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David Yencken

David George Druce Yencken (June 3, 1931 – September 21, 2019) was a builder, businessman, academic and heritage practitioner in Australia.

Family and early history
David Yencken was born in Berlin. His father was an Australian-born British Army officer and diplomat Arthur Ferdinand Yencken (1894–1944) and his mother was Mary Joyce Russell. They were married on 5 June 1925 at St. Margarets, Westminster. The family moved several times so that Yencken spent his early years between Berlin (1928–1931), Cairo (1932–1936), Rome, Madrid (1939–40), and then when the families of embassy staff were evacuated due to the Spanish Civil War, he lived in Australia from 1940 to 1942, then returned to Spain and then to school in England. His father died in an air crash in Spain in May 1944. David had an elder brother Dr. John Yencken (1926–2012) who was an Australian scientist. David attended school in England and Australia, and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree by the University of Cambridge majoring in History.

Professional career
In his early 20s Yencken decided on a short visit to Australia, arriving in Sydney via Canada in 1954, and then drove to Melbourne in a borrowed car. He soon decided to stay, and his first business venture was Brummels Gallery in South Yarra, which focussed on contemporary Modernist Australian painting, sculpture and prints.

"I opened the gallery in 1956 in partnership with Pat Collins, the owner of the coffee shop below the gallery. The gallery was devoted to Australian painting and at the time of its opening was one of only two with this focus in Melbourne. Although I didn't run the gallery for long, it was for me a significant experience…" The first gallery of this type, Australian Galleries in Collingwood, had opened just five months earlier.

During his travels through Canada he was introduced to "several wonders of the new world: hamburgers, three-minute car washes and motels"; motels were something not seen in the UK or Australia in the mid 50s, and he decided to build one. Buying land on the highway at the edge of Bairnsdale, he opened one of the first motels in Australia (and the first in country Victoria), in 1957, the Mitchell Valley Motel, designed by architects Mockridge Stahle & Mitchell (demolished in 2008). The success of this venture led to him being approached to part own, develop and operate another in Merimbula, NSW, The Black Dolphin, which opened in 1961, and was designed by noted modernist architect and critic Robin Boyd. The project architect was a young Graeme Gunn, and the use of undressed tree-trunk posts, natural finishes, and native planting was an early example of the  bush aesthetic in Australian architecture.

After discussions with Robin Boyd, in 1965 Yencken co-founded Merchant Builders Pty Ltd., with architect Graeme Gunn, landscape designer Ellis Stones and timber merchant John Ridge. The philosophy of the company was to create homes emphasising the unique characteristics of the Australian landscape with a vision of creating architect-designed houses that were at project home prices. In 1969 the firm's first foray into larger concerns was the Elliston Estate in Rosanna, where a sense of flowing native landscape on an existing subdivision was created, and a range of house designs by four architects – Charles Duncan, Daryl Jackson & Evan Walker, McGlashan Everist and Graeme Gunn. They then pioneered the concept of cluster housing, where groups of homes share a communal landscaped setting of dense native planting, firstly at Winter Park in Doncaster, built 1970-74, and Vermont Park in 1977, which included a clubhouse and swimming pool. Winter Park led the Victorian Government to introduce the Cluster Titles Act 1974, and in 1975 it received a citation in the Royal Australian Institute of Architect's Housing Awards.

In 1968, Yencken commissioned Gunn to design a holiday house called Baronda, in what is now Nelson Lagoon Mimosa Rocks National Park in NSW, created in part by his gift of the property to the state in 1973.

Merchant Builders won three Victorian Architectural Medals and several other architectural awards, including the inaugural Robin Boyd Environmental Award for changing the face of residential Melbourne in 1972.

Yencken also founded the planning and landscape architect firm Tract Consultants, around the same time, holding positions of Chairman and Managing Director between 1971 and 79. Tract was often the landscape designer for homes built by for Merchant Builders, including Vermont Park.

Public service
Following a commitment generally to better preserve the environment by the Whitlam Labour Government in the early 1970s, a Committee of Inquiry into the National Estate (the 'Hope Inquiry') was established in 1973, with Yencken as one of 6 members, which produced the seminal Report on the National Estate in April 1974. The National Estate was broadly defined, evaluating equally the natural environment, Aboriginal places, and historical structures and landscapes. Yencken was then appointed Chairman of the Interim Committee on the National Estate, which led to the formation of the Australian Heritage Commission which he then chaired from 1975–1981, with their first meeting on 27 July 1976. The main work of the Commission was the creation of the Register of the National Estate, a comprehensive overview of the Australian heritage places, which had more than 13,000 listings when it abolished by the Howard government in 2004. The Register was innovative for including sites of natural and historic value, as of equal importance as the built environment. In regard to architectural heritage, Yencken said that :

"We collectively reached the view that the only way to avoid bias in listing caused by temporarily prevailing architectural likes and dislikes, was to seek to list the best examples of each style period."

He was appointed Secretary (Chief Executive) of the Ministry for Planning and Environment 1982–87, by the Minister for Planning Evan Walker in the new Cain Labor Government. During his time he oversaw a number of major initiatives including; a new Metropolitan Policy and State Conservation Strategy; a comprehensive plan for the redevelopment of the Melbourne CBD and Southbank; numerous legislative changes; and local planning initiatives.

Professor Yencken oversaw the initial moves towards the rejuvenation of Southbank. At the time the precinct was made up of old factories and warehouses, and it was widely felt that the city had 'turned its back on the Yarra River'. A lot of our work in the initial instance focused on the central area of Melbourne because there was such a sense of neglect and lack of policy direction ''This lack of effective action was being expressed in papers like The Age on a very regular basis. We had a big program and that included Southbank.'' The first changes, the Southbank Promenade and the Evan Walker Footbridge, were completed after he left the Ministry.

In 1988, he developed the concept of The Creative City, which has since become a global movement reflecting a new planning paradigm for cities. It was first described in his article 'The Creative City', published in the literary journal Meanjin. In this article Yencken argues that while cities must be efficient and fair, a creative city must also be one that is committed to fostering creativity among its citizens and to providing emotionally satisfying places and experiences for them.

Yencken served as the inaugural Chairman of Australia ICOMOS in 1976, was joint leader of the Australian Delegation to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 1988 and 1981 and his other public roles included the Prime Minister's Urban Design Taskforce in 1994 and 1995, chair of the Design Committee of the Australia Council for the Arts, and President and later Patron of the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Yenken held the Elisabeth Murdoch Chair of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning from 1988 to 1997, then was Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, and later Professor Emeritus all at the University of Melbourne.

Writings and awards
Yencken has written or edited seven books, essays, journal articles and conference proceedings. His publications include :

 * Report of the Interim Committee on the National Estate, May 1975
 * Community aspirations and professional responsibility for historic conservation, Australian Heritage Commission, 1980.
 * 'The Creative City', Meanjin, Volume 47 Issue 4 (Summer 1988)
 * Multifunction Polis: Social Issues Study, Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, Canberra, 1989
 * Restoring the Land: Environmental Values, Knowledge, and Action, David G. Evans, David Yencken, and Laurie Cosgrove, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1994.
 * Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sustainability, David Yencken & Debra Wilkinson, Collingwood, Victoria, CSIRO Publishing, c2000
 * Into the future : the neglect of the long term in Australian politics, Ian Marsh and David Yencken, Australian Collaboration in conjunction with Black Inc., Melbourne, 2004
 * Valuing Australia's National Heritage, Future Leaders, Albert Park, Victoria, 2019.

Yencken has received the following awards:

 * The Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal
 * The Planning Institute of Australia Lifetime achievement award
 * The Lord Mayor's Prize (2001)
 * Honorary Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia
 * Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
 * Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to conservation and history (1982)
 * Special Australian Institute of Landscape Architects award for the greening of Swanston Street as part of Victoria's 150th celebrations (Victorian Planning Department)
 * Royal Australian Planning Institute award for central Melbourne pedestrian, street planning and Yarra River bank works (Victorian Planning Department)

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Cookbook:Spinach Pesto Linguine

| Pasta Recipes

Ingredients

 * 1 large handful fresh spinach
 * 8–12 cloves garlic (depending on your preference/size of meal)
 * 4 tbsp olive oil
 * 100–200 g feta cheese
 * 200 g pitted kalamata olives
 * 1 small package of snap peas
 * 1–2 chicken breasts (can substitute salmon or steak)
 * About 500 g linguine
 * Pesto

Procedure

 * 1) Lightly sauté the garlic in a pan—this is not meant to completely cook it, but to take a little of the bite off of it.
 * 2) Chop the garlic up a bit in a food processor, then add the spinach bit by bit (stems may be left on if you like). When you have completed mixing the garlic and spinach together, add the olive oil and mix. Put into a bowl and set aside.
 * 3) Strip the snap peas of the stringy bits and the hard ends, and place those aside in a bowl as well.
 * 4) Start the water on the stove at a medium temperature to prevent the water from boiling, but able to easily obtain a boil at your whim. Start the grill and put the chicken (or other meat) on at a medium temperature. When it has heated up, put a bit of olive oil on each side to prevent sticking. When the meat is about a quarter done, you want to have the water boiling. Put the linguine in, and if you wish, add a bit of olive oil for flavor.
 * 5) While you are doing this, put the snap peas in a small frying pan with some olive oil at a low-medium temperature to warm them up a bit.
 * 6) When the pasta and meat are cooked (try and get these finished cooking at the same time), slice the chicken into strips (in the case of the steak/salmon, it may be better to just leave it in fillet/steak form for presentation purposes). Strain the pasta, and put it in a frying pan along with some of the pesto (by portion) to heat the pesto up a bit. Make sure it is not at a high temperature, as that will cause the pasta to crisp up. When you have finished this, put it on a plate and top with feta and olives.
 * 7) Arrange the snap peas and meat strips on top as well, and there's your dinner!

