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Custom motorcycle

A custom motorcycle is a motorcycle with stylistic and/or structural changes to the 'standard' mass-produced machine offered by major manufacturers. Custom motorcycles might be unique, or built in limited quantities. While individual motorcyclists have altered the appearance of their machines since the first days of motorcycling, the first individualized motorcycles specifically labeled 'Custom' appeared in the late 1950s, around the same time as the term was applied to custom cars.

In the 1960s, custom artisans like Arlen Ness and Ben Hardy created new styles of custom bikes, the chopper. In the 1990s and early 2000s, expensive customs such as those built by Orange County Choppers, Jesse James's West Coast Choppers, Roger Goldammer became fashionable status symbols. There are also companies that are bringing back pin striping, such as Kenny Howard (also known as Von Dutch) and Dean Jeffries from the 1950s, with a continued effort to keep pin striping alive. The choppers of the 1960s and 1970s fit into this category.

Some motorcycle manufacturers, such as Harley-Davidson and Honda, include the word "custom" as part of a model name. The factory custom segment has become the most visible in the custom industry in recent years. The original factory custom was the 1971 Harley-Davidson Super Glide, designed by Willie G. Davidson, which, imitating the custom scene of the time, combined the fork from a Sportster with the frame and engine of a big twin Electra Glide, thereby founding a style imitated by many other manufactures ever since. Harley-Davidson VRSC has often been completely customised by enthusiasts and independent workshops from bodykits to custom wheels and tire lettering.

Higher volume producers like American IronHorse, Bourget, Big Dog and BMC build custom motorcycles that also must meet basic safety requirements set by the US Department of Transportation. Factory customs allow the buyer to select from a wide range of options, paint styles, engine sizes and accessories while still having the confidence, support, warranty and finance options that typically are associated with major production manufacturers. Factory customs typically do not offer the total individuality of a home built bike or a "one off custom", but they share much of the appeal that comes with a custom bike and many of the benefits of a factory production motorcycle.

In the early 2010s, a new generation of motorcycles called mini bike or scooter (motorcycle) won popularity. In mid -2010, numerous small motorcycles flooded the market, including Vespa and the Honda Grom, which is also known as Honda MSX.

Types of customization
• Bobber

• Café racer

• Chopper

• Cutdown

• Drag bike

• Rat bike

• Scrambler

• Streetfighter

• Street Tracker

• Supermoto

• Tribsa

• Triton motorcycle

Notable custom bikes

 * Bigtoe
 * Captain America
 * Millyard Viper V10

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User:Jgardner

My name is Jonathan M. Gardner.

I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I am trying to make good NPOV contributions there. I'm open to corrections of any manner -- NPOV, grammar, etc.... I hope I don't affend the other "branches" of Mormonism with my ignorance. If I do, please correct me. But I also hope I don't misrepresent the LDS church's beliefs, history, and practices. If I do, please correct me.

I'm a True Blue Mormon (sometimes abbreviated TBM). That means I literally believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, that Joseph Smith really was what he claimed he was, that the priesthood authority lies only in our church, and that the Book of Mormon is an actual, accurate record of people that lived on the American continent. There are some who try to water down their beliefs and maintain their membership in the LDS church; I am not one of them.

If you want the real deal on the church, you'll have to invite some missionaries to give it to you personally. (see http://lds.org/) Otherwise, you'll be stuck with my attempts to document the factual history of the church, which, unfortunately, is not a foundation for real faith. The foundation of real faith is hearing the word preached by those who have the authority to preach, and then acting upon those words. That means you're going to have to find real missionaries, listen to their lessons, and do what they ask if you want real faith.

I served a mission in Seoul, Korea and neighboring Kangwon Province from 1995–1997. That's where I picked up Korean as a second language. I've been back several times for various reasons as my wife is a native Korean.

I live in Federal Way, Washington, which is in King County, Washington.

=Politics=

If you're into that sort of thing, you can read about my Politics.

=Works in Progress=

I'm experimenting with stuff. See Works in Progress.

=Help!=

Open tasks I would like some help with:
 * Finishing all the boxes for apostles.
 * Listing of apostles
 * Chronology of apostles
 * Basic bios

Contact me on my talk page if you want to help out.

=Philosophy=

Part of what we are is our history. Wikipedia should be a historical record.

History is the study of three things:
 * The events that occurred.
 * The environment they occurred in.
 * The people that participated.

We should be documenting:
 * Chronologies - list events that occurred and the people that made them happen. Put each period into a frame of reference.
 * Events - The individual events of significance. What led up to the event? What happened? What were its aftermaths? What was the environment of the event? Who participated?
 * Biographies - The individual who make up history. Who were they? What was their life like? What did they do? What events did they participate in?
 * Geographies - The lay of the land historically. Take any geographical location, and ask: What happened here when? Who lived or passed through here? How was this piece of land different throughout history? What changes made this land what it is today?

People browsing Wikipedia should browse by following connections between events, people, places and periods.

=Style=
 * Mention the church in church-related articles at the top.
 * Members of the LDS church can be referred to as "Latter-day Saints", "saints", "members of the church", or "Mormons". I have been using "Mormons" but I think I will start to use "members of the church" more frequently.
 * Cite sources - Use the templates for books, magazines, newspapers, etc...

= LDS Stuff =

Wikiproject
WikiProject Latter Day Saint

Apostles
I am trying to document names and dates and events for each of The Quorum of Twelve Apostles. Please contribute! I'm not that good of a writer, so you're welcome to edit it beyond simple fixes.

Notice: I am going to pay 2 coins via User:Bank_of_Wikipedia to anyone who writes a good article about any apostle with little or no previous documentation. Facts that absolutely must be present in an apostle article:
 * Conversion story - Why did they join the church or how did they become strong members?
 * Education - What colleges (if any) did they attend? What degrees have they earned and when?
 * Career - What is their professional career and what significant contributions have they made?
 * Church Service - What callings have they held (that are known)? When did they first become a general authority?
 * When were they called, ordained, etc (ordaining being the most important fact)?
 * Why were they called (who died or left?)
 * Counselorship - When were they called as a counselor to whom and how long?
 * Were they president of the quorum? From when to when? Who died to cause them to become president?
 * What have they done that is significant as an apostle (like Orson Hyde dedicating Palestine)?
 * How did they leave the quorum?

When you sign up via User_talk:Bank_of_Wikipedia, be sure to mention that I referred you there, as I get a small finder's fee.

Don't Forget

 * Categories:
 * XYZ births
 * XYZ deaths
 * disambiguation page for last name
 * cat for callings
 * Remove LDS stub!

Chronology
I've set up a chronology that I am working on. Please contribute!

 * 19th century (Mormonism)
 * 20th century (Mormonism)
 * 21st century (Mormonism)

 * 1820s (Mormonism)
 * 1830s (Mormonism)
 * 1840s (Mormonism)
 * 1850s (LDS)
 * 1860s (LDS)
 * 1870s (LDS)
 * 1880s (LDS)
 * 1890s (LDS)
 * 1900s (LDS)
 * 1910s (LDS)
 * 1920s (LDS)
 * 1930s (LDS)
 * 1940s (LDS)
 * 1950s (LDS)
 * 1960s (LDS)
 * 1970s (LDS)
 * 1980s (LDS)
 * 1990s (LDS)
 * 2000s (LDS)

Significant years with lots of events may have their own year page. So far, the only candidates are 1830 and a few others.

Note: If fractional coins are allowed, I am going to give 0.01 coins for each event added to the timeline appropriately. You can add events while browsing the LDS history pages. Sign up for an account at User talk:Bank of Wikipedia, and be sure to mention I led you there as I get a small finder's fee.

Book of Mormon
I want to link the book of mormon throughout the site. I've put a few pages in the years/decades/century sections. There are a few links from significant historical or biblical events as well.

Doctrine
We can easily document the doctrines of the church, and link and such between them. Some work needs to be done to make it all useful.

Joseph Smith Revelation
I would like to see a section on the revelations of Joseph Smith. The one about the Civil War fascinates me. There are some other fascinating ones as well.

