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Tango in the Night

Tango in the Night is the fourteenth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 13 April 1987 by Warner Records. As a result of Lindsey Buckingham's departure later that year, it is the fifth and final studio album with the band's most successful lineup of Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Stevie Nicks, though Christine McVie would make guest appearances on the band's 2003 album, Say You Will. This lineup was not seen again until 1997's live album The Dance.

Produced by Buckingham with Richard Dashut, Tango in the Night began as one of Buckingham's solo projects, but in 1985, the production had morphed into Fleetwood Mac's next record. It contains several hit singles, including four US top 20 hits: "Big Love" (No. 5), "Seven Wonders" (No. 19), "Little Lies" (No. 4), and "Everywhere" (No. 14). Two additional songs, "Family Man" (No. 90) and "Isn't It Midnight", were released as singles to lower chart success. Tango in the Night has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. In March 2017, remastered deluxe editions of Tango in the Night were released, the first a double-CD set and the second a 3CD/1DVD/1-LP boxset.

The cover art for the album is a painting by Australian artist Brett-Livingstone Strong that was hanging in Buckingham's home. The painting is an homage to the 19th-century French painter Henri Rousseau, emulating his colourful jungle theme works such as The Snake Charmer and The Repast of the Lion. The painting was also used as the cover art for "Big Love", the album's lead single.

History
After the completion of the Mirage Tour in 1982, four members of Fleetwood Mac released five solo albums, with varying degrees of success. Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham each released one, while Stevie Nicks issued two.

In 1985, Christine McVie was asked to record a cover of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love" for the soundtrack of the movie A Fine Mess. Richard Dashut, who had engineered and produced Rumours, Tusk, and Mirage, was brought in to assist with the song's production. Buckingham, Fleetwood, and John McVie were enlisted to supply the instrumentation. Greg Droman, a relatively new producer at the time, was also asked to engineer the song after an encounter with Dashut at a recording studio owned by Captain & Tennille. A few weeks later, Droman worked with Buckingham on "Time Bomb Town" for the Back to the Future film soundtrack. Buckingham retained Droman to engineer what was intended to be his third solo album, although the project eventually morphed into a Fleetwood Mac album once other members got involved.

Fleetwood Mac originally planned to work with an outside producer and first worked with Nile Rodgers, but the collaboration fell through. Record producer Mo Ostin then paired the band with Jason Corsaro, who had worked with the Power Station. The band then booked Studio One and rehearsed for a week without Stevie Nicks, who was in Australia touring with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Nothing came of these sessions, so Fleetwood Mac instead used the production team of Buckingham and Dashut, with Droman as an engineer.

Composition
Some of Buckingham's compositions on Tango in the Night, including "Big Love" and "Family Man", were originally developed for his shelved solo album. These songs were mostly complete by the time Buckingham presented them to the band, although "Family Man" was "sweetened up" during the mixing process. The band also sifted through Buckingham's demos and selected "Caroline", which he had written a few years prior.

Three songs on the album were co-written by Buckingham and Christine McVie. McVie remarked that even though the two "didn't sit down at a piano and decide the chords together", she believed that the creative process during the Tango in the Night sessions was more collaborative than their past efforts.

Recording
After the release of Mirage, John McVie had spent much of his time sailing the Caribbean island of Saint Thomas and barely played bass in the years leading up to the making of Tango in the Night. In an attempt to be more productive in the studio, he quit drinking cold turkey, though this proved to be unsuccessful, and he grew concerned that he had lost his ability to play. Mick Fleetwood stated that his cocaine use during the recording of Tango in the Night was worse than the Rumours sessions; Buckingham placed a Winnebago in his driveway for Fleetwood and his friends when their drug use impeded productivity in the recording studio.

Dashut and Droman recalled that the album's recording sessions were particularly tedious, even by Fleetwood Mac standards. The band recorded certain parts in half-speed to find suitable textures. This would double the song's duration, which made for "a brutal ten minutes to listen to", according to Droman. By recording parts in half-speed, they managed to make each song sound "open and airy". "When you record something really slow and you speed it up, all the harmonics get shifted up. You end up with this high end, this tinkly little high end, that wouldn't exist [otherwise]. There's not another way you could get that, at least back then."

Although the record took eighteen months to complete, Stevie Nicks spent a total of two weeks in the studio with the band. She was promoting Rock a Little throughout this period, so she sent the band demos to work on while she was on tour. One of those songs, "Welcome to the Room... Sara", was inspired by her thirty-day stay at the Betty Ford Center to overcome her cocaine addiction in October 1986 (Nicks used the pseudonym "Sara Anderson" when she checked into the facility).

When Nicks did go to the studio, she often felt unmotivated: "I can remember going up there and not being happy to even be there... I didn't go very often". Vocal sessions took place in Buckingham's master bedroom, where Nicks frequently recorded her parts for Buckingham and McVie's songs under the influence of alcohol; Buckingham deleted most of Nicks' vocals after she left the studio. "I'm not blaming him for that because I'm sure they totally sucked. Vocals done when you're crazy and drinking a cup of brandy probably aren't usually going to be great".

Buckingham recorded some of the vocals using a Fairlight, an early sampling synthesizer. On "When I See You Again", he re-assembled separately recorded takes of Nicks, explaining, "I had to pull performances out of words and lines and make parts that sounded like her that weren't her". "That was in my estimation when everybody in the band was personally at their worst. By the time we did Tango in the Night, everybody was leading their lives in a way that they would not be too proud of today".

Release
With pressure on Buckingham to keep the project focused and moving forward, things came to a head shortly after the release of Tango in the Night. At a band meeting at Christine McVie's house to discuss the accompanying tour, he announced his departure, which infuriated Nicks. She physically attacked Buckingham, and the ensuing fight between the ex-lovers spilled into the street.

Fleetwood noted that the album "was well received. Somewhat sadly, the kudos of that was never really fully attributed to Lindsey because he wasn't present... He was coerced and persuaded to do that album—mainly by me. And, to his credit, he put aside everything that he'd dreamt of doing, including making his own album, for Fleetwood Mac, but then realised that he'd made a mistake... Lindsey was not being heard. We just didn't get it". Buckingham partially attributed his decision to leave Fleetwood Mac to the rigors of touring, which he believed would have exacerbated the interpersonal turbulence experienced in the studio. "Compared to making an album, in my experience, going on the road will multiply the craziness by times five. I just wasn’t up for that."

Following Buckingham's departure, guitarists Rick Vito and Billy Burnette were hired to replace him on the subsequent tour.

Critical reception
Tango in the Night has mostly received positive reviews. Alex Henderson of AllMusic praised Buckingham's contributions to the album, saying that his "thoughtful use of synthesizers were a major asset" and that he "consistently [brought] out the best in his colleagues on this superb album." Steve Hochman of the Los Angeles Times also singled out Buckingham's production work, saying that "even relatively conventional material as McVie's straight rocker, 'Isn't It Midnight' and Nicks' dreamy 'When I See You Again' benefit from the subtly bizarre undercurrents Buckingham creates." MOJO described the album as "a perfect Mac showcase for McVie and Buckingham's musical partnership."

Alexis Petridis of The Guardian wrote that the album "seems even more deserving of the 'flawed masterpiece' tag than Tusk." Ivy Nelson of Pitchfork was complimentary of Buckingham and McVie's songs but reserved some criticism for Nicks, saying that "her voice, invariably hoarse after years of cocaine abuse, often warps or fails the already incomplete material." Robert Christgau thought that the album was an improvement over Mirage but failed to live up to the quality of the band's 1975 eponymous release and Rumours.

Commercial performance
Tango in the Night is the band's second-biggest-selling studio album after the phenomenally successful Rumours, which was released ten years earlier. The intervening albums, Tusk (1979) and Mirage (1982), although big sellers in key territories, had not matched their predecessor's huge success. Tango in the Night was a worldwide hit, with several singles becoming popular all over the world. Christine McVie's "Little Lies" and "Everywhere" in particular appear on several 1980s compilation albums.

