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concern on Gavin Newsom edit
In your edit on the Gavin Newsom article you wrote: Gavin Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is the Mayor of San Francisco, California...

Today is Jan 3. Newsom won't be mayor until Jan 8. That means it's not practical to call him the Mayor now. Gotta love Lame duck periods... - iHoshie 08:24, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * Whoops. Thanks for the catch.  I was attempting to find a way to word it where the other user wouldn't just revert it immediately.  As he's a partisan, he did anyway.  Scooter 08:26, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * You are welcome. Speaking of your reverts. No wonder I got so many edit conflicts last night. As for the Wikipedian who incerted his POV into the article, it's not right. There appears to be a lot of people who are bitter after the runoff. My guess is that the user you reverted appears to be one of them. - iHoshie 19:54, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * Which is rather odd, considering that his candidate won! As a Green, I wasn't happy about the outcome, but not enough to take POV in a Wikipedia article.  As I mentioned on wikc, this particular user seems to simply be a partisan; his purpose is to list the best possible spin on Democratic candidates.  Why else would he edit an article so thoroughly as to delete the name of the person his candidate defeated?  Scooter 21:29, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * Looks like the guy you reverted is a Democratic Party hack. As for the bitterness I interfered in my last message, I got the info from this Chronicle story:

 * The election may be over, but the sparring between San Francisco Mayor-elect Gavin Newsom and defeated rival Matt Gonzalez shows no sign of letting up.

 * From what I've read, the bitterness is between Gonzlez and Newsom, not the other way round. Sorry for the confusion. As to the article, I am writing Newsom's office in order to use a photo. - iHoshie 01:13, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * As far as this guy is concerned, yes, he has some terrific problems with NPOV, and I hope some action - either by him, in learning some balance, or by administrators, in making sure he doesn't damage anything else - is taken soon. As far as Gonzalez is concerned, good.  Personally, I'd love to see a Green put the screws to Newsom. :-)  Scooter 02:18, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Large images
I saw that you listed Image:Gwbasketball.JPG on images for deletion, citing that it is too large. You you display the image separately by linking to [[Media:Gwbasketball.JPG]] like [[Media:Gwbasketball.JPG|Larger size]] (and preferably under a smaller version if one exists). Hope this helps, Jia ng 00:31, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Letter to ChrisDJackson
Scooter,

I have posted a draft of a letter I wanted to send to the guy who made a ruckus out of the Newsom article. It's on Jiang's Talk page. Comments? -- iHoshie 11:52, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

AMORC Peer Review
Thank you for your comments on Talk:Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis. They are helpful and I have answered there. Peace Profound, Optim 05:09, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC) (?)

Thank you
I appreciate your kind wisdom on talk:atheism, and I will take your advice. Jack 07:06, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I didn't get the impression that you thought that I had conducted myself incorrectly; Just making sure about the accuracy of the description of the contentious issues on the talk page. I try to hold myself to the standard of judging every edit for its worth, no matter who it is from. But I admit that it is a very hard thing to do, and I have failed often by judging edits based on who made them. --snoyes 05:46, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * Thank you, unfortunately it has much too little content due to my incessant Wikipedia editing. ;-) --snoyes 03:04, 23 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Mark Belanger
Paid and paid. Thanks for the work! -- Matty j 03:52, Jan 29, 2004 (UTC) --- Oops! I just reverted your deletion re David Cobb's announcement on the 2004 presidential election page by accident along with another revert. You suggested there might be compromise language. What was your objection to the entry I made? [[User:Mcarling|Mcarling}} 22:15, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)

A comment left on my User page

 * lysdexia's reply: Non sequitur, science and religion must overlap and override. I rightly claim that no one can follow a religion without being a fundamentalist; otherwise, it's only part-religion-part-humanism.  Religion and science make incompatible statements.
 * My reply: I can only guess that lysdexia hasn't followed a religion before—or perhaps science is hir religion. My religion is a tool for deeper introspection.  The certainties which it provides to me have nothing (much) to do with the natural world, so I don't accept that this is a "right claim".  I do hope, however, that lysdexia finds the answers that sie needs in hir life. - Scooter 07:21, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by follow? I'm more likely to start one, though I intend not to.  The natural and nonnatural worlds run together; they cannot be sundered.  Scooter, what would you do if I did find the answers and it turns out they destroy yours?  I have torn apart many "certainties" that people have had, from and in many backgrounds, and they could not fight back.  Faith is not limited to the nonnatural; that is why it must either override or be overridden by science.  Religion is not eschatology, spiritualism, or theology.  You'd better review the meanings of those before you throw around pop words and call them your own. lysdexia 00:30, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Re: lysdexia's edits: I've been trying to keep an eye on this user's contributions; some of them appear to be motivated by a preference towards certain spelling or usage, even when that preference is at odds with generally-accepted standard English, or with basic human perception. Lysdexia has corrected many instances of genuinely wrong spelling or usage, for which (s)he should be commended, but the almost mechanical replacement of certain words with others ("their" with "one's", for instance) can lead to a significant alteration in meaning, as it did here. Adding rebuttals to user pages (instead of talk pages) seemed to be overstepping, but I thought I should leave it to you after I reverted it once. I think you handled it well. -- Wapcaplet 16:52, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Re: Question
Thanks for your questions, the fact you've asked means at least one person read my candidate statement. :) I responded on my user page, since I thought other people might like to read it. You can find my response here

Jesusland maps - Cool, but...
The 'Jesusland' maps are cool! However, I have a problem with the colors. You have the "United States of Canada" part colored as light coral or #F08080 and Jesusland as light green or #90EE90. (the colors are close guesses). Have you thought of putting the "United States of Canada" as 87CEFA (light blue)? It looks like this:

Have you also thought of keeping the F08080 (light coral) color and using it for "Jesusland"? It looks like this:

This would be keeping with the red state/blue state paradigm. Thanks! - Hoshie 12:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Election question
My response is on User talk:Mirv/Arbitration election. —No-One Jones 06:05, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
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Triskelion
Hi Scooter!

