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Camotes Islands

The Camotes Islands are a group of islands in the Camotes Sea, Philippines. Combined area is 236.36 km2. The island group is located east of Cebu Island, southwest of Leyte Island, and north of Bohol Island. It is 34 nmi from Cebu City and is part of Cebu. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 109,278. Population has grown ( 109,278 - 76707) / 767.07% since 1990, equivalent to an annual growth rate of.

Nearest landfall, from north end of Ponson island to southern Leyte, is about 7.2 km. From Consuelo port to Danao is 32 km as the crow flies. From south of Pacijan to Bohol is about 47 km.

Sometimes known as the "Lost Horizon of the south", within recent years Camotes has seen increased visitors and tourism and a growing expatriate community. Apart from natural attractions on land, there is also a score of dive sites around the islands.

Geography
Camotes Islands comprises three major islands and one minor islet, divided between four municipalities. On Poro Island are the municipalities of Poro and Tudela. Pacijan Island's sole municipality is San Francisco. Ponson Island's sole municipality is Pilar. Tulang Island is an islet and part of San Francisco. The main islands of Pacijan and Poro are connected by a 1.5 km causeway. Ponson lies about 4 km northeast of Poro, across the Kawit Strait. Tulang is located a short distance north of Pacijan.

The Camotes are low-lying with several hills, some used for telecommunications relay stations. The highest point is Altavista, 388 m above sea level, on Poro. Pacijan has a large lake, Lake Danao, which at 650 ha is the largest freshwater lake in the province.

Languages
Cebuano is the primary language, then English and Filipino. School children are taught all three languages.

Porohanon or Camotes Visayan is spoken in the town of Poro only, and is one of the most endangered languages in the Visayas. The language is classified as distinct from Sebwano (Bisaya) by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino and is vital to the culture and arts of the Porohanon people.

The dialect is very similar to the language spoken in the rest of Camotes Islands and throughout the province of Cebu, Northern Mindanao and other parts of the Visayas. Porohanon is distinguished by the way the locals substitute the /y/ sound for /z/. Example: maayong buntag (good morning) in Cebuano would be changed to maazong buntag in Porohanon, na-a diha (in Cebuano), ara dira (in Porohanon)

Climate
Tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification category "Am"), with rainfall more or less evenly distributed throughout the year – Coronas climate type IV.

Biota
By Presidential Proclamation 2152 of 1981, the islands of Ponson, Poro and Pacihan were declared Mangrove swamp forest reserves.

Exemplars of the rare, critically endangered tree species Cebu Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cebuense) have been discovered on the Camotes Islands.

Palm trees are the dominant plant on the islands. There are also numerous native varieties of fruit including banana, mango and pineapple.

Protohistory
Little is known of the islands' early history. The twentieth century saw a number of archaeological studies, but nothing of major significance emerged.

An early visitor was Carl Guthe, who led an expedition from the University of Michigan which spent three years 1923–1925 investigating and exploring many sites across the archipelago. He conducted an archaeological dig in a cave site on Tulang. Located on the southeastern coast of the island, the cave measures about 12 by. Guthe reported it to contain bone fragments and teeth of about 60 individuals. Associated grave goods included earthenware pottery, shell bracelets, bronze and iron artefacts (iron tang, bronze chisel, iron blade), glass and stone beads, hammerstone and pestle. Filed teeth were also recovered from this site.

Otley Beyer (Philippine's "Father of Anthropology") never visited, although he is reported to have described Camotes as a "basket of interesting archaeological finds."

In the early 1970s, residents unearthed a variety of artefacts dating back to the 16th century. An excavation at Mactang, a purok within Esperanza, Poro, revealed spears, daggers, swords, crosses, iron pendants and a skull pierced with an arrowhead. This heavily disturbed and looted site located along the shoreline of sitio Mactang was excavated by Bailen and Cabanilla of UP Diliman in the early 1990s and explored by Bersales and USC in 2001. Porcelain and earthenware sherds are strewn on the surface of what would otherwise have been a 13th- or 14th-century CE burial site.

In one barangay, Bailen and Cabanilla found a complex of caves which they believed had been inhabited by primitive people. Cabanilla asked municipal officials to preserve the site and wait while their project proposal would be approved. They planned to conduct a digging and leave whatever artefacts would be found in the caves. Meaning, they would transform the place into an onsite museum that should attract students, archaeologists. etc.

A few months later, Cabanilla returned to Camotes, having secured project funding from a foreign institution. To his surprise and dismay, despite earlier assurances of its safekeeping, he found the caves already mined of stone which had been sold to a sinter plant in Leyte by the mayor. Only one cave remained, but Cabanilla lost the drive and returned to Manila, his project scuttled.

Because of that, even the plan to set up a town museum for the artifacts dug during the survey was abandoned.

Spanish conquistadores
The islands were first mentioned by Antonio Pigafetta, one of the survivors on Ferdinand Magellan's fateful voyage, as they waited off the islands for several days before going on to Cebu in the first week of April 1521: "De mazaua agatighan sonno vinti leghe partendone de gatighan al ponente il re de mazaua no ne puote seguir por che lo espectassemo circa tres ysolle cioe polo ticobon et pozon.

There is a distance of twenty leguas from Mazaua to Gatighan. We set out westward from Gatighan, but the king could not follow us [closely] and consequently we awaited him near three islands, namely Polo, Ticobon and Pozon."

Writing in 1582, Miguel de Loarca stated:"ysla de camotes. Por la pte del leste de la ysla de çubu esten dos ysletas pequeñas qe ternan de box cada vna çinco leguas que llaman ysletas de camotes ternan entrambas como treçientos yndios son proprios de la çiudad de çubu es gte pobre aunqe tienen alguna çera, y muçho Pescado son las poblaçones pequeñas de siete y a ocho casas estan apartadas de la ysla de çubu como tres leguas y siete de la çiudad—

Island of Camotes. East of the island of Çubu are two small islets, each about five leagues in circumference. They are called the islets of Camotes. The two are inhabited by about three hundred Indians, and are under the jurisdiction of the city of Çubu. The people are poor, although they possess some wax and a great quantity of fish. The villages are small, consisting of only seven or eight houses each. These islets are about three leagues from the island of Çubu, and seven from the city of that name."

He also wrote:
 * "todos son de vna manera tienen tambien gallinas y puercos y algunas cabras frisoles y vnas Rayçes como batatas de sancto domingo qe llaman camotes
 * All are provided with fowls, swine, a few goats, beans, and a kind of root resembling the potatoes of Sancto Domingo, called by the natives camotes." This remark is itself remarkable in that "camote" is the Hispanicized form of the Nahuatl (indigenous Mexican) word for "sweet potato", indicating a prior visit by a Spanish ship from Mexico.

Camotes Islands were previously a part of the Leyte province before being transferred to Cebu province during the American period.

Modern times
In 1942 Japanese forces occupied Camotes Islands. In 1945 Japanese soldiers massacred almost all of the inhabitants in Pilar which led to a war crimes trial after the war. The liberation of the islands happened soon after the massacre when Philippine and American soldiers landed and fought the remaining Japanese soldiers in the Battle of Camotes Islands.

Economy
The predominant industries on the Camotes Islands are farming (including corn, rice, pigs, chicken and cattle), fishing and tourism.

There are about 22 tourist resorts catering to both domestic and international visitors with many public and private beaches.

Also in the Camotes Islands you can find tourist spots such as Buho Rock, Greenlake Park, Mt. Calvary (Kalbaryo), Lake Danao and the vast mangrove swamp along the sides of the road from Pacijan (San Francisco) to Poro. There are many caves such as Bukilat Cave, Timubo Cave and Guadalupe Cave which has a fresh-water underground lake. There are also two waterfalls, one in Poro and one in Tudela. There is diving and snorkeling opportunities at some of the resorts.

The major employers are CELCO (Camotes Electric Cooperative), Camotes Hillside Academy and Kinoshita Pearl Farm. There is a small hospital. Fiesta Mall, the first mall on the island opened in 2015. A new integrated casino resort with condos is scheduled to open in December, 2016. Tourism in the key economic development for the future of the island with a focus on the white sand beaches, safe and clean environment.

There are two colleges on the island: Cebu Technology University (Camotes) and Mount Moriah College.

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The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is the second studio album by American rock band the Black Crowes, released on May 12, 1992. It was the first album by the band to feature Marc Ford on lead guitar, replacing Jeff Cease, who was fired the year before, and the first to feature keyboardist Eddie Harsch. The album's name derives from the full name of the Southern Harmony, an influential 1835 hymnal compiled by William Walker.

Release
It was a record for an album to feature four album rock number-one hits (previously set by Tom Petty in 1989, with three). The album itself reached the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart, propelled by the success of these singles.