The album was a success in the United States, where it peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 for three weeks, spending more than seven months within the top 20 and more than ten months within the top 40. It was certified 3× Platinum in October 2000 for selling three million copies in the US. Four singles from the album reached the Billboard top 20: "Big Love" (No. 5), "Little Lies" (No. 4), "Everywhere" (No. 14), and "Seven Wonders" (No. 19). The album was particularly successful in the UK, where it reached no. 1 three times during 1987–88 for a total of five weeks and spent more than eight months within the top 10 of the UK albums chart. It is the seventh-biggest-selling album of the 1980s in the UK, being certified 8× Platinum (2.4 million copies), and it is still currently one of the UK's top 100 best-selling albums of all time. Three singles were top 10 hits in Britain: "Big Love" (No. 9), "Little Lies" (No. 5), and "Everywhere" (No. 4). A total of six singles were eventually taken from the album over a period of fifteen months. The album spent 115 weeks in the top 75 of the UK Albums Chart.

"Big Love", "Seven Wonders", "Little Lies", "Family Man", and "Everywhere" were all released as extended 12" remixes in most territories.

Outtakes
Four songs from the Tango in the Night sessions did not make the final album cut and subsequently became B-sides. "You and I (Part I)" was the B-side to the single release of "Big Love". "Seven Wonders" was released with the Stevie Nicks-penned instrumental track "Book of Miracles" as its B-side. This eventually became the song "Juliet" on Nicks' 1989 solo album, The Other Side of the Mirror. McVie's "Ricky" was the B-side to "Little Lies" and Lindsey Buckingham's "Down Endless Street" was issued as the B-side to "Family Man". Nicks also contributed three additional songs that failed to make the final cut. "What Has Rock & Roll Ever Done for You?" was considered, but it was replaced by "When I See You Again". "Ooh My Love", like "Juliet", eventually made its way onto Nicks' solo album, while "Joan of Arc" remains unreleased. "I still want to record it", she explained. "The song has its really good moments but it's not good enough to go out as that version".

Two additional tracks, both co-written by McVie and Buckingham, also failed to appear on the final product: "Where We Belong", which incorporates Buckingham's "folksy fingerpicking" and McVie's "brilliant pop simplicity" was written as a duet, but was later abandoned in favor of other songs. The other, "Special Kind of Love", was described by Pitchfork as a "completely developed Buckingham song". Both tracks subsequently appeared on the deluxe edition of Tango in the Night.

Deluxe edition
A deluxe edition of Tango in the Night was issued in 2017. Included in the set were three discs, a vinyl LP, and a DVD, the latter of which contained a high-resolution stereo mix of the album. The second disc included both halves of "You and I", released and combined for the first time. Multiple remixes of "Big Love", "Seven Wonders", "Little Lies", "Everywhere", and "Family Man" were featured on the third disc.

Personnel
Fleetwood Mac
 * Lindsey Buckingham – vocals, guitars, keyboards, Fairlight CMI, bass, percussion, drum programming
 * Stevie Nicks – vocals
 * Christine McVie – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
 * John McVie – bass guitar
 * Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Production
 * Lindsey Buckingham – producer, arrangements, additional engineer, cover concept
 * Richard Dashut – producer, cover concept
 * Greg Droman – engineer
 * Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
 * John Courage – studio coordinator
 * Roy Hopper – studio crew
 * Ray Lindsey – studio crew
 * Steve Matteucci – studio crew
 * Brett-Livingstone Strong – cover painting
 * Greg Gorman – cover photography
 * Jeri Heiden – art direction

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Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean

The Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean (Spanish: Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y El Caribe or simply CEAPRC) is a private institute housed in the former San Ildefonso Conciliar Seminary in Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico that offers graduate studies in arts and philosophy. The center is currently accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and it publishes La Revista del Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe.

Under Ricardo Alegría
It was incorporated on February 28, 1968, by Pablo Casals, Luis Muñoz Marín, Roberto Busó Carrasquillo, and Jaime Benítez. However, it remained inactive and without organization until 1976, when Ricardo Alegría made a request before the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico to transform the center into an academic institution.

With the CEAPRC, Alegría intended for a small institution that possessed an intimate environment, with intellectual growth and the promotion of a region-wide Caribbean emphasis as its focus. In her 2002 book, Carmen Dolores Hernández credited the CEAPRC (which she labels an "experimental" institution "unparalleled in the island or the Antilles") with breaking away from the "cultural euro centrism" of higher education in Puerto Rico. The curriculum was intended to be different from that of the universities. Puerto Rico and the Antilles received a central role with historic archeology, local literature and history in the spotlight. Besides numerous local sites, archeological digs were also held by students in the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Foreign professors such as Irving Rouse, Peter Roe, Mario Veloz Maggiolo, Sally Price and Lourdes Domínguez also collaborated with the CEAPRC. Students were allowed to take courses from other universities. On at least one occasion, a course was added due to student initiative.

The institution has had collaboration agreements with Universidad San Carlos (Guatemala), Universidad Autónoma (Dominican Republic, which included joint work with professors José Alcántara Almánzar, Pedro Vergés, Carlos Andújar and Marcio Veloz Maggiolo) and Universidad de Veracruz (Mexico). The classes of Puerto Rican Literature and History, Puerto Rican Society, Puerto Rican the Caribbean during the XX Century and Puerto Rican Culture were mandatory, while several electives involving literature, cinema, racial studies, law, Arts and other practices were offered. The CEAPRC's faculty worked on a contractual basis, allowing a revolving door of professors to come and go. During its early years it grew to include figures like Arturo Morales Carrión, José Arsenio Torres, Juan Rodríguez Cruz, Eugenio Fernández Méndez, Luis Díaz Soler, José Ramón de la Torre, María Teresa Babín, Carmelo Rosario Natal, Carmen M. Ramos de Santiago, Francisco López Cruz, Lidio Cruz Monclova, Andrés Sánchez Tarniella, Ernesto Jaime Ruíz de la Mata—a member of the short-lived surrealist group El Mirador Azul, Edgar Martínez Masdeu, Gervasio García, Arturo Santana, Héctor Campos Parsi, Luis Nieves Falcón and Esther Melón. Local figures such as Mela Pons (Alegría's wife) and Juan Antonio Corretjer, were involved in hosting conferences. Alegría himself taught the Culture of Puerto Rico course for decades. His work with the CEAPRC reached foreign academics such as Ángel Rama, who on August 10, 1983, noted in a letter that it had been a topic of discussion in a reunion held between him and Maldonado Denia at Paris. During Alegría's tenure as director, the institution had an "open doors" policy. Among those that the CEAPRC has hosted is a chief of the Soshone tribe.

Collaboration with foreign institutions brought the likes of Irving Rouse (Yale), Douglas Newton (Metropolitan Museum), Gordon Willey (Harvard), Jean-Batiste Romain (State University of Haiti), George Kubler (Yale), Nina S. de Friedman (Instituto de Antropología de Colombia), Eduardo Arcila Farías (Colegio de México), William Bascom (University of California), Manuel Moreno Fraginals (Universidad de la Havana), Wande Abimbola (University of Ife), Carlos Rama (Universidad de Barcelona) and Manuel García Arévalo (Universidad Nacional de Santo Domingo). Since then, Ángel López Cantós, Antonio Lorente, Pedro Vergés, Lourdes Domínguez, Lorenzo Rubio, Jesús Urrea, Juan Tena Ibarra, Demetrio Ramos, Jorge Febles and Lucio Mijares Pérez, among others have served as invited professors.

The CEAPRC created the slideshows El arte de los aborígenes de Puerto Rico, Las Artes populares de Puerto Rico, La catedral de San Juan, La Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Salud, La Iglesia de San José, El pintor José Campeche and El pintor Francisco Oller Cestero and the short films La vida de Cristo según el santero Florencio Cabán (directed by Amílcar Tirado, winner of the 1979 Golden Eagle Award of the Non-Theatrical Event Council (Spanish: Consejo sobre Eventos Internacionales no Teatrales), Don Tomás, el alfarero de Las Piedras, Juan Alindato y las máscaras de Ponce, Las tejedoras de sombreros de paja de Cabo Rojo, Cuando llegaron los indios de Boriquen, La cestería en Puerto Rico, El Gagá de Similá, Vudú en la República Dominicana, Serie de Maestros Artesanos (José Arsenio Torres) are also part of its collection. All mentions of the Antillean natives by foreign historians were compiled, taking 25 years to complete in the Crónicas de los indios de las Antillas. During the 1976–80 years the ICP grew politicized, while the CEAPRC focused on Puerto Rican culture. In 1978, the CEAC entered alliances with Temple University and the Universidad de Valladolid.

