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Murree

Murree (Punjabi, ) is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Murree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and is about 30 km northeast of Islamabad. It has average altitude of 2291 m. The British built this town during their rule to escape the scorching heat in the plains of Punjab during the summer.

Construction of the town was started in 1851 on the hill of Murree as a sanatorium for British troops. The permanent town of Murree was constructed in 1853 and the church was consecrated shortly thereafter. One main road was established, commonly referred to even in modern times, as the "Mall Road". Murree was the summer headquarters of the colonial Punjab Government until 1876 when it was moved to Shimla.

Murree became a popular tourist station for British citizens of the British Raj. Several prominent Britons were born here including Bruce Bairnsfather, Francis Younghusband, Reginald Dyer and Joanna Kelley. During the colonial era, access to commercial establishments was restricted for non-Europeans. Such establishments included Lawrence College, Murree.

Since the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Murree has retained its position as a popular hill station, noted for its pleasant summer weather. Many tourists visit the town from the Islamabad-Rawalpindi area. The town also serves as a transit point for tourists visiting Azad Kashmir and Abbottabad. The town is noted for its Tudorbethan and neo-gothic architecture. The Government of Pakistan owns a summer retreat in Murree, where foreign dignitaries including heads of state often visit.

History
Murree, or Marhee as it was then called, was first identified as a potential hill station by Major James Abbott in 1847.

The town's early development was in 1851 by the President of the Punjab Administrative Board, Sir Henry Lawrence. It was originally established as a sanatorium for British troops garrisoned on the Afghan frontier. Officially, the municipality was created in 1850.

The permanent town of Murree was constructed at Sunnybank in 1853. The church was sanctified in May 1857, and the main road, Jinnah Road, originally known as Mall Road and still commonly referred to as "The Mall"), was built. The most significant commercial establishments, the Post Office, general merchants with European goods, tailors and a millinery, were established opposite the church. Until 1947, access to Mall Road was restricted for "natives" (non-Europeans).

In the summer of 1857, a rebellion against the British broke out. The local tribes of Murree and Hazara, including the Dhund Abbasis and others, attacked the depleted British Army garrison in Murree; however, the tribes were ultimately overcome by the British and capitulated. From 1873 to 1875, Murree was the summer headquarters of the Punjab local government; after 1876 the headquarters were moved to Shimla.

The railway connection with Lahore, the capital of the Punjab Province, via Rawalpindi, made Murree a popular resort for Punjab officials, and the villas and other houses erected for the accommodation of English families gave it a European aspect. The houses crowned the summit and sides of an irregular ridge, the neighboring hills were covered during the summer with encampments of British troops, while the station itself was filled with European visitors from the plains and travelers to Kashmir. It was connected with Rawalpindi by a service tangas.

It was described in the Gazetteer of Rawalpindi District, 1893–94 as follows:

"The sanatorium of Murree lies in north latitude 33° 54′ 30″ and east longitude 73° 26′ 30″, at an elevation of 7517 ft above sea level, and contained a standing population of 1,768 inhabitants, which was, however, enormously increased during the [May–November] season by the influx of visitors and their attendant servants and shopkeepers. It is the most accessible hill station in the Punjab, being distant from Rawalpindi only a five hours' journey by tonga dak. Magnificent views are to be obtained in the spring and autumn of the snow crowned mountains of Kashmir; and gorgeous sunset and cloud effects seen daily during the rains [July–August]. Part of the station, especially the Kashmir end, are also well wooded and pretty."

In 1901, the permanent population of the town was 1,844; if summer visitors had been included this could have been as high as 10,000.

In early January 2022, over 20 people died trying to reach the town during a snowstorm.

Climate
Murree features a monsoon-influenced subtropical highland climate (Cwb) under the Köppen climate classification. It is situated in the outer Himalayas, retaining high altitude. This type of area has cold, snowy winters, relatively cool summers with drastically escalated rain, in relation to lower altitudes, and frequent fog. Precipitation is received year round, with two maxima, the first one during winter and the second one at summer, July–August. Total mean precipitation annually is 1,904 mm. Murree receives around 1,590 mm of snow per year according to a 13-year data. Heavy snowfall starts in January and February.

Administration
Murree, (Urdu: ضِلع مری) is a district of the Rawalpindi Division in the northernmost part of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It has two tehsils, Kotli Sattian and Murree. In March 2022, the Punjab Government upgraded the administrative status of Murree by posting Hassan Waqar Cheema as the first Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC). Its status was updated from tehsil to that of a district in October 2022 after the formal appointment of a Deputy Commissioner in November 2022.

However, the caretaker Punjab Government reversed the status of District in February 2023. The Lahore High Court struck down the move after which the additional charge of the Deputy Commissioner was given to the Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner.

In September 2023, the Punjab Government posted a Deputy Commissioner in Murree. Agha Zaheer Abbas Sherazi was posted as the second ever Deputy Commissioner on 26 September 2023. The elected government post February 2024 elections decided to stick with the upgraded status of Murree considering its pivotal importance for the tourism industry.

Localities and Union Councils of the Murree area:

 * Rawalpindi District
 * Kohati KakRahi
 * Bhurban
 * Dewal Sharif
 * Darya Gali
 * Gulehra Gali
 * Uc Ghel
 * Bochal Kakrahi
 * Ghora Gali
 * Bansara Gali
 * Jhika Gali
 * Mohra Sharif
 * Potha Sharif
 * Aliot, Murree
 * Sehr Bagla
 * Patriata
 * Karore
 * Phagwari
 * Las Kothar
 * Numbal
 * Mussiyari

Military
For administrative purposes, the military areas of Murree are divided into two separate cantonments, Murree Gali Cantonment and Murree Hills Cantonment. Murree houses the headquarters of the 12th Infantry Division of the Pakistan Army, several educational and training institutions, and a combined military hospital established to serve Murree and adjoining garrisons.

The Pakistan Air Force also maintains a base at Lower Topa, near Patriata, with its own military boarding school for boys, PAF Public School Lower Topa.

During the British Raj, in the hot season Murree was the headquarters of the Lieutenant General of the Northern Command. The Commissioner of the Rawalpindi Division and the Deputy Commissioner of Rawalpindi also resided here during part of the season, for which period an Assistant Commissioner was placed in charge of the subdivision consisting of Murree Tehsil. The site was selected in 1850 almost immediately after the annexation of the province, and building operations commenced at once. In 1851 temporary accommodation was provided for a detachment of troops; and in 1853 permanent barracks were erected. The regular garrison generally consisted of two mountain batteries and one battalion of infantry.

Notable people

 * Harold Hall, cricketer and British civil servant
 * Parikshit Sahni, Indian actor
 * Pushpinder Singh Chopra, aviation expert
 * Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, former justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former justice of Lahore High Court
 * Shahid Khakan Abbasi, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
 * Francis Younghusband, explorer

Sister Cities

 * Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

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Talk:Representative democracy

Misinformation
Misinformation? You are the one spreading misinformation. Not only Franklin, but Jefferson credited the Iroquois with more than a bit of credit for ideas used in the founding of our nation and form of government. See Forgotten Founders for one well researched source. William Pitt as well.

http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/FF.html

Read Chapter Six, Self-Evident Truths:

http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/FFchp6.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.153.215 (talk • contribs)

As to the following statement:

"Representative government was invented in the sixteenth century when Deganawida established the League of the Five Nations of the Iroquois in what is now New York State. The Iroquois model of representative government influenced English philosophers, as well as Benjamin Franklin, and inspired the Americans and French to create representative democracies.

There is no historical data to support virtually any claim of this statement. There is data to the contrary that it was "invented" in the 16th Century or by the Iroquois. There is no data supporting the idea that the Iroquois Constitution was implmented in the 16th Century, some scholars would put the dat to five Centuries earlier some later, or that it was a real representative democracy in the sense that each tribe member was able to elect the tribal elders. This statement is pure misinformation. If a case can be made for it we should remove it.

There is plenty of historical data to support this claim although it does contain several errors. Deganawidah was a Huron man (not one of the five tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy) who influenced Hiawatha, a Mohawk chief to go woth him to the leaders of the five warring tribes to negotiate peace. The eagle holding the arrows on our one dollar bill is from that incident where Deganawidah shows how one arrow alone will break while five together cannot be broken. See Forgotten Founders-Bruce E. Johansen, Exiled in the Land of the Free,Indian Givers-Jack Weatherford. Even the textbook on American Government sent to me by Houghton-Mifflan acknowledges the influence of the Iroqois Confederation on the Articles of Confederation-the basis for our Constitution.(pg 25) You are correct about the date, however. "Using a combination of documentary sources, solar eclipse data, and Iroquois oral history, Mann and Fields assert that the Iroquois Confederacy's body of law was adopted by the Senecas (the last of the five nations to ratify it) August 31, 1142."(Bruce Johansen)MrgnsmsMFV

Isn't representative democracy and modern democracy equal to a republic?

