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Portal talk:India

World Classical Tamil Conference 2010
Feature this article in front page when the conference is going on.

Also I hope the members involved in improving the projects related to India can contribute a lot to this article about the upcoming World Tamil Conference. If anyone is interested please write to my talk page. --Ben (talk) 09:52, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Trim
This portal has become excessively long. Please trim the subpages (preferably 'Did you know... and Things you can do) to improve usability. Thanks,--cj | talk 14:30, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

News:Featured portal
Portal:India's related portal, Portal:Hinduism has become a featured portal recently. --Dwaipayan (talk) 16:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Changes to the Portal Page
I am proposing the following changes to be made to the Main Portal page.

 * 1) Proposal 1: Changing of manual article/picture selection to random automated selection. This has the advantage of making the main portal page relatively maintenance-free. Thus the page may get outdated, but will not be spontaneously broken. This would also mean that people like me will get more time to improve other facets of the portal. Also, random automated selection would mean lesser load on the server as separate pages won't be required for each day/week.
 * 2) Proposal 2: Changing of section layout. I want to give the portal page more vibrant, yet still encyclopedic looks. I want to explore the possibilities of a better colour scheme. Suggestions invited (in sandbox). Also, I plan to chop down the length of DYK and Tasks you can do section as they are bloated. This is also suggested by cj above.

The Pending Tasks on top of this page is also outdated and needs to be trimmed/updated. Other suggestions for improvement are also welcome. — Ambuj Saxena (☎) 15:58, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I support the move. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  16:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I also agree with the Ambuj Saxena's proposals. Please go ahead and make subsequent changes. Shyam  ( T / C ) 16:16, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Random automated selection is needed. And eager to see the more vibrant look. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Throwing out another suggestion in the mix: Is it possible to include the current question asked at WP:PINQ in the DYK (Do you know ? :) ) section ? Abecedare 06:11, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Request for comment on Wikiportal India content
Do we need the following in Wikiportal:

 * 1) . Tasks you can do
 * 2) . WikiProjects
 * 3) . Topics related to India.

What value do these add to normal reader/user? These are surely useful for an editor.

My take on Wikiportal is that it is meant for an end user (non editor). Wikiportal IMHO ought to be a Kaleidoscope of articles of India. It for me is a spectrum of interesting articles about India.

What do you all say? Seek all your opinion/views.

We should move the above three items to the Noticeboard and free space. I propose that we use the freed space to have sections for article types like Flora and Fauna, Music, People, Architecture, Cuisine. (We can choose a few of them). Of course this does take our time and efforts.

Appreciate your inputs.

regards Arunram 21:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The actual problem in doing it is totally different. From my experience in dealing with this Portal is that (like Wikipedia in general) the desired quality level of acceptable matter has increased leaps and bounds. Just have a look at the current selected article candidates that are doomed to fail, or see the archive of nominations for selected article and selected picture. You will find that in many cases the articles are expected to be near-FAs to qualify as selected content for the portal. These considerations aside, can you point out some articles relating to Indian music or architecture that are worth putting on the front page of the portal. If there are only a couple of them, it is too early to start. Sections like those on people or geography can definitely be considered; we have about 14 good quality articles on Indian people, and 22 on Indian geography. Perhaps we can look at the current selection and diffuse it to different sections. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 09:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Cricket News
The News section of the page is carrying few Cricket news. It guess it has to be posted in the Cricket Portal or the Sports portal instead. This is the case with 'Current events' page where no sports news is encouraged. 59.93.112.40 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.112.40 (talk) 02:34, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Sania Mirza image in news section
Can some one help change the image of Sania Mirza in the News section? I'd like to move the August news to the archives considering that it is already a weekdays since September has come. 59.93.113.99 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.113.99 (talk) 04:12, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Sunita Willams picture in News section
Can some one help add Sunita Willams picture in the news section? 59.93.112.2 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 05:36, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

BCE
I hate BCE and everybody who uses itNew4325 02:43, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

link in wikiproject template
Template talk:WP India. —Random832 17:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Current events subportals MfD
A discussion about most of the Current events subportals has been opened at Miscellany for deletion. You are invited to participate in discussing the fate of these subportals. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Neel Gaay
What is the scientific name of this animal?--Jahilia (talk) 01:35, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Boselaphus tragocamelus. check out Nilgai. GDibyendu (talk) 05:22, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Re Design
This Portal needs Redesigning...Who supports this.. ;-) By 127.0.0.1 ( Report  ) [ Evidence| Block ] On ::  15:45, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

 * There are some minor functional changes that I have been planning on making, but I don't think any major changes are needed, certainly from a design standpoint. Incidently, please do not make these kinds of changes without discussing and obtaining consensus.  If you'd like to play around with the design, I suggest setting up a sandbox (eg. User:DualHelix/Portal:India), copying the code from here, and working on the design in the sandbox.  Thanks AreJay (talk) 16:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

India Week on Russian Wikipedia edition
Dear colleagues, Russian Wikipedia edition is planning a week of India on Nov 7-17, 2008. During this period, the Theme Week project participants and other Wikipedia users will try to cover as many India-related topics as possible. Your contribution to this project would be very much appreciated. --Tar-ba-gan (talk) 09:13, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Priety Zinta
... is a featured article. It should be added to the list of Selected Articles. Ravikiran (talk) 06:31, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

capital of India
In many articles New Delhi is called the capital of India.

I could not find a provision in the constitution or a law nor a presidental decree making New Delhi the capital. As I see it, the capital is Delhi and all supreme institutions of the republic (president, parlament, prime minster, supreme court) happen to be in New Delhi, which is just a central part of Delhi.

Please give any evidence if I'm wrong. --85.178.123.223 (talk) 14:25, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Important : Jammu and Kashmir
The article is under frequent vandalism efforts. If being read by an administrator please look into the matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HarshAJ (talk • contribs) 09:12, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Name Change proposal
Hi, I have proposed name changes from Jambavantha to Jambavan and from Chiranjivin to Chiranjivi. Please read my message there and do needful. Also, can we fix some standards to name the articles as a part of this project? as I am sure, there must be many more such articles named in weird manner, which only a minority can understand and represent them incorrectly to the mass.-- DhavalTalk 13:20, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Sadhu Ram
I would ask for help with this little article, as I know virtually nothing about it. It is created as a balance to the article about one of the main 'successors' to Sant Baljit Singh, Sirio Carrapa. It now looks like we have a third one Ram Singh Ji - any volunteers? This article was started by GurDass, who also started and regularly edits the Carrapa article. I am trying, amidst my other work, to get it off the ground. Anyone willing to foster it, please form an orderly line. Peridon (talk) 17:41, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

India related articles under attack
Some India related articles are under attack. The importance of them is not being understood in Indian context. The list can be found at User:Anna Frodesiak/Silver sandbox. Help and save them. thanks. Mahesh Kumar Yadav (talk) 13:53, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

lingustic population

 * Where I get information about lingustic composition of the population by states of India?--Kaiyr (talk) 07:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)--Kaiyr (talk) 15:19, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Ravidassia notice
WikiProject status

Ravidassia

en:wikt:Appendix:Indo-Iranian Swadesh lists (extended)
Please add variant word of you languages in this list.--Kaiyr (talk) 08:40, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikivoyage India Expedition
Hi, everyone! I'm a frequent reader and occasional editor on Wikipedia and a frequent editor and admin on Wikivoyage, and WikiProject India was just brought to my attention. It just so happens that I started a Wikivoyage India Expedition today in order to improve the quality of our more important and visible articles about Indian regions and destinations. If any of you take a particular interest in travel or have knowledge about parts of India that you'd like to share with travellers, please consider dropping by and helping out with a project related to this WikiProject on a sister site. I'll stop by this talk thread now and then to see if anyone has any questions, or feel free to discuss anything relevant at en:voy:Wikivoyage talk:India Expedition.