I have begun the article on Triskelion - would you care to expand on it? Or you could send me (use the addy that I use for the Weasel Patrol) the stuff that you used to have on your website (you do have a back-up copy, I assume)? --Palnatoke 08:59, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, thanks. Obviously I was a bit wary of doing it.  The information is on my Web page. - Scooter 17:16, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hey, there, Steve. Didn't know you were a fellow Wikipedian. I also added a bit to the triskelion page (quickie synopsis of some of the rules) and added a bit of linkage and other wikifying stuff. Sounds like a fast-moving game. Anyway, good to meet you (virtually) here as well as in politics. Deirdre 16:24, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Deletion of 'green wikipedians' category
Hi. I saw you're (like me) listed in this category which is up for deletion. Hoped you'd like to vote in favor of keeping it... Thanks! Larix 02:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for voting! Larix 16:14, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Putting two and two together
Hmmm... "Scooter". Maryland. Soccer. Tea. Green politics. "Steve". Do the words "Port Colice" mean anything to you? Grutness...wha?  11:11, 5 January 2006 (UTC) (James in New Zealand)
 * One could add FOTW, if one wanted. --Palnatoke 09:02, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * looks like we're slowly taking over Wikipedia! :) Grutness...wha?  00:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I could mention ... :-) --Palnatoke 09:23, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Re:Who's this then?
I'm still at the embarrassment stage about it - there are far more worthy people that don't have articles yet, but apparently I was a redlink on several pages, so someone decided I needed an article. They seem to have used the "non-article" I wrote as a user subpage as a basis for it. I wondered if it was that article was about the same Steve Kramer... shouldn't you have Notable Wikipedian on the talk page of the article :)? Grutness...wha?  07:06, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I ended up taking it to AfD myself - I just wasn't sure I was notable enough. The vote was closer than I expected (5-3), but the general idea was "delete with no objection to re-creation later if I become more well-known", which is pretty much what I expected. Grutness...wha?  21:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

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Meetups coming up in DC!
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Coming up in February!
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Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

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DC Meetups in March
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Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

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An exciting month of wiki events!
 Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best, James Hare

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Two edit-a-thons coming up!

Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:

 * This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
 * On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

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Meet up with us

Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:
 * On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
 * Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
 * You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

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Washington, DC meetups in June

Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:

 * On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
 * Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
 * The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
 * Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
 * Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

Best,

James Hare

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The Great American Wiknic and other events in July

I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.

What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.

We hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon!

Greetings!

Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!

Best,

James Hare

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Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet
Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.
 * Show the Internet who is the better editor.
 * Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
 * Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
 * Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.

Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:08, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet
See you at the Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street, Laurel, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM EST. See http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205494212/ for more information. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon
The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own.

If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room. When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC

For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205500822/

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Wikimedia DC's Wonderful meetups
Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:50, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”
 * A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.
 * Wednesday, September 17: WikiSalon
 * Come for the pizza, stay for the conversation. 7 PM – 9 PM
 * Saturday, September 20: September Meetup
 * Get dinner and drinks with fellow Wikipedians! 6 PM
 * Sunday, September 21: Laurel History Edit-a-Thon
 * Local history for Wikipedia! 10:15 AM – 4 PM
 * Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day

The wonderful annual meeting! And more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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End-of-the-year meetups

Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Museum hacks and museum edits
 Hello there!

Upcoming events:

 * February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
 * February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
 * February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.hare@undefinedwikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!
 Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

 * Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
 * Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
 * Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
 * Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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Editing for Women's History in March
 Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

 * Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM
 * Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM
 * An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)
 * Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM
 * In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM
 * Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM
 * Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
 * Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup

Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

James Hare

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Upcoming attractions in DC
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Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

 * Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm
 * See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia
 * Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm
 * Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.
 * Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
 * Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
 * Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
 * An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Cheers,

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Talk:Qara Khitai

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Move?
I think this article should be moved to the Kara-Khitai empire, or similar variants. Their administration was primarily imperial, mixed with some Central Asian practices. Khanate doesn't really describe the empire that well--Confuzion 23:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I would find Western Liao preferable -- and I don't believe doing so would be Sinocentric. The reason is that there is no real evidence that the state ever referred to itself as Kara-Khitan.  --Nlu (talk) 02:47, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The term Kara-Khitai is likely a post-historical invention, at least in reference to the specific state. The state never referred to itself as Kara-Khitai or Kara-Khitan, as recorded in any official documents from contemporary sources. The term Kara-Khitai came into popular use after the Mongol conquest, and was probably later adopted by Muslims to differentiate it from Khitai/Khitay, since the meaning of Khitai/Khitay had shifted over time to mean northern China. There is only one reference to the term "Kara Khitai" in any historical documents. The document, discovered by archaeologists, is attributed to the Liao Dynasty and is written in the Khitan small script. It's unclear if Kara Khitai was used to refer to the state or to the people.

 * Calling the state a Khanate is incorrect for many reasons, so moving it to anything else would be an improvement. Since the Khitan of Western Liao did not adopt Islam, the modern Central Asian states have tended to ignore their history; most research on their history have been conducted by the Chinese, thus the inevitable Western backlash against Sino-centrism when it comes to such topics. I agree that Western Liao is the clearest term for naming this state, since they were initially known as the Western Liao (from the Chinese), the Dashi (from the Jurchens) or Khitay/Khitai (from the Persians/Arabs). For whatever reasons, Chinese historians had traditionally considered the state to be a proper Chinese state, probably due to its adoption of Confucianism in government, among other things.--Confuzion 04:01, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

 * It is called Kara-Kitad in the Secret History of the Mongols. So it's no invention. Where is the evidence that they called themselves "Western Liao"? The ruler of Kara-Kitai was called had the title of Gur-khan, meaning Khan of a great power. Perhaps this is an equivalent to an emperor. Gantuya eng 09:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Kara Khitan
The term "Kara" is a Turkish word meaning "black", as in Kara Kum Desert (literally Black Sand). Historically, Kara has been used to denote Turkic People who are not from the ruling class. The term Kara might have been added later to describe Khitans under Turkic or Uighur rule. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.247.198.111 (talk) 16:51, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

 * Xara in daur language means black, Khar in mongolian means black, Qara in kyrgyz means black.--158.181.183.61 (talk) 02:00, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Qara-Khitan Khanate ?
"Qara-Khitan Khanate" 0

Takabeg (talk) 17:25, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

 * That would be why I moved it back. siafu (talk) 17:27, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That was my mistake that didn't pay attention to it. I just thought to the latinization of the letter ق. sorry. --Aliwiki (talk) 08:03, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

 * Mohem nist. We also know the letter ق is transliterated into q. But WP:COMMONNAME and WP:USEENGLISH is kheili mohem : )) Takabeg (talk) 10:24, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Pusuwan
Pusuwan

http://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA162&dq=Pusuwan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BqkQUbvJL-bG0AH61YGYBA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Pusuwan&f=false

