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Boulevard of Broken Songs

"Boulevard of Broken Songs" (also known as "Wonderwall of Broken Songs" or "Wonderwall of Broken Dreams") is a popular mash-up mixed by American DJ and producer Party Ben in late 2004. The mix consists of elements from American rock band Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", English rock band Oasis's "Wonderwall", Scottish soft rock band Travis's "Writing to Reach You", and American rapper Eminem's "Sing for the Moment", which itself samples American hard rock band Aerosmith's "Dream On". "Sing for the Moment" was used solely because Party Ben did not have "Dream On" on hand and was on deadline for his Sixx Mixx radio show. Later versions (see below) used Aerosmith's original.

Appearances in other media
The mash-up first appeared as the finale of Party Ben's Sixx Mixx radio show on LIVE 105 on Friday, October 1, 2004. It was posted as a standalone mp3 on his website a few days later. The track began receiving radio airplay and was eventually aired on hundreds of radio stations worldwide despite having no official release. It eventually landed on many stations' lists of the most-played tracks of 2004 and 2005.

A new version of the mash-up was later created with "Dream On" instead of "Sing for the Moment" and was included on the compilation album The Best Mashups in the World Ever Are from San Francisco. A third version that samples the Aerosmith song and vocals by American rapper Missy Elliott from a remix of American pop singer Madonna's "American Life" was included on American Edit, a full-length mash-up album of American Idiot, produced by Party Ben and Team9 under the name "Dean Gray", which is a spoonerism of "Green Day".

Reception
Vice said that the song's "beauty (...) lies in its universality", and noted it as an early example of material becoming viral.

Party Ben reported having reached an agreement with "record label executives" such that all radio plays of the mashup would count as plays of the original, and that this led to the original charting a second time.

Personnel

 * Green Day (all versions)
 * Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar
 * Mike Dirnt – bass guitar
 * Tré Cool – drums
 * Oasis (all versions)
 * Liam Gallagher – lead vocals
 * Noel Gallagher – acoustic bass and electric guitars, piano
 * Paul Arthurs – acoustic guitar, mellotron
 * Alan White – drums
 * Travis (all versions)
 * Fran Healy – backing vocals, guitar
 * Andy Dunlop – guitar
 * Dougie Payne – bass guitar
 * Neil Primrose – drums
 * Aerosmith (all versions except the original)
 * Steven Tyler – backing vocals
 * Joe Perry – guitar
 * Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar
 * Tom Hamilton – bass guitar
 * Joey Kramer – drums
 * Eminem – backing vocals, rapping (original version only)
 * Missy Elliott – vocals (American Edit version only)

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Ponta Garça

Ponta Garça is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,547, in an area of 29.35 km2. It is the largest parish in Vila Franca do Campo.

History
Gaspar Frutuoso indicated that the origin of its toponymy was connected with the first settlers' reflections on sighting this zone. On the other hand, the local civil parish council claims that the area was named for the preponderance of marine birds, that nest on the cliffs of the parish.

The civil parish was first designated in the 16th century, likely owing to the communities growth and access to potable water.

Geography
The parish is located along the main regional roadway that links Lagoa and Ponta Delgada with the eastern part of the island. It is situated in the eastern part of Vila Franca do Campo. It contains the localities Cinzeiro, Meio Moio, Ponta Garça and Senhora das Mercês. Ponta Garça has 3 elementary schools, and a church.

Economy
The main industries are agriculture and manufacturing.

Civic

 * Estate of the Viscount Botelho (Solar Visconde Botelho)
 * Lighthouse of Ponta Garça (Farol de Ponta Garça), the 20th century lighthouse includes a single circular tower and main block, similar to other modernist structures of this type, such as the lighthouse of Ponta dos Rosais; considered emblematic of the region, it was constructed in 1957, and includes a 14 m tower, with view of the sea and parish.

Religious

 * Church of Nossa Senhora da Piedade (Igreja Paroquial de Ponta Garça/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade)
 * Hermitage of Senhora das Mercês (Ermida da Senhora das Mercês), situated in Grotas Fundas, this hermitage dates from the 18th century, and includes an image in high-relief dating from the same period.

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Edward E. Willey Bridge

Edward E. Willey Bridge is a highway bridge which crosses the upper James River (above the fall line at Richmond) in the western portion of Henrico County, Virginia. It carries Chippenham Parkway (State Route 150) between Parham Road in Henrico and the southwestern portion of the independent city of Richmond. It was named in honor of Edward E. Willey who was a pharmacist and state senator in the Virginia General Assembly from 1952 to 1983. He died in 1986.

Since the 18th century, bridges (and earlier ferry service) across the James River have been a major issue for residents of the City of Richmond, the former City of Manchester (merged into Richmond in 1910), and the counties of Henrico and Chesterfield on the north and south sides respectively.

The Willey Bridge and an adjacent portion of Chippenham Parkway were constructed with funds generated by a special continuation of tolls granted by the U.S. Congress for a period of time on a portion of the former Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (I-95) in the 1980s. This funding enabled the Willey Bridge (as it is known locally) to be opened as a toll free facility. The bridge began construction before 1988 and was complete in December 1989 along with the extension connecting it to the Chippenham Parkway.