What would you call a type of democracy that has every candidate getting elected? Each of say ten candidates in each constituency would get a few or a lot of votes, then serve to represent those who voted for them when voting on issues. This would allow candidates to be truthful about their politics rather than joining one or other party in order to get elected. Annual elections would allow good public servants to rise at the expense of poor ones in a reasonable time. Pay would depend on votes. Voters would be paid a small amount to get a good turnout. And every voter would have ten representitives to take their ideas or problems to. Representitives would have ten times less work to do, freeing them up to have a job or run a business. Representitives could elect an executive to form a government, and change it at will to improve the workability of it. No hoo hah at elections, just information and voting, then business as usual. Maybe there is a name for this type of representitive democracy, but I don't know it.

Was Athenian democracy (as the first democracy) a representative democracy? Did decision-makers represent the interests of the people? If so, did it matter if the representatives were randomly selected or elected?

Athenian Democracy is what is known as Direct Democracy where a group of privileged citizens meet to make decisions. This is comparable to a congress without the other two branches and who do not represent anyone else but themselves. Women, slaves and those without property were excluded from consideration. This only works of course in a small place like the city state of Athens. MrgnsmsMFV

Can representative democracy include methods of selecting representative that are more impartial (and, therefore more "representative") than elections? It appears that the current article on representative democracy propagates misinformation and limited thinking on what "representation" and "democracy" are all about by limiting the idea to elections.

copied?
Not sure which came first, but a lot of this page is almost identical to this page:

I think we should be careful in case this was plagarized from the original page.

Edit -- whoops, I take that back, I failed to see this quote at the bottom of their page: "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Representative_democracy".". Sorry about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.233.149 (talk • contribs) 2005-12-08

"Constitutional democracy" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Constitutional_democracy&redirect=no Constitutional democracy] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 06:44, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

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Trevor
Looks like vanity. As it stands now, it's a dictdef, and I've never heard or seen it used as slang. Certainly, it's possible that it could be slang somewhere, but Google gives The Trevor Project and a bunch of names. If anyone can vouch for the veracity/notability of this article or can turn it into a useful article, please do so. Otherwise, delete. --Slowking Man 23:38, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete - the article itself says it's only used by a very small number of people; looks like they've added it to try and publicise its usage. Jelly441 23:45, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete --- dicdef/vanity. Whooda thunkit?  SWAdair | Talk  10:29, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Dictdef, slang term not in common use, possible vanity or personal attack.   — Gwalla | Talk 18:12, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Joke by an IP whose only other contributions have been reverted, one by themselves. Andrewa 21:52, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Private joke. What a Barney. Geogre 14:24, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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User talk:AmeriDesi

Welcome
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~ ~ ~. Four tildes (~ ~ ) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --John Kerry + John Edwards 2004 23:38, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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BalochVoice
Would appreciate it if you could discuss whether a link should be removed. AmeriDesi (Talk) (News links - removed links added by 203.170.77.254, because BalochVoice appears to be a supporter of the terrorist Baloch Liberation Army)

BalochVoice happens to contain a listing of violent attacks that have taken place within Balochistan over the last few years. It's one of the very few places on the web where such information is available. Please do not arbitrarily remove material from an article based on your own point of view. Hulleye 11:05, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

OK. Maybe I was a little too impulsive there. I'm willing to discuss it. AmeriDesi 11:42, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Welcome
It's nice to see other Pakistanis contributing on topics we care about—and keeping an objective point of view.

BTW, have you seen: Wikipedians/Pakistan? —iFaqeer | Talk to me! 20:01, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)

Muslim educational institutions
Just started Muslim educational institutions. Please take a look and see if you can help. —iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 00:26, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Pakistan
Would you like to join the animated discussion on the Pakistan's talk page? The current issue is whether "Pakistan is famous for its support of Taliban and 9/11 terrorist" is a suitable sentence to start the article's first paragraph. Your contribution would be much appreciated, as the current discussion seems to be more of a dialog between Ragib and SamTr014 Talk:Pakistan. Thanks !--PrinceA 06:37, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Benazir Bhutto
R you interested in to join the discussion of cleaning up the article of Benazir Bhutto? Talk:Benazir Bhutto--Raju1 03:15, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Military of Pakistan
Would you be interested in discussions on this (Talk:Military of Pakistan) particular page?--PrinceA 00:09, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

how do u spell shaqs in Urdu
i think the wikipedia entry for it mispells it...can u check? --Notquiteauden 07:12, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Adab
Adab from an Indian wikipedian. --Bhadani 09:14, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Urdu translation
Hi, I'm trying to build up a database to create articles on political parties on different wikipedias. Could you have a look at User:Soman/Lang-Help-ur? Thanks, --Soman 14:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Photos
Hello, I was writing an entry on Serbian Wikipedia about Urdu language. I am having hard time finding interesting pictures with everyday object that have Urdu script on them. If you would happen to have any magazines or daily newspapers or chocolate wrappers or CDs from Pakistan, with Urdu on them, could you take a photo of them and either post it on Wiki commons or take the photo and release rights into public domain? I would really appreciated it!

this is the link to Serbian Urdu page Urdu. It is in Serbian, so you may not understand it, but you can see photos I have there now.

Thank you again,

Svetlana Miljkovic 20:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism to Caste - warning 1

 * Please don't blank sourced content on wikipedia. If you have a dispute then provide your own sources.

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Hkelkar 20:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't vandalize the pages. I removed a few sentences and gave justifications for their removal in my edit summaries. AmeriDesi 20:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, some of them were okay. I dunno who put in that Baloch insurgency thing there. However, since CNN refers to the Mukhtaran bibi thingie as caste related it needs to belong there per WP:Verifiability. Also, can you find a WP:Reliable Sources that attest to the repeal of the Hudood ordinance in Pakistan? If you can, then, instead of removing the sourced statement, append it with the latest development.Hkelkar 20:58, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Never mind. I did it myself. I appended the information to include Musharraf's actions against Hudood, and the Islamist opposition to the same. Hkelkar 21:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Supreme Court of Pakistan
Please stop removing material that is factual. Supreme Court of Pakistan did use the Law of Necessity to give power to the military. So if you dont like the fact that your court did this, dont remove the material, you clearly violated the rules of wikipedia

Urdu Wikipedia
Dear friend,

You seem to be an active Wikipedian from Pakistan. We have an Urdu Wikipedia that needs all the help that it can get. Currently, we do not have many active users and we will really appreciate if you would consider becoming an active contributor. As you are already familiar with Wikipedia's style and rules, your presence would also help elevate the overall content quality.

Hope to see you soon at Urdu Wikipedia

Regards,

Kashif Aqeel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.223.190.189 (talk) 22:29, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Hello!!!
Hi, this is Jobin, a new wikipedia user. I came to understand that you have an interest in Computer and related topics. I am working on a few articles related to Programming in C. Therefore, I kindly request you to help me on these topics
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You may also drop your valuable suggestions on other related articles on my talk page.

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Ambrosia (band)

Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1970. Ambrosia had five Top 40 hit singles released between 1975 and 1980, including the Top 5 hits "How Much I Feel" and "Biggest Part of Me", and Top 20 hits "You're the Only Woman (You & I)" and "Holdin' on to Yesterday". Most of the original band members have been active with the group continuously since their 1989 reformation to the present day, with the notable exception of original guitarist and lead vocalist David Pack who left in 2000.

Ambrosia currently tours internationally and has worked in the past and present with Alan Parsons, Bruce Hornsby, Bill Champlin, Michael McDonald, and Peter Beckett among other notable artists.

Formation
The group was founded as a quartet with guitarist/vocalist David Pack, bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, keyboardist Christopher North and drummer Burleigh Drummond. According to Joe Puerta, their original name was "Ambergris Mite," but after doing some touring they discovered there was already a band using the name "Ambergris," so they turned to the dictionary and picked the name "Ambrosia" because a name meaning "nectar of the gods" seemed fitting. While Ambrosia had several radio hits in the 1970s, much of the material on their five albums is progressive in nature.

The founding constituents of Ambrosia were reared in Southern California's South Bay, later adopting San Pedro as their hometown. Their initial musical influences, like many of their generation, came from the Beach Boys, Jimmy Reed, King Crimson, and the Beatles. Ambrosia fused symphonic art rock with a slickly produced pop sound, resulting in a "melodic prog" style.

Early on, the band was infatuated with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and began to experiment with vocal harmonies. After the group attended a show at the Whisky a Go Go in December 1969 to see an unknown but highly recommended new band called King Crimson, their perception of music was changed.

The musicians, inspired by the music and artists of the progressive rock era, acquired a significant regional admiration. In 1971, a friend who was doing sound for the Hollywood Bowl, invited them to play there on stage to test a new sound system that had been installed. Gordon Parry, the head engineer in charge at the Bowl, was so impressed with the group that he invited them back to attend performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He introduced them to conductor Zubin Mehta, who featured Ambrosia as part of a so-called All-American Dream Concert.

Rise to fame
Ambrosia auditioned for Herb Alpert and A&M Records early in their history, but were signed by 20th Century Fox Records in 1975, who released two albums by the group.