Put primary sources into wikisource

http://books.google.com/books?id=Iq0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA283&dq=Pusuwan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0KwQUbfFCOHU0gH1_ICQCw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Pusuwan&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=n_8AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA283&dq=Pusuwan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0KwQUbfFCOHU0gH1_ICQCw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Pusuwan&f=false

In german

http://books.google.com/books?id=gcwOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA186&dq=Pusuwan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0KwQUbfFCOHU0gH1_ICQCw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Pusuwan&f=false

Rajmaan (talk) 06:56, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Chinese was the dominant language both administratively and as the language with the most native speakers in the Kara Khitan
Chinese language was dominant in both areas.

http://books.google.com/books?id=LbmP_1KIQ_8C&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.academia.edu/3806884/Michal_Biran._Khitan_Migrations_in_Inner_Asia_Central_Eurasian_Studies_3_2012_85-108

http://cces.snu.ac.kr/article/jces3_4biran.pdf

Chinese people

http://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA96&dq=Han'er+Khitan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uU8qVPHNBNP-yQSuuYHwCA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Han'er%20Khitan&f=false

Chinese prestige

http://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA99#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Kara-Khitans also reintroduced the Chinese system of Imperial government, since China was still held in respect and esteem in the region among even the Muslim population,Biran 2012, p. 90.Biran 2012, p. 90. and the Kara-Khitans used Chinese as their main official language.Pozzi & Janhunen & Weiers 2006, p. 114.

coins

http://www.academia.edu/5544924/The_coinage_of_Qara_Khitay_a_new_evidence_on_the_reign_title_of_the_Western_Liao_Emperor_Yelu_Yilie_

http://books.google.com/books?id=8FVsWq31MtMC&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title as Emperor of China

http://books.google.com/books?id=8FVsWq31MtMC&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rajmaan (talk) 04:05, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 24 June 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved to Qara Khitai. Jenks24 (talk) 13:48, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Kara-Khitan Khanate → Qara Khitai or Qara-Khitai – Qara Khitai is the most commonly used name (WP:COMMONNAME) in English language sources:
 * Qara Khitai: 700 Google Books results
 * Kara Khitai: 551 Google Books results
 * Western Liao: 467 Google Books results
 * Xi Liao: 200 Google Books results
 * Kara Khitan: 200 Google Books results
 * Kara Khitan Khanate: 30 Google Books results (excluding printed versions of Wikipedia articles). Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 14:48, 10 July 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 06:00, 1 July 2015 (UTC) Khanate General ☪  talk project mongol conquests 11:22, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * In principle support, but for now prefer Kara Khitai. Very close but it seems that this variant is and has been the most common over the decades, per Google Ngrams of English-language sources, although as mentioned in another discussion above, "ق" in the Arabic-Persian alphabet corresponds to the Latin letter "q" rather than "k". Either way, the word "Khanate" needs to go, see Talk:Kara-Khitan Khanate above. Timmyshin (talk) 16:24, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

 * Support move to "Qara Khitai" per nom. Khestwol (talk) 15:42, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

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Requested move 14 May 2019

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The result of the move request was: No move. Cúchullain t/ c 18:39, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Qara Khitai → Western Liao – Considering the official name of this regime was "Great Liao", I believe it is more accurate to refer to it as "Western Liao". The term "Qara Khitai" was not used by the rulers to refer to their regime, but is instead a term of foreign origins. Furthermore, since the rulers and the regime itself were Sinicized, accepted Chinese traditions, adopted Chinese titles and claimed continuity from the previous Liao dynasty, among other things, using the term "Western Liao" to refer to this regime (as is the case for Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese historians) is more accurate. This is not Sinocentrism, considering the official name of the regime was "Great Liao" and was located to the west of the original Liao dynasty which also used the official name "Great Liao". The name "Western Liao" can therefore better reflect the historical connection between the two regimes as well as their geographical location in relation to each other, as opposed to "Qara Khitai" which neither reflect the official name of the regime nor was it used by the rulers themselves. Morrisonjohn022 (talk) 13:10, 14 May 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. DannyS712 (talk) 03:21, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

 * Oppose. I don't see a policy-based reason in the nominator's statement. The main English-language work is Biran's The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History. Srnec (talk) 00:33, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

 * According to the Google Books results above, variants of the current title are more common. Am I missing something?  —  AjaxSmack  00:36, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

 * Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. We don't go by official names, but the most common name in English, which is Qara Khitai. -Zanhe (talk) 08:59, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

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Khar khitan
Khar or khara is Turkic and Mongolic word meaning "black" and it is "black khitan" not "Qara" 202.9.46.99 (talk) 06:07, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

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Paavo Järvi

Paavo Järvi (born 30 December 1962) is an Estonian-American conductor. He has been chief conductor of Zurich's Tonhalle since 2020.

Early life
Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to Liilia Järvi and the Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also musicians. After leaving Estonia, the family settled in the US. Järvi studied privately with Leonid Grin in Philadelphia, at the Curtis Institute of Music with Max Rudolf and Otto-Werner Mueller, and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute with Leonard Bernstein.

Career
From 1994 to 1997, Järvi was principal conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. From 1995 to 1998, he shared the title of principal conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra with Sir Andrew Davis. Järvi was music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2011. The orchestra made a number of recordings for the Telarc label during Järvi's tenure. In May 2011, he was named the orchestra's Music Director Laureate. Since 2004, he has been the Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and an Artistic Advisor to the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. In 2006, Järvi became the Principal Conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and served in the post until 2014. In 2010, he became Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris, concluding his tenure in 2016, the same year in which he was named Artist of the Year by both Gramophone and Diapason magazines. Järvi is the founder and artistic director of both the Pärnu Music Festival and the Estonian Festival Orchestra. Järvi first guest-conducted the Tonhalle Orchestra in 2009, and returned in December 2016. In May 2017, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich announced the appointment of Järvi as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of five years. In December 2022, the orchestra announced an extension of Järvi's contract as its chief conductor through the 2028-2029 season.

Outside of Europe, in June 2012, the NHK Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Järvi as its chief conductor, beginning in the 2015–2016 season, with an initial contract of three years, which was extended a further three years to 2021. In November 2019, the NHK Symphony announced an extension of his contract through August 2022, at which time he stood down as its chief conductor.