Notes, tips, and variations

 * You may alter the pesto at will; it works equally well to either add sundried tomatoes to the spinach pesto, or, if you like, you could also just do a traditional basil pesto. Other variations on pesto include adding Romano or Parmigiano Reggiano (or other, softer Parmesan cheeses), or adding different kinds of nuts (pine nuts, almonds, etc) for a different taste to the pesto.
 * In keeping with the tangy taste the kalamata olives bring to the pasta, sundried tomatoes really help enhance the flavor of the dish.

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User:Michaelnelson/Learning Plan 2006-07

Draft of a learning plan that I want to work towards over the coming year.

Education

 * Regularly read and interact with other Australian and overseas educational thinkers (via blogs/reader) and reflect on my own LiveandLetLearn
 * Reflect on the use of Constructionism within my current context in the Web Design course.
 * Review and reflect on SocioCultural Constructionism paper, comparing with our Web Design course.
 * Start profiles/reflections on blog of prominent educators that may help me improve as an educator (and update Wikipedia articles while at it! or maybe here at Wikiversity):
 * Jean Piaget
 * Ivan Illich
 * Seymour Papert
 * Kathy Sierra (Story)
 * Investigate using Sharepoint at work for communication with colleages and students. Compare and contrast with other communication tools (Blogs, Wikis, RSS Feeds etc).
 * Continue to build sustainable and flexible resources collaboratively for the Web Design course on the Web Design Wikiversity site.

Timeframe:

Technology

 * Experiment with Django (Python web framework) and/or Ruby on Rails web development to complement PHP skills.
 * Possibly implement an experimental Flex project and build Flash development skills
 * Build on own Web Development currency through feeds and post relevant stuff on Design Websites blog.
 * Continue to expand Linux skills with Ubuntu use at home (Trial edubuntu thin-clients, perhaps in Lab)
 * Experiment with XML/XSL transforms to create automatic evidence sheets from ICA05 Training package (Done)

Physics/Maths/Modelling
When time permits and I feel like it (low priority), keep working on
 * Investigating_3D_Geometric_Algebra and 3D_Geometric_Algebra_and_Special_Relativity
 * Work through Blender3D: Noob to Pro

German Language and culture

 * Listening to one Top Thema mit Vokabeln each week.
 * Increase formal vocab through watching DW News on Weds and Sat.
 * Understanding the German educational context (Fachhochshule, Folkes schule, Vocational education in schools etc)

Music

 * Find time to enjoy playing tin flute for 10mins each week - focusing on repetition and rhythm.


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repossession

Noun

 * 1)  The condition of being repossessed
 * 2)  The act of repossessing

Translations

 * Finnish: ulosmittaus
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: riappropriazione

 * Manx:

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Talk:Madhvi Parekh

Requested move 20 September 2017

The result of the move request was: page moved. Mduvekot (talk) 10:53, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Madhavi Parekh → Madhvi Parekh – The name is misspelled. The artist's correct name is Madhvi Parekh (with one less "A"). See, for example: http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/madhvi-parekh-brings-her-christ-series-to-ngma-bengaluru/article8667797.ece Bulletprooflama (talk) 07:07, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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Solo

 * The Curious Seeker I Madhvi Parekh: Retrospective, DAG Delhi, Mumbai and New York I Sept 2017 - Oct 2019
 * The Last Supper, The Seagull Foundation for the Arts in Kolkata, New Delhi I 2011 - 2013

Group

 * Through the Looking Glass: Watercolours with Arpita Singh, Nalini Malani and Nilima Sheikh in Bhopal, New Delhi, Bombay and Bangalore I 1987 - 1989
 * The Self and the World, presented by Gallery Espace at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi I 1997

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Talk:Salmon-class submarine

- I rewrote to this: I base this on Lenton, American Submarines. The 4x6500hp diesel is such an obvious mistake I can only conclude somebody didn't notice there were 2 engines on each shaft & that was a total hp. The "4x" electric motors is wrong, too. There were 2 motors, 1 on each shaft. The original 1800t surfaced tonnage doesn't agree with any published figure I've ever seen, either, & it's well above the published numbers for Gato & Tench, which it should be close to, since the design didn't change significantly til after the Tenches were completed. I should also mention, parenthetically, Gato, Balao, & Tench had a design capacity of 26 torpedoes (with the additional bow tube, according to Beach); by my count, it's 30, but... Trekphiler 23:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
 * -- General characteristics --
 * Displacement: 1449 tons surfaced, 2198 tons submerged
 * Length: 308ft (93.9m) overall
 * Beam: 26 ft 3in (8m)
 * Draft: 14 ft 3in (4.34m)
 * Test depth: 250ft (91.4m)
 * Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 knots (16.7 km/h) submerged
 * Armament: 8 x 21 in (53cm) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 4 aft, 24 torpedoes); 1 x 4 in (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun (except Sturgeon 1 x 3in (76mm)/50 caliber AA deck gun), 2x0.5" (12.7mm) & 2x0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns
 * Crew: 70 officers and men
 * Powerplant: 4 x 1375 hp (1025kW) General Motors (Snapper, Stingray, & Sturgeon) or H.O.R. (Salmon, Seal, & Skipjack) diesel engines, 2 x 1650 hp (1230kW) Elliot Motor electric motors
 * Range: 11,800 nautical miles (21,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced

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User:ThomasMoll

Hi there!

I'm Thomas and I am a student of medical Biology at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. My basic activity here on Wikipedia is to add further information to topics I get to do with during my study. You can figure out that this is a very sporadic activity. Sometimes I check articles on Wikipedia to get some more information on certain topics and find out that I actually know a bit more than what is here already, so I add that bit. It doesn't happen often, but I still like the idea to contribute to common knowledge :-)

Cheers, Thomas

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Robert V. Rice

Robert Vernon Rice (August 13, 1924 – February 17, 2020) was an American biochemist from Carnegie Mellon University and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts primarily known for work in the area of biochemistry and physiology of muscle proteins and neuromuscular interactions.

Biography
Rice was born 13 August 1924 in Barre, Massachusetts, to Laurence Vernon Rice (1891-1964) and Edith (Middlemiss) Rice (1896-1987). Rice is a direct patrilineal descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony from England. Rice married Betty Jane Marts on 13 July 1945 in Phoenix, Arizona, and they divorced in 1977. He died in Falmouth, Massachusetts on February 17, 2020.

Professional career
Rice earned his master's degree in 1952 and his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1954 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He spent most of his academic career from 1955 to 1995 at the department of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and served as department head. He was also a scientist-in-residence at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts during the summer months. His research focused on the biochemistry and cellular physiology of muscle contraction and nerve transmission.

In retirement beginning in 1987, Rice was active in the Falmouth Genealogical Society, serving as vice president for programs from 2003 to 2006, and was a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, publishing several papers in its journal, New England Ancestors.  He was one of the first five incorporators of Falmouth Community Television in 1991, serving as treasurer and later as president until 1997. He served as the president of the Edmund Rice (1638) Association from 1998-2006, and took up a keen interest in genetic genealogy.

Selected publications

 * Rice, R.V., P. Kaesberg, and M.A. Stahmann. (1953). The breaking kof tobacco mosaic virus using a new freeze drying method. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 11:337-343.
 * Rice, R.V. (1961). An electron microscopical examination of configurations of ribonucleic acid and other polyelectrolytes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 53(1):29-43.
 * Kelly, R.E. and R.V. Rice (1967). Abductin: a rubber-like protein from the inner triangular hinge of Pecten. Science 155(3759):208-210.
 * Kelly, R.E. and R.V. Rice (1968). Localization of myosin filaments in smooth muscle. Journal of Cell Biology 37(1):105-116.
 * Somlyo, A.P., A.V. Somlyo, C.E. Devine, and R.V. Rice (1971). Aggregation of thick filaments into ribbons in mammalian smooth muscle.  Nature 231:243-246.
 * Somlyo, A.P., C.E. Devine, A.V. Somlyo, and R.V. Rice. (1973). Filament organization in vertebrate smooth muscle. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 265:223-229.
 * Adelman, W.J., J. Moses, and R.V. Rice. (1977). An anatomical basis for the resistance and capacitance in series with the excitable membrane of the squid giant axon. Journal of Neurocytology 6(6): 621-646.
 * Rice, R.V., P.F. Roslansky, N. Pascoe, and S.M. Houghton. (1980). Bridges between microtubules and neurofilaments visualized by stereoelectron microscopy. Journal of Ultrastructure Research 71(3):303-310.
 * Hodge, A. J., R.V. Rice, R. Mueller, and W.J. Adelman. (1986). Ordered segmental motion of filopodia in cultured cells.  Journal of Cell Biology  103(5):282.
 * Rice, R.V., R. Mueller, and W.J. Adelman, Jr. (1990). Tissue culture of squid neurons, glia, and muscle cells. pp. 195–212. In: D.L. Gilbert, W.J. Adelman and M. Arnold (eds.), Squid as Experimental Animals. Plenum Press, New York.

