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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unique Consequence

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Unique Consequence
This makes no sense. It's a weird rantish tract. Katefan0 23:51, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete -- though I think "babblish" would be a better adjective than "rantish". --Christofurio 00:14, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete this nonsense rant babble. Bart133 (t) 02:32, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete either as very original research or as babblish, rantish, nonsensical codswallop. HyperZonk 16:39, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, I was gonna say rant, I guess it is a rant-babble. Wyss 19:11, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete patent nonsense. Johntex 21:41, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Sadly, it's not a speedy, wish it was, it should be. Wyss 13:47, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Waniek

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Dan Waniek
Vanity? Only 300 hits on google, most of which are relevant. GRider\talk 23:53, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. A published professor and researcher, . Megan1967 04:06, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, self-promotion. Wyss 19:20, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete self-promotion, publications are self-published vanity. Johntex 21:32, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, do pseudoscientists count as notable? --nixie 01:08, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, looks notable. JamesBurns 10:38, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, it's been around a while, nominated for deletion 10 months ago, cleanup isn't forthcoming. dbenbenn | talk 18:08, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zurab Urushadze

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Zurab Urushadze
Vanity. 21 hits on google. GRider\talk 23:55, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * According the web of science he only has -two- publications in peer reviewd journals, I vote Delete --nixie 02:41, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. A published professor of biophysics, . Megan1967 04:18, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just an average professor. Mgm|(talk) 09:52, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, 'cause he used the term quantum mechanics in one of his book titles. Wyss 19:13, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence of notability. Johntex 21:40, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * delete' Yuckfoo 03:44, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Just because he's published doesn't mean he's a Wiki material. There's got to be thousands of published profs out there not worthy of Wikipedia status. (And there's probably a few out there that do.) Bratsche 04:55, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, sufficient notability. JamesBurns 10:50, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Voordat

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --JYolkowski 23:55, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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Body and Soul (1925 film)

Body and Soul is a 1925 race film produced, written, directed, and distributed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Paul Robeson in his motion picture debut. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Plot
An escaped prisoner seeks refuge in the predominantly African-American town of Tatesville, Georgia, by passing himself off as the Rt. Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins. He is joined in town by a fellow criminal, and the pair scheme to swindle the phony reverend's congregation of their offerings. Jenkins falls in love with a young member of his congregation, Isabelle Perkins, even though she is in love with a poor young man named Sylvester, who happens to be Jenkins’ long-estranged identical twin brother. Jenkins steals money from Martha Jane, Isabelle's mother, and convinces the young woman to take the blame for his crime. She flees to Atlanta and dies just as her mother locates her. Before dying, Isabelle reveals to her mother that Jenkins raped her and that he is the one who took her mother's money. She explains that she did not speak up before because she knew her mother would not believe her. Returning to Tatesville, Martha Jane confronts Jenkins in front of the congregation. Jenkins flees and during a twilight struggle he kills a man who tries to bring him to justice. The following morning, Martha Jane awakens and realizes the episode with Jenkins was only a dream. She provides Isabelle (who is not dead) and Sylvester with the funds to start a married life together.

Cast

 * Paul Robeson as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
 * Mercedes Gilbert as Sister Martha Jane - Isabelle's Mother
 * Julia Theresa Russell as Isabelle - the Girl
 * Lawrence Chenault as Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate
 * Marshall Rogers as Speakeasy proprietor
 * Lillian Johnson as "Sis" Caline, a Pious Lady
 * Madame Robinson as "Sis" Lucy, a Pious Lady
 * Chester A. Alexander as Deacon Simpkins, a Church Elder
 * Walter Cornick as Brother Amos, a Church Elder

Production
Paul Robeson made his film debut at the age of 27 in Body and Soul, playing the dual role of Jenkins and Sylvester. As part of the agreement to star in the film, Robeson received a $100 per week salary plus three percent of the gross after the first $40,000 in receipts.

Release
The original version of Body and Soul was a nine-reel production. When the filmmaker applied for an exhibition license from the Motion Picture Commission of the State of New York, it was denied approval on the grounds it would "tend to incite to crime" and was "immoral" and "sacrilegious". Micheaux was forced to re-edit the film twice before the commission approved the film, which was reduced from nine to five reels. The surviving copy of Body and Soul is based on this edited version; Micheaux's director cut is considered a lost film. Body and Soul is one of three surviving silent films created by Micheaux, who is credited with making 26 silent productions. Body and Soul holds an 80% approval rating on aggregate film site Rotten Tomatoes.

Body and Soul was originally released to cinemas catering to an exclusive African-American audience, and for many years the film was unknown to white moviegoers. In 2000, Body and Soul was presented at the New York Film Festival with a new musical score composed by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and performed live by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

Body and Soul was released on home video in 2016 by Kino Lorber as part of the five-disc Pioneers of African-American Cinema set.

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Body and Soul (1947 film)

Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir sports drama directed by Robert Rossen and starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, and William Conrad. The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky is partly based on the 1939 film Golden Boy. With cinematography by James Wong Howe, the film is considered by some to be one of the best films about boxing. It is also a cautionary tale about the lure of money—and how it can derail even a strong common man in his pursuit of success. The film uses the song Body and Soul for the main musical theme and underscoring throughout.

Plot
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempts the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.

When talented fighter Ben Chaplin finds himself blacklisted from a title shot because of his race, Davis hires him as a well-paid sparring partner. Davis begins to have a moral awakening when Chaplin has a seizure and dies in the training camp ring.

Davis finds the moral courage to win a title fight that he was supposed to throw and shrugs off Roberts' post-fight threats.

Cast

 * John Garfield as Charley Davis
 * Lilli Palmer as Peg Born
 * Hazel Brooks as Alice
 * Anne Revere as Anna Davis
 * William Conrad as Quinn
 * Joseph Pevney as Shorty Polaski
 * Lloyd Gough as Roberts
 * Canada Lee as Ben Chaplin
 * Art Smith as David Davis
 * Larry Steers as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Critical response
When the film was released, critic Bosley Crowther praised the film, writing, "Body and Soul has up and done it, with interest and excitement to spare, and we heartily recommend it in its present exhibition at the Globe ... Still [Abraham Polonsky has] written his story with such flavor and such slashing fidelity to the cold and greedy nature of the fight game, and Robert Rossen has directed it with such an honest regard for human feelings and with such a searching and seeing camera, that any possible resemblance to other fight yarns, living or dead, may be gratefully allowed."

Film critic Dennis Schwartz discussed that the film had a definite sociopolitical point of view and praised Garfield's work. He, wrote, "Robert Rossen's Body and Soul becomes more than a boxing and film noir tale, as screenwriter Abraham Polonsky makes this into a socialist morality drama where the pursuit of money becomes the focus that derails the common man in his quest for success ... Garfield is seen as a victim of the ruthless capitalistic system that fixes everything including athletic events, as the little guy is always at the mercy of the big operator. It's the kind of liberalism that was common in the dramas made in the 1930s. It's more a film about corruption and the presence of violence everywhere in America rather than a straight boxing film ... Body and Soul viewed at this late date lacks much relevancy and now only seems gripping because of Garfield's gritty performance, and not because of the intense script that once made waves in powerful circles.

TV Guide comments: "The fight sequences, in particular, brought a kind of realism to the genre that had never before existed (James Wong Howe wore skates and rolled around the ring shooting the fight scenes with a hand-held camera). A knockout on all levels."

Accolades
Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. John Garfield was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Abraham Polonsky was nominated for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. The film was voted as the Greatest Boxing Movie Ever in 2014 by the Houston Boxing Hall Of Fame. Polonsky, and Garfield, as well as Rossen, were black listed, essentially ruining the careers of the former two, though Rossen was reinstated after naming names in his second HUAC grilling.