I hope to see some of you there.

All the best,

posted by Ikan Kekek. Cheers, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 09:14, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

 * Horst-schlaemma, thanks for reposting this from Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:24, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

 * Any input from the Portal volunteers? :) Cheers, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 09:32, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

The "Explore" tab
A new editor has [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3AIndia%2FExplore&diff=645715741&oldid=584939670 removed] most of the "explore" tab. Looking at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:India/Explore&oldid=584939670 pre-deletion version], two of the map subpages are three years old and may well need to be updated. This looks very fiddly. Perhaps a better fix is to remove the "Explore" tab? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:43, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Logo
The logo looks wrong. 118.93.95.49 (talk) 19:41, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

"Birthplace" of religions.
It says "birthplace to four world religions:Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Hinduism."

I would like to understand what is the meaning of "birthplace of a religion". How has Sikhism been defined to be born in India ??

Js82 (talk) 21:31, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Article to submit
I have an article, Gajpanth I too want to nominate the wikiproject India. Please accept my request for article submission and I want to nominate WikiProject India. Regards BOTFIGHTER (talk) 14:33, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

More Information
A lot more information should be added to this article for more base and support. Also, there a lot of categories written with nothing to fill.Monica.e12 (talk) 18:53, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Potential deletion
See Village_pump_(proposals). - Sitush (talk) 16:30, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Notice from the Portals WikiProject
WikiProject Portals is back!

The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018. Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, support the ongoing improvement of portals and the editors dedicated to this, and design the portals of the future.

As of May 2nd, 2018, membership is at 60 editors, and growing. You are welcome to join us.

There are design initiatives for revitalizing the portals system as a whole, and for improving each component of portals. So far, 2 new dynamic components have been developed: Template:Transclude lead excerpt and Template:Transclude random excerpt.

Tools are provided for building and maintaining portals, including automated portals that update themselves in various ways.

And, if you are bored and would like something to occupy your mind, we have a wonderful task list.

From your friendly neighborhood Portals WikiProject. Hope to see you there. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   07:33, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

10% Quota For Economically Weak In General Category By Modi Ji | We need to update all the articles rightnow
First of all please update the following articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservation_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_caste

and more over we need to update all the examination related articles for example IIT-JEE, NEET, CAT, SSC etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djsnape (talk • contribs) 16:56, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Rename category: Category:Dog breeds originating in India
Shouldn't this be Category:Dog Breeds originating in India and Pakistan? I proposed it here. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:34, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
 * See the related discussions here and here 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:53, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Varanasi listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Portal:Varanasi. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Legacypac (talk) 00:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

"Portal:Pondicherry" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Portal:Pondicherry. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:24, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Exact name of an Indian athlete
Trying to improve the article about Nirmla Sheoran, also known as Nirmala (athlete) or Sheoran Nirmala, I found these different versions of her name. The IAAF, the governing body of Athletics writes her name as Sheoran Nirmla, including in its recent antidoping decision. Some Indian newspapers write Nirmala some without A, Nirmla. Nirmla seems to be the personal name, because when she started running, only this name was used. Someone that knows better than I could the world of Indian names could help me to decide which name is the most commonly used? Thanks 🙏.-Arorae (talk) 21:18, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Questionable edits to a page
[List_of_Muslim_Other_Backward_Classes_communities_in_India]

I don't know enough about the topic to tell if the editor is inexperienced or attempting to distort information.

Hoping someone keeps an eye on this talk page

Slywriter (talk) 04:29, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

2020 portal updates
Added a new Good article section (diff), which transcludes GA-class articles from the list of Good articles at Portal talk:India. North America1000 13:08, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Central and provincial administration in ancient india
Central and provincial administration in ancient india 2409:4071:4D9E:2ADA:896D:B188:CACD:9108 (talk) 16:38, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

 * @2409:4071:4D9E:2ADA:896D:B188:CACD goodu byhn:9108 person who is uutt tdtga 2601:245:C300:FB60:780E:3E74:6AD1:DC4D (talk) 20:41, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Why there is no portals for Indian states?
California, New York State have one but why not Indian states don't ? like Maharashtra etc. I suggest to create.Success think (talk) 21:05, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Sher Afghan or Sherafgun? Taj Mahal
Sher Afghan Khan,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Afgan_Khan Hello, I'm Sumanuil. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Sher Afgan Khan have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. - Sumanuil. (talk to me) 20:07, 25 August 2023 (UTC) Hi Sumanuil. Can you please tell me on what ground you assume that my edit were not constructive? the Farsi name شيرافگن Sherafgun or sherafgin has nothing to do with sher Afgan? there is no Afghan (ethnic) there. It sis one word and has no relation to Afghan. I don't understand why would you purposely change something to a completely false and inaccurate translation? Anyone who knows a word of Farsi know exactly what شيرافگن sherafgin means, can you explain what the word Afghan come from and why you added "Afghan" to something that clearly does not say Afghan? thanks Abbie Abbie444 (talk) 21:18, 25 August 2023 (UTC) File names and references are not "false and inaccurate translations". - Sumanuil. (talk to me) 23:48, 25 August 2023 (UTC) I posted this in talk "I'm relatively new to editing, so I kindly request understanding if I don't adhere perfectly to the procedure. I've identified a minor translation error related to a Farsi term that significantly alters the meaning of the word in question. The mistake not only misconstrues the identity but also fails to accord respect to a notable historical figure. The individual in question is Ali Quli Istajlu, also known as Sherafgun (شيرافگن), the first husband of Nur Jahan. Regrettably, the author of the article seems to have misinterpreted the Farsi word "شيرافگن". The term was translated as "Sher of Afghan," which implies "Afghan lion." The Afghans, primarily residing in southern Afghanistan, are also referred to as Pashtuns. Due to this mistranslation, Ali Quli, who was ethnically Turkmen, has been inaccurately labeled an "Afghan lion." The true meaning of the Farsi word "شيرافگن" is "one who throws or tosses a lion." I recognize how the latter part of the word might sound reminiscent of "Afghan" but it doesn't pertain to the Afghan ethnicity. Instead, it's derived from a Farsi verb meaning "to throw." It's understandable how someone unfamiliar with Farsi might make this error. I attempted to rectify this mistake, but the author reverted my edit to "Sher Afghan" without providing any rationale. I urge those knowledgeable in Farsi to chime in and confirm this correction" This is Afghan in Farsi افغان you assumed افگن which sounds like Afghan, actually means Afghan. Abbie444 (talk) 00:08, 26 August 2023 (UTC) None of that merits "correcting" file names or references. Or pestering me on my talk page for an answer I'd already given you. And I don't know whose edits you're talking about. Nobody is trying to change the spelling to "Afghan". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbie444 (talk • contribs) 23:23, 26 August 2023 (UTC) The words افگن (A-f-g-n) and افغان (A-f-ġ-ā-n) are unrelated. Additional vowels are placed by language and preference (of a source, a subject... and inconsistently at times!). The name cannot be spelled Afghan normally. Without a reliable source, it's original research. JFHJr (㊟) 23:41, 26 August 2023 (UTC) Abbie444 (talk) 00:10, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

"Portal:Romani people" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Romani_people&redirect=no Portal:Romani people] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Fram (talk) 08:14, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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Rough Draft (novel)

Written in 2005, Moscow,  Rough Draft by Sergey Lukyanenko is a science fiction novel of the "parallel world" genre. It was followed by Final Draft.