A box set featuring the remixed album along with previously unreleased songs and live tracks was released in late 2023.

Reception
In 2005, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion was ranked number 477 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

In 2006, the album was ranked number 100 on Guitar World magazine's list of the greatest 100 guitar albums of all time.

Personnel
The Black Crowes

 * Chris Robinson – vocals, percussion, blues harp, guitar
 * Rich Robinson – guitar
 * Marc Ford – guitar
 * Johnny Colt – bass guitar
 * Steve Gorman – drums
 * Eddie Harsch – keyboards

Additional musicians

 * Chris Trujillo – congas
 * Barbara Mitchell and Taj Harmon (now Taj Artis) – choir

Production

 * Pete Angelus – personal manager
 * The Black Crowes – producer
 * George Drakoulias – producer
 * Janet Levinson – art direction
 * Brendan O'Brien – engineer, mixing
 * Chris Robinson – art direction
 * Mark Seliger – photography
 * Howie Weinberg - mastering

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Origin of title
The title seems to derive from Southern Harmony, an 1835 music book originally titled in full The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. Does anyone know how the Black Crowes chose this title? Rigadoun (talk) 03:17, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Seems to derive from? Try "is an obvious reference to." The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion: Containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems (1835), compiled and edited by William Walker, is a landmark of early American music. There's no way a Southern band full of longtime professional musicians wouldn't have some members who recognized the title.

There should probably be a disambiguation page for "The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion."" --TNH, 13 June 2010  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.244.76.130 (talk) 20:06, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Personnel
Why is there no mentioned of Eddie Harsch providing piano and organ on the album? He joined the band on tour in support of "Shake your Moneymaker" and stayed on as a permanent recording member beginning with "Southern Harmony".

Remedy96 (talk) 06:15, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


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Amos A. Lawrence

Amos Adams Lawrence (July 31, 1814 – August 22, 1886) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and social activist. He was a key figure in the United States abolitionist movement in the years leading up to the Civil War and the growth of the Episcopal Church in Massachusetts. He was instrumental in the establishment of the University of Kansas and Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Early life
Lawrence was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 31, 1814. His father, Amos Lawrence, was a merchant, philanthropist, and member of the prominent Lawrence family.

He was educated at Groton Academy and was graduated at Harvard College in 1835.

Career
Following his graduation from Harvard, Lawrence entered business for himself as a commission merchant and eventually became owner of Ipswich Mills, the largest producer of knit goods in the country.

In 1858 and 1860, he was a candidate for governor of Massachusetts.

Philanthropy
Lawrence financed the founding of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, which was named after him.

In 1847, he founded a college that is today Lawrence University on 5000 acre of land that he had purchased in 1844 in the Fox River Valley. Some of the land he purchased became Appleton, Wisconsin, named for his father-in-law.

His farm outside of Boston became the campus for Boston College. From 1857 to 1862 he was treasurer of Harvard College, and from 1879 to 1885 an overseer. Lawrence also contributed large sums of money to Harvard, the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lawrence Academy, and the Groton School.

Abolitionism and the Civil War
Lawrence credited the Anthony Burns affair in the spring of 1854 with radicalizing him and other cotton merchants on the issue of slavery: "[W]e went to bed one night old fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs & waked up stark mad Abolitionists."

Lawrence contributed large amounts of capital to the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company and funds for the colonization of free negroes in Liberia. He donated guns, specifically Sharps rifles, which were shipped to Jayhawkers and abolitionists in Kansas as "books" and "primers." During the bloodshed in Kansas, Lawrence wrote frequently to President Franklin Pierce, the husband of Lawrence's cousin Jane, on behalf of the free-state settlers.

He also provided funds for the activism and legal defense of John Brown, though he deplored Brown's fanaticism and urged against violent resistance to the federal government. When Brown was arrested at Harpers Ferry, Lawrence appealed to the Governor of Virginia to secure a lawful trial.

In 1862, he raised a battalion of cavalry which became the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, of which Charles Russell Lowell was colonel.

Personal life
In 1842, Lawrence married Sarah Elizabeth Appleton, daughter of U.S. Representative William Appleton and Mary Ann (née Cutler) Appleton. They had four children:

 * Amory Appleton Lawrence (1848–1912)
 * William Lawrence (1850–1941), who became the Bishop of Massachusetts.
 * Susan Mason Lawrence (1852–1923)
 * Harriet Lawrence Hemenway (1858-1960), who became a co-founder of the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

Descendants
Through his son William, Lawrence was the grandfather of William Appleton Lawrence (1889–1968), who was elected third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, and Frederic Cunningham Lawrence (1899–1989), a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.

Death and legacy
He died at his summer resort in Nahant, Massachusetts, in 1886.

Legacy
Lawrence is credited with founding an Episcopal church in Boston, Massachusetts, which prompted many Boston Brahmins to convert from Unitarianism. His son, William Lawrence, became the long-time Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Massachusetts.

His alma mater, Groton Academy was later renamed after him. Today, it is the Lawrence Academy at Groton.

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East Is East (1999 film)

East Is East is a 1999 British comedy-drama film written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'Donnell. It is set in Salford, Lancashire (now in Greater Manchester), in 1971, in a mixed-ethnicity British household headed by Pakistani father George (Om Puri) and an English mother, Ella (Linda Bassett).

East Is East is based on Khan-Din's 1996 play of the same name, which opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October 1996 and Royal Court Theatre in November 1996. The title derives from the 1889 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Ballad of East and West", of which the opening line reads: "Oh East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet".

The film was critically acclaimed, winning the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the BAFTA Awards. It was also a major box office success, grossing US$30,438,635 worldwide and earning over ten times its £1.9 million (US$3 million) budget.

Plot
In 1971, George Khan is a Pakistani Muslim who has lived in Britain since 1937. He has a wife in Pakistan. He and his second wife Ella, a British Roman Catholic woman of Irish descent, have been married for twenty-five years and have seven children; Nazir, Abdul, Tariq, Maneer, Saleem, Meenah (the only daughter) and Sajid. George and Ella run a popular fish and chip shop.

While George is obsessed with the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War (primarily out of concern for his first family living near the conflict zone) and arranging marriages for his children, the children themselves, born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and reject Pakistani dress, food, religion and culture. After George disowns Nazir for running out on his arranged marriage, he immediately begins making plans to have another of his children married to maintain his image.

On a trip to Bradford, George is introduced to Mr. Shah, a fellow Pakistani Muslim who wishes to marry off his two unattractive daughters. George arranges in secret for his second and third sons, Abdul and Tariq, to marry them, despite Ella's misgivings, a conversation that the youngest child, Sajid, overhears. During a quarrel, Sajid reveals the arranged marriages to his brothers; Tariq, the most rebellious son who is in a relationship with Stella Moorhouse (whose grandfather is a supporter of Enoch Powell and repatriation), flies into a rage and defiles the wedding garments George had bought. The most obedient son, Maneer, is caught by George trying to tidy the mess up and beaten when he refuses to tell George who was responsible; Ella intervenes and is also beaten. Tariq travels to Eccles and tracks down Nazir, now a hat designer and in a homosexual relationship, who returns to confront George for his actions. However, upon seeing Ella's and Maneer's bruises, he becomes frightened his appearance will anger George further and make the situation worse for his siblings and his mother. Ella urges him to go, so he obeys her wish and flees before George catches sight of him. Tariq and George get in a heated argument over the arranged marriages. Whilst Tariq insists that he is British, George refutes this, stating that the Islamic community is more accepting. Tariq reluctantly agrees to go along with the marriage, but defiantly states that he will follow his father's example of also having a British second wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Shah arrive with their daughters to meet George's family. Ella maintains her composure despite Mrs. Shah's condescending and rude attitude, but things come to a head when a scuffle ensues over a sculpture of a vagina that Saleem had made as a project for art college, and he accidentally drops it into Mrs. Shah's lap. Angered, Mrs. Shah insults George's entire family and is ejected from the house by Ella along with her husband and daughters. Enraged, George attacks Ella but is stopped by Abdul and the other children long enough for him to see how his actions have turned his entire family against him, and leaves the household in shame to seek solace in his shop.

In the aftermath, George and Ella make amends over tea while the kids play in the street.

Reception
The film received positive reviews, scoring 78% on Rotten Tomatoes with twenty-five positive and seven negative reviews.

Box office
The film was a major box office success. It grossed US$30,438,635 worldwide, against a production budget of £1.9 million (US$3 million), earning over ten times its budget.

In the United Kingdom, the film grossed over GB£10 million or US$,000,000 at the box office. In Europe, it sold 4,119,909 tickets at the box office. In the United States and Canada, the film grossed US$4,170,647 (equivalent to $7,095,508 adjusted for inflation in 2021).

