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Talk:Relay For Life

Funds
There is a problem in this section. According to their website, RFL use their funds, for:
 * Hope Lodges
 * Road to Recovery: Driving patients to hospital
 * Look Good…Feel Better: Makeup courses for women. Men get a "free brochure".
 * Reach to Recovery: Groups of talk but only for women and only for breast cancert.
 * College Scholarships.

Nowhere is writen they give fund research, prevention, detection, etc. on their website

May need to fix that or try to get more informations about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.11.43.38 (talk) 12:27, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Newly Added Material
The Relay For Life page was recently updated on 00:22, 19 October 2009 (EST). Revisions were made to update current information regarding the Relay For Life event. Content was added to provide more information on highest-earning fundraising teams, to distinguish between community and college Relay events, to list the countries of international Relays, to add to the history of Relay, to elaborate on the features of Relay, and to discuss how people can join and donate to Relay For Life. Numbers regarding fundraising totals, countries taking part in Relay, and Relay participants and communities in the United States were also added to help the reader gain a better understanding of how large the Relay For Life event has become. References and external links were also added to provide readers with more information on Relay For Life.

Official name
While it may not be the most grammatical of names, the official name of the event and program is Relay For Life, not Relay for Life. It is trademarked that way for marketing purposes, the idea being that the capital f makes it stand out more. Is there a way to remove the redirect and send it back over there? Beginning 01:59, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * There should be a "move" tab at the top of the screen and an option that lets you overwrite redirects. I've done it for you now. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 20:39, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you! Sorry, but I use a TTS reader, so sometimes finding things like that is a bit difficult.  Thanks for being kind. Beginning 01:24, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

 * No problem. Flcelloguy (A note? ) 23:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

A list of Relays?
Should there be a list of different locations where relays take place?

 * Probably not; such a list would be quite long and almost infinite. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of knowledge, and for such a common and widespread event as this one, a list is not appropriate. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 23:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree with Flcelloguy. There are simply far too many Relays to list, and the list itself changes constantly.  New Relays spring up, old ones move to new locations, and the like.  Even if Wikipedia were appropriate for this sort of thing, it would just be way too difficult.  However, if there's a site that lists all or most of them on one easy page (as opposed to the ZIP Code search database the ACS offers), that would be wonderful to link.  Beginning 01:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I can offer one addition - You can find a list of event webpages at Relay For Life event webpages @ acsrelay.org organized by state and country (for outside the U.S.). I maintain this list on-line (it is NOT affiliated with the American Cancer Society).  And as mentioned before, you can go to American Cancer Society Relay For Life page and search for an event anywhere in the U.S. too.  rflvolunteer 01:45, 13 Nov 2006 (UTC)

Userbox
Hey all, you should add User:Write On 1983/Userboxes/User Relay For Life to your Userpage! --Write On 1983 00:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Not encyclopedic
Almost all the sources for this article are from the Relay for Life website. The article should not be a clone of information on Relay for Life, nor be promotional. I'm not saying there is a point of view problem, it just needs to be written in a more encyclopedic tone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.73.85.49 (talk) 16:48, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

 * Agreed, it is written as a promotion or seemingly by someone in the HR department, statements like "fight for a cure" are not academic but purely promotional. quickone 08:42, 20 April 2012