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Toronto Police Pipe Band

The Toronto Police Pipe Band is a Canadian pipe band organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada directly composed of a band in grade 2; and 5 through its youth affiliate, Ryan Russell Memorial. The band performs at parades, festivals, ceremonies and funerals on behalf of the Toronto Police Service, and participates internationally in piping competitions.

History
The Toronto Police Pipe Band was founded in 1912. The band was originally formed for local parades and events, and later participated in recruiting drives during World War I. The band was forced to temporarily halt operations soon after the start of World War II, and would not parade until 1960. After the sponsoring force's amalgamation with 12 other municipalities, the band renamed itself to the Metropolitan Toronto Police Pipe Band.

In the 1970s, the band began competing, sanctioned in grade 2. The band managed to win 1st place in their division at the Cowal Gathering. Sometime after, the band was promoted to the premier grade. Following Metropolitan Toronto's amalgamation, the band adopted its current name.

Toronto Police has won the grade 1 North American Championship at the Glengarry Highland Games a total of 3 times in 1996, 2004 and 2006. In 2006, the band won the American, Canadian and North American Championships.

In 2008 the band competed with a non-traditional medley titled "Variations on a Theme of Good Intentions". In contrast from traditional medley compositions commonly fielded, this set was constructed as a suite on a theme rather than separate tunes. The set was composed for pipes by Michael Grey, brought in as pipe sergeant, under then-pipe major Ian K. MacDonald. Grey previously occupied the position of pipe major at the Peel Regional Police Pipe Band, and as pipe sergeant and player with the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band when they won the World Pipe Band Championships in 1987.

Grey continued to write competition medleys and other music in his position until departing in the 2013 season to play with the Glasgow Police Pipe Band.

The band has not competed since the departure of its last drum sergeant Craig Stewart in 2018 and the commencement of their ongoing search for a leading-drummer. Consequently, incumbent Pipe Major Sean McKeown and Pipe Sergeant Ian K. MacDonald, a Detective Constable and Detective respectively within the Toronto Police Service, played with the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band the following season in 2019.

Pipe Majors

 * Thomas Ross (1912-1924)
 * ??? Leask (1924-1939)
 * Alexander "Sandy" Johnson (1960-1965)
 * Robert MacDonald (1966-1973)
 * John MacDonald (1973-1995)
 * James MacHattie (2004-2007)
 * Ian K. MacDonald (1996-2003, 2008-2014)
 * Sean McKeown (2015–present)

Leading Drummers

 * Alan Savage (1997-2002)
 * Jeremy Keddy (2003)
 * Doug Stronach (2004-2010)
 * Ken Constable (2011-2013)
 * Mark Passmore (2014)
 * Craig Stewart (2004, 2015-2018)

Organization
Besides fielding its premier competition band in grade 1, the Toronto Police Pipe Band operates another band in grade 2. The band also instructs 2 juvenile bands in grade 3 and grade 5 through the Ryan Russell Pipe Band.

Prior to the grade 2 band's upgrade in 2019, it placed 6th at the 2018 Worlds in grade 3B and won the best drumming award in that section.

Discography

 * Live at the el Mocambo: Raw and off the Floor (2010)

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Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union

The Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union (BOPSWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana.

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Talk:Derek Burney

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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- KenWalker | Talk 07:16, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I added a photo, and will try to find the time to fix up this article in the near future. Canuckman55 (talk) 08:03, 25 December 2007 (UTC)Canuckman55

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Talk:Morgana (documentary)

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Ragged Old Flag is a song made by American country music artist Johnny Cash from the 1974 album of the same name. The song, nicknamed 'the anti-flag burning song' confronts Johnny Cash's beliefs of the United States and what its role should be internationally and also how the nation should be perceived domestically.

Background
Ragged Old Flag was written at the height of political scandals that rocked the early 70s in American politics. The song is written as a response to the Watergate Scandal and Nixon-era Vietnam policies, which while Cash stated his Republican viewpoint and support of Nixon during his campaign, had questioned Nixon policies. Ragged Old Flag was a song hoping to reassure his fellow Americans in his faith in the United States and its people.

Johnny Cash's Visit to the White House
One of the key tactics Nixon used to win the Presidency in 1970 was the Southern Strategy. In an effort to expand Southern ties to the Republican party, he wanted conservative values and country music to go hand in hand with each other. To this effect Nixon said "The peace of the world would not just depend on America's military might, which is the greatest in the world, but it's going to depend on our character, our love of our country, our willingness to not only wear the flag but stand up for the flag, and country music does that." Cash had been supportive of Nixon's plans for Vietnam, saying on The Johnny Cash Show "My family here and I stand behind the President of the United States in his quest for a just and lasting peace." With antiwar protests occurring all throughout the summer, Nixon invited Cash to give a concert at the White House as a PR move.

A few months before his scheduled performance at the White House, Cash went to play for the troops in Vietnam in December of 1969 and his views on the Vietnam War changed drastically afterwards. When it came time to perform at the White House, Cash gave a brief monologue about the war saying "I get asked a lot of questions about war and... drugs and youth and... this and that. Well... We took our show to Long Bihn Air Force Base near Saigon, Vietnam. We did shows for the men over there, as many as we could for the time that we had. Somebody said, 'That makes you a hawk. You went to Vietnam.' No, but after you watch the wounded come in in the helicopters, if you were a dove, you might come away a dove with claws." Cash followed this by performing several anti-war and pro-youth songs. These included "What is Truth", "Man in Black", and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes". When interviewed about this after the concert Cash said "I tried to keep the performance honest. Good, or bad it was honest, I think." Two weeks after his performance at the White House the Kent State shootings happened. Johnny Cash came out publicly in support of the students saying "Those young people out there seem to be trying to hold on to that part of our American heritage that they believe was good and beautiful. All they desire is to be listened to. They're only exercising their freedom of speech and God help you if that's ever taken away from them, America."

Foreign Policy Analysis
A patriotic song, this song has been referred to as the ‘anti-flag burning song’. While in the first part of the song discusses the wars the ‘ragged old’ flag’ has been through on US soil. Cash then goes beyond to the places around the world it the flag has been. From Flanders in World War I to Europe, Africa, and Asia during World War 2 and then to the more recent events to when the song was released (1974) the Korean War and Vietnam War. After discussing how the flag waves on US ships across the seas and a symbol of American pride and force abroad, it laments the dissatisfaction and dishonor Cash perceives the flag to be getting from American citizens. While he openly criticized some policies, he would not tolerate criticism of America.

What Cash is calling for is a return to the sentiment and pride of the US flag, which has been through so much and been so many places. To remain true to the trust that Americans can make it through any crisis as they are at that time in the 70s between Vietnam and Government controversies of the Nixon Administration.

Lyric Breakdown
In the start of the song, Cash introduces the scene as the narrator in a small town passing through and speaking with an old man living there at the courthouse where a battered down American flag waved.

I walked through the county courthouse square

On a park bench, an old man was sittin' there.

I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down".

He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town".

I said, "Your old flagpole has leaned a little bit,

And that's a ragged old flag you got hangin' on it".

He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down

"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"

I said, "I think it is"

He said, "I don't like to brag, but we're kinda proud of that ragged old flag".

After this, the old man starts telling the story of the flag, while he refers to the flag to the physical, ragged old flag on the flagpole, he in truth is referring to the United States and the places the flag has all been. He starts talking of the first US wars, against the British in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812

"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there,

When Washington took it across the Delaware.

And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key Sat watching it, writing "Say Can You See"

And it got a bad rip in New Orleans With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seams.

Following this, he speaks of the War for Texan Independence and then American Civil War and how that forced many changes and hard times on the 'ragged old flag'

And it almost fell at the Alamo Beside the Texas flag,

But she waved on though.

She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville,

And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.

There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,

And the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag

From here on, the old man starts telling of the more recent places the flag has been abroad. Having overcome such difficulties at home the ragged old flag now faced and challenged the problems around the world, from the World Wars to Korea and Vietnam

"On Flanders Field in World War I,

She got a big hole from a Bertha gun,

She turned blood red in World War Two,

She hung limp, and low, a time or two,

She was in Korea, Vietnam,

She went where she was sent by Uncle Sam.