Awards and nominations
The film won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the BAFTA Awards, and was declared Best Comedy Film at the British Comedy Awards. It also won the Espiga de Oro at Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in 1999.

The screenwriter, Ayub Khan-Din, won both a British Independent Film Award and a London Critics' Circle Film Awards for his screenplay. He was also nominated for two BAFTA Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer, and for a European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.

Actor Puri was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

The director, Damien O'Donnell, won Best Debut at the UK Empire Awards, won the Evening Standard British Film Awards and Fantasporto for Best Film, won the OCIC Special Award at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, won the Kingfisher Award at the Ljubljana International Film Festival, and received a number of nominations, among them a British Independent Film Awards nomination and a David di Donatello Awards nomination.

Sequel
A sequel, West Is West, premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in the autumn of 2010, and was on general UK release from February 2011.

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User:YixilTesiphon

Biases you will encounter
My beliefs:
 * Agnostic with athiestic tendencies.
 * Politics-wise, I'm Libertarian.
 * Y'all is a great word and should be used more often.

Miscellaneous personal information

 * Born May 17, 1989.
 * Residing in Houston, Texas.
 * I graduated from Cornell in December 2010 and will begin a PhD program at Rice in the fall of 2010.

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Talk:Khudiadadzai

For a December 2004 deletion debate over this page see Votes for deletion/Khudiadadzai

Is Iranian family name Khodadadi related to this tribeMikkalai 02:21, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

This is inaccurate. It has Saifullah Khan ("The Great Warrior") which implies that Saifullah Khan is translated to "The Great Warrior" but it doesnt. Saifullah is "The Sword Of God" in Arabic, coming from saif for sword and a shortened form of Allah. While he probably was a great warrior, this is misleading. 222.154.237.42 23:14, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:1975 in Prophecy!

Having written the original text (which took some time), I have now revised it with heavy editing to give the article more of a crisp read while retaining essential elements necessary to understand the historical importance of this booklet. MPLX/MH 02:24, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Revision of some minor POV concerning dates and setting dates.--Kevin 07:01, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Notability
I don't see anything that explains why this is any more notable than other booklets that espoused a religious message. What makes this special and worthy of a Wikipedia article? 24.6.65.83 00:54, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

This booklet was a major recruiting tool for the Worldwide Church of God under Herbert W. Armstrong. Many were terrified by it, and convinced they had to join Armstrong's religion to survive the coming world catastrophe. The booklet is also highly collectable, as it contains drawings by the famous comic book artist Basil Wolverton, who was a Worldwide Church of God pastor. It became a major embarrassment too, as it became clear in 1972 the Great Tribulation wasn't coming, and the Worldwide Church of God had to bury it and to rewrite all the publications that referred to it. Eligius (talk) 03:45, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I lived during that time. Armstrong's radio programs nearly always mentioned '1975 in Prophecy!' and offered it as a freebie to anyone who requested it. MaynardClark (talk) 18:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposed correction based on reviewing the book
While the booklet may not "directly" mention 1975 in relation to Bible prophecy, several quotes from the booklet show there was a time element attached:

PAGE 3: “What man is bringing on the world is.... such catastrophic and terrifying destruction that human life will be erased from the earth in 25 years unless God Almighty intervenes!” Since the book was written in 1956 (based on this article; my copy has no publication date), that indicates the author expected God to intervene with Jesus Christ's return by 1981.

PAGE 10: “....United States Assistant Weather Chief I.R. Tannahill warns us unofficially to really fear ‘the big drought of 1975.’ But the indications of prophecy are that this drought will be even more devastating than he foresees, and that it will strike sooner than 1975 – probably between 1965 and 1972!” While this statement is hedged with words such as "indications" and "probably," it followed the 1975 "deadline" view. (The Wikipedia article on "Drought in the United States" shows it was incorrect.) 98.88.71.204 (talk) 14:57, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Misunderstanding of The Rapture
The article reads:
 * "What Armstrong promised was not a Christian evangelical rapture of spirit beings, but a rescue of human beings living in a physical world, into which Jesus would return as world dictator, for the good of humanity."

 * The pre-tribulation Evangelical view of The Rapture HAS been of a literal, physical, bodily 'catching up' prior to the Great Tribulation. The article should be corrected.MaynardClark (talk) 17:00, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

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Dire wolf (disambiguation)

A dire wolf is an extinct canine.

Dire wolf or direwolf may also refer to:

 * Direwolf (Game of Thrones), a fictional creature in George Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series
 * "Dire Wolf" (song), a song by the Grateful Dead from Workingman's Dead
 * Worg (Dungeons & Dragons) or dire wolf, a type of dire animal in Dungeons & Dragons
 * Dire Wolves, a group of characters from Cro

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Web Services Discovery

Web Services Discovery provides access to software systems over the Internet using standard protocols. In the most basic scenario there is a Web Service Provider that publishes a service and a Web Service Consumer that uses this service. Web Service Discovery is the process of finding suitable web services for a given task.

Publishing a web service involves creating a software artifact and making it accessible to potential consumers. Web service providers augment a service endpoint interface with an interface description using the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) so that a consumer can use the service.

Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) is an XML-based registry for business internet services. A provider can explicitly register a service with a Web Services Registry such as UDDI or publish additional documents intended to facilitate discovery such as Web Services Inspection Language (WSIL) documents. The service users or consumers can search web services manually or automatically. The implementation of UDDI servers and WSIL engines should provide simple search APIs or web-based GUI to help find Web services.

Web services may also be discovered using multicast mechanisms like WS-Discovery, thus reducing the need for centralized registries in smaller networks.

Universal Description Discovery and Integration
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI, pronounced ) is a platform-independent, Extensible Markup Language protocol that includes a (XML-based) registry by which businesses worldwide can list themselves on the Internet, and a mechanism to register and locate web service applications. UDDI is an open industry initiative, sponsored by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), for enabling businesses to publish service listings and discover each other, and to define how the services or software applications interact over the Internet.

UDDI was originally proposed as a core Web service standard. It is designed to be interrogated by SOAP messages and to provide access to Web Services Description Language (WSDL) documents describing the protocol bindings and message formats required to interact with the web services listed in its directory.

History of UDDI
UDDI was written in August 2000, at a time when the authors had a vision of a world in which consumers of web services would be linked up with providers through a public or private dynamic brokerage system. In this vision, anyone needing a service, such as credit card authentication, would go to their service broker and select a service supporting the desired SOAP (or other) service interface, and meeting other criteria. In such a world, the publicly operated UDDI node or broker would be critical for everyone. For the consumer, public or open brokers would only return services listed for public discovery by others, while for a service producer, getting a good placement in the brokerage—by relying on metadata of authoritative index categories—would be critical for effective placement.

UDDI was included in the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) standard as a central pillar of web services infrastructure, and the UDDI specifications supported a publicly accessible Universal Business Registry in which a naming system was built around the UDDI-driven service broker.

UDDI has not been as widely adopted as its designers had hoped. IBM, Microsoft, and SAP announced they were closing their public UDDI nodes in January 2006. The group defining UDDI, the OASIS Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Specification Technical Committee voted to complete its work in late 2007 and has been closed. In September 2010, Microsoft announced they were removing UDDI services from future versions of the Windows Server operating system. Instead, this capability would be moved to BizTalk Server. In 2013, Microsoft further announced the deprecation of UDDI Services in BizTalk Server. In 2016, Microsoft removed UDDI Services from BizTalk Server.

UDDI systems are most commonly found inside companies, where they are used to dynamically bind client systems to implementations. However, much of the search metadata permitted in UDDI is not used for this relatively simple role.

Structure of UDDI
A UDDI business registration consists of three components:
 * White Pages — address, contact, and known identifiers;
 * Yellow Pages — industrial categorizations based on standard taxonomies;
 * Green Pages — technical information about services exposed by the business.

White Pages
White pages give information about the business supplying the service. This includes the name of the business and a description of the business - potentially in multiple languages. Using this information, it is possible to find a service about which some information is already known (for example, locating a service based on the provider's name).

Contact information for the business is also provided - for example the businesses address and phone number; and other information such as the Dun & Bradstreet.

Yellow Pages
Yellow pages provide a classification of the service or business, based on standard taxonomies. These include the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), or the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) and geographic taxonomies.

Because a single business may provide a number of services, there may be several Yellow Pages (each describing a service) associated with one White Page (giving general information about the business).

Green Pages
Green pages are used to describe how to access a Web Service, with information on the service bindings. Some of the information is related to the Web Service - such as the address of the service and the parameters, and references to specifications of interfaces. Other information is not related directly to the Web Service - this includes e-mail, FTP, CORBA and telephone details for the service. Because a Web Service may have multiple bindings (as defined in its WSDL description), a service may have multiple Green Pages, as each binding will need to be accessed differently.