 * This article is only becoming more unencyclopedic, and more emotional and sentimental, more biased, and less informative as time goes on. It is a summarized mirror of the primary source's web site, violating the "not web hosting", "not promotional" and the "not an indiscriminate collection of information" principles of Wikipedia.  It *very* selectively violates or enforces WP:NPOV and WP:RS to eliminate all dissent or questions.  Those just happen to be the very questions raised of the subject's governing organization, by the sources that were removed.  It's unfortunate, because the organizers (especially the volunteers) behind the Relay For Life, are legitimately tasked with confronting ignorance and dissent about the subject of cancer in society.  So we don't want that survival-oriented defiance to become an instrument against an encyclopedia. In any case, the article is eroding in a way that is demonstrably defiant according to the revision history, in my not-so-humble opinion.  And it does so, to the point where it may need to be escalated to Wikipedia's arbitration group, which any article should avoid doing if at all possible. — Smuckola (Email) (Talk) 19:57, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * A minor miracle ([diff) has been worked by [[User_talk:HLWilliams821]]. I had given up on this article due to the deluge of emotional and promotional sentimentality.  I am a RFL volunteer, but we must be objective!  I did more copy editing, and cropped and relocated the photographs.  This has all caused me to reevalute all the  .  I invite anyone else to do likewise and discuss it here, and I'll look at it again someday. — Smuckola (Email) (Talk) 11:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Expansion
I would suggest the following objectives for expansion, pending the research of particularly highly reliable secondary sources:
 * reevaluate the stuff
 * the expansion beyond just a definition and description, and on into its actual impact upon wider society
 * replace more of the primary sources if relevant, because some are ok
 * proven analysis of the utilization of funds raised, as performed by objective third parties, maybe charity watchdogs. It *definitely* can't cite primary sources (the RFL and the ACS), and I'll note that there is some controversy about the legitimacy of their accounting and allocation.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (Udenrigsministeriet, Uttanríkismálaráðið, Nunanut Allanut Ministereqarfik) and its overseas representations (the Danish embassies, diplomatic missions, consulates and trade offices) are in charge of the Danish Realm's foreign policy and relations. Among these tasks are policy towards the Arctic Council, European Union, Nordic Council, development aid, trade policy and legal affairs in relation to the outside world.

The ministry services five distinct ministers: the foreign minister, the Minister for Nordic Cooperation, the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, the Minister for European Affairs and the Minister for Development Cooperation. The ministry is led by the head of department and four directors.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs first became its own institution in 1770 as the Foreign Service Department and was renamed The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1848. Before then, the diplomatic tasks were usually handled by brief individual missions, but the increasing complexity of diplomatic affairs necessitated the creation of a larger organization. The Ministry currently employs thousands of people at home and abroad.

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Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise is a live album by Toadies. It was recorded at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA, just prior to the band's breakup in 2001 and was released as a limited edition in March 2002 on Aezra Records/Orpheus Music. It was re-released on July 13, 2004. The album proclaims: "No overdubs. Warts and all!"

Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise is an enhanced CD featuring a short video about the band.

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Audrys Bačkis

Audrys Juozas Bačkis (born 1 February 1937) is a Lithuanian prelate of the Catholic Church and a cardinal since 2001. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1964 to 1991, when he became Archbishop of Vilnius. He retired in 2013.

Early life
Bačkis was born in Kaunas to the family of Stasys Antanas Bačkis, a Lithuanian diplomat. In 1938 Bačkis' father was assigned to Paris where the family stayed after the Soviet occupation in June 1940. He completed his secondary education at the Institute Saint-Marie-de-Monceau, and studied philosophy at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Bačkis studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, and Pontifical Lateran University, there Bačkis obtained his doctorate in canon law. Bačkis was ordained to the priesthood by Luigi Traglia on 18 March 1961, in Rome. He then did pastoral work among Lithuanian Americans in the United States, and finished his studies in Rome in 1964.

Service
In 1964 he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See, serving as secretary of the nunciature to the Philippines (1964–1965), to Costa Rica (1965–1967), to Turkey (1967–1970), and to Nigeria (1970–1973). Bačkis was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 26 June 1965, and was called to the Council of Public Affairs of the Church in the Secretariat of State in 1973. He was the Vatican's delegate to the United Nations Conference in Vienna in 1975, and became Vice-Secretary of the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church in 1979.

On 5 August 1988, Bačkis was appointed Pro-Nuncio to the Netherlands and Titular Archbishop of Meta by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 4 October from Pope John Paul himself, with Cardinal Achille Silvestrini and Bishop Juozas Preikšas serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica.

He was named Archbishop of Vilnius on 24 December 1991.

John Paul II created him Cardinal Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia in the consistory of 21 February 2001. Bačkis was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI as well as in the one in 2013 which selected Pope Francis. Since having reached the age of 80, Bačkis is no longer eligible to vote in any future conclaves.

Within the Lithuanian Episcopal Conference, he has been president (1993–1999, 2002–2005) and vice-president (1999–2002, 2005–2011). Besides his native Lithuanian, the Cardinal speaks English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and has a limited comprehension of Dutch. He is also known as one of the Catholic hierarchy's better Latin speakers.

Retirement
Pope Francis accepted Bačkis's resignation on 5 April 2013.

Pope Francis named Bačkis as his Special Envoy to celebrations marking the 1,025th anniversary of the Baptism (Conversion) of the Kievan Rus, to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 17 and 18 August 2013.