Plot introduction
Kirill, a Russian living in Moscow, one day discovers that he has the ability to go to other worlds parallel to our Earth.

Plot summary
The story starts with the hero, Kirill, being "erased" from daily life in present-day Moscow. Everybody forgets him (even his parents and dog), another person lives in his apartment, all IDs and files in all offices disappear. After a while he is phoned and invited to an old water tower — but inside is his future home and working place. There it is revealed to him that he is able to open doors, leading to other worlds — although at first all but one are locked. Once opened each door becomes rigidly connected to some world, but which one can't be predicted. All of the worlds have mostly similar environments and seem to be on the planet Earth but the societies and people are different.

After a while Kirill meets a special group of functionals, so called because they gained supernatural abilities making them excellent in some profession. They serve other people, but mostly other functionals. They say Kirill has become one of them — a customs officer. He benefits from taxes paid by people who pass through his tower. Also he has superhuman strength and is almost immortal, but only within 10 km of his tower.

Kirill enjoys these new worlds, people and abilities. A politician Dima meets him and asks to find a national idea for Russia. He informs Kirill about the world number One, which nobody can access and which seems to be exactly our world living 30 years later. Critical information from this world may enhance the prestige of the country.

Kirill also encounters an underground, that is, a few people fighting against the 'corporate laws' of functionals and their working for themselves or the elites of other worlds. He remains untouched by the rhetoric of the underground, justifying most of this. Ideas of armed opposition are alien if not to say ridiculous for him. However, a younger woman whom Kirill falls in love with is a genuine underground activist...

The last door opened leads to the world number One: A lovely Moscow filled with smiling people: there were no horrors of revolution and no World War II, as this world lags for 30 years and the rulers of it carefully study the mistakes of other worlds. It's just what Dima proposed to Kirill, but applied in reverse.

Upon rather bloody returning to our world, Kirill faces troubles with his girl. Hating the system of functionals, she manifests disobedience. But their laws don't forgive this, and the functional Natalie murders her, Kirill being unable to resurrect her...

 * ''"An extreme foolishness," said I, "All these loud words and beautiful poses... 'they will not pass', 'yet it moves', 'motherland or death', 'am able to die for my beliefs' — all of this becomes nonsense when real death comes... All of this is for kids. And for adults who handle them..."
 * Natalie nodded with approval.
 * "But yet it moves" said I, "Doesn't it? It moves, and they will not pass, and motherland remains motherland even if death becomes death, and nobody is ready to die, but sometimes it's easier to die than to betray..."

In Kirill's fighting Natalie, his tower becomes devastated, thus he ceases being a functional and is restored to his former life.

Universes in Rough Draft
Rough Draft features a number of alternate universes. The precise number of them is unknown, with the later parts of the book suggesting that there may be many more universes than most Functionals are aware of. The only way to travel between these universes is through watchtowers, which exist in several universes at once (though the way they appear differs with each respective universe). The functionals refer to the universes by official numerical designations and more colloquial nicknames. Those nicknames are not always consistent - for example, functions and their allies tend to refer to Earth 3 by the name of a city-state that's closest to the watchtower they use to get there.

 * Earth 1 (Arkan) - a universe 35 years "behind" Earth 2. It's a home universe of the functionals.
 * Earth 2 (Demos) - Kirill's home universe. It's the most technologically advanced inhabited universe in the "Fan". Named so for its widespread use of democracy, which is considered to be an archaic form of government in other worlds.
 * Earth 3 (Veroz) - a world where the humanity lives in numerous city-states scattered throughout the planet. Australia is an unexplored continent and the sea is filled with creatures that are regarded as legendary elsewhere (such as the Kraken). Oil doesn't exist on Earth 3, so steam is a primary power source among the natives.
 * Earth 4 (Antik) - a world that, in many respects, evokes a Greco-Roman utopia. For example, slaves are allowed to rebel twice a year. If they succeed, they can become free citizens and have their own slaves.
 * Earth 5 - a world where human beings mate in cycles, coming into heat during the spring. It's more advanced than Earth 3 but less advanced than Earth 2.
 * Earth 6 (Tverd) - a world dominated by repressive theocracies. The dominant church practices a "warped, lethargic" version of Christianity. This world is known for comparatively advanced bio-technology and ignorance of electricity.
 * Earth 14 (Janus) - a world with bitterly cold winters and hot summers. Spring is the only season when the weather is anywhere close to tolerable. This version of Earth has no moon and no magnetic field. Although most functionals assume Earth 14 is uninhabited, a functional Kirill encountered in Final Draft insisted that there was some animal and human life that survived by migrating along with the spring weather.
 * Earth 16 - a world where Earth changed little over the course of billions of years. It's volcanically active, radioactive, oxygen-poor and generally inhospitable to living organisms, but it is stated in Final Draft that animal-like voices are sometimes heard from there.
 * Earth 17 (Preserve) - a world completely devoid of human life. It's a popular resort among the Functionals and their allies.
 * Earth 22 (Nirvana) - a universe with no native animal life. The planet's surface is covered with plants that produce a narcotic substance that puts any human being within proximity into a drugged stupor. Functionals use this universe as a political prison for their enemies. The children born in this universe are more resistant to the effects of the plants than their parents, but they aren't completely immune.

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Talk:Jamie Stewart (singer)

Married
Uh..did he really marry his cousin Caralee? I thought it was someone else.

Is it important to note that he is bisexual? This seems an odd inclusion in a 1 paragraph entry.

Yes, I think it's important. If you listen to the lyrics in some of the songs in Xiu Xiu, he talks about being with a man sexually. Oreo 8 March 2007
 * Every bit as essential as the suicide of his father. From a certain critical perspective, it's actually irrelevant to mention that he's actually also attracted to women.  If you put him in the generational/era category of Spencer Krug and Owen Pallett, for instance.  69.49.44.11 (talk) 09:50, 31 December 2007 (UTC)  [and if you're reading, yes, we do love you, Jamie Stewart.]  [and this is the talk page, so I can say that.]

The author also forgot that he helped record pits and pieces of the DeerHoof album Reveille.

but the coolest thaang' is ... HE'S MY MATH TEACHER'S BROTHER! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.37.115.57 (talk) 00:13, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Misc
Looks like a lot information, as well as his sole photograph on this page, were all removed with no explaination. Why was this?

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Lithomancy

Lithomancy is a form of divination by which the future is told using stones or the reflected light from the stones. The practice is most popular in the British Isles.

History
The earliest verified account of lithomancy comes from Photius, the patriarch of Constantinople, who describes a physician named Eusebius using a stone called a baetulum to perform the ritual. However, some writers also claim that Helenus predicted the destruction of Troy using the ritual.

Practice
Lithomancy as a general term covers everything from two-stone and three-stone readings to open-ended stone castings utilizing an undetermined number of stones.

In one popular method, 13 stones are tossed onto a board and a prediction made based on the pattern in which they fall. The stones are representative of various concepts: fortune, magic, love, news, home life and the astrological planets of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the sun, and the moon.

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Falso Azufre

Falso Azufre is a complex volcano at the border of Argentina and Chile.