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
 * 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10:
 * Nominated Sports Film

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Body and Soul (1930 song)

"Body and Soul" is a popular song and jazz standard written in 1930 with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton. It was also used as the musical theme and underscoring in the American film noir boxing drama Body and Soul.

Background
"Body and Soul" was written in New York City for the British actress and singer Gertrude Lawrence, who introduced it to London audiences. Published in England, it was first performed in the United States by Libby Holman in the 1930 Broadway revue Three's a Crowd. In Britain the orchestras of Jack Hylton and Ambrose recorded the ballad first in the same week in February 1930. In the United States, the tune grew quickly in popularity, and by the end of 1930 at least 11 American bands had recorded it. Louis Armstrong was the first jazz musician to record "Body and Soul", in October 1930, but it was Paul Whiteman and Jack Fulton who popularized it in United States.

"Body and Soul" is one of the most recorded jazz standards, and multiple lyrics have been written for it.

Musical characteristics
"Body and Soul" is usually performed in the key of D-flat major. There is a verse that precedes the chorus, that is rarely performed, although recordings by both Libby Holman and Billie Holiday include it. The main part of the tune consists of a repeated eight-bar melody, followed by an eight-bar bridge and a final eight-bar return to the melody. The 32-bar AABA form is typical of popular songs of the time. The "A" section uses conventional chord progressions including ii–V–I turnarounds in the home key of D flat, however the bridge is highly unusual in its tonal center shifts. It has been described as "a bridge like no other". "Body and Soul" is considered a challenging piece to solo over; however, the unusual nature of the chords provides a "large degree of improvisational freedom".

Coleman Hawkins
One of the most famous and influential takes was recorded by Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra on October 11, 1939, at their only recording session for Bluebird, a subsidiary of RCA Victor. The recording is unusual in that the song's melody is only hinted at in the recording; Hawkins' two-choruses of improvisation over the tune's chord progression constitute almost the entire take. Jazz critic Leonard Feather says, "This became his biggest hit and established him as a national name." Because of this, as well as the imaginative use of harmony and break from traditional swing cliches, the recording is recognised as part of the "early tremors of bebop". In 2004, the Library of Congress entered it into the National Recording Registry.

Frank Sinatra and Bobby Hackett
On November 9, 1947, Frank Sinatra recorded "Body and Soul" with jazz trumpet player Bobby Hackett and a large orchestra arranged and conducted by Alex Stordahl for Columbia Records. This recording was held back until June 1949, when it was one of the eight recordings on Sinatra's fourth Columbia album, Frankly Sentimental. Since then, two alternate takes have been released by Columbia. Two takes begin with Hackett's trumpet, one, the longest, begins with the orchestra, then Hackett's trumpet. The takes can also be distinguished by their running times. The first take is 3:15. The second, released on the LP "Reflections" in 1960, runs 3:20. And the third, released in 1967 on the album "The Essential Frank Sinatra", runs 3:23.

Sinatra expert Charles Granada explains the significance of this recording in his note on the first CD release of the third released take (listed here as 3:24):

"In addition to ['Body and Soul's'] revered status as a pop and jazz standard, Sinatra's superb interpretation (along with that of the late Billie Holiday) could be considered the ultimate vocal rendition. A crossroad of sorts, this performance finds Sinatra beginning to inject some of the pain of his personal life into the music; the singer delving deep within his soul, struggling to extract every nuance of emotion possible, to bring the complex lyric and melodic subtleties intended by the songwriters sharply into focus. As well, his tonal quality reflects much of the aching, melancholic mood that would fully emerge (and become so poignant) just a short time later, in the late Columbia period."

Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse
"Body and Soul" was recorded as a duet by Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse on March 23, 2011. It was the final recording made by Winehouse before her death on July 23, 2011, at the age of 27. The single was released worldwide on September 14, 2011, what would have been her 28th birthday, on iTunes, MTV and VH1.

When the song reached number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of October 1, 2011, it made Bennett, at age 85, the oldest living artist to chart on the Hot 100. It also gave Bennett the longest overall span of appearances on the Hot 100; his version of "Young and Warm and Wonderful" appeared on the very first Hot 100 chart, for the week of August 4, 1958. The song received a Grammy Award at the 54th Grammy Awards in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category on February 12, 2012. Proceeds from "Body and Soul" go to benefit The Amy Winehouse Foundation, an organisation created to raise awareness and support for young adults struggling with addiction.

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Cambeses

Cambeses may refer to the following places in Portugal:

 * Cambeses (Barcelos), a parish in the municipality of Barcelos
 * Cambeses (Monção), a parish in the municipality of Monção
 * Cambeses do Rio, a parish in the municipality of Montalegre

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User:Tassonik~enwiki

Real Name
Andrea Tassi

Location
Piacenza, Italy

Birthdate
December 4, 1971

Interests
Reading, watching Rugby, playing Golf, boardgames, webmastering, blogging (The Yorker)

What am I doing here?
Besides browsing the Wiki projects, I would like to give help with some editing and some translation into Italian.

Contacts
AIM/iChat: tassonik

ICQ: 262811714

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Mayer

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Richard Mayer
Vanity. Contributing to German Wikipedia does not make one notable. Can someone who speaks the language please confirm the claim, with references, that he identified and labeled a species of turtle? I only turn up links which appear to originate from his German Wikipedia article. GRider\talk 00:03, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Can't this be speedied as vanity? --nixie 02:37, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy, he's an editor on Wikipedia. There are about two dozen Google hits in German on his research but there is probably not enough at the moment to make him notable in his own right. Megan1967 04:27, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, do field work in botany or zoology, you will stumble across a new sub-species. Wyss 19:09, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment can anyone produce the list of books to help us make an informed decision. Johntex 21:48, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nonnotable. I do wonder why there's an accuracy dispute tag on the article when there's no talk page for it. AFAIK his publications consist of two books: Europäische Landschildkröten ("European tortoises") and Das Buch der immergrünen Laubbäume und Sträucher ("The book of evergreen deciduous trees and shrubs"), photos of both of which are shown at his de: user talk page. I tried looking at amazon.de for more books of his, but Richard Mayer is a common enough name in German to make it difficult to be sure if any other books are his. Anyway, I think "several German-language books on tortoises" is an overstatement. He's also got a website which seems to consist entirely of photos of buildings and landscapes with big clay heads photoshopped into them, and tortoises. I found some pages citing "Mayer 1992" as the source for the identification of his subspecies of marginated tortoise, but unfortunately none of them included a reference list to tell us what "Mayer 1992" is. Maybe Europäische Landschildkröten? Unfortunately Amazon doesn't know the year that book was published, and the publisher's website has no record of it. --Angr 08:44, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Telex (band)

New Romantics???!!!
This is THE funniest bit I read on Wiki in a long time. If anybody ever saw a Telex video knows that they (a bespectacled bearded intellectual, a moustached, long-haired, unctuous fatso in a suit and a nondescript) could NEVER, NEVER, EVER in this world or in another be smuggled as New Romantics. Masybe the editor meant New Wave, but even that... If anything, they were faintly associated to the electro-disco subgenre (Lipps Inc, Giorgio Moroder and company), but they both (band and genre) were very short-lived and no association survived. Max Ventura, Italy.