Järvi has recorded for such labels as RCA, Deutsche Grammophon, PENTATONE, Telarc, ECM, BIS and Virgin Records. His Virgin Classics recording of Sibelius Cantatas with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Male Choir and Ellerhein Girls Choir won a Grammy Award for "Best Choral Performance".

Personal life
Järvi has two daughters, Lea and Ingrid, from his past marriage to the violinist Tatiana Berman. Järvi was featured in the documentary Maestro, directed by David Donnelly. He became an American citizen in 1985.

Awards

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 * 2012: Hindemith Prize of the City of Hanau
 * 2012: Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
 * 2013: Order of the White Star, Estonia
 * 2015: Sibelius Medal

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Namhansan

Namhansan is a mountain in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies on the border between southern Seoul and Gwangju (not to be confused with Gwangju Metropolitan City).

An old stone-walled fortress named Namhansanseong stands at the top, and is a tourist attraction.

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Would be nice to include Hanja or Hangul for namhansansong, but I am not sure about them.

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Legend of Diego Salcedo

Diego Salcedo (died 1511) was a semi-legendary Spanish conquistador who is said to have lived during the colonization of the Americas. According to legend, his death at the hands of the indigenous Taíno people ignited the Taíno rebellion of 1511.

Salcedo's death
According to the story, Salcedo died in 1511, during a trip to Puerto Rico, when Taínos, under the command of Agüeybaná II (brother of the great Taino Cacique Agüeybaná) and the Cacique of Añasco, Urayoán, drowned him in the Río Grande de Añasco. Historically, two versions about how Salcedo was lured to his death have collided. Many books assert that the soldier had been told he'd be taken to a lake filled with Taíno women that he could have sex with, and, once there, he found not women, but men who then proceeded to drown him. The other version has Salcedo being offered a ride across a river by Taínos who carried him on their arms, and then drowned him and kept him for days, afraid he'd still be alive and waiting until they were certain he was dead.

A third, and most accepted version of Salcedo's death says that the Tainos, fearing that the Spaniards might be gods, refrained from harming them. After suffering under the Spaniards for so long, the Tainos, by order of Agüeybaná, ambushed Salcedo as he was drinking water at the edge of a river. Fearing that Salcedo might resurrect after three days—based on their understanding of the Christian teachings wielded by Catholic priests—they sat around for three days waiting for Salcedo to come back from the dead, but all they saw was Salcedo's body rotting due to the heat just as they would. At that moment the Tainos realized that these were no gods.

It was with Salcedo's death that the Taínos were encouraged to declare war on the Spaniards in Puerto Rico. This led to the Taino rebellion of 1511. However, the Tainos were quickly defeated due to the Spaniards' better weaponry and war expertise. After the death of Agüeybaná II, the native warriors retracted and became disorganized. Agüeybaná II's followers opted for engaging the Spaniards via guerilla tactics. Such guerilla warfare lasted for the next eight years, until 1519. A second round of raids erupted in 1513 when Ponce de Leon departed the island to explore Florida. The settlement of Caparra, the seat of the island government at that time, was sacked and burned by an alliance between Taínos and natives from the northeastern Antilles.

By 1520 the Taíno presence on the island had almost disappeared. A government census in 1530 reports the existence of only 1,148 Taínos remaining in Puerto Rico. However, oppressive conditions for the surviving Taíno continued. Many of those who stayed on the island soon died either due to cruel treatment or the smallpox epidemic, which attacked the island in 1519.

Legend
A local legend tells of a ghostly Taino woman, supposedly Salcedo's lover, that still haunts the site of his drowning at Añasco. This belief is exemplified by a verse in the town's anthem:

History tells that here Salcedo was drowned, and that in the fall a female Taino is seen at night.

Salcedo in popular culture
Salcedo is referenced in a song of Puerto Rican rock band Fiel a la Vega. The song is titled "El Asunto: Salcedo Sigue Siendo Mortal" (The Issue: Salcedo is still a Mortal) and it makes a comparison between the Spaniards' rule in the island and the United States' invasion of 1898.

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Pad thai

Pad thai, phat thai, or phad thai ( or ;, , ISO: p̄hạd thịy, , 'Thai stir fry'), is a stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food in Thailand as part of the country's cuisine. As Thai's national dish, it is typically made with rice noodles, shrimp, peanuts, scrambled egg and bean sprouts. The ingredients are fried in a wok.

History
Pad Thai was originally called "Kuai Tiao Pad Thai" but this was later shortened to simply Pad Thai. Kuai tiao (ก๋วยเตี๋ยว) is a Thai borrowing of the Teochew word guê2 diao5 (粿條), a type of thick Chinese rice noodle also known as shahe fen. The word kuai tiao has cognates in several other Southeast Asian countries where Chinese immigrants settled; with kuyteav in Cambodia, hủ tiếu in Vietnam, and kway teow in Malaysia and Singapore being analogues.

Although stir-fried rice noodles were introduced to Thailand from China centuries ago, the dish pad thai was invented in the mid-20th century. Author Mark Padoongpatt maintains that pad thai is "...not this traditional, authentic, going back hundreds of years dish. It was actually created in the 1930s in Thailand. The dish was created because Thailand was focused on nation-building. So this dish was created using rice noodles and it was called Pad Thai as a way to galvanize nationalism."

Another explanation of pad thai's provenance holds that, during World War II, Thailand suffered a rice shortage due to the war and floods. To reduce domestic rice consumption, the Thai government under Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram promoted consumption of noodles instead. His government promoted rice noodles and helped to establish the identity of Thailand. As a result, a new noodle called sen chan pad thai (named after Chanthaburi Province) was created. Pad thai has since become one of Thailand's national dishes. Today, some food vendors add pork or chicken (although the original recipe did not contain meat because of the government's perception that pork was a Chinese meat). Some food vendors still use the original recipe.

Thai-American food writer Kasma Loha-unchit disputes the claim of a native Thai origin and suggests that pad thai was actually invented by the Chinese immigrants themselves, because "for a dish to be so named in its own country clearly suggests an origin that isn't Thai". Noodle cookery in most Southeast Asian countries was introduced by the wave of immigrants from southern China settling in the region the past century. Loha-unchit states that the ethnic Chinese of Thailand were aware that "Central Thai people were very fond of the combination of hot, sour, sweet and salty flavors, they added these to their stir-fried noodle dishes and gave it a fusion name, much like Western chefs today are naming their dishes Thai this or Thai that on their East-West menus."