Anti-Mormon Stuff
Reading through some of the documentation, I see too often hearsay mixed in with fact. Example: Danites. They were only alleged to be instituted by Joseph Smith. Facts have born out otherwise. I am trying to uproot and remove these false allegations and speculations and set everything straight.

Korean
I peeked over at the Korean translations of the LDS pages and they are terrible! I'm going to get my Korean keyboard working and make some badly needed fixes. Maybe I'll be able to practice my translation skills and get some awesome articles.

Priesthood Articles
The priesthood articles are not very well correlated. Some ideas:
 * Consolidate the articles into one or two articles.
 * Try to keep separate the understanding of the various sects of Mormonism.
 * Illustrate the history of the organization of the priesthood, culminating in the March 30, 1836 (?) announcement by Joseph Smith, Jr. That it was completed.
 * Compare the Mormon priesthood organization with priesthood organizations of the primitive Christian church and with the church organized in the Book of Mormon and the laws of Moses.
 * Special articles only on the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve, and Quorums of the Seventy? Or should we consolidate this in the above article?

Prominent Members
I should also like to see more effort to unify articles on prominent members of the church. I can think of a few: Archibald Gardner (my ancestor), B. H. Roberts, J. Golden Kimball, Mitt Romney, George Romney, etc... See here

=Vandals=

These are vandals that I've caught.
 * 209.158.164.133
 * 217.237.151.99

These are pages I've seen vandalized.
 * First Presidency
 * Brigham Young

=People to Watch=

Apparently, Mørmøn is the same as Nunh-huh. See this edit for proof.

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Talk:Common Latter-day Saint perceptions

Is this a proper article?
I have some concerns about the continued separate existence of this article. It's really about someone's judgment as to what are mis-perceptions, making it impossible to pin down the article's subject matter in a completely NPOV way. It has the same problem as the old "controversies" articles. Because of the title, anything listed in this article is pre-judged to be a misperception. (I don't think the effect of the word perceptions is any different than misperceptions in this regard.) maybe the information on this page should be merged with another article, such as Authority and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Priesthood Correlation Program. COGDEN 22:31, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)

 * There are no personal judgements as to what are mis-perceptions. The items listed below have been clarified doctrinally be the GAs for years, however, they continue to persist in Mormon culture. Perhaps the name of the article should change, but doctrinally from Church POV, they are sound. Perhaps we should state what the common mormon belief is, and then demonstrate what is really officially taught by the church. I don't recall why it was changed to from mis-perceptions from percetpions. It definately should not fit under either of the entries you suggestested, as there is no place in authoriy, and correlation doesn't seemed to have worked in the perpetuating of these corrected teachings. Perhaps Mormon folklore is better place for it, however, I think the article is a stub and should be expanded. I do agree that the title should change, but it should not be deleted. -Visorstuff 20:55, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Mormon folklore would probably work, because just because you call something folklore doesn't necessarily mean you are saying it's untrue. My idea for a folklore article would include persistent rumors or anecdotes within the "penumbrum" of official church doctrine, church history, or secular history. But the article shouldn't frame these as unfounded or untrue, because there are people who strongly believe them, and many of those believers are, or were, prominent General Authorities like Brigham Young or Bruce R. McConkie. One difficulty I can foresee, however, is that absent canonized scripture or an official pronouncement by the First Presidency, it's hard to put a finger on what the Church "officially" teaches, because there are honest differences of opinion on many subjects, even among general authorities. And those opinions have been known to change over time. COGDEN 00:23, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)

Although I'd normally agreee, items listed in the article including Outer Darkness, blood atonement and pre-existence topics have been clarified on a number of occasions by leaders of the Church. Others such as Adam God theory have been denounced, and most traditionalist Mormon scholars have decided they have no idea as to what Young meant. The one on what it means to be a god is a perfect example as President Hinckley has clarified that we don't understand what this means. In fact, during the Mike Wallace interview, he stated, that the Church doesn't teach that people can go about makeing other worlds, being gods over other creations. That is speculation - the church teaches that we can become like God, and have all that he does. The Church, and through it's correelation program is very careful on what it puts in manuals and what is doctrine. Other items are speculative in nature. In this way it is easy to pinpoint what the church "officially teaches" versus what people are speculating. There is also a difference to what the church teachES versus what they taught. Just because a GA says something does not mean the church teaches it. Even among the differences between what GAs believe, they are NOW very careful on what they state as official. That is why I think in many instances, you can say "these doctrines are untrue/speculation" according to official doctrines although many Mormons believe them. -Visorstuff 23:08, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

To answer the original question, I'd be inclined to say, not really. It's not significantly referenced elsewhere, the content is very minimal, and pretty miscelleneous. (We get references to doctrinal matters, without statements as to either what the "(mis)perception" is, or the correct position; and there are references to disputed historical events thrown in.)  In fact, the only linking article I could find cites it in connection with Outer Darkness, a topic it doesn't elucidate beyond pointing to that article -- which was linked to anyway. My feeling is that it really ought to be reworked very substantially (not simply expanded, for the reasons I've mentioned), merged, or deleted. Alai 03:57, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree that it needs to be fixed. The issue within Mormonism is that there are things that are taught by the Church, and things that are believed by Church members. In the latter case, many ideas that are regularly promoted by church members are not truly doctrinally sound. This is a major cultural thing within the LDS Church and needs to be addressed in the Wiki, but i'm not sure how to best fix it, yet. I've actually re-worked the article a number of times on my computer, but never put those edits in as it doesn't quite work for me. Let's give this one some more time before deleting. -Visorstuff 08:35, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Sure, reworking should be the first resort. I was thinking about this earlier today, and I came to much the same conclusion:  the core idea here is "non-canonical beliefs within the LDS Church" (less clumsy ways of putting that wanted), and the article title and intro should change accordingly, and the items that don't quite fit within that moved elsewhere).  That seems to me to be both a more clearly defined topic, and less prone to POVishness (as we don't have to say which is correct, just what each are). Alai 18:00, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Very good suggestions, Alai. The article certainly seems, er, a bit out of place as it is.  A Catechism at Wikipedia.  Hmm.  Tom Haws 20:51, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)

The difficulty of having a non-canon page is that it is, by definition, not canon. It's difficult to cite. Also, the difficulty with non-canonical beliefs is that not all members believe them. I'm not convinced of the necessity of this article. And if it can be proven necessary or useful, the major difficulty is in finding references. Greenw47 19:20, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Rename, and/or restructure?
This article now has a useful-looking link, yay. However, I think that makes it more imperative that it be drawn with a tighter focus; I think the primary sense is clearly "non-canonical beliefs among LDSers", or "Mormon folklore", or something to that effect. Is there general agreement that's the intended gist? Alai 20:32, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Let me do a quick case by case. Please understand "my dumb-ass guess, please tell if I'm at all warm?" to be appended to the 'summary' in quuestion I'd sugest we drop the last and third last at least, and maybe the fourth last too (there are more suitable places for each, I'm sure), then we can write a more cohesive lead, and have another thing able the article title. Am I making any sense? Alai 22:32, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Outer Darkness
 * Non-canonical belief
 * What it actually means to be a god or exalted human.
 * Non-canonical belief, set of beliefs, speculations
 * Pre-existence issues including divisions by valiancy, pre-mortal sin, and the war in heaven.
 * More non-canon
 * The nature of pre-mortal intelligence, and how it (and/or/if spirit and spirit matter) was created
 * And more...
 * The Adam-God theory
 * Former canon, Youngite non-canon?
 * Blood Atonement
 * Disputed to be a Youngite doctrine, historical controversy
 * The responsibility for the Mountain Meadows Massacre
 * Controversial history, politics, etc.
 * Miscellaneous Mormon Folklore and "faith promoting rumors" such as encounters with the "three Nephites".
 * Folklore, I guess. :)
 * Number of members allowed in the First Presidency, length of time general and local officers serve.
 * Failure to understand organisation chart. (Understandable -- I'm still working on it!)

 * Yes you are making perfect sense. I've been very concerned about this page, as it is very much needed, but how to structure has been problematic. Perhaps this would make a good "collaboration of the fortnight" project? I think as a Mormon my writing of this page is problematic as well, because I can point to some things that would fit into this category, but I may peronally believe or adhere to them myself. I also think retention statistics should be included on this page, as I am under the impression that we have a higher retention than anti-mormons would have us believe - this would be non-mormon mis-belief, rather than Mormon perceptions. This article will need some major collaboration and objectivity from others in the project.