It is cool synth music that deserves the attention, after all —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.121.44.57 (talk) 09:07, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Given that most of the what links here [ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Telex] links appear to be related to the teleprinter technology would it not be better for the pop group article to be moved to telex (band) and make telex a disambig page between them and teleprinter? I will implement this if there is no objections by 1 March 2005 (i.e. two week from now) Thryduulf 00:03, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I concur with the above. Telex as a teleprinter network is far more well known and historically important than the band. -- --137.111.13.34 11:35, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I have no objection to it becoming a disambiguation page for teleprinter and Telex (band)--though I don't think either of them are particularly historically important, and I think most people haven't heard of either... Metamatic 21:25, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Last Place in Eurovision?
According to Eurovision Song Contest 1980, Belgium (Telex) were third from last, not second to last, having been "beaten" by both Morocco and Finland. 208.58.71.231 (talk) 11:19, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

This is backed up by the official Eurovision website — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keepwerking (talk • contribs) 22:46, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Les Rhythmes Automatiques/The Mix
Kraftwerk decided to do 'The Mix' because of their record company, not inspiration by someone. As Karl Bartos stated: 'The original idea was to make a 'Best Of Kraftwerk'-type record with which to enter the '90s. This was a cool idea by Bob Krasnow from Elektra, our record company in the States; but Ralf wasn't keen on putting a record out without getting his hands dirty! Maybe he thought it was a funny business idea or something. It didn't really appeal to him, so he came up with the idea of making a remix record.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.223.96.178 (talk) 19:28, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

POV
The article has several sentences expressing a point of view, such as "However, unlike Kraftwerk's studied Teutonic irony, Telex favor a more joyously irreverent humor". These need to be sourced or, far more likely, removed to restore balance to the text. Please read Neutral point of view and Reliable sources if unsure how to proceed. Thanks,

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Narcanon

Narcanon is a misspelling which could refer to:

 * Narconon, drugs education and rehabilitation program, founded in 1966

Narcanon should not be confused with these unrelated organisations:
 * Narcotics Anonymous (NA), the twelve-step program of recovery from drug addiction, founded in 1953
 * Nar-Anon, the twelve-step program for friends and family members of drug addicts, established in 1968

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User:Tabish

Greatings, and welcome to my user page. As of now, the context consists of interesting facts about me and my current interests. Cheers!

It is Monday, July 29, 2024.

Linux

 * Fedora Project - My current OS, I plan on converting to Debian
 * Debian --- My soon to be OS

Fencing

 * The Society for Creative Anachronism --- A Renaissance reenactment organization
 * The Order of the Rose --- My fencing company

College

 * The Massachusetts Institute of Technology --- The dream school of any nerd

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Paludarium

A paludarium is a type of vivarium that incorporates both terrestrial and aquatic elements. Paludaria (or paludariums) usually consist of an enclosed container in which organisms specific to the biome being simulated are kept. They may be maintained for purely aesthetic reasons or for scientific or horticultural purposes. The word 'paludarium' comes from the Latin word 'palus' meaning marsh or swamp and '-arium' which refers to an enclosed container.

Paludaria can range in size from small, easily displayed boxes to biospheres large enough to contain entire trees. A prominent example of a very large paludarium is the tropical rainforest exhibit at the Montreal Biodome.

Flora and fauna
Since paludaria encompass water, land and air, many different types of fauna can be encompassed in the enclosure. While amphibians, fish and reptiles are the most common, people have kept insects and even birds in them. The animals that are most suited for a paludarium are the animals that naturally live in water/land type environments, swamps, marshes or mangroves. It is like an ecosystem that is placed inside an enclosed container.

Flora suited for paludaria include plants that thrive in very humid environments or wetland areas. A common plant is the genus Anubias which is hardy and easy to maintain. The water-filled portion can also support many aquatic species.

Design
Paludaria are made using an enclosure that can handle large amounts of water without leaks. The land portion is typically added before the water. The land portion may occupy one side of the tank, with water on the other side, or may be made to resemble an island surrounded by water on all sides. The areas occupied by land and by water must each be sufficiently large to meet the needs of the animals who will inhabit them.

Paludaria can be made from small modifications to existing vivariums, by either adding water to a terrarium or land to an aquarium. If the land area is small, the setup may instead be a riparium.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anna Johns

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2 anonymous votes ignored, 1 troll vote ignored and the first two comments (including the nomination) were very ambiguous. Rossami (talk) 04:12, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Anna Johns
Vanity? Almost 600 hits on google, most of which are relevant. GRider\talk 00:06, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I really don't know what that is. Like I said on that article's talk page, an article can't be nominated to be a featured article if it has a tag on it. All I know is that someone listed it at Category:Wikipedians with article.--Kaonashi 00:17, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Weak Keep, there are heaps of local media personalities in wikipedia --nixie 02:44, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, just under the bar of notability for me. Megan1967 04:00, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, self-promotion. Wyss 19:21, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. Johntex 21:28, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, as interesting as Ann Curry's page i suppose. Hangry 06:28, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete. Why is this in Category:Wikipedians with article? It seems to be the work of an anon. Whether this is under or over the bar of notability I'm not too sure, but it looks like an autobiography and I err on the side of deleting them. If you're notable, someone (who doesn't know you personally) will create an article on you one day. — Trilobite (Talk) 09:32, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Not self-promotion. 23:28, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * keep Yuckfoo 03:42, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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List of school districts in Ontario

This is a list of school districts in Ontario.

There are 76 public school boards in Ontario, including 38 public secular boards (34 English boards and 4 French boards (ACÉPO)), 38 public separate boards (29 English Catholic boards, 8 French Catholic boards and 1 English Protestant board), and 7 public school authorities that operate in children's treatment centres.

Former school districts
There were a number of schools governed by "school authorities," which managed schools in remote and sparsely populated regions. Effective September 1, 2009, 20 isolated school authorities were amalgamated with district school boards.

 * Airy & Sabine District School Authority - merged with Renfrew County DSB
 * Atikokan Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Atikokan - merged with Northwest CDSB
 * Asquith-Garvey District School Authority, Shining Tree - merged with Rainbow DSB
 * Caramat District School Area Board, Caramat - merged with Superior-Greenstone DSB
 * Collins District School Area Board, Collins - merged with Lakehead DSB
 * Connell and Ponsford District School Area Board, Pickle Lake - merged with Keewatin-Patricia DSB
 * Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques de Dubreuilville, Dubreuilville - merged with CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario
 * Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques de Foleyet, Foleyet - merged with CSDC des Grandes Rivières
 * Foleyet District School Area Board, Foleyet - merged with DSB Ontario North East
 * Foleyet Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Foleyet - merged with CSDC des Grandes Rivières
 * Gogama District School Area Board, Gogama - merged with DSB Ontario North East
 * Gogama Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Gogama
 * Hornepayne Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Hornepayne - merged with Huron-Superior DSB and CDSC du Nouvel-Ontario
 * Ignace Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Ignace- merged with CSDC des Aurores boréales
 * Mine Centre District School Area Board, Mine Centre - merged with Rainy River DSB
 * Missarenda District School Area Board, Missanabie - merged with Algoma DSB
 * Moosonee Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Moosonee - merged with Northeastern CDSB and CDSC des Grande Rivières
 * Murchison and Lyell District School Area Board, Madawaska - merged with Renfrew County DSB
 * Nakina District School Area Board, Nakina - merged with Superior-Greenstone DSB
 * Northern District School Area Board, Armstrong and Savant Lake - merged with Lakehead DSB and Keewatin-Patricia DSB
 * Parry Sound Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Parry Sound - merged with Simcoe-Muskoka CDSB
 * Red Lake Area Combined Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Red Lake - merged with Kenora Catholic DSB and CSDC des Aurores boréales
 * Upsala District School Area Board, Upsala - merged with Keewatin-Patricia DSB

Prior to 1998, Ontario had 124 school districts within the province including the list above.

 * Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto - merged into Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre-Sud-Ouest
 * Conseil de la ville de Hamilton - merged into Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre-Sud-Ouest
 * East York Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
 * Etobicoke Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
 * Metropolitan Separate School Board - split into the Toronto Catholic District School Board and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
 * North York Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
 * Scarborough Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
 * Toronto Board of Education - merged with the Toronto District School Board
 * Board of Education for the City of York - merged with the Toronto District School Board
 * York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board - split into the York Catholic District School Board and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

School sections
From 1846 to the late 1800s schools were assigned to school districts or school sections. Instead of names for each school, they were assigned numbers, e.g. SS No 11.

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John B. Taylor

John Brian Taylor (born December 8, 1946) is the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

He taught at Columbia University from 1973 to 1980 and the Woodrow Wilson School and Economics Department of Princeton University from 1980 to 1984 before returning to Stanford. He has received several teaching prizes and teaches Stanford's introductory economics course as well as PhD courses in monetary economics.

In research published in 1979 and 1980 he developed a model of price and wage setting—called the staggered contract model—which served as an underpinning of a new class of empirical models with rational expectations and sticky prices—sometimes called new Keynesian models. In a 1993 paper he proposed the Taylor rule, intended as a recommendation about how nominal interest rates should be determined, which then became a rough summary of how central banks actually do set them. He has been active in public policy, serving as the Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs during the first term of the George W. Bush administration. His book Global Financial Warriors chronicles this period. He was a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors during the George H. W. Bush administration and Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisors during the Ford and Carter administrations.

In 2012 he was included in the 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine. Thomson Reuters lists Taylor among the "citation laureates" who are likely future winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics. He was president of the Mont Pelerin Society from 2018 to 2020.

Early life and education
Born in Yonkers, New York, Taylor graduated from Shady Side Academy and earned his AB in economics from Princeton University in 1968 after completing a senior thesis titled "Fiscal and Monetary Stabilization Policies in a Model of Cyclical Growth". He then earned his PhD in economics from Stanford University in 1973.

Academic contributions
Taylor's research—including the staggered contract model, the Taylor rule, and the construction of a policy tradeoff (Taylor) curve employing empirical rational expectations models —has had a major impact on economic theory and policy. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said that Taylor's “influence on monetary theory and policy has been profound,” and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has noted that Taylor's work “has affected the way policymakers and economists analyze the economy and approach monetary policy."

Taylor contributed to the development of mathematical methods for solving macroeconomic models under the assumption of rational expectations, including in a 1975 Journal of Political Economy paper, in which he showed how gradual learning could be incorporated in models with rational expectations; a 1979 Econometrica paper in which he presented one of the first econometric models with overlapping price setting and rational expectations, which he later expanded into a large multicountry model in a 1993 book Macroeconomic Policy in a World Economy, and a 1983 Econometrica paper, in which he developed with Ray Fair the first algorithm to solve large-scale dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models which became part of popular solution programs such as Dynare and EViews.

In 1977, Taylor and Edmund Phelps, simultaneously with Stanley Fischer, showed that monetary policy is useful for stabilizing the economy if prices or wages are sticky, even when all workers and firms have rational expectations. This demonstrated that some of the earlier insights of Keynesian economics remained true under rational expectations. This was important because Thomas Sargent and Neil Wallace had argued that rational expectations would make macroeconomic policy useless for stabilization; the results of Taylor, Phelps, and Fischer showed that Sargent and Wallace's crucial assumption was not rational expectations, but perfectly flexible prices. These research projects together could considerably deepen our understanding of the limits of the policy-ineffectiveness proposition.

Taylor then developed the staggered contract model of overlapping wage and price setting, which became one of the building blocks of the New Keynesian macroeconomics that rebuilt much of the traditional macromodel on rational expectations microfoundations.

Taylor's research on monetary policy rules traces back to his undergraduate studies at Princeton. He went on in the 1970s and 1980s to explore what types of monetary policy rules would most effectively reduce the social costs of inflation and business cycle fluctuations: should central banks try to control the money supply, the price level, or the interest rate; and should these instruments react to changes in output, unemployment, asset prices, or inflation rates? He showed that there was a tradeoff—later called the Taylor curve —between the volatility of inflation and that of output. Taylor's 1993 paper in the Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy proposed that a simple and effective central bank policy would manipulate short-term interest rates, raising rates to cool the economy whenever inflation or output growth becomes excessive, and lowering rates when either one falls too low. Taylor's interest rate equation has come to be known as the Taylor rule, and it is now widely accepted as an effective formula for monetary decision making.

A key stipulation of the Taylor rule, sometimes called the Taylor principle, is that the nominal interest rate should increase by more than one percentage point for each one-percent rise in inflation. Some empirical estimates indicate that many central banks today act approximately as the Taylor rule prescribes, but violated the Taylor principle during the inflationary spiral of the 1970s.

Recent research
Taylor's recent research has been on the financial crisis that began in 2007 and the world economic recession. He finds that the crisis was primarily caused by flawed macroeconomic policies from the U.S. government and other governments. Particularly, he focuses on the Federal Reserve which, under Alan Greenspan, a personal friend of Taylor, created "monetary excesses" in which interest rates were kept too low for too long, which then directly led to the housing boom in his opinion. He also believes that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae spurred on the boom and that the crisis was misdiagnosed as a liquidity rather than a credit risk problem. He wrote that, "government actions and interventions, not any inherent failure or instability of the private economy, caused, prolonged, and worsen the crisis."

Taylor's research has also examined the impact of fiscal policy in the recent recession. In November 2008, writing for The Wall Street Journal opinion section, he recommended four measures to fight the economic downturn: (a) permanently keeping all income tax rates the same, (b) permanently creating a worker's tax credit equal to 6.2 percent of wages up to $8,000, (c) incorporating "automatic stabilizers" as part of overall fiscal plans, and (d) enacting a short-term stimulus plan that also meets long-term objectives against waste and inefficiency. He stated that merely temporary tax cuts would not serve as a good policy tool. His research with John Cogan, Tobias Cwik, and Volcker Wieland showed that the multiplier is much smaller in new Keynesian than in old Keynesian models, a result that was confirmed by researchers at central banks. He evaluated the 2008 and 2009 stimulus packages and argued that they were not effective in stimulating the economy.

In a June 2011 interview on Bloomberg Television, Taylor stressed the importance of long term fiscal reform that sets the U.S. federal budget on a path towards being balanced. He cautioned that the Fed should move away from quantitative easing measures and keep to a more static, stable monetary policy. He also criticized fellow economist Paul Krugman's advocacy of additional stimulus programs from Congress, which Taylor said will not help in the long run. In his 2012 book First Principles: Five Keys to Restoring America’s Prosperity, he endeavors to explain why these reforms are part of a broader set of principles of economic freedom.

Selected publications

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Keshia Chanté

Keshia Chanté Harper (born June 16, 1988) is a Canadian singer, television host, actress, songwriter, businesswoman and philanthropist.

As a teenager, Chanté gained recognition with the release of her singles "Unpredictable," "Bad Boy," "Does He Love Me," "Been Gone," "2U," and "Fallen," featuring Drake and has since released four albums. In 2013, she rose to international prominence as co-host of BET's 106 & Park with Bow Wow, launching her career as a TV Host and Television Personality. Chanté is also known as Drake's first girlfriend and musical muse who he refers to as "KIKI" in his song In My Feelings.