At least as early as 2001, the Thai government used pad thai as a form of "soft power," creating "the Global Thai Restaurant Company, Ltd., in an effort to establish at least 3,000 Thai restaurants worldwide." The plan included numerous government agencies and resulted in nearly tripling the number of Thai restaurants globally in seventeen years.

Pad thai is listed at number five on a list of "World's 50 most delicious foods" readers' poll compiled by CNN Go in 2011.

Ingredients
Pad thai is made with rice noodles, which are stir fried with eggs and chopped firm tofu, flavored with tamarind juice, fish sauce, dried shrimp, garlic, shallots, and sometimes red chili pepper and palm sugar, and served with lime wedges and often crushed roasted peanuts. It may contain other vegetables like bean sprouts, garlic chives, preserved radish, and raw banana flowers. It may also contain fresh shrimp, crab, squid, chicken, or other fish or meat.

Many of the ingredients are provided on the side as condiments, such as red chili pepper, lime wedges, roasted peanuts, bean sprouts, garlic chives, and other miscellaneous fresh vegetables. Vegetarian versions may substitute soy sauce for the fish sauce and omit the shrimp entirely.

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Cuautitlán Izcalli

Cuautitlán Izcalli is a city and one of the 125 municipalities that make up the State of Mexico. Its municipal seat is Cuautitlán Izcalli. It is located in the Valley of Mexico area, and is part of the Metropolitan area of Mexico City. It borders to the north and northwest with Tepotzotlán, to the northeast and to the east with Cuautitlán, to the south with Tlalnepantla de Baz, to the southeast with Tultitlán, to the southwest with Atizapán de Zaragoza and to the west with the municipality of Nicolás Romero.

Shield
It is formed by a red triangle, fragmented in the center of each of its sides and with rounded corners, which represents the conjunction of the municipalities of Cuautitlán, Tepotzotlán and Tultitlán; Inside the triangle, a white circle stands out with ramifications towards each of the sides that form it. Forming a single image, a letter «C», in green, and a letter «I», in black, appear integrated.

Glyph
The glyph is formed by a tree with a tooth open in the center of the trunk, and means "abundance between the heads". The spindles or malacates with the cotton are the glyph that represented the goddess Tlazolteotl, protector of the weavers, and Izcalli is represented by the glyph calli, “house”.

Name
The name of the municipality has its origin in the language náhuatl, and means: "tu casa entre los árboles" (your house between the trees). See: Cuahu(i)-tl (tree), tlan (between), iz (here) which takes the meaning of your and calli (house), meaning that became the motto of the municipality.

History
There is proof that the place that the municipality occupies today has been important for more than two thousand years, when indigenous groups, including hunters nomadics and settled peoples, such as the teotihuacanos, the Toltecs, Chichimecas and Olmecs, occupied the territory. With the defeat and fall of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in 1521, the kingdom of Spain exercised its power in the newly conquered regions. Hernán Cortés entrusted the town of Cuautitlán to Alonso de Ávila and this, to his brother Gil González Dávila. During this time, Cuautitlán was one of the first places where the Franciscan friars taught their doctrine, because a nephew of Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, the Señor de Tenayuca (Lord of Tenayuca), reigned there.

In the period of the independence war, in order to control by the Spanish the participation of the “rebels” in the war, a proclamation was issued to the sub-delegate of Cuautitlán, offering the grace of pardon to all those who belonged to its jurisdiction and who participated in the movement. Already promulgated, in 1827, the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Mexico, the Departmental Board decreed on December 23, 1837, that the department of Mexico be divided into 13 districts, of which the fourth was Cuautitlán.

In 1855, nine districts and 33 districts were delimited, and the fifth was named Tlalnepantla, made up of that locality, Cuautitlán, Tlalpan and Zumpango. The history and strategic location gave rise to the original towns of the municipality: Axotlán, San Juan Atlamica, La Aurora, Santa Bárbara Tlacatecpan, San José Huilango, San Lorenzo Riotenco, San Mateo Ixtacalco, San Martín Tepetlixpan, Santa María Tianguistengo, San Francisco Tepojaco, Santiago Tepalcapa, El Rosario, and San Sebastián Xhala.

To keep the workers close to the various factories that flourished in the city, especially in the town of La Aurora, 225 adobe or tepetate houses were built around the facilities known as rancherías. They had services such as: drinking water, drainage, bathrooms, a tienda de raya (raya store) called "La Vizcaya", a school (they were provided with supplies such as notebooks, pencils, books), streets and passenger cars for their transportation. La Vizcaya was the first factory that existed in this direction of Cuautitlán and that shipped products by rail.

In 1965, Gonzalo Monroy Ortega, then municipal president of Cuautitlán, asked the local legislature to make the colony of La Aurora disappear to become part of the town of La Aurora, but this request was not answered positively, because the two towns are only separated by a canal. On April 1, 1961, La Vizcaya closed due to the competition that arose at that time with the production of products derived from petroleum, which reduced the sale and distribution of coastals of natural fibers.

On July 31, 1971, the then President of the Republic, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, laid the first stone of the city, located next to what is now the Parque de las Esculturas. Originally, Cuautitlán Izcalli was planned to be the first self-sufficient city in the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico, and for this, a large part of the territory of existing municipalities was taken, such as Cuautitlán, Tepotzotlán, Tultitlán and Atizapán de Zaragoza. Like many other projects of the time, one of the objectives of building this city was the regulation of population growth and the reduction of congestion in the metropolitan area. The city was created using the plans of European and American cities as a base, which helped to transform the land into appropriate areas for the establishment of work, service and housing centers, with the idea of having sports areas and industrial, residential and green areas.

On May 1, 1972, President Luis Echeverría, together with the then Governor of the State of Mexico Carlos Hank González, made the symbolic delivery of 225 houses, and also began to operate the first office of telegraphs of Cuautitlán Izcalli; but it was not until August 21 of the same year, when the keys to the first 227 houses were handed over to normal school teachers from the entity and the first “Conasuper” shopping center was inaugurated in the vicinity of Plaza Isidro Fabela, in Cumbria.