Their first album, the eponymous Ambrosia, produced by Freddie Piro, was released in February 1975. It spawned the top 20 chart single "Holdin' On to Yesterday", as well as "Nice, Nice, Very Nice". The latter sets to music the lyrics to a poem in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording (other than Classical). Alan Parsons was the engineer for Ambrosia's first album and the producer for their second. All four members of Ambrosia played on the first Alan Parsons Project album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, which was recorded soon after Ambrosia's first album. David Pack later appeared on the Alan Parsons album Try Anything Once (1993), co-writing, playing, and providing vocals on three songs.

After lengthy touring, the band recorded Somewhere I've Never Travelled, produced by Alan Parsons and released in September 1976. The album yielded the title song and the single "Can't Let a Woman", which both became FM favorites, both featuring lush orchestration and vocal arrangements. The record sleeve folded into a large pyramid. Somewhere I've Never Travelled received a Grammy nomination and set the stage for the band's signing to Warner Bros. Records.

In 1976 the group recorded the Beatles song "Magical Mystery Tour", for the transitory musical documentary, All This and World War II (November 1976). The film's soundtrack consisted of different artists providing arrangements of Beatles songs. Their version of "Magical Mystery Tour" scored a top 40 hit, and has since been a staple of their live shows.

In August 1978, Life Beyond L.A. was released. It marked a move away from their lush arrangements and introduced a more raw, aggressive jazz/R&B influence. Christopher North, who had family obligations and was not totally happy with the group's shift away from the sound of the first two albums, had left the group in 1977 during the album's recording.

The year 1978 marked their biggest pop breakthrough with their first Gold single "How Much I Feel" from the album, which was a No. 3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Warner Bros advertised the title cut for radio and Life Beyond L.A. started to get significant airplay on radio stations, a few months after the album's release. Extensive touring with Fleetwood Mac, Heart, and the Doobie Brothers, in addition to major headlining shows, cemented Ambrosia's reputation as a live act. For the 1978 touring band, North returned and the group added a second keyboardist, David C. Lewis, as well as an additional singer, Royce Jones, who joined in late 1978.

In April 1980 Warner Bros. released One Eighty, which produced two of the year's biggest hits. The first, "Biggest Part of Me", reached number three for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, and crossed over to the soul chart, where it peaked at number thirty-five. The second, another blue-eyed soul hit, "You're the Only Woman (You & I)", reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. One Eighty earned the band three Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Group. A headlining world tour followed. For the Japanese leg of the tour, the group was joined by their longtime friend Cliff Woolley (formerly of the Association, who had also guested on Life Beyond L.A.) on guitar, harmonica, and backup vocals.

The title of the album One Eighty was believed by fans to signal the group's "180-degree" change in direction. The band maintains that the album title came from the fact that they began recording in January 1980 (1/80).

Also in 1980, the band contributed the song "Outside" to the film Inside Moves, and "Feels So Good to Win" appeared in the film Coast to Coast later that same year. The following year they placed another track, "Poor Rich Boy" (written by Burt Bacharach), on the soundtrack of the film, Arthur.

In 1982, David C. Lewis briefly left the touring group to be replaced by Bruce Hornsby, four years before his own rise to stardom. The same year, Ambrosia released their fifth and final studio album, Road Island (May 1982 ), their first effort without the assistance of Freddie Piro's production company. Produced by James Guthrie, the album consisted of intense, driving hard rock (outside of the soft ballad "Feeling Alive Again" and the progressive rock closer "Endings"). Though it received some airplay with "How Can You Love Me", the album was a commercial disappointment. The band broke up afterwards, ending their run of chart success.

Later years
After Ambrosia, David Pack pursued a solo career and produced or worked with many top artists. Pack's 1985 solo album, Anywhere You Go, included the song "Prove Me Wrong", which also appeared on the soundtrack of the 1985 film White Nights. Joe Puerta became a founding member of Bruce Hornsby and the Range.

In 1989, Ambrosia reunited with all four original members and began playing live shows again, mostly on the West Coast. They expanded their touring ranks once again with Tollak Ollestad (vocals, keyboards, harmonica) and Shem von Schroeck (vocals, percussion, bass, guitar).

In 1995, the band expanded their annual touring schedule. Pack had a conflict and guitarist John DeFaria filled in for him. Bernie Chiaravalle likewise stepped-in in the summer of 1997 and Mike Keneally did the honors in 1998 and 2000 for the concerts Pack was unable to play. Brian Stiemke subbed for an ill Burleigh Drummond for a few shows in 1997.

In May 1997, Warner Bros. released Ambrosia's greatest hits CD Anthology, which contained tracks from all five albums plus three new tracks. In addition to Anthology, the entire Ambrosia catalog was remastered and released on CD.

The band launched a 30th anniversary tour in 2000. Early the following year, it was announced that Pack had permanently left the band and he was replaced by Doug Jackson, who had filled in for him for some shows the previous year. Pack's final show with the band was on November 4, 2000, in Chandler, Arizona. Jackson was in place on guitar for their 2001 shows, except for one gig at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia on August 25 where Steve Farris (from Mr. Mister) subbed for him.

Ricky Cosentino filled in for Shem for some concerts in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2003. Shem then left in 2003 to join Kenny Loggins' band. Robert Berry (vocals, guitars), formerly of 3 and GTR, joined temporarily in 2004–2005, and singer/guitarist Ken Stacey became a member in 2005. Shem then returned and he and Stacey alternated with the group for a while.

Tollak Ollestad left in late 2004 to concentrate on a solo career and relocate to the Netherlands where he has had success. David C. Lewis then returned, after having substituted for Ollestad on some 1999 and 2003 gigs. Ollestad remained on call to sub for various band members and came back to play with Ambrosia's spring 2009 tour in place of Lewis and Shem.

Later in 2009, Rick Cowling (formerly with Kenny Loggins) came in on vocals, guitar, and keyboards, though Ollestad still appeared with the band from time to time, most recently in 2010 when Doug Jackson was out playing guitar for Gary Wright, and again while Cowling moved over to lead guitar until Jackson's return later in the year.

Current era
Ambrosia appeared on the May 2, 2011 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as part of the host's "Yacht Rock 2k11" theme show, performing "Biggest Part of Me" (during the show) and "How Much I Feel" (after the formal taping, but put up on the Fallon website).

In 2012, Burleigh Drummond's wife Mary Harris, after filling in on a show or two since 2000, became a permanent band member on keyboards and vocals. Harris is also a vocal arranger and songwriter, who has co-written new material for Ambrosia performed onstage. She has previously worked in varied capacities with Pink Floyd, XTC, Stanley Clarke and for many years with Jimmy Buffett.

Ken Stacey rejoined in 2014 after Rick Cowling departed. Ambrosia's six-person lineup was then stable for a while and the group continued to tour, sometimes combining their talents with other artists including Bill Champlin, Peter Beckett, Michael McDonald, Edgar Winter, Dave Mason, Gary Wright, Al Stewart and others.

Ambrosia's live performances showcase both their legacy hit material and more recent songs. Ambrosia continues to feature a majority of the band's founding members, with Puerta, Drummond and North onstage, as they have been for the past thirty plus years. Kipp Lennon (from the Venice, California band Venice) joined on lead vocals to start the 2021 tour as the band began their post lockdown era, Ken Stacey having exited during their downtime in 2020.

Former keyboardist for the band David Cutler Lewis died of brain cancer on June 7, 2021.

Former member Shem von Schroeck returned in the fall of 2022, this time on drums, to sub for Drummond, who was recovering from back surgery.

Live and alumni albums
On September 1, 2001, the band recorded a live album at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California without David Pack. This album, Live, was released in May 2002. Also, in 2003 Collectables Records released another compilation album, How Much I Feel and Other Hits. Several compilation albums and another live album have been released, though none officially from the band. In 2004, the band released a DVD called Ambrosia: Real Artists Working. Ambrosia has written and performed new material, and an album of all new original material is currently being recorded, their first since 1982.

David Pack released two 2005 solo projects: Unborn, a compilation of older unreleased material, and the more up-to-date The Secret of Movin' On featuring collaborations with Timothy B. Schmit of Eagles fame, former Journey vocalist Steve Perry, Heart vocalist Ann Wilson and America co-founder Dewey Bunnell, amongst others. Both albums follow in Pack's later era style of smooth pop-rock.

Member solo projects
Several members have established careers outside of Ambrosia.
 * Joe Puerta has started a studio near his suburban Milwaukee home, The Exchange, where he's produced several artists including Les Lokey, Big Nick & the Cydecos, Alaria Taylor and The Good Luck Joes.
 * Burleigh Drummond drummed for roots CCM supergroup Lost Dogs for several albums. He and Mary Harris co-founded their own group, Tin Drum, which has released three albums to date. Tin Drum also become a production company with such varied artists on their roster as bluesman Mighty Mo Rodgers and kids-oriented gospel act Kingdom Bound.
 * Doug Jackson released his second solo album in 2016.
 * David Pack joined childhood friend and former bandmate Fred Beato to form Beato Band.