Chanté made history as the youngest Juno Award winner and is a 7-time nominee, and has won five Canadian Urban Music Awards and two Canadian Radio Music Awards. Chanté was given a star on the Brampton Arts Walk of Fame for her achievements in Canadian Music and Film. Chanté has had many #1 singles on radio in both Canada and Japan, as well as eight Top 10 singles on the radio music charts. She has earned multiple SOCAN No. 1 Awards for her songwriting efforts. Her single "Table Dancer" hit #1 on the Billboard Japan Digital Chart and #9 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.

Chanté is a 2-time Canadian Screen Award winner and 4 time nominee for Best TV Host. She has conducted interviews with many high-profile celebrities, including former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama.

Chanté has served as an international music judge on The World's Best, and hostedEntertainment Tonight Canada and ETC Live in California. Chanté is currently an International Voter for the Golden Globe Awards.

Chanté has hosted, judged and appeared on numerous shows including the BET Awards, Paramount+ Peak of the Week, The Official Big Brother's after show (CBS), Battle of the Blades, The Next Star, Top Chef Canada, Chopped Canada and Match Game

Chanté has donated and raised millions of dollars with multiple organizations and causes, including WE Charity, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, Joyful Heart Foundation and World Vision International. Chanté also hosted We Day and is a motivational speaker advocating for Mental Health awareness.

As an actress, Chanté had a recurring guest star on TV series' Blood & Treasure, Jann and Private Eyes.

In 2022, Chanté launched the luxury hair care brand called KHAIR.

Early life
Keshia Chanté Harper was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario and spent summers with her grandparents in Hinesville, Georgia. Her father is Afro-Trinidadian and her mother is Puerto Rican and Portuguese Chanté is an only child. She was 6 years old when she first performed, receiving a standing ovation for her rendition of Dear Mama by Tupac Shakur. Through talent shows, she got the attention of a local DJ who, in 2002, sent a video of her performance to SonyMusic Canada. After performing for music executives, she was signed to the label to release her music exclusively in Canada. She went to middle school at St. Peter Catholic High School before moving to Toronto, Ontario at the age of 12. Chanté was valedictorian and graduated with honors.

2003–2012: Singer and actor
In 2002, at the age of 13, SonyMusic Canada signed Chanté to a long term record contract to release her music in Canada. In early 2003, she released "Shook (The Answer)", a response track to Shawn Desman's song Shook, which won an Urban Music Award for "Best Pop/R&B Single". The follow-up, "Unpredictable" went No. 3 on radio charts, and her first video hit number one on YTV and the top ten on MuchMusic. In November 2003, the CD single of "Unpredictable" was certified gold and later went on to win Chanté the Canadian Radio Music Award for "Best New Solo Artist".

In early February 2004, Chanté's third single, "Bad Boy", was released. It was also successful, breaking the Top 10 on radio and sitting at No. 3 on MuchMusic for 4 weeks before later earning the No. 1 position on the chart. The video was directed by Director X. Later, in June 2004, Chanté's fourth single "Does He Love Me?" ft. Foxy Brown reached top 5 at radio. The video was also directed by Director X and became No. 1 on MuchMusic for 3 weeks. The video also garnered her an Urban Music Video Award for "Video of the Year". On June 22, 2004, Chanté released her self-titled debut album. On December 3, 2004 it was certified gold. In October 2004, at the Canadian Urban Music Awards Chanté swept all three of her nominations, winning awards for "Best New Artist", "Video of the Year" (for Bad Boy), "Fans' Choice Award" and by surprise taking home the "Rising Star of the Year" award. This brought the attention of the President of BET, Stephen Hill, who became Chanté's mentor and putting the video for "Bad Boy" into heavy rotation. In that same month, she sang the national anthem at the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup championship game. She was also selected to represent Canada at Expo 2005 held in Japan.

In July 2005, Chanté went on a cross-Canada tour and later opened up for Destiny's Child during the Canadian leg of their Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It tour, and is also included on the Destiny's Child Live in Atlanta Tour DVD. In October 2005, Chanté received four nominations at the Urban Music Awards. In 2006, Chanté toured with Teen People Magazine and Seventeen Magazine across select cities in the U.S. In July 2006, Chanté released her new single "Been Gone" with a video shot by Director X (marking her third collaboration with him). Her second single, "2U" was released in early November. Also in 2006, Chanté made a featured cameo appearance in Bow Wow and Chris Brown's music video "Shortie Like Mine". Her second album, which Chanté executive produced, was released on December 5, 2006 in Canada and Japan through SonyMusic Canada. MTV's "The Diary of Keshia Chanté" aired in Canada December 6, 2006, showing footage following Chanté as she travelled to Miami and LA working on her album.

In 2007, during her last year of high school, Chanté took a departure from music to study to learn more about the music business and be mentored by respected entertainment lawyers in LA and Toronto. She later made the decision to move to Atlanta and West Hollywood, where she worked closely the camps of Ne-Yo, Missy Elliott and OutKast. She starred as the lead actress in the TV series "Soul".

In 2010, Chanté released her third album "Night & Day" in Canada through Universal Music Canada. Chanté released "Table Dancer" and "Test Drive" which were both nominated for Juno Awards; R&B Recording of the Year for "Test Drive" and Dance Recording of the Year for "Table Dancer". Both songs entered Top 10 at radio. On February 14, 2011, Chanté released the Taio Cruz penned song "Set U Free". On December 31, 2011, Chanté performed on ET Canada's New Year's Eve Bash in Niagara Falls, which later set a record becoming Canada's No. 1 Year End Countdown Show with 4.8 million viewers. In April 2012, Chanté was announced as the new music judge for a music competition show on YTV called The Next Star. On the week of November 28, 2012, Chanté's first single release "Table Dancer" went No. 1 on the Billboard Charts in Japan and No. 6 on Hot 100, No. 3 on Digital & Airplay & No. 11 on regular chart. Chanté guest starred & judged on TV shows Top Chef Canada and Canada's Best Beauty Talent with supermodel Coco Rocha and Flare magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Lisa Tant

2013–2015: TV personality BET's 106 and Park
On June 14, 2012, Chanté made her US television debut on BET's 106 & Park as a co-host on two separate occasions co-hosting with Terrence J. On June 30, 2013, Chanté attended the 2013 BET Awards as a correspondent for the event and began co-hosting select episodes of 106 & Park. On September 26, 2013, BET President Stephen Hill announced on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show that Chanté will be a new co host for 106 & Park alongside rapper Bow Wow starting on October 1.

On December 18, 2013, Chanté was invited by United States President Barack Obama & the first lady Michelle Obama to their White House holiday party in DC. In December 2014, received a star on the Brampton Arts Walk of Fame. In January 2015, after two years hosting 106 & Park, the show announced it was going digital. In June 2014, 2015 and 2016, Chanté hosted the BET Awards 106 & Park Pre-Show in LA.

2016–present: California
On November 11, 2016, BET premiered Chanté's song "The Valley" off her upcoming album. On January 11, 2017, Radio Host Ebro Darden debuted Chanté's single "Fuck It Tho" on his Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music. On March 22, Ebro Darden announced Keshia Chanté's track listing for Unbound 01 and premiered "Bryson Tiller" exclusively with Apple Music on the Beats 1 radio show. On March 23, Noisey premiered "RedLight", citing the track as "the sonic equivalent of a cool, still night: beautiful but there is something eerie in its midst, hidden in the dark" and AUX TV premiered "Harmless" citing that Chanté is "re-igniting her signature R&B sound" and that "Chanté's soaring vocals lend the track a distinctly modern edge". On March 24, 2017 Chanté released Unbound 01, an EP and in February 2018 it was nominated for a Juno Award for Best R&B Recording. Unbound 02 was released March 23, 2018.

In 2017, Chanté moved to West Hollywood, California and began acting school.