Falso Azufre is elongated in east–west direction and contains craters and lava domes; most craters have diameters of 300 - 600 m with the exception of the main crater, which is 1 x wide. The highest summit Cerro Falso Azufre lies at the western end in Chile, which has mostly generated pyroclastic material from craters. The probably youngest segment of the volcano is the eastern section in Argentina, where two lava domes and two cones are located; these form the Dos Conos volcano. Some lava flows linked to Dos Conos are up to 7 km long. The oldest is known as the Kunstmann edifice on the northwestern side of Falso Azufre; Kunstmann volcano features a 3 km wide scar formed by a sector collapse. Falso Azufre with a base surface of 387 km2 is one of the biggest volcanoes in the area. The presence of two oppositely curved vent alignments gives the complex an arc-like shape which reaches heights of about 5900 m above sea level.

Blocky lava flows, some of them quite large, form the bulk of the volcano. Neighbouring volcanoes are Nevado San Francisco, the Laguna Amarga caldera and Laguna Verde volcanoes; additional volcanics are of Miocene to Pliocene age. The Kunstmann edifice probably counts as a separate volcano as well.

The volcano has erupted trachyandesite, andesite and dacite. The rocks contain hornblende and pyroxene with a total content of 58-61% of SiO2 and form a potassium-rich calc-alkaline suite. In some parts of the volcano, its rocks have suffered hydrothermal alteration.

A number of dates have been obtained on Falso Azufre; with the exception of the oldest ones on the Kunstmann edifice (3.5 to 2.9 million years ago) Falso Azufre has only yielded ages of less than one million years, with older dates found in the western part of the volcano and the younger dates of less than 400,000 years ago in the eastern part; the absolutely youngest date was obtained on a lava flow linked to Dos Conos; 160,000 ± 80,000 years ago. Falso Azufre could thus be considered an extinct volcano, although recent activity cannot be ruled out. While the remoteness of the volcano reduces any hazard potential future pyroclastic eruptions could impact air traffic over the region and east of it; further a major road is close to the volcano.

Falso Azufre is part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes together with about 110 other Quaternary volcanoes, and lies in the southern sector of the volcanic zone; other volcanic zones in the Andes are the Northern Volcanic Zone, the Southern Volcanic Zone and the Austral Volcanic Zone. The history of volcanic activity is poorly known for most of these volcanoes owing to the lack of dating; only a few historical eruptions have been recorded, such as an eruption at Ojos del Salado in 1993. It is considered the 32nd of the 38 volcanoes of Argentina by dangerousness.

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West London (disambiguation)

West London generally refers to the western portions of London, and may refer specifically to:

 * West London, an inexactly defined part of London
 * West End of London
 * West End (ward)
 * W postcode area
 * University of West London

title: West London (disambiguation)


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York Against Cancer

York Against Cancer is a cancer charity based in York, England and founded in 1987. The charity commissioned a £700,000 mobile chemotherapy unit to serve patients of the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and which, when launched in July 2017, was the first of its kind in Yorkshire.

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Talk:Browning School

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Can someone with current information update the page? The school no longer has 375 studentsWhiteknight666 (talk) 02:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)Whiteknight666

Paul Dano's page says he graduated from a school in Connecticut. Which is true? 68.107.42.128 (talk) 04:36, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Alumni Abuse
Can someone confirm if Harison Ford went here? The school sends out bulletins about what other alumni are working on, and, as an alumnus, I can not remember seeing his name anywhere. If he was an alumnus, I'm sure the school would have mentioned it somewhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.85.246 (talk) 06:21, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Also, did Vermont Governor Howard Dean attend until age 13? Should he be added to the alumni list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.43.89.180 (talk) 13:09, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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Premier Percussion

Premier Music International Limited is an English musical instruments manufacturing company based in Kibworth. The company, founded in 1922, currently produces drum kits, sticks and accessories.

History
Premier was established in 1922 when a drummer, Albert Della Porta, partnered with George Smith to establish a company. They set up on Berwick Street in London, and were soon joined by Albert's brother Fred, who eventually became the first sales manager of the recently created company. In the beginning, they manufactured drums for other companies like John E. Dallas (with the "Jedson" trademark), then starting with "Premier" instruments. Early drum kits consisted of a bass drum, a snare, a stand, a cymbal, and sometimes a small tom-tom. The company grew to two factories, ending up in West London's Park Royal. By 1938 they were also producing brass instruments, as well as supplying drums to the armed forces. The company even built a guitar called "Premier Vox", in the early 1930s.

During World War II, the Government forced Premier to manufacture gun sights and electrical plugs and sockets for radar equipment. After the West London factory was bombed in 1940, the company moved to the Leicestershire town of South Wigston, where they occupied three small factories.

By 1986, Premier was one of the biggest factories in South Wigston, with 100,000 square feet covered and 180 employees. The company also exported its products to 120 countries. However, in 2005 after 65 years of activity, Premier finally closed the factory and the entire site was eventually demolished in 2017. Once established in its new home in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, the brand was purchased by the online retailer Gear4music on 21 June 2021.

Artists

 * Ringo Starr - The Beatles
 * Julien Brown – Massive Attack
 * Rick Buckler – The Jam
 * Clem Burke – Blondie
 * Phil Collins – Genesis
 * Bobby Elliott – The Hollies
 * Ginger Fish – Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie
 * Nick Mason – Pink Floyd
 * Nicko McBrain – Iron Maiden
 * Mitch Mitchell – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
 * Keith Moon – The Who
 * Philip Selway – Radiohead
 * Brad Wilk – Rage Against the Machine
 * Johnny Blitz - Dead Boys
 * Sam Woodyard - Duke Ellington
 * Rufus "Speedy" Jones
 * Hunt Sales - Iggy Pop

Drum lines

 * APK/XPK series
 * Elite Series (1970s)
 * Resonator Series
 * Soundwave Series (1970s & 1980s)
 * Black Shadow – A unique run of the Resonator series with a specially applied lacquer finish
 * Projector Series
 * Signia Series
 * Signia Marquis Series
 * Genista (original 90s version used only birch)
 * Gen X (4ply maple/2ply birch)
 * Artist Series
 * Series Elite (Maple/Birch/Gen-X Hybrid)
 * One series drums – unique one off kits and snares named of British towns and places of interest
 * Modern Classic drums
 * Club (rebranded continuation of 1979 Olympic)
 * Olympic by Premier (1937-1979, 1991–present), inc. Super Olympic
 * Royale

Snare drums
 * 2000 Snare
 * Premier signia.jpg Ace Snare
 * Carmine Appice Signature Snare
 * Project One Snare
 * 2003 Snare
 * 2005 Snare
 * Heavy Rock Nine 14"X9" Brass Snare
 * Modern Classic Snares
 * XC Series – part of the 90th-anniversary line.
 * B.E.A.S.T. Snare
 * 1005 (Olympic brand)

Hardware
 * 250 & 250S bass drum pedal
 * 252 bass drum pedal
 * 1251 bass drum pedal

Other
 * Gordon Mann 1 Wing Pipes and Drums
 * Zyn Cymbals (Formerly)
 * Power control unit: Model 1650.Bass drum damper. Worked by pivoting damper towards head, using a lever:

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The Brain Tumour Charity

The Brain Tumour Charity is a UK-based, Charity Commission registered, charity dedicated to funding research, raising awareness of brain tumours, reducing diagnosis times and providing support and information for people with brain tumours, their families and friends.

In 2015 the charity published its new five year strategy 'Defeating Brain Tumours'.