 * I wonder if Mormon folklore would be a more appropriate title and then in the LDS section discusing the various folklore in terms of false doctrines (such as outlined above) and cultural folklore (such as three nephite stories). Thoughts about the struture? -Visorstuff 23:13, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * This is out of place for the Restructure topic, but you asked, so I can refer you to an LDS missionary themed website which has posted the information you seek. Look at the right hand column, in the pre-publication manuscript for the book, The Law of the Harvest.  In the chapter titled "Trends in LDS Member Activity and Convert Retention" (it is long) you can find the statement, "of the 4.6 persons baptized by the average missionary each year, approximately 1.3 [28%] will remain active".  These figures are for the year 2000, and you can find a lot of detail there if you care to wade through it all. Growth within the US was 19% from 1990-2000 (23rd of 149 US denominations but 1st of those over 1 million), and worldwide is less than 3% per year.  The data come from such questionable sources as The Ensign, BYU Studies, and "The Glenmary Study".   The thrust of the chapter is that unfortunately the LDS growth trends are decelerating, especially compared to  Seventh-day Adventists, Southern Baptists, Assemblies of God, and many Pentecostal groups, and examines possible ways to reverse the trend. One caution, the manuscript has the standard disclaimer "information is subject to revision prior to publication". Back to the topic of "Common Latter-day Saint perceptions", perhaps this should be included as an eye-opener for everyone. --Blainster 21:39, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

The name
I still have a problem with this article's name. It's certainly better than what it used to be--"...mis-perceptions"--but it now seems to be too amorphous to be useful. I have a few possible suggestions: CO GDEN  23:51, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Nonstandard Latter-day Saint doctrines and practices (my personal favorite at the moment)
 * 2) Nonstandard Latter-day Saint beliefs
 * 3) Unorthodox Latter-day Saint doctrines and practices (my problem with this is that unorthodox implies that it is uncommon, but there are some LDS beliefs that are both popular and nonstandard.
 * 4) Unorthodox Latter-day Saint beliefs
 * 5) Latter-day Saint apocrypha (has promise, but I'm not sure)
 * 6) Non-canonical Latter-day Saint doctrines and practices (seems too wordy)
 * 7) Apocryphal Latter-day Saint beliefs

 * I vote for 3 or 6, with preference for 6. Unorthodox means simply "not right belief".  Non-canonical is good NPOV description.  I can believe it if I want, but this article is informing me I am not canonical. Tom Haws 22:03, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

 * How about a modified 6: "Non-canonical Mormon beliefs and practices". That way we can include FLDS and strangite beliefs, humanistic mormon thoughts, and old stand-bys like the adam god theory and blood atonement. Tom, I miss having you on the English side of the Wiki...you are a good man. -Visorstuff 22:25, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I vote for #6, followed by #7. #5 seems (to me) to mean that there are other apocryphal texts that some believe in but others don't.  This is probably true (somewhere) and would be covered in this topic but should not be the title of it. Val42 23:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Part 2
I see a problem developing above that will split the vote: Whether/how to include other Latter Day Saint denominations. This is a vote on the "Latter-day Saint" portion of the above texts:
 * 1) "Latter-day Saint" - Leave as is since we can get better coverage of the differences when the cannonical beliefs are in one place
 * 2) "Latter Day Saint" - Covers all of the sects descended from the church founded by Joseph Smith, Jr.. We can break down specifics in subsections.
 * 3) "Mormons" - Covers most of the sects ... (Community of Christ will be the one excluded from above list)
 * 4) Something else that I've forgotten (Add other options above this)

 * I vote for the second option. Val42 23:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

I think because of the cultural aspect, Mormonism is the way to go. the Latter Day Saint movement does not have a shared culture, whereas Mormonism does. FLDS, Strangites, Apostolic Brethren, etc. as do Latter-day Saints - all have cultural elements and traditions that perpetuates rumors, folk doctrines, etc., whereas the bigger LDSM does not. Therefore it should be Latter-day Saint (specific to the LDS church) or Mormonism. Just my thoughts. -Visorstuff 00:48, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. I think the idea of the article kind of flounders unless there is a "canon" against which beliefs and practices are contrasted.  And for the LDS movement, that is kind of meaningless.  I think it should be Common non-canonical beliefs and practices in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or some variation of that).  Tom Haws 20:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Good one, Tom, but it's very wordy. How about Non-canonical beliefs of Mormonism or Non-canonical beliefs of Latter Day Saints? --Trevdna 00:52, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

My Cents
I think that this page may as well be part of the LDS Church Culture page (narrowing the scope to the Latter-day Saints with Tom). I think it would be good to rename it including the term apocrypha and agree that #7 above is better than #5 for Val's above-mentioned reasons. As part of the other page the name could be simple: where the something becomes topics or issues or perceptions, etc.—Red Baron 23:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Apocrypha or
 * Apocryphal Something

 * Apocryphal Latter-day Saint beliefs would seem to be the best way to go. You can't really say that all of these beliefs are apocryphal for all of the Latter Day Saint denominations, but it would be relatively easy state this (using documented reliable sources) if the scope is narrowed to just the LDS Church. If this article is not more limited in scope (and name) I fear there is little hope of it every becoming more than a poorly sourced fuzzy mishmash. -- 12.106.111.10 21:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. I know, this is so AOLer-me-too, but it is true.  The very nature of this article will make it nearly impossible to properly reference.  I don't think it would survive a request-for-quick-deletion. Val42 04:10, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * If you believe the article wouldn't survive a deletion request, why not put it up for deletion? Vassyana 05:01, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Because I want to give this article a chance to improve. Val42 03:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarup Nehru; 18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician. She served as the 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1953 to 1954, the first woman appointed to this post. She was also the 3rd Governor of Maharashtra from 1962 to 1964. Noted for her participation in the Indian independence movement, she was jailed several times during the movement.

Hailing from the prominent Nehru-Gandhi political family, her brother Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India, her niece Indira Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister of India and her grand-nephew Rajiv Gandhi was the sixth and youngest Prime Minister of India. She was sent to London as India's most important diplomat after serving as India's envoy to the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Nations. Her time in London offers insights into the wider context of changes in India–UK relations.

Early life
Vijaya Lakshmi's (born Swarup) father, Motilal Nehru (1861–1931), a wealthy barrister who belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community, served twice as President of the Indian National Congress during the Independence Struggle. Her mother, Swaruprani Thussu (1868–1938), who came from a well-known Kashmiri Pandit family settled in Lahore, was Motilal's second wife, the first having died in child birth. She was the second of three children; Jawaharlal was eleven years her senior (b. 1889), while her younger sister Krishna Hutheesing (b. 1907–1967) became a noted writer and authored several books on their brother.

Career

She attended the 1916 Congress session that took place in Lucknow. She was impressed by Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant.

In 1920, she spent time in Mahatma Gandhi's ashram close to Ahmedabad. She participated in daily chores including dairy work and spinning. She also worked in the office that used to publish Young India.

Pandit was the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet post in pre-independent India. In 1936, she stood in general elections and became a member of parliament by 1937 for the constituency of Cawnpore Bilhaur. In 1937, she was elected to the provincial legislature of the United Provinces and was designated minister of local self-government and public health. She held the latter post until 1938 and again from 1946 to 1947.

She spent significant time in jail for her participation in the Indian independence movement. She was jailed for 18 months from 1931 - 1933. She was jailed again for 6 months in 1940 before getting jailed in 1942 for 7 months over her participation in the Quit India Movement. After her release, she helped the victims of the Bengal famine of 1943 and served as president of the Save the Children Fund Committee which rescued poor children from the streets.

Following the death of her husband in 1944, she experienced Indian inheritance laws for Hindu widows and campaigned with All India Women's Conference to bring changes to these laws.

In 1946, she was elected to the Constituent Assembly from the United Provinces.