Band members

 * Current members
 * Former members

Studio albums

 * Ambrosia (1975)
 * Somewhere I've Never Travelled (1976)
 * Life Beyond L.A. (1978)
 * One Eighty (1980)
 * Road Island (1982)

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Chosen People Ministries

Chosen People Ministries (CPM) is an evangelical Christian nonprofit organization which engages in Evangelization of Jews. It is headquartered in New York City and currently led by Mitch Glaser, who was raised Jewish and converted to Christianity.

Its stated mission is to "pray for, evangelize, disciple, and serve Jewish people everywhere and to help fellow believers do the same." It supports the establishment of Messianic Jewish congregations, which it describes as "faith communities that stress the Jewish context of the Gospel of Jesus."

History
Leopold Cohn, a Hungarian-Jewish immigrant to the United States who became a Christian, founded the Brownsville Mission to the Jews in 1894. The Brownsville Mission was later relocated to the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York and became the Williamsburg Mission to the Jews from 1897 until 1924. In 1897, the Williamsburg Mission headquarters housed a medical clinic, boys' club, Girl Scouts, and sewing and English classes, in addition to evening Gospel services.

From 1924 until 1984 it was known as the American Board of Missions to the Jews. Since then it has been known by its current name, Chosen People Ministries.

Methods and locations
Chosen People Ministries has staff in 16 countries. It also sends out missionaries and conducts evangelism in areas of high Jewish concentration, teaches in churches, and produces evangelical literature and media.

Brooklyn, New York - The Charles L. Feinberg Center
In 2010, Chosen People Ministries attracted attention when it acquired a former funeral home in the heart of an Orthodox Jewish community located in Midwood, Brooklyn. This acquisition has sparked anger from the Jewish community in New York. The Center opened in 2014 and currently houses an English-speaking congregation, a Russian-speaking congregation, and an accredited seminary program.

The seminary program, The Charles L. Feinberg Center for Messianic Jewish Studies, is co-sponsored with Talbot School of Theology and offers an accredited Master of Divinity program in Messianic Jewish Studies. The program is designed to train Messianic congregational leaders, outreach workers and educators. In addition to the full Master of Divinity program, it offers a 6-course Certificate in Messianic Jewish studies. Classes are held in Brooklyn at the Feinberg Center, though the summer program includes classes at Talbot's Los Angeles campus.

Berlin, Germany
In 2012, the organization opened one of the first buildings dedicated to Jewish evangelism in Europe since World War II in Berlin, Germany. The Berlin center hosts a hospitality network, Shabbat fellowships, tandem language partnerships, and friendship ministries.

Ramat Gan, Israel
In 2017, Chosen People Ministries opened a Messianic Center in the Ramat Gan area of Greater Tel Aviv. The center hosts seminars on parenting, financial management, biblical counseling, as well as a bi-weekly women's Bible study.

Church affiliations and memberships
Chosen People Ministries states that it is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, CrossGlobal Link, the Canadian Council of Christian Charities, the Christian Stewardship Association and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.

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1996 MLS College Draft

The 1996 Major League Soccer College Draft was held on March 4, 1996, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

History
As Major League Soccer prepared for its first season, the league began stocking teams with players. As the teams were being created at the same time, the league adopted a measured approach to building rosters. First, the league allocated four "big name" players to each team. Then on February 6 and 7, 1996, the league held its 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. Over sixteen rounds, teams selected players from any source. Then on March 4, 1996, the league held a three-round draft of collegiate players. The 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft was held later the same day.

Round 3 trades
No trades reported.

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Mount Luofu

Mount Luofu is a sacred Taoist mountain situated on the north bank of the Dongjiang in the northwest of Boluo County, Huizhou in Guangdong Province, China. It covers 250 kilometers.

Among the many temples on Mt. Luofu is Wa Sau Toi, which is linked to both the Dragon and Bak Mei styles of Kung Fu.

Mok Gar masters studied meditation and traditional Chinese medicine at the Temple of Emptiness on Mt. Luofu.

Choy Fook, one of the teachers of Choy Lee Fut founder Chan Heung, is said to have been a monk on Mt. Luofu.

History
In the Eastern Jin dynasty, the renowned Taoist practitioner Ge Hong once refined elixirs here. During Ge Hong's stay on Mt. Luofu, four huts were built, and subsequently enlarged into temples, namely the southern Temple of Great Emptiness (which was changed into the Temple of Emptiness afterwards), the western Temple of the Yellow Dragon, the eastern Temple of the Nine Heavens, and the northern Temple of Junkets.

In the Qing dynasty, a branch of the Dragon Gate Sect propagated its teachings at the Temple of Junkets. During the reign of the Guangxu Emperor, the abbot of the temple, Chen Jiaoyou, wrote "Evolution of the Taoism of Master Changchun's Lineage", an important work on the history of transmission and inheritance of the Dragon Gate Sect.

It was said that there were nine guan (Taoist temples), 18 si (Buddhist monasteries) and 22 an (nunneries) on Mt. Luofu, but after the Ming and Qing dynasties, many of them collapsed and only five guan and five si remain nowadays. The five remaining Taoist temples are the Temple of Emptiness, the Temple of Junkets, the Temple of the Nine Heavens, the Temple of the White Crane, and the Temple of the Yellow Dragon. The Temple of Emptiness is one of the national key temples acknowledged by the State Council.

There are many relics of Ge Hong on Mt. Luofu, such as the "Well of Longevity" from which he obtained water, the alchemical kitchen for refining elixirs, and the pond for washing elixirs. The Grotto of Vermillion Brightness on the mountain is said to be the place where Ge Hong cultivated Tao and attained immortality. It is situated in the forest in the deep valley below Mt. Luofu, where everything is in deep stillness, except for gurgling streams.

Besides, there is a "Boots-Losing House", which is said to be the place where Ge Hong and his teacher Bo Jing used to discuss scriptures. One day, after talking until daybreak, two swallows flew toward them. However, they turned out to be a pair of boots instead of swallows, after being entangled. There is a stone tablet above the house. It is about five-chi long, half-chi wide and one-chi high. It lies against a huge stone like a bed and is completely in the shade.

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Huashoutai

Huashoutai, or commonly known in its Cantonese name Wa Sau Toi, was a Buddhist monastery on the sacred mountain Luofushan. It was destroyed in 1949.

It is located in Boluo County, Huizhou, Guangdong, China.

History
The Chan teacher and Southern Dragon Kung Fu master Daai Yuk was a monk at Wa Sau Toi.

Lai Chi, the founder of the Wu Jo An nunnery in Guangzhou, was 35th generation in the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism from Wa Sau Toi.

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Evan S. Connell

Evan Shelby Connell Jr. (August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013) was a U.S. novelist, short-story writer, essayist and author of epic historical works. He also published under the name Evan S. Connell Jr.

In 2009, Connell was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. On April 23, 2010, he won the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for "a living author with a substantial connection to the American West, whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition."

Background
Connell was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the only son of Evan S. Connell, Sr. (1890–1974), a physician, and Ruth Elton Connell. He had a sister Barbara (Mrs. Matthew Zimmermann), to whom he dedicated his novel Mrs. Bridge (1959). Connell graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City in 1941. He started undergraduate work at Dartmouth College but joined the Navy in 1943 and became a pilot. After the end of World War II, he graduated from the University of Kansas in 1947, with a B.A. in English. Connell studied creative writing at Columbia University in New York and Stanford University in California. He never married, and he lived and worked in San Francisco and Sausalito, California from 1954 to 1989, when he moved to Santa Fe, N.M.

Connell was found dead on January 10, 2013, at an assisted-living facility in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Career
Connell's novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969) are bittersweet, gently satirical portraits of a conventional, unimaginative upper middle-class couple living in Kansas City from the 1920s to the 1940s. The couple tries to live up to societal expectations and to be good parents, but they are sadly incapable of bridging the emotional distance between themselves and their children and between each other.

The pair of novels was adapted as a 1990 Merchant-Ivory motion picture, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Critics gave the film mostly positive reviews.

Connell's 1960 novel The Patriot is the story of Melvin Isaacs, aged 17, and his experiences in naval aviation school during the Second World War. Melvin faces the terrifying reality of training and the likelihood of his "washing out" (failing). Melvin's attempts to communicate the realities of his experience to his father are rebuffed. The characters of Melvin and his father Jacob are similar in many respects to those of Douglas and Mr. Bridge. Though not well reviewed, The Patriot contains some rewarding social satire and impressive scenes of aviation.

Connell's 1984 sweeping account of George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Son of the Morning Star, earned critical acclaim and was a bestseller. The book was adapted as a television miniseries in 1991 and won four Emmy Awards.

Dorothy Parker described Connell as "a writer of fine style and amazing variety".

Legacy and honors

 * 1959, Mrs. Bridge was a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction.
 * 1974, Points for a Compass Rose was a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry.
 * 2009, he was nominated for the third Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement.
 * 2010, he received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize: the Robert Kirsch Award.