The James River is relatively shallow where the Willey Bridge crosses well above the falls of the river at Richmond. In contrast, at the south end of the Chippenham Parkway, a very costly high-level bridge was required on the Pocahontas Parkway to cross over the navigable tidal portion of the same river downstream of the deepwater Port of Richmond.

The bridge is a peculiar design, as it makes somewhat of an "S" shape. As you travel north on the bridge, it takes a left hand turn on the south end, remains straight over the river and turns right on the north end.

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Barricade

Barricade (from the French barrique - 'barrel') is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade denotes any improvised field fortification, such as on city streets during urban warfare.

Barricades also include temporary traffic barricades designed with the goal of dissuading passage into a protected or hazardous area or large slabs of cement whose goal is to prevent forcible passage by a vehicle. Stripes on barricades and panel devices slope downward in the direction traffic must travel.

There are also pedestrian barricades - sometimes called bike rack barricades for their resemblance to a now obsolete form of bicycle stand, or police barriers. They originated in France approximately 50 years ago and are now used around the world. They were first used in the U.S. 40 years ago by Friedrichs Mfg for New Orleans's Mardi Gras parades.

Anti-vehicle barriers and blast barriers are sturdy barricades that can respectively counter vehicle and bomb attacks.

In history
The origins of the barricade are often erroneously traced back to the "First Day of the Barricades", a confrontation that occurred in Paris on 12 May 1588 in which the supporters of the Duke of Guise and the ultra-Catholic Holy League successfully challenged the authority of King Henri III. In actuality, although barricades came to widespread public awareness in that uprising (and in the equally momentous "Second Day of the Barricades" on 27 August 1648), none of several conflicting claims concerning who may have "invented" the barricade stand up to close scrutiny for the simple reason that Blaise de Monluc had already documented insurgents' use of the technique at least as early as 1569 in religiously based conflicts in southwestern France.

Although barricade construction began in France in the sixteenth century and remained an exclusively French practice for two centuries, the nineteenth century remained the classic era of the barricade. Contrary to a number of historical sources, barricades were present in various incidents of the great French Revolution of 1789, but they never played a central role in those events. They were, however, a highly visible and consequential element in many of the insurrections that occurred in France throughout the 1800s, including in the revolutions of 1830 ("the July Days") and 1848 (in both February and June.) Other Parisian events included the June Rebellion of 1832, which was smaller in scale, but rendered famous by Victor Hugo's account in Les Misérables, the combat that ended the Paris Commune in May 1871, and the more symbolic structures created in May 1968.

The barricade began its diffusion outside France in the 1780s and played a significant role in the Belgian Revolution of 1830, but it was only in the course of the upheaval of 1848 that it became truly international in scope. Its spread across the Continent was aided by the circulation of students, political refugees, and itinerant workers through the French capital, where many gained first-hand experience of one or another Parisian insurrection. The barricade had, by the middle of the nineteenth century, become the preeminent symbol of a revolutionary tradition that would ultimately spread worldwide. Barricade references appear in many colloquial expressions and are used, often metaphorically, in poems and songs celebrating radical social movements.

Crowd control
Barricades are used for crowd control applications at public events or during exceptionally busy shopping times. Different types of barricade are designed to fit the environment and use cases the organizer decides on.

 * Bridge Feet: Typically used for outdoor use, where the ground is not perfectly flat. The bridge design of the feet allows for better stability.
 * Flat Feet:Used on surfaces such as streets, sidewalks, and tarmacs, these barricades are designed for use on flat surfaces.
 * Heavy Duty Feet: Similar to flat feet, but larger in size and made of heavy duty steel, allowing for more durability and support.
 * Barricade Gates: These gates swing open like a doorway, allowing for passage of people of goods through a run of barricades.
 * Expanding Barricades: Designed for indoor use and for use on sites where construction or work is occurring. Easy to move and store these barricades serve as a temporary barricade.

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Michel Bellemare

Michel Bellemare (born July 10, 1967) is a Canadian politician and lawyer.

Bellemare was a member of the City Council in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1994 to 2010. He served as the acting as mayor of Ottawa, while mayor Larry O'Brien faced charges from May 2 to July 8, 2009 and represented Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward in the east end of the city, formerly part of Gloucester.

Born in Ottawa, Bellemare is the son of former Liberal Member of Parliament Eugene Bellemare, and nephew of MP Jean-Robert Gauthier.

A lawyer by training, Bellemare first ran for a seat on the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton council (RMOC) in 1994. He was successful, defeating long-standing councillor Fiona Faucher. When the RMOC was abolished with the creation of the larger city of Ottawa in 2000, Bellemare was elected to the Ottawa City Council. In council, he is one of the strongest proponents of official bilingualism and tax cuts. He has also been a longtime opponent of Ottawa's O-Train light rail program and voted for the cancellation of the north-south line extension to Barrhaven which would have been completed and in operation starting in 2009.

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UK Schmidt Telescope

The UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) is a 1.24 metre Schmidt telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory (formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory); it is located adjacent to the 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. It is very similar to the Samuel Oschin telescope in California. The telescope can detect objects down to magnitude 21 after an hour of exposure on photographic plates.