Following India's independence from British rule in 1947 she entered the diplomatic service and became India's ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1949, the United States and Mexico from 1949 to 1951,  Ireland from 1955 to 1961 (during which time she was also the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom), and Spain from 1956 to 1961. Between 1946 and 1968, she headed the Indian delegation to the United Nations. In 1953, she became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (she was inducted as an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1978 for this accomplishment ). That same year she was a candidate for Secretary General of the United Nations.

Hon. Members Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit  has resigned her seat in the House with effect from 17 December 1954.

In India, she served as Governor of Maharashtra from 1962 to 1964. She returned as a member of parliament for 1964 to 1968 with her election victory in Phulpur. Pandit was a harsh critic of Indira Gandhi's years as prime minister especially after Indira had declared the emergency in 1975.

Pandit retired from active politics after relations between them soured. On retiring, she moved to Dehradun in the Doon Valley in the Himalayan foothills. She came out of retirement in 1977 to campaign against Indira Gandhi and helped the Janata Party win the 1977 election. She was reported to have considered running for the presidency, but Neelam Sanjiva Reddy eventually ran and won the election unopposed.

In 1979, she was appointed the Indian representative to the UN Human Rights Commission, after which she retired from public life. Her writings include The Evolution of India (1958) and The Scope of Happiness: A Personal Memoir (1979).

Personal life
In 1921, she married Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (1921–1944), a successful barrister from Kathiawar, Gujarat and classical scholar who translated Kalhana's epic history Rajatarangini into English from Sanskrit. Her husband was a Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin, whose family hailed from village of Bambuli, on the Ratnagiri coast, in Maharashtra. He was arrested for his support of Indian independence and died in Lucknow prison in 1944, leaving behind his wife and their three daughters Chandralekha Mehta, Nayantara Sehgal and Rita Dar.

She died in 1990. She was survived by her daughters, Chandralekha and Nayantara Sahgal.

Academics
She was the member of Aligarh Muslim University Executive Council.

She was an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, where her niece studied Modern History. A portrait of her by Edward Halliday hangs in the Somerville College Library.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garforth College

Garforth College was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE

Non-notable school; article contains little information. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 22:39, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. Not notable.   — Gwalla | Talk 01:54, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Question: is this a post-secondary school (i.e. ages 18+), or is it the equivalent of a U.S. high school (sorry for my ignorance of the UK school system)? If it is a high-school equivalent, then delete; but colleges (in the U.S. sense) are notable. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 04:10, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * It appears to be a high-school equivalent. At least they mention GCSEs which I believe is an exam for 15/16 year-olds. Delete. —Rory ☺ 16:45, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * Yep, roughly a high-school equivalent. I live in England and I've never heard of it. Delete - makomk 11:44, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete unless expanded with evidence of notability. Average Earthman 12:25, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: I used to work at a high school that was called a college. Usually, these schools are much older than the traditional public high school, so it's possible (likely, even) that this school is notable.  However, the author did not present those claims and may not be aware of them.  I'm not against high schools.  I'm for notable ones.  This could be, but we can't tell and weren't told. Geogre 18:39, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. --Improv 19:12, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evident of notability presented. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:17, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC) By the way, is "trialling" a word? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:18, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I can't find a dictionary that says it is. "Trying" would be the closest word, but "testing" would be the more appropriate in this context. If it survives deletion I'll copy-edit it. —Rory ☺ 20:25, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * "Trialling" may be a BE neologism -- it seems acceptable to my brain, anyway! -- Arwel 10:51, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Depends how you define a neologism. The first use recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is 1981. Incidentally, quite a few British secondary schools (and this undoubtedly is one) are called colleges. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with age. Too little information, so unless it's improved, Delete. -- Necrothesp 09:42, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Mark Richards 17:30, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing to keep. Mandel 04:43, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete unless anything extraordinary appears about it. --Jll 13:11, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article does not establish notability. Gamaliel 18:36, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Talk:Clarendon ministry

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Being one of the first ministries on which this site provides data, this one is kinda ambiguous on who was actually a member. The leaders seem to have been Clarendon, Shaftesbury, York, and perhaps Carteret; however, there were various Privy Council committees that held a lot of power (see ). Therefore, this list is a bit incomplete, I think. ugen64 22:41, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)

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Shanice

Shanice Lorraine Wilson-Knox (née Wilson; born May 14, 1973) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and dancer. She had the Billboard hit singles "I Love Your Smile" and "Silent Prayer" in 1991 and "Saving Forever for You" in 1993. In 1999, Shanice scored another hit song with "When I Close My Eyes", which peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She is recognized for her coloratura soprano voice and her ability to sing in the whistle register.

Early life
Shanice Lorraine Wilson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and she moved to Los Angeles with her mother Crystal and her aunt Penni. Her mother and aunt went to Los Angeles in pursuit of careers in the music industry. They shifted their focus to Shanice and formed the management company Crystal Penni to cultivate and promote her talents. Shanice was age nine when she appeared in a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial with jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. In 1984, she was part of the regular cast in the first thirteen episodes of the children's program Kids Incorporated. Shanice competed on Star Search at age eleven, and later signed with A&M Records.

Recording career
In 1987, at the age of 14, A&M Records released her debut album Discovery. It produced two top-ten R&B hits: "(Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance" and "No ½ Steppin'". Shanice signed a deal with Motown Records in the summer of 1990, releasing Inner Child in late 1991, which included her best-known hit single "I Love Your Smile". It reached the top-ten in 22 countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also featured a cover of Minnie Riperton's 1974 hit "Lovin' You", a rendition that brought attention to her three-and-a-half octave vocal range. In 1993, Kenny Loggins featured Shanice on his live album Outside: From the Redwoods.

In 1994, Shanice released the album 21... Ways to Grow, with producer Rhett Lawrence, a session musician and Earth Wind & Fire guitarist Dick Smith. This effort was followed by a move to LaFace Records in 1997, which later released the 1999 album Shanice. Additionally, she has contributed to various film soundtracks, such as Boomerang ("Don't Wanna Love You") and The Meteor Man ("It's for You"). Achieving success with her top-ten hit "Saving Forever for You", from the Beverly Hills 90210 Soundtrack, Shanice later recorded "If I Never Knew You", a duet with Jon Secada, for the original soundtrack of Disney's 1995 film Pocahontas. While still with Motown, she also recorded a cover version of "If I Were Your Woman" by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Tami Roman and the fellow members of her R&B group quartet Female provided the backing vocals in the song, released via the Panther soundtrack on May 2, 1995, weeks before the Pocahontas soundtrack was released on May 30.

Shanice occasionally does background vocals for other artists; she can be heard on Toni Braxton's "Come on Over Here" and "Un-Break My Heart", as well as Usher's "Bedtime". In 2010, she performed vocals on the track "Behind the Mask" from Michael Jackson's posthumous album Michael. She recorded the song "A Midnight Rendezvous" for the 2012 Kinect game  Rhythm Party. She also performed "Love Is the Gift", the English theme song for the video game The Bouncer. Shanice returned to recording after a five-year hiatus and released her album Every Woman Dreams on her own label Imajah (named for her two children). The album peaked at No. 30 on the R&B Albums Chart.

In 2019, Shanice returned with the single "He Won't". In 2022, she was selected to sing the theme song of the Sesame Street spinoff series Mecha Builders alongside Eric Bellinger.

Acting and other appearances
In addition to singing, Shanice is also an actress, first appearing in "Rock Enroll", a season five episode of Family Matters. In 2001, she made an appearance as a singer on her husband Flex's TV show One on One. That same year, she starred in the TV movie  One Special Moment, an adaptation of Brenda Jackson's 1998 novel of the same name.

In 1997, Shanice became the first Black performer to star in the role of Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway. In 2011, she joined Niecy Nash and Frenchie Davis for the 21st Annual "Divas Simply Singing" HIV/AIDS charity event. Shanice and her husband, Flex, also starred in the reality show Flex & Shanice, which premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network on November 1, 2014.

In 2021, Shanice appeared as herself, performing on the Ladies First tour with Kelly Price and Chanté Moore during season 2 episode 10 of the TV series First Wives Club.

Personal life
On February 19, 2000, Shanice married actor and comedian Flex Alexander. They have two children, daughter Imani Shekinah Knox (born August 23, 2001) and son Elijah Alexander Knox (born March 5, 2004).