UDDI nodes and registry
UDDI nodes are servers which support the UDDI specification and belong to a UDDI registry while UDDI registries are collections of one or more nodes.

SOAP is an XML-based protocol to exchange messages between a requester and a provider of a Web Service. The provider publishes the WSDL to UDDI and the requester can join to it using SOAP.

Federated Discovery
The current UDDI search mechanism can only focus on a single search criterion, such as business name, business location, business category, service type by name, business identifier, or discovery URL. In fact, in a business solution, it is very normal to search multiple UDDI registries or WSIL documents and then aggregate the returned result by using filtering and ranking techniques. IBM modularized this federated Web Services Discovery engine in 2001. The released technology from IBM is Business Explorer for Web Services (BE4WS).

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User talk:KillR

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Gamaliel 02:29, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I beg to differ. While I understand the deletion of the page "KillR," I believe that there should indeed be a page entitled "Why is a Fish?" do to the fact that it is an unanswered question that people may want to know about at one point in time or another. It is open ended, yes, but should be included as at least a short description of the fact that it is a circulating question with any possible answer that is often used to confuse the human mind and cause chaotic spam on forums and other such places.

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What's up Ostro?

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Talk:Cummingtonite

Article/mineral name
When I first saw the name of this article, I thought it was vandalism. This has to be one of the most poorly named minerals ever. - Lucky13pjn 02:29, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)

I have to disagree. Cummingtonite is surely one of the best-named minerals ever.

As of this moment, it's near the top of the Museum of Hoaxes' front page, albeit as a 'strange but true' story. -Ashley Pomeroy 13:37, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Here's a permalink for the Museum of Hoaxes' article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.226.132.69 (talk) 23:46, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

My mineralogy professor used to joke that if he ever discovered a new mineral he would name it nottonite :). That being said when I was browsing through here I found some vandalism on the page which I fixed. People need to grow up and get a life. -Amunchie    I'll add some more info about the mineral soon.

I also thought this was a joke -- very bizarre, but funny! toki (talk) 09:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Could somebody add a section (or sentence or two) on the origin of the name, please.

Could someone please point out this is the ONLY mineralogy joke TrinityDejavu (talk) 23:46, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

"So named because it's found in Cummington, Massachusetts."
 * Perhaps an article is due for the metamorphosed variant, Nysundtite? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.183.201 (talk) 13:05, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Bravo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.102.69 (talk) 21:25, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Seconded 81.23.57.228 (talk) 21:04, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

I don't understand why the article doesn't mention the look-a-like innuendo "coming tonight". This matters. As long as the article doesn't mention this particular property of the name of this thing, a lot of people might believe the article is just a joke. 86.69.152.50 (talk) 04:08, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * See What Wikipedia is not --Bejnar (talk) 03:45, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "Cummingtonite in popular culture" doesn't seem so far-fetched to me. There are T-shirts for this meme. - Soulkeeper (talk) 06:17, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I would argue these "and it is from this town that the mineral takes its name.[1][2]" are redundant.Mantion (talk) 09:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily redundant, but I'm changing the phrasing to be more concise. 8ty3hree (talk) 00:07, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

best name 💯 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.191.105.110 (talk) 07:54, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

optical properties
updated the optical properties based on a newer version of the same book the original author referenced. Amunchie 22:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Locales
The part which says amosite is mined only in the Transvaal Province of South Africa should be changed to was mined because is it not mined anymore. The last mine closed in the 90s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mccririck (talk • contribs) 21:19, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Formula
I disagree with the fomula af Cummingtonite which states it's (Fe,Mg)7Si8O22(OH)2. The website http://webmineral.com/data/Cummingtonite.shtml states that the empirical formula of the mineral Cummingtonite is Mg7Si8O22(OH)2. If you read futher down in Cummingtonite Classification, it states that the name of (Fe,Mg)7Si8O22(OH)2 is Magnesiocummingtonite. Can any approve or deny this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.238.16.52 (talk) 23:57, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

 * Don't disagree, however valid refs perhaps do. Don't recall for sure, but seems the formula used was from the 1985, Manual of Mineralogy ref and it does state that. Also see the Handbook of Mineralogy ref for a different formula. Seems that was the formula used when the article was started way back in 04 and I used the Manual of Mineralogy ref in an expansion in Feb. 06. As most cummingtonite samples are not pure endmembers I'd be reluctant to ditch the intermedate form of the formula, perhaps just needs a bit o clarifying. Vsmith (talk) 02:28, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * and Mindat says magnesiocummingtonite is a synonym of cummingtonite. Perhaps the Chemistry section needs improvement for clarification. Vsmith (talk) 02:36, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Rruff/IMA states that the ideal chemical formula is: ☐Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2.(Rruff/IMA)
 * Mindat.org states that the chemical formula is: ☐{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2.(Mindat.com - Cummingtonite) and the chemical formula of manganocumingtonite is: ☐{Mn2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2.(Mindat.com - Manganocumingtonite)
 * Mineralienatlas states that the empirical chemical formula is: ☐(Mg,Fe2+,Mn2+)7Si8O22(OH)2.(Mineralienatlas - Cummingtonit)
 * The amphibole group got a revision. We stick to the CNMNC master list, 2012 version.
 * --Chris.urs-o (talk) 15:15, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Is the closing bracket after 5 not surplus? EnglishWoodsman (talk) 17:53, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

lol @ the name
should be mentioned — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.72.85.226 (talk) 17:25, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

nice. Meekohi (talk) 21:06, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Twitter hit
This article, with humorous commentary, is currently a big hit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sortabad/status/689135584569233409. --99.26.130.45 (talk) 21:41, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

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Roller coaster train

A roller coaster train is a vehicle made up of two or more carts connected by specialized joints which transports passengers around a roller coaster's circuit. Roller coasters usually have various safety features, including specialized wheels and restraints.

Description
A roller coaster train is a vehicle made up of two or more carts connected by specialized joints which transports passengers around a roller coaster's circuit. It is called a train because the cars follow one another around the track, the same reason as for a railroad train. Individual cars vary in design and can carry from one to eight or more passengers each.

Operation
Many roller coasters operate more than one train, sometimes several, simultaneously. Typically they operate two trains at a time, with one train loading and unloading while the other train runs the course. On the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Walt Disney World, for example, there are five trains, but only four operate at a time (the trains are rotated out on a regular basis for safety reasons).

Wheels
Roller coaster trains have wheels that run on the sides (side friction or guide wheels) and underneath the track (upstop, underfriction, or underlocking wheels) as well as on top of it (road or running wheels); these lock the train to the tracks and prevent it from jumping the track. The side wheels can be mounted on the outside or inside of the train, depending on the manufacturer (although outside-mounted wheels are more common). The wheels are sometimes located between the cars, as well as at the front and rear of the entire train.

Restraints
Roller coaster trains also have restraints that keep the passengers in their seats. There are two major types of restraints: lap bar and over-the-shoulder. (Most modern over-the-shoulder restraints come into contact with riders at the lap; however, older so-called "horsecollar" ones actually restrain riders by the shoulders). Restraints always use two locking mechanisms, one on each side, for redundancy. If one fails, the restraint will remain locked. Most modern roller coasters also have seat belts that may act as secondary safety devices. On over-the-shoulder restraints, this seatbelt is mostly cosmetic as the restraint locks on its own.

Lap bars were first used in 1907 with the Coney Island coaster Drop the Dip. Lap bar restraints consist of a padded bar mounted to the floor or side of the train that swings backwards into the rider's lap. These restraints are usually found on roller coasters that lack inversions. Some inverting roller coasters, notably ones created by Anton Schwarzkopf safely operate without the need for shoulder restraints. Historically, inverting roller coasters with lap bars could only perform vertical loops, as the higher centripetal force (and low lateral force) exerted while traversing a simple clothoid loop helps to keep riders safely in the train. However, with modern advances in engineering, more roller coasters with complicated inversions are able to run without over-the-shoulder restraints. For example, most of Premier Rides' LIM-launched roller coasters (the vast majority of which have multiple inverting elements) operate with only lap bars. Lap bar restraints, like buzz bars give the rider much greater freedom of movement than over-the-shoulder restraints, enhancing the feeling of danger for some.

Over-the-shoulder restraints, the most common type, consist of a roughly U-shaped padded bar mounted to the top of each seat that swings downward. Roller coasters that have inversions usually have this type of restraint. Additionally, almost all inverted and floorless roller coasters have this type of restraint, since it is difficult to mount a lap bar restraint. One disadvantage of over-the-shoulder restraints is that they can provide discomfort to the rider (known among coaster enthusiasts as headbanging), especially on rougher roller coasters. It is recommended that earrings should be removed before riding roller coasters with over-the-shoulder restraints. Some rides, such as Maverick at Cedar Point, require that guests must remove earrings before riding.