It was originally built and operated by the United Kingdom, starting from 1973, and was merged with the former Anglo-Australian Observatory in 1988. It has been wholly operated by Australia since the UK withdrew from the AAO in 2010 (though the name is unchanged).

The UKST is a Schmidt camera, with a design based on the Oschin Schmidt Telescope. It is a survey telescope with a 6° by 6° field of view, originally imaged onto a 35 cm square glass photographic plate, and was the primary source of optical survey data in the southern sky from the 1970s to after 2000. The original sky survey plates were digitally scanned by the Space Telescope Science Institute to create the Guide Star Catalog for the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Digitized Sky Survey.

Although the UKST was originally used to take photographs of the sky, traditional photographic glass (and film) became largely superseded by large electronic CCD detectors in the late 1990s, and after 2000 the UKST was used mostly for multi-object spectroscopy with the 6 degree Field (6dF) instrument. 6dF uses a robot to position up to 150 optical fibres on a metal plate mounted at the focal plane of the UKST, which then carry light from the targets to a spectrograph which sits on the floor of the dome. The 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS), a redshift survey of 120,000 infrared-selected galaxies was completed in 2005, and from 2003–2013 the UKST then carried out the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) to measure the radial velocities and metallicities of around to 0.5 million stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Two new spectroscopic surveys called TAIPAN and Funnelweb are planned post-2015.

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Blue spruce

The blue spruce (Picea pungens), also commonly known as green spruce, Colorado spruce, or Colorado blue spruce, is a species of spruce tree native to North America in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. It is noted for its blue-green colored needles, and has therefore been used as an ornamental tree in many places far beyond its native range.

Description
In the wild, Picea pungens grows to about 23 m, but when planted in parks and gardens it seldom exceeds 15 m tall by 5 m wide. The tree can grow larger if the tip is cut when it is at least 3 years old. It is a columnar or conical evergreen conifer with densely growing horizontal branches. It has scaly grey bark on the trunk with yellowish-brown branches.

Waxy gray-green leaves, up to 3 cm long, are arranged radially on the shoots which curve upwards. The pale brown cones are up to 10 cm long. Male cones are found on the entire tree, whereas the female cones are found at the top of the tree. This helps to facilitate cross-pollination.

The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

Ecology
Blue Spruce occurs at high elevation (above 6000 ft/1830m) in the Rocky Mountains of the west-central United States. It grows in mesic montane conifer forests, often associating with Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, or white fir. It has a riparian affinity.

Climate
Blue spruce usually grows in cool and humid climatic zones where the annual precipitation mainly occurs in the summer.

Blue spruce is most common in Colorado and the Southwest. The annual average temperature ranges from 3.9 to 6.1 degrees C (39 to 43 degrees F). And ranges from - 3.9 to - 2.8 degrees C (25 to 27 degrees F) in January. In July, the average temperature ranges from 13.9 to 15.0 degrees C (57 to 59 degrees F). The average minimum temperature in January ranges from - 11.1 to 8.9 degrees C (12 to 16 degrees F), and the average maximum temperature in July ranges from 21.1 to 22.2 C (70 to 72 degrees F). There is a frost-free period of about 55 to 60 days from June to August.

Annual mean precipitation generally vary from 460 to 610 mm (18 to 24 in). Winter is the season with the poorest rainfall, the precipitation is usually less than 20 percent of the annual moisture falling from December to March. And fifth percent of the annual precipitation occurs during the growing season of the plants.

Blue spruce is generally considered to grow best with abundant moisture. Nevertheless, this species can withstand drought better than any other spruce. It can withstand extremely low temperatures (-40 degrees C) as well. Furthermore, this species is more resistant to high insolation and frost damage compared to other associated species.

Distributed soil types and topography
Blue spruce generally exists on gentle uplands and sub irrigated slopes, in well-watered tributary drainage, extending down intermittent streams, and on lower northerly slopes.

Blue spruce always grow naturally in the soils which are in the order Mollisols, and the soil will also be in the orders histosols and inceptisols in a lesser extent.

Blue spruce is considered as a pioneer tree species in moist soil in Utah.

Rooting habits
Blue spruce seedlings have shallow roots that penetrate only 6.4 cm (2.5 inches) of soil during the first year. Although freezing can't damage much in blue spruce, frost heaving will cause seedling loss. Shadows in late spring and early autumn minimize this frost heaving loss. Despite the shallow roots, blue spruce is able to resist strong winds. Five years before transplanting, the total root surface area of 2-meter-high trees was doubled by pruning the roots of blue spruce. It also increases the root concentration in drip irrigation pipeline from 40% to 60%, which is an advantage in landscape greening.