In August 2018, it was announced Chanté would be a Celebrity Hollywood Correspondent for Entertainment Tonight Canada and she has since conducted interviews with Larry King, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Tyra Banks, Jamie Lee Curtis, Trevor Noah, Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek and many more.

In November 2018, Chanté hosted We Day in Washington, Baltimore, Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa for WE Charity. Chanté gave a motivational speech in front of 17,000 youths at WE Day in Vancouver advocating for mental health and sharing her personal experience with depression and anxiety. She also interviewed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In January 2019, Chanté served as an international judge on The World's Best as an expert in the field of music. On July 22, 2019, it was announced that Chanté would return to acting by joining the cast of Private Eyes. On October 1, 2019, it was announced that Chanté would guest star in JANN. On August 7, 2020, Big Brother announced Chanté as host of their Official Big Brother (American TV series) Aftershow, BB Rewind On October 1, 2020, DeSean Jackson released a single titled "Girlfriend" featuring Chanté. On October 16, it was announced that Keshia would host Battle of the Blades with Ron MacLean.

In February 2023, Chanté announced she founded a hair care brand called KHAIR. In April 2023, Chanté became an International Voter for the Golden Globe Awards

Musical style
Tara Henley of The Georgia Straight noted that Chanté had "an arresting voice, magnetic charisma, and driving ambition". Denise Sheppard from Amazon.ca also noted, "[Chanté is] a teen-targeted pop phenom" whose "music has the one-two punch of melodic hooks and the voice to back them up; a combination that can and will appeal to dance/pop music fans of any age.

Influences
Chanté cited Beyoncé, Aaliyah and Brandy as her childhood influences, as well as Tupac Shakur, with whom she shares the same birthday.

Public image
Chanté has been cited for having an eerily striking resemblance to late singer Aaliyah, often cited as her doppelganger. Both noted by Missy Elliot and Timbaland who mentioned the resemblance on 106 & Park. Chanté was set to play Aaliyah in the biopic film but Chanté declined after speaking with Aaliyah's mother who was against the film being made.

In Canada, Chanté is considered a Fashionista by fashion's high rankings, performing at Marchesa's first runway show in Toronto, as well as Chanel event for Toronto International Film Festival. Her style has been described as "glamorous" meets "sexy elegance" by Holt Renfrew executives. Chanté is an avid supporter of Canadian Fashion Designers and labels. Flare Magazine has named her a "true style chameleon" In January 2012, Fashion Television labeled Keshia a Fashion Icon In 2012, Chanté served as a Judge on Canada's Best Beauty Talent with Coco Rocha and Editor-in-Chief of FLARE Magazine Lisa Tant.

Drake
Chanté was rapper Drake's first girlfriend and first love often cited as his "muse". They dated in Toronto during their teen years, have collaborated musically and have continued to date off and on. Drake has written multiple songs about Chanté, most famously "In My Feelings" where he confirmed her as "KIKI" and including songs like Wu-Tang Forever, "U With Me?" off his 2016 album Views, "Madonna" from his 2015 mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late" and "Wait for U". Many speculated on the identity of Kiki, however Drake's artist, Preme confirmed it on Instagram. Drake discussed their relationship while featured on Chanté's song titled "Fallen", rapping "Keshia, Keshia, do you remember the old us?/You just hold it down for your boy until the plaques arrive that's why I love you". Drake also speaks of Chanté in the second verse of his song "Deceiving" referencing Chanté's mother, Tessa "What up Tessa, I love you like my own mama/And your daughter's getting grown, mama/And me, I'm just here working, waiting/patient for her to be ready to love and leave alone drama."

In 2009, Drake was asked by MuchMusic's VJ Sarah Taylor on his past relationship with Chanté to which Drake stated he is "proud to call [Chanté] an ex-girlfriend".

On October 1, 2013, Drake told Chanté on an episode of 106 & Park, "You were one of my first crushes, and a lot of people might not know this, but I actually rapped about you before." He later was a part of a commercial announcing Chanté as the new official TV Host of 106 & Park.

On July 26, 2022 Drake announced a live concert with Chanté as a performer for OVO World Weekend Festival in Toronto called "All Canadian North Stars", highlighting Chanté as one of the artists who "paved the way for all of us"

On July 28, 2022 at OVO Fest in Toronto, Drake introduced Chanté to the world, saying "This next person coming to the stage, I used to get into my mom's car. I used to drive all the way to the west for this donna right here, you feel me? So, I have to personally introduce her. This is my first girlfriend I ever had in my life coming to the stage. A real legend. Somebody I love with all my heart. Make some noise for Keshia Chanté"  Chanté called it the "most heartfelt & meaningful introduction".

Ray Emery
In June 2010, Chanté began dating NHL netminder Ray Emery, announcing their relationship when Emery starred as the love interest in Chanté's Test Drive music video. Their relationship was featured in the series Hockey Wives. On June 16, 2016, Emery proposed to Chanté on her birthday with friends in Nassau, Bahamas. Emery and Chanté were set to wed June 2017, however, simultaneously with the release of her cover on Today's Bride, Chanté announced via her Instagram that she called off the wedding. On September 18, 2017, TMZ reported Emery was arrested for uttering threats and assault with a weapon towards Chanté, after she went to the police seeking a restraining order. Chanté required Emery to attend anger management in exchange for charges being absolved, in which Emery agreed and successfully completed. On July 16, 2018, two days after his accidental drowning, Chanté penned an emotional tribute to Emery stating that she was "heartbroken" and that he was "a Superhero" who was "loving, affectionate, intelligent, hilarious, giving". She also stated that they "may have had differences" but they "forgave each other and continued to love each other right to the very end".

On December 18, 2013, Chanté was invited by United States President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama to their White House holiday party in DC.

Chanté resides in both West Hollywood, California and Toronto, Ontario.

Philanthropy
Chanté served as youth ambassador for CANFAR (Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research) traveling to Kenya, Africa to build schools and visited schools across Canada to raise awareness. She has visited Dominican Republic to work with World Vision and has worked with Alicia Keys to throw a fundraising concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. In 2014, Chanté starred in NBC's PSA for Mariska Hargitay's Joyful Heart foundation alongside Eli Manning, Hilary Swank and more to raise awareness on domestic violence. Chanté hosted We Day Calgary and Ottawa, as well as spoke in front of 16,000 youth for Vancouver on her passion to raise awareness on mental health issues like depression and anxiety.

Endorsements
Chanté has been endorsed by brands such as CANON, Pepsi, Bacardi, Nestlé, Bell, Rogers, Stila Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Ecko Red and Sony. In November 2010, Chanté became the face of Pepsi and their Pepsi Refresh Project campaign. In 2007, Chanté served as the face of Ontario Tourism and sang the theme song in their commercials.