The charity's goals are to double survival of a brain tumour diagnosis within 10 years in the UK, and to halve the harm that brain tumours have on quality of life.

History
The Brain Tumour Charity, as it is today, was created after the merging of Brain Tumour UK, Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust and the Joseph Foote Trust  in 2013.

The Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust was started by Neil and Angela Dickson in 1996, who lost their daughter, Samantha, to a brain tumour when she was 16 years old. They had become aware of the lack of properly funded research into this cancer and were determined to try and remedy the situation.

Andy Foote founded The Joseph Foote Fund in 2007 after losing his son, Joseph, to a brain tumour. The Foote family began raising funds for research into the causes and treatment of brain tumours – in its 12-year history The Joseph Foote Trust raised more than £2 million.In 1997, the UK Brain Tumour Society was founded, which later became Brain Tumour UK.The Brain Tumour Charity has grown rapidly since the merging, funding a diverse portfolio of research programmes, projects and clinical trials across the UK.

Research and research funding
The Brain Tumour Charity currently fund a portfolio of research across the UK with the aim of doubling survival and reducing long term harm through improving the understand and complexities of brain tumours, better diagnostic techniques and new treatments.

To achieve these goals, the charity focuses efforts on five priority areas that the charity believes will have the biggest effect for those affected, reflected in its five-year research strategy, 'A Cure Can't Wait':
 * Accelerate – biobanking to accelerate research progress through centralised collection of, and access to, brain tumour tissue samples.
 * Diagnose – diagnosing brain tumours earlier and more accurately for both children and adults.
 * Understand – increasing understanding of the genetics and biology of tumour development to identify effective new treatments.
 * Catalyse – translating laboratory discoveries into new and effective treatments that increase survival and quality of life.
 * Enhance – enhancing care and quality of life for everyone affected by a brain tumour, including patients and carers.

The charity works, has worked, and continues to work with a number of medical and research institutes, laboratories and universities looking for cures to defeat brain tumours, as well as treatments for both adults and children.

They also provide funding opportunities in line with the 'A Cure Can't Wait' strategy, and award these following competitive peer reviewing processes and assessments made by their independent Grant Review and Monitoring Committee (GRAM).

Support and Information services
The Brain Tumour Charity is the only national brain tumour charity to provide a variety of information and support services which allow people personally affected by brain tumours to access support online, face to face, on the phone or in printed form across the UK, regardless of tumour type, age or location, for both adults and children.

The services are focused on improving life today, helping people to live their life well, with improved quality of life.

The charity's support and information services are available free of charge for everyone affected by a brain tumour, those who have been diagnosed, as well as their family, friends, schools and employers.

HeadSmart
The Brain Tumour Charity's primary awareness campaign is HeadSmart: be brain tumour aware. HeadSmart is a multi-award-winning, UK-wide campaign based on research funded by The Brain Tumour Charity at The University of Nottingham (2003-2006).

HeadSmart aims to educate the public and healthcare professionals about the signs and symptoms of brain tumours in children and young people, to reduce diagnosis times, to save lives and to reduce long term disability. The campaign's goal is to reduce diagnosis times to four weeks or less in line with NHS targets.

Raising awareness of brain tumours
The charity campaigns on a range of issues that affect people affected by a brain tumour. They engage with politicians, policy makers and other influential stakeholders within the health sector, including responding to government consultations. The charity also works with like-minded organisations and networks across the UK to better understand local healthcare issues.

In 2015 the charity commissioned a research project 'Living with a brain tumour', in partnership with an independent research agency. The research investigated the lived experience of adults with a brain tumour. Two publications have results from the research:
 * 'Losing Myself: The Reality of Life with a Brain Tumour' – this report demonstrated the extensive effect that brain tumours have on the daily lives of those affected.
 * 'Finding Myself in Your Hands: The Reality of Brain Tumour Treatment and Care' – this report outlined the findings related to respondents' experiences of their NHS treatment and care.

Manifestos
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, The Brain Tumour Charity released a manifesto on brain tumours. It outlined key measures that could help survival outcomes and quality of life for everyone affected by brain tumours in the UK.

The charity have also released manifestos ahead of the devolved nation elections in 2016.

Fundraising events
People take part in fundraising events across the UK. Flagship events for The Brain Tumour Charity include The Twilight Walk and #WearItOut for Bandanas for Brain Tumour Awareness Month (every March), which also help to unite the brain tumour community.

Partnerships
The Brain Tumour Charity collaborates with a number of other organisations, including Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie Cancer Care Medical Research Council, Children with Cancer UK, Action Medical Research, and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

They have also worked in partnership with Peak, a mobile brain training app.

Institutions that they have funded include Imperial College London, Institute of Cancer Research, Newcastle University, the University of Nottingham, Queen Mary University of London, University of Birmingham, University College London, University of Glasgow and University of Leeds.

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Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is a registered charity in the United Kingdom which aims to provide help and hope to people affected by lung cancer. Founded in Liverpool in 1990, it is the only UK charity to focus solely on lung cancer care. The charity has a dual focus - saving lives and supporting people affected by lung cancer. It funds lung cancer research, supports the prevention of lung cancer by encouraging and helping people to avoid or quit smoking, and raises general awareness of lung cancer and its symptoms. It also supports lung cancer patients by running support groups, providing information to the NHS, and other measures.

The organisation was founded as the Lung Cancer Fund in 1990 by Professor Ray Donnelly, a thoracic surgeon working in Liverpool, where it provided the first lung cancer support nurse in 1991. In 1993 Donnelly proposed the creation of an international centre for lung cancer research. At this time UK entertainer Roy Castle had been diagnosed with lung cancer, and he agreed to raise £12 million to build, equip and run the new centre. The Lung Cancer Fund was therefore renamed Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Castle continued fundraising for the charity until his death in September 1994.

The charity has since expanded its operations to include a retail wing operating shops in the Merseyside area. It has funded numerous research projects across UK universities, and provides a research fellowship at the University of Nottingham. In 2011 it raised a total of £2.3 million towards lung cancer prevention and care.

The charity's celebrity supporters include Sir Alex Ferguson, Ricky Gervais, Melanie C, Duncan Bannatyne, Lynda Bellingham, Tricia Penrose, Jenny Frost, Pete Reed, Katherine Grainger, Robert Peston, Robert Powell, Billy Bragg, and Tony Parsons.

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Beck Center for the Arts

Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio, is a non-profit, performing arts and arts education organization. It is the largest theater and arts center on Cleveland's West Shore, educating and entertaining over 65,000 people per year. On its 3.5 acre campus, Beck Center houses two stages producing live theater for children, teens and adults; two gallery spaces, and over thirty classrooms for educational programming for children and adults. It offers classes in visual arts, music, theater and dance.

The Beck Center was originally named the "Guild of the Masques" when it was founded by Richard Kay in 1929; formally incorporating as the Lakewood Little Theatre in 1933. The group moved onto its current site in Lakewood, Ohio in a theater originally designed for the movies, the Lucier, in 1938. They redesigned the interior space for live plays and purchased the building in 1943. In the following decades, the group bought up contiguous land, and, in 1972 began a capital campaign to build a new center. They were successful in raising $600,000 which was matched by ad exec Kenneth C. Beck and the current Beck Center was built in 1975.

Beck Center for the Arts hosts the longest running youth theater program in the United States, running for nearly seventy years.

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Clemency, Luxembourg

Clemency (Kënzeg, Küntzig) is a town and a former commune in south-western Luxembourg. Since 2012, it is part of the commune of Käerjeng. It is part of the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg.