In 1981, Alegría proposed the creation of a student magazine, Caribe, published on a biannual basis. That same year, the Catholic Church sponsored a course about its history at Puerto Rico, Cátedra Juan Alejo Arizmendi. In 1982, Alegría established an exchange collaboration involving the Academia de Ciencias of Cuba. Since the CEAPRC had its own editorial, it published the work of figures like Arturo Morales Carrión, some of the master's thesis and historic documents. Through it Alegría published La vida de Jesucristo según el santero puertorriqueño Florencio Cabán and Primeras representaciones gráficas del indio americano (1493–1523). Other publications include Osiris Delgado's El pintor Francisco Oller y Cestero, Félix Ojeda Reyes' La manigua en París: correspondencia diplomática de Ramón E. Betances and Flor Piñero de Rivera's Arturo Schomburg: un puertorriqueño descubre el legado histórico del negro.

The loan of Casa Blanca by the ICP was of only $1 per year. As the agreement was about to end, rumors circled that the Romero Barceló administration intended to close down the CEAPRC, opposing the frequent presence of political opponents within the premises. The institution had already face budge cuts when the new administration of the ICP objected to give it $6,000 from the Fundación Nacional de las Artes. Alegría, however, warned Rafael Rivera García of the Office of Cultural Affairs that he would have to be ousted from Casa Blanca by the police, but ultimately decided to move after new ICP director Leticia del Rosario intended to raise the loan to recover the $6,000. Having participated in the restoration of the San José Church since 1977, Alegría negotiated the abandoned Seminario Conciliar building for the CEAPRC from cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez, offering to restore it as well (in exchange, the institution didn't have to pay loan for some years, the specific quantity later being revised by a Church appraiser). The estimate of the project was $4,000,000 but Alegría recycled materials from other sources and completed it for $600,000. After the process was completed in November 1986, the CEAPRC moved to the building. The CEAPRC also received donations from citizens for particular uses.

In 1982, it received recognition by the Middle States Association, which was suspicious about the $650 salary that the director (Alegría) was receiving since it was improbable that his successor would agree to that sum. Despite this, Alegría considered the intervention of the federal entity counterintuitive given the topic of study, but allowed it so that the students could receive additional benefits. The restoration of the Seminario Conciliar began in 1984. After moving to its new base, the Aula Magna was used for cultural activities. A program of public conferences on Puerto Rican and Caribbean topics that was opened also held its events there. The old refectory was also converted into an exhibition room. The classrooms were named after figures like Eugenio María de Hostos, Roman Baldorioty de Castro, José Campeche, José Julián Acosta and Alejandro Tapia. In 1985, Alegría began publishing La Revista del Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, emphasizing an academic approach. The CEAPRC also produced slideshows in collaboration with the Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades for educational use. By the early 2000s, nine documentaries had been completed. A Middle States evaluation team reviewed the status in 1987, considering the CEAPRC an "institution with [...] a well-defined view of itself" when comparing it to other Universities and colleges. In July 1987, the CEAC collaborated with the Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage House of New York in a course offered from teachers from the diaspora. When interviewed Alegría considered his work at the CEAPRC a continuation of his previous work at the ICP, intending to create the professionals that were needed in the kind of projects that were undertaken there.

In May 1987, a restored chapel was inaugurated within the premises of the CEAPRC. In 1989, Alegría loaned several pieces of his collection for an Antillean masks exhibit. In 1990 Arturo Schomburg and Casa de las Américas exhibits were organized. In 1991, the institution began offering its first doctorate degree. Exhibitions on the archeological work of Miguel Rodríguez and Cuban slavery was also hosted. In 1992, Puerto Rican engravings and several books from the Guillermo Esteves Volckers collection on the topic of Christopher Columbus were exhibited. The Museo de las Américas, inaugurated during this year, was viewed by Alegría as the culmination of his life's work, bringing together several past initiatives. In 1993, the XV International Archeology Congress was held at Puerto Rico. Exhibits on Caribbean archeology and local academic magazines were also held.

In June 1993, budget cuts by the Pedro Rosselló administration ended a yearly legislative donation of $100,000 when the House of Representatives eliminated it after Carlos Juan López Nieves criticized that Alegría was personally involved with the CEAPRC and it had "become [his] business". The director didn't take the claims lightly. The following month, the Senate of Puerto Rico restored $63,000 of the total sum. In 1994, exhibits were held on the topics of Pablo de la Torriente Brau and Puerto Rican children's literature. In 1995, the CEAPRC entered a collaboration with the Universidad de Sevilla to offer a joint doctorate in American History. In 1996, Alegría and Pons loaned several pieces from their Talla de Santos woodwork collection to the Museo de las Américas, as part of the institutions second permanent exhibit. Between 1997 and 1998, the municipalities of Caguas and San Juan offered grants to students. On the 100th anniversary of the Spanish–American War, an exhibit on life before 1898 was held. In 1997, the government eliminated the recurrent UPR donation to the CEAPRC. The following year, the UPR made additional cuts in the collaboration for publications, investigations and visiting professors. In response, Alegría auctioned pieces from his private collection to gather funds, gathering $40,000. In 1999, students from the CEAPRC participated in excavations at Havana.

Entering the new millennium, efforts were made to establish more links with the Dominican Republic and Cuba in the form of exchange programs. For Alegría, this was a cultural response to the concept of an Antillean Confederation. By this time, the CEAPRC's library had grown to include 14,000 books and hosted the Guillermo Esteves Volckers, Rosa Estades and Monelisa Pérez Marchand collections, as well as audiovisual content and documentation. Some effort to modernize the institution's classic work took place with the digitalization of the he Crónicas de los indios de las Antillas initiative.

Alegría left his role in the CEAPRC in 2001, being replaced by Juan Manuel González Lamela as director and Juan Rodríguez Cancel as Dean of Academic Affairs. The institution had an endowment fund of $2,250,000 at the moment. By this time, figures like Juan Manuel García Passalaqua, Enrique Laguerre, Luis De la Rosa, Guillermo Baralt, Blanca Silvestrini, José Ferrer Canales, Ana Sagardía, Federico Acevedo, Ramón Luis Acevedo, Carmen Isabel Raffuci, Antonio J. González and Silvia Álvarez Curbelo had served as professors in the CEAPRC. In April 2001, the government promised an improvement of $100,000 in the assignment to the institution to commemorate Alegría's 80th birthday. The institution was one of 30 that joined in the celebrations surrounding this commemoration.

Notable members

 * Enrique Laguerre - emeritus member.
 * Ricardo Alegría - considered the founding father.
 * Camille Lizarríbar-Yale University Dean of Student Affairs.

Notable alumni

 * Soraya Aracena - anthropologist and curator
 * María Colom Silva-(MA '92) Director of the Municipal Archive of Mayagüez.
 * Cristina M. Miranda Palacios-Executive Founding Director of the Puerto Rican Cities League.
 * Abel Nazario-former mayor of Yauco.
 * Carlos Antonio Otero-Chief of Information at El Vocero.

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User:Dscos/admin

My standard requirements for supporting a nomination for adminship are as follows:

Number of edits
I generally like to see 2,000+ edits to a candidate's name before supporting him or her. This standard recieves a lot of flack from some people, but I think it's important, for a few reasons. Firstly, I know I myself wasn't fit for adminship when I had <1,000 edits. Secondly, the more edits, the more experience, right? I want experienced admins. Thirdly, ~2,000 edits lets me know that someone is really into this project, which I think admins should be.

My primary concern is that someone with <2,000 edits might not be familiar enough with Wikipedia policies, Wikipedia etiquette, the community, and the dynamics of this whole thing. I want admins that are very familiar with the way things work. I especially want admins to know our policies through and through.