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Discovery (1987)
 * Inner Child (1991)
 * 21... Ways to Grow (1994)
 * Shanice (1999)
 * Every Woman Dreams (2006)

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Soul Train Music Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired that honors the best in Black music and entertainment.

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Porter Wagoner

Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) was an American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour.

In 1967, he introduced singer Dolly Parton on his television show, The Porter Wagoner Show. She became part of a well-known vocal duo with him from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Known as Mr. Grand Ole Opry, Wagoner charted 81 singles from 1954 to 1983. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002.

Early life and career
Wagoner was born in West Plains, Missouri, United States, the fifth and last child, as well as the second son of Bertha May (née Bridges) and Charles E. Wagoner, a farmer. His first band, the Blue Ridge Boys, performed on radio station KWPM-AM from a butcher shop in his native West Plains, where Wagoner cut meat. In 1951, he was hired by Si Siman as a performer on KWTO in Springfield, Missouri. This led to a contract with RCA Victor.

With lagging sales, Wagoner and his trio played schoolhouses for the gate proceeds; but in 1953 his song "Trademark" became a hit for Carl Smith, followed by a few hits of his own for RCA Victor. Starting in 1955, he was a featured performer on ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee in Springfield. He often appeared on the show as part of the Porter Wagoner Trio with Don Warden and Speedy Haworth. Warden, on steel guitar, became Wagoner's long-time business manager. In 1957, Wagoner and Warden moved to Nashville, Tennessee, joining the Grand Ole Opry.

Chart success
Wagoner's 81 charted records include "A Satisfied Mind" (No. 1, 1955), "Misery Loves Company" (No. 1, 1962), "I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand" (No. 7, 1962–1963), "Sorrow on the Rocks" (No. 5, 1964), "Green, Green Grass of Home" (No. 4, 1965), "Skid Row Joe" (No. 3, 1965–1966), "The Cold Hard Facts of Life" (No. 2, 1967), and "The Carroll County Accident" (No. 2, 1968–1969).

Among his hit duets with Dolly Parton were a remake of Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind" (1967), "We'll Get Ahead Someday" (1968), "Just Someone I Used to Know" (1969), "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", (1970), "Better Move it on Home" (1971), "The Right Combination" (1972), "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" (No. 1, 1974) and "Making Plans" (No. 2, 1980). He also won three Grammy Awards for gospel recordings.

Television series
His syndicated television program, The Porter Wagoner Show, aired from 1960 to 1981. There were 686 30-minute episodes taped, the first 104 (1960–66) in black-and-white and the remainder (1966–81) in color. At its peak, his show was featured in over 100 markets, with an average viewership of over three million. Reruns of the program air on the rural cable network RFD-TV and its sister channel in the UK Rural TV.The shows usually featured opening performances by Wagoner with performances by Norma Jean, or later Dolly Parton, and comedic interludes by Speck Rhodes. During Parton's tenure, she and Wagoner usually sang a duet. Each episode also featured a guest who would usually perform one or two songs. A spiritual or gospel performance was almost always featured toward the end of the show, generally performed by either Wagoner or Parton or the show's guest star, or occasionally the entire cast. After Parton left the show, Porter began taping the show at Opryland USA in various locations around the park.

The shows had a friendly, informal feel, with Wagoner trading jokes with band members (frequently during songs) and exchanging banter with Dolly Parton and Don Howser. In 1974, Dolly Parton's song "I Will Always Love You", written about her professional break from Wagoner, went to number one on the country music chart.

Wagoner's stage alter ego was Skid Row Joe. The cast included:

 * Singer Norma Jean (1960–1965)
 * Singer Jeannie Seely (1965–1966)
 * Singer Dolly Parton (1967–1974)
 * Singer Barbara Lea (1974–1976)
 * Singer Linda Carol Moore (1976–1978)
 * Singer Mel Tillis (1968 regular)
 * Comedian/stand-up bass Curly Harris (1960–mid 1960s)
 * Announcer Don Howser

1961

 * Don Warden on steel guitar
 * "Little" Jack Little on fiddle
 * Benny Williams on banjo and guitar (1961)
 * Speck Rhodes Comedian/stand-up bass

Mid 1960s

 * Buck Trent on banjo and guitar
 * George McCormick on rhythm guitar
 * Mack Magaha on fiddle
 * Ray Downs on rhythm guitar and vocal
 * Michael Treadwell on bass guitar
 * Shannon Randolph Porter on lead guitar

After 1974

 * Bruce Osborn on lead guitar
 * Fred Newell on banjo/guitar/mandolin
 * Dave Kirby on guitar
 * Stu Basore on steel guitar/dobro
 * Bobby Dyson on bass
 * Jerry Carrigan on drums
 * Mack Magaha on fiddle
 * Colene Walters on vocals/harmonica
 * Mike Pearson on lead guitar

Later work
Wagoner brought James Brown to the Grand Ole Opry, produced a rhythm & blues album for Joe Simon, and appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Honkytonk Man. During the mid 1980s, Wagoner formed an all-girl group, The Right Combination, named after one of his hit records with Parton, and toured with them for several years. He also hosted Opry Backstage during the 1990s on The Nashville Network. Though Parton's departure was difficult for both, the two reconciled in the late 1980s and appeared together a number of times in the following years. Parton inducted Wagoner into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002.

Wagoner made a guest appearance on the HBO comedy series Da Ali G Show in 2004, its second season, interviewed by Borat Sagdiyev.

Wagoner was honored on August 12, 2007, his 80th birthday, at the Grand Ole Opry for his 50 years of membership. It was telecast on GAC's Grand Ole Opry Live that day with artists including Parton, Marty Stuart and Patty Loveless. Grand Ole Opry Live host Nan Kelley was part of the birthday celebration.

On June 5, 2007, Wagoner released his final album, called Wagonmaster. Produced by Stuart for the Anti- label, the album received the best reviews of Wagoner's career and briefly appeared on the country chart. A music video was also produced of one of the tracks, a cover of Johnny Cash's "Committed to Parkview". He toured during the summer of 2007 to promote the album, including a late-July appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. One of these performances was to open for the rock group The White Stripes at a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Personal life
Wagoner was married twice, to Velma Johnson for less than a year in 1943 and to Ruth Olive Williams from 1946 to 1986, though they separated 20 years before the divorce. He fathered three children, Richard, Denise, and Debra.

Wagoner died from lung cancer in Nashville on October 28, 2007, with his family and Dolly Parton at his side. Wagoner's funeral was held November 1, 2007, at the Grand Ole Opry House. He is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville.

Legacy
Dolly Parton performed a concert at her theme park Dollywood in Wagoner's memory after his death.

Porter Wagoner Boulevard, a road in his native West Plains, Missouri, is named in his honor.

In 2013, the television show Drunk History presented a brief summary of Wagoner's relationship with Parton.

Dan Cooper at AllMusic noted, "As for his music, after signing with RCA in 1952 he produced a wealth of superb hard country, and just as much of the most wretchedly oversentimentalized tripe you'll ever want to hear. The latter, of course, is half the reason he's loved".

