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Origin of the M.G. name
I see a new paragraph has appeared describing the origins of the M.G. name. The trouble is I can't understand it. It seems to say that the initials don't stand for Morris Garages but rather for the initials for Morris Garages which seems a very narrow distinction. One thing is certain, on all the early advertisements and letter headings it was never MG but always M.G..

Also, can anyone give a source to the story that Cecil Kimber said M.G. didn't stand for anything. Without a source this rather contentious statement should not be there. Malcolma 20:03, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

The source is a Mr Jonathan Daniel a member of the RAC & contemporary of Cecil. Mr Daniel wrote a letter to the MG Enthusiast Magazine which was published in the October Issue of 1993. In that letter he is at pains to correct the misconception about the meaning of M.G. & the significance of the dots. I have reprinted the letter in its entirety here. Peter TD 5801

"Regarding the dots in M.G. as I started this particular ball rolling with my letter to Auto Classic magazine, my thoughts on this matter may be of interest as they involve a personal conversation with Mr. Kimber himself, some sixty years ago.

First let me dispel the ‘experts’ who doubt Mrs. Cook’s (Jean Kimber Cook, daughter of Cecil Kimber, founder of the M.G. Car Company) comments – she is absolutely correct in stating that ‘M.G. does not stand for Morris Garages.’ As regards the dots, however, they are there for a particular reason which I will come to later.

Despite what numerous books and commentators say, the truth of the matter is that Mr. Kimber, in pursuit of a name for his inspired cars, chose the M from Morris and the G from Garages as a tribute to his employer – Billy Morris, they were not abbreviations. Had anyone dated (sic) to suggest to him that they were shorthand initials for Morris Garages, he would have given them ‘flea in the ear’ pointing out there already was a Morris Garages – how could there be two?

At an R.A.C. awards dinner in the Thirties, Mr. Kimber, as our guest of hour (sic), made quite clear to all present that he wanted it known that M.G. stood just for itself – ‘The British Sports Car.’ I was there (and still have the signed menu card) and it came from the man himself! His daughter – Mrs. Cook – also related this fact in your April/May ’88 issue.

As to the famed dots, my friend M.E.L. Gosling – a motorcyclist, having been informed the M.&G. were not shortened, queried the use of the dots; Mr. Kimber told us it was simply a matter of design – more visually attractive, and no other reason. It was confusing then, as now, however, and no-one would dare to take on the master. We later studied the factory literature of the time, and agreed – he was right! ‘That which Mr. Kimber joined together, let no editor or tired typesetter put asunder.’ If it was good enough for the boss of M.G. it should be good enough for the rest of us.

You are not alone in your ignorance of these important points: witness the new signs outside the M.G. Car Club premises in Abingdon – no dots – someone has slipped up, and they really should know better. This is not the first time the club has abandoned its history – only since the arrival of previous magazine editors, was the exclamation mark following ‘Safety Fast!’ returned to its rightful place; again this is an important piece of M.G. history and is there for a reason.

The excellent centrespread in your September 1991 issue is how it should be done – or are these just dots in front of my ancient eyes? You can do it when you try! Today’s printing technology can easily be programmed to include the dots in M.G. and exclude them from MGB etc., it is simple, if you care enough.

May this octogenarian offer some advice to all the young bloods? Do not ignore your marque heritage, that is what made it great. If required, I will gladly dip into my pension to fund glucose tablets for your typesetter, and blobs of paint for the M.G. Car Club signs, along with a copy of "M.G. by McComb", wherein on each page, you will see how the letters should be presented when not in the octagon.

Congratulations to Mr. Barry Foster for his spirited response (Aug. ’91): was it really such a short letter – or had you cut it? Here’s hoping he can work the magic on Mr. Kimber’s own club.

Finally, on the subject of the dots: your own magazine, while not having the benefit of the octagon on the front cover, would, as Mr. Kimber intimated, impart more visual impact with bold stops in place – after all, what is an Enthusiast?

Before I go chasing the other Brooklands lads, upstairs – where engines do not break, and fuel is free – do me and Mr. Kimber’s memory a favour: remember that the mists of time have a habit of obscuring the facts, so shun the self-proclaimed experts, become a purist and stand out from the crowd and proudly state – ‘M.G. stands for itself – not Morris Garages, and the dots are there as a matter of design only.’ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter TD 5801 (talk • contribs) 07:51, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

University of Oklahoma?
There has been some news in Oklahoma of MG opening a plant in Ardmore, but the University of Oklahoma certainly would not keep quiet about their involvement if it were already made public by MG.

Record breaking and racing
I think we need to say something more about MG's successes in these in the 1930s - in racing and trialling, it was not just the works team - the three musketeers, cream crackers etc. -- Beardo 13:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I fear pointing out how the MG racing cars of the 30's dominated the World might cast aspersions that the typical Nazi Germany fans here running Wiki day to day op's might find distracting from their global propaganda campaign. You know the typical nonsense about how the Nazi's were right, and the world would be such a grand place if Winston Churchill and the Americans had joined in behind the Nazi cause.Bugatti35racer (talk) 17:41, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Renaming to MG Motor
It appears this article has been renamed without any discussion. Apart from the fact that the current UK company name, as of January 2009 is not "MG Motor Limited", but MG Motor UK Limited, per WP:UCN, we should use follow the most common usage when naming articles. Since the "MG Motor UK" name has been in use for only a few months (and the MG brand has been around since 1924), I would suggest this isn't the most common usage. Letdorf (talk) 23:23, 12 May 2009 (UTC).

I also am concerned at the renaming. The company has had many names over the years and is arguably more famous for its past than its present. MG Cars, the old name, while not strictly accurate was to my mind a good compromise title and was quite likely to be found by a casual search whereas MG Motor is not. Its a pity we can't just have MG but that is now a disambig page (with some staggering obscurity in it). I would like to move back to MG Cars. Malcolma (talk) 09:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I was the one who renamed it, I have put it back to normal now. --Thomas G 21:58, 21 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas Gilling (talk • contribs)

Chinese? British!
Even though MG is in foreign hands the HQ is still in the UK and the brand is british. I will change it to Chinese owned! --Thomas G 22:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas Gilling (talk • contribs)

This article
This article was created to be about MG Cars, a now defunct British car maker. The brand it created does live on, but MG Cars (the original company) does not - it was absorbed decades ago. Other companies, including British Motor Corporation, Rover Group and MG Rover have owned the marque since then, and each have their own articles. Today the marque is owned by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation which also has its own article, and which created a new company in the UK, MG Motor UK Limited to assemble cars. However, that new company is exactly that, a new company, so should have an article of its own. This article should not be converted into an article about that company. -- de Facto (talk). 21:28, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: no consensus for the move to this title. Article has already been moved back to MG Cars which there seems to be a consensus for as an interim solution. Dpmuk (talk) 12:46, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

MG Sports Car → MG Car Company — Relisted. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:35, 2 January 2011 (UTC) As the current hatnote states, this article is about the history and products of the car business that was first incorporated in 1930 as the MG Car Company Ltd. According to Companies House, the original company (M.G. Car Company, Limited (The), to be pedantic) existed (presumably as a subsidiary of Morris Motor Co., the Nuffield Organisation, BMC etc.) until it was dissolved in 2010, so I propose that "MG Car Company" be the most appropriate title for this artice. Letdorf (talk) 14:05, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Car Models?
Why no mention of the VA SA and WA models? Or the KN come to that? There are some fine articles on wiki for an internal link.Tylexman (talk) 19:38, 30 January 2012 (UTC) In fact why not just look at http://www.mgownersclub.co.uk/mg-prewar.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tylexman (talk • contribs) 20:11, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Survey

 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

 * Weak neutral on the proposed title, however the current one is absolutely wrong and if this discussion doesn't come to a conclusion soon it should be reverted back to MG Cars while this is worked out. From the looks of it this article is as much about the MG marque as it is about the manufacturer, and I think MG Cars is the more common name. However, I could be persuaded otherwise. --Sable232 (talk) 20:05, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose The article as it stands appears to cover three things: the original MG Car Company, which according to the article ceased to exist in any meaningful way by the end of the 1970s; the use of the MG marque by its various owners after that date; and the cars produced under both categories. MG Cars seems to me to be the most likely common name covering these usages. AFAIK, later British MGs were not built by the MG Car Company, but by BL/Austin Rover/Rover, so using MG Car Company for the article as it stands would be rather misleading. I too am open to other views as none of this is very satisfactory. 4u1e (talk) 11:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

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Another renaming
User LoyaltyCard moved the article to Morris Garages (Cars) without prior discussion so I have reverted the change. His logic seems to have been that the company is now called Morris Garages which it is not. Malcolma (talk) 19:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

 * I agree with your revert, the MG Car Company was never actually called "Morris Garages". Letdorf (talk) 00:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC).