At this point it's clear Cash, through the voice of the old man, is speaking of the American people, of their unity and grit, they make up the flag and proudly fought wherever they may be needed to go.

She waved from our ships upon the briny foam

And now they've about quit wavin' her back here at home

In her own good land here she's been abused,

She's been burned, dishonored, denied, an' refused,

Now, Cash is speaking to the scandal back home domestically with Watergate and the withdrawal from Vietnam. Cash had always been an outspoken patriot, as written above he came out and publicly supported the Nixon administration's goals for the Vietnam War. By the time this song was written he had done a lot of soul searching and realized the war was a pointless waste of life. Not long after this song was written he said "with the Vietnam War as painful in my mind as it was in most other Americans, I wore it (referring to his famous black attire) 'in mournin' for the lives that could have been'... Apart from the Vietnam War being over, I don't see much reason to change my position... The old are still neglected, the poor are still poor, the young are still dying before their time, and we're not making many moves to make things right. There's still plenty of darkness to carry off."

And the government for which she stands

Is scandalized throughout the land.

And she's getting threadbare, and She's wearing thin,

But she's in good shape, for the shape she's in.

'Cause she's been through the fire before

And I believe she can take a whole lot more.

After lamenting the crisis the US and the 'ragged old flag' finds itself in, Cash through the old man asserts that, the flag, and therefore the people of the United States have been through worse and can keep going. That the United States will be able to carry on past whatever difficulty at home and abroad and represent its founding ideals worldwide.

So we raise her up every mornin'

We take her down every night,

We don't let her touch the ground,

And we fold her up right

On second thought,

I do like to brag

'Cause I'm mighty proud of that ragged old flag."

Ending the song, Cash articulates his pride in the flag and the nation, even when it doesn't do what he thinks is right or is in a crisis, because of what good it's done and what more good he believes it can do."

Reception
This song was widely popular at release, at least in live performances, however, its success did not translate in the charts. It only reached 31 on the country music charts and that might be reflected because, while popular with Cash's fan base, some in the wider audience criticized the song as 'too sentimental and jingoistic' encouraging more military intervention and loss of US life to enforce American ideals abroad.

The song's popularity increased following the September 11th attacks. During live performances, Cash was noted to add references to Desert Storm and Afghanistan during the 2002 invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Multiple times post-9/11 the song has been featured in Super Bowl commercials, including most recently in 2020. These patriotic advertisements typically promote US unity or one of the branches of the Armed forces. However, its most recent appearances have come under fire as stations, the NFL, or groups attacking or expressing opposition to domestic movements like the controversies surrounding kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance in the NFL.

Legacy
Johnny Cash performed this song at the American Music Awards in 2002, adding in some additional lyrics referencing Operation Desert Storm and the Afghanistan War.

At the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards Eric Church preceded his performance of "Stick That In Your Country Song" with a recording of "Ragged Old Flag". This song is inspired by Johnny Cash and "Ragged Old Flag". Church sings about the darker parts of American society that are often overlooked in the idealized view that country music typically presents and the refrain dares other artists to talk about these issues in their own music.

"Ragged Old Flag" was featured in a Super Bowl LIV ad titled "Tribute to America" that was created by Fox News. This video depicts dramatic re-enactments and some videos of the events referred to in the song. Mixed in with these are are clips of Marine and Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter playing Johnny Cash/the main character of the song. Their was some public outcry in response to this video. Some thought that with it preceding the Super Bowl it was meant to shame players that have knelt for the National Anthem, and Colin Kaepernick specifically.

The sentiments of "Ragged Old Flag" can be translated to the still ongoing Iraq War. Rosanne Cash said that in the final months of his life Johnny "wanted to protest the war but didn't have the strength". Cash was a patriot and believed in the ideals America stands for, but after visiting Vietnam has been outspokenly against the seemingly never ending wars on the other side of the world.

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User:BerlinSight/Books/Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore

 * Mount Rushmore
 * Black Hills Land Claim
 * Korczak Ziolkowski
 * George Washington
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * Theodore Roosevelt
 * Abraham Lincoln
 * John Fire Lame Deer
 * Crazy Horse Memorial

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Morphology
In Isthmus Zapotec, the verb stems can be single morphemes or they can also be compounds of two morphemes. There are three compound stems, the first two are highlighted by the above two charts. In the first chart, -e?eda translates to  'come ' and nee translates to ' and or with ' with morphemes added in the beginning and at the end of the word, altering its overall meaning. They are simple (monomorphemic) verb stem plus particle. In the second chart, -naaba translates to ' ask'  while di?idža? translates to word which are simple verb stem plus noun stem. The third compound is a simple verb stem plus noun stem where -aaka and -unni are the verb stem. The verb stem -aaka translates to  'happen or come to pass while -unni translates to  'do'. Any Spanish infinitive is theoretically a second component in the compund. INCLUDE EXAMPLE FROM PG3.

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uncloak

Verb

 * 1)  To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
 * 2)  To remove one's cloak.
 * 3)  To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
 * 1)  To remove one's cloak.
 * 2)  To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
 * 1)  To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:reveal

Hypernyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:undress

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Reza Davari Ardakani

Reza Davari Ardakani (born 6 July 1933, in Ardakan) is an Iranian philosopher who was influenced by Martin Heidegger, and a distinguished emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran. He is also the current member of the Iranian Academy of Sciences and former President of Academy from 1998 to 2023. He is known for his works on Intellect, politics, and underdevelopment.

Life
Davari received primary and secondary education in Arkadan, and after finishing school became a teacher in 1951. In 1954, he entered the University of Tehran as an undergraduate, gaining a BA and in 1967 a PhD in philosophy. He is currently professor Emeritus of philosophy at Tehran University. From 1979 to 1981, he was dean at the faculty of literature and humanities, University of Tehran, and the head of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO from 1979 to 1982. Davari was the editor-in-chief of Farhang Journal.

Davari and Abdolkarim Soroush have engaged in a series of philosophical debates in post-revolutionary Iran.

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Talk:Web Design/HTML Challenges

In the past I've just been using some of the advanced challenges here to fill in some things that might not be included in peoples first projects, such as ImageMaps, tabular tables etc. But I want to re-organise these challenges to make them helpful to a general learner. Links to online resources that explain things needed will enable learners to learn Just-In-Time to do the challenge.

This means adding lots of visual examples for creating a basic web page. Perhaps:
 * challenges 1 and 2 with HTML only (assigning basic elements, include images in second one)
 * challenges 3 and 4 need to link to basic stylesheet, 4 could include divs (with links to relevant resource of course!) Michaelnelson 19:53, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Under Construction
Do you think that 5 months is considered long enough to remove the under construction template? Matthew Greyling 04:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Order of learning
Is it just me, or are lessons 3 and 4 dependent on knowing styles far sooner than they are taught in the curriculum. If I use traditional attributes they wont be validated by the w3 validator that is recommended but there has been no talk on the effective use of styles yet. Perhaps these HTML lessons could be restructured with this in mind.

eg.

Lesson 3 relies on the bordercolor attribute which is deprecated in the DTD used in the lessons.

The only way to overcome this is with styles or CSS.

Challenge 3: Tables for tabular data
Why don't you use html for the little table on the right instead of using an image? It would be easy to do and also give the reader a usable example on the page. They wouldn't have to go off site to get the markup for a simple table. Mattisse 21:37, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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User:JPatrickBedell~enwikiversity/Research ideas

Biometrology

 * Use standard video-collecting devices to make semi-continuous quantitative estimates of the volume of the growing organism.
 * Use one or more webcam images or videos to create realistic simulated avatars for users.

Biosimulation

 * Simulate the interaction of bullets with simulated biological entities (terminal ballistics).


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Verb Conjugation - Irregular Japanese Verbs

There are two irregular verbs in total in the Japanese language. They mean "to come" (Kuru) and "to do" (Suru). Since their Conjugation is irregular, It will simply be listed below.

 * Negative: konai, shinai (can't come, can't do)
 * Infinitive: kimasu, shimasu (come, do)
 * Dictionary: kuru, suru (to come, to do)
 * Imperative/Conditional: koi, shiro [seyo] (come here! do it!) kureba, sureba (what if you came? what if you did it?)
 * Volitional: koyou, shiyou (let's come -never used, let's do it)

Copula are the words that mean "to be" in Japanese. The copula in Japanese are used far more than we would use "is" in English, however. There are two copula, Desu and Da, both meaning the same thing and the only difference in them being their use in honourable language, i.e., Da is less formal than Desu. They are effectively the same word.

If I was speaking to a friend, I would say "ore no heso da." (it's my bellybutton) When speaking of my bellybutton to a superior officer in the military I would say "Kanchou! Jibun no heso desu!" (Captain! It is my belly button!). I suppose in this way one could say that da means "it's" and desu means "it is" in simple conversation.