Studio albums

 * Satisfied Mind (1957)
 * A Slice of Life: Songs Happy 'n' Sad (1962)
 * Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets (with Skeeter Davis) (1962)
 * Y'all Come (1963)
 * The Bluegrass Story (1964)
 * The Thin Man from West Plains (1965)
 * The Grand Ole Gospel (with the Blackwood Brothers Quartet) (1966)
 * Confessions of a Broken Man (1966)
 * Soul of a Convict and More Great Prison Songs (1967)
 * More Grand Ole Gospel (with the Blackwood Brothers Quartet) (1967)
 * The Cold Hard Facts of Life (1967)
 * Just Between You and Me (with Dolly Parton) (1968)
 * The Bottom of the Bottle (1968)
 * Just the Two of Us (with Dolly Parton) (1968)
 * In Gospel Country (with the Blackwood Brothers Quartet) (1968)
 * The Carroll County Accident (1969)
 * Always, Always (with Dolly Parton) (1969)
 * Me and My Boys (1969)
 * You Got-ta Have a License (1970)
 * Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca (with Dolly Parton) (1970)
 * Once More (with Dolly Parton) (1970)
 * Skid Row Joe Down in the Alley (1970)
 * Two of a Kind (with Dolly Parton) (1971)
 * Simple as I Am (1971)
 * Porter Wagoner Sings His Own (1971)
 * The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil (with Dolly Parton) (1972)
 * What Ain't to Be, Just Might Happen (1972)
 * Ballads of Love (1972)
 * Together Always (with Dolly Parton) (1972)
 * Experience (1972)
 * We Found It (with Dolly Parton) (1973)
 * Love and Music (with Dolly Parton) (1973)
 * I'll Keep on Lovin' You (1973)
 * The Farmer (1973)
 * Tore Down (1974)
 * Porter 'n' Dolly (with Dolly Parton) (1974)
 * Highway Headin' South (1974)
 * Sing Some Love Songs, Porter Wagoner (1975)
 * Say Forever You'll Be Mine (with Dolly Parton) (1975)
 * Porter (1977)
 * Today (1979)
 * When I Sing for Him (1979)
 * Porter & Dolly (with Dolly Parton) (1980)
 * Porter Wagoner's Greatest (1981)
 * Natural Wonder (1982)
 * Viva (1983)
 * Porter Wagoner (1986)
 * The Best I've Ever Been (2000)
 * Unplugged (2002)
 * ''22 Grand Ole Gospel 2004 (2003)
 * Something to Brag About (with Pam Gadd) (2004)
 * 18 Grand Ole Gospel 2005 (2005)
 * Gospel 2006 (2006)
 * The Versatile Porter Wagoner (2006)
 * Wagonmaster (2007)
 * Best of Grand Ole Gospel 2008 (2007)

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cells unite together to form a tissues.Tissues are found both in plants and animals.Some of the plant tissues are sclerenchyma,parenchyma,epidermal tissues,collenchyma.Animal tissues are ......... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.135.200 (talk) 14:36, 1 August 2009 (UTC) !!!!

Move of Tissue (biology) here
The vastly most common use and the most common search term for tissue will be for biological tissue. While tissue paper is common enough it shouldn't be the main page. Adding a disambiguation adds clicks and decreases our readership. Also it is poor practice for SEO. -- CFCF  🍌 (email) 07:05, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The most common use on "tissue", in American English at least, refers to facial tissue, not biological tissue. Currently, neither meaning of tissue holds the main page, and that is appropriate. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:56, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you truly believe that readers will be coming here looking for that type of tissue? I don't think we should dictate titles based upon American slang. -- CFCF  🍌 (email) 08:23, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm very surprised too that biological tissue does not hold the main page. --5.170.67.108 (talk) 22:01, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * support--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 09:43, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * After looking into this, I have changed my mind.
 * Tissue (biology) is linked on about 1,165 articles. 423 of those are due to five navboxes.
 * All of the tissue paper related ones, including facial tissue, add up to links in 428 articles. 240 of those are in navboxes.
 * Although it's likely that some articles contain links in both the article body and in the navboxes, as a quick back of the envelope calculation, that's almost four times as many links for the biological sense than for all the paper uses together. Therefore I can support the move.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Comment and STRONG Procedural oppose this is an improper move request. You should be using the WP:Requested moves process, to inform people of this, since it affects more than just WPMED. Indeed most topics are not WPMED topics. And WPMERGE is the completely wrong process, so this is procedurally incorrect as well. -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 05:21, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You seem to be slightly misunderstood – before any move is made it will go to requested moves, but we've got to have the discussion somewhere. The merge tag was unrelated or incorrect, but it doesn't retract from this discussion. -- CFCF  🍌 (email) 14:39, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Your cut and paste moves did not inspire confidence in having the correct procedure being followed. Please make sure you post a proper (FULL NOMINATION and not a SPEEDY one) rename request through WP:Requested moves, when the time comes. The involvement of only WPMED results in a WP:CONLIMITED result that does not apply across fields. -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 04:21, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Support. I've started a move request at Talk:Tissue (biology). -- Gaurav (talk) 01:02, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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USS Spinax

USS Spinax (SS/SSR-489), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named after the spinax, one of the spiny sharks (dogfish sharks) scientifically known as Squalidal. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 25 November 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Tom C. Clark, and commissioned on 20 September 1946.

1940s
Spinax moved to New London, Connecticut, on 15 November and was assigned to Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet. On 15 December 1946, she sailed for the Caribbean Sea to begin her shakedown cruise which lasted until 28 January 1947. She returned to New London and participated in local operations until November when a fleet exercise took her north of the Arctic Circle near Labrador. In January 1948, designated a radar picket submarine, her hull classification symbol was changed from SS to SSR. After conducting operations in the Caribbean during the first part of the year, she returned to her home yard, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in May for an overhaul which lasted until the end of October. In addition to the installation of much radar and communication equipment, the work included the removal of her aft torpedo tubes, demilitarization of two forward tubes, installation of a snorkel system, and conversion of the after room into a combat information center. When she emerged from the yard, Spinax possessed the capabilities of a radar picket destroyer.

Spinax deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 3 January to 3 March 1949, as the first postwar submarine unit of the Sixth Fleet. Upon her return to New London, she was assigned to Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 6 based at Norfolk, Virginia—the first time since World War I that submarines had been scheduled to operate from that base. She conducted operations along the east coast until again being deployed to the Sixth Fleet from 6 January to 23 May 1950. She returned to Norfolk until 12 June when she was transferred to the West Coast.

1950s
The submarine arrived at San Diego, California, on 29 June and proceeded up the coast to the San Francisco Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. She made a cruise to Pearl Harbor from 17 August to 16 October 1951 and returned to San Diego. She became a unit of Submarine Division 53 on 1 January 1952 and resumed her routine duties. Spinax was overhauled at Mare Island from April through early August and returned to San Diego on 7 August 1952.

Spinax operated out of that port until 1 November 1954 when she sailed for an extended tour in the Far East. The submarine operated with the Seventh Fleet and then visited the Philippines, Hong Kong, Formosa, and Japan before returning to San Diego on 7 May 1955. Overhaul at Mare Island from June through October 1956 was followed by refresher training in the San Diego area. She was deployed to the western Pacific from 4 January to 1 July 1957 and again from 3 July to 16 December 1958.

Emphasis in antisubmarine warfare resulted in Spinax’s being converted to a Fleet Snorkel submarine. This was accomplished at Mare Island from 13 April to 11 September 1959. All radar except search and fire control were removed, the communication facility was reduced to that of a regular submarine; and the combat information center was converted into living quarters. The ship received improved sonar and fire control equipment, and modifications were made to her hull. On 15 August, she resumed the hull classification symbol SS-489. When the conversion was completed, the submarine conducted refresher training and local operations until early 1960.

A brief shot of the ship was used in the 1953 sci-fi movie "Phantom from Space" where she is seen on radar picket duty.

1960s and fate
Spinax departed San Diego on 3 May 1960 for a tour in the western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet which lasted until 3 November when she returned to her home port. Thereafter, except for four deployments in the Far East, her west coast operations were interrupted only by yard overhauls. Spinax was deployed from 27 June to 17 December 1962; from 18 August 1965 to 15 March 1966; from 6 January to 25 June 1967; and from February to 13 August 1969 when she last returned to Mare Island.

In September 1969, Spinax was declared unfit for further service. She was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 October 1969. Her hulk was sold to Zidell Explorations, Incorporated, on 13 June 1972 and scrapped.

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Joseph Smith–History

Joseph Smith–History (abbreviated JS–H) is a book in the Pearl of Great Price containing excerpts from an autobiographical record of some of the early events in the life of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Like many of Smith's publications, it was dictated to scribes.