However, there are some operating roller coasters that do not have either restraint systems. Rollo Coaster at Idlewild and Soakzone is a good example of this. Usually roller coasters with little to no air-time (being lifted out of your seat) do not have restraints. Until early 2006, The Rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the UK also operated without any restraints, although seatbelts were added to the ride in the 2007 season. During 2008, trains from the Big Dipper Rollercoaster were installed on the ride. "The Rollercoaster" now operates with lap bars, although the original train is still stored on the transfer track in the station.

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Maximus Inc.

Maximus Inc. is an American government services company, with global operations in countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company contracts with government agencies to provide services to manage and administer government-sponsored programs. Maximus provides administration and other services for Medicaid, Medicare, health care reform, welfare-to-work, and student loan servicing among other government programs. The company is based in Tysons, Virginia, has 39,600 employees and a reported annual revenue of $4.9 billion in fiscal year 2023.

History
Maximus was founded in 1975 by David V. Mastran, initially operating as a consulting firm for the federal government, including information technology services.

The history of Maximus follows the trajectory of significant government policy changes.

The government service reform policies in the 80's and early 90's of the Reagan administration and continued in the Bush and Clinton administrations, led to governments increased private-sector contracting for administration program functions operated under the control of government. In 1988, Maximus was awarded its first contract for social welfare from Los Angeles County, and began shifting focus  towards business process outsourcing and providing state-based consulting services.

Passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 under President Clinton granting states greater latitude in administering social welfare programs, and the Balanced Budget Amendment of 1997 amending certain eligibility, enrollment, and beneficiary protections in Medicaid further increased government use of public / private partnerships for the administration of certain program functions.

In 1997, the company went public, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MMS.

The G.W. Bush Administration saw reauthorization and expansion of PRWORA, cementing the government's use of private sector contracting of administrative functions associated with Federally funded, state administered, entitlement programs.

In 2006,Richard Montoni, former chief financial officer for Maximus, was named CEO. From 2008 to 2010, Maximus engaged in a number of divestitures that included its Security Solutions, Justice Solutions, Education Systems, Asset Solutions and Enterprise resource planning (ERP) divisions, focusing the firm on providing health and human services core program solutions.

Passage in 2010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the Obama Administration further expanded the use of private sector contracting of government administrative functions associated with the ACA, Medicaid, and Medicare, in conjunction with other human services related programs.

From 2010 to 2013, Maximus acquired Denver-based Policy Studies Incorporated (PSI) to increase its capacity to serve government clients in the US and expanded into clinical assessment services with the acquisition of Ascend. From a global perspective, Maximus acquired UK based Health Management Ltd. On April 6, 2015, the company completed the $300 million acquisition of Falls-Church-based technology contractor, Acentia, expanding the Maximus federal technology business.

In 2018, after twelve years as CEO, Richard Montoni announced his retirement and the company appointed President Bruce Caswell to the position of chief executive officer. Caswell articulated a strategic plan focusing the company's activities on helping governments advance digitally-enabled customer service, modernizing technology capabilities and expansion of clinical services delivery. In November 2018, Maximus acquired U.S. Federal citizen engagement center assets from another government contractor (GDIT) for $400 million in cash.

In September 2020, Maximus hired Dr. Arvenita Washington Cherry as Senior Director of DE&I to lead diversity and inclusion activities in its workforce.

In 2021, Maximus completed three additional transactions. Maximus and Navient announced the two companies signed a definitive agreement to transfer the loan servicing for 5.6 million U.S. Department of Education-owned student loan accounts through a contract novation, creating a new operating entity, Aidvantage. Maximus acquired Attain, a technology integration company, and Veterans Evaluation Services (VES), a clinical assessments company.

In May 2022, Maximus relocated its headquarters to Tysons, Virginia in new office space that was reported to incorporate "many of the post-pandemic office designs that architects and companies are emphasizing."

Structure
Maximus’ operations are divided into three segments: U.S. Services, U.S. Federal Services, and Outside the U.S.

 * U.S. Services: business process services (BPS), appeals and assessments, and consulting work for U.S. state and local governments
 * U.S. Federal Services: end-to-end solutions, appeals and assessments, system and application development, IT modernization, and maintenance services
 * Outside the U.S.: business process services (BPS) for international governments and commercial clients. This includes health and disability assessments, program administration for employment services, wellbeing solutions, and other services related to work-support programs.

Health services
Maximus provides services for government health programs including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicare and health insurance exchanges as required under the Affordable Care Act. Maximus serves on the Enroll America advisory council.

The company is the largest provider of administrative services for Medicaid and CHIP in the United States, serving more than 50% of the market. In September 2012, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services awarded Maximus Health Services a two-year, $76.8 million contract to help the state with its Medicaid program. That same month, Maximus announced a $23.5 million contract with the State of Oklahoma to operate a customer relationship management system for SoonerCare, the state's Medicaid program, and Insure Oklahoma, a program that provides employers with subsidies to help buy private market health insurance for their low- to moderate-income employees.

Maximus is also the largest provider of privatized health insurance appeals to Medicare. In 2012 it expanded its growing Federal operations, bringing 500 local jobs to upstate New York and Pennsylvania, including more than 325 jobs in Pittsford, NY and more than 125 jobs to Scranton, PA.

The company offers services in the health insurance exchange marketplace and in July 2012, the Minnesota Department of Commerce awarded Maximus a two-year, $41 million contract to create the state's new health insurance exchange. In February 2013, Connecticut awarded Maximus a $15 million contract to run the customer contact center operations for the state's health insurance exchange, Access Health CT.

Maximus won a £500m government contract to decide whether disabled people are able to return to work after Atos abandoned their contract to perform assessments in 2014. Professor Michael O'Donnell, the former medical director of Atos now works as the medical director of Health Management Limited which is a subsidiary of Maximus.

COVID-19 Response
In March 2020, Maximus began working with government agencies in the United States at the federal, state, and local level to assist with the pandemic response. This work initially included providing testing results and conducting contact tracing, in states such as Arizona and Indiana. In September 2020, Maximus announced the creation of Maximus Public Health to support “efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and toward the purchasing and distribution of vaccines."

In 2021, Maximus shifted its focus to vaccine distribution. The company worked directly with states, like Colorado, to provide information to residents and schedule vaccine appointments. In May 2021, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced it had selected Maximus to “support a national hotline program" for vaccine distribution.

Human services
Maximus operates human services programs, including welfare-to-work (such as the Ticket to Work program), child support enforcement, child care, child welfare, specialized consulting, K-12 special education software and higher education consulting.

In 2011, Maximus was recognized as the top performing provider for welfare-to-work services under the United Kingdom's Flexible New Deal programme, helping job seekers into long-term sustained employment. Following the Flexible New Deal, the United Kingdom government unveiled a replacement program, called the Work Programme, that created welfare reform changes. Maximus serves as a contractor in three regions under the UK's Work Programme initiative. Its subsidiary, Centre for Health and Disability Assessments Ltd., runs Work Capability Assessments with a contract which began in 2014 and runs until July 2021.

In 2012, the company launched its first welfare-to-work program in Canada and expanded its Australia operations with a five-year contract to help people with disabilities find employment.

Maximus also provides services for child support programs. In 2009, the company won a five-year contract to collect and enforce child-support collections in Shelby County, Tennessee. Maximus launched Project NOW (Negotiating Outstanding Warrants), an initiative that collected more than $35,000 to help nearly 100 parents in Shelby County get back on track after missing child support payments.

IT Modernization
The Maximus work with government agencies at the state, federal, and international level has evolved into more broad IT modernization work, focused on implementing emerging technologies and helping agencies transition to cloud-based platforms. This includes work with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to modernize a filing and storage system that houses information on companies and work with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to improve the agency's technology infrastructure and support content in the cloud.

Student loan servicing
Maximus AidVantage provides servicing for approximately 13 million student loan debtors.

Maximus Federal Services is a contractor to FSA for DMS (Default Management System) one of the systems used to process student loan defaults.

Awards and recognitions
Gartner selected Maximus as the winner of its 2011 Business Process Management (BPM) Program of the Year. The same year, Gartner recognized Maximus for business performance management.

In 2015, Maximus was recognized as one of the Top Companies to work in the Washington, D.C. area by the Washington Post. In 2017, Fortune Magazine named Maximus to its annual World's Most Admired Companies list. Military Times honored Maximus as a Top Employer for veterans in 2020 and Forbes named Maximus to its 2021 list of America's Best Employers for Diversity.