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User talk:Juan Marquez

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! jni 18:23, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Email address
Please don't post your email address as an encyclopedia article.--Scimitar parley 18:07, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Your edits to 3-manifold
Hi Juan,

I'm getting a little concerned about your edits to 3-manifold. For example, do not include information that is inappropriate for a section, e.g. adding Herbert Seifert to the References section. Also, if you add to the Foundation Results section, you should mention what the result is, not just add a link to handle decompositions]; it seems your intent was just to mention that every compact 3-manifold has a Heegaard splitting, so I added that instead. In addition, handle decomposition already exists and is in much better shape. When creating a new article, do not create the title in plural form, e.g. 3-manifold not 3-manifolds. Finally, a handlebody is not a handle. This seems to be a mistake in terminology on handle decompositions and was earlier straightened out on handle decomposition, unless you had some other intent (such as describing how Heegaard splittings arise from handle decompositions, which is well described in Heegaard splitting). In general, it seems to me that you just need to do more exploring of the content before writing a new article. I hope this is constructive advice for you. It's good to have another 3-manifold editor on board.

I haven't had a chance to think about your email, and I don't know when I can get to that. But your research sounds very interesting. I don't think it has been done before, but it sounds like the kind of thing that may have, so I wouldn't take my word for it. --C S 18:46, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Some comments
Thank you for your edits to mathematical analysis. I have a few general comments. First, is that links should be singular, and it is good if one checks where the links point. Thus, sequences is preferred to sequences and series is preferrred to series.

Also, it is good if you use an edit summary, it is a way of documenting what you changed and very helpful for others checking your contributions or looking at the page history. Thank you, and I hope you like it here. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 00:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

RF
In topology,

Let $$M$$ be a manifold. By a round function we mean a function $$M\to{\mathbb{R}}$$ whose critical points form connected components, each of which is homeomorphic to the circle.

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In calculus, by a round function we mean a scalar function $$M\to{\mathbb{R}}$$ over be a manifold $$M$$ whose critical points form one or several connected components, each homeomorphic to the circle $$S^1$$, called critical loops.

Zum beispiel
For example, let $$M$$ be the torus. Let $$K=(0,2\pi)\times(0,2\pi)$$. Then we know that a map $$X\colon K\to{\mathbb{R}}^3$$ given by
 * $$X(\theta,\phi)=((2+\cos\theta)\cos\phi,(2+\cos\theta)\sin\phi,\sin\theta)\,$$

$$ K(\theta,\phi)= \begin{bmatrix} (2+\cos\theta)\cos\phi\\ (2+\cos\theta)\sin\phi\\ \sin\theta \end{bmatrix} $$

is a parametrization for almost all of $$M$$. Now, via the projection $$\pi_3\colon{\mathbb{R}}^3\to{\mathbb{R}}$$ we get the restriction $$G=\pi_3|_M\colon M\to{\mathbb{R}}, (\theta,\phi)\mapsto\sin\theta$$ whose critical sets are determined by
 * $$\nabla G(\theta,\phi)=({{\partial}G\over {\partial}\theta},{{\partial}G\over {\partial}\phi})(\theta,\phi)=(0,0),$$

if and only if $$\theta={\pi\over 2},\ {3\pi\over 2}$$.

These two values for $$\theta$$ give the critical sets
 * $$X({\pi/2},\phi)=(2\cos\phi,2\sin\phi,1)$$
 * $$X({3\pi/2},\phi)=(2\cos\phi,2\sin\phi,-1)$$

which represent two extremal circles over the torus $$M$$.

Observe that the Hessian for this function is
 * $${\rm Hess}(G)=$$$$

\begin{bmatrix} -\sin\theta & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} $$ which clearly it reveals itself as of $${\rm rank Hess}(G)=1$$ at the tagged circles, making the critical point degenerate, that is, showing that the critical points are not isolated.