Pests and diseases
The blue spruce is attacked by two species of Adelges, an aphid-like insect that causes galls to form. Nymphs of the pineapple gall adelgid form galls at the base of twigs which resemble miniature pineapples and those of the Cooley's spruce gall adelgid cause cone-shaped galls at the tips of branches. The larva of the spruce budworm eat the buds and growing shoots while the spruce needle miner hollows out the needles and makes them coalesce in a webbed mass. An elongated white scale insect, the pine needle scale feeds on the needles causing fluffy white patches on the twigs and aphids also suck sap from the needles and may cause them to fall and possibly dieback. Mites can also infest the blue spruce, especially in a dry summer, causing yellowing of the oldest needles. Another insect pest is the spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) which bores under the bark. It often first attacks trees which have blown over by the wind and when the larvae mature two years afterwards, a major outbreak occurs and vast numbers of beetles attack nearby standing trees.

The blue spruce is susceptible to several needle casting diseases which cause the needles to turn yellow, mottled or brown before they fall off. Various rust diseases also affect the tree causing yellowing of the needles as well as needle fall. Canker caused by Cytospora attacks one of the lower branches first and progressively makes its way higher up the tree. The first symptom is the needles turning reddish-brown and falling off. Meanwhile, patches of white resin appear on the bark and the branch eventually dies.

Cultivation
Picea pungens and its many cultivars are often grown as ornamental trees in gardens and parks. It is also grown for the Christmas tree industry. It grows best in USDA growing zones 1 through 7, though it also does well in zones warmer than 7 where summer heat is moderate, as at San Francisco. Common cultivars (those marked have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit):
 * 'Glauca Globosa' – shrub from 3 - 5 ft in height
 * 'Fat Albert' – compact perfect cone to 10 ft of a silver blue color
 * 'Glauca Pendula' – drooping branches, spreads to about 8 ft wide by 4 ft tall
 * 'Sester's Dwarf' – denser foliage than the species, slowly grows to about 6-8 ft tall
 * 'Hoopsii'
 * 'Koster'
 * 'Baby Blue Eyes'
 * 'Baby Blue'

Culture
The Navajo and Keres Native Americans use this tree as a traditional medicinal plant and a ceremonial item, and twigs are given as gifts to bring good fortune. In traditional medicine, an infusion of the needles is used to treat colds and settle the stomach. This liquid is also used externally for rheumatic pains.

The blue spruce is the state tree of Colorado.

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Yazidism

Yazidism, also known as Sharfadin, is a monotheistic ethnic religion that originated in Kurdistan and has roots in a western Iranic pre-Zoroastrian religion directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. It is followed by the Kurdish-speaking Yazidis, and is based on belief in one God who created the world and entrusted it into the care of seven Holy Beings, known as Angels. Preeminent among these Angels is Tawûsî Melek (lit. 'Peacock Angel', also spelled as Melek Taûs), who is the leader of the Angels and who has authority over the world.

Principal beliefs

Yazidis believe in one God, to whom they refer as Xwedê, Xwedawend, Êzdan, and Pedsha ('King'), and, less commonly, Ellah and Heq. According to some Yazidi hymns (known as Qewls), God has 1,001 names, or 3,003 names according to other Qewls. In Yazidism, fire, water, air, and the earth are sacred elements that are not to be polluted. During prayer Yazidis face towards the Sun, for which they were often called "sun worshippers". The Yazidi myth of creation begins with the description of the emptiness and the absence of order in the Universe. Prior to the World's creation, God created a dur (white pearl) in spiritual form from his own pure Light and alone dwelt in it. First there was an esoteric world, and after that an exoteric world was created. Before the creation of this world God created seven Divine Beings (often called "Angels" in Yazidi literature) to whom he assigned all the world's affairs; the leader of the Seven Angels was appointed Tawûsî Melek ("Peacock Angel"). The end of Creation is closely connected with the creation of mankind and the transition from mythological to historical time.

Tawûsî Melek

The Yazidis believe in a divine Triad. The original, hidden God of the Yazidis is considered to be remote and inactive in relation to his creation, except to contain and bind it together within his essence. His first emanation is Melek Taûs (Tawûsî Melek), the Peacock Angel, who functions as the ruler of the world. The second hypostasis of the divine Triad is the Sheikh 'Adī. The third is Sultan Ezid. These are the three hypostases of the one God. The identity of these three is sometimes blurred, with Sheikh 'Adī considered to be a manifestation of Tawûsî Melek and vice versa; the same also applies to Sultan Ezid. Yazidis are called Miletê Tawûsî Melek ("the nation of Tawûsî Melek").

Muslims and Christians have erroneously associated and identified the Peacock Angel with their own conception of the unredeemed evil spirit Satan,  a misconception which has incited centuries of violent religious persecution of the Yazidis as "devil-worshippers". Persecution of Yazidis has continued in their home communities within the borders of modern Iraq.

Yazidis, however, believe Tawûsî Melek is not a source of evil or wickedness. They consider him to be the leader of the archangels, not a fallen angel.

"The Yazidis of Kurdistan have been called many things, most notoriously 'devil-worshippers', a term used both by unsympathetic neighbours and fascinated Westerners. This sensational epithet is not only deeply offensive to the Yazidis themselves, but quite simply wrong. Non-Yazidis have associated Melek Taûs with Shaitan (Islamic/Arab name) or Satan, but Yazidis find that offensive and do not actually mention that name."