Corporate giving
In 2010, Maximus and other Northern Virginia companies digitized mislabeled and unaccounted-for graves, on a pro bono basis, and upgraded a paper record-keeping system for Arlington National Cemetery.

In 2011, Maximus helped fund No Kid Hungry Texas, to reduce childhood hunger through existing nutrition plans.

Maximus provided financial support to the National Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF) scholarship program for health services students and to the Urban League of Middle Tennessee in 2012.

The Maximus Foundation
The Maximus Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Funding is provided by charitable gifts from Maximus employees and supplemented by grants from the company. The foundation contributes to programs helping disadvantaged individuals achieve self-sufficiency, particularly programs serving children. The Chairman of the Foundation is president and General Manager of Maximus Federal Services, John Boyer.

In 2009, the Maternity and Early Childhood Foundation used a grant from the Maximus Foundation to upgrade aging computer equipment and build its capacity to promote quality services and provide required reports to New York State. In 2011, EMQ FamiliesFirst, a California-based non-profit agency that helps children in crisis and their families, received a grant from the Maximus Foundation. In 2012, the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO) used grant money from the Maximus Foundation to start the Greenhouse Roof Operation (GRO), a program to teach disadvantaged youth vocational skills through the construction and operation of a hydroponic farm. That same year, the Maximus Foundation awarded over $100,000 in grants for Washington D.C non-profit organizations benefitting children.

In 2015, the Foundation announced that it distributed approximately $390,000 in grants to 121 nonprofit organizations in 22 states. Grantees included CASA of Los Angeles and the Community Health Centers of Burlington.

In 2013, the Maximus Foundation contributed $29,000 to Nepal Earthquake Relief through Project HOPE and in 2015, provided back-to-school supplies to 2,000 low-income children in Austin, Texas, such as socks and a brand-new backpack with school supplies.

The Maximus Foundation helped fund the work of four high school students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, to develop Atheia, a new technology to assist those with vision problems.

Controversies
November 1997- The Hartford Courant reported that Maximus "gets minimal results" when it was hired by the State of Connecticut to manage a child care program for recipients of welfare. According to the Record-Journal, Maximus "hired too few people, installed an inadequate phone system and fell weeks or months behind in making payments to day care providers." The Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) asked Maximus to meet improvement goals and by December, DSS Commissioner Joyce A. Thomas noted improvements on several fronts commenting, "The good news for Connecticut's child care providers and the families we all serve is that the situation is rapidly improving. Maximus has come a long way, and we are confident that current efforts are paving the way to long-term improvements."

December 1998- The Sarasota Herald Tribune reported that the State of Florida had paid Maximus $4.5 Million for a Child Support Recovery contract. Maximus was only able to collect $162,000. "On average taxpayers paid Maximus $25 for every 3 cents collected."

1999 - Then-mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani held his first meetings in May 1999 introducing the city's welfare reform programs which would require adult welfare recipients to either work or train for work. Mid-June was set as the deadline for the competition for the contracts. However, the Giuliani administration began to consult with Maximus executives on how the company could "reshape, consolidate and run" the programs, as early as January 1999. Starting in January, Maximus was awarded contracts worth $500 million, which represented the "largest share" to assess and train as many as 200,000 welfare recipients and to provide job placement. New York city's comptroller said that this gave Maximus an "unfair advantage".

October 2000- Six state lawmakers in Wisconsin called for the termination of Maximus' W-2 contract, saying the firm has "broken faith with the state and poor people the agency serves in Milwaukee County."

June 2001- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that two Maximus employees filed discrimination complaints against the company. The employees stated that Maximus is so lacking in diversity that the companies minority employees referred to it as "White Castle".

2004 In 2004, British Columbia became the first province in Canada to outsource a large quantity of its health administration serviceswhich included Medical Services Plan and PharmaCareto the private sector, when BC Health signed the ten-year $324-million contract with Maximus. A campaign was launched in the province to protect private and personal health information. Concerns included the risk of disclosure of confidential date accessed under the Homeland Security Act.

July 2007- Maximus settled a lawsuit brought against it by the United States government for involvement in falsifying Medicaid claims for $30.5 million.

October 2010- The Los Angeles Times reported that 146 medical workers, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists were allowed to keep working despite failing drug tests. Maximus was awarded a $2.5 Million a year contract to run California's confidential "diversion programs". Maximus contracted the work out to a subcontractor who in turn subcontracted the work to another company. The drug testing company was using the wrong standard of drug test from December 2009 to August 2010, resulting in medical workers who tested positive for drugs to continue working.

June 2011- A Maximus manager on the MassHealth project and had access to the personal information of enrollees in the MassHealth program, who had passed the Massachusetts-required CORI background check, was revealed to have pleaded no contest to a Florida felony by Boston-based Fox25. A subsequent review by Maximus found “no reason to believe that anyone’s personal information was used inappropriately” and terminated the employee.

September 2011- Maximus Inc. was sued by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for disability discrimination for failure to promote a female employee because it regarded her as disabled. Maximus settled the lawsuit in August 2012.

June 2012- Through an internal privacy audit, Maximus discovered that a worker in Canada illegally viewed personal health records of 43 Canadians. The worker involved was immediately suspended and later fired.

January 2013- A Maximus employee based in Boston MA was indicted for allegedly stealing more than $490,000 from the Massachusetts Medicaid program. The theft had occurred over a period of nine years. She was convicted in December 2013.

February 2013 In his February 2013 report, the British Columbia auditor general said that Maximus 10-year contract with BC Health lacked adequate monitoring and had not brought the "expected benefits" it had promised. Major deadlines were not met and no penalties were laid. Desktop and laptops were not replaced as often as agreed upon. Even after almost a decade, privacy issues had not been dealt with adequately. BC Health relies solely on the company to self-report breaches. Subcontractors were not given security audits. As well, auditing does not “provide assurance that data access and storage are limited to Canada and that the data can be segregated from the service provider’s parent companies.”

April 2021 An investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project found that many U.S. states were involved in the following practice, using Maximus as enabler and facilitator: "'Social Security pays benefits to children who have significant disabilities, when their parents are disabled, or if a parent has died. When the check goes to a minor, someone is designated as the representative payee, trusted to use that money in the best interest of the child. States routinely take that money to cover the cost of foster care, even though there are already state and federal sources to pay for it and even though other impoverished children and youth who don't get Social Security checks aren't responsible for paying for their foster care.'" Maximus was found to be among the consulting companies that were hired by states—including Alaska, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, Maryland, and South Carolina—to locate foster children eligible to receive disability and other checks from Social Security and register them, for the sole purpose of generating revenue for the states. Even after these foster children aged out of the foster care program, they were not able to get the Social Security funds to which they were entitled. Law professor Daniel L. Hatcher criticized the practice in his book The Poverty Industry.

March 2022 A report by the Student Borrower Protection Center and the Communications Workers of America noted consumer complaints filed against Aidvantage in relation to federal student loans, and accused Maximus, its parent company, of mismanagement.

In 2022 and 2023 Maximus workers were involved in actions to demonstrate against labor conditions and for improved pay, following employee layoffs.

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Web Services Inspection Language

WS-Inspection is a Web service specification for "discovery documents" developed in a joint effort by Microsoft and IBM. WS-Inspection lists groups of web services and their endpoints in an XML format. Currently, other standards are being used for this purpose, such as Microsoft's DISCO. It is expected that WS-Inspection will eventually replace these standards to become the universally accepted discovery standard for Web services.

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Puget Sound Energy

Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (PSE) is an energy utility company based in the U.S. state of Washington that provides electrical power and natural gas to the Puget Sound region. The utility serves electricity to more than 1.2 million customers in Island, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Thurston, and Whatcom counties, and provides natural gas to 877,000 customers in King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties. The company's electric and natural gas service area spans 6,000 sqmi.

Facilities
PSE's electric supplies include utility-owned resources as well as those under long-term contract, for a total capacity of 5,044 megawatts (MW). While PSE-owned generating capacity is at 3,597 MW.

PSE owns coal, hydroelectric, natural gas and wind power-generating facilities, with more than 3,500 MW of capacity. In 2018, PSE's generation was 36% coal, 32% hydroelectric, 20% natural gas, and 10% wind derived. Less than one percent originated from other energy efficiency programs.

Coal accounted for 36% of PSE's electricity fuel mix in 2018. PSE's partial ownership of Eastern Montana's Colstrip Generating Station represents the single largest power-generating facility PSE owns, approximately 700 MW of generating capacity. In 2010, the Colstrip Generating station was the 8th largest greenhouse gas emitter among power plants in the United States. In 2019, the Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act mandated that all power utilities remove coal from their generation mix, including "coal by wire" from out of state. As of May 2024, PSE has proactively removed coal from its portfolio by choosing not to purchase energy generated from the Colstrip plant. It intends to sell its 25% stake in the Colstrip plant, but plans to do so have repeatedly fallen through.