, the town of Clemency, which lies in the south-west of the former commune, has a population of 2,061. Clemency is a rural community close to the Belgian border.

The old township Clemency
Until 2012, Clemency was in a separate commune similarly named Clemency. But on 1 January 2012, the Commune of Clemency was merged with the Commune of Bascharage with the combined township being named the Commune of Käerjeng. The law creating Käerjeng was passed on 24 May 2011.

Former commune
The former commune consisted of the villages:

 * Clemency
 * Fingig
 * Schockmillen (lieu-dit)
 * Nuechtbann (lieu-dit)
 * Neudrisch (lieu-dit)

Location

The commune is located on the Belgian border at the source of the River Eisch. At an altitude of 395 m, its highest point is in the village of Fingig. Clemency, situated on the junction of the CR 101 and the CR 110 is 21 km west of Luxembourg. It is 5 km from the E25 motorway to Luxembourg and Brussels. The area is partly forested but mostly agricultural with mixed farming. There are fishing ponds between Clemency and Fingig as well as a marshy nature reserve, the Neidriesch, where there is a colony of crested newts, a protected species.

Celtic tomb
The history of Clemency goes back to the 1st century BC when the Treveri, a Celtic tribe, inhabited the region around Titelberg, a large oppidum near Rodange. A Celtic funeral chamber measuring 4.30 m by 4.20 m, the largest Gallic tomb ever found, was discovered in 1987 at Clemency. From the offerings in the tomb, it was obviously the burial place of a Celtic nobleman. These included at least ten wine amphorae, an Italic bronze basin, an oil lamp from Campania, an iron grill and some 30 Gallic pots. There was also a chimney from an iron smelter in the chamber testifying to the deceased's association with iron production.

An ancient parish
Although today's high-steepled church was built in 1726, records indicate that the community and its parish are far older. Information from the Pétange tourist office explains how one Karl Martell offered Clemency and Pétange to St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier, in 723. A document dated 1140 reports that Pétange belonged to the parish of Clemency. This apparently continued to be the case for several hundred years.

The old railway
In 1873, the Prince Henri railway was opened. It took passengers and goods from Pétange to Steinfort via Clemency. After it was extended in 1880 to run as far as Ettelbruck, a total distance of 52 km, it became known as the Attert Line. The railway, which operated until 1967, mainly for transporting iron ore and coke for the mining operations in the region. Today the old line has been converted into a cycle track.

The castle
Clemency also has a small residential castle located close to the church in the centre of the town. Built in the 1660s, Clemency Castle had fallen into disrepair but in 2009 extensive renovation work was completed. As a result, the castle is now open to the public from time to time.

Clemency today
Clemency continues to be primarily an agricultural community although it has recently been expanding as a residential area in view of its proximity to the E25 motorway. A few small companies have also been established there. It is also a good centre for walking and cycling, particularly as it is on the P12 cycle track from Lamadelaine to Colmar-Berg.

Twinning

 * 🇦🇹: Gaflenz in Steyr-Land, Austria.

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Huanquihue Group

The Huanquihue Group is a group of young basaltic stratovolcanoes in Argentina near the border with Chile, south of Lanín volcano. The Huanquihue group is located south of Epulafquén Lake, north of Lolog Lake and west of Reigolil-Pirihueico Fault in Chile. Volcanism is associated with the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault.

Huanquihue volcano itself is eroded, but El Escorial cinder cone has been active in the Holocene. One of its tephras overlies an older formation that was erupted 1400 BP. Lavas from this cone form a peninsula in Lake Epulafquen and modified the local hydrography. Another cinder cone La Angostura formed a peninsula separating the lakes Epulafquen and Huechulafquen. This cone has three craters.

A tephra layer of black trachyandesite has been linked to Huanquihue and is dated 4028-4212 BP. Varve count dating has indicated that tephras in Lake Villarrica and Lake Calafquen erupted presumably in 1591 are compositionally similar to Huanquihue scorias. A VEI-3 eruption of basaltic trachyandesite has been dated at that year. Oral tradition reports the occurrence of an eruption at the end of the 17th century.

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OCBC Bank

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, abbreviated as OCBC , is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the OCBC Centre.

OCBC has total assets of S$560 billion at the end of 2022, making it the second largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets. It is also one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA− rating from Standard & Poor's.

OCBC is consistently ranked amongst the top three "safest banks in the world" by the magazine Global Finance. The Asian Banker named OCBC as Singapore's strongest bank for 2018-2019, and the 5th strongest in the Asia–Pacific region. The bank's global network has grown to comprise more than 400 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include more than 250 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 70 branches and offices in Hong Kong, China and Macau under OCBC Bank (Hong Kong), OCBC China and OCBC Bank (Macau) respectively. OCBC was awarded World's Best Bank (Asia-Pacific) in 2019 by Global Finance Magazine.

History

On 31 October 1932, three banks – Chinese Commercial Bank (1912), Ho Hong Bank (1917), and Oversea-Chinese Bank (1919) – merged and consolidated their strengths to form Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation under the leadership of Hoklos Tan Ean Kiam (co-founder and managing director of Oversea-Chinese Bank) and Lee Kong Chian, who was then vice-chairman of Chinese Commercial Bank. Lee played a central role in leading the amalgamation and is affectionately known today as the "founding father" of OCBC Bank. When OCBC began operation in February 1933, it was already one of the strongest local banks in the Straits Settlements.

In 1942 during World War II, all the local banks in Singapore closed briefly during the early days of the Japanese Occupation. By April 1942 most banks, including OCBC, had resumed normal operations. In Indonesia, the Japanese occupation authorities closed OCBC's branches in Sumatra. During the war, the bank moved its head office to Bombay, India and only re-registered back in Singapore after the war ended. OCBC's branch in Xiamen survived the war and in the 1950s, OCBC was one of only four foreign banks to have branches in China.

After the war, OCBC re-established its branches in Jambi, Jakarta, and Surabaya. However, the 1963 conflict between Indonesia and Malaysia (which then included Singapore) resulted in the closure of OCBC's branches there. That same year the revolutionary government in Burma nationalized OCBC's two branches there, which became People's Bank No. 14.

The bank was criticized for not expanding fast enough to meet the needs of the post-war Chinese business community, especially in the smaller towns of Malaya. One of the critics was Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat (then deputy general manager) who resigned in 1959 after failing to be appointed to the bank’s board of directors, and subsequently set up Malayan Banking in Kuala Lumpur in 1960 with 80 former OCBC staff.

By 1970, OCBC's total assets exceeded S$1 billion, making OCBC the largest financial institution with the biggest deposit base in Singapore. By the end of 1981, OCBC’s total assets had grown to over S$7 billion.

In December 1972, OCBC acquired Four Seas Communications Bank, the oldest surviving Chinese bank in Singapore. The bank had been founded in 1906 as the Sze Hai Tong Bank and its founders had targeted the Teochew community. On 9 May 1989, OCBC took on a new corporate identity by changing its logo and its name to OCBC Bank.

The next major acquisition occurred in August 2001, when OCBC acquired Keppel Capital Holdings and all its subsidiaries, including Keppel TatLee Bank, Keppel Securities, and Keppel TatLee Finance. By February 2002, both OCBC and Keppel TatLee banks were operationally and legally integrated.

On 25 June 2004, OCBC Bank established a wholly owned subsidiary e2 Power Pte Ltd to provide back-office operations and technology support and transaction processing services in Singapore. A similar operating company, e2 Power Sdn Bhd was also set up on 21 July 2004 in Malaysia.