The recording of Joseph Smith–History began in 1838 in Far West, Missouri. Scribes included James Mulholland, Robert B. Thompson, W. W. Phelps, and Willard Richards. Other early leaders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, such as Brigham Young, George A. Smith, and Eliza R. Snow, contributed in different ways to the development of the record. It was first published piece by piece in Latter Day Saint periodicals such as the Times and Seasons and the Millennial Star. After 17 years of work, a 2,000-page history entitled History of the Church was completed, from which what is now Joseph Smith–History was extracted. Franklin D. Richards selected excerpts from the beginning of the History of the Church and published them in 1851. He later included Joseph Smith–History in the Pearl of Great Price, which became part of the scriptural canon of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) on October 10, 1880, during the 50th semiannual general conference of the church. Joseph Smith–History spans 12 pages in the Pearl of Great Price and tells of 14-year-old Joseph Smith's experiences with religious contention and his First Vision, and, later, the visitation of the angel Moroni to him, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, and the restoration of the Aaronic priesthood. Through these accounts it touches on religious ideas such as baptism, prophets, and the nature of God. It has been used as a proselyting tool by Mormon missionaries; today, they are encouraged to memorize and recite Joseph Smith's account of the First Vision.

History
When the Church of Christ was organized on April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith received a revelation from God (now known as Doctrine and Covenants 21:1), commanding the Latter Day Saints to record their history. Smith attempted to record a history seven times before work on what is now Joseph Smith–History began; each of these attempts was unsuccessful, being either left incomplete or deemed unsatisfactory by Smith. He told W. W. Phelps, "There are but few subjects that I have felt a greater anxiety about than my history". The account found in Joseph Smith–History is the product of the 1838 attempt undertaken by Smith and other early Latter Day Saint leaders to record the history of the church. Smith's motivation for creating this history was twofold: to adhere to God's direction to record his experiences, and to respond to critics of his story. The paranoia that led up to the 1838 Mormon War may have had an effect on the opening passage of Joseph Smith–History, when Smith states: "Owing to the many reports which have been put in circulation ... I have been induced to write this history, to disabuse the public mind."

Work on the history began in Far West, Missouri on September 3, 1838. Because he had never received formal education, Smith mostly dictated his history verbally to scribes instead of writing it himself. The passages the scribes recorded were later rewritten in the first person, so as to be from Smith's point of view. The first scribe to work on the history was James Mulholland. Smith drew on material from his incomplete history (begun in 1838) while dictating to Mulholland. After scribing 59 pages, Mulholland abruptly died on November 3, 1839, halting the project for a time until Robert B. Thompson picked it up again. However, Thompson was only able to scribe 16 pages due to his untimely death on August 27, 1841. William W. Phelps then became Smith's scribe. Progress on the record was slow due to the task of building up the city of Nauvoo. It wasn't until December 1842, when Willard Richards—Smith's personal secretary and editor of the Times and Seasons —became scribe that a substantial amount of the history was recorded. In 1844, Richards wrote: "It is now seven years since I have laid my head one night in my own house during that time I have been in England, near four years and the remainder of the time have spent in writing the History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which, of course will afford no income until it is completed and printed which cannot possibly be done for one or two years. It is a great work and all important to the Church and the world." The history was one of Smith's main priorities in Nauvoo. Richards and Phelps remembered that he once asked the schoolmaster of a nearby class to change locations because noise from the students was distracting those tasked with compiling the record. Smith instructed them to be thorough, pulling information from sources such as newspapers and the records of city council meetings and other organization proceedings. While in Carthage Jail, Smith expressed to Richards his wish that work on the history continue. Richards kept his promise, spearheading the production of the history for the next decade. After Smith's death, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles also took over responsibility for the history. Brigham Young began his task of reviewing and revising the record in April 1845. The people involved in the project were able to follow the pattern and style Smith had laid out. As the Mormons were preparing to leave Nauvoo, they were encouraged to gather together any documents that would prove useful to the history. By the time they exited the city, the history included Smith's story up until March 1, 1843. Henry Fairbanks and Thomas Bullock transported the manuscript across the Great Plains. Bullock brought them into the Salt Lake Valley under the direction of Willard Richards. No significant progress was made on the history thereafter until George A. Smith became church historian. He oversaw the addition of 844 pages, ending with a record of August 8, 1844. He drew on various sources, such as transcriptions of Joseph Smith's sermons and sketches of his life previously written by record keepers such as Smith's scribes and Eliza R. Snow. Many of these records George A. Smith inspected had been damaged over time. Wilford Woodruff also worked on the project in his capacity as assistant church historian; he helped gather the testimonies of those who had known Joseph Smith, many of which contradicted each other. The history was completed in August 1856 after a total of 17 years of work. The account eventually expanded into the multi-volume History of the Church (also known as Documentary History of the Church), edited by B. H. Roberts and published in its current format in 1902. It was 2,000 pages long in its entirety.

Early publication
The history was published serially in the newspaper Times and Seasons from March 15, 1842 until February 15, 1846. It was first featured in volume 3, issue 10 of the paper. The portion scribed by Mulholland was what was featured in the Times and Seasons. This selection was later printed into a pamphlet, called "Joseph Smith's Own Story," to be used for proselyting purposes. It was also published in the Millennial Star, the Latter Day Saint publication in England. After the Mormon pioneers arrived in Utah Territory, the record was printed in the Deseret News beginning on November 15, 1851.

Extraction and canonization
Franklin D. Richards, Willard Richards's nephew and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, extracted excerpts from the History of the Church and published them in 1851, hoping that the selection would "increase the members' ability to defend the faith." In the years leading up to the canonization of Joseph Smith–History, Brigham Young and other leaders of the church had expressed growing concern over members' lack of understanding of church history, particularly among the younger generations. Richards focused on extracting the main events of the text, excluding revelations given to Smith in God's words. He emphasized that this passage's intended audience was existing members of the church, not newcomers to the faith. Church leader Orson Pratt recognized the value of Smith's history and played a pivotal role in its becoming important in the eyes of church members. He also recognized its potential as a proselyting tool; the mid to late 1800s saw a boom in the usage of Smith's account by missionaries. When Franklin Richards compiled the Pearl of Great Price, he chose to include the passage he had extracted from the History of the Church. The excerpts had been pulled from the earliest section of the history: the 59 pages scribed by James Mulholland.

Joseph Smith–History subsequently became part of the official standard works of the LDS Church on October 10, 1880, when the Pearl of Great Price was canonized during the 50th semiannual general conference. The motion was brought forth by George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. John Taylor was appointed president of the church at that same general conference. After the proceedings, the manuscript was sent to James E. Talmage, then a professor at the University of Utah, for some minor editing: mainly, adding footnotes and organizing the passages into chapters and verses. Talmage's edited version was accepted in 1902 and published as the first edition of the Pearl of Great Price. Joseph Smith–History remained relatively untouched throughout the canonization process. It spans 12 pages in the Pearl of Great Price.

Content

The events recounted in Joseph Smith–History begin with a succinct record of Joseph Smith's genealogy and birth. They then proceed to a description of the confusion Smith felt at the age of fourteen pertaining to the various Christian sects that had grown to prominence around him. He mentions by name the Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian churches as being in opposition to each other. These opening verses display Smith's personal search for knowledge and his becoming convinced that an answer from God directly was required in order to know which church to join. Smith then describes turning to the Bible for answers and discovering the invitation to "ask of God" in James 1:5. Verses 5 through 20 then comprise one of the four accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision, in which he testifies of having seen God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ: "...I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—' This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!'"

— Joseph Smith—History, verses 16-17 These verses in Joseph Smith–History are the only official, canonized version of the First Vision. According to the account, God and Christ instructed Smith not to join any of the churches. Following the First Vision, Smith describes the prejudice and persecution he faced from religious leaders and others in his community. He then tells about the visitation of the angel Moroni and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. The remainder of the account includes details about Joseph Smith's marriage to his wife, Emma Hale, his experience receiving the ancient Book of Mormon record and beginning translation, and Professor Charles Anthon authenticating the characters found on the golden plates. It also includes his interactions with two major participants in the translation process, Martin Harris and Oliver Cowdery. The passage concludes with the restoration of the Aaronic priesthood by John the Baptist to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in verses 68 and 69. The timeline of the events described in Joseph Smith–History ends in May 1829.

While the body of the text is written from Joseph Smith's perspective, the current edition of Joseph Smith—History includes a footnote with a description from Joseph's scribe, Oliver Cowdery, taken from Messenger and Advocate. Here, Cowdery records some of his thoughts about being involved in the translation process of the Book of Mormon.