Hydroelectricity generated 31% of PSE's power supply in 2016. The company operates three hydroelectric facilities:

 * The Baker River Hydroelectric Project on the Baker River, generating 170 MW of electricity.
 * Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Plant, two power plants on the Snoqualmie River in King County, generating 44 MW.
 * The Electron Hydroelectric Project on the Puyallup River in Pierce County generates 22 MW of electricity.

Natural gas-fired power generation accounted for 22% of the utility's electricity fuel mix in 2016. The company operates these natural gas-fired facilities:

 * The Sumas Generating Station in Whatcom County is a cogeneration natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 125 MW of electricity.
 * The Ferndale Generating Station in Whatcom County is a combined-cycle natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 270 MW of electricity.
 * The Encogen Generating Station in Whatcom County is a combined-cycle natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 167 MW of electricity.
 * The Goldendale Generating Station in Klickitat County is a combined-cycle natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 277 MW of electricity.
 * The Mint Farm Generating Station in Cowlitz County is a combined-cycle natural-gas-fired plant capable of generating 310 MW of electricity.
 * The Fredonia Generating Station in Skagit County is a simple-cycle natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 316 MW of electricity.
 * The Frederickson Generating Station in Pierce County is a simple-cycle natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 147 MW of electricity.
 * The Frederickson 1 Generating Station in Pierce County is a combined-cycle natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 275 MW of electricity. PSE owns a 50% share, or 137 MW.
 * The Whitehorn Generating Station in Whatcom County is a simple-cycle natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 147 MW of electricity.

Wind power and other generation sources, such as biomass and landfill gas, account for 1% of the utility's electricity fuel mix. PSE owns and operates these wind-power facilities:

 * The Hopkins Ridge Wind Facility in southeast Washington's Columbia County began commercial production in 2005. Hopkins Ridge's 87 wind turbines have the capacity to generate 157 MW of electricity.
 * The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility in central Washington's Kittitas County began production in 2006 and was expanded to include 22 turbines in 2009. Wild Horse's 149 wind turbines have the capacity to generate 273 MW of electricity.
 * In 2012, the first phase of the Lower Snake River Wind Project began in Southeast Washington's Garfield County. Lower Snaker River Phase 1's 149 turbines have the capacity to generate 343 MW of electricity.

Coal-fired power is a major contributor to PSe's fuel mix at 36% of PSE's 2018 electricity generation sources, the largest share in 2018. The company owns a stake of the Colstrip Unit 3 coal power plant in eastern Montana.

A net metering program allows residential and business customers to return extra renewable energy solar power to the grid. An additional approximately 1% per year of generation comes from—or actually is reduced by—state mandated I-937 energy efficiency programs, adding an average 25 additional "Negawatts" generation capacity per year.

For its natural gas service to customers, PSE purchases a portfolio of natural gas supplies originating in western Canada and the U.S. Rocky Mountain states.

History
PSE was formed in 1997 when two of its largest ancestral companies – Puget Sound Power & Light Company and Washington Energy Company – merged. Puget Sound Power and Light was itself preceded by several companies that were founded in the 1870s and 1880s and built the region's first hydroelectric plant at Snoqualmie Falls in 1898. Puget Sound Power had attempted a merger with Washington Water Power in 1952, but it was blocked by a superior court judge.

In October 2007, the company announced that it would be sold to foreign investors led by Macquarie Group, an Australian funds manager, and three Canadian pension funds. Groups in three northwestern counties—Island, Jefferson, and Skagit—filed ballot measures for the November 2008 election to establish public utility districts in response to the planned buyout. The measure was approved in Jefferson County, which formed a public utility district in 2013 and paid PSE $103 million for its assets in the county.

The sale to Macquarie and the pension funds, conducted through a leveraged private equity buyout, was approved in 2009. Puget Holdings, the U.S. title of this group of long-term infrastructure investors, merged with Puget Energy, PSE's parent company to form the current business structure. Puget Energy is a holding company incorporated in the State of Washington. All of its operations are conducted through its utility subsidiary, PSE, which is regulated by Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.

In 2018, Macquarie sold its ownership stake in PSE. PSE's current owners are Alberta Investment Management Corporation, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, OMERS, and PGGM.

The PSE began construction on the controversial Energize Eastside power line project in 2020.

Clean Energy Transformation Act
In 2019, Governor Jay Inslee signed the Clean Energy Transformation Act into law, requiring that all utilities phase out coal power by 2025, be carbon neutral by 2030 and be carbon free by 2045. All investor owned utilities, including PSE, are required to create a Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP) every four years starting in 2022. In PSE's first CEIP, they set a goal to achieve 63% renewable energy by 2025.

Rates and emissions
Puget Sound Energy rates show a typical residential electrical bill (at 1000 kWh per month) of $102.56 and typical a gas bill (at 68 therms per month) of $86. In 2018, PSE reported total carbon-dioxide-equivalent emissions of 10,512,364 metric tons due to electricity operations and 4,989,403 metric tons due to natural gas operations, which equate to 9 and 6 metric tons per customer respectively. PSE figures emissions of 0.169 metric tons per user according to EPA GHG MRR Subpart DD.

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John Mackey Award

The John Mackey Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding tight end. Established in 2000 by the Nassau County Sports Commission, the award is given annually to the tight end who best exemplifies the play, sportsmanship, academics, and community values of Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey.

The winner is chosen by a selection committee comprising sportswriters and former players, including Lee Corso, Phil Steele, Charles Arbuckle, and former John Mackey Award winners Tim Stratton, Dallas Clark, and D. J. Williams, among others. The award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association, which encompasses college football's most prestigious awards. Former Florida State tight end Nick O'Leary called the award one which "all tight ends dream of winning".

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Three Snakes and One Charm

Three Snakes and One Charm is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Black Crowes. It was released on July 23, 1996.

Background
During the "Amorica or Bust" tour of 1995, many of the relationships within The Black Crowes had soured, including that of brothers Chris and Rich Robinson. "We just fucking hated each other," Rich noted in the September 1996 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine. "It's just a normal phase bands go through. There was a lot of emotional baggage, and everyone got on each other's nerves. We almost broke up a few times, but finally we all let go and moved on."

Chris echoed his brother's sentiment in the March 1996 issue of Guitar World magazine. "Everyone goes through changes," he stated. "The trick is trying to remember that and keep it together, and having respect for everyone and not judging people because you're all goin' through changes. Perseverance is the thing. You have to get your ego in place."

With this new attitude in place, the band began planning what would be their fourth studio album. Their previous album, 1994's Amorica, was very much a studio recording, with a great deal of overdubs and other musical flourishes. This was a distinct change from the band's sophomore effort, 1992's The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, which was recorded in eight days with little to no overdubs. A great deal of this was attributed to producer Jack Joseph Puig, who manned the board for Amorica. "The eight day album was coming off of 15 months of touring and we were still just flying," then-bassist Johnny Colt told RockNet in 1995. "This time we took some time off beforehand and tried to slow down...We consciously tried to take more time. I'm not even saying we really needed it, but we wanted to try it. We have worked ourselves into a position to afford to spend a little bit more time and try to make a different step."

Chris Robinson had a slightly different tone to his take on Amorica. "(It) wasn't hard to make because it was our third album," he told MOJO magazine in July 1996. "It was hard to make because we were depressed and in an angry, confused place. Most of it was personal shit."

Rather than make another "studio" record like Amorica, the band opted for a different approach in the latter months of 1995. "Chris suggested that rather than book a hotel for six months, it'd be cooler if we rented a house for everyone to stay in," Rich Robinson noted in 1996. "So Chris moved into the house, and I brought my little board over to work on the demos. It sounded so cool that I brought my big board over, and the rest of my shit, and we rented a Neve sidecar for 10 extra channels. And we just did it."

Writing and production
As pre-production for Three Snakes and One Charm began, several songs were written with Chris and Rich Robinson on different sides of the United States. Rich would write and record music in Atlanta, GA and send his results to Chris in Los Angeles, CA. "The long-distance writing was just something we did to get the process more concrete," Rich told Acoustic Guitar magazine in 1996. "I had a lot of bits and pieces that I'd written on tour and I needed to hear what Chris would do with them."

