movement for a united "Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria") that was not related to a commercial entity we would include that definition but not the most high-profile one - how does this help the user? Particularly if we direct users to Wikipedia to find out about the news organisation to Wikipedia (without of course defining what it is - as that would be "promotional") the users would expect to find an article the minor use, which may not meet the requirements for an article there - violating the very good Wikipedia "principle of least surprise". Keep. Thryduulf 23:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * So why not have a soft redirect? bd2412 T 22:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

CNN
I recreated this with the def: Cable News Network: a U.S. TV channel.

The entry was deleted multiple times without process so I'd like to sort this out via a new RFD; the last one (Talk:CNN) was in 2007. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:08, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

 * Keep, per long-standing practice of including initialisms of company names. Driven by WT:CFI (enacted entirely via votes) or WT:CFI (placed to CFI without a vote, having no consensus per Votes/pl-2012-02/CFI and company names). --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:08, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Renard Migrant (talk) 12:34, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * @Renard Migrant: Does not WT:CFI in effect say company names should be deleted regardless of whether they are initialisms? If it does, you might see my point that the current text of CFI should not be applied as a rigid rule. --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:35, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

 * Keep per WT:CFI. _Korn (talk) 12:42, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

 * Keep since it's an attestable initialism. Different from e.g. Discovery Channel, which isn't. Equinox ◑ 19:07, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

 * Keep as initialism. Pur ple back pack 89  20:21, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Kept, without opposition. There is no reasonable prospect of a consensus to delete arising at this point. bd2412 T 13:33, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

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Talk:Charleston, Illinois

The description on this page of the Charleston Riot says that most of the dead and wounded were Copperheads. The description on the Charleston Riot page says that only 2 of the 9 dead were Copperheads. This difference should be checked and corrected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 17:53, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reverse Translatase as a mechanism for generating antibody specificity

The result was delete. Withdrawing and closing this nomination - author has requested deletion on the article's talk page; seems polite to end commentary here. Opabinia regalis (talk) 22:12, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Quick note - It was Speedily Deleted - G7 by 10 minutes after the above withdrawal. – Davey 2010 Talk 03:18, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Reverse Translatase as a mechanism for generating antibody specificity

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This article has multiple problems. It's not an encyclopedia article; it's a letter/essay. It's signed with a name that happens to resemble that of the creator, User:Stanley Laham. It's a lot of fringey original research advocating for, and describing possible ways to test, the hypothesis that a "reverse translatase" enzyme might exist. It doesn't. Opabinia regalis (talk) 05:16, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Delete per nominator's reasoning, specifically it is an unsourced essay. —  Noah  06:36, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete unsourced essay. OR. Looks like copyright violation too Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:11, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Apparently not; see this edit summary. Opabinia regalis (talk) 09:01, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

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Portal talk:Computer Science (old)

This Portal/Faculty should be deleted.
These topics should be dealt with in School:Computer Science. There is no need for a Faculty/Portal:Computer Science as there is already enough debate over how to handle Computer Science/Computer Engineering. In most universities, Faculties are broad divisions that deal with graduation requirements/scheduling, such as Arts, Science, Fine Arts, Engineering, Medicine, Law. Computer Science falls under the faculty of Science at most institutions, although there is often course overlap with engineering. Recommend that this portal be redirected to School:Computer Science. -Freeman 23:20, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * The portal and the school are two different things. Portals are to quickly connect content browsers with learning resources in the subject area. Wikiversity schools are content development projects where editors collaborate to develop and improve learning resources. --JWSchmidt 00:25, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe merge them. The outline on the computer science portal is very well done, but it seems like it should be under a section in the computer science portal called something like "Degree Organization" or "Course Organization". I agree, with Freeman. The portal even says, "Welcome to Wikiversity's School of Computer Science! This school focuses..." --Remi0o 08:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

The first line of the portal page is: "The material on this page was imported from "School of Computer Science" at Wikibooks. Please coordinate this page with School:Computer Science." <-- This means that the page needs to be edited to be a portal and some of the content may be more appropriate at School:Computer Science. Two different school pages were started independently, one at Wikibooks and one here. (example of a portal page at Wikipedia, example of a content development project at Wikipedia). Read about the difference between portals and schools at Namespaces. --JWSchmidt 13:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

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User:Zabek

Hi.