All that said, my "number of edits" standard is not a hard rule; it's more of a guideline. For instance, if a candidate has 1,200 - 1,500 edits, but those edits are lots of good, large, thorough edits, and I don't have reason to dislike the candidate, and the candidate meets my other standards, I will generally support, or at least not oppose.

Time registered
I generally look for candidates to have been registered members for about three months at minimum. I think that any less than that is generally not enough time for a candidate to be as familiar with the project as I would like. Three months gives time to be involved in disputes, so I can get a good idea of how a candidate handles them. Three months gives time to get to know other uses. To read policies. To get familiarised with all the nooks and crannies of Wikipedia.

Again, this is not a hard rule, but it is generally more of a hard rule than my "number of edits" standard. I could really only see myself supporting someone with <2 months experience if the candidate was really, really, really qualified.

POV editing
If I notice POV editing in a candidate's history, I will generally oppose his or her nomination. Wikipedia has no place at all for POV, save for talk pages. While I realise that everyone has opinions, I strongly believe that editors who can not separate their opinions from their editing would not make suitable admins.

I'm concerned that given admin powers, a POV editor would simply use them to more easily push their POV, by perhaps protecting article versions they favour, or using sysop reverts to push POV versions of an article, or perhaps even blocking users/anon IPs with different opinions, or deleting content/images that he or she disagrees with or finds offensive.

Dispute issues
I like to see candidates with little or no edit-warring in their history. I'm fearful that giving he or she a one-click revert button will only better facilitate his or her propensity for edit-warring. Also, little or no edit wars indicate a candidate who prefers to talk things out and try to hammer out compromises rather than being uncooperative and closeminded.

If there is more than a little edit-warring in a candidate's history, I'd like to see either that he or she has reformed or that he or she was in the right most of the time (edit-warring with trolls, POV warriors, vandals, or uncooperative editors).

Also, it is highly unlikely that I would ever support for adminship anyone that has ever been decided against in arbitration and/or blocked from editing.

Familiarity
While it may be unfair to some users, I am generally more likely to support, or at least bend my personal standards for, users who I have either seen around or interacted with. Of all the criteria by which one can judge someone's adeptness, none, I think, gives you as good an idea of a user's suitability as personal interaction does.

Notes on bureaucratship
My standards for supporting a bureaucratship request are basically the same as my standards for supporting an adminship nomination. However, I prefer to see at least an additional four months of tenure, for a total of about seven months on the project, as a minimum. Also, I place more emphasis on the "POV editing", "dispute issues", and "familiarity" sections above. Even though bureaucrats have few additional powers, bureaucratship is a symbol of leadership and trust at Wikipedia. I generally will not support a bureaucratship request from a user who I have not seen around or interacted with.

I am not a bureaucrat, but were I one, my guidelines for promoting admin candidates would be as follows:
 * >80% support — promote
 * 75-80% — probably promote, unless there is noted opposition from one or more respected member of the community, in which case I would make the decision I thought was best, by considering the merit of users both supporting and opposing, as well as any specific objections/compliments
 * 70-75% — probably wait for a wiser, more sagacious bureaucrat to make the decision

Statistics
An analysis of my past votes at Requests for adminship:

In my time here at Wikipedia, I have cast 143 votes at WP:RFA, of which 55.2% are support votes, 38.5% are oppose votes, and 6.3% are neutral votes.

Of the 79 support votes I have cast, the candidate has gone on to be promoted in 71 cases (89.9%). Of the 55 oppose votes I have cast, the candidate has gone to be promoted 20 times (36.4%). Of the 9 neutral votes I have cast, the candidate has gone on to be promoted 4 times (44%).

This analysis does not include any of my votes on bureaucratship requests (see above).

Support votes cast (79)

 * ABCD
 * Alkivar † *
 * Alkivar (second nomination) *
 * AllyUnion
 * Ambi (formerly Ambivalenthysteria)
 * Andrevan
 * Benc
 * Bishonen
 * Brockert
 * BrokenSegue
 * Bumm13
 * Burgundavia
 * Carbonite (formerly Carrp)
 * Chmod007 (a.k.a. David Remahl)
 * ContiE
 * CryptoDerk
 * David Gerard
 * Dbachmann (a.k.a. dab)
 * Dbiv
 * Derek Ross
 * DropDeadGorgias
 * Duk
 * Duncharris
 * Ellsworth
 * Frazzydee
 * Func (currently ongoing)
 * Gadfium
 * Gamaliel
 * GeneralPatton
 * Grunt
 * Grutness
 * Hyacinth
 * Icairns
 * Improv
 * Inter
 * Jni
 * Johnleemk
 * Joy (formerly Shallot)
 * Joy Stovall
 * JRM
 * Kate (formerly Lady Lysine Ikinsile)
 * KF
 * Kmccoy
 * Lucky 6.9 * (first time, 15 August 2004)
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 * Lupo
 * Mark
 * Mindspillage
 * Mustafaa
 * Neutrality * (first time, 17 July 2004)
 * Neutrality * (second time, 22 August 2004)
 * Neutrality (third time, 13 October 2004)
 * Ortolan88
 * Piotrus
 * R3mot
 * Ran
 * Rje
 * Rmhermen
 * Rlandmann
 * Seth Ilys (voluntary reconfirmation vote)
 * Slambo
 * SlimVirgin
 * Slowking Man
 * Snowspinner †
 * Solipsist
 * Spangineer
 * Stormie
 * SWAdair
 * Ta bu shi da yu
 * Ta bu shi da yu (reapplication after returning to project)
 * Taxman
 * TheCustomOfLife (a.k.a. Mike H)
 * Tony Sidaway
 * Topbanana
 * Ugen64
 * Violetriga
 * Wereon *
 * Zoney

Oppose votes cast (54)

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 * Andries *
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 * CJCurrie
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 * El C
 * Ezhiki
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 * Ffirehorse
 * Fvw (first nomination, 4 December 2004) *
 * Fvw (second nomination, 12 January 2005)
 * Geogre
 * Greudin *
 * Guanaco * ††
 * Guanaco *
 * Gwalla
 * Hawstom
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 * Imaglang (a.k.a. Neigel von Teighen) *
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 * Ke4roh *
 * Kim Bruning
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 * Lechatdelarue
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 * Lst27 * (first time, 24 Jun 2004)
 * Lst27 * (second time, 5 April 2005)
 * Ludraman * (first time, 14 September 2004)
 * Ludraman
 * Mackensen
 * Marine 69-71 * (first time, 6 July 2004)
 * Marine 69-71 * (second time, 2 November 2004)
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 * Mike Storm * (first time, 13 August 2004)
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 * Quadell
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 * Rhymeless
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 * Academic Challenger
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 * Arminius
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 * Gerald Farinas
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 * Norm *
 * PedanticallySpeaking
 * Poccil (a.k.a. Peter O.) *
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File:Strathfield LGA.png

Strathfield electoral district in New South Wales, Australia.

Boundary description
Taken from State Electoral Office of NSW, October 17, 2004

Commencing at the intersection of Burwood Road and Georges River Road: and bounded thence by the former road northerly, Mitchell Street westerly, Coronation Parade northerly and Hill Street and Liverpool Road generally westerly to Campsie-Rookwood Railway; by that railway generally north-westerly to the generally eastern boundary of Auburn Council; by part of that boundary generally north-westerly to Main Suburban Railway; by that railway generally easterly to the generally western boundary of Burwood Council; by part of that boundary generally northerly to Parramatta Road; by that road easterly and generally south-easterly to Hawthorne Canal; by that canal upwards to the railway from Dulwich Hill to Glebe Island; by that railway generally southerly to Old Canterbury Road; by that road generally south-westerly, Henson Street northerly, Seaview Street westerly, Prospect Street southerly, again Seaview Street westerly, Holden Street northerly, Palace Street westerly, Milton Street generally north-westerly and Georges River Road, aforesaid, south-westerly to the point of commencement.

Creation details
Created with The Gimp and Dia, based on the map at http://www.seo.nsw.gov.au/images/districts/strathfield_big.jpg, created by Ta bu shi da yu.

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Emily Joyce

Emily Sian Joyce (born 12 April 1969) is an English actress best known for playing the role of Janet Dawkins in the BBC comedy series My Hero, between 2000 and 2006.