On 3 June 2005, OCBC saw the grand opening ceremony of its newly-constructed Malaysia headquarters and main branch (Menara OCBC building) in Kuala Lumpur, officiated by former Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and in July the same year, OCBC opened an off-shore branch in Brunei. On 1 August 2007, OCBC incorporated a local entity in China, OCBC Bank (China) Limited, headquartered in Shanghai. On 6 December 2023, the bank officially changed its name to OCBC Bank Limited and launched OCBC China as its new brand name.

On 11 May 2017, OCBC entered into an agreement to acquire National Australia Bank’s private wealth business in Singapore and Hong Kong. The acquisition was completed in November 2017. The deposits and mortgages booked in Hong Kong was transferred to OCBC Bank (Hong Kong) while those booked in Singapore was transferred to OCBC Bank.

In March 2020, OCBC announced its partnership with Xero, a New Zealand-based cloud accounting software, to help small and medium-sized enterprise customers digitise their operations. In July 2020, OCBC launched HealthPass, a healthcare mobile application that aims to connect patients with medical doctors in Singapore via online consultation.

Shareholders
The ten largest shareholders as of 8 March 2021 were: * Percentage is calculated based on the total number of issued ordinary shares, excluding treasury shares.

OCBC Securities
OCBC Securities Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of OCBC Bank, and is a member of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) and the Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT). It was established in 1986.

Great Eastern Holdings
In 2004, OCBC acquired Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) following a voluntary cash offer. GEH had S$53.1 billion in assets and 3.8 million policyholders as at 30 September 2010. GEH operates two distribution channels – the tied agency force and bancassurance. The company also operates in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. On 19 June 2023, OCBC upped its stake in insurance arm Great Eastern Holdings to 88.4%.

Lion Global Investors (LGI)
In September 2005, OCBC Asset Management Limited (the asset management arm of OCBC Bank) and Straits Lion Asset Management Limited (the asset management arm of Great Eastern) merged to form Lion Capital Management. In 2008, Lion Capital Management was renamed as Lion Global Investors. The Brunei Branch of Lion Global Investors also began operations. Lion Global Investors had total assets under management of S$69.9 billion as at 31 March 2023.

Lion Global Investors Limited is 70% owned by Great Eastern Holdings Limited and 30% owned by Orient Holdings Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCBC Bank.

Bank of Singapore
Bank of Singapore, (formerly ING Asia Private Bank), is a wholly owned private banking subsidiary of OCBC. Following OCBC's acquisition of ING Asia Private Bank in October 2009, Bank of Singapore was formed on 29 January 2010 from the combination of ING Asia Private Bank and OCBC Private Bank. With branches in Hong Kong and Dubai and a representative office in Makati City, Bank of Singapore serves high-net-worth individuals and wealthy families of Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Middle East and Europe, as well as global Non-Resident Indians.

Singapore Island Bank
Singapore Island Bank was formerly known as Bank of Singapore which housed the division, finatiQ, set up by OCBC Bank in 2000 as a self-service online bank during the dot-com bubble.

On 29 January 2010, OCBC completed its acquisition of ING Asia Private Bank and renamed it Bank of Singapore. Therefore, OCBC renamed the bank that housed finatiQ, Singapore Island Bank to differentiate these two separate businesses to avoid confusion. As an online-only service provider of OCBC Bank, finatiQ could no longer meet the growing needs of the bank's customers and had ceased business on 30 June 2011.

Bank OCBC NISP
In 2004, OCBC Bank acquired a 22.5% stake in PT Bank NISP Tbk ("Bank NISP"), its joint-venture partner in PT OCBC Indonesia since 1996. With the completion of this transaction, Bank NISP became an associate company of OCBC Bank. Bank NISP was ranked the 11th largest Indonesian bank by assets and had a network of 135 branches and offices and, over 3,000 shared ATMs.

In the same year, OCBC Bank purchased an additional 28.5% stake in Bank NISP, raising its shareholding in Bank NISP to 51%. OCBC Bank subsequently raised its stake to 70.62% in 2005. By 2008, it had increased its stake in Bank NISP to 74.73%. In 2008, Bank NISP changed its name to Bank OCBC NISP.

As of 30 September 2010, Bank OCBC NISP had 5,995 employees, total assets of Rp 40.2 trillion, and served customers through a network of 411 offices in 62 cities and 576 ATMs throughout Indonesia. Its customers could also use more than 37,500 ATMs (including ATMs belonging to ATM Bersama, Bank Central Asia, OCBC Bank in Singapore, and BankCard in Malaysia). Subsequently, in November 2010, OCBC Indonesia merged with OCBC NISP.

OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad
OCBC wholly owns OCBC Al-Amin Bank, its Islamic banking subsidiary, which offers Islamic banking products and services in Malaysia. OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad was the first Singapore-based Islamic Bank established in Malaysia in 2008 to provide a full range of Shariah-compliant financial solutions based on the applicable Shariah contract and with the endorsement of the Shariah Advisory Committee.

OCBC China
Headquartered in Shanghai, OCBC China employs around 1,500 staff at its head office and 16 branches and sub-branches across 14 cities in China's mainland, covering Shanghai, Suzhou, Shaoxing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan, Xiamen, Zhuhai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Beijing, Tianjin and Qingdao. OCBC Group established its first presence in mainland China in 1925 with the opening of Xiamen branch, after which it has been operating without interruption in mainland China for nearly 100 years. In 2007, OCBC Group incorporated its local entity in Shanghai. In 2014, OCBC Group completed acquisition of the former Wing Hang Bank and established OCBC Wing Hang China on 18 July 2016. The bank officially changed its name to OCBC Bank Limited and launched OCBC China as its new brand name on 6 December 2023.

OCBC Bank (Hong Kong)
In March 2014, OCBC Bank offered to pay nearly US$5 Billion for Wing Hang Bank, one of Hong Kong's last family-owned banks. Wing Hang was the eighth-largest lender in Hong Kong. Under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance, OCBC Bank, with 97.52 percent of Wing Hang's shares, compulsorily acquired Wing Hang on 29 July 2014.

On 1 October 2014, Wing Hang Bank was rebranded as OCBC Wing Hang Bank to reflect its integration into the OCBC family.

On 3 July 2023, OCBC Wing Hang Bank Limited has further changed its name to "OCBC Bank (Hong Kong) Limited" and in Macau, "Banco OCBC Weng Hang, S.A." has changed its name to "Banco OCBC (Macau), S.A.". "Wing Hang" or "Weng Hang" is no longer in the legal names of both OCBC's Hong Kong and Macau subsidiaries.

Ningbo Commercial Bank
In 2006, OCBC Bank first acquired a 12.2% equity holding in China's Ningbo Commercial Bank. OCBC subsequently raised its stake in the renamed Bank of Ningbo to 20% (the maximum allowed) in 2014.

Phishing scams (2021)
In December 2021, nearly 470 customers of OCBC lost a combined S$8.5 million after fallen prey to phishing scams involving OCBC, when scammers took advantage of old short message service (SMS) technology to impersonate the bank to send unsolicited SMSes and dupe victims into handing over their online banking log-in details. OCBC later announced in January 2022 that it will make "full goodwill payouts" to all victims.