Religious significance
Since its canonization, Joseph Smith–History has become "a foundational piece of literature for the [LDS] Church." It inspired a tradition of record keeping in Mormon culture and the church itself. Besides the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith–History is a "major literary tool of conversion . . . that has thoroughly benefitted missionary efforts worldwide." Today, Preach My Gospel, the training manual for Mormon missionaries, encourages its readers to be prepared to quote Smith's description of the First Vision verbatim as it appears in Joseph Smith–History. Select verses from the passage are also used by missionaries to teach others about the need for the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the need for a prophet. Other doctrines found in Joseph Smith–History include baptism, the priesthood, prayer, the appearances of angels, and the Godhead. The account of the First Vision—in which Smith sees both God the Father and Jesus Christ simultaneously—challenges the doctrine of the trinity. Additionally, the part describing Moroni's appearance to the young Joseph Smith alludes to a prophecy contained in Isaiah 29. The events described in Joseph Smith–History also refute the belief that God no longer communicates with beings on earth. Milton R. Hunter, a member of the LDS Church's Council of the Seventy, wrote that "in many respects it [the Pearl of Great Price] holds an [sic] unique position and in all respects it supplements and sustains the other standard works of the Church of Jesus Christ."

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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument ( or Sivan Vahki ), in Coolidge, Arizona, located northeast of Casa Grande, Arizona, preserves a group of Hohokam structures dating to the Classic Period.

History of the area
The national monument consists of the ruins of multiple structures surrounded by a compound wall constructed by the ancient people of the Hohokam period, who farmed the Gila Valley in the early 13th century. "Archeologists have discovered evidence that the ancient Sonoran Desert people who built the Casa Grande also developed wide-scale irrigation farming and extensive trade connections which lasted over a thousand years until about.

"Casa Grande" is Spanish for "big house" (Siwañ Wa'a Ki: in O'odham); these names refer to the largest structure on the site, which is what remains of a four-story structure that may have been abandoned by 1450. The structure is made of caliche, and has managed to survive the extreme weather conditions for about seven centuries. The large house consists of outer rooms surrounding an inner structure. The outer rooms are all three stories high, while the inner structure is four stories high. The structures were constructed using traditional adobe processes. The wet adobe is thicker at the base and adds significant strength. Noticeable horizontal cracks define the breaks between courses on the thick outer walls. The process consisted of using damp adobe to form the walls and then waiting for it to dry, and then building it up with more adobe. Casa Grande contained a ball court much like that found at Pueblo Grande de Nevada. Father Eusebio Kino was the first European to view the Hohokam complex in November 1694 and named it Casa Grande. Graffiti from 19th-century passers-by is scratched into its walls; though this is now illegal. Casa Grande now has a distinctive modern roof covering built in 1932.

Administrative history
In 1891, the monument underwent repairs supervised by Cosmos Mindeleff of the Bureau of American Ethnology, until funds ran out. Proclaimed Casa Grande Reservation on June 22, 1892 by Executive Order 28-A of President Benjamin Harrison, 480 acres around the ruins became the first prehistoric and cultural reserve in the United States. It was then re-designated a national monument by President Woodrow Wilson on August 3, 1918. As with all historical areas administered by the National Park Service, Casa Grande was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

Historic adobes
Between 1937 and 1940 the Civilian Conservation Corps built several adobe buildings to serve as housing and administrative offices for the national monument. The adobe buildings, constructed using traditional methods, continue in use today and are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Because of careful conservation, the physical appearance of Casa Grande Ruins has hardly changed since the 1940s.

Olmsted shelter
In 1932, a ramada to shelter the ruins from weathering was built by Boston architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. In the early 21st century, a pair of great horned owls took up residence in the rafters of the Olmsted shelter.

The current protective structure covering the "Great House" replaced a wooden similar structure built to protect it in 1903. Due to the fragile nature of the "Great House," visitors to the site are not permitted inside. To protect its integrity, observation by visitors is only permitted outside the structure.

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Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby; March 16, 1942 – October 23, 2020) was an American country and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He was best known for having written the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".

Early life
Walker was born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on March 16, 1942. His father, Mel, worked as a sports referee and bartender; his mother, Alma (Conrow), was a housewife. His maternal grandparents played for square dances in the Oneonta area – his grandmother, Jessie Conrow, playing piano, while his grandfather played fiddle. During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones.

After high school, Crosby joined the National Guard, but his thirst for adventure led him to go AWOL and he was eventually discharged. He went on to roam the country busking for a living in New Orleans and throughout Texas, Florida, and New York, often accompanied by H. R. Stoneback (a friendship referenced in 1970's "Stoney"). He first played under the stage name of Jerry Ferris, then Jeff Walker, before amalgamating them into Jerry Jeff Walker and legally changing his name to that in the late 1960s.

Career
Walker spent his early folk music days in Greenwich Village in the mid-1960s. He co-founded a band with Bob Bruno in the late-1960s called Circus Maximus that put out two albums, one with the popular FM radio hit "Wind", but Bruno's interest in jazz apparently diverged from Walker's interest in folk music. Walker thus resumed his solo career and recorded the seminal 1968 album Mr. Bojangles with the help of David Bromberg and other influential Atlantic recording artists. He settled in Austin, Texas, in the 1970s, associating mainly with the outlaw country scene that included artists such as Michael Martin Murphey, Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings, and Townes Van Zandt. "Jerry Jeff's train songs" were cited in the lyrics of Jennings and Nelson's 1977 hit song "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)". On September 28, 1974, Walker appeared with Doug Sahm at Carnegie Hall's Main Hall.

A string of records for MCA and Elektra followed Walker's move to Austin, Texas, before he gave up on the mainstream music business and formed his own independent record label. Tried & True Music was founded in 1986, with his wife Susan as president and manager. Susan also founded Goodknight Music as his management company and Tried & True Artists for his bookings. A series of increasingly autobiographical records followed under the Tried & True imprint, which also sells his autobiography, Gypsy Songman. In 2004, Walker released his first DVD of songs from his past performed in an intimate setting in Austin.

Walker married Susan Streit in 1974 in Travis County, Texas. They had two children: a son, Django Walker, who is also a musician, and a daughter Jessie Jane. Walker had a retreat on Ambergris Caye in Belize, where he recorded his Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits album in 1998. He also made a guest appearance on Ramblin' Jack Elliott's 1998 album of duets Friends of Mine, singing "He Was a Friend of Mine" and Woody Guthrie's "Hard Travelin'".

Walker recorded songs written by others such as "LA Freeway" (Guy Clark), "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother" (Ray Wylie Hubbard), "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" (Tom Waits), and "London Homesick Blues" (Gary P. Nunn). He also interpreted the songs of others such as Rodney Crowell, Townes Van Zandt, Paul Siebel, Bob Dylan, Todd Snider, Dave Roberts, and even a rodeo clown named Billy Jim Baker. Walker was given the moniker of "the Jimmy Buffett of Texas". It was Walker who first drove Jimmy Buffett to Key West (from Coconut Grove, Florida in a Packard). The two musicians also co-wrote the song "Railroad Lady" while riding the last run of the Panama Limited.

"Mr. Bojangles"
Walker's "Mr. Bojangles" (1968) is perhaps his best-known and most-often performed song. It is about an obscure alcoholic but talented tap-dancing drifter Walker had met who, when arrested and jailed in New Orleans, insisted on being identified only as "Bojangles", taken presumably from famed tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, leading to the erroneous speculation that Robinson was the person he met in jail, but Robinson died in Harlem in 1949 when Walker was 7 years old.

Notable recordings of the song include a live version by his bandmate Bromberg on his album Demon in Disguise, a single by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band that charted at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971 (also released on their album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy). and its inclusion in medley on the 1974 debut self-titled album by Jim Stafford.

Later years and death
Walker had an annual birthday celebration in Austin at the Paramount Theatre and at Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas. The party brought some of the biggest names in country music out for a night of picking and swapping stories.

He died from throat cancer on October 23, 2020, at a hospital in Austin, Texas at the age of 78.

Albums
Source: AllMusic

Singles
Source: AllMusic, unless otherwise stated.

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