Early life
Joyce is the youngest of three sisters, all of whom are in the entertainment business in the UK. Their mother loved the theatre and took the three girls to shows constantly. Joyce decided to join the National Youth Theatre at the age of fifteen and worked for Vogue magazine for sustenance during this time before going to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. At the age of seventeen she formed, and was the lead singer, in the band In Spite of All That. Including the time in drama school, Joyce spent three years as a part of this band.

Career highlights
After drama school, Joyce joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first television role was in the ITV drama Cracker, where she played the murderer in a 1995 episode. She also starred in another ITV1 drama series, Grafters, in 1999 and in 2003 played the part of DC Havers's new boss in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

Joyce appeared in the British comedy series My Hero. She played the character of Janet Dawkins, opposite superhero Thermoman, originally played by Ardal O'Hanlon and followed by James Dreyfus.

In 2003 she appeared in series 2 episode 6 of Ultimate Force, playing the part of Nicky Strong.

Also in 2003 Joyce played vengeful serial killer Anna Marchant/Sarah Herd in the two part BBC crime Drama Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine starring Ken Stott

In 2007, she appeared in the light-hearted drama Hotel Babylon, playing the part of Estelle. She also played Kate in the comedy drama Little Devil.

In the first half of 2008, she appeared in Happy Now?, a new play by Lucinda Coxon at the National Theatre, London. Also in 2008, she appeared in the six-part BBC comedy drama series Mutual Friends as Martin's (Marc Warren) boss Sarah Fletcher.

In 2010, Joyce played the part of Dr Sandra Fleming in Universal Soldier: Regeneration. In the same year she appeared as the Prime Minister's special policy advisor, Claire Sutton, in Antony Jay's and Jonathan Lynn's stage version of Yes, Prime Minister, which premiered at the Chichester Festival in May 2010 and moved to the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End in September 2010. In 2011, Joyce appeared in Series 7, Episode 19 of the BBC school-based drama Waterloo Road as local superstar DJ Viv O'Donnell. In 2013, Joyce appeared in an episode Down Among the Fearful of the ITV drama Lewis as Jane Grace. In 2011, Joyce starred in the one-off BBC Christmas show, Lapland.

Personal life
Joyce married Adam Astle in 2002. They have two sons, Bailey and Gabriel. She is the sister of the author Rachel Joyce.

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User:Cmcasey

My To-Do List

 * Update on Ted Kennedy on the Internet

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User talk:Ian Morris

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Idaho Spud
Sorry, but I'm a little giddy over the sudden turbo speed here. I'm just curious as to how you know the 1918 date. --Mothperson 01:21, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Response: The 1918 date for the first production of the Idaho Spud comes from the manufacturer's Web site: https://www.idahospud.com/products.htm I googled the previous date of 1926 and could find no references to the candy bar being introduced during this year. So I presumed that the 1926 date was incorrect. --Ian Morris 01:41, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Idiot me. I think I was trusting Steve Almond too much, and didn't even bother to look at the website. But the guy had to have been delirious, coconut-hater or not. Thanks for your eagle eye. --Mothperson 02:20, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Graham Kelly (politician)

Graham Desmond Kelly (born 9 May 1941) is a former New Zealand politician.

Early life and career
Kelly was born in Wellington on 9 May 1941. He married and had five children.

Kelly was trade unionist and was employed by the Clerical Workers' Union until 1973 when he became secretary of the Shop Employees' Union.

Member of Parliament
As a trade union member he became involved in the Labour Party, joining the party in 1963 and was a longtime member of the electorate committee. In the lead up to the 1987 general election he stood as a candidate to replace Gerry Wall, the retiring MP for, as the Labour candidate. In a highly contested selection meeting Kelly was chosen ahead of former All Black and local regional councillor Ken Gray. The selection was criticised by local residents who were critical of Kelly not living in the electorate and suspicions of media reports around an organised campaign to select trade unionists for all open safe seats ahead of the 1987 election. Kelly dismissed the criticism of his and other unionists selections stating he was "his own person" and his background in unions motivated him to be a representative of working people in the area. He also pledged to move from his home in Khandallah to the Porirua area.

He was elected and served as MP for Porirua from 1987 until the 1996 election, when he became MP for the new seat of Mana. He was among several backbenchers elected in 1987 that opposed the Labour government's controversial Rogernomics reforms. He opposed the introduction of Goods and Services Tax before entering parliament and after being elected opposed the proposed flat tax rate, arguing each unfairly distributed taxation burdens on to working class people. He was also critical of how independent cabinet decision making was and campaigned for more substantive input into decisions by the party caucus.

In November 1990 he was appointed as Labour's spokesperson for Fisheries and Senior Citizens by Labour leader Mike Moore. Kelly supported Helen Clark in her successful leadership challenge to Moore after the election. Under Clark he lost the Senior Citizens portfolio while retaining Fisheries and additionally appointed Shadow Minister of Broadcasting from 1993 to 1996. From 1996 to 1999 his responsibilities shifted again and he was Shadow Minister of Housing and Overseas Aid.

In the 2002 election, he did not stand as an electorate candidate, standing as a list MP and allowing Luamanuvao Winnie Laban to contest Mana. On 29 July 2003, however, he left Parliament in order to take up a position as High Commissioner to Canada. His list seat was taken by the next candidate on Labour's 2002 party list, Moana Mackey.

High Commissioner to Canada
In 2005, Kelly made remarks to a Canadian governmental panel which were regarded by some in New Zealand as offensive to Māori and various immigrant communities. Calls were made for his resignation, and the government criticised Kelly for his comments, for which he apologised.

Later career
Kelly is currently the president of the Association of Former Members of Parliament.

Honours
In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, Kelly was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.

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USS Topeka (SSN-754)

USS Topeka (SSN-754) is a Los Angeles-class submarine and the third United States Navy vessel to be named for Topeka, Kansas. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 13 May 1986. She was launched on 23 January 1988, sponsored by Elizabeth Dole, and commissioned on 21 October 1989.

Topeka and USS Albany (SSN-753) form a unique variant among Los Angeles class submarines. The pressure hulls of both ships were partially manufactured using stronger HY-100, instead of the HY-80 steel used in the manufacturing of all other Los Angeles class submarines. This was done to test construction methods using this steel, which would later be employed in the assembly of the new Seawolf-class submarines. In theory, this permits Albany and Topeka to dive to a slightly greater depth than any other member of the Los Angeles class, though it remains unclear if this ability has ever been tested by either vessel.

History
During New Year's Eve 2000, Topeka straddled the International Date Line, thus was famously "in two millenniums at once".

In October 2002, after completing a Modernization Period in Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Topeka shifted homeport to San Diego, California, from Pearl Harbor.

In December 2012, the submarine began an overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Earlier that same year, she completed a six-month-long deployment in the Western Pacific, covering around 35,000 nautical miles.

In May 2015, after miscellaneous repairs at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Topeka shifted homeport to Naval Base Guam as part of the U.S. Navy's rebalance of force into the Pacific.

In December 2020, Topeka shifted homeport to Naval Station Pearl Harbor.

Topeka participated in RIMPAC 2022.

Awards
COMSUBRON 11 Battle "E" - 1993/1995 In August 2004, Topeka returned to San Diego after six months of operations with the Seventh Fleet, including three missions significant to national security that earned the boat the Navy Expeditionary Medal and Navy Unit Commendation Medal. The ship and crew earned the Battle Efficiency "E" Award for 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, and 2021.

Popular culture

 * In the 2009 live-action movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Topeka was part of a Carrier Battle Group stationed permanently in the Laurentian Abyss to guard the dumping site of Megatron. When several Decepticons arrived and dived to reach Megatron, the submarine spotted them and set off in pursuit only for it to be destroyed by the Decepticon leader.
 * Topeka is also featured in TV series 24 in season 5 when terrorists intend to use her weapons against civilians in Los Angeles.
 * She was featured as the "lost" submarine in the series Surface
 * Topeka was also featured in the documentary series Submarines: Sharks of Steel.