Discography
Studio albums
 * Keshia Chanté (2004)
 * 2U (2006)
 * 'Night & Day' (2011)
 * Unbound 02 (2018)

EP
 * Unbound 01 (2017)

Awards and nominations
2003
 * Canadian Urban Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single for "Shook (The Answer)" – Won
 * Canadian Radio Music Award for "Best New Solo Artist" (Dance Urban Rhythmic) – Won
 * Canadian Radio Music Award for "Best New Solo Artist" (CHR) – Won -

2004
 * Canadian Urban Music Award for Best New Artist – Won
 * Canadian Urban Music Award for Video of the Year for "Bad Boy" – Won
 * Canadian Urban Music Award for Fans Choice – Won
 * Rising Star Award for Rising Star of the Year – Won
 * MuchMusic Video Award for "Best R&B Video" for "Does He Love Me?" – Won

2005
 * Juno Award for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" – Won
 * Juno Award for "New Artist of the Year" – Nominee
 * Canadian Urban Music Award for "Video of the Year" for "Does He Love Me?" – Won
 * MuchMusic Video Award for "People's Choice: Favorite Canadian Artist" – Won
 * MuchMusic Video Award for "Best Pop Video" for "Does He Love Me?" – Won

2007
 * Juno Award for "R&B/SOUL Recording Of The Year" for "Been Gone" – Nominee

2008
 * Juno Award for "R&B/SOUL Recording of the Year" for "2U"  – Nominee

2011 2018
 * Juno Award for "Dance Recording of the Year" for "Table Dancer" – Nominee
 * Juno Award for "R&B/SOUL Recording of the Year" for "Test Drive" – Nominee

2022
 * Juno Award for "R&B/SOUL Recording of the Year" for "Unbound 01" (EP) – Nominee

2023
 * Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Show Host for "ET Canada LIVE" - Winner

 * Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Show Host for "ET Canada" - Winner

2024

 * Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Show Host for "The Legacy Awards" - Nominee
 * Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Show Host for "Entertainment Tonight Canada" - Nominee

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tod Maffin

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. Deathphoenix 07:49, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Tod Maffin
Vanity? 665 hits on google. GRider\talk 00:10, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't think so. He's notable in Canada. (that's keep) DS 00:10, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. What's up GRider? Normally you vote keep. Getting over 10,000 Google hits on "Tom Maffin", two thirds of which are his. Megan1967 03:56, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll assume you meant Tod not Tom... From a quick Google, I get the impression he is the technology writer for CBC, with a weekly nationwide broadcast. Obviously his field would inflate the google hits somewhat, but still seems notable. Average Earthman 12:55, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes it was a typo sorry, should have been Tod not Tom. Megan1967 06:41, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, although the encyclopedic nature of articles about people in that sort of profession can be transient. Wyss 19:16, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, I agree with Wyss. Notable for now. Johntex 21:36, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Covelo

Covelo may refer to the following places:

in the United States: in Portugal: in Spain:
 * Covelo, California— a census-designated place in California, USA
 * Covelo AVA, California wine region in Mendocino County
 * Covelo (Gondomar)— a civic parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal
 * Covelo (Tábua)— a civic parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Tábua, Portugal
 * Covelo do Gerês— a civic parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Montalegre, Portugal
 * Covelo, Galicia— a municipality (concello) in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
 * Covelo, medieval name for Cubelo de Sanabria

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Talk:Keshia Chanté

Intro & Name
A user changed the beginning part of the Keshia Chante article from "keshia chante, born as keshia chante harper" to "keshia chante harper". Her full name is not her stage name. She is widely known and addressed as Keshia Chante, however was born with Harper as her true last name. In other articles, such as Beyonce and Rihanna make good use of this distinction. As of right now, I can't change it as it is semi-locked. I feel nothing should be locked until we have the discussion in the discussion section of the Keshia Chante article and come to a valid decision on how to proceed following wiki standards and what is best for the article.--Tyty06 (talk) 04:34, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Awards & Nominations
How do we turn the articles category of awards and nominations received by Chante into a chart like other singers on wikipedia? Not sure where to find the template of the chart or the format. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tyty06 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism/Semi-Protected
Is there a way we can semi-protect this article so that only established users can change information? Over the last year there have been unnecessary deletions deemed vandalism and incorrect data added by unregistered users. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tyty06 (talk • contribs)

 * See the Wikipedia protection policy. Dl2000 (talk) 02:01, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, still dont know what to do. The vandalism and unexplained deletions wont stop. Id really like to make the semi protection of this article happen--Tyty06 (talk) 23:52, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Background
There has been significant vandalism involved in Chante's background information. I have inserted the necessary valuable references. Trinidadian, Puerto Rican, Portuguese are in fact Chante's background. Up for question is "afro-trinidadian" decent. --Tyty06 (talk) 20:33, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Chart's name
Is it better to state which countdowns her songs were on, like YTV's Hit List and MuchMusic's COuntdown, rather than just say YTV and MuchMusic? Yelly.telus.14 06:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Keshia Chante - Improper Comments and Information
This article contains improper comments and information that is inappropriate for an encyclopedia! There are also many spelling mistakes made like the one made about a video made for the "singel" (supposed to be single) Unpredictable. This also contains malicious information about Keshia Chante, such as perfoming certain acts and questioning her intents and integrity as an artist. Please take your hate elsewhere, for Wikipedia is a place of knowledge and interest. - Someone please edit this article! Renaissance Man - look it up 02:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for cleaning up this article and updating it to Wikipedia standards. Best of luck to Keshia Chante, and despite what I've heard, don't forget about Brampton, Ontario!

Repeated Blanking
Someone keeps blanking the image and certain other information on this article. If there is a problem with it, please explain why. Otherwise, it is considered vandalism as per Wikipedia policy. See quote below...

"Blanking: Removing all or significant parts of articles (sometimes replacing the removed content with profanities) is a common vandal edit. However, significant content removals are usually not considered to be vandalism where the reason for the removal of the content is readily apparent by examination of the content itself, or where a non-frivolous explanation for the removal of apparently legitimate content is provided, linked to, or referenced in an edit summary. Due to the possibility of unexplained good-faith content removal, template:test1a or template:blank, as appropriate, should normally be used as initial warnings for ordinary content removals not involving any circumstances that would merit stronger warnings."

I have replaced the unexplained blanked content for now. I believe it should stay there unless an explanation can be given! djsik 19:58, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Date of birth
There is obvious confusion about the subject's date of birth. Per Wikipedia policy, if we aren't sure what it is we shouldn't have a date listed in the article. Please use this section to work on improving the article and please do not re-add DOB information to the article until some consensus can be reached. Thank you. janejellyroll 19:07, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

We found valuable sources of reference for her current birthday listed on wikipedia. Anything else disputed is incorrect. --Tyty06 (talk) 20:34, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Sharing a birthday with Tupac
This is a trivial fact. Even if it belongs in the article, it has no place in the lead. Please discuss here before re-adding to the article. Thank you. janejellyroll 02:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I have taken it out of the lead and created a 'Trivia' section for it to go under. WatchAndObserve 21:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you! It looks great.  janejellyroll 23:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

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The lede
I've removed several claims from the lede which were not supported by sources: a relationship with a famous person, being a socialite, and being a beauty queen. You can see the history prior to my edits to see those claims, but if you check the links, they say no such things. Woogee (talk) 02:43, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Relationship with Stephen Harper cannot be found in article. It was a "suspected" thought in a news report, but it is not strong enough to remain in article, in which I agree.

Socialite, fashionista and beauty queen articles were in various reports on holtrenfrew.com and globeandmail.com when i checked, the articles could no longer be found as they are from 3 year old articles, however, they can still be found on chante's offical website and myspace page bio. www.keshiachante.com and myspace.com/keshiachante which are used as references from her bio. --FrossBitten (talk) 03:24, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Myspace is not a valid external link, and you can't just link to a home page, you must link to the actual page which sources the claim. And there is not, and never has been, a source to the Fashionista claim, whatever that is.  Woogee (talk) 03:26, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I must admit I never heard of Keshia Chanté before now, but I clicked several of the refs on that page only to find out that they are absolutely inappropriate for WP - leading nowhere or to a commercial page or a blog. Considering this is BLP, any strong claim without proper reference may be removed immediately. Materialscientist (talk) 03:33, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation
I tried correcting and tagging the pronunciation, but it's been repeatedly reverted to gibberish, so I deleted it. Anyone actually know how her name is pronounced? — kwami (talk) 06:54, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Chon-tay. ΣПDiПG–STΛЯT   (Talk)  11:20, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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William G. Roll

William G. Roll (July 3, 1926 – January 9, 2012) was an American psychologist and parapsychologist on the faculty of the Psychology Department of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. Roll is most notable for his belief in poltergeist activity. He coined the term "recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis" (RSPK) to explain poltergeist cases. However, RSPK was never accepted by mainstream science and skeptics have described Roll as a credulous investigator.