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I am am extremely interested in the idea of creating a virtual home for open-source annotated texts, a home where readers could create their own commentaries, introductions, critical apparatus, or any other aids for reading and study that might be interesting and helpful.

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I Am They (album)

I Am They is the first album by I Am They, released on January 27, 2015, on Essential Records.

Reception
Grace S. Aspinwall, in a three and a half star review, wrote, "A grand collision of folk and worship, I Am They burst forth with a lively and intricate debut album... The Carson City based sextet succeeds on almost every front in their initial release and we can't wait to hear more." In a three star review by Jesus Freak Hideout, Roger Gelwicks wrote, "One listen of I Am They's debut reveals a band that's fully functional but not hitting on all cylinders... For now, I Am They's debut uncovers plenty of holes that experience, and a matured approach, can surely help to fill." Jonathan Francesco, in a three star review in New Release Tuesday, wrote, "While everything is good, solid, vertical worship, there's a little too much reliance on common buzz phrases in worship music... Given another album, this would be easy enough to correct, and the group displays the musical and vocal chops to carry stronger lyrics in the future." Rating the album an eight out of ten for Cross Rhythms, Chris Webb wrote, "Powerful vocals backed by deft interplay between guitars, violin and an occasional burst of banjo are the musical foundation stone of I Am They while their literate lyrics avoid most of the clichés."

Awarding the album four and a half stars from 365 Days of Inspiring Media, Jonathan Andre said they "create[d] a worship album worthy to be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates anything about worship, acoustic or even folk music." Lindsay Williams, awarding the album four stars from The Sound Opinion, wrote, "Rollicking foot-stomping abounds on every track. Raucous clapping is encouraged, and singing along is imminent." Rating the album a 4.6 out of five at Christian Music Review, Amanda Brogan says, "In every song, whether foot-stomping or hand-raising, I Am They's passion for the Savior is potent and tangible." Awarding the album ten stars for Jesus Wired, Rebekah Joy wrote that it is, "an incredible worship album". Writing a review for Christian Review Magazine, Leah St. John rated the album four and a half stars, and said, "The whole album exudes an unpretentious, intimate, and peaceful atmosphere."

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Antillesoma is a genus of peanut worms (Phylum Sipuncula). The genus belongs to the family Phascolosomatidae. Antillesoma was described in 1973 by Stephen and Edmonds.

Species
The following species are recognised:
 * Antillesoma antillarum (Grube, 1858)
 * Antillesoma mexicanum Silva-Morales, López-Aquino, Islas-Villanueva, Ruiz-Escobar & Bastida-Zavala, 2019

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Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) nobleman; man of noble rank
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Noun

 * 1) flame

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The Wildcard Tour is the tenth concert tour by American country music artist Miranda Lambert, in support of her seventh studio album Wildcard (2019). It is scheduled to begin on January 16, 2020 in Tupelo, Mississippi at the BancorpSouth Arena and is scheduled to conclude on May 9, 2020 in Montreal, Quebec at the Bell Centre.

Opening acts
American Texas country singer Cody Johnson and American country band LANCO will serve as supporting acts for most of the duration of the tour. Other supporting acts include Texan group Randy Rogers Band and American singer-songwriter Parker McCollum from February 6 to 8, 2020 in Kansas City, Tulsa and Dallas. An additional act will be added to the San Diego and Fresno dates whom is still to be announced.

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warp bubble

Etymology
Coined in 1994 by Mexican physicist.

Noun

 * 1)  A detached region of spacetime which is theoretically capable of moving faster than the speed of light.

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