Da and Desu may also be used in conversation after a verb for no apparent reason. Generally this is for the purpose of politeness and carries no meaning. I could say also "hashittemasu no desu" (it is that I am running) or just "hashittemasu'n'da" [friendly level of conversation].

Their conjugations are slightly irregular and should be noted as irregular.

 * Negative: Dewa Nai, Dewa Arimasen (Isn't)
 * Conjunctive: n/a
 * Dictionary: Da, Desu (to be)
 * Imperative: n/a
 * Volitional: Darou, Deshou (isn't it?)

The last form of copula, the "isn't it?" should be used basically as that phrase is used in English, though there are more advanced uses. It does not agree with the classification of "let's be." That would just be silly.


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Timeline
User:Jasonasosa/Timeline

Theory on Revelation
This is my developing theory about the Apocalypse, in the Book of Revelation, from the continuous-historicist's view merging into Futurism (Christianity).

Note: ''Some events seem to overlap into the next judgement; Once a judgement starts... they don't stop. There are no pretty time blocks.''

Seal 1: The spread of Christianity
"Behold a white horse... and he went forth conquering" - 301 AD - Spread of Christianity starting with the Christianization of Armenia. 380 AD - Christian doctrine established as the Roman Empire's sole recognized religion under the Edict of Thessalonica 1095 AD - The Crusades begin

Seal 2: The spread of Islam
A "horse [that was] red... to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword." -

624 AD - Spread of Islam, starting at the Battle of Badr, led by Commander Muhammad (See also: Islam and the Arab slave trade) 632 AD - Muslim conquests begin 1092 AD - Rise of the Fedayeen Assassins of the Nizari Ismailis order. (See also: Jihad)

Seal 3: Great Famine
"A black horse... had a pair of balances in his hand." -

800 AD - Theory of Mayan civiliazation collapsing due to severe drought killing millions of Mayan people by famine. (See also: List of famines)

1202 AD - Failure of the Nile river flood, the 1202 Syria earthquake and the tsunami that followed, compacted problems with famine throughout the Mediterranean area. The death toll for the entire year of 1202 was originally recorded at over 1,000,000 deaths, affecting Sicily to Iraq and Anatolia to upper Egypt.

Seal 4: Mass Death
"Behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." -

1315 AD - The Great Famine strikes North Europe from the Pyrenees to Russia and from Scotland to Italy. (Marked by extreme levels of crime, disease, mass death, cannibalism and infanticide) 1350 AD - Peak of the Black Death (See also: Bubonic plague) 1400 AD - Plague reduces world's population from 450 million to between 350/375 million.

Seal 5: The Inquisitions
"Under the altar the souls slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" And it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer... until their brethren, who would be killed as they [were], was completed." - 1480 AD - Spanish Inquisition begins; Reminisces the Medieval Inquisition 1536 AD - Portuguese Inquisition begins 1542 AD - Roman Inquisition begins

Seal 6: The Protestant Reformation
"There was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. And heaven departed... and every mountain and island was moved out of its place." -

1556 AD - 1556 Shaanxi earthquake kills 830,000. Ranks #1 as the Deadliest earthquake on record of all time. 1562 AD - French Wars of Religion (1562–1598), the first major conflict between Catholics and Protestants 1568 AD - Eighty Years' War of the European wars of religion, in response to the Protestant Reformation

1600 AD - "And after these things I saw four messengers... and I saw another messenger... having a seal of the living God, and he did cry with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying, "Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads." And I heard the number of those sealed, (144 thousands were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel)" - (Note what happens in 1648 AD)

Seal 7: Climax of the European wars of Religion
"Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw [it] to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake." -

1607 AD - "There was silence in heaven for about half an hour." - 1607 AD - Twelve Years' Truce 1618 AD - The censer is thrown and the Thirty Years War (1618–1648) breaks out between the Holy Roman Empire and Protestant states seeking independance 1619 AD - Eighty Years' War resumes to 1648 AD 1645 AD - Cretan War (1645–1669) 1648 AD - More than 100,000 Jews are massacred during the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648—1654), the Ukraine revolt seeking independance from Poland. (See also: History of Israel under Ottoman rule (1517–1917)) 1667 AD - 1667 Shamakhi earthquake kills 80,000 people in Eurasia

Trumpet 1: Little Ice Age and World wars
"And there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up." -

1701 AD - War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714)

1709 AD - The Great Frost of 1709 occurs during the mid period of the Little Ice Age, a noteably sharp cold period; This event caused: 1. Trees to explode, 2. Herbs and exotic fruit trees died, 3. Hardy oak and ash trees died, 4. The wheat crop failed (See: Anecdotal events of the Great Frost of 1709); Concerning the weather patterns documented in 1709, Dennis Wheeler, a climatologist at the University of Sunderland remarks, "Something unusual seems to have been happening".

Note: "The 18th century developed into a period of seemingly continuous world wars, each larger than the last." (See: Naval warfare)

Trumpet 2: Volcanic Laki System
"And as it were a great mountain with fire burning was cast into the sea, and the third of the sea became blood, and die did the third of the creatures that [are] in the sea, those having life, and the third of the ships were destroyed." -

1780 AD - The Great Hurricane of 1780 spawned from the most deadliest Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history. 1783 AD - The volcanic fissure craters of Laki in Iceland, erupted over an 8 month period killing over six million people globally from deadly sulfuric dioxide gas emissions, making it the deadliest volcanic eruption in historical times. (See: http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-earth-was-made/videos#how-the-earth-was-made-iceland)

Trumpet 3: Napoleon
"And there fell a great star from heaven... and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter." -

1799 AD - Napoleon Bonaparte assumes authority as First Consul of the French First Republic. 1803 AD - Napoleon leads the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) in response to opposing coalitions. 1804 AD - Napoleon becomes emperor of the First French Empire and establishes the Napoleonic Code. 1806 AD - Holy Roman Empire dissolves 1815 AD - Napoleonic Wars claim between 3,350,000 to 6,500,000 casualties. 1815 AD - The United Kingdom becomes the first global superpower and initiates the Pax Britannia (1815–1914).

Trumpet 4: Rise of the Occult
"And the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise." -

1816 AD - The Year Without a Summer 1833 AD - "And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon... whose tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth." - (Compare with: Leonids of 1833) 1875 AD - Occult philosophies become more accepted, forming schools of thought such as the Theosophical Society. 1887 AD - The Lucifer magazine is in print. 1887 AD - Cipher Manuscripts are decoded. 1890 AD - Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is established.

Trumpet 5: At the root of The Holocaust
"And he did open the pit of the abyss, and there came up a smoke out of the pit as smoke of a great furnace, and darkened was the sun and the air, from the smoke of the pit. And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, [to] injure the men... who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads, and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months." - - ; Those who do have the "Seal of God", are the Sons of Israel -

This is the most sensitive and difficult period of all the apocalyptic events, because what happens here drives events to The Holocaust (meaning: "Great Fire"). Even the Orgins section of the Holocaust page couldn't go deep enough, into the later 19th century, to explain the real root cause for this war/hate crime. However, it is absolutely dangerous to even know, because you would have to peak into the abyss itself to see why antisemitists and anti-Christians really felt the way they did, without sharing their views or beliefs. (See also: 20th-century events)

188? AD - The book, The Antichrist, written originally in German by F.N., explains the torment that he and his contemporaries, who did not have the seal of God, felt from the Christian faith and from Jews.

Trumpet 6: The Great War
"So the four angels... were released [from the great river Euphrates] to kill a third of mankind. Now the number of the army of the horsemen [was] two hundred million... and out of their [horses] mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur. By these three [plagues] a third of mankind was killed." -

1900 AD - "And there came war in the heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought" - 1914 AD - The Great War, from WWI to WWII [Fire] 1918 AD - 1918 flu pandemic [Smoke] 1933 AD - The Holocaust [Sulfur] 1945 AD - "So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." - ; (See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) 1948 AD - "Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months (1,260 days)." ; (See: Jerusalem) 1948 AD - "And I will give [power] to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth." - 1948 AD - "And the woman did flee to the wilderness, where she hath a place made ready from God, that there they may nourish her 1,260 days." - 1948 AD - "And the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ." - ; (See: Arab–Israeli conflict; See also: List of Islamic terrorist attacks) 201? AD - "And when [the two witnesses] may finish their testimony, the beast that is coming up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them." -

Trumpet 7: Divine Intervention
This trumpet hasn't sounded yet.

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/anchorites.org

Links

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 * Link is not on the blacklist.
 * Link is not on the domainredlist.
 * Link is not on the Monitorlist.
 * None of the mentioned users is on the blacklist.
 * Link is not on the whitelist.
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Nur Farah Hirsi

Nur Farah Hirsi is a Somali politician. He is the former Minister of Ports and Marine Transport of Somalia, having been appointed to the position on 6 February 2015 by the now former Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.

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Template:W2

internal logic:

Purpose: link to a page on the English Wikipedia with wikitext that without change can be used on that Wikipedia itself and on any sister, especially the Commons. This is achieved by corresponding (but unequal) templates with the same name on both projects.