My suggestion
In my opinion，there should be 2 articles about the "MG",

1, MG (MG Motor UK Limited) : Car manufacturer, introduction of the current COMPANY which produces cars under the MG marque.

2, MG (car brand)：History of the MARQUE，it's previous owners (William R Morris→Morris Motors Limited→British Motor Corporation→ British Motor Holdings→British Leyland Motor Corporation→British Leyland→Rover Group→British Aerospace→BMW→MG Rover Group→NAC→SAIC) and introduction of all the models from 1924 to current.

Baidutieba985 (talk) 23:29, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

 * Too confusing. We already have

MG Cars (talk | History)

MG MGA (talk | History)

MG MGB (talk | History)

MG T-type (talk | History)

... after all, less is more –  –  Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard | 10:39, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ... need I go on?

 * I don't think the model articles are that relevant. We already have MG Motor for the current SAIC Motor subsidiary, and this article for the original company. I think that there is a strong case for an article on the MG marque as well. At present this article contains information on MG products made after the demise of the orginal MG Cars company. It is also worth noting that not all SAIC-related MG activities take place under the MG Motor umbrella. My preferred approach would be (1) this article for the historial company; (2) the MG Motor article remaining as is; and (3) the creation of an MG (marque) article covering the brand.Rangoon11 (talk) 23:27, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello!

Look at the article Land Rover, it was owned by many companies but there is only one article for the brand, so is Jaguar Cars. So I strongly support the combination of MG Cars and MG Motor. It would be not so confusing, and it's good for the future of the MG marque.

Veritas-iustitia-libertas (talk) 20:24, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

 * Land Rover and Jaguar are different as there are also companies with those names with a directly connected history to the respective brands. Here we have (1) the original MG company, which became defunct, (2) MG products made other than by the MG company after its demise (eg all the various MGs made by Austin Rover and Rover in the 1980s and 1990s, plus MGs made by MG Rover and now by SAIC), and (3) MG Motor, a new company established specifically to manufacture and sell MG products (but which does not produce all or even most of the MGs currently made by SAIC).
 * I strongly support the creation of an over arching MG article for the marque. However I also feel that both the original MG company and the new MG Motor company are notable subjects for articles. Rangoon11 (talk) 00:17, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Enlightenment requested regarding "domestication" and "tradition"
There seems to be an insistence to use the term "over-domesticated" to describe the MG TD in a caption of a thumbnail showing the MG TF. This is so despite the term not being explained either in this article or in MG T-type, which covers both the TD and the TF. It can't possibly have anything to do with being too heavily designed for the domestic market, not with home sales being less than a tenth of production.

Also, I suppose by the caption that having separate fenders (wings?) and a running board constitute being a "traditional" MG. I suppose that, if the "tradition" included having the actual radiator at the front of the bodywork, the TD would be the last "traditional" MG, while, if the "tradition" also included tall wire wheels and a solid front axle on semi-elliptics, the TC would be the last "traditional" MG. What, exactly, makes an MG "traditional" or not?

Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 12:38, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

 * Suggested alternative captions:
 * "The MG TF was the last MG sports car with a wood-framed body, separate wings, and running boards." (assuming this is what is meant by being the "last traditional MG")
 * "The MG TF succeeded the TD, which had been altered to fit human needs too much." (based on the Wikipedia article on Domestication)

 * The problem with the first one is that I have no sources to verify the statement; this problem would go away if another editor has access to such a source and can cite it, or has access to a source showing the contrary, in which case it can be struck out for good and all. The problem with the second is that it makes no sense; it is, however, one way to interpret the term "over-domestication" as used in the current caption.

 * Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 00:06, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

 * Well, if I was going through sourcing EVERYTHING NOW, I'm not sure I'd start with image captions.  BUT, much to my surprise I just found a source for the adverb "traditionally" in this context.   See what you (and others) think and feel free to improve - preferably in line with the best bits of the surrounding discussions.   I quoted the source at greater length than I normally would in case (1) anyone is interested and (2) other editions of this book don't maybe use the same page numbers or (3) outside the UK (it's a British car) people find it less easy to get hold of the book.   But I do think the source carries reasonable authority.   And I shall not be surprised (or heart broken) if in due course someone prunes the lengthy quote in the source note.   I shall not even be totally devastated if someone else improves the whole caption.   Some more.   Well that (now I've done it) was the easy one. Now, someone else can apply some inspiration in respect of the other one.... Happy day  Charles01 (talk) 07:12, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

 * The caption is now more informative and not confusing at all. Thank you. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 12:49, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure why we need two photos of the TF in the main company article when there is no photo of say the MGB or MG F which were made in much larger numbers.Malcolma (talk) 13:08, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think numbers produced should be the SOLE criterion for including a picture of a car, but it's an important criterion and I strongly agree with you about the MGB/C.  (Is the MGF a "real" MG?....or am I just showing my age here?) On the right side of the screen, across from  where the models are listed on the left side, there is a lot of white space just begging to be filled.   In wiki-commons there is an overabundance of pictures of all sorts of MGs including these.   A few are usefully good, though presumably we all have different opinions over which these are, and which are the most appropriate for each circumstance.   Hmmmmmm.   Best wishes   Charles01 (talk) 13:44, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

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Lead section
Moved here from my talkpage. -- DeFacto (talk). 23:58, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Why did you reverted my edits? What is unexplained in that? You can clearly see I added *Chinese owned British and a subsidary of SAIC motors. It seems more clear that its a chinese owned Brand rather before it was confusing that it is a British brand and many people get confused that it is a British brand and not a chinese. It was a british brand but now its owned by a chinese company. What to explain in this? You can clearly see that I updated a sentences and its nothing wrong in wikipedia because it could be updated by anyone. The meaning is not wrong and its now more clear that it is a chinese owned British brand. I request you to revert back to my edits. Thank you and I hope you will undo the change cause you reverted my edits. Badassboy 63637 (talk) 09:27, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , I explained why in my edit summary. You gave no explanation as to why you made the change, and in my opinion the change, which did not add anything new, did not improve the article. -- DeFacto (talk). 00:05, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Badassboy
I have moved this communication from Badassboy to this talk page which is the proper place for discussion of the article's content.

"What's the reason you deleted my edits of MG motor[edit] Why did you reverted my edits of MG motor and what is *No and NO*? At least give a proper reason about why you reverted? And you can see that there is nothing wrong in my edit. I clearly mentioned that its a Chinese owned british brand as it is now more clear that's its a chinese brand and not a british brand. Do revert back my edits! Thanks Badassboy 63637 (talk) 06:12, 26 June 2021 (UTC)"

The first no was for you. The consensus doe not support your choice of words. Eddaido (talk) 06:17, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

 * What are my own words? It's the reality that its a chinese owned british suv and we have to mention it in the first line so that readers can find out its a chinese owned british suv and not a British suv. SO lets change it! And they are NOT MY OWN WORDS because its the reality Badassboy 63637 (talk) 07:44, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

 * You have now been asked by at least three different people not to keep trying to change it. There is no need for any mention of China at all in this article. Eddaido (talk) 09:35, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Its product range was changed to re-badged Wolseley and Morris products.
Sable is anxious that I tell you you seem to be unaware of the origins of subsequent MG models. Perhaps you would please Sable and detail those you believe were new after 1935 and not built out of the Morris parts bins. I don't believe there were any but. . . 11:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 6 July 2023

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Material  Works  19:13, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

MG Cars → MG (marque) – Works better. 90.255.6.219 (talk) 10:12, 6 July 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. C LYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (I will not see your reply if you don't mention me) 03:15, 17 July 2023 (UTC)  — Relisting. EggRoll97 (talk) 05:09, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

 * Comment: This was originally proposed at 06:42, 6 July 2023 (UTC), with a slight error, was trying to move to MG (marque) not "?". Damn WP:MOBILEAPP! Now fixed. 90.255.6.219 (talk) 10:12, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. "MG Cars" is only used in the title; at no point does it appear in the text. MG (marque) works better as a disambiguation; either way, "Cars" shouldn't be capitalised as it does not appear to ever have been referred to by that name. Couruu (talk) 08:45, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

 * Support. Just known as MG and not a manufacturer for most of its existence, but a marque used by other manufacturers. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:22, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose as this article is not just about the marque, it is also about the MG Car Company which was absorbed into British Leyland and made defunct in 1972.
 * Perhaps we should split this article into two articles:
 * One for the marque, which was passed from the MG Car Company to British Leyland, then to Rover Group, then to MG Rover Group, then bought out of the liquidation of MG Rover Group by Nanjing Automobile Group, and subsequently used by SAIC and MG Motor.
 * The other for the MG Car company itself.
 * -- DeFacto (talk). 15:52, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