Once the basic ideas were recorded to tape, the band assembled in the house in Atlanta, GA (dubbed Chateau de la Crowe by the band) to begin the Three Snakes sessions. Then-keyboardist Eddie Harsch recalls: ""When we got to Atlanta, Chris and Rich put us in a room and played us the demos. The record was basically written. Twelve songs with vocals, dogs barking in the background, everything. We just looked at each other, like, 'What do you want us to do? It's all here." There proved to be a great deal more to do, with the band spending several weeks refining their original demos. Plus, a few other songs were written on the spot, including "Under a Mountain" and "Better When You're Not Alone." In total, the band recorded twenty-six songs during the sessions.

It was during the recording of Three Snakes that the band decided to introduce new elements into the music, the most noticeable being a horn section on "(Only) Halfway to Everywhere" and "Let Me Share The Ride." "That was the Dirty Dozen Brass Band," Rich commented in 1996. "They opened for us last year (1995) through the whole American leg of (our) tour. Chris just said, 'Fuck it. We've never had horns that we like. Let's go for it.'"

The band attributed the sonic textures of Three Snakes to the nuances of recording in a house. "It's a totally different vibe doing it in a house, much more conducive to being creative," Rich Robinson commented in 1996. Other members of the band credited the more communal atmosphere of Chateau de la Crowe with making the album a success. "We lived and breathed together all day long," remembers then-bassist Johnny Colt. "It was a caravan of people; people upstairs watching crazy art films, people cutting tracks and eating food. There were dogs running everywhere. And (producer) Jack (Joseph Puig) was pulling his hair out over the whole thing of course."

Then-guitarist Marc Ford concurred with Colt's sentiment, adding that the atmosphere created by recording in a house fostered his musical relationship with Rich Robinson. "It just keeps flowering," he noted in 1996. "Rich used to insist he was a rhythm player, and I told him to stick his toe as a lead player in the water a little bit, and now we're playing with each other, listening to each other. You can do all that sound-weaving."

With the bulk of the recording process done, the band returned to Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles to put on the finishing touches and begin the mastering process.

Promotion and release
The Black Crowes began the supporting tour for Three Snakes and One Charm on July 5, 1996, in Burbank, California, where the album was given its world premiere. The album would see its official release on July 23, 1996, several weeks into a world tour that would go straight through the end of the year and into the next, expanding their in-concert repertoire to more than 90 songs. As a means of promotion, the band performed several radio and television broadcasts to showcase the new album. The most noteworthy of these appearances came when the band appeared on the television program VH1 Storytellers in the Summer of 1996. The show was relatively new at the time, with each episode capturing artists performing in front of a (mostly small and intimate) live audience, telling stories about their music, writing experiences and memories. The Black Crowes' installment was the fifth in the series, which saw 87 episodes over its original run.

Three Snakes garnered generally positive reviews upon its release. Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave album three stars on AllMusic, stating the album was "a winning album, mainly because the Black Crowes' musicianship continues to deepen -- the musical fusions and eclecticism are seamless." Rolling Stone magazine also gave the album three stars, noting that it "works best when it forsakes album-oriented pretension for singular clarity, from the oblique Beatles references on 'Nebakanezer' and 'Bring On, Bring On' to the Sly Stone-cum-Al Green funk of '(Only) Halfway to Everywhere' and the warm acoustic resignation of 'Better When You're Not Alone.'"

The album's cover logo resembles a 45 rpm record insert. A limited box set edition of the album was also made available, comprising seven 7-inch vinyl EPs, a 45rpm custom adapter in shape of the album's cover logo and a one-sided poster of the band.

Track listing
All songs written by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson, except where noted.

 * 1) "Under a Mountain" – 4:10
 * 2) "Good Friday" – 3:51
 * 3) "Nebakanezer" – 4:07
 * 4) "One Mirror Too Many" – 3:34
 * 5) "Blackberry" – 3:25
 * 6) "Girl from a Pawnshop" – 6:17
 * 7) "(Only) Halfway to Everywhere" – 3:59
 * 8) "Bring On, Bring On" – 3:56
 * 9) "How Much for Your Wings?" – 3:27
 * 10) "Let Me Share the Ride" – 3:18
 * 11) "Better When You're Not Alone" – 4:10
 * 12) "Evil Eye" – 4:10

1998 reissue bonus tracks
 * 1) "Just Say You're Sorry" – 3:30
 * 2) "Mellow Down Easy" (Willie Dixon) – 3:43

Personnel
The Black Crowes

 * Chris Robinson – vocals, blues harp
 * Rich Robinson – guitar, backing vocals, autoharp on "Good Friday"
 * Marc Ford – guitar
 * Johnny Colt – bass guitar
 * Steve Gorman – drums
 * Eddie Harsch – keyboards

Additional Personnel

 * The Dirty Dozen: Gregory Davis, Roger Lewis, Effrem Towns, Revert Andrews, Kevin Harris - horns/arrangements
 * Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel
 * Rik Taylor - banjo
 * Gary "Mudbone" Cooper - backing vocals
 * Garry Shider - backing vocals
 * Barbara Mitchell - backing vocals
 * Erica Stewart - backing vocals

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Ray Guy Award

The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding punter as adjudged by the Augusta Sports Council. The award is named after punter Ray Guy, an All-American for Southern Mississippi and an All-Pro in the National Football League for the Oakland Raiders.

Nominees are evaluated on their overall statistics and contribution to the team. Particular emphasis is placed on the following statistics: net average, percentage of total punts inside the 20-yard line, and percentage of punts not returned. The Ray Guy Award winner is determined by a national selection committee of football writers, FBS college coaches, sports information directors, and past Ray Guy Award winners. The winner must display team leadership, self-discipline, and have a positive impact on the team's success.

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Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (Upper Saint Lawrence) is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon. It is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which forms its western and its northwestern boundaries.

History
The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982, from most of historic Huntingdon County.

Subdivisions
There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:

 * Cities & Towns (1)
 * Huntingdon

 * Municipalities (8)
 * Elgin
 * Franklin
 * Hinchinbrooke
 * Howick
 * Ormstown
 * Saint-Anicet
 * Saint-Chrysostome
 * Sainte-Barbe

 * Parishes (1)
 * Très-Saint-Sacrement

 * Townships (3)
 * Dundee
 * Godmanchester
 * Havelock

 * Native Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM)
 * Akwesasne

Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

 * Autoroutes
 * None

 * Principal Highways

 * Secondary Highways

 * External Routes


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Vahnatai
F**cruft, and very unlikely to ever be extended to full article length.--Lucky13pjn 02:37, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. (I find it highly amusing that people are now bowdlerizing "fancruft".) I'd say merge and redirect, but the current Avernum article just isn't detailed enough to fit this in. Should it be expanded to full fancruftian glory in the VfD period, I'll change my vote. But then, whoever does that probably won't need this article, so... JRM 02:48, 2004 Dec 12 (UTC)
 * Soon we will find another term for fancruft that seems gentler, then it too will acquire vulgar connotations, and we'll have to find another word, etc. This is merely the first step of the euphemism treadmill. [[User:Livajo|力伟|☺]] 04:12, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

/* Vahnatai */ "Redirect" is unnecessary if a topical page can be made for "Vahnatai"
 * There's nothing wrong with calling something fancruft when that's precisely what it is. If the information is really that important, I suppose it could be merged with Avernum but I think JRM is right in that it would be out of place since the article as it stands doesn't mention anything about the plot, so it would probably be best to just delete it. [[User:Livajo|力伟|☺]] 04:08, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge With the amount of fancruft stuck everywhere hereabouts, this should certainly not be deleted on the basis of being incomplete, etc. - Amgine 05:52, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: We're not the repository for game manuals. If you bought the game, you have the manuals. If you have the manuals, you can read this there. If the manuals don't tell it, then there is GameFAQs. Foghat.Geogre 14:35, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I boldly merged and redirected to Avernum. If an editor of Avernum dislikes the addition as excess detail, they can always remove it in a normal edit. If this action is against policy on a vfd article, please simply revert and let me know this is the case below. Michael Ward 15:50, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Note: if this is against VfD policy, I propose we amend policy. Removing VfD headers is not normally allowed, but if the article had not been nominated, a merge and redirect would have certainly been allowed (and not only that, I presume people would have welcomed lifting a burden off of VfD—editing an overview article to weed out unnecessary things is much easier than deleting articles). Further opinions on this to Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion, please. JRM 19:56, 2004 Dec 12 (UTC)
 * Delete - UFRD (Unnecessary Fan-Related Detail) - Skysmith 09:26, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Avernum, where the merge works nicely. Samaritan 03:15, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)


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Ted Hendricks Award

The Ted Hendricks Award is given annually to college football's top defensive end. The award is named after Ted Hendricks, a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame, and is presented by his own foundation. In 2022, Caleb Murphy, of NCAA Division II Ferris State University, became the first non-FBS player to win the award.

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