It duplicates the wikimedia commons template 'w' which doesn't match the en.wikipedia 'w' template, by creating a 'w2' template for ALL that also takes a pipetrick using an if then else construct.
 * It's primary use is for ing existing text (Snippets) using  from Wikipedia articles or usage or documentation notes refering to article space (useful in clear explanations. See 'XHTML and HTML below') in a sister portable way.

 * This will enable both sister-projects to use the same call in category pages being equalized by the various interwiki templates such as Commonscat by simply copying the same language between the two matching categories.

 * Such now takes a lot of manual editing converting from versions: Pipetricked name to 'Article name' or  to wikipedia's Article name on en.wikipedia. The xxx  forms allow pipetrick renaming, whereas   does not.

 * This 'W2 template' will allow pipetricking, and also any pipetricking used in documentation to be consistent across, as well by testing for the second argument using if then else conditionals.

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User:Szdds

szdds is the user name for Louisiana State University Dental Student Steven Zambrano. Any concerns or comments can be forward to szambrano_99@yahoo.com.

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User:Anton Danil'chenko

Anton Danilchenko is a Software Engineer, contributed to many Open Source projects and were working at Google, Avast and Comodo as well as many other companies where he made many improvements to their infrastructure and code.

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Trance in Your Mind: The Unstoppable Trance Machine

Trance in Your Mind: The Unstoppable Trance Machine is a various artists compilation album released on September 13, 1994 by Cleopatra Records.

Personnel
Adapted from the Trance in Your Mind: The Unstoppable Trance Machine liner notes.

 * Claus Larsen – remixer and additional production (2)


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Portal:Education/Selected biography

Using wikis as tools for learning is a new and evolving social practice. If Wikiversity is to succeed, we need to learn how to make the best use of wikis for learning. This project aims to be an exemplar of how a wiki can be used for learning and to refine, develop and expand on the social practice of using wikis for learning. See Learning to learn a wiki way.

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Protoparmelia badia

Protoparmelia badia is a species of crustose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is a widely distributed, common species that grows on rocks.

Taxonomy
The lichen was first formally described by German botanist Georg Franz Hoffmann in 1796, as Verrucaria badia. It has been shuffled between several genera in its taxonomic history, and has been associated with many synonyms. In 1986, Austrian lichenologist Josef Hafellner transferred it to the newly created genus Protoparmelia, in which it is the type species.

Description
The thallus of Protoparmelia badia ranges in colour from pale to deep greyish-brown to yellowish brown. It has a texture that is areolate (a pattern of block-like areas similar to cracked dried mud) to verrucose (covered with wartlike projections), and is shiny. Its apothecia are lecanorine (shaped like a plate with a ring around them), and typically measure 0.7–1.5 mm in diameter. The discs are dark red-brown and shiny, while the smooth outer rim is paler. The spores made by this lichen are spindle-shaped (slightly pointed at both ends), measuring 10–16 by 3–7 μm.

Habitat and distribution
Protoparmelia badia is a widespread and common lichen with a circumpolar and arctic-alpine distribution. It is found in western and northeastern North America, mountainous areas of Asia, Europe, temperate South America, Australasia, and Antarctica. It grows on hard, exposed acidic rocks, including granite, basalt and other volcanic rock, rhyolite, and sandstone.

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Talk:The Atom

Why is this so informal? Is it indeed from Wikibooks? Gramatically it is quite poor, and it's missing a ton of info. --<IP_ADDRESS> 22:26, 1 January 2007 (UTC)Make sure that your son does not go to any KIPP schools because they are unfair to students.

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Atlanta/2015 SDS Wikithon

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!style="font-size:130%;"| Society for Disability Studies 2015 Pre-Conference Event: Disability-Themed Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

When: June 10, 2015, 12:00pm-4:00pm EST, Society for Disability Studies (SDS) Annual Meeting

 * Where: Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, Atlanta, GA.

What to bring: Your laptop and a power adapter.

Cost: Free

NOTE:You do not need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor in order to attend, just bring a willingness to learn.

Facebook event: forthcoming

Hashtags: forthcoming

RSVP: A link to a form is forthcoming

Schedule
12:00-1:00pm Discussion of best practices for editing & contributing to Wikipedia over lunch

1:00-3:45pm   Active editing

3:45-4:00pm   Exit Survey

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Glorious Frontiers Party

The Glorious Frontiers Party (, taken from the first line of Ey Iran anthem) is an Iranian nationalist political party exiled in the United States. The party is banned in Iran.

According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, "Marz-e Por-Gohar was established in Tehran by a group of nationalist secular writers and journalists in 1998, but now some of them live in Los Angeles". Roozbeh Farahanipour, the party's leader and twelve other members were arrested in Iran student protests, July 1999.

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Portal:Physical Sciences/Selected article

The Observational astronomy learning project has activities for participants that guide them through the same process that an astronomer uses to analyze data. Participants in the Extrasolar planet project explore telescope data to find planets orbiting distant stars. The goal is to create a learning group where participants can compare notes and document the search process and to create an extended learning activity about exoplanets. No prior experience is needed; participants get step by step instructions on how to get started.


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Holdenhurst

Holdenhurst is a small isolated village situated in the green belt land of the north-east suburbs of Bournemouth, England. The village comprises fewer than 30 dwellings, two farms and the parish church. There are no shops and few local facilities in the village.

The village has only been accessible by car via a single narrow lane since the through route was cut off in the late 1960s by the building of the Bournemouth Spur Road (A338). There is no public transport.

Although the village itself has always been small, the civil parish at one time included the greater part of what is now Bournemouth. The civil parish was subsumed into Bournemouth County Borough in 1931, but a new civil parish called Holdenhurst Village was created on 1 April 2013. However, the ecclesiastical parish still exists; it encompasses Hurn, East Parley and Bournemouth International Airport, as well as the Townsend and adjacent areas of Bournemouth.

Etymology
Holdenhurst is recorded in the Domesday Book as Holeest suggesting an etymology of Old English holegn meaning "holly" and hyrst meaning "grove, wood", giving a meaning of "wood where holly (Ilex aquifolium) grows". In succeeding centuries it was spelt Holeherst (12th century), Holhurst (13th century), Hollehurst (14th century), Holnehurst (15th century), Holnest (16th century) and Holnirst (17th century).

Early history
The location of Holdenhurst on the edge of the flood plain of the lower Stour valley made it an ideal location for early farmers. There have been a large number of archaeological finds in the area including coins of the Durotriges tribe of Celtic Britain, and Roman coins have also been discovered making it likely that the Romans also settled in the area.

The hundred of Holdenhurst existed in 1176, but was soon extended and became known as the hundred of Christchurch; with that part west of the Stour (the original hundred of Holdenhurst) being known as the district of West Stour, or Westover. By 1263, however, the hundred of Christchurch with Westover had again become known as the hundred of Holdenhurst.

19th and 20th centuries
Although there were many boundary and name changes over the years, even by the start of the 19th century the parish of Holdenhurst (also known as the Liberty of West Stour) encompassed the whole area between Christchurch in the east and Poole in the west. The area was still a remote and barren heathland, and much of it was common land used by the inhabitants for livestock and by the poor for wood and turves.

In 1802, however, the Christchurch Inclosure Act, entitled An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing certain Commonable Lands and Waste Grounds within the Parish or Chapelry of Holdenhurst in the County of Southampton was passed in Parliament. Commissioners were appointed to divide up the land and allot it according to an individual's entitlement, and to set out the roads and to sell plots of land in order to pay for their work.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holdenhurst like this:

"HOLDENHURST, a village and a parish in Christchurch district, Hants. The village stands on the river Stour, 3 miles NW of Christchurch r. station. The parish contains the tythings of Redhall, Moordown, Charminster, Stronden [sic], Great Dean and Little Down, Muccleshell, Muscliffe, and Throop; extends to the coast: and is all included in Christchurch borough."

Up until 1894 the parish comprised 7390 acre. In that year part of it was formed into a separate parish of Winton, and that part lying on the coast was transferred to the new parish of Bournemouth. Further portions of the parish were later transferred to Bournemouth and to Southbourne, and by 1912 the parish of Holdenhurst comprised an area of 3080 acre.

In 1931, the whole of the remaining part of the parish was subsumed into the County Borough of Bournemouth, later to be transferred from the county of Hampshire to Dorset, and in 1997 to become a unitary authority.

Politics
Holdenhurst is part of the Muscliff and Strouden Park ward for elections to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council which elect three councillors.

Holdenhurst is part of the Bournemouth East parliamentary constituency, for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

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Talk:Brown Palace Hotel (Denver)

Brown Palace to be sold, from news item
See http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2013/10/04/brown-palace-landing-page.html?ana=e_abd. Suggested as info and source for inclusion. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 11:07, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

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according to the book Murder at Brown Palace, the suspect was being tried for an accidental murder. The problem is that they never mentioned that guy, and the defense wasn't allowed to object Titanic4151912 (talk) 02:18, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

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Athletic Park (New Orleans)

Athletic Park was a sports stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana which opened in 1901. Some sources say the ballpark was located on the south side of Tulane Avenue between South Carrollton Avenue and South Pierce Street. The Sanborn map from 1908 shows the actual boundaries as Tulane Avenue (northeast, right field), Scott Street (southeast, first base), the proposed Gravier Street extension, and then railroad tracks and the canal (southwest, third base); and the proposed Pierce Street extension (northwest, overlapping left field). Carrolton Avenue was a block west of Pierce.