Decree Number 71 of the H. XLV Legislature of the State of Mexico, signed on June 22, 1973, stipulates that the official name of municipality number 121 of the State of Mexico is Cuautitlán Izcalli:

"'Se crea el Municipio de Cuautitlán Izcalli, México, y se delimita la poligonal que con base en los puntos de referencia en el mencionado decreto vertidos sirven de límites a este municipio.' ('The Municipality of Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico, is created and the polygonal is delimited that, based on the reference points in the aforementioned discharge decree, serve as limits to this municipality.')."

Once the official designation of the city was finalized, the first political administration of the municipality was headed by the lawyer Gabriel Marcelino Ezeta Moll, who began his activities with a limited budget that amounted to 3 million 103 thousand 166 pesos until the end of 1973. Serving in the role of ruler from 1973 to 1976, the first seats of government were established first in the "Calmecac" secondary school in Cumbria, then in four houses on Jocotitlán street, later in some offices installed in the upper part of a sub-commercial center located on Jilotzingo street, and Finally, it was not until 1976 that a government building was established that began to function as the municipal presidency. The headquarters was inaugurated by Luis Cuauhtémoc Riojas Guajardo, who was elected as the second municipal president of Izcalli after the end of the term of governance of Gabriel Marcelino.

Religion
Cuautitlán Izcalli is one of the municipalities with the largest number of patron saint festivities of Catholic worship in the region.

On June 9, 2014, Pope Francis created the Diocese of Izcalli.

Cuautitlán Izcalli has several temples, two of which date from the XVII century:

 * San Lorenzo Río Tenco (also part of the XVI century)
 * Santa Bárbara Tlacatecpan

And two from the XVIII century:

 * San Juan Atlamica
 * San Mateo Ixtacalco

Public services
To mention some of the services that the municipality has, it is contemplated to:
 * Municipal police
 * Municipal Cruz Roja
 * Firefighters and civil protection
 * Organismo de Agua Potable Alcantarillado y Saneamiento (Operagua), municipal water supply manager
 * Public health:
 * General Hospital of Zone 57 of the IMSS (Ave. del Parque S/N, Sta María Guadalupe La Quebrada)
 * IMSS Family Medicine Unit Clinic No.52 (Ave. Nevado de Toluca S/N, Infonavit Norte)
 * Maternal and Child Clinic of the DIF

Neighborhoods
The neighborhoods of the municipality are listed below:

 * Adolfo López Mateos
 * Ampliación Ejidal San Isidro
 * Arboledas de San Miguel
 * Arcos de la Hacienda
 * Arcos del Alba
 * Atlanta primera sección
 * Atlanta segunda sección
 * Axotlán
 * Bellavista
 * Bosques de la Hacienda primera sección
 * Bosques de la Hacienda segunda sección
 * Bosques de la Hacienda tercera sección
 * Bosques del Alba I
 * Bosques del Alba II
 * Bosques del Lago
 * Bosques de Morelos
 * Bosques de Xhala
 * Campestre del Lago
 * Campo Uno
 * Claustros de San Miguel
 * Cofradía de San Miguel
 * Cofradía de San Miguel II
 * Cofradía de San Miguel III
 * Cofradía de San Miguel IV
 * Colinas del Lago
 * Complejo Industrial Cuamatla
 * Conjunto Urbano La Piedad
 * CTM
 * Centro Urbano
 * Cumbre Norte
 * Cumbria
 * Del Río
 * Ejidal San Isidro
 * El Cerrito
 * Elite Plaza
 * El Rosario
 * El Sabino
 * El Socorro
 * El Tikal
 * Ensueños
 * Ex Hacienda de San Miguel
 * Ferrocarrilera
 * Fidel Velázquez
 * Francisco Villa
 * Fuentes del Bosque
 * Fuentes del Tepeyac
 * Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón
 * Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón Sur
 * Granjas Lomas de Guadalupe
 * Hacienda del Parque primera sección
 * Hacienda del Parque segunda sección
 * Halcón Oriente
 * Parque Industrial Xhala
 * Infonavit Centro
 * Infonavit Norte primera sección
 * Infonavit Norte segunda sección
 * Infonavit Norte Consorcio
 * Infonavit Sur (Niños Héroes)
 * Infonavit Tepalcapa
 * Jardines de la Hacienda Norte
 * Jardines de la Hacienda Sur
 * Jardines del Alba
 * Jardines de San Miguel
 * Jardines de San Miguel lll
 * Jorge Jiménez Cantú
 * Joyas del Alba
 * La Aurora
 * La Capilla
 * La Conasupo
 * La Era
 * Lago de Guadalupe
 * La Joyita
 * La Perla
 * La Piedad
 * La Piedad Fase A
 * La Presita
 * La Quebrada Ampliación
 * La Quebrada Centro
 * Las Ánimas
 * Las Auroritas
 * Las Conchitas
 * Las Gaviotas
 * Las Huertas
 * Las Mariposas
 * Liverpool
 * Loma Bonita
 * Lomas del Bosque
 * Lomas de los Ángeles
 * Lomas de San Francisco Tepojaco
 * Los Ailes
 * Los Pájaros
 * Los Pinos
 * Luis Echeverría
 * México
 * Mirador Santa Rosa
 * Nopaltepec
 * Parque Industrial Cuautitlán
 * Parque Industrial La Joya
 * Parque Industrial La Luz
 * Paseo de los Jardines
 * Paseos de Izcalli
 * Paseos del Encanto
 * Plan de Guadalupe
 * Plan Maestro San Martín Obispo
 * Plaza Dorada
 * Punta Norte
 * Residencial La Joya
 * Residencial La Luz
 * Residencial Los Lirios
 * Rinconada Cuautitlán
 * Rinconada San Miguel
 * Rincón Colonial
 * Rincón del Bosque
 * San Antonio
 * San Francisco Tepojaco
 * San Isidro
 * San José Buenavista
 * San José Huilango
 * San Juan Atlamica
 * San Lorenzo Río Tenco
 * San Marcos Cuamatla
 * San Martín Obispo
 * San Martín Tepetlixpan
 * San Pablo de los Gallos
 * San Sebastián Xhala
 * Santa Bárbara
 * Santa María Guadalupe (La Quebrada)
 * Santa María Guadalupe Las Torres primera sección
 * Santa María Guadalupe Las Torres segunda sección
 * Santa María Tianguistengo
 * Santa Rosa de Lima
 * Santiago Tepalcapa
 * Sección Parques
 * Torres Álgibe
 * Tres de Mayo
 * Tres Picos
 * Tulipanes
 * Unidad Cívica Bacardi
 * Urbi Hacienda Balboa
 * Urbi Quinta Montecarlo
 * Valle de la Hacienda
 * Valle de las Flores
 * Valle Esmeralda
 * Villas del Sol
 * Viveros 2

Villages
Cuautitlán Izcalli was formed from 13 original villages:

Geography
It has a territorial extension of 109.54 square kilometers, it represents 0.5% of the surface of the State of Mexico.