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User:T7lau

This is my first time taking a computer course, I find this somewhat confusing?!?! I guess I am just an ECE student who only know how to turn on the computer and search through the internet... and that would be all =( But taking this course provide a great challenge for me! Not only I need to sit on the computer to do research but also learn to use wiki code!?! It is always exciting to learn something new~ Hopefully I'll get use to it soon!

List of Links from wikipedia  ECE Links  Weblogging Links  Techology Links  Social Constructionism Links  Wiki Links

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Podkamennaya Tunguska (disambiguation)

Podkamennaya Tunguska may refer to:
 * Podkamennaya Tunguska, a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
 * Podkamennaya Tunguska (rural locality), a rural locality (a village) in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
 * Podkamennaya Tunguska Airport, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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Talk:Witchaven

Artwork
I notice the boxart is stolen from MobyGames. Can anyone obtain a copyright-free image? Cpc464 12:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * "Stolen"? The picture is added to wiki as "Fair Use" and MobyGames is credited as the source of the picture. Is there any particular reason I'm not aware of that is against the use of pictures from MobyGames? Besides, I don't think there are any copyright-free cover art pictures for the game: the copyright would always be owned by the game publisher/creator/etc... Berserker79 14:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Old article deletion discussion
from VfD:

non-notable, there are hundreds of first-person-rpg-shooter-games. nothing makes this one special. requesting removal. --Timecop 23:47, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Delete GaryNigel 00:00, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)

GNAA trolling all the way around -- the creator of the article and the lister here. Keep the article. RickK 00:14, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)

I say keep. WhisperToMe 06:49, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Weak keep.   — Gwalla | Talk 18:14, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. We are not Freshmeat. --Improv 21:52, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. -Sean Curtin 23:35, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep valid topic. Passes the "Would an unabridged encyclopedia on X topic include this?" question if the "X" is for "video games." D AVODD  [[User_talk:Davodd|« TALK »]] 00:05, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. I wanted to know what Witchaven was! This page helped! -TOGoS
 * Keep. Computer games are a valid topic. Just don't allow any fan-cruft substubs proliferate from this. jni 09:22, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, I see no reason at all for deletion — siro  χ  o  05:57, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep although it needs serious editing and wikification. BTW, shouldn't it be spelled Witchhaven? [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]] 08:30, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep Perfectly valid article.--Tomheaton 12:40, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep Someone does need to keep track of it. Jsut make sure it's under the proper list --Asmodai 10:50, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, but clean up some. —tregoweth 17:40, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nothing wrong with having articles about games. Factitious 06:19, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Intrigue 18:13, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. This FPS is unique in comparison to the many gun shooting FPSs. And of course its a licensed game. Deltasim (talk) 09:48, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

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Multiplayer
Am sure this game does multiplayer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andwan0 (talk • contribs) 17:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

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Hot Water Music

Hot Water Music is an American punk rock band formed in October 1994 and based in Gainesville, Florida. Since their formation, the group has consisted of Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard on shared lead vocals and guitars, bass guitarist Jason Black, and drummer George Rebelo. Since 2017, the band has also included guitarist-vocalist Chris Cresswell. The band initially broke up in August 1998, but reformed by October 1998. The group split up again in 2006, but has remained active since 2008.

Early history (1994–1998)
Ragan, Black, and Rebelo initially met while living in Sarasota. Black and Rebelo had played together in jazz bands in school. Ragan and Rebelo met while working at eateries on the same street, with the corner becoming a frequent gathering place for Sarasota musicians. As Wollard was based in Bradenton at the time, he met the other three at a storage facility which was frequently used as a rehearsal space for both Sarasota and Bradenton bands. Frustrated by the lack of musical opportunities in their respective hometowns, Black, who had been attending the University of Florida for a year, recommended that the other three join him in Gainesville, a city known for its historic and contemporary music scene.

Upon moving to Gainesville and variously filling in as performers in each others' bands Fossil and Thread, the four joined together as Hot Water Music in October 1994. The band's name was taken from a collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski of the same name.

The band played its first show at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida in the fall of 1994. After rapidly releasing a series of singles splits, and EPs, the band released their first two LPs in 1997, Fuel for the Hate Game and Forever and Counting, the latter of which was released under the temporary moniker The Hot Water Music Band due legal concerns on the part of the band's label Doghouse Records regarding an unrelated record titled Hot Water Music by Elektra Records band Hot Water that same year.

After two years of rigorous touring had exhausted the band's members and strained their relationships, they announced that they would be breaking up following a farewell show at the Hardback Cafe in Gainesville on August 28, 1998. Their intention to disband was evidently short-lived, as, during the show, Ragan announced to the audience, "I'm sure a lot of people here came a long way tonight because they heard this was our last show. I don't know what to tell you guys...we're trying to keep it going." The performance from this show was recorded and released as the live album Live at the Hardback.

First reunion (1998–2006)

On October 26, 1998, Hot Water Music announced their reformation, playing their comeback show on December 5, 1998, at the Hardback Cafe. In promotion of the band's upcoming album No Division on Some Records, scheduled for release in September 1999, Hot Water Music toured the United States with Discount, Elliott and Leatherface, from May to June 1999. A tour of Europe and the United Kingdom was then booked, originally intended to be shared with fellow Gainesville hardcore band As Friends Rust, but due to disagreements over top-billing, the two bands ended up booking separate tours. The incident also caused the cancellation of a split 7-inch vinyl the two bands had planned to release through Good Life Recordings in promotion of the tour. As Friends Rust ultimately headlined its own tour with Ensign and Ignite, while Hot Water Music invited Discount back to open for them on their European dates. Hot Water Music ended the year by embarking on a month and a half American and Canadian tour opening for Sick of It All, AFI, and Indecision.

The band next signed to Epitaph Records, releasing three more albums, 2001's A Flight and a Crash, their commercial breakthrough Caution in 2002, and their final record The New What Next, before disbanding in 2005. In promotion of The New What Next, Hot Water Music embarked on a six-week North American tour supported by Florida post-hardcore band Moments in Grace, which spanned from October 13 to November 21, 2004 The package tour also included Alexisonfire from October 13 to November 13; Don't Look Down from October 13–23; Planes Mistaken for Stars from October 23 to November 21; and Silverstein from November 15–21. Engine Down was initially to be on the tour but was replaced by Silverstein. The trip took the bands through the United States' West Coast, South and East Coast, followed by two dates in Canada, and finished in the American Midwest. It also included a stop to play The Fest 3 festival in Gainesville, Florida on October 31, 2004.

In late 2005, Hot Water Music announced through the No Idea Records website that they would be going on a hiatus following Chuck Ragan's departure, citing "family" reasons. While this was initially intended as a temporary hiatus, the band announced in 2006 that the break would be permanent. The three remaining members then started a new project, The Draft, whose first album, In a Million Pieces, was released on September 12, 2006. Chuck Ragan continued with a primarily-acoustic solo project, releasing his debut record Feast or Famine in 2007.

Second reunion (2008–present)
Less than two years after announcing their hiatus, the band announced that they would be reuniting for a handful of shows in 2008 to commemorate the release of their B-sides compilation record Till The Wheels Fall Off. The band continued to be semi-active, sporadically performing and touring over the next few years.

In 2011, the band announced that, after releasing a 7-inch single to support their European tour with Make Do and Mend, they would be releasing a new LP of original material through Rise Records. Hot Water Music released the album, Exister, in 2012.

After the release of their 2017 record Light It Up, Wollard announced that he was taking a break from the band to focus on his health. The band continued to play previously booked shows with The Flatliners' Chris Cresswell and Chris DeMakes of Less Than Jake filling in for Wollard at several dates. Cresswell also filled in for Wollard for the band's 25th anniversary tour in 2019. While Wollard is not currently performing live with the band, he is still involved in their studio endeavors, playing and singing on their 2019 Shake Up The Shadows EP, with Cresswell joining the recording on backing vocals. In 2021, the band signed with Equal Vision Records for their ninth LP Feel The Void, the band's first album featuring Cresswell as a permanent member, with Cresswell performing lead vocals on the track "Turn the Dial." In May 2024, their tenth album VOWS is released once again through Equal Vision Records.

Other projects
Prior to founding Hot Water Music, the band's members played in several other groups, including Yellow Section (Ragan), Burial (Rebelo), Kelly Green (Black and Rebelo), Thread (Black and Wollard), and Fossil (Ragan and Rebelo). Between 1996 and 1998 Wollard and Rebelo, along with Jack Bailey and Heather Ann Parker, formed The Blacktop Cadence and released their album Chemistry for Changing Times in 1997. From 1998 through 1999, Ragan and Wollard joined Samantha Jones for the acoustic side-project Rumbleseat, which released four 7-inch singles and contributed several songs to compilations, later releasing an eponymous compilation in 2005 after their breakup.