Career
Roll was born in 1926 in Bremen, Germany, where his father, diplomat William Roll, was American Vice-consul. At the age of three, after his parents divorced, he moved to Denmark with his mother Gudrun Agerholm Roll. According to Roll, while in Denmark, he began having out-of-body experiences at night. His mother died in 1942 and in 1946 he went to America with his father, who had come to Denmark with the American Allied forces.

Roll enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1947, where he received his BA, majoring in philosophy and psychology. A year after graduating, he went on to Oxford University, where he did parapsychology research for eight years. During this period, he was president of the Oxford University Society for Psychical Research. At Oxford, he wrote his thesis which earned him his Master of Letters degree, "Theory and Experiment in Psychical Research". His thesis was later published in the United States by Arno Press.

Sometimes credited as William Roll, or informally, Bill Roll, he was a parapsychologist since the 1950s and authored or coauthored many research papers and articles, as well as four books: The Poltergeist (1972), Theory and Experiment in Psychical Research (1975), Psychic Connections (1995, with co-author Lois Duncan), and Unleashed: Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch (2004, with co-author Valerie Storey). He is also notable for making several appearances in the television show Unsolved Mysteries, among them an episode discussing disturbances on the RMS Queen Mary (in this episode he was mistakenly credited as being Danish-born).

Roll was invited by J. B. Rhine to join the Parapsychology Laboratory of Duke University, where he worked from 1957 to 1964. In 1964, he became president of the Parapsychological Association. In 1958, he coined the term "recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis" (RSPK) in a research paper written with J. G. Pratt that dealt with their investigation of objects moving in a home in Seaford, Long Island, New York USA, that was centered on a 12-year-old son of an affected family.

In 1961, Roll became project director of the Psychical Research Foundation (PRF), an offshoot of J. B. Rhine's Laboratory. After Rhine's retirement from Duke, the PRF left the Duke campus, but in 1969 it returned to Duke as a sponsored program of the School of Electrical Engineering.

Roll received a PhD in psychology from Lund University in 1989 for a thesis entitled, "This World or That: An Examination of Parapsychological Findings Suggestive of the Survival of Human Personality After Death".

In the 1980s and 1990s, Roll held various positions at the University of West Georgia, including Professor of Psychology and Psychical Research, assistant professor, and instructor. In later years, Roll retired from teaching, though he taught a course in parapsychology at the University of West Georgia in 2007, and continued to write, speak at conferences, and conduct occasional investigations. He was awarded the Parapsychological Award for a Distinguished Career in Parapsychology in 1996 and the Dinsdale Memorial Award from the Society of Scientific Exploration in 2002.

Roll's most famous case was as the lead investigator on the 1984 "Columbus Poltergeist" case, in which remarkable color photos were taken by a veteran newspaper photographer for the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, Fred Shannon, which allegedly showed spontaneous telekinesis events in action occurring in the home of Columbus, Ohio, teenager Tina Resch. Roll died at the age of 85, in a nursing home in Normal, Illinois. Prior to that, he had a long residence in the state of Georgia in the Southeastern United States with his wife. He is survived by his adult children, grandchildren, and his wife.

Seaford poltergeist

In Seaford, New York, strange poltergeist events were reported by James M. Herrmann and his family in their house. In 1958, Roll investigated the case with the parapsychologist Joseph Gaither Pratt and suggested that although some of the phenomena may have been pranks from Hermann's twelve-year-old son James Jr, some of the events were the result of "recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis" (RSPK). However, RSPK has never been accepted by mainstream science and there is no evidence it exists.

The case was later re-evaluated by the skeptic Joe Nickell who concluded that all the phenomena could be explained by deliberate trickery from Hermann's son James Jr. According to Nickell, both Pratt and Roll were rather credulous and had little understanding of magic trickery. Nickell concluded that "Taken as a whole, the evidence strongly points to twelve-year-old James Hermann Jr. as having been the deliberate cause of the Seaford "poltergeist" outbreak. The motive, means, and opportunity were his, and the case was unwittingly prolonged by the credulousness of adults."

Reception
Roll's theory that poltergeists are the result of psychokinetic activity has drawn criticism from magicians and skeptics. Roll is notable for endorsing Tina Resch a central figure in a series of incidents that came to be called the Columbus poltergeist case, who he spent a week investigating. Magician and skeptical investigator Bob Couttie has written:

 * Roll's report has been heavily criticised. For instance, a picture fell from a bedroom wall and Roll started to replace it by hammering in a nail with a pair of pliers. As he did this, he was watching Tina out of the corner of his eye, or so he says, yet Roll is very short-sighted and it takes a brave man to hammer in a nail and attend to very poor peripheral vision at the same time. While he was doing this, Roll's tape- recorder was moved from a dresser that was immediately behind him. He turned to pick up the machine, which had come to rest between 7ft and 9ft behind him. As he did this his pliers were moved to a far wall. It is difficult to accept that Tina was sufficiently closely observed to preclude her moving the tape-recorder and pliers.

Resch was detected utilizing trickery by James Randi, but Roll had endorsed her phenomena as genuine. Henry Gordon has stated that parapsychologists such as Roll and Nandor Fodor took a speculative approach to the poltergeist subject, ignoring the rational explanation of deception in favor of a belief in the paranormal.

Publications

 * The Poltergeist (1972, 2004 edition, Paraview Special Editions) ISBN 1-931044-69-4
 * Theory and Experiment in Psychical Research (1975)
 * Psychic Connections (1995) [with Lois Duncan]
 * Unleashed: Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch (2004, Pocket Books)

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Anne Simon

Anne Simon is an American biology professor, scientist, and a science advisor on the American television series The X-Files, for both the original nine season run and the 2016 revival. The first episode of the original series that she provided science consultation on was the first-season finale "The Erlenmeyer Flask", which was telecast on May 13, 1994. She became involved with the series through her connection as a family friend of series creator Chris Carter. She wrote a 2001 book about the biological science of the show, The Real Science Behind the X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites and Mutants (ISBN 0-684-85618-2).

Her father is screenwriter and playwright Mayo Simon, and her sister is Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon. She received her BA in biology (magna cum laude) from the University of California San Diego in 1978 and her PhD in genetics from Indiana University in 1982.

Simon's primary research is on virus replication and symptom expression using the model virus, Turnip crinkle virus. She is a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics. Dr. Simon also heads the Virology Program at UMd, and is a senior editor of Journal of Virology.

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User talk:Lalalala7789

In case it wasn't obvious already, a picture of an anus is wholly inappropriate for the article on a person such as Benjamin Franklin. Please don't vandalize pages further, it's pointless. --Joy [shallot]   00:16, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Bye-bye, Lala. I'm reporting you as a vandal.  Consider playing elsewhere. - Lucky 6.9 00:41, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Give it up. What you're doing is immature, pointless and a total waste of your time.  If you continue, you will be hit with a permanent ban.  Last warning. - Lucky 6.9 00:46, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Does your mommy know you're being a naughty little monkey? Bad monkey!  Bad! - Lucky 6.9 00:53, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * This account has been blocked indefinitely for vandalism. — Dan | Talk 01:24, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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