The highest portions are located to the south of the municipality at a maximum height of 2430 m s. n. m. (metros sobre el nivel del mar, English: meters above sea level) and the lowest is to the west with 2200 m s. n. m., the municipal seat is at 2280 m s. n. m.

Location and access
The municipality of Cuautitlán Izcalli is located in the northwestern part of the Mexico Basin. It has a territorial extension of 109,924 km2.

Its location is along the infrastructure chain formed by the Mexico-Querétaro highway, México-Pachuca, México-Puebla, Chamapa-Lechería, and Peñón-Texcoco, with which a large number of areas are connected conurbations through high-specification highways, and integrated in turn, towards the regions of Toluca, Puebla, Hidalgo and Querétaro. Izcalli is also connected to the Tren Suburbano.

It has four entrances: the entrance of Constitución avenue, Chalma avenue, Adolfo López Mateos avenue, México Cuautitlán avenue. The authorities of Cuautitlán Izcalli, in coordination with the government of the State of Mexico, built the James Watt bridge, which increased by 75 percent the capacity of vehicles at the entrance of the Mexico-Cuautitlán highway.

Hydrography
The principal water currents in Izcalli are the río Cuautitlán, which crosses an approximate extension of 40 km of the municipal territory, and the Hondo de Tepotzotlán River. The main bodies of water in the municipality are:

 * Presa de Guadalupe (Guadalupe Dam)
 * Laguna de la Piedad (Lagoon of Mercy)
 * Espejo de los Lirios (Mirror of the Lilies)
 * Presa de Angulo (Angulo Dam)
 * Laguna de Axotlán (Axotlan Lagoon)

Lago de Guadalupe
El lago de Guadalupe (lake of Guadalupe) is a dam that was built between 1936 and 1943, for flood control and irrigation. It extends over 348 hectares, being 2,200 meters above sea level. It belongs to the basin of the Moctezuma River.

The dam is the second most important body of water in the Valley of Mexico, and is supplied by the Cuautitlán, Xinte and San Pedro rivers. Starting in 2006, as a result of the death of hundreds of fish between the months of May 2004 and February 2005, the Guadalupe Dam Basin Commission was created, with the aim of restoring the natural resources of this sub-basin, in addition to promoting sustainable development, having as its main axis this water resource.

Ecosystems
The municipality has a great variety of vegetation, mainly made up of forests and grasslands. The former occupy a land area of approximately 451 hectares. The main reason why the municipality has several green areas is because the initial construction lands were covered by several plains.

Natural areas
The Presa de Guadalupe (Guadalupe Dam) is a protected natural area which is shared with Nicolás Romero, a neighboring municipality of Izcalli. As it is a protected area with the category of state park, it falls under the exclusive jurisdiction and competence of the State of Mexico, for which reason it is managed by the Secretary of the Environment of the Government of the State of Mexico, through the Comisión Estatal de Parques Naturales y de la Fauna (CEPANAF), (State Commission of Natural Parks and of Fauna).

Other green areas in the city include the Parque Espejo de los Lirios (Mirror of the Lilies Park), the Parque Central (Central Park), and the laguna de Axotlán (Axotlan Lagoon), a body of water belonging to the town of the same name dating from the year 1627. Although this lagoon is also considered a protected area, there have been several times in which businessmen have tried to dry it to be able to build, highlighting the attempts of 2002, 2010, 2014, and 2021.

Economy
Shopping malls in the city include Centro San Miguel, San Marcos Power Center, and Luna Parc, which compete with Galerías Perinorte to the south of the municipality. Ford Motor Company's Cuautitlán Assembly plant is based in Izcalli, assembling Fiestas (F-Series before 2010). Companies like Alpura and Becton Dickinson installed their industrial plants in this municipality.

Culture
Some of the cultural centers and places that Izcalli has include:
 * The Centro Regional de Cultura Cuautitlán Izcalli (Regional Center of Culture Cuautitlán Izcalli), a cultural space managed by the Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura in which workshops are given on ballet, Mexican folk dance, theater, guitar, piano, children's theater, singing, among other classes.
 * The Plaza Estado de México (State of Mexico Square), inaugurated on April 20, 2013, in homage to the Mexican Army and the Mexican Air Force, it is located next to the Mexico-Querétaro Highway.
 * The Parque de las Esculturas (Sculpture Park), that offers an environment in nature, accompanied by the art of the sculptor Charlotte Yazbek.
 * The Teatro San Benito Abad (San Benito Abbot Theater), which belongs to the private school Centro Escolar del Lago (Lake School Center), has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.

Arena Mamá Lucha-S
The Arena Mamá Lucha-S (Arena Mom Lucha-S) is an arena and promotion of professional wrestling, inaugurated on November 16, 2019.

Estadio Hugo Sánchez Márquez
The Estadio Hugo Sánchez Márquez (Stadium Hugo Sánchez Márquez) is a stadium opened in 2003, which is also used for family walks.

City and municipal seat
By 2005 Mexican national intermediary (conteo) census figures, the city of Cuautitlán Izcalli is the sixth-most populous in the state, with its population of 477,872 dominating a municipality of 498,021 people.

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David Walters

David Lee Walters (born November 20, 1951) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 24th governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995.

Born in Canute, Oklahoma, Walters was a project manager for Governor David Boren and the youngest executive officer working for the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He also worked in commercial real estate. As governor, he increased education funding, but his term was marred by controversies that ended with him pleading guilty to a misdemeanor election violation. He did not seek re-election and was defeated in a 2002 campaign for the United States Senate. He is the CEO of Walters Power International, a global provider of local power.

Early life
Walters was born near Canute, Oklahoma, and graduated as valedictorian from Canute High School in 1969. He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1973 and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University in 1977.

He worked as the project manager for Governor David Boren and as the assistant and associate provost of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. At the age of 29, he was the youngest executive officer in the university’s history. In 1982, he joined The Burks Group, a commercial real estate company. He was appointed co-chairman of the governor's 100-member Reform Commission in 1984 and became the president of American Fidelity Property Company in 1985.