Following Hot Water Music's 2005 hiatus announcement, Chuck Ragan began a solo career, releasing several records, as well as various collaborative efforts with other artists, including a collaborative live acoustic project called The Revival Tour, featuring several punk rock, bluegrass, and alt-country performers with Ragan's goal of "sharing music together" and "bringing it to people in an extremely honest and grassroots fashion." During this hiatus, Black, Rebelo, and Wollard formed The Draft, which released an LP and two EPs before disbanding, returning for a reunion tour in 2013. Wollard's first solo effort, Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves was released in 2009. Jason Black joined Senses Fail in 2008, playing on their records Life is Not A Waiting Room and The Fire before departing in 2012. Rebelo joined Against Me! in 2009, playing on their 2010 LP White Crosses, leaving the band that same year. Rebelo has been a member of The Bouncing Souls since 2013, playing on their 2016 record Simplicity. Chris Cresswell has been the lead vocalist/guitarist for Canadian punk rock group The Flatliners since its inception in 2002.

Current members

 * Chuck Ragan – guitars, vocals (1994–1998, 1998–2006, 2008–present)
 * Chris Wollard – guitars, vocals (1994–1998, 1998–2006, 2008–present)
 * Jason Black – bass (1994–1998, 1998–2006, 2008–present)
 * George Rebelo – drums (1994–1998, 1998–2006, 2008–present)
 * Chris Cresswell – guitars, vocals (2017–present)

Studio albums

 * Fuel for the Hate Game (Toybox Records, No Idea Records 1997)
 * Forever and Counting (Doghouse Records 1997, Rise Records 2012/2013)
 * No Division (Some Records 1999, No Idea Records 2007)
 * A Flight and a Crash (Epitaph Records, No Idea Records 2001)
 * Caution (Epitaph Records, No Idea Records 2002)
 * The New What Next (Epitaph Records, No Idea Records 2004)
 * Exister (Rise Records, 2012)
 * Light It Up (Rise Records, 2017)
 * Feel the Void (Equal Vision Records/End Hits Records, 2022)
 * Vows (Equal Vision, 2024)

Compilations

 * Finding the Rhythms (Toybox Records, No Idea Records 1995)
 * Never Ender (No Idea Records 2001)
 * Till the Wheels Fall Off (No Idea Records 2008)
 * Keep It Together (Rise Records 2017)

Live albums

 * Live at the Hardback (No Idea Records (1999)
 * Live in Chicago (No Idea Records 2013)

EPs and splits

 * Push for Coin (Self-released on tape 1995, CD released on Happy Days Records 1995)
 * Eating the Filler 7-inch (Toybox Records, Kung Fu Zombie 1995)
 * Split with Swivel Stick 7-inch (Tuesday Morning Records 1995)
 * Split with Tomorrow 11" (No Idea Records 1997)
 * You Can Take the Boy Out of Bradenton (Schematics Records 1996)
 * Alachua 7-inch - Allied Recordings (Self-released 1997, No Idea Records re-issue (1999)
 * Split with Clairmel 8.5" / CD (No Idea Records 1998)
 * F State Revisited 7-inch (Split with Screaming Fat Rat) (Snuffy Smile (1998)
 * Split with Six Going On Seven 7-inch (Some Records 1998)
 * Split with Rydell 7-inch (Scene Police / Ignition 1998)
 * 403 Chaos Comp: Florida Fucking Hardcore (Comp) (1998)
 * Moments Pass 7-inch (No Idea Records 1999)
 * Where We Belong 7-inch (No Idea Records 1999)
 * Moonpies for Misfits CD (No Idea Records 1999)
 * BYO Split Series, Vol. 1 LP/CD (Split with Leatherface) (Better Youth Organization 1999)
 * Read Army Faction 7-inch (Split with Avail, Discount, The Weakerthans) (No Idea Records, AK Press 2000)
 * Split with Alkaline Trio CD/Picture Disc (Jade Tree Records, No Idea Records 2002)
 * Colors, Words, And Dreams 7-inch (Split with The Casket Lottery) (Second Nature Recordings 2002)
 * Split with Muff Potter 7-inch (Green Hell Label 2003)
 * Live in Chicago No. 1 7-inch (No Idea Records 2010) Blue vinyl. Limited to 1000. Released for Record Store Day 2010
 * Live in Chicago No. 2 7-inch (No Idea Records 2010) Red vinyl. Limited to 1000.
 * Live in Chicago No. 3 7-inch (No Idea Records 2010) Yellow vinyl. Limited to 1000.
 * Live in Chicago No. 4 7-inch (No Idea Records 2010) Green vinyl. Limited to 1000.
 * Split with The Bouncing Souls 7-inch (Chunksaah Records 2011)
 * Live in Chicago No. 5 7-inch (No Idea Records 2011) Purple vinyl. Limited to 1000.
 * Live in Chicago No. 6 6" (No Idea Records 2011) White vinyl. Limited to 1000.
 * The Fire, The Steel, The Tread/Adds Up to Nothing 7-inch (2011)
 * Drag My Body 7-inch (Uncle M 2012) Picture Disc. Limited to 400 hand-numbered copies.
 * Shake Up The Shadows (Epitaph Records 2019)

Music videos

 * "Paper Thin" (2001)
 * "Remedy" (2002)
 * "State of Grace" (2012)
 * "Drag My Body" (2013)
 * "Never Going Back" (2017)
 * "Vultures" (2017)
 * "Killing Time" (2022)
 * "Collect Your Things and Run" (2022)
 * "Keepers of the Faith" [Terror cover] (2022)
 * "Habitual" (2022)
 * “Turn the Dial” (2022)
 * “Drawn” (2023)
 * "Menace" (2024)
 * "Remnants" (2024)
 * "After the Impossible" (2024)

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Lea

Lea or LEA may refer to:

Australia

 * Lea River, Tasmania, Australia
 * Lake Lea, Tasmania, from which the Lea River flows
 * RAAF Base Learmonth, IATA airport code "LEA"

England

 * Lea, Cheshire, a civil parish
 * Lea, Derbyshire, a settlement in the civil parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway
 * Lea, Devon, a location
 * Lea, Herefordshire, a village and civil parish
 * Lea, Lancashire, a village
 * Lea, Lincolnshire, a small village and civil parish
 * Lea, Lydham, a location in Shropshire
 * Lea, Pontesbury, a location in Shropshire
 * Lea, Wiltshire, a village
 * River Lea, a tributary of the Thames
 * Lea Bridge, Greater London, the area around the bridge over the River Lea

Elsewhere

 * Lea, a river in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain
 * Lea County, New Mexico, United States

People and fictional characters

 * Lea (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
 * Lea (surname), a list of people
 * Helena Nordheim (1903–1943), Dutch Olympic champion gymnast nicknamed "Lea"
 * Lea (musician) (stylized as LEA), stage name of German singer-songwriter and keyboardist Lea-Marie Becker (born 1992)

Arts and entertainment

 * Liberian Entertainment Awards (LEA), an annual Liberian music awards show
 * Léa (film), a 2011 French film
 * Lea (album), a 1988 studio album by Lea Salonga
 * Lea (film), a 1997 Czech drama directed by Ivan Fíla
 * "Lea", a song from the 1986 album Fahrenheit by Toto

Education

 * Lea College, Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States, a private liberal arts college from 1966 to 1973
 * Local education authority, a public body in the United Kingdom

Government and politics

 * Labour Electoral Association, British Liberal-Labour organisation
 * Law enforcement agency, or law enforcement authority, in North America
 * Local electoral area, a district for local elections in Ireland

Military

 * Operation Léa, a French Union operation during the First Indochina War
 * USS Lea (DD-118), a destroyer that served during both world wars

Technology

 * LEA (cipher), a lightweight block cipher
 * Load effective address, a computer instruction
 * Length extension attack, a cryptographic attack
 * LEA, a General Motors car engine; see GM Ecotec engine
 * LEA, a Honda car engine; see Honda L engine

Codes and symbols

 * LEA, Lear Corporation New York Stock Exchange symbol
 * lea, ISO 639-3 code of Shabunda Lega language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * LEA, Leagrave railway station's United Kingdom station code

Other uses

 * Lea baronets, a title in the baronetage of the United Kingdom
 * Lea (katydid), a genus of katydid
 * LEA proteins (Late Embryogenesis Abundant proteins)
 * Lea test or LEA Vision Test System, a series of pediatric vision tests
 * Lea (unit), a former British unit of length
 * Lea (magazine), a German weekly women's magazine

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1997 MLS College Draft

The 1997 Major League Soccer College Draft was held on February 1 and 2, 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The draft was held in conjunction with the Umbro Select College All-Star Classic. The first round of the draft took place at halftime of the game and was broadcast live by Prime Sports. The second and third rounds of the draft took place February 2, 1997, beginning at 9:00 AM EST in the Fort Lauderdale Airport Hilton. The 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft took place on the afternoon of February 2, 1997.

Round 2 trades
No trades reported.

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Lake Artemesia

Lake Artemesia is a man-made lake in Prince George's County, Maryland, located within the Lake Artemesia Natural Area in College Park and Berwyn Heights. The lake covers an area of 38 acre, and the surrounding natural area is administered by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and includes aquatic gardens, fishing piers, and hiker-biker trails.