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Lead paragraph
, I am questioning. MG began as long ago as 1924, with the MG 14/28 model, which from the very start was sold as "our popular M.G. Saloon", and saloon is British English for sedan. As for coupés, those began at least as early as 1927 with the MG 14/40 model, and continued to the end of MGB GT production in 1980. The last MG "sedan" is questionable, but the MG ZT went out of production in 2005. So I have no idea why you are claiming between 1930 and 1972 and also state "this article is about the 100-year history of MG and the sedan and coupe era is not even half of the marque's history". -- Red rose64 🌹 (talk) 07:12, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

 * M.G. Car Company Limited exists between 1930 and 1972, no? Kindly see MG cars. I retract my sentence of "not even half of the marque's history". What I meant to say that sure, they produce open two-seater sports cars, saloons and coupes for 81 years but didn't other companies produce loads of saloons and coupes as well in the 20th century? Now most MGs are crossovers yet this lead section did not accommodate that. Quite an opposite of WP:RECENTISM in fact, having so focused on the 'old' MG (pre-Chinese). And "best known" for open two-seater sports cars debatable and subjective, especially that they stopped making those. Instead of having these debatable wordings, readers could infer that MG is known for these vehicles via the Models section. Andra Febrian (talk) 07:22, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The article is named MG cars. It covers all cars having the MG marque, it does not cut off at 1972 and nor should it give undue prominence to the current Chinese cars. All of the MG models available at the end of 1971 were still in production when the MG factory at Abingdon closed in 1980, and one of these, the MGB, sold more than half a million - far more than any other car made at Abingdon (whether MG or another marque). About half of these were open two-seaters (MGB); the rest were fixed-head coupés (MGB GT). They are still a highly desirable and collectable car, I see two or three almost every day. -- Red rose64 🌹 (talk) 17:39, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I was just clearing up that the company "M.G. Car Company Limited" existed between 1930 and 1972, and basically since then MG is solely a marque and just part of another company. Cutting it off to 1972 is not my intention, in fact I clearly addressed that the previous lead is too focused on the 'old' MG. Andra Febrian (talk) 02:26, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

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2HD is an Australian radio station in New South Wales. Owned and operated as part of the Super Radio Network of stations, it currently broadcasts a news talk and classic hits format to Newcastle, New South Wales and the Hunter Valley. First broadcast on 27 January 1925, it was established by founder Harry Douglas – from which the station derives its name – and is based in studios in Sandgate alongside sister station New FM.

2HD is Australia's second oldest existing radio station, first going to air just hours after Sydney's 2UE.

1925–1945
2HD began broadcasting on 27 January 1925, a day after 2UE in Sydney began operations. The station's call sign was the initials of the founder, Hugh Alexander McKay Douglas (known as Harry), not "Hunter District" as is commonly believed. Douglas was a man ahead of his time. He had been a keen amateur radio enthusiast for some years prior to 1925, and an alderman on the Newcastle City Council from 1919 to 1922. He was also the first person to own a sulky and car tyre retreading business in Newcastle, as well as having the first petrol station in Newcastle with a bowser.

The radio station was originally situated in the Newcastle suburb of Hamilton, but soon after moved to the corner of Darby and King Streets (Douglas's tyre business address). Douglas sold the station to William Johnston in 1928, who sold the station to the "Airsales Broadcasting Company" in 1930. Airsales owned the company for 10 years, and was responsible for the move to its landmark studio building in Sandgate, which was the home of 2HD for nearly 50 years. Although the building is now very different, the middle section is still the 1931 building.

Under controversial circumstances during World War II, 2HD was closed in 1941, under the National Security Regulations. At the time, the station was owned by the Jehovah's Witnesses and around 25 staff were employed. Stories circulated that the owners were sending covert messages to enemy agents, based on the names and times of the music being played. 2HD remained silent until near the end of the war, when the Australian Labor Party and the Labor Council of New South Wales bought the station, resuming transmissions on 15 January 1945.

One of 2HD's notable personalities in the 1930s was "Uncle" Rex Sinclair, who continued to perform on local radio and stage until shortly before his death in 2001.

1945–1977
The Labor Party and the NSW Labour Council owned 2HD from 1945 until 1999. For the first 29 years of its ownership, the station was under the management of Jim Storey, with his wife Twink acting as program director and on-air personality. Other announcers during this time included Harry Randall, Stuart Dibbley and Tom Delaney.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, 2HD was one of the founding shareholders of local television station NBN Television.

2HD broadcast in the popular The Good Guys of Life format, also used by other stations, including 2SM Sydney. Presenters during this time included Harry Randall, Tom Delaney, Art Ryan, Haff Enegg, Mal Lamonte, John Hill, Allan McGirvan, Mike Jeffries, Malcolm Elliott, Keith Haerris, Graeme Gilbert, Don Mayo, Rob Maynard and Cliff Musgrave. Towards the end of this period, announcer Geoff Gregory joined the station, but was better known as a program director, and host of the Sunday night program Country Sounds.

After the Good Guys era ended, 2HD transmitted other formats including Easy Alternative and country. In 1977, the original office building on Maitland Road Sandgate was closed. Several years prior to that, the building was gradually being demolished, starting with the destruction of the original transmitter building to make way for a dual carriageway along Maitland Road in 1964. The increased traffic and the location of the road near the old building was taking its toll. A new administration building, nicknamed "the submarine" was built, and Premier Neville Wran opened the building in 1977.

1977–today
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the station was the subject of a takeover bid from NBN, which resulted in a shake-up in ownership at the television station, and the bid was eventually rejected.

For decades after the end of the "Good Guys" era, the station's ratings were in the doldrums, but it accomplished its first number-one ratings success in 1987, after adopting a strong news and talk format. Factors in the success were the recruitment of 2KO's Pat Barton to present the breakfast program, along with Warwick Teece, whose Openline program was a huge success. General Manager David Baldwin was a key part of the station's revival, guiding the team to the top of the ratings. The coverage of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake by the news team, led by Tony Briscoe, won the station a National Radio Award. The 1990s saw 2HD confirm its place as the top-rating station in Newcastle, led by the breakfast team of David Collins and Tanya Wilks, who notched up over eight consecutive years of survey wins, supported by Geoff Jay and Richard King.

The station expanded following the purchase of local FM station New FM in 1995, which resulted in internal remodelling of the building. In 1999, the NSW Labor Party and NSW Labour Council sold the station to Bill Caralis.

In 1997, the station had added the John Laws Morning Show to its line-up, which remained until Laws' departure from 2UE in 2007. He was replaced by Steve Price and, later, Steve Liebmann, until Laws moved to network station 2SM in 2011, and was syndicated to rest of the Super Radio Network.

Until 2006, the station broadcast coverage of Newcastle Knights National Rugby League (NRL) games, then syndicated from the Macquarie Radio Network. However, a dispute between BOG, the Macquarie Radio Network and the NRL saw both the Continuous Call Team and the coverage of Knights games go to rival 102.9 KOFM.

In 2018, A-League, Super Rugby, NRL and AFL returned to 2HD, with various games called live through the network partnership with Crocmedia.

On 14 May 2021, 2HD recorded its lowest ratings result in its history, recording a percentage of 6.6.

Programming
Monday to Friday
 * Talk Overnight with Mike James Monday To Wednesday 12am to 5am
 * Talk Overnight With David Gubbay Thursday and Friday 12am to 5am
 * Breakfast Show with Richard King (5am to 9am)
 * John Laws Morning Show (9am to 12pm from 2SM Sydney)
 * Pete Davis in the Afternoon (12pm to 4pm)
 * Talkin' Sport (4pm to 6pm from 2SM Sydney)
 * Sportsday NSW with Scott Sattler and Gary Belcher (6pm to 8pm)
 * Talk Tonight with Gary Stewart (8pm to 12am from 2SM Sydney)

Saturday
 * Talk Overnight With Dave Sutherland 12am to 4am
 * Hi-Tide Fishing Show (4am to 7am)
 * Brent Bultitude (7am to 12pm)
 * Off The Bench (12pm to 2pm)
 * Barry Hill (2pm to 6pm)
 * Dave Sutherland (6pm to 12am)

Sunday
 * Talk Overnight With Cherilyn Darcy 12am to 4am
 * Hi-Tide Fishing Show (4am to 7am)
 * Reel Adventures (7am to 8am)
 * Brent Bultitude (8am to 12pm)
 * Tony Vidray (12pm to 6pm)
 * Dave Sutherland (6pm to 12am)

Key Staff

 * Guy Ashford – General/Sales Manager
 * Dave Cochrane – SRN/2HD Content Director
 * Luke Hetherington – Promotions & Marketing Director
 * Ross McClymont – Technical Engineer