Governor of Oklahoma
In 1986, Walters was the Democratic nominee for governor of Oklahoma, but was defeated by Republican Henry L. Bellmon, who returned to the governorship after completing his first term 20 years earlier.

On November 6, 1990 Walters was elected governor, carrying 75 of the state’s 77 counties. During his term education funding increased by approximately 30 percent and a $350 million bond issue for higher education brought construction and renovation to every state college campus.

Walters planned on making the Blue Room, a large ceremonial hall in the State Capitol, into his office.

While in office he was accused of election violations in that he conspired to hide $18,000 in campaign donations by attributing them to someone else. At the end of procedures, Governor Walters asked prosecutors what they wanted to end the rather lengthy process. An agreement was reached that the governor would plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense and pay a fine, in return for which his record would be expunged in twelve months. Though Walters claimed his innocence of the charges, he said it was in the best interest of the state and his family to accept the plea agreement. Twelve months later the charge was expunged from his record. He did not run for re-election in 1994, citing the pressure and negative publicity of political office, which he partly blamed for the suicide of his son in 1991.

Cabinet

 * Secretary of State - John Kennedy (1991-1995)
 * Secretary of Agriculture - Gary Sherrer (1991–1995)
 * Secretary of Education - Sandy Garrett (1991–1995)
 * Secretary of Energy - Charles R. Nesbitt (1991–1995)
 * Secretary of Human Resources - James Thomas (1991), Oscar B. Jackson Jr. (1991–1995)
 * Secretary of Safety and Security - Robert Fitzpatrick (1991–1995)
 * Secretary of Transportation - Delmas Ford (1991-1995)
 * Secretary of Veterans Affairs - John Willis (1991-1995)

U.S. Senate campaign
In 2002, Walters was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, losing to incumbent Jim Inhofe.

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Executive Council of Hong Kong

The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo) is the cabinet of the Government of Hong Kong, acting as a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ assisting the Chief Executive. It is analogous to other Executive Councils in the Commonwealth such as the Federal Executive Council of Australia, the Executive Council of New Zealand, and the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Under the presidency of the Chief Executive, the Executive Council consists of 21 Official Members (the most senior of these being the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, head of the Government Secretariat and chair of the Policy Committee), and 16 Non-official Members (also known as ministers without portfolio who are normally leading legislators from pro-establishment political parties) headed by the Convenor of the Non-official Members. The Council normally meets once a week.

History
The Executive Council was set up by the British Hong Kong Government. The first ex officio members were the Colonial Secretary and the Colonial Treasurer in the 1840s. The Attorney General was added in the 1850s. In 1949, the Executive Council had five ex officio members: the senior military officer (Commander of British Forces Overseas), the colonial secretary, the attorney general, the secretary for Chinese affairs and the financial secretary; the Commissioner of Labour, while an 'official' was not an ex officio member. In addition, there were six 'unofficial members': the chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Tai-Pan of Jardine's, a solicitor, two barristers, and a physician.

In 1994 the title 'Senior Member' or 'Senior Unofficial Member' was changed to 'Convenor', when Lydia Dunn was succeeded in the post by Rosanna Wong.

The format of the Executive Council was retained after the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 until a ministerial system (named Principal Officials Accountability System or POAS) was introduced in 2002, Tung Chee Hwa's second term of office. Since then all secretaries are political appointees and have to leave the civil service. All secretaries are appointed to the council, transforming the council effectively into a cabinet. Non-official members are minorities in the council, and are like ministers-without-portfolio. The position of convenor was abolished.

In fulfilling his election platform, Chief Executive Sir Donald Tsang appointed eight new non-official members the day after delivering his first policy address on 12 October 2005. Secretaries of bureaux would sit in meetings of the Council when the agenda was related to their portfolio, and the position of convenor was restored. It was presented as a move to re-strengthen the role of the council as a link with the community.

Functions
The Executive Council is to advise the Chief Executive in policy-making and the administration of the government. The Chief Executive acting after consultation with the Executive Council is known as Chief Executive in Council.

Under Article 54 of the Basic Law, the Chief Executive must consult the Executive Council before making important policy decisions, introducing bills to the Legislative Council, making delegated legislation, regulating certain public institutions, or dissolving LegCo. The Chief Executive in Council also hears appeals and objections under certain Ordinances. A Chief Executive rejecting a majority opinion of the Executive Council is required to put the specific reasons for the rejection on record.

Composition
The members of Executive Council are appointed by the Chief Executive from among principal officials (heads of department, informally called "ministers"), members of Legislative Council, and public figures. Their appointment and removal is decided by the Chief Executive. There is no fixed term of office, but the term of office of members cannot extend beyond the expiry of that of the Chief Executive who appoints them (Article 55 of the Basic Law).

The council is presided over by the Chief Executive. In addition to the 21 principal officials there are 16 Non-official members. Other than the Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and Secretary for Justice, official members only sit in meetings that are related to their portfolio. In accordance with the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance, the members of the Executive Council should take the Oath of Fidelity after his/her appointment and promise not to reveal any matters being discussed in the council. The aim of this principle was to ensure that the members could speak freely without any fears and pressure, so as to facilitate the Chief Executive to receive prompt and objective advices in the policy making process.

The following list includes all members of the Executive Council in the order of precedence:
 * Note: To avoid confusion, all the names on this list follow the Hong Kong convention (English name, family name, Chinese given name ) for consistency.

Source

List of the past Executive Councils

 * 1896–1941: List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1896–1941
 * 1946–1997: List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1946–1997
 * 1997–2002: First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong
 * 2002–2005: Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong
 * 2005–2007: First term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong
 * 2007–2012: Second term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong
 * 2012–2017: CY Leung as Chief Executive of Hong Kong
 * 2017–2022: Carrie Lam as Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Location
The Executive Council meets in the Lower Block of the Central Government Complex, Tamar. Until 2012, ExCo met in the Main Wing of the Central Government Offices on Government Hill, in Central and below Government House (former residence of the British Governor of Hong Kong).

Prior to the Handover, the Provisional Executive Council of Hong Kong, headed by Tung Chee Hwa, met in Shenzhen or Tung's office on the 11th floor of the Asia Pacific Finance Tower in Hong Kong. Members of the outgoing British Hong Kong ExCo were not permitted to attend this body.

Both Executive Council sittings were on Tuesdays.

title: Executive Council of Hong Kong