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User:Ian Morris

Ian Morris is a technology project manager who lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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Mohammad Reza Aref

Mohammad Reza Aref (, born 19 December 1951) is an Iranian engineer, academic and reformist politician who was the parliamentary leader of reformists' Hope fraction in the Iranian Parliament, representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. Aref has also been heading the Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking since its establishment in 2015. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

He was the second first vice president from 2001 to 2005 under Mohammad Khatami. He previously served as Minister Information and Communications Technology and head of Management and Planning Organization in Khatami's first cabinet. He was a member of Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution until the year of 2021, and the current member of Expediency Discernment Council. He is also an electrical engineer and a professor at University of Tehran and Sharif University of Technology. He was a candidate in the 2013 presidential election but withdrew his candidacy in order to give the reformist camp a better chance to win.

Early life and education
Aref was born on 19 December 1951 in Yazd. His father, Mirza Ahmad Aref, was a famous businessman.

He received a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from the University of Tehran, and a master's degree and a PhD in electrical and communication engineering from Stanford University in 1975, 1976 and 1980, respectively. His PhD thesis was on the information theory of networks, supervised by Thomas M. Cover. He introduced and analyzed deterministic relay networks which is later termed as Aref Networks. During his education at Tehran University, he led many protests and was arrested by SAVAK prior to the Iranian Revolution.

Career
During his political career, Aref has held important positions in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following the Islamic Revolution, he began his political career. His first major political post was in 1981 when he became vice president of communication company. He later became acting president of the company in 1983 and became deputy minister of science on the following year. Aref was a faculty member of Isfahan University of Technology until 1994.

Aref, who was a professor at University of Tehran, was elected as its chancellor in 1994. He began his career with creating Faculty of Social Sciences and also Institute of Geophysics. After his appointment as minister of technology, Aref was resigned as chancellor of the Tehran University in 1997.

After Mohammad Khatami was elected as President of Iran, he nominated Aref as the minister of post, telegraph, and telephone that was later renamed to minister of communications and information technology. He became the first head of management and planning organization in 2000 after resigned as Minister of Communication.

Khatami was reelected in 2001 and his former vice president Hassan Habibi resigned immediately after the election. After Habibi's resignation, he appointed Aref as his First Vice President. He served in this post until September 2005 and was succeeded by Parviz Dawoodi after the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Then, he served as a professor in the department of electrical engineering at Sharif University of Technology, offering courses on cryptography, coding theory, estimation theory and Information Theory. He is currently one of the members of the Expediency Discernment Council that is an advisory unit for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

He was nominated for parliamentary election of 2008 as the reformist front's first in the list but he withdrew to protest the rejection of some candidates by the Guardian Council. In June 2013, Aref announced that he together with other reformist figures was planning to launch a national party, namely Hope of Iran. On the other hand, Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani stated that Aref will be one of his cabinet members. However, Aref rejected Rouhani's invite for a political post (Vice Presidency or Ministry of Science) to focus on his party's establishment. He also announced his interest in becoming one of Rouhani's advisers in politics and human rights.

2013 presidential election
Aref was one of the potential candidates for the presidential elections held in June 2013. He said that he would not stand if Khatami run but after Khatami declined, Aref announced that he would run in the election. He registered on 11 May 2013 and was confirmed by the Guardian Council. His major goals were lowering the unemployment rate and resolving high inflation. He pledged an extra 1 million jobs annually, which would include 200 thousand jobs from tourism development. He also added that if elected, his administration would bolster Iran's international relations and would find a "political solution" to closing the "[nuclear] dossier once and for all". Aref said he would remain "committed to the law" throughout the election process, promising to implement an economic plan to propel the country out of inflation and to achieve development and progress. Aref censured the foreign policy of the Ahmadinejad's administration, vowing to improve Iran's diplomatic ties with other countries if elected president. He added that the next administration can have friendly ties with the world and improve the conditions in the country through such relations. Aref also said he would pursue and implement plans to further the presence and participation of the youth in various arenas of the country. Vowing to tackle unemployment, Aref said he aimed all-out development in various political, cultural, economical and social fields. "'By implementing the subsidy reform plan I will put bread on the tables. I have come to eradicate inflation and create one million job opportunities every year',"

Aref also said he is a reformist and reform means safeguarding the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, accountability and encouraging popular participation. He also called for investigation of alleged fraud in the 2009 election and trial of effects in Death of Neda Agha Soltan and other deaths in the protests.

Aref announced his decision to drop out of the election in a statement issued late on 11 June, in which he said the decision was made after he received suggestions from former President Mohammad Khatami, who advised to stand aside. He also called on the Iranian people to vote en masse in the upcoming presidential election to create a political epic and maintain the dignity of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

2016 legislative election
On 4 November 2014, Aref announced he would run for Parliament of Iran in the 2016 election from Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr district. He officially ran for the seat on 22 December 2015. He was also named as the Pervasive Coalition of Reformists' head list.

He was elected to the Parliament with 1,608,926 votes which was the highest in the election. All other 29 Reformists candidates also run to the parliament, the first time since 1980 that all candidates are run from same party in Tehran district.

Personal life
Aref married Hamideh Moravvej Farshi in 1976. Hamideh has a PhD in dermatology and also works at the ministry of science. They have three sons.

In 2017, his son Hamid Reza said in an interview "I'm proud that [my] capabilities come from 'good genes'...", which sparked controversy.

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Taspo

Taspo (タスポ), formerly known as Tobacco Card (たばこカード), is a smart card using RFID developed by the Tobacco Institute of Japan (TIOJ), the Nationwide Association of Tobacco Retailers (全国タバコ販売協同組合連合会), and the Japan Vending Machine Manufacturers Association (日本自動販売機工業会) for introduction in 2008. Following its introduction, the card is necessary in order to purchase cigarettes from vending machines in Japan. The name "Taspo" is a portmanteau for "tobacco passport" (たばこのパスポート).

The group announced plans for development of the Tobacco Card in 2001. The stated aim is to reduce smoking by underaged people. Testing began the following year, and a second round of testing followed in 2004.

Details of the card were announced in 2005. The card incorporates an integrated circuit that contains information about the age of the holder. Card issuance is restricted so that only adults aged 20 and over may acquire the cards. The cards are contactless, so that vending machines will be able to read them without contact. The cards are able to store value, giving purchasers the option to pay by card or by cash. Users are able to add more value at vending machines.

Consumers can apply for the cards by filling out a form available at tobacco retailers and mailing it, along with a copy of a verifiable identification document (driver's license, health-insurance card, etc.) and a facial photo to TIOJ. No fees are required to obtain the card. Cardholders can cancel lost or stolen cards by contacting TIOJ to remotely disable the cards' use at vending machines.

The final pilot program began in March 2008, and was phased in after that, becoming operational nationwide by 1 July 2008.

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Moana Mackey

Moana Lynore Mackey (born 28 February 1974) is a New Zealand politician and has represented the New Zealand Labour Party in the New Zealand Parliament from 2003 until 2014. She has Māori, Irish, Scottish and Spanish ancestry.

Early life and career
Born in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Gisborne, Mackey attended Mangapapa Primary School, Ilminster Intermediate and Lytton High School. While in high school, Mackey would participate in Young Labour, the New Zealand Youth Orchestra and Youth Parliament. After leaving high school, she attended Victoria University of Wellington from 1993, graduating with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology. Remaining in the Wellington area, she worked as a scientist, leading a team at an environmental laboratory in Lower Hutt and from 2001 to 2004 was a member of the Petone Community Board.

From 1999 to 2000, Moana Mackey served as President of Young Labour. She also worked in the Trade Union movement.

Member of Parliament
Mackey entered Parliament on 29 July 2003 through the Labour party list after Graham Kelly vacated his list seat. Her mother, Janet Mackey, also sat as a Labour MP until 2005 – the two formed the first mother-daughter pair in New Zealand parliamentary history. In the election that year, Janet Mackey retired from politics, and Moana Mackey contested but lost the East Coast electorate seat (formerly held by her mother) to National Party candidate, Anne Tolley by 1,219 votes. However, she returned to Parliament as a List MP. Mackey unsuccessfully contested East Coast again in the 2008 general election, losing to Tolley by 6,413 votes. Mackey again returned to Parliament as a list MP for the Labour Party.