Wirecard scandal (2023)
In June 2023, OCBC was fined S$600,000 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for breaching anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing rules, in a matter related to the German payments provider Wirecard scandal between June 2015 and January 2016 relating to accounts maintained by one corporate customer. OCBC had failed to inquire into the background and purpose of transactions that were not consistent with its knowledge of the customer, or were unusually large and exhibited an unusual pattern that had no apparent economic purpose. The bank also failed to probe into the customer’s ownership and control structure when its declared beneficial owner was not named in its corporate registration documents.

Banking disruptions (2023)
On 28 August 2023, OCBC's banking services were disrupted by a technical problem at about 8.33am, which affected both consumer and banking customers. The affected services included the bank's internet and mobile banking platforms, the PayNow service, ATMs, cards, and Velocity, the bank's digital business banking platform. All banking services were restored at about 12.20pm. According to media reports, OCBC shares gained 1.05% in afternoon trading that day.

On 7 November 2023, the bank's services were affected by "intermittent technical issues" around noontime. The services affected included digital banking services, fund transfer services, PayNow services, and SMS one-time passcode services. According to media reports, some OCBC customers who contacted the bank's customer support were told that the service was fine, and were advised to uninstall and reinstall the app. The services were restored at about 2.30pm.

Citations and references

 * Citations

 * References
 * Turnell, Sean (2009) Fiery Dragons: Banks, Moneylenders and Microfinnance in Burma. (NAIS Press). ISBN 9788776940409

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Shenzhen City Commercial Bank

Shenzhen City Commercial Bank is a commercial bank based in Shenzhen in the People's Republic of China.

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Haenertsburg

Haenertsburg is a village situated on the edge of the Great Escarpment in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, on the R71 road between Polokwane (formerly: Pietersburg) and Tzaneen en route to the Kruger National Park.

Farming and tourism are the main economic activities on "The Mountain" as it is locally known; Haenertsburg is in hilly terrain. The Iron Crown mountain is the highest point in Limpopo and is a well-known landmark.

Frequent mists and relatively high rainfall have created a lush vegetation with afromontane forest patches occupying the kloofs (gullies) which dot the grasslands and surrounding mountains. However, large areas of rare, and botanically diverse, grassland (Woodbush Granite Grassland) have been planted to timber (primarily timber for pulping). These monoculture plantations extract a great deal of water and the resulting water shortages downstream (in the Kruger National Park and Mozambique) are cause for concern. A local volunteer group, FROHG (Friends of the Haenertsburg Grasslands) helps to conserve the indigenous flora and fauna. Funds are raised to create educational materials, maintain a hiking trail, remove alien invasive plants and alert the authorities to illegal developments like bulldozing for pipelines, fencing and even squatting.

The scenery of the Haenertsburg area attracts many tourists. It is a common spot for cycling, biking and fishing. Sailing and other watersport take place on nearby Ebenezer Dam. The 20th steepest mountain pass in South Africa, the Magoebaskloof pass, leads one down from the Highveld of the Haenertsburg area to the Lowveld adjoining the Kruger National Park, gaining/losing 446m altitude in 5.15 km.

Haenertsburg is also known for the annual Spring Fair where various crafts and flower displays are exhibited. July sees the advent of the Holistic Fair which displays the creative talents of the Mountain folk. Every Friday and Saturday morning the Morning Market is run by the Duchess of Atholl.

The town was established in 1886 with the discovery of gold by Carl Ferdinand Haenert.

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1706 in music

The year 1706 in music involved some significant events.

Events

 * Louis-Antoine Dornel succeeds François d'Agincourt as organist at the church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-en-la-Cité.
 * David Tecchler makes the cello now on loan to Denis Brott from the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

Published popular music

 * Thomas D'Urfey – Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 4 (collection of songs)

Classical music

 * Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia in C minor, BWV 1121
 * Francesco Bartolomeo Conti – Il Gioseffo
 * John Gostling – the "Gostling manuscript", a collection of sixty-four anthems: seventeen by Henry Purcell, twenty-three by John Blow, three by Matthew Locke, four by Pelham Humfrey, four by William Turner, and one by William Child, one by Henry Aldrich, three by Thomas Tudway, four by Jeremiah Clarke, and a few others.
 * Jean-Adam Guilain – Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat sur les huit tons différents de l'église
 * George Frideric Handel
 * Chi rapì la pace al core, HWV 90
 * Figlio d'alte speranze, HWV 113
 * Lucrezia, HWV 145
 * Tu fedel? tu costante?, HWV 171
 * Udite il mio consiglio, HWV 172
 * Laudate pueri Dominum, HWV 236
 * Lesson in A minor, HWV 496
 * Michele Mascitti – 15 Violin Sonatas, Op.2
 * Francesco Nicola Fago – Confitebor tibi Domine
 * James Paisible - The Britannia, Mr. Isaac's new dance, made for Her Majesty's Birth Day...
 * Maria Pannina – Il trionfo dell'amor santo espresso nella conquista del cuore, a collection of canzonettas for two voices
 * Michel Pignolet de Montéclair – Cantates à voix seule et avec simfonie
 * Jean-Philippe Rameau – Premier Livre de Pieces de Clavecin
 * Jean-Baptiste Stuck – Cantates Françaises et Italiennes
 * Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński – Trio Sonata in D major
 * Giuseppe Valentini – 7 Idee per Camera, Op.4

Opera

 * Toussaint Bertin de la Doué – Cassandre
 * Antonio Maria Bononcini – Arminio
 * Francesco Mancini – Alessandro il Grande in Sidone
 * Marin Marais – Alcyone
 * Alessandro Scarlatti
 * Il Gran Tamerlano
 * Lucio Manlio l'imperioso
 * Jean-Philippe Rameau – Nélée et Myrthis, RCT 50

Births

 * April 6 – Louis de Cahusac, librettist (died 1759)
 * April 24 – Giovanni Battista Martini, violinist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1784)
 * October 18 – Baldassare Galuppi, composer best known for his operas (died 1785)
 * November 7 – Carlo Cecere, composer (died 1761)
 * December – William Hayes, composer and organist (died 1777)

Deaths

 * February – Frances Purcell, widow of Henry Purcell
 * March 3 – Johann Pachelbel, composer (born 1653)
 * June 30 – Jacques Boyvin, French organist and composer (born c.1649)
 * October 26 – Andreas Werckmeister, organist and composer (born 1645)
 * December 2 – Johann Georg Ahle, organist and composer (born 1651)
 * date unknown – Flavio Carlo Lanciani, opera composer (born 1667)

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Loisach

The Loisach is a river that flows through Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany. The Loisach runs through the great moors Murnauer Moos and Loisach-Kochelsee-Moore

The Loisach is a 113 km left tributary to the Isar whose source is near Ehrwald in Austria. It flows past Garmisch-Partenkirchen and into the Kochelsee. At this lake, the water that was diverted from the upper river Isar for the Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station joins the Loisach. The Loisach then flows out of Kochelsee and joins the Isar at Wolfratshausen. A canal joins the Isar and the Loisach returning the water diverted for power generation to the Isar before Wolfratshausen to reduce the risk of flooding in the town.

The most important tributaries of the Loisach entering from the right-hand side are the Hammersbach, the Partnach near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the streams Kuhflucht near Farchant, Röhrlbach and Lauterbach near Oberau, the Mühlbach near Eschenlohe, as well as the Eschenlaine near Eschenlohe, and the Kaltwasserleine near Ohlstadt and the Lainbach coming from the Benediktenwand. On the left, the Loisach receives a notable tributary at Griesen (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) from the Neidernach, at Oberau from Gießenbach and at Murnau via the Ramsach, which drains the entire Murnauer Moos.

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