When the Pelicans moved a few blocks up the street to Pelican Park, this site was replaced by an amusement park called White City. The Pelicans would move back to this area a few years later and build a new facility called Heinemann Park.

It was home to the New Orleans Pelicans baseball organization from 1901 to 1908. It was also home to the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1901 to 1908.

It was the spring training home of the Cleveland Indians from 1902 to 1903.

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Keisuke Matsuo

Captain Keisuke Matsuo (松尾 景輔) (1890 – 2 May 1943) was a Japanese naval officer noted for his role as commander of the Yokosuka 6th Special Naval Landing Force and senior officer in the Gilbert Islands during the Second World War.

Matsuo joined the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1920 and after graduating in 1923 served aboard various ships, as well in the Hankow Naval Landing Force, Shanghai Special Naval Landing Force, and as a trainer in the Kure Naval Corps prior to the Pacific War. He specialized in Naval Gunnery and graduated from the 30th Advanced Course at the Naval Gunnery School in 1931.

Matsuo was responsible for the beheading of 21 mainly New Zealand Coast watchers in October 1942.

After being appointed commander of the newly created Yokosuka 6th SNLF on 15 August 1942, Matsuo and his men were sent to the Gilbert Islands following the US Raid on Makin Island. From September 1942 to February 1943 Matsuo would serve as the senior officer on Betio, Tarawa during the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands. Because of the distance between Kwajalein and Tarawa (580 nautical miles), on 15 February 1943, the Gilbert Islands, Ocean Island, and Nauru were removed from the 6th Base Force in Kwajalein with Commander Matsuo's Yokosuka 6th SNLF being reorganized into the newly formed 3rd Special Base Force headquartered on Betio. Admiral Saichirō Tomonari would assume command of the 3rd Special Base Force and Matsuo was assigned as the chief of staff. However following disagreements with Admiral Tomonari, Matsuo would take his life in the early hours of 2 May 1943 and was posthumously promoted to Captain.

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Magomed Kurugliyev

Magomed Kurugliyev (born 16 January 1974 in Dagestan) is a Lezgin from Dagestan. He is a citizen of Kazakhstan. He was a wrestler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

He won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships. Other notable achievements include bronze medals at the 1998 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games, as well as a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games.

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Eosta

Eosta is a multinational enterprise, based in the Netherlands, working in the field of organic food. The company specializes in the import, export and distribution of fresh organic fruits and vegetables. Eosta imports overseas fruits from Africa, South America, Oceania, Asia and North America. In 2017 Eosta's CEO, Volkert Engelsman, was elected Most Influential Sustainability Voice of the Netherlands in the yearly sustainability top-100 list by the newspaper Trouw, who called him "a greengrocer with a radical vision".

Name
The name Eosta contains the Greek word "Eos", the goddess of sunrise.

History
Eosta was founded in 1990 by Dutch entrepreneurs Volkert Engelsman and Willem van Wijk, in response to new rising demand in supermarkets for fresh organic food produce as well as the growth of the health food sector. Since then the company grew to be a major player in the European market for organic fruits and vegetables, exporting to Germany, the UK, Scandinavia, Belgium, France and other European countries, as well as the United States, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 2007 its subsidiary Soil & More Impacts was founded, an agricultural consultancy enterprise.

Transparency and Sustainability
Nature & More is a consumer trademark and online transparency system used by Eosta. Nature & More started out in 2004 as a nonprofit foundation, but was later integrated into the company. Products with the Nature & More brand carry a QR-code or a three-digit code, which buyers can enter on a website to access information about the organic grower behind the product. This allows them to inform themselves about the impact of the product on different aspects of ecological and social sustainability, which are measured by a GRI-based model called the Sustainability Flower. The transparency system won a Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award in Vienna, Austria, in 2013.

The Sustainability Flower is the model for sustainability that Eosta uses to, as they say, "measure, manage, market and monetise" the impact of production on natural capital and social capital. The model was developed by an international group of companies and NGO's in 2009. Other companies in the organic field such as SEKEM (Egypt) and Soil & More Impacts (Germany) use the same model, but with a different graphic interpretation. Eosta's version of the Sustainability Flower has seven petals which each stand for a different aspect of ecological and social sustainability. These are evaluated quantitatively by Key Point Indicators based on GRI standards. The Sustainability Flower is used to assess the performance of organic farmers and growers. Subsequently, True Cost Accounting is used to put a monetary value on these impacts. According to Volker Engelsman, the company "[...] serves an awareness elite, people who are concerned about health, the environment, social issues. We don't try to compete with the lowest prices but to capitalize on the benefits of our growers – they are not just organic, but also socially and environmentally responsible."

Campaigns and innovations
Eosta launched several innovations and campaigns in the field of sustainable food and packaging over the years. In 2018, Eosta won a European Business Award for the Environment for its True Cost of Food campaign, an awareness campaign about True Cost Accounting in food and agriculture. Another campaign in 2016 under the name "Natural Branding" introduced laser marking, whereby laser tattoos are applied to pieces of fruit and vegetables to reduce the use of plastic stickers and packaging materials. The Guardian reported on it.

True Cost Accounting
In 2017 Eosta released a True Cost Accounting report on its impacts. The report, named "True Cost Accounting in Food, Farming and Finance" was presented to Prince Charles. Eosta's pilot calculated the impact costs of soil erosion and water pollution for several products, including organic apples from Argentina and organic oranges from South Africa. These numbers were compared with non-organic products. The report also included an integrated profit and loss statement for Eosta; one of the first to be published for a SME company worldwide. Eosta's CEO Volkert Engelsman said in Der Spiegel: "Apples in the supermarket for 99 cents per kilogram are not really a bargain, when the true costs for growing these apples are eventually put on the shoulders of the government and the tax payer." Experts at FAO estimate the hidden environmental costs of worldwide food production at 1900 billion Euro per year.

Controversy
In 2016 Eosta's CEO, Volkert Engelsman, accused Dutch supermarkets, specifically Albert Heijn, of "criminal behaviour" in the Dutch financial daily paper Het Financieele Dagblad. Engelsman said: "Many supermarkets do not pay a realistic price to growers. By doing so, they avert health costs and environmental costs and put them on the shoulders of society. Academics call this a systemic failure, I call it criminal." Albert Heijn commented that it did not recognize itself in the description and would set up a meeting with Engelsman.

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Portal:Aviation/Anniversaries/January 21

January 21

 * 2010 – Cargolux Flight 7933, operated by Boeing 747-400 LX-OCV struck a vehicle on landing at Luxembourg International Airport. The van suffered major damage and the aircraft sustained a damaged tyre. Three investigations have been launched into the incident.

 * 2010 – A Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter fell into the sea off Almería. Three people are missing.

 * 2009 – An Indian Air Force HAL HJT-16 Kiran Mk.2 military trainer aircraft from the No. 52 Squadron Surya Kiran (Sun Rays) Aerobatics display team based at the Bidar Air Force Station in Karnataka, India crashed into a field during a routine training exercise killing the pilot.

 * 2004 – NASA's Mars Exploration Robot-A (MER-A) Spirit ceases communication from the red-planet because of a flash memory issue. The problem would be fixed two days later remotely from Earth.

 * 1999 – Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR.1 ZA330, 'B-08', crashed into a Cessna 152 II, G-BPZX near Mattersley Nottinghamshire. In the Air Accident Report 3/2000 the conclusion was none of the pilots saw each other in time to take avoiding action. Both crew of the Tornado, Flight Lieutenant Greg Hurst and Sottotenete Matteo Di Carlo, as well as the pilot and passenger in the Cessna, were killed.

 * 1999 – A Nicaraguan Air Force Antonov An-26, 126, c/n 14206, crashes into a mountain near Bluefields, Nicaragua, killing all 28 on board.

 * 1996 – Death of Kaj Birksted, WWII Danish Flying ace serving with the RAF.

 * 1991 – An Iraqi surface-to-air missile shoots down a U. S. Navy F-14 Tomcat and a United States Army attack helicopter is lost to non-combat causes in the Gulf War. Coalition aircraft have flown more than 4,000 sorties against Iraqi forces since Operation Desert Storm began, targeting command-and-control centers, airfields, and Scud short-range ballistic missile launchers. They now shift their focus to Iraqi positions around Basra and along the Iraq-Kuwait border.