Mackey was not placed high enough on Labour's list to return to Parliament following the election to be allocated a seat following a drop in support for Labour. In February 2017, Labour list MP Jacinda Ardern won the 2017 Mount Albert by-election, which allowed the party to bring a new list MP to parliament. Mackey was the second-highest ranked Labour candidate not to enter parliament at the 2014 election. The person higher, Maryan Street, announced she would decline the chance to return to Parliament. Mackey likewise declined the option to re-enter Parliament.

Post politics
Since 2015 Mackey has been employed in several advisory roles in Wellington City Council's city planning team.

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Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico) is a public conservatory in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It has hosted a number of international musicians as students as well as faculty, and has a longstanding relationship with the classical music movement in Puerto Rico, including the annual Casals Festival and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO).

History
Following the success of the Casals Festival held in San Juan in 1957, state legislator Ernesto Ramos Antonini proposed several laws which would create the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra that same year, and the Conservatory of Music in June 1959. The conservatory was originally envisioned as a school for preparing musicians for the PRSO and for preparing music teachers for the state public education system. Throughout the years, however, the conservatory has become a musical landmark in the Caribbean, providing advanced academic studies in various music areas to local students as well as international visitors.

Since its inception, the conservatory has been under the administration of state government agencies, including the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (Compañía de Fomento Económico), the Administration for the Encouragement of Arts and Culture (Administración para el Fomento de las Artes y Cultura), and the Musical Arts Corporation (Corporación de las Artes Musicales, or CAM). It remained a part of the CAM until 1995 when a state law granted it fiscal and administrative autonomy. Since then, the conservatory has been autonomously run by a board of trustees appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.

Academics
The conservatory offers a variety of post-secondary degrees in music, the post-graduate program offers bachelor's degrees in:musical composition, music education, voice, classical guitar, symphony instruments, jazz, Caribbean music, and piano. The graduate program consists of: master's degrees in music education, voice, classical guitar, symphony instruments and piano, as well as artists diplomas in voice, classical guitar, symphony instruments, jazz, Caribbean music, and piano. It also offers continuing education programs, and teacher certifications. In addition to its regular academic programs, it organizes various international student exchange programs with music schools all around the world.

The Conservatory's Preparatory School offers programs for children, teenagers and adults with the purpose of encouraging music appreciation within the local community. These programs do not offer degrees or certifications, but provide basic to near expert level teaching to regular citizens who are not in its formal academic program.

Accreditations
The conservatory is accredited by various federal and state educational associations, including:

 * National Association of Schools of Music
 * Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
 * National Guild for Community Arts Education
 * Puerto Rico Education Council

Campus
From 1960 to 2008 the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music was located in Hato Rey, in the former facilities of an old factory. In 2009 they moved to the new facilities in the Miramar section of the island's capital.

The conservatory is composed of three main buildings:

 * 1) The Historic Building. Formerly known as Mothers of the Sacred Heart Private School (Spanish: Colegio de las Madres del Sagrado Corazón) and Miramar's Old Refuge for Girls (Spanish: Antiguo Asilo de Niñas de Miramar), is part of the United States National Register of Historic Places. The building's reconstruction lasted from 2001 to 2008, and it has been operating since 2009. It hosts the administrative offices, computer and piano labs, classrooms, practice rooms, the Luis A. Ferré Patio (north), and the Pablo Casals Patio (south).
 * 2) The parking lot and green-roof. Hosts the Rafael Hernández Amphitheater and the Laguna Plaza which offers to the academic community and visitors an incredible view of the Condado lagoon, and it's the biggest green-roof in Puerto Rico.
 * 3) The Academic Building. Inaugurated in August 2012, consists of the following facilities:
 * 4) * First floor: The Amaury Veray Library, a unit of the Ángel Ramos Foundation Center for Learning Resources (Spanish: Centro de Recursos para el Aprendizaje Fundación Ángel Ramos), the Cecilia Negrón de Talavera wing, practice and rehearsal rooms.
 * 5) * Second floor: The Bertita & Guillermo L. Martínez Theater (Concert and rehearsal halls: Jesús María Sanromá Concert Hall, the Anthony "Junior" Soto Hall, and the José "Pepito" Figueroa Hall), individual classrooms, practice cubicles, and lockers.
 * 6) * Third floor: More individual classrooms, practice cubicles, and lockers.

The facilities host a variety of concerts for the nearby communities featuring students, teachers, the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, and famous international performers.

Affiliates
The conservatory is a participating member of various US, Puerto Rico, and international music and arts associations, including:

 * American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers
 * Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
 * Puerto Rico Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
 * American Library Association
 * Music Library Association
 * Puerto Rico Librarians Society (Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico, in Spanish)
 * International Association of Music Libraries
 * ARCHIRED of Puerto Rico
 * Caribbean University Research and Institutional Libraries Association
 * MENC: The National Association for Music Education
 * Suzuki Association of the Americas
 * Kindermusik International
 * Association of Fund-Raising Professionals
 * International Personnel Management Association
 * Steinway and Sons

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NSA cryptography

The vast majority of the National Security Agency's work on encryption is classified, but from time to time NSA participates in standards processes or otherwise publishes information about its cryptographic algorithms. The NSA has categorized encryption items into four product types, and algorithms into two suites. The following is a brief and incomplete summary of public knowledge about NSA algorithms and protocols.

Type 1 Product
A Type 1 Product refers to an NSA endorsed classified or controlled cryptographic item for classified or sensitive U.S. government information, including cryptographic equipment, assembly or component classified or certified by NSA for encrypting and decrypting classified and sensitive national security information when appropriately keyed.

Type 2 Product
A Type 2 Product refers to an NSA endorsed unclassified cryptographic equipment, assemblies or components for sensitive but unclassified U.S. government information.

Type 3 Product
Unclassified cryptographic equipment, assembly, or component used, when appropriately keyed, for encrypting or decrypting unclassified sensitive U.S. Government or commercial information, and to protect systems requiring protection mechanisms consistent with standard commercial practices. A Type 3 Algorithm refers to NIST endorsed algorithms, registered and FIPS published, for sensitive but unclassified U.S. government and commercial information.

Type 4 Product
A Type 4 Algorithm refers to algorithms that are registered by the NIST but are not FIPS published. Unevaluated commercial cryptographic equipment, assemblies, or components that are neither NSA nor NIST certified for any Government usage.

Suite A
A set of NSA unpublished algorithms that is intended for highly sensitive communication and critical authentication systems.

Suite B
A set of NSA endorsed cryptographic algorithms for use as an interoperable cryptographic base for both unclassified information and most classified information. Suite B was announced on 16 February 2005, and phased out in 2016.

Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite
A set of cryptographic algorithms promulgated by the National Security Agency as a replacement for NSA Suite B Cryptography until post-quantum cryptography standards are promulgated.

Quantum resistant suite
In August 2015, NSA announced that it is planning to transition "in the not distant future" to a new cipher suite that is resistant to quantum attacks. "Unfortunately, the growth of elliptic curve use has bumped up against the fact of continued progress in the research on quantum computing, necessitating a re-evaluation of our cryptographic strategy." NSA advised: "For those partners and vendors that have not yet made the transition to Suite B algorithms, we recommend not making a significant expenditure to do so at this point but instead to prepare for the upcoming quantum resistant algorithm transition."

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Janet Mackey

Janet Elsdon Mackey (née Craig; born 14 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. She was a Member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 1993 until 2005.

Early life and family
Mackey was born in Auckland on 14 June 1953, the daughter of Elsdon Walter Grant Craig and Zeta Harriet Craig (née Brown). Her father is a Scottish-New Zealander, and the nephew of Elsdon Best, and her mother is from Northern Ireland. Mackey was educated at Auckland Girls' Grammar School from 1966 to 1969, and went on to study at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Previously married, Mackey has three children, including Moana Mackey, who has also served as a Labour MP.

Parliamentary career
She was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election, winning the seat of Gisborne. In the 1996 election, she won the newly created seat of Mahia, and in the 1999 and 2002 elections, she won the seat of East Coast. In 2003, she was joined in Parliament by her daughter, Moana Mackey. Before entering politics, she was a real estate agent.