Holy figures

Yezidis believe in Seven Angels, considered the emanations of God, who, In Yazidi creation stories, were created by God from his own light (nûr) before the creation of this world. God assigned all of the world's affairs to these seven Angels and Tawûsê Melek was appointed as the leader. The angels are also referred to as Heft Sirr ("the Seven Mysteries"). In this context, they have, so to speak, a part of God in themselves. Another word that is used for this is sur or sirr (literally: 'mystery'), which denotes a divine essence from which the angels were created. This pure divine essence called Sur or Sirr has its own personality and will and is also called Sura Xudê ('the Sur of God'). This term refers to the essence of the Divine itself, that is, God. The Angels share this essence from their creator who is God. In religious literature, these Angels are sometimes referred to as Cibrayîl, Ezrayîl, Mîkayîl, Şifqayîl, Derdayîl, Ezafîl, and Ezazîl. The leader of these Angels is known as Tawûsê Melek, and the others are better known by the names of their earthly incarnations/representations: Fexreddin, Sheikh Shems, Nasirdin, Sejadin, Sheikh Obekr, and Shex Hesen (Şêxsin).

The Yazidi pantheon contains a total of 365 holy figures venerated by Yazidis, designated by various special terms including Xudan, Xas, Mêr and Babçak. According to Yazidi beliefs, God is almighty and absolute, and the Xudans are a part of His power, moreover, in relation to nature, Yazidis believe in Xudans for most of natural elements and phenomena and they are regarded as divine powers that have control over these phenomena. In Yazidi mythology, the Xudans appeared after the creation of the world for the four elements of nature and their manifestations.

Sheikh 'Adī

One of the important figures of Yazidism is Sheikh 'Adī ibn Musafir. Sheikh 'Adī ibn Musafir settled in the valley of Laliş (some 36 mi northeast of Mosul) in the Yazidi mountains in the early 12th century and founded the 'Adawiyya Sufi order. He died in 1162, and his tomb at Laliş is a focal point of Yazidi pilgrimage and the principal Yazidi holy site. Yazidism has many influences: Sufi influence and imagery (especially taken from Mansur al-Hallaj) can be seen in the religious vocabulary, especially in the terminology of the Yazidis' esoteric literature, but most of the theology, rituals, traditions, and festivals remains non-Islamic. Its cosmogony for instance has many points in common with those of ancient Iranian religions.

Rebirth and concept of time
Yazidis believe in the rebirth of the soul. Like the Ahl-e Haqq, the Yazidis use the metaphor of a change of garment to describe the process, which plays an exceptional role in Yazidi religiosity and is called the "change of [one's] shirt" (kirasgorîn). There is also a belief that some of the events from the time of creation repeat themselves in cycles of history. In Yazidism, different concepts of time coexist:

"In Yazidism, the older original concept of metempsychosis and the cyclic perception of the course of time is harmonised and coexists with the younger idea of a collective eschatology."
 * An esoteric time sphere (Kurdish: enzel), This term denotes a state of being before the creation of the world. According to Yazidi cosmogony, there is God and a pearl in this stage.
 * Bedîl or dewr (a cyclic course of time): it means literally 'change, changing' or 'turning, revolution' and in the Yazidi context denotes a new period of time in the history of the world. Therefore, it may also mean 'renewing' or 'renewed' and designates the start of a renewed period of time.
 * A linear course, which runs from the start of the creation by God to the collective eschatological end point.
 * Three tofan ('storm, flood') i.e. catastrophes. It is believed that there are three big events during history named tofan that play a purificatory role, changing the quality of life in a positive manner. Each catastrophe, which ultimately brings renewal to the world, takes place through a basic element: the first through water (tofanê avê), the second through fire (tofanê agirî) and the last is connected with wind (air) (tofanê ba). It is believed that the first tofan has already occurred in the past and that the next tofan will occur through fire. According to this perception, the three sacred elements, namely water, fire and air, purify the fourth one, the earth. These events however are not be considered as eschatological events. They occur during the life of people. Although the purificatory events cause many deaths, ultimately life continues.

Cosmogony and beginning of life
The Yazidi cosmogony is recorded in several sacred texts and traditions. It can therefore only be inferred and understood through an overall view of the sacred texts and traditions. The cosmogony can be divided into three stages:

 * 1) Enzel – the state before the pearl burst (dur).
 * 2) Developments immediately after the burst – cosmogony II
 * 3) The creation of the earth and man – anthropogony

The term Enzel is one of the frequently mentioned terms in the religious vocabulary and it comes up numerous times in the religious hymns, known as Qewls. For instance, in Qewlê Tawisî Melek:"'Ya Rebî ji Enzel de her tuyî qedîmî' (English: Oh, Creator of the Enzel, you are infinite)"And Dûa Razanê: Ezdayî me, ji direke enzelî me

(English: I am a follower of God, I come from an "enzelî" pearl) Thus, the term Enzel can also be referred to as a "pure, spiritual, immaterial and infinite world", "the Beyond" or "the sphere beyond the profane world". The Enzel stage describes a spaceless and timeless state and therefore illustrates a supernatural state. In this stage, initially there is only a God, who creates a pearl out of his own light, in which his shining throne (textê nûrî) is located. Qewlê Bê Elif:

Padşê min bi xo efirandî dura beyzaye – My King created the white pearl from himself

Textê nûrî sedef – The shining throne in the pearl

The Yazidi qewls mention the universe as having originated from a white pearl that existed in pre-eternity. At the beginning of the time prior to the creation, God emerged from the cosmic pearl, which rested on the horns of a bull that stood on the back of a fish. After God and the pearl separated, the universe burst out of the pearl and became visible as waves rippled across from pearl to form the primeval Cosmic Ocean. As the pearl burst open, the beginning of the material universe was set in motion. Mihbet (meaning 'love') came into being and was laid as the original foundation, colours began to form, and red, yellow and white began to shine from the burst pearl.

The Yazidi religion has its own perception of the colours, which is seen in the mythology and shown through clothing taboos, in religious ceremonies, customs and rituals. Colours are perceived as the symbolizations of nature and the beginning of life, thus the emphasis of colours can be found in the creation myth. The colors white, red, green and yellow in particular are frequently emphasized. White is considered the color of purity and peace and is the main colour of the religious clothing of the Yazidis.

Yazidi accounts of the creation differ significantly from those of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), since they are derived from the Ancient Mesopotamian and Indo-Iranian traditions; therefore, Yazidi cosmogony is closer to those of Ancient Iranian religions, Yarsanism, and Zoroastrianism.

Yazidi sacred texts
The religious literature of Yazidis is composed mostly of poetry which is orally transmitted in mainly Kurmanji and includes numerous genres, such as Qewl (religious hymn), Beyt (poem), Du‛a (prayer), Dirozge (another kind of prayer), Şehdetiya Dîn (the Declaration of the Faith), Terqîn (prayer for after a sacrifice), Pişt perde (literally 'under the veil', another genre), Qesîde (Qasida), Sema‛ (literally 'listening'), Lavĳ, Xerîbo, Xizêmok, Payîzok, and Robarîn. The poetic literature is composed in an advanced and archaic language where more complex terms are used, which may be difficult to understand for those who are not trained in religious knowledge. Therefore, they are accompanied by some prosaic genres of the Yazidi literature that often interpret the contents of the poems and provide explanations of their contexts in the spoken language comprehensible among the common population. The prosaic genres include Çîrok and Çîvanok (legends and myths), and Dastan and Menal Pîrs (interpretations of religious hymns). Yazidis also possess some written texts, such as the sacred manuscripts called mişûrs and individual collections of religious texts called cilvê and Keşkûl, although they are rarer and often safekept among Yazidis. Yazidis are also said to have two holy books, Book of Revelation and Black Book whose authenticities are debated among scholars.

Holy books
The Yazidi holy books are claimed to be the Book of Revelation and Black Book. Scholars generally agree that the manuscripts of both books published in 1911 and 1913 were forgeries written by non-Yazidis in response to Western travellers' and scholars' interest in the Yazidi religion; however, the material in them is consistent with authentic Yazidi traditions. True texts of those names may have existed, but remain obscure. The real core texts of the religion that exist today are the hymns known as qawls; they have also been orally transmitted during most of their history, but are now being collected with the assent of the community, effectively transforming Yazidism into a scriptural religion. The sacred texts had already been translated into English by the early 20th century.

Qewl and Beyt
A very important genre of oral literature of the Yazidi community consists of religious hymns, called Qewls, which literally means 'word, speech' (from Arabic qawl). The performers of these hymns, called the Qewal, constitute a distinct class within the Yazidi society. They are a veritable source of ancient Yazidi lore and are traditionally recruited from the non-religious members of other Kurdish tribes, principally the Dumilî and Hekarî. The qewls are full of cryptic allusions and usually need to be accompanied by čirōks ('stories') that explain their context.

Mishur
Mishurs are a type of sacred manuscripts that were written down in the 13th century and handed down to each lineage (ocax) of the Pirs; each of the manuscripts contain descriptions of the founder of the Pir lineage that they were distributed to, along with a list of Kurdish tribes and other priestly lineages that were affiliated with the founder. The mishurs are safekept among the families of Pirs in particular places that are designated for their safekeeping; these places are referred to as stêr in Kurmanji. According to the Yazidi tradition, there are a total of 40 mishurs which were distributed to the 40 lineages of Pirs.

Yazidi New Year
The Yazidi New Year (Sersal) is called Çarşema sor ("Red Wednesday") or Çarşema Serê Nîsanê ("Wednesday at the beginning of April"). It falls in spring, on the first Wednesday of the April and Nîsan months in the Julian and Seleucid calendars, i.e. the first Wednesday on or after 14 April according to the Gregorian calendar.

Feast of Êzî
One of the most important Yazidi festivals is Îda Êzî ("Feast of Êzî"), which is celebrated in commemoration of the divine figure Sultan Ezid. Which every year takes place on the first Friday on or after 14 December. Before this festival, the Yazidis fast for three days, where nothing is eaten from sunrise to sunset. The Îda Êzî festival is celebrated in honor of God and the three days of fasting before are also associated with the ever shorter days before the winter solstice, when the Sun is less and less visible. With the Îda Êzî festival, the fasting time is ended. The festival is often celebrated with music, food, drinks and dance.