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Talk:Cello concerto

Length?
For a truly painful(ly long :) ) list of cello (viola,...) repertoire, check google groups for the last year or so. I admit that I contributed. rec.music.classical and rec.music.classical.recordings, I think.  Anyone care to contribute a section, or an article all its own, on instrumental balance - I've asked that already, though I know or think I know that cello balance is said to be a particular balance, with Brahms on hearing the Dvorak 2 having said-to-have-said that if he'd known one could write a cello concerto that way, (etc)..., or on the various reasons (there are obvious ones, and then there are the less obvious) why a composer writes a violin concerto and not one for (name other instrument here)? (Obvious: soloist who asks plays violin and not... but that gets slightly complicated too. Mozart, flute concerto in D.) (Yes, what of it?) Schissel 14:40, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)

If there is no objection, I'd like to start moving e.g. the list on the main page (keeping the major ones, which is subjective...) to List of compositions for cello and orchestra to create greater proportionate room for something to be said of the cello concerto as a genre, its history, its balance problems, nexus points, ... itself. For which see List of compositions for piano and orchestra and piano concerto... Schissel : bowl listen 13:00, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

I added a link to the Bocherini Cello Concerto No. 9 In B-Flat Major, but the thing wouldn't link properly, so I had to put in a url vs. the article name. If someone could fix that it would be terrific. Nuclearmound 02:59, 15 July 2006 (UTC)Nuclearmound

Move?
I propose we move this to Cello Concerto, since it is "commonly called a cello concerto" and it might confuse people if it redirects (as it does now) to "violoncello concerto". Your opinions? — $PЯINGεrαgђ  03:47, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, and am in the midst of nominating Category:Violoncello concertos to be renamed to Category:Cello concertos at CFD for the same reason. Most articles in that category are about "Cello Concerto X by Y", rather than "Violoncello Concerto X by Y", and the main article is Cello, not Violoncello.  BencherliteTalk 22:20, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Vivaldi RV409 Is NOT a "double" concerto for Cello & Bassoon
RV409 is a Cello Concerto, E minor, with String Orchestra.
 * http://imslp.org/wiki/Cello_Concerto_in_E_minor,_RV_409_(Vivaldi,_Antonio)
 * "The Master Musicians Series" books; Vivadi by Michael Tolbot: Appendix B, Catalogue of Works (Listed by RV number). ISBN: 0-460-02282-2

I have Ofrah Harnoy CDs which list a Cello & Bassoon Concerto as RV409. This is incorrect, and I wrote to them at the time to tell them; the re-release carries the same mistake. I can find no RV listing of a Cello & Bassoon concerto; this may be a new discovery or an arrangement of a Sonata or some such.

Consulting the Talbot book reveals only one Cello Concerto in E minor, RVO9. I have a CD with this piece played on it, Google "Pierre Fournier,Vivaldi Cello Concerto E minor", to hear it on YouTube!

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_compositions_by_Antonio_Vivaldi#Vivaldi_RV409_Is_NOT_a_.22double.22_concerto_for_Cello_.26_Bassoon For further discussion.

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Category talk:Botanists by nationality

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Since this category survived Categories for Deletion, I have restored it to be a subcategory of Category:Botanists. Even though some people clearly don't want this to happen, the category has been kept - so it ought to be categorised itself. There's no point keeping the category then not putting it into subcategories! However, please do not move botanists out of Category:Botanists and into their nationality subcategory. In order to help taxoboxes work, all botanists ought to be listed in Category:Botanists. You may wish to dual list a German botanist's article under both Category:German botanists and Category:Botanists (though note that it is usually not considered good practice to list an article in both a category and its subcategory), or leave it purely in Category:Botanists. However, do not remove the article entirely from Category:Botanists. --VivaEmilyDavies 18:14, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Categories: Botanists by various nationalities
These are not useful. It breaks up the complete list of botanists at Category:Botanists, thereby making pages much harder to find when one needs to know (a) if a particular botanist has a page, and (b) what the page is titled, when adding links at e.g. a plant named by that botanist. Botanists are also highly international in their work, and the their nationality is often completely irrelevant to the areas they worked in, making it hard to predict what their nationality might have been (e.g. Siebold worked mainly on Japanese plants while based at a Dutch mission, making it very hard to know that he can only be found listed at Category:German botanists). These subcategories would be best deleted, or at the very least, any botanist listed at one of these subcategories must also be on the full list at Category:Botanists - MPF 14:44, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Concur with that. This is a plain example of overcategorization. Since it is bad practice for an element to be both in one category and its parent category, the obvious step is to delete this. Radiant! 20:18, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)

The vote for deletion has been archived as unresolved: discussion Wincoote 02:35, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wish I'd known about this change before - botanists are now inconsistent with the rest of WP's categorization, makes things harder for us who do more than just botanical organization. The small cat argument is bogus, because we expect to add many hundreds more as time goes on. Stan 02:33, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Ōsaka Abenobashi Station

Ōsaka Abenobashi Station (大阪阿部野橋駅) is a railway station on Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is also called "Abenobashi Station" (あべの橋駅).

According to the research on November 13, 2012, 159,075 passengers got on and off trains at Ōsaka Abenobashi Station. It was the largest number of passengers getting on and off trains at stations on the Kintetsu Lines.

The west ticket gates of the station were shifted 35 m to the east on March 20, 2009, so that station facilities are entirely within the Kintetsu Abeno department store's "new" (east) building. The "old" (western) portion was demolished to make way for a new high-rise building.

Connecting lines

 * Tennoji Station
 * West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
 * Osaka Loop Line
 * Hanwa Line
 * Yamatoji Line
 * Osaka Metro
 * Midosuji Line (M23)
 * Tanimachi Line (T27)
 * Tennoji-eki-mae Station
 * Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line

Layout
The station has six bay platforms serving five tracks on the first floor.
 * Minami-Osaka Line for Fujiidera, Domyoji, Furuichi, Shakudo, Kashiharajingu-mae, Yoshino and Kawachi-Nagano

Train services from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m.

 * Weekdays
 * 1 limited express train to Yoshino
 * 2 express trains to Yoshino
 * 6 semi-express trains to Furuichi, of which 2 continue to Kashiharajingu-mae and other 4 to Kawachi-Nagano
 * 6 local trains to Fujiidera, of which 1 or 2 continue to Furuichi

 * Weekends and holidays
 * 2 limited express trains to Yoshino
 * 2 express trains to Yoshino
 * 6 semi-express trains to Furuichi, of which 2 continue to Kashiharajingu-mae and other 4 to Kawachi-Nagano
 * 6 local trains to Fujiidera, of which 1 or 2 continue to Furuichi

Establishments around the station

 * Abenobashi Terminal Building (Abeno Harukas Tower Building, Abeno Harukas Wing Building, East Building)
 * Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas
 * Offices
 * Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel
 * Abeno Harukas Art Museum
 * Harukas 300
 * Miyako City Osaka Tennoji
 * Hoop
 * and
 * Abeno Apollo Building, Abeno Lucias (Both are owned by Kin-ei Corp.)
 * Tennoji MiO
 * Main Building
 * Plaza Building
 * abeno CUES TOWN
 * Tennoji Park
 * Tennoji Zoo
 * Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
 * Shitennō-ji

The skyscraper "Abeno Harukas" opened on March 7, 2014. The department store floors pre-opened on June 13, 2013, and February 22, 2014.

Transit buses
Amenobashi-nishi Bus Stop located in front of Apollo Building is available for bus routes 48, 52 and 80.

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West Virginia State University

West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a public historically black, land-grant university in Institute, West Virginia. Founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute, it is one of the original 19 land-grant colleges and universities established by the second Morrill Act of 1890, which evolved as a diverse and inclusive campus. Following desegregation, WVSU's student population slowly became more white than black. As of 2017, WVSU's student body was 75% white and only 8% African-American.

The university's Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institute is divided into three programmatic divisions: WVSU Extension Service, WVSU Agricultural and Environmental Research Station, and The Center for the Advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CASTEM). The WVSU Extension Service (1890 Extension) provides community and agricultural outreach throughout West Virginia via 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Community and Economic Development, and Family and Consumer Sciences programs. The WVSU Agricultural and Environmental Research Station (1890 Research) focuses on Aquaculture, Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology, Horticultural Crops & Production Systems, Urban Forestry & Natural Resource Management, and Vegetable Genomics & Plant Breeding research programs. CASTEM programs encourage the state's youth to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network (STEM) fields to become engineers, scientists, researchers, teachers, and leaders.