She announced her intent to retire before the 2005 election, and did not stand for re-election.

Other activities
Mackey served as a trustee of the Trust Bank Eastern and Central Community Trust, and from 1984 to 1990 was chair of the East Coast Regional Employment and Access Council. She was appointed as a justice of the peace in 1988, and became a marriage celebrant in 1989.

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Janice Stein

Janice Gross Stein (born 1943) is a Canadian political scientist and international relations expert. Stein is a specialist in Middle East area studies, negotiation theory, foreign policy decision-making, and international conflict management.

She was the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, where she is a professor.

Life and career
Stein holds degrees from McGill University (undergraduate and doctoral), and Yale University (master's). She has been a professor at the University of Toronto since 1982, and was named a University Professor in 1996.

Stein is a specialist in Middle East area studies; negotiation theory; foreign policy decision-making; and international conflict management, on which she has lectured at the Centre for National Security Studies in Ottawa and at the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy.

Stein is the founder and former director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto and Associate Chair and Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Negotiation within the University of Toronto's political science department. Stein has been considered the central figure in making the Munk School a go-to-place for international affairs in Toronto. She has also been referred to as an academic entrepreneur.

Following the end of her directorship at the Munk School, Stein became the senior presidential advisor on international initiatives to the University of Toronto President, Meric Gertler.

Stein is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Other organizational affiliations and memberships include:
 * National Academy of Sciences' Workshop on Middle East Negotiations and the Committee on International Conflict Resolution
 * Advisory Group on Cross-Cultural Negotiation
 * United States Institute of Peace's Advisory Committee for Peacemaking in the 21st Century
 * American Association for the Advancement of Science's Advisory Committee on Conflict Management in the Gulf
 * American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Committee on Security
 * Chair, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
 * Board Member, Canadian International Council

Honours
Stein was selected to give the 2001 Massey Lecture. She was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for an outstanding contribution by a social scientist to public debate, was awarded a Trudeau Fellow in 2003.

She is also the winner of the Mershon Prize for an outstanding contribution to public education on issues of national security.

She has been awarded Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Alberta, the University of Cape Breton and McMaster University, as well as Hebrew University.

In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2007, she was awarded the Order of Ontario.

Publications and commentary
Stein was a long-time member of the foreign affairs panel on the TVOntario television programs Studio 2 and Diplomatic Immunity, and continues as a regular guest on The Agenda. She has also appeared on CBC Television's The National numerous times.

Stein has authored over 80 books, book chapters and articles on intelligence, international security, negotiation processes, peace-making and public policy.

Books

 * Networks of Knowledge

Coauthored books:

 * Choosing to Cooperate: How States Avoid Loss, with Louis Pauly
 * We All Lost the Cold War, with Richard Ned Lebow
 * Powder Keg in the Middle East: The Struggle for Gulf Security, with Geoffrey Kemp
 * Citizen Engagement in Conflict Resolution: Lessons for Canada in International Experience with David Cameron and Richard Simeon
 * The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar with Eugene Lang

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George Watterston

George Watterston (October 23, 1783 – February 4, 1854) was the third Librarian of the United States Congress from 1815 to 1829.

Early life and education
Watterston, the son of a builder from Jedburgh, Scotland, was born on board a ship in New York Harbor. When Watterston was eight, his family moved to Washington D.C., where his father worked to help build the new national capital city. Watterston received a private education and graduated from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Career
Watterston became a lawyer, and at first practiced in Hagerstown, Maryland. However, he grew dissatisfied with then-frontier life and moved back to Washington, D.C., where he partnered with Thomas Law. There, Watterson became a man of letters, publishing his first novel, The Lawyer, or Man As He Ought Not to Be, in 1808. He also published the novel Glencarn; or The Disappointments of Youth (1810); a play, The Child of Feeling (1809); and a poem, The Scenes of Youth (1813). Many of his works portrayed lawyers in unflattering terms. In 1813, Waterston became editor of the Washington City Gazette.

During the War of 1812, Watterston participated in the unsuccessful defense of the national capitol. The British burned the city, including the Library of Congress, which was then housed in the Capitol building. After war's end, President James Madison appointed Watterston as Librarian of Congress, the third person to hold the position and the first with that as his sole responsibility. (Previous librarians also served as the clerk of the House of Representatives). Congress replenished the library by purchasing the collection of former President Thomas Jefferson. Watterston gave the collection's books bookplates and labels and kept them organized according to Jefferson's basic classification scheme. He also continued writing, including the comic novel The L— Family at Washington; or, A Winter in the Metropolis (1822), A Course of Study preparatory to the Bar or Senate (1827) and The Wanderer in Washington (1827).

Watterston was a Whig and active in politics. He opposed the election of President Andrew Jackson and upon Jackson's election was replaced in 1829. Watterston fruitlessly sought reinstatement for years.

After his dismissal, Watterston became editor of the National Journal and published books on many subjects, including biographies and works on agriculture. He campaigned to construct the Washington Monument and became secretary of the Washington National Monument Society.

Personal life
In 1811 Watterson married Maria Magruder Shanley (1795-1864), whose grandfather Capt. Nathaniel Magruder (d. 1785) had been a prominent patriot during the American Revolutionary War. Of their children, two sons died in 1832 but two sons and two daughters survived to adulthood, including their first born, David (who became a civil engineer in the capitol city) and their youngest George W. Watterson (1848-1864). In 1820, Watterston owned four enslaved people, but only one in 1830 (a woman in her 30s, and a free black man of similar age also lived with the family). Ten years later, Watterston owned five slaves (all under age 25), and in the final census before his death, owned one 18-year old black woman and a young girl.

Death and legacy
Watterston died in 1854, and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., where his widow would join him a decade later. Their youngest son George would move to Livingston County, Louisiana, buy land in 1860, and enlist in the Confederate States Army as a private in Louisiana's Washington artillery as the American Civil War began. He died in 1864 of complications of wounds received shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg, although having left progeny.

Watterston's former house in Washington, D.C., still exists, as a contributing structure in the historic district near the Library of Congress.

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Procuring

Procuring may refer to:
 * Procurement, a business process to acquire goods or services
 * Procuring (prostitution), the act of aiding a prostitute in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer

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Lewis (robot)

Lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis) is an autonomous robot that performs the job of a wedding photographer: it attends social events, moves around, and takes digital photographs of people. It is a research project of the Media and Machines Laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis.

Lewis has been featured on slashdot, on CNN's website, and in various North American newspapers.

In 2002, Lewis received -- and declined -- an invitation to Nelly's 24th birthday party.

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Morteza Hannaneh

Morteza Hannaneh (March 1, 1923 – October 17, 1989) was an Iranian composer and Musician

He composed for some movies, such as Fleeing the Trap in 1971.

Musical career
Hannaneh studied Horn at the Tehran Conservatory and basic composition under Parviz Mahmoud. Together, Hannaneh and Mahmoud are considered founders of Tehran Symphony Orchestra. For a short period he was the principal conductor of this orchestra in 1953 to 1955s. Hannaneh also studied composition in Italy; and after his return to Iran he established Farabi Orchestra in Radio Tehran in 1963s. He won the first prize of (International Rostrum of Composers), 6–11 June 1966 "House of UNESCO", Paris.

Hannaneh also composed music for Iranian movies and is said to be the first Iranian composer to do so.

One of his most famous compositions for the cinema is the music he composed for Hezar Dastan, a movie directed by Ali Hatami.

Hannaneh's most important works include "The Execrable Capriccio per pianoforte e Orchestra"; "Hezar Dastan Overture" (on a melody by Morteza Neydavoud; for symphonic orchestra); "In Memory of Ferdowsi" (for soprano and piano), the books "Lost Scales"; "The Even Harmony"; (in Persian), etc.

Hannaneh also composed two melodies ("Omaggio a Saadi" & "Omaggio a Ferdowsi") for voice and piano, which were recorded for the first time on the album "Sounds of Ancestors" by Anousha Nazari.

In addition to being an outstanding composer Morteza Hannaneh was a great teacher and mentor to many. One of his notable students is Canadian composer, conductor and strategist Joseph Lerner and Iranian musician Amir Ali Hannaneh.

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