Tawûsgeran
Another important festival is the Tawûsgeran, where Qewals and other religious dignitaries visit Yazidi villages, bringing the sinjaq, sacred images of a peacock symbolizing Tawûsê Melek. These are venerated, fees are collected from the pious, sermons are preached and holy water and berat (small stones from Lalish) distributed.

Feast of the Assembly
The greatest festival of the year is the Cêjna Cemaiya ('Feast of the Assembly'), which includes an annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Sheikh 'Adī' (Şêx Adî) in Lalish, northern Iraq. The festival is celebrated from 6 October to 13 October, in honor of the Sheikh Adi. It is an important time for cohesion.

If possible, Yazidis make at least one pilgrimage to Lalish during their lifetime, and those living in the region try to attend at least once a year for the Feast of the Assembly in autumn.

Tiwaf
Tiwafs are yearly feasts of shrines and their holy beings which constitute an important part of Yazidi religious and communal life. Every village that contains a shrine holds annual tiwafs in the name of the holy being to which the shrine is dedicated.

Prayers
Prayers occupy a special status in Yazidi literature. They contain important symbols and religious knowledge connected with the Holy Men, God, and daily situations. The prayers are mostly private and as a rule they are not performed in public. Yazidis pray towards the sun, usually privately, or the prayers are recited by one person during a gathering. The prayers are classified according to their own content. There are:

 * Prayers dedicated to God and holy beings
 * Prayers of Yazidi castes
 * Prayers for specific occasions
 * Rite of passage prayers
 * Prayers against health problems and illnesses
 * Daily prayers
 * Prayers connected with the nature, i.e. the Moon, stars, Sun, etc.

Purity and taboos

Many Yazidis consider pork to be prohibited. However, many Yazidis living in Germany began to view this taboo as a foreign belief from Judaism or Islam and not part of Yazidism, and therefore abandoned this rule. Furthermore, in a BBC interview in April 2010, Baba Sheikh, the spiritual leader of all Yazidis, stated that ordinary Yazidis may eat what they want, but the religious clergy refrain from certain vegetables (including cabbage) because "they cause gases".

Some Yazidis in Armenia and Georgia who converted to Christianity, still identify as Yazidis even after converting, but are not accepted by the other Yazidis as Yazidis.

Customs
Children are baptised at birth and circumcision is not required, but is practised by some due to regional customs. The Yazidi baptism is called mor kirin (literally: 'to seal'). Traditionally, Yazidi children are baptised at birth with water from the Kaniya Sipî ('White Spring') at Lalish. It involves pouring holy water from the spring on the child's head three times.

Religious organisation
The Yazidis are strictly endogamous; members of the three Yazidi castes, the murids, sheikhs, and pirs, marry only within their group.

There are several religious duties that are performed by several dignitaries, such as the Mir Hejj (Prince of the Pilgrimage), Sheikh el-Wazir (who oversees the sanctuary of Sheikh Shems at Lalish), Pire Esbiya (treasurer of the sanctuary of Sheikh Shems at Lalish), Mijewir (local shrine custodian), Baba Chawush (guardian of the sanctuary of Sheikh Adi), and others.

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I took some pics of the bridges around Cincy today and posted them to Commons. Find 'em here: commons:category:Cincinnati, Ohio.

Thanks a lot. --taestell 07:11, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * I got a better shot of the Taylor-Southgate the other day from across the river. --Tysto 04:51, 2005 August 14 (UTC)

List of albums
Thank you for adding to wikipedia however I must point out that EPs are not considered albums and should not be added to that list. Also some longtime editors like Tuf-KAT are pretty much strict on what can be added to the list and periodically delete entries that are not formatted and do not have info boxes. Megan1967 04:33, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I will go ahead and remove all of the EPs from the list. The articles themselves were just created, and hopefully will grow to eventually contain info boxes. taestell 19:42, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

Systm pre-VFD
I saved the old Systm article, including the revision history, via Special:Export before it was deleted. I'm not sure how you saved it (if at all), but if you're interested I can send the file (xml) to you. —Markaci 2005-06-22 T 17:54 Z

Mozilla Application Suite
Thanks man! I don't know why they pruned the revision history so that I can't revert to previous revision. Maybe because the one who did that is an admin? Anyway, thanks for fixing the article. --minghong 02:17, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * User:Tony Sidaway merged the article with Mozilla, eliminating its history. I understand that there was some sort of GNU FDL issue, but I still think it was a bad idea to undo all of the work everyone had put into that article. Oh well, it'll get fixed. --taestell 03:21, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Revision 3
Looks like there's plenty of consensus without me. siafu 00:09, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I've added my Keep vote to the page. — Peter McGinley 08:41, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks a lot. --taestell 13:07, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

f2g.net
It seems that the server is down. I can't visit my website, can't login the FTP or web interface. Just to see if you encounter the same problem too. :-/ --minghong 16:20, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I've experienced a lot of problems with f2g.net, especially general slowness. I just moved my main blog to a different free host, cjb.cc. It's very similar to f2g, except that they give more space and bandwidth, and allow some PHP and .htaccess. The guy running it hand-approves all of the applications, so it hopefully will not ever become as slow and unreliable as f2g. --taestell 23:59, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