History
WVSU is located on land once occupied by mound builder Native Americans. The British government granted the site to George Washington for his service in the British military during the French and Indian War. It was subsequently sold and operated as a plantation, using enslaved labor. During the early 19th century, the son of Virginia Governor William H. Cabell, Samuel I. Cabell, moved to the Kanawha River valley and married Mary Barnes, a former slave, who bore thirteen children. He bought the property in 1853 and much to the displeasure of their white neighbors, took elaborate precautions to ensure that Mary, his wife, and their children would inherit his wealth and not be sold into slavery, including officially emancipating Mary and their then-living children in 1858. Sam Cabell was murdered shortly after the American Civil War and the creation of the state of West Virginia. Two decades later, his daughter Maria Cabell-Hurt sold some land to the new state to permit creation of the West Virginia Colored Institute, since Sam's descendants and neighbors had to send their children across the Ohio River to Ohio for higher education. Sam and Mary Cabell and their children are buried on the campus; some descendants continue to live nearby.

Early history
The school was established as the West Virginia Colored Institute in 1891 under the second Morrill Act, which provided for land-grant institutions for Black students in the 17 states that had segregated schools. The school opened its doors in May 1892 and had an enrollment of over 40 students. The faculty consisted of President James Edwin Campbell, Byrd Prillerman, and T.C. Friend. The curriculum consisted of courses in agriculture, horticulture, mechanical arts, and domestic science. Teacher education ("normal") courses were added in 1893. Military education became an integral part of the school, and in 1899 West Virginia's legislature passed a bill to admit up to 60 cadets. In 1909, African-American educator and statesman Booker T. Washington recommended his friend, Byrd Prillerman, as the institution's president. Washington had been instrumental in locating the institution in the Kanawha Valley, visited the campus often, and spoke at its first commencement. During Prillerman's 10-year administration, the school established itself as the center of black intellectual life in the state. From 1891 through 1915, the school provided the equivalent of a high school education, with vocational training and teacher preparation for segregated public schools. In 1915, it became the West Virginia Collegiate Institute and began to offer college degrees. In 1919, John Warren Davis became president of the institute. A Morehouse graduate, Davis recruited highly qualified faculty and focused on curriculum development. He persuaded noted historian Carter G. Woodson to assist him as academic dean. In 1927, the school was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, making it the first of 17 original black land-grant schools to be certified by a regional association and one of only four black colleges to gain such status. It also became the first public college in West Virginia to be accredited by North Central. In 1929, the name was changed to West Virginia State College. With an enrollment of 1,000 students, the college contained divisions of Applied Arts and Sciences; Languages, Literature and Fine Arts; Natural Sciences and Mathematics; and Social Sciences and Philosophy.

In 1939, West Virginia State College became the first of six historically black colleges to be authorized by the Civil Aeronautics Authority to establish an aviation program. Benefiting from the presence of the Wertz Field airport adjacent to campus, the program prepared many African-American pilots for the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. Several college aviators joined the famed 99th Fighter Squadron and 332nd Fighter Group (the Tuskegee Airmen) that served with distinction in the European Theater. One of the original graduates of the aviation program, Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins, was the first African-American woman to become a solo pilot in the Civilian Pilot Training Program. During World War II, West Virginia State College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission. In 1942, a college ROTC program was established as an artillery unit. The ROTC tradition continues today, and the school has claimed 15 general officers who have graduated from West Virginia State, including Major General Charles C. Rogers and Major General Harvey D. Williams. In 1951 the Drain-Jordan Library opened, named in honor of librarian Leaonead Pack Drain-Bailey and Lawrence Victor Jordan.

Desegregation
West Virginia State College underwent a significant transformation under the guidance of president William J. L. Wallace. In 1954, following the Brown v. Board of Education order to desegregate public education, and the initiation of the G.I. Bill, the college transformed into a predominantly White institution. This garnered national attention. President Wallace hailed it as "a tribute to the character and courage of the people of Kanawha Valley." As a result, West Virginia State adopted the motto "A Living Laboratory of Human Relations." Enrollment substantially increased after the change in demographics.

In 1957, the school lost its land grant status because the West Virginia Board of Education voted to end the state funding needed to obtain matching federal land-grant aid. Although land-grant university funding is governed by federal laws, the federal aid is conditioned upon matching state funds. Under the leadership of President Hazo W. Carter, Jr., a 12-year quest was begun to restore the land-grant designation. The first step toward regaining the status came when Gov. Gaston Caperton signed a bill on Feb. 12, 1991, that had been passed by the Legislature to recognize the land-grant status on the state level. With the advocacy of alumni, university leadership, and assistance from West Virginia's U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, the U.S. Congress fully restored land-grant status in 2001. West Virginia State is again recognized as an 1890 land-grant institution with recognition at the Federal level, along with funding to carry out its mission of teaching, research, and public service. The land-grant institution of WVSU is named the Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institution.

University status
In 2003, the school's community college, established in 1953, was separately accredited as the West Virginia State Community and Technical College but remained administratively linked to West Virginia State College. In 2008, the legislature fully separated the community and technical college. However, both schools continued to share the same campus. In 2009, the Community and Technical College went through a name change and it was announced on April 20, 2009, as Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College. In the fall of 2012, KVCTC moved its campus to South Charleston, West Virginia.

In 2004, under President Carter's leadership, West Virginia State College gained University status, becoming West Virginia State University, and began to offer graduate degrees in Biotechnology and Media Studies. In the fall of 2011, WVSU began to offer a graduate degree in Law Enforcement. In the spring of 2014, WVSU began offering a graduate degree in education. Under President Brian O. Hemphill, the university set a goal to become the most student-centered research and teaching, land-grant university in West Virginia. Under President Anthony L. Jenkins, PhD, the university celebrated a historic achievement, receiving its full land-grant state match.

Leadership
After serving as interim president, Ericke S. Cage is the current and 13th president of the university, officially taking office in 2022. Past presidents of the university include: James Edwin Campbell (1892–94), John H. Hill (1894–98), James McHenry Jones (1898–1909), Byrd Prillerman (1909–19), John Warren Davis (1919–53), William J.L. Wallace (1953–73), Harold M. McNeill (1973–81), Thomas W. Cole, Jr. (1982–86), Hazo W. Carter, Jr. (1986–2012), Brian O'Harold Hemphill (2012–16), Anthony L. Jenkins (2016–20), and Nicole Pride (2020–21). . Several buildings on campus are named after them: Campbell Conference Center, Hill Hall, Jones Hall, Prillerman Hall, Davis Fine Arts Building, Wallace Hall, McNeill Facilities Building, Cole Complex, and the Dr. Hazo W. Carter Jr. Integrated Research and Extension Building and the adjacent Dr. Hazo W. and Judge Phyllis H. Carter Food and Agricultural Complex.

James Edwin Campbell was a poet, free-lance writer, and mathematician from Pomeroy, Ohio. Following Campbell was John H. Hill, who was a lawyer, teacher, administrator, and soldier, who oversaw the university's first commencement. He resigned to fight in the Spanish–American War and later returned as an instructor. James McHenry Jones was responsible for adding teacher education (a "normal" department), and is buried on campus. Before becoming the fourth president, Byrd Prillerman was a faculty member and one of those responsible for locating the school in the Kanawha Valley. During his tenure, academic programs were expanded and the institution was renamed the "West Virginia Collegiate Institute". John Warren Davis focused on recruiting the best black faculty members he could find and developing the curriculum. He persuaded noted historian Carter G. Woodson to assist him as Academic Dean. During his tenure, the school was first accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1927, and became West Virginia State College in 1929. Davis is the longest-serving president, having served for thirty-four years.

William James Lord Wallace's greatest challenge of his presidency came following the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregated schools to be unconstitutional. Following that, the historically black West Virginia State College opened its doors to all students. Dr. Wallace not only met the challenge but set an example for the world to follow. During Harold M. McNeill's tenure, the community college component was established; a building was erected for community college programs, and Ferrell Hall and the Drain-Jordan Library were renovated. During Thomas Winston Cole, Jr.'s administration, he made several organizational changes in the institution, creating new academic divisions and establishing a planning and advancement unit. Cole left West Virginia State in 1986 to become Chancellor of the West Virginia Board of Regents.

Shortly after he became the ninth president in September 1987, Dr. Hazo W. Carter, Jr. began a 12-year quest to regain the college's land-grant status that had been transferred in the 1950s. Since "State" was the only institution to have the status removed, there was no precedent for recovering it. After this status was restored, a quest then began for West Virginia State to be designated a university, which became a reality in 2004; he became the first president to serve under the "university" status. These achievements, accompanied by two highly successful accreditation's by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the addition of graduate programs, highlight his administration. In August 2011, the faculty voted no confidence in Carter's leadership, and Carter retired on June 30, 2012. He then became president emeritus until his death in February 2014. Under the leadership of Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins, WVSU expanded its outreach and public service to all 55 counties throughout WV, increased academic program offerings to include Engineering and Nursing, increased retention and dual enrollment course offerings.

Just less than one year as president, Dr. Nicole Pride, the university's 12th president who was also the first female president of WVSU, resigned following controversy. Her cabinet called for her termination due to allegations of a hostile work environment under her leadership. A vote of "no confidence" was taken and the Board of Governors unanimously accepted her resignation letter.