The lake, located between Indian Creek and Paint Branch, was constructed during the late-1980s completion of the Washington Metro's Green Line, which runs alongside the lake. Sand and gravel were excavated from the site of a smaller lake and the surrounding area to construct the rail beds and parking lots for the College Park–University of Maryland and Greenbelt stations. Metro saved $10 million by sourcing the material locally and in return spent $8 million constructing the lake and natural area to repair the excavation damage. During the construction phase, signs identified the site as "Lake Metro."

The park is named for Artemesia N. Drefs, who donated ten lots to the county for preservation as open space in 1972. The smaller lake that existed on the site, which was created in the mid-1800s when stone was quarried from the area for use on the B&O Railroad's Washington Branch line, was already named Lake Artemesia after Artemesia's mother and grandmother, who shared the same name. Drefs's father, Arthur, surveyed the land for his Lakeland development in the 1890s; according to Drefs, the pre-existing lake was originally used to raise goldfish, but was later stocked with bass.

The 1.35 mile hiker-biker trail around the lake is part of the Anacostia Tributary Trail System and East Coast Greenway.

The site of Lake Artemesia Park was once home to about one third of the Lakeland community, an African-American community which became part of College Park, Maryland in 1945.

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Business software

Business software (or a business application) is any software or set of computer programs used by business users to perform various business functions. These business applications are used to increase productivity, measure productivity, and perform other business functions accurately.

Overview
Much business software is developed to meet the needs of a specific business, and therefore is not easily transferable to a different business environment, unless its nature and operation are identical. Due to the unique requirements of each business, off-the-shelf software is unlikely to completely address a company's needs. However, where an on-the-shelf solution is necessary, due to time or monetary considerations, some level of customization is likely to be required. Exceptions do exist, depending on the business in question, and thorough research is always required before committing to bespoke or off-the-shelf solutions.

Some business applications are interactive, i.e., they have a graphical user interface or user interface and users can query/modify/input data and view results instantaneously. They can also run reports instantaneously. Some business applications run in batch mode: they are set up to run based on a predetermined event/time and a business user does not need to initiate or monitor them.

Some business applications are built in-house and some are bought from vendors (off-the-shelf software products). These business applications are installed on either desktops or big servers. Prior to the introduction of COBOL (a universal compiler) in 1965, businesses developed their own unique machine language. RCA's language consisted of 12-position instructions. For example, to read a record into memory, the first two digits would be the instruction (action) code. The next four positions of the instruction (an 'A' address) would be the exact leftmost memory location where you want the readable character to be placed. Four positions (a 'B' address) of the instruction would note the very rightmost memory location where you want the last character of the record to be located. A two-digit 'B' address also allows the modification of any instruction. Instruction codes and memory designations excluded the use of 8's or 9's. The first RCA business application was implemented in 1962 on a 4k RCA 301. The RCA 301, mid-frame 501, and large frame 601 began their marketing in early 1960.

Many kinds of users are found within the business environment, and can be categorized by using a small, medium, and large matrix:

 * The small business market generally consists of home accounting software, and office suites such as LibreOffice, Microsoft Office or Google Workspace (formerly G Suite and Google Apps for Work).
 * The medium size, or small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), has a broader range of software applications, ranging from accounting, groupware, customer relationship management, human resource management systems, outsourcing relationship management, loan origination software, shopping cart software, field service software, and other productivity-enhancing applications.
 * The last segment covers enterprise level software applications, such as those in the fields of enterprise resource planning, enterprise content management (ECM), business process management (BPM) and product lifecycle management. These applications are extensive in scope and often come with modules that either add native functions or incorporate the functionality of third-party computer programs.

Technologies that previously only existed in peer-to-peer software applications, like Kazaa and Napster, are starting to appear within business applications.

Types of business tools

 * Enterprise software application (Esa)
 * Resource Management
 * Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
 * Digital dashboards, also known as business intelligence dashboards, enterprise dashboards, or executive dashboards. These are visually based summaries of business data that show an at-a-glance understanding of conditions through metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs). Dashboards are very popular tools that have arisen in the last few years.
 * Online analytical processing (OLAP), (which includes HOLAP, ROLAP and MOLAP) - are a capability of some management, decision support, and executive information systems that support interactive examination of large amounts of data from many perspectives.
 * Reporting software generates aggregated views of data to keep the management informed about the state of their business.
 * Procurement software is business software that helps to automate the purchasing function of organizations.
 * Data mining is the extraction of consumer information from a database by utilizing software that can isolate and identify previously unknown patterns or trends in large amounts of data. There is a variety of data mining techniques that reveal different types of patterns. Some of the techniques that belong here are statistical methods (particularly business statistics) and neural networks, as very advanced means of analyzing data.
 * Business performance management (BPM)
 * Business Process Management (BPM)
 * Customer Relationship Management (CRM) such as Yesware.
 * Document management software is made for organizing and managing multiple documents of various types. Some of them have storage functions for security and backup of valuable business information.
 * Employee scheduling software- used for creating and distributing employee schedules, as well as for tracking employee hours.

History
Business software is designed to increase profits by cutting costs or speeding the productive cycle. In the early days of white-collar business automation, large mainframe computers were used to tackle the most tedious jobs, like bank cheque clearing and factory accounting.

Factory accounting software was among the most widely-used early business software tools and included the automation of general ledgers, fixed assets inventory ledgers, cost accounting ledgers, accounts receivable ledgers, and accounts payable ledgers (including payroll, life insurance, health insurance, federal and state insurance and retirement).

The early use of software to replace manual white-collar labor was extremely profitable and caused a radical shift in white-collar labor. One computer could in many cases replace many white-collar administrative employees, without requiring any health or retirement benefits.

Building on this success, corporate consumers demanded from IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and other early suppliers, of business software to replace the old-fashioned drafting board. Computer-aided drafting for computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) arrived in the early 1980s. Project management software was also so valued in the early 1980s that it could cost up to $500,000 per copy.

One of the most noticeable, widespread changes in business software was the word processor, whose rapid rise caused the decline of the ubiquitous IBM typewriter in the 1980s, as millions of companies switched to using Word Perfect, and later Microsoft Word. Other popular computer programs for business were mathematical spreadsheet programs such as Lotus 1-2-3, and later Microsoft Excel.

In the 1990s business shifted towards globalism, with the appearance of SAP software, which coordinates a supply-chain of vendors in order to streamline the operation of factory manufacturing. This process was triggered and vastly accelerated by the advent of the internet.

The next phase in the evolution of business software is being driven by the emergence of robotic process automation (RPA), which involves identifying and automating highly repetitive tasks and processes, with an aim to drive operational efficiency, reduce costs and limit human error. Industries at the forefront of RPA adoption include the insurance industry, banking and other related financial services, the legal industry, and the healthcare industry.

Application support
Business applications are built based on the requirements of business users. Also, these business applications are built to use certain kinds of Business transactions or data items. These business applications run flawlessly until there are no new business requirements or there is no change in underlying Business transactions. Also, the business applications run flawlessly if there are no issues with computer hardware, computer networks (Internet/intranet), computer disks, power supplies, and various software components (middleware, database, computer programs, etc.).

Business applications can fail when an unexpected error occurs. This error could occur due to a data error (an unexpected data input or a wrong data input), an environment error (an in infrastructure-related error), a programming error, a human error, or a workflow error. When a business application fails one needs to fix the business application error as soon as possible so that the business users can resume their work. This work of resolving business application errors is known as business application support.

Reporting errors
The Business User calls the business application support team phone number or sends an e-mail to the business application support team. The business application support team gets all the details of the error from the business user on the phone or from the e-mail. These details are then entered in a tracking software. The tracking software creates a request number and this request number is given to the business user. This request number is used to track the progress on the support issue. The request is assigned to a support team member.

Notification of errors
For critical business application errors (such as an application not available or an application not working correctly), an e-mail is sent to the entire organization or impacted teams so that they are aware of the issue. They are also provided with an estimated time for application availability.

Investigation or analysis of application errors
The business application support team member collects all the necessary information about the business software error. This information is then recorded in the support request. All of the data used by the business user is also used in the investigation. The application program is reviewed for any possible programming errors.

Error resolution
If any similar business application errors occurred in the past then the issue resolution steps are retrieved from the support knowledge base and the error is resolved using those steps. If it is a new support error, then new issue resolution steps are created and the error is resolved. The new support error resolution steps are recorded in the knowledge base for future use. For major business application errors (critical infrastructure or application failures), a phone conference call is initiated and all required support persons/teams join the call and they all work together to resolve the error.

Code correction
If the business application error occurred due to programming errors, then a request is created for the application development team to correct programming errors. If the business user needs new features or functions in the business application, then the required analysis/design/programming/testing/release is planned and a new version of the business software is deployed.

Business process correction
If the business application error occurred due to a workflow issue or human errors during data input, then the business users are notified. Business users then review their workflow and revise it if necessary. They also modify the user guide or user instructions to avoid such an error in the future.