 * 1991 – The Soviet Union commissions the “heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser” Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov. A hybrid ship combining the capability of a Western aircraft carrier to operate high-performance fighters for fleet air defense with the heavy shipboard antiship missile armament of Soviet guided-missile cruisers, she is the first Soviet or Russian ship with a full-length flight deck similar to that of Western aircraft carriers and the only such ship ever to be built prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

 * 1987 – American triathlete Lois McCallin, in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Michelob Light Eagle human powered aircraft, sets straight-line and closed circuit world distance records and the world duration record for women at 6.83 km (4.25 miles), 15.44 km (9.59 miles) and 37 min 38 seconds respectively.

 * 1985 – Galaxy Airlines Flight 203, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes in Reno, Nevada while attempting to return to the airport to troubleshoot a noise, killing 70 of the 71 people on board. It is later discovered that the air start door was not properly secured.

 * 1980 – Iran Air Flight 291, a Boeing 727, crashes near Tehran, Iran. The plane hits high ground in a snowstorm during the approach to land; all 128 aboard are killed.

 * 1978 – Death of Theodor Hermann Dahlmann, German WWI flying ace, influential aviation administrator before and during WWII.

 * 1976 – Introduction: Concorde

 * 1974 – Death of Everett Richard Cook, American WWI flying ace, High-ranking officer during WWII and later, one of the Directors of Eastern Airlines.

 * 1973 – Death of François Portron, French WWI flying ace.

 * 1972 – First flight of the Lockheed S-3 B Viking

 * 1968 – 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A Boeing B-52G-100-BW Stratofortress, 58-0188, c.n. 4642256, of the 528th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Wing, from Plattsburgh AFB, New York, carrying four hydrogen bombs crashes on the ice seven miles from Thule Air Base, Greenland at 1639 hrs. AST, 1 crew member killed; all four B-28 weapons are consumed in post-crash fire, however one bomb unaccounted for after debris is audited; extensive contamination of site and several relief workers exposed to radiation.] This accident caused the Department of Defense to suspend Operation Chrome Dome, the nuclear airborne alert program of SAC.

 * 1963 – First flight of the Fairchild Hiller FH-1100, an American single-engine, single two-bladed rotor, light helicopter

 * 1960 – Avianca Flight 671, a Lockheed Constellation, crashes on landing at Sangster International Airport, killing 2 of 7 crew and 35 of 39 passengers on board in Jamaica's worst aviation accident.

 * 1960 – Little Joe 1 B, Launch Escape System test of the Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.

 * 1960 – Death of John Stanley Chick, British WWI fighter ace, and RAF officer until the end of WWII.

 * 1958 – The last Fokker C. X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashed, killing the pilot and winch-operator.

 * 1952 – Second prototype of Arsenal VG 90 turbojet strike fighter design for the Aéronavale, VG-90.02, first flown June 1951, crashes this date killing pilot Claude Dellys.

 * 1952 – The Saab 210 experimental delta-winged research aircraft makes its first flight in Sweden.

 * 1951 – Lockheed P2V-4 Neptune, of VP-22, deployed to WestPac during the Korean War on 1 November 1950 and based at Naha Air Base, Okinawa, is lost this date due to starboard engine failure during takeoff. The P2V crashed and sank in 20 fathoms of water one mile off the end of the runway. There were 11 survivors and two crewmen were listed as missing (their bodies were later recovered).

 * 1951 – The U. S. Air Force F-84 Thunderjet makes its first kill, when F-84 pilot Lieutenant Colonel William E. Bertram shoots down a MiG-15 during the Korean War.

 * 1951 – First non-stop unrefuelled transatlantic crossing by a jet is made by an English Electric Canberra.

 * 1950 – First flight of the Tupolev Tu-75, a Soviet 4 engine military transport prototype variant of the Tu-4 bomber.

 * 1950 – Birth of Joseph Richard "Joe" Tanner, jet pilot, and NASA astronaut.

 * 1945 – The British East Indies Fleet aircraft carriers HMS Ameer and HMS Shah support the landings of the 26th Indian Infantry Division on Ramree Island off the coast of Burma.

 * 1945 – Task Force 38 aircraft fly 1,164 sorties in strikes on Formosa, the Pescadores, and the Sakishima Gunto, sinking five tankers and five other merchant ships and destroying two Japanese aircraft in the air and 104 on the ground. In Japanese air attacks on the task force, a bomber damages the aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) and kamikazes damage the carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) and a destroyer; an accidental bomb explosion during a landing accident damages the carrier USS Hancock (CV-19).

 * 1944 – Launch of Operation Steinbock (Baby Blitz), nocturnal WWII Luftwaffe offensive against southern England launched primarily for the sake of propaganda and as a measure of retaliation than for any military objective

 * 1944 – Death of Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, a German of aristocratic descent and a Luftwaffe WWII night fighter flying ace.

 * 1944 – German ace Hauptmann Manfred Meurer is killed when his Heinkel He 219 night fighter collides with a British Lancaster bomber over Magdeburg, Germany. He has 65 kills at the time of his death.

 * 1943 – Pan Am Flight 1104, a Martin M-130 nicknamed the Philippine Clipper, crashes into a mountain near Boonville, California, killing all 19 passengers and crew, including Rear-Admiral Robert H. English, commander of the U. S. Pacific Submarine Fleet.

 * 1943 – The Combined Chiefs of Staff issue the Casablanca Directive. Its principal aim was to weld RAF and USAAF strategic bomber forces into one mighty air arm able to crush the German industrial, military and economic system.

 * 1939 – Imperial Airways Short Empire flying boat Cavalier makes an emergency landing 285 mi southeast of New York due to loss of power and later sinks; 3 of 12 on board die.

 * 1938 – First flight of the Potez-CAMS 141 ‘Antares’, a French four engined monoplane long range reconnaissance flying boat prototype.

 * 1936 – First flight of the FMA AeC.3G, an Argentinian light utility aircraft, an evolution of the FMA AeC.3, first Argentine aircraft to be equipped with flaps.

 * 1931 – First flight of the Vickers Type 161, a British unusual pusher biplane prototype interceptor, designed to attack aircraft from below with a single upward-angle large calibre gun.

 * 1930 – First complete airport lighting system online at Calgary airport.

 * 1921 – The first triple-triplane aircraft, and the first passenger-carrying aircraft designed to carry more than 100 people that actually got off the ground, is launched at Lake Maggiore, Italy. The flight attempt ends in failure when the 55,000 lb. flying boat nosedives into the lake.

 * 1920 – The last Royal Navy balloon ship, HMS Canning, which has operated since December 1916 as a balloon depot ship, is sold.

 * 1920 – 10 de Havilland DH-9 are dispatched to form "Z Force", and are used for bombing, strafing and as air ambulances during the RAF first ‘Little War’ against the tribal leader Mohammed bin Abdulla Hassan, the ‘Mad Mullah’, in British Somaliland.

 * 1919 – Birth of Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC RN, British Navy test pilot who has flown more types of aircraft than anyone else in history and holds the world record for aircraft carrier landings.

 * 1917 – First flight of the Nielsen & Winther Type AA (also known as the Type Aa), a First single seat Danish designed fighter aircraft

 * 1911 – Lieutenant Paul Ward Beck sends the first wireless-telephonic message from an aeroplane, sending a message from a Wright biplane over Selfridge Field in Michigan.

 * 1903 – Birth of Maximilien "Max" Conrad, known as the "Flying Grandfather", American record-setting aviator.

 * 1900 – Birth of Anselm Franz, pioneering Austrian jet engine engineer known for the development of the Jumo 004, the world’s first mass-produced turbojet engine.

 * 1899 – Birth of Leslie Reginald Warren, British WWI flying ace.

 * 1899 – Birth of Maurice Michael Freehill, British WWI flying ace.

 * 1899 – Birth of Pruett Mullens Dennett, British WWI flying ace.

 * 1897 – Birth of Ernest Thomas Morrow, Canadian WWI flying ace.

 * 1897 – Birth of Carlo Francesco "Francis" Lombardi, Italian WWI flying ace, Aircraft and Automobile designer who made post war record breaking flights. He formed the Avia aviation company.

 * 1896 – Birth of Fritz Thiede, German WWI flying ace, Pilot of Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich who also served in WWII.

 * 1893 – Birth of Duerson "Dewey" Knight, American WWI flying ace.

 * 1893 – Birth of Trevor Durrant, British WWI flying ace.

 * 1885 – Birth of Umberto Nobile, Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer.


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Senior Business student at Indiana University. Researching and writing about the influential author of "Song of a Boatwoman", Meiling Jin.Megper33 (talk) 20:15, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Meiling Jin
Author, radio broadcaster, film maker, playwright Megper33 (talk) 20:15, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Background
'"She felt like a bird in a cage with the door open. Was she going to fly out?"' (Meiling Jin) For the first eight years of her life, Meiling Jin lived in Guyana, where she was born. Jin's parents moved her and her sister to London in 1964 where she found her love for literature. Meiling Jin draws her inspiration for her works from a range of different sources including Maya Angelou and Alice Walker. Jin also incorporates her many different cultural experiences in her work. Below you will find a link that describes some of the places she draws inspiration from. Megper33 (talk) 20:15, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

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