Other
East Hall and the Canty House, home of "Colonel" James M. Canty, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

WVSU's Fall and Spring Commencement Ceremonies were held in December and May, respectively, at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston. Until 2009, WVSU and WVSCTC had joint commencement ceremonies. To cut back on spending, WVSU now holds its commencement ceremonies on campus. Until the completion of the new convocation center, the December commencement was held in the P.A. Williams Auditorium of Ferrell Hall, while the May commencement was either on the large lawn in the center of campus (also called the quad), or in the P.A. Williams Auditorium, pending weather. Commencements are now held in the D. Stephen and Diane H. Walker Convocation Center (Walker Convocation Center for short), a new addition/renovation to Fleming Hall. The Spring 2014 commencement was the first commencement held in the Walker Convocation Center.

Athletics
The athletic teams are known as the Yellow Jackets. WVSU athletic teams include men's football, baseball, basketball, golf, and tennis, and women's basketball, golf, softball, tennis, volleyball and soccer. During the segregation era, the school competed in athletics as "West Virginia" and played other segregated schools as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association. After desegregation, the school withdrew from the CIAA (today's Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) and competed as "West Virginia State" to avoid confusion with West Virginia University. The school then moved to the formerly all-white West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC), which competed in the NCAA's Division II. After the dissolution of the WVIAC, WVSU joined the new Mountain East Conference in 2013, which is also part of NCAA Division II. WVSU's main rivals include University of Charleston (WV), Central State University (OH), and Kentucky State University.

During the segregation era, black high schools were barred from competition in the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, and State therefore sponsored an unofficial "state colored championship" from 1932 to 1959.

Music
WVSU's Music Department is housed in the College of Arts and Humanities. Currently, WVSU offers two undergraduate degrees in music, a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Performance, as well as a music minor.

Instrumental ensembles
In the mid-late 1990s, the band saw a period of resurgence under the direction of Chris Card. From 1995 until 2000, the band had an enrollment of between 35 and 50 members. Many of the members during this time period were scholarship recipients, and the band often contained 5-10 veterans or active members of Drum Corps International. The band was known for its small size and huge sound. The band marches in a "corps-style" fashion, the only band of its type at an HBCU, as most have a "show-style" band. The band tries to do a different marching show at every home football game, with the exception of homecoming.

The Yellow Jacket Marching Band, also known as the "Marching Swarm", performs in one parade unless invited to others: the WVSU Homecoming Parade. In 2018, the band performed in Welch, WV's 100th Veteran's Day Parade, the longest ongoing Veteran's Day parade in the nation. The band has also played for the president's "State of the University Address", the Founder's Day ceremony, and annually for WVSU's ROTC Hall of Fame Ceremony. They have served as the exhibition band at high school marching band festivals, including Nicholas County's Mountain Band Spectacular (2008–2010), Poca High School's Heritage Day Festival in Poca (2009–2016, 2018), the 2013 WV Marching Band Invitational in Charleston, the 2015 Sissonville High School Cavalcade of Bands Band Festival in Sissonville, and the Boone County Coal Classic, hosted by Scott High School in Madison (2018–2019). On October 12, 2013, WVSU, in co-sponsorship with the St. Albans High School Music Department, hosted the Cavalcade of Bands Southwest Regional Band Festival, and hosted it again in 2014. In 2008, the band was invited to go to Chicago with the football team for the Chicago Football Classic to participate in the Battle of the Bands competition; the only competition the band has competed in.

The Wind Ensemble has performed at WVSU's commencement ceremonies. Students of the Advanced Conducting studio may also conduct on a concert. The Advanced Conducting studio is a unique feature of WVSU as not many colleges offer it at the undergraduate level. In the spring of 2015, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble performed at The Hamilton in Washington, D.C. for the simultaneous events of D.C.'s 153rd Emancipation Day Celebrations and the 150th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination. Established in fall 2015, WVSU offers a chamber orchestra, named the West Virginia State Philharmonic Orchestra (WVSPO, formerly Charleston Chamber Orchestra), under the baton of Dr. Scott E. Woodard. On their debut concert, the ensemble performed a world premiere of a piece by local composer Matthew Jackfert. In June 2018, the orchestra performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of the Viennese Masters Orchestra Invitational, hosted by Music Celebrations International (MCI), followed by a performance at the Kennedy Center in D.C. in February 2019 for MCI's Capital Orchestra Festival. The WVSPO were set to tour in Vienna as part of a Ludwig van Beethoven festival in the summer of 2020, also as part of MCI, but it was rescheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, the 2021 date also fell through due to the ongoing pandemic.

The Jazz Ensemble performs for various events on and off campus. In November 2007, the Jazz Ensemble traveled to Austria to perform in Vienna, Graz, and Salzburg. On April 12 and 13, 2012, the Jazz Ensemble played two concerts for Washington, D.C.'s 150th Emancipation Day celebrations at the Lincoln Theatre. The April 12 concert featured the WVSU Jazz Ensemble and saxophonist Brian Lenair while the April 13th concert additionally featured a comedy show by famed comedian, Dick Gregory. The Jazz Ensemble returned the following year to perform for the 151st Anniversary on April 16 at Freedom Plaza. The Jazz Ensemble, along with the Concert Choir, performed at The Greenbrier on November 22, 2013, as part of the West Virginia Reading Association (WVRA) conference. In March 2016, the ensemble performed for the West Virginia Music Educators Association (WVMEA) conference.

Other instrumental groups at WVSU include a Brass Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and Woodwind Ensemble. In addition, WVSU is home to the Montclaire String Quartet, the Quartet in Residence at WVSU, composed of the principle string players of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

Vocal ensembles
In addition to the instrumental ensembles, WVSU features a concert choir called the State A Capella and an audition-only chamber vocal ensemble called State Singers. Depending on enrollment, vocal ensembles specifically for male and female groups may also be offered. The State Singers consists of eight to ten vocalists and also occasionally perform as the WVSU Vocal Jazz Choir. The State Singers act as ambassadors for the university and frequently perform off campus for important community and cultural events. Every spring, the State Singers go on tour. Recent tours have taken the group to Cleveland, Ohio, Virginia Beach, St. Louis, Missouri, and New York City. On April 13 and 14, 2012, the concert choir had the unique opportunity of singing the music of "Queen" with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. The concert choir again sang with the WVSO for the symphony's 2012 holiday concerts, and have continued since. In March 2016, the concert choir again joined the symphony, along with three other West Virginia collegiate choirs, to perform the Brahms Requiem. Dr. Dirk Johnson is the Director of Choral Activities for WVSU and has been at that position since the fall of 2009. He is also the current Chair of the WVSU Department of Music.

Student life
Many of the students who live in dorms on campus are from large urban areas outside of West Virginia or from the rural counties in the state. Those who stay on campus generally congregate at Wilson Student Union.

Student media
The campus radio station at WVSU can be heard locally on 106.7 FM or over the internet. The station has hosted live music and interviews with recording artists. The campus newspaper, The Yellow Jacket, is published and edited by students and can be picked up in major buildings across the campus.

Notable alumni

 * Chu Berry, jazz tenor saxophonist
 * Albert Grant Brown (1881–1924), architect and educator; both an alumnus and a professor at West Virginia Colored Institute.
 * Joan Browning, civil rights activist
 * Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, first African-American to serve in the Wyoming Legislature
 * Augusta Clark, librarian, politician, and lawyer; second African-American woman to serve on the Philadelphia City Council (1980–2000).
 * Herbert Fielding, former South Carolina lawmaker
 * Antoine Fuqua, writer and director of various movies, including Training Day (2001), starring Denzel Washington
 * Donald L. Graham, Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
 * Robert "RJ" Haddy, special effects artist and twice contestant on Syfy's reality game show Face Off
 * Calvin Hicks, African American photographer, a founder of The Black Gallery
 * Serita Jakes, Associate Pastor, and wife of TD Jakes of The Potters House of Dallas, entrepreneur
 * Katherine Johnson, African-American scientist, who made significant contributions to America's aeronautics and space exploration for NASA; in 2018, a statue of Johnson was erected on campus next to the Cole Complex and a scholarship was established in her honor
 * Damon Keith, Senior Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; the Keith Scholars Hall dormitory is named in his honor
 * Earl Lloyd, first African-American to play in the NBA; in 2014, a statue of Lloyd was erected and is on display in the Walker Convocation Center and the basketball season starts with the Earl Lloyd Classic in his honor, which also began in 2014; in 2018, the street in front of the Convocation Center was renamed to Earl Lloyd Way
 * Butch Miles, jazz drummer and a professor in the School of Music at Texas State University-San Marcos
 * Lou Myers, actor and theatrical director, played Vernon Gaines in the television sitcom A Different World
 * Bill Nunn, journalist, professional football scout, and member of the Black College Football Hall of Fame, the Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame, and Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 * Richard Ojeda, former member of the West Virginia Senate.
 * Leaonead Pack Drain-Bailey, librarian and namesake of WVSU's Drain-Jordan Library.
 * L. Eudora Pettigrew, former president of SUNY Old Westbury, first African-American president in the SUNY system
 * Will Robinson, first African-American Division I basketball coach and NBA scout
 * Charles Calvin Rogers, US Army Major General (ret); Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient for his actions in Vietnam; a bust of Rogers was dedicated in 2016 and is on display in the Wilson Student Union
 * Leander J. Shaw Jr., first African-American Chief Justice on the Florida Supreme Court
 * Wendell Smith, noted African American sportswriter who was influential in the choice of Jackie Robinson to become the first African American player in Major League Baseball
 * Leon Sullivan, Baptist minister, a civil rights leader and social activist, longtime General Motors board member, and an anti-Apartheid activist; Sullivan Hall is named in his honor
 * Bob Thompson, jazz pianist, composer and arranger; in 2015, Thompson was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.
 * Reggie B. Walton, Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
 * Harvey D. Williams, African-American retired United States Army major general
 * Carter G. Woodson, African-American historian cited as the father of black history; served as Academic Dean of WVSU from 1920 to 1922