Infrastructure issue correction
If the business application error occurred due to infrastructure issues, then the specific infrastructure team is notified. The infrastructure team then implements permanent fixes for the issue and monitors the infrastructure to avoid the re-occurrence of the same error.

Support follow-up and internal reporting
The business application error tracking system is used to review all issues periodically (daily, weekly, and monthly) and reports are generated to monitor the resolved issues, repeating issues, and pending issues. Reports are also generated for the IT/IS management for the improvement and management of business applications.

Software

 * Accounting software
 * Construction software
 * Decision making software
 * Document management system
 * Electronic performance support systems
 * Enterprise software
 * ERP software
 * Inventory software
 * Management information systems
 * Project management software
 * Retail software
 * Workflow management system
 * Work management software

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No Division

No Division is the third full-length album by American post-hardcore band Hot Water Music. It was released by Some Records on August 10, 1999.

Recording
Hot Water Music's Jason Black stated of the recording: "[on the last album] we just didn't know what the hell we were doing. So this time around it was nice, we went to a studio and spent maybe two, two and a half weeks and really recorded an album, front to back. The album was produced by Walter Schreifels of Gorilla Biscuits fame. The band recorded the album after a hiatus, vocalist Chuck Ragan stated "I know we were all a hell of a lot more focused going into [it], You can really tell just by listening to it.”

The album was originally scheduled for release on June 1, 1999, but was pushed back to August 10, 1999.

Composition
Regarding its musical style, No Division has been labeled as a punk rock album,  and under punk subgenres such as emocore, post-hardcore, and hardcore punk. The album includes elements of hard rock, pop-punk, and Southern gospel in the overall sound.

Reception
Allmusic stated the album "isn't as strong as the records that preceded it, but, at the end of the day, anything this band has to offer is still a lot more honest and explosive than what most of their peers have." Punknews.org called the album "awesome" stating the band has " their formula of 'emotionally-charged hardcore' down to a tee". Alternative Press praised two songs as "jaw-dropping technical" and praised the sincerity of the album's lyrics. PopMatters called the album "a magnificent testament to what a punk rock band could do if they kept both ears on expanding their sound, but both feet planted in their roots... For one album, Hot Water Music managed to pull off the rare feat of maintaining the energy and politics of punk while embracing a thoroughly rock and roll sound." Ox-Fanzine described the album as a "grandiose, varied and absolutely standalone work".

Legacy
The song "Rooftops" was covered by Alkaline Trio on the Alkaline Trio / Hot Water Music split EP in 2002. In 2019, Alternative Press included the album on the list of 12 essential punk and emo albums of 1999, describing it as "a gut-wrenching roller coaster of love, hate and grief, all captured in an aggressive 30 minutes." DecoyMusic.com described No Division as "one of blueprints for modern punk rock" and the band's best work.

In 2019, the band played the album in full on tour, based on a Twitter poll conducted amongst fans. Also in 2019, brewing company Arizona Wilderness created an IPA named after the album in collaboration with the band.

Personnel

 * Chuck Ragan - guitar, vocals
 * Chris Wollard - guitar, vocals
 * Jason Black - bass guitar
 * George Rebelo - drums
 * Walter Schreifels - producer, backing vocals on "Free Radio Gainesville"
 * Tim Barry of Avail - guest vocals on "Hit and Miss"
 * Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta - guest vocals on "Its Hard to Know"

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Matilde Urrutia

Matilde Urrutia Cerda (30 April 1912 – 5 January 1985) was the third wife of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, from 1966 until he died in 1973. They met in Santiago, Chile in 1946, when she was working as a physical therapist in Chile. She was the first woman in Latin America to work as a pediatric therapist. Urrutia was the inspiration behind Neruda's later love poems beginning with Los Versos del Capitan in 1951, which the poet withheld publication until 1961 to spare the feelings of his previous wife; as well as 100 Love Sonnets which includes a beautiful dedication to her.

Neruda built a house in Santiago called "La Chascona", for Urrutia, which served as a secret love den for the two, as news that Neruda was having an affair would not have been received well by the Chilean public. In his house, there is a portrait of Urrutia painted by Diego Rivera, given to her by Neruda depicting a two-faced Urrutia with her famously long, bright red hair. What is remarkable about this painting is that one face depicts Urrutia as the singer the public knew, and the other depicts the lover Neruda knew. The painting also has a hidden image; the profile view of Neruda's face is hidden in her hair, showing their continuous secret relationship.

After Neruda's death, Urrutia edited for publication his memoir, Confieso que he vivido ("I confess that I have lived"). This and other activities brought her into conflict with the government of Augusto Pinochet, which tried to suppress the memory of Neruda, an outspoken communist, from the collective consciousness.

Her own memoir, My Life with Pablo Neruda, ISBN 0-8047-5009-2, was published posthumously in 1986.

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1998 MLS College Draft

The 1998 Major League Soccer College Draft was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 31 and February 1, 1998. The College Draft was followed by the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft.

Format
On Saturday, January 31, 1998, Major League Soccer held the first round of its 1998 college draft during the halftime of the Umbro Select All-Star Classic at Lockhart Stadium. The second and third rounds took place Sunday morning at the Airport Hilton in Fort Lauderdale. The 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft took place that afternoon at the same location.

Changes from 1997

 * 1998 expansion teams Miami Fusion and Chicago Fire were awarded the first and second selections in each round.

Notable undrafted players

 * Joe Cannon (GK, UC Santa Barbara) — 86 career MLS shutouts; MLS Goalkeeper of the Year (2002, 2004)
 * Jimmy Conrad (DF, UCLA) — 288 MLS appearances, MLS Best XI (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)

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Fuel for the Hate Game

Fuel for the Hate Game is the first full-length album by Hot Water Music. Fuel... was released by Toybox Records and No Idea Records in 1997, later repressings only listed No Idea. The album features artwork by Scott Sinclair (not to be confused with Scott Sinclair) and was designed by Sean Bonner.

The track "Freightliner" was featured on the soundtrack to the skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. Paste included the song on a list of "20 Best Drinking Songs".

Reception
Allmusic reviewed the album as "raw and unrelenting, but it is also a refreshing release of energy, and an infectious one at that. This is the record that saw the band rise to the top of the hardcore/punk scene, and, years after its release, it is still as deserving of credit as it ever was." The A.V. Club stated the album (and their next album released later that year) "stand as two of ’90s’ punk’s proudest monuments—records that cut through all the squabbling, all the second-guessing, and all the politics of the punk scene and straight into its aching heart.

Personnel

 * Chuck Ragan - guitar/vocals
 * Chris Wollard - guitar/vocals
 * Jason Black - bass guitar
 * George Rebelo - drums

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Talk:Fuel for the Hate Game

Release Date
According to my pressing, the first issues were released in early '97. I'll look up the exact date and fix it when I know - 122.106.156.18 (talk) 06:51, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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Toulouse Street

Toulouse Street is the second studio album by American rock band the Doobie Brothers. It was released in July 1972, by Warner Bros. Records. It was the band's first album with bassist Tiran Porter and also the first with drummer Michael Hossack to augment existing drummer John Hartman, putting in place their trademark twin-drummer sound. Toulouse Street is the name of a street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The cover and inside centerfold photos were taken at a former brothel on Toulouse Street.

The album peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200.

Personnel
The Doobie Brothers
 * Tom Johnston – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
 * Patrick Simmons – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo on "Listen to the Music", recorder on "Toulouse Street"
 * Tiran Porter – backing vocals, bass except “Toulouse Street”
 * John (Little John) Hartman – drums, percussion
 * Michael Hossack – drums, steel drums on "Listen to the Music"

Additional personnel
 * Dave Shogren – bass and acoustic guitar on "Toulouse Street", backing vocals on "White Sun"
 * Bill Payne – piano on "Rockin' Down the Highway" and "Don't Start Me to Talkin'", organ on "Cotton Mouth" and "Jesus Is Just Alright"
 * Jerry Jumonville – tenor saxophone and horn arrangements on "Cotton Mouth" and "Don't Start Me to Talkin'"
 * Jon Robert Smith – tenor saxophone on "Cotton Mouth" and "Don't Start Me to Talkin'"
 * Joe Lane Davis – baritone saxophone on "Cotton Mouth" and "Don't Start Me to Talkin'"
 * Sherman Marshall Cyr – trumpet on "Cotton Mouth" and "Don't Start Me to Talkin'"
 * Ted Templeman – additional percussion

Production
 * Producer: Ted Templeman
 * Associate Producers on Tracks 4, 8 & 10: Stephen Barncard and Marty Cohn
 * Engineer: Stephen Barncard, Marty Cohn, Donn Landee
 * Production Coordination: Benita Brazier
 * Design: Barbara Casado, John Casado
 * Remastering: Lee Herschberg
 * Photography: Jill Maggid, Michael Maggid
 * Art Direction: Ed Thrasher

tracks A4, B3 and B5, which were recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco.

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