It seems that the DoS attacks had finished. At least I can access my website now. :-) --minghong 12:55, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Baltic States
Hi, surely the Baltic States are commonly understood in English as Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and the article Baltic States should primarily deal with that? The article as it is is 95% about them as it is, and this conception of 'Baltic Countries' while valid (e.g. http://www.cbss.st ?) is somewhat secondary to the existing meaning. Disclaimer: I have no specific knowledge on this, only snooping around because I'm off to Riga next week! -- Blorg 23:39, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm not an expert on the topic, and I merged the three or four articles on the subject per requests from other users. I organized the sections (Baltic Sea countries, Balticum, Baltic states) in the most logical way that I knew how. However, if you know more on the topic than I do, I'm sure the article would benefit greatly from your contributions and reorganization. Thanks, --taestell 05:23, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Concerning EP
I noticed you changed it from a redirect to European Parliament to a disambiguation page. However, we are currently seeking consensus on what to do with EP on its talk page. Please read the talk page, and possibly add in your two cents. (You don't have to undo your changes though.) To give you a little background, it was originally a disambiguation page, but then I argued that it should redirect to extended play, to which a few people agreed (and no one disagreed). Then, someone changed it to redirect to European Parliament, and we have to start all over again. My arguments against it being a disambiguation page are on the EP talk page. —  Ed Gl  23:10, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

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Thank you for your good work here. I see that you're continuing to clear up the mess. When you get tired or too bored, don't push yourself but instead just stop: I have to disconnect myself from the net for a couple of hours now, but after that I'll continue the disambiguation. -- Hoary 00:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
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For now, I'm just leaving several of them how they are; hopefully you or someone else knows more about them than I do. --taestell 01:08, 21 October 2006 (UTC) Done. (Aside from more or less automatically generated pages, archives, and a user page.) There's something slightly fishy about the Scots artist, however. This pair of edits was of course indefensible, but thought provoking all the same. -- Hoary

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Thanks for the help with the William Wrigley dabs. I am wondering how I should dab the Category:Busch family. Many of them seem like they should have August Busch dab headers. However, it may be more appropriate for the whole family to have Busch dab headers. What do you think? TonyTheTiger 16:10, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Supremes albums
Category:The Supremes albums is a subset of Category:Motown albums (all Supremes LP releases were issued on Motown). Therefore, each Supremes album should not be included individually in the Motown albums category. --FuriousFreddy 03:49, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

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Who told you can you edit anything on my page...this is the second time I had to confront someone today about this....STAY THE FUCK OFF MY USER PAGE!!!! --ShawnHill 18:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

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 * First off, I want to apologize for my outburst, the tone in which I came at you was out of line...you showed respect when you responed back, so, I must do so in kind. My frustrations wasn't totally directed towards per se, but towards the site in general, and some of our fellow Wikipedians and the way this site is used. I won't bore you with my feelings about the site, but I understand why you did what did, and again my apologies to you.ShawnHill 22:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Radio station moves
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The guidelines for tv/radio station article names are posted at WikiProject Radio Stations. Thanks, —taestell 02:28, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
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Andrew Michael Smith
Just wondering what was wrong with the previous name for this article (Mike Smith (Gloucestershire cricketer)). It doesn't particularly matter since the redirect from the latter still exists, but given that he's always called Mike it seems strange to change the article title to a form of his name that I don't think I've ever seen used! Loganberry (Talk) 23:35, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

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Crosby, Stills and Nash
Could you explain somebody would make edits like this? I might point a couple things out to you: Please consider leaving the harmless redirects alone. On the other hand, there are likely thousands of pages that link to misspelled redirects. "Fixing" these "wikified typoes" (by doing a full replacement of the bracketed text) would be of significantly greater benefit (you will probably find other spelling errors to fix while you're there, even) than changing a link that's not broken, and piping one that needs not be disambiguated. — freak([ talk]) 21:32, Nov. 9, 2006 (UTC)
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TV/radio station moves
Hi! Just want to let you know that I think you've misinterpreted the naming conventions. Per WP:NAME:
 * All full-power Canadian FM and commercial TV stations have a (-FM or -TV) suffix... most U.S. and many Mexican stations, do not.

A quick search of the FCC FM Query for, say, WUSB shows that the correct call sign is simply "WUSB"; compare to the results for WCBS (which lists the station as "WCBS-FM").

Some parts of the guidelines refer to what to do if there are multiple stations with the same base callsign. It doesn't mean that all FM/TV stations should have titles with the "-FM"/"-TV" suffices, because many do not.

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Good evening. Per the discussion about privacy concerns expressed at Biographies of living persons, date of birth should generally not be added to the biographies of living non-public or semi-public figures. So far, that policy has been interpreted fairly strictly with a pretty high bar being set for the definition of "public figures" who are assumed to have given up their rights to privacy.

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Double Redirect
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Greatest Hits
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