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Yamantaka

Yamāntaka (यमान्तक Yamāntaka) or Vajrabhairava (대위덕명왕 Daewideok-myeongwang; 大威徳明王 Daiitoku-myōō; Эрлэгийн Жаргагчи Erlig-jin Jargagchi) is the "destroyer of death" deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. Sometimes he is conceptualized as "conqueror of the lord of death". Of the several deities in the Buddhist pantheon named Yamāntaka, the most well known belongs to the Anuttarayoga class of tantra of deities popular within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Etymology
Yamāntaka is a Sanskrit name that can be broken down into two primary elements: Yama (यम), –the god of death; and antaka (अन्तक) –destroyer. Thus, Yamāntaka means “Destroyer of Death” or "Conqueror of Death".

While Yamāntaka is therefore Yama's nemesis, his representation mirrors Yama in many ways: he too often rides a buffalo and often depicted with a buffalo's head.

Because of this mirroring of appearance and similarity in name, it is not hard to find texts and books (which would appear to be reliable sources of much material) conflate both Yamāntaka and Yama as being the same deity when they are not.

Within Buddhism, "terminating death" is a quality of all buddhas as they have stopped the cycle of rebirth, samsara. So Yamāntaka represents the goal of the Mahayana practitioner's journey to enlightenment, or the journey itself: On final awakening, one manifests Yamāntaka – the ending of death.

Origin
One historic source of name follows Kalantaka, an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva who saves his follower from the clutches of death Yama and is seen as the deity of adherence and origin of the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra of Buddhism and Hinduism.

In the buddhist Tantra, Siva as wrathful Bhairava, prefixing of the term “vajra” to his name—the preeminent symbol of power in the Buddhist tantra vehicle (Vajrayana)—is interpreted as a definitive sign of Bhairava’s wholesale transformation and conversion to Buddhism. The subjugation and conversion of non-Buddhist deities and the subsequent acquisition of the defeated deity’s special attributes is a common theme in Buddhist tantric literature.

In Buddhism, Yamāntaka is a wrathful expression of Mañjuśrī, the bodhisattva of wisdom. However, in Chinese Esoteric Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism, Yamāntaka is the wrathful emanation of Amitabha. He adopted this form in order to defeat Yama, the lord of death who was arrogantly interfering with karma by claiming victims before their time was up. Yamāntaka submitted Yama by terrorizing him with his form, one even more frightening than that of Yama himself, which at the same time also acted as mirror of Yama's horrible appearance. Yama then repented his actions and became a guardian of dharma. Through this way, Mañjuśrī also exposed the illusory nature of the fear of death, as well as the unreality of death itself.

Forms
Yamāntaka manifests in several different forms, one of which has six legs, six faces and six arms holding various weapons while sitting or standing on a water buffalo. The topmost face is the wrathful aspect of Mañjuśrī, with a red face below it. The other faces are yellow, dark blue, red, black, white, grey, and brown. Each face has three eyes.

The most common representation, Vajramahabhairava, depicts 9 heads, thirty-two hands and sixteen legs standing on Yama and all the Deva's, and Asuras Also, like Yama, he is represented with an erect penis, symbolizing the alchemy of bodily fluids.

In Chinese Esoteric Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism, Yamāntaka is pictured with six faces, legs and arms holding various weapons while sitting on a white ox.

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Mind machine

A mind machine (aka brain machine or light and sound machine) uses pulsing rhythmic sound, flashing light, or a combination of these. Mind machines can induce deep states of relaxation or concentration.

The process applied by some of these machines is said to induce brainwave synchronisation or entrainment.

History
The influence of rhythmic sounds and drums to enter altered states of consciousness is used in different indigenous tribes (see Shamanic music), as well as optical stimulation produced by the flickering light of camp fires or pressing lightly on the eyeballs. This "stroboscopic photo-stimulation produces 'photic driving', the alpha type of brain electrical activity associated with an altered state in which people are susceptible to suggestion". ( p. 12).

The first scientific observations were made by William Charles Wells in the 1790s who described different effects of binocular vision. His results were later transferred to be applied in binaural beats. Visual experiments with flickering lights were conducted in the 1940s by William Grey Walter who used stroboscopic light flashes to measure their effects on brain activity, assessed with EEG. He reported effect not just on visual areas but on the whole cortex.

The development of alpha EEG feedback (see neurofeedback) is an important starting point for biofeedback and its explicit use for entering altered states of consciousness. Enterprises started to produce different types of mind machines and some scientists followed the line of research to explore if and how these devices elicit effects on brain processes.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Farley initiated an investigation concerning medical claims made by some manufacturers and sellers. The FDA concluded that Light and Sound Machines were not medical devices and did not warrant regulation. Sellers and manufacturers were given guidelines for how they could advertise these devices, and were required to include a disclaimer and cautionary document with each machine. Nowadays, mind machines are rediscovered by some teenage cultures as so called “digital drugs”, a legal way to enter altered states of consciousness.

Application
Mind machines include flashing light devices, which are similar to the Brion Gysin dreamachine in that both produce a flickering visual field. Unlike flashing light devices, the dreamachine can be used by several people at once, but has few, if any, technical features.

Technical setting
Mind machines typically consist of a control unit, a pair of headphones and/or strobe light goggles. The unit controls the sessions and drives the LEDs in the goggles. Professionally, they are usually referred to as Auditory Visual Stimulation Devices (AVS devices). Some mind machines available today can even connect to the Internet to download additional session material.

Regulation
Mind machine devices are legally available throughout the United States from many sources.

With some exceptions, these devices commonly do not have FDA approval for medical applications in the US. They have been found by a U.S. district court to be Class III medical devices, and consequentially require FDA pre-market approval for all medical uses. One company making medical claims for a possibly unsafe device has been shut down and seen their devices destroyed.

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Parambassis

Parambassis is a genus of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family Ambassidae of order Perciformes. The type species is the Iridescent glassy perchlet (Ambassis apogonoides). These fishes originate mostly from Southeast Asia, but the species range across the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, from Pakistan, China and India south through Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Although primiarly found in fresh water, a few species can also be seen in brackish water. The Parambassis species range in maximum size from 4-24 cm, but they are similar in appearance, with a lozenge-shaped form, typical perciform fins, and semitransparent or transparent body. Several of the species are common food fish in local markets, and some (most notably the Indian glassy perchlet) are kept as aquarium fish.

Species
There are currently 19 currently recognized species in this genus:

 * Parambassis alleni (N. C. Datta & S. Chaudhuri, 1993)
 * Parambassis altipinnis G. R. Allen, 1982 (High-finned glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis apogonoides (Bleeker, 1851) (Iridescent glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis baculis (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Himalayan glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis bistigmata Geetakumari, 2012
 * Parambassis confinis (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Sepik glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis dayi (Bleeker, 1874) (Day's glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis gulliveri (Castelnau, 1878) (Giant glassfish)
 * Parambassis lala (F. Hamilton, 1822) (High-fin glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis macrolepis (Bleeker, 1856)
 * Parambassis pulcinella Kottelat, 2003 (Humphead glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis ranga (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis serrata Mayanglambam & Vishwanath, 2015
 * Parambassis siamensis (Fowler, 1937) (Indochinese glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis tenasserimensis Roberts, 1995
 * Parambassis thomassi (F. Day, 1870) (Western Ghats glassy perchlet)
 * Parambassis vollmeri T. R. Roberts, 1995
 * Parambassis waikhomi Geetakumari & Basudha, 2012
 * Parambassis wolffii (Bleeker, 1850) (Dusky-fin glassy perchlet)

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Nils Waltersen Aasen

Nils Waltersen Aasen (30 March 1878 – 27 December 1925) was a Norwegian arms inventor. He has been credited with having developed the modern hand grenade and land mine just prior to World War I.

Biography
Aasen was born at Stadsbygd in Rissa, Norway. He graduated in 1903 from the Fortress-Artillery School for Non-Commissioned Officers (Festningsartilleriets Underoffiserskole) at Oscarsborg Fortress. He started his experiments developing a hand grenade while serving as a sergeant at Oscarsborg. He was encouraged in his work by base commander and former defense minister Hans Georg Stang. However, the Norwegian Department of Defense showed little interest in Aasen's prototype. He then formed Aasen's Grenade Company (Det Aasenske Granatkompani) in Copenhagen, Denmark, which produced and exported of his grenade throughout Europe. Apart from new types of explosives, trench mortars, airplane bombs and land mines he also created several inventions for civil use. However, it was the development and production of arms that would bring him his greatest success.

Just prior to World War I, Aasen developed an anti-personnel mine which was meant as a weapon of deterrence. The invention caused enthusiasm within the French military but did not see production before the war. During World War I, Aasen was given the task of producing hand grenades for the French Army. He would have 13 factories with 13,000 employees working throughout the war. In 1917 his hand grenade was finally adopted by the Norwegian army, which later promoted him to premier-lieutenant (Løytnant).

Throughout his life he received a number of honorary degrees and awards for his inventions. Most notably, he was made an honorary colonel in the French Army, and a Knight in France's Legion of Honour in 1915. Later, Aasen's personal fortune was greatly reduced as a result of bad financial speculations, and because he had never patented the rights to several of his inventions. He died from tuberculosis in Stoughton, Wisconsin at the age of 47.

Inventions

 * Aasen bomb
 * Aasen mortar

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User:Etnoy

Jonathan Jogenfors alias Etnoy. PhD student in Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Electrical Engineering at Linköping University in Sweden. Research focus: Quantum Cryptograpy, Bell's Theorem, Bitcoin.

University homepage: http://people.isy.liu.se/icg/jonfo33/

Publications: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=oZQZGngAAAAJ&hl=sv

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pingying Zhang

Pingying Zhang 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

Pingying Zhang
Article doesn't indicate she is notable. Thue | talk 14:58, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: Deletion policy doesn't indicate that notability is criteria for deletion. Intrigue 15:13, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * But non-notability is usually seen as a criteria. It's an encyclopedia, not a personal webhotel or a world census. :) --Regebro 16:25, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Actually I think that it could be seen as a part of the deletion policy. If you look at number 17 on What Wikipedia is not it mentions notability and this falls under the nonencyclopediac criteria. Delete. - Jeltz 16:29, 2004 Dec 5 (UTC)
 * Well notability is certainly a criterion for inclusion. That's why I don't have my own article, for instance. Therefore non-notability leads to non-inclusion, or, in this case, when something has been erroneously included, deletion. So delete, obviously. -R. fiend 16:53, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable Wyss 18:16, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: I would normally say something else, but if it helps get the point across: non-notable. Geogre 21:22, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * The peer review process creates and refines common policy. In practice a consensus of editors determines whether or not notability in individual cases is a criterion for deletion. That being said, delete for the reasons stated by the editors above. Fire Star 01:06, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable means not encyclopedic topic means not encyclopedic. --Improv 18:24, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity page. --MPerel 21:59, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

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Davis & Elkins College

Davis & Elkins College (D&E) is a private college in Elkins, West Virginia.

History
The school was founded in 1904 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It was named for Henry G. Davis and his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins, who were both members of the United States Senate from West Virginia.

The Senator, the college newspaper, was founded in December 1922.

Athletics
The school's athletic teams, known as the Senators, compete in NCAA Division II, primarily in the Mountain East Conference (MEC). The Senators had been members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) from the league's founding in 1924 until its demise in 2013, after which the school joined the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). In 2019, the Senators joined the MEC, thereby reuniting with most of their historic rivals.

Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, indoor & outdoor track, and wrestling. All of these sports compete in the MEC except for lacrosse, which remains in the G-MAC because the MEC sponsors that sport only for women. Women's sports include triathlon, acrobatics & tumbling, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, indoor & outdoor track, and volleyball. Acrobatics & tumbling and triathlon, neither of which the MEC sponsors, compete as independents (without a conference affiliation).

Enrollment
The college enrolls 805 students, with a 12:1 student/faculty ratio.

Campus buildings
1890–1924
 * Halliehurst Mansion
 * Graceland Mansion
 * The Icehouse
 * Gatehouse

1925–1976
 * Liberal Arts Hall
 * Charles E. Albert Hall
 * Boiler House Theatre
 * Memorial Gymnasium/Martin Field House (dedicated October 2010)
 * Jennings Randolph Hall
 * Benedum Hall
 * Eshleman Science Center
 * Walter S. Robbins and Elisabeth Shonk Robbins Memorial Chapel
 * Hermanson Center
 * Graceland Inn & Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality & Tourism
 * Darby Hall
 * Roxanna Booth Hall
 * Gribble Hall
 * Presidential Center
 * International Hall/Moyer Hall (dedicated October 2010)

1992–Present
 * Booth Library
 * Charles B. Gates Jr. Memorial Tower
 * Madden Student Center & William S. Robbins Centennial Tower
 * The McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education and Athletics
 * Myles Center for the Arts (dedicated October 2012)

Affiliated programs
Augusta Heritage Center, at Davis & Elkins College, provides instruction and performances, folklife programs, and a home for significant collections of field recordings, oral histories, photographs, instruments, and Appalachian art. "We teach. We share. We celebrate the wonder and diversity of the heritage arts."

Augusta Heritage Center is best known for intensive week-long workshops that attract several hundred participants annually. Thousands more attend its public concerts, dances, and festivals. Augusta's full-time staff, plus volunteers, seasonal staff, and work-study students, produce a variety of workshops. These world-renowned workshops and festivals have brought together master artists, musicians, dancers, craftspeople, and enthusiasts of all ages.

The Center for Railway Tourism at Davis & Elkins College provides an 18-credit undergraduate minor in Railway Heritage Tourism Management. The curriculum includes course work, independent study opportunities, an internship, and an opportunity to study abroad, all focused on preparing students for a career in restoring and presenting all aspects of America's railroad heritage. The Center for Railway Tourism also provides information and resources for the railway heritage community nationwide to help it assess and meet the interests and needs of a fast-changing national population made up of growing numbers of millennials, racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and women. Other programs address literacy, STEAM education principles, evolving heritage strategies, and techniques for increasing the general public's awareness of the many ways railroads have influenced American life and culture.

Notable alumni

 * Red Corzine, professional football player
 * Glenn Davis, sportscaster
 * Jan Eriksson, professional soccer player
 * Tex Irvin, professional football player
 * Kaia Kater, musician
 * Press Maravich, college basketball coach and father of "Pistol" Pete Maravich
 * Terry Rooney, college baseball coach (did not graduate)
 * Tobi Stoner, professional baseball player
 * Cheryl Abplanalp Thompson, Team USA handball player in 1996 Summer Olympics, inductee into Davis and Elkins College Hall of Fame

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User talk:Etnoy

Welcome
Welcome to my talk page. Feel free to critizise or comment on my shortcomings here. Etnoy 14:59, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Swedish Wikipedians' notice board
Hi, I noticed that you've created an article on Sommen - great!. I don't know if you knew, but Sommen was on the list of articles requested at the Swedish Wikipedians' notice board. As a Swedish Wikipedian, you might be interested in checking this page out. The page keeps a list of other Swedish-related articles (including several other lakes...) that ought to be created or expanded. It is also intended as an information hub for Wikipedians with interest in and/or knowledge of Swedish topics, keeping track of ongoing debates and votes relating to Swedish articles. The talk page can be used for general discussions and questions on Swedish issues. If you find it interesting, you can add your signature at the bottom of the page and put it on your watchlist. Whether or not you decide to join us, I hope you have a great time here on Wikipedia. Happy editing! / Alarm 15:07, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure! I didn't know there was such a page. Thanks! Etnoy 19:46, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * There are so many nooks and corners around this place, that I still discover new forums of different kinds almost every time I poke around... Anyway, great to see you've joined us. I'm glad to have you on board! / Alarm 23:29, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Hejsan
Din sida tillåter visserligen att alla bilder "används fritt", men det går ju inte att ladda ner dom! Du kanske borde använda någon annan galleri-mjukvara som tillåter direkt nedladdning av bilderna, några av bilderna från GBG skulle passa fint på commons. Ha det gött // notwist @ SVWP 81.227.87.191 12:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

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