Reference
Siersma and Khimshiasvili, On minimal round functions, preprint

Schwarzschild coordinates
Good catch, thanks for noticing this! ---CH 23:27, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Links in section headings
Hi. Just a comment. One should not use links in section headings, so ==As a functor== better be ==As a functor==. I fixed that one but I thought I would let you know. You can reply here if you have comments. Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * And one should not leave too much space between sections either, looks bad. :) Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Area of a circle
The area of a circle is the area of the enclosed region. Stating flat out that "a circle has not area" is confusing and at variance with established practice. Disk might more properly describe the enclosed region, but that's a distinction that most people (and most mathematicians) don't bother to make. EdC 06:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Totopo
If you are going to cancel a redirect, you need to replace it with an article, not just a one-line comment that Totopo is not a Tortilla chip. A better idea would be to add something to the tortilla chip article explaining the difference, there is room for expanision and more people will see it that way, few people are going to search for totopo. And, yes, there are round as well as triangular tortilla chips. Tubezone 04:27, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Si, entiendo que totopos no son iguales de los tortilla chips, no tuve dudas de eso. La problema es el nuevo articulo que ud hizo falta explicacion de caracteristicas del producto, una oracion que dice que los dos no son iguales no es suficiente. Ellos van a borrar por rapido por razon de faltar contexto si el articulo queda en su condicion del presente. Ud. no hace pruebas matematicas asi, ¿verdad? Tubezone 04:58, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't get who is going to erase

 * Los adminstradores que revisan los combios

 * and in math there are some short powerful proofs. Gimme a few hours to expand totopo, thanx--kiddo 05:03, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Estoy de acuerdo, escriba lo que ud quiere, yo regresare a la pagina a hacer correciones gramaticas si ud hace errores ;-) Tubezone 05:08, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Graf

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Juan Marquez (talk • contribs) 23:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

lets look this $$\sum$$ from afar

Area of a circle
Hello. I reverted your edits to circle. While you are technically correct that "a 1-manifold has no area" this is not how the phrase "area of a circle" is interpreted in english, even among mathematicians. Since a 1-manifold cannot have area, it is obvious that the phrase "area of a circle" must refer to the area enclosed by the circle. I note that this has been pointed out to you before on this page. Sincerely, Doctormatt 02:52, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Circle
I reverted your edits to circle. Similar to the instance above, I feel the less technical "interior and exterior" is better than your "bounded and unbounded" change, especially since this is the introductory paragraph, and not meant for those who care about topological issues. Also, your links to bounded and unbounded were not helpful. Try them out: bounded is a disambiguation page which is not helpful to the casual reader, and unbounded only talks about unbounded functions, not regions. Feel free to discuss your changes before introducing them in the future. Cheers, Doctormatt 06:23, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I think you are wrong (especially about the links!). Interior and exterior are perfectly precise words in this context; they are not "wrong words" as you say.  I feel your attempt to "correct the way ... people see and think about" mathematics by trying to confuse them with the introductory paragraph of a common term like circle is misguided.  Cheers, Doctormatt 03:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Think globaly and act localy. The little context (therein circle) is anyway about topology... and for interior and exterior there are only one possible meaning. And about the links, it just that we have to begin something like bounded and unbounded sets, as we do in math... greets, mathematician--kiddo 20:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know what you mean by "little context (therein circle)". Interior and exterior are terms used in standard english in the way that the article currently uses them.  They are accurate terms, used in everyday, precise, non-mathematics-specific discussions.  They do not have "only one possible meaning" , and the intro paragraph makes this clear, e.g. "Usually...the interior of the circle is called a disk".  As for the links, I suggest writing articles for bounded and unbounded sets and then using them in the intro paragraph of an article about a general term like circle.  Also, you added your response to the talk page for circle; this is out of context (i.e., our earlier discussion is not there), and makes no sense there: could you remove it?  thanks, mathematician -- Doctormatt 21:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I give up. I don't wish to discuss this any more with you.  I will not monitor circle any further: do what you like with it.  Cheers, Doctormatt 01:35, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Curso de astro general
La primera mitad de este semestre estare dando el curso de astronomia general, es el miercoles a las 7 am (horrible horario), en el V9. Veremos algo de mecanica celeste. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.169.58.13 (talk) 02:14, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Covariance and contravariance
I will relent on my insistence that elements of V are covariant and those of V* are contravariant. The incorrect terminology appears to be too entrenched, perhaps owing to physicists' rather sloppy identification of vectors in coordinates (which do transform contravariantly) with the vectors themselves (which transform covariantly). Personally, I think the entire terminology should be avoided to begin with, but people still insist on using it in articles whereever tensors are presented. Regretably the EOM link does little to rectify the problem. Silly rabbit (talk) 03:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Did I say that Misner et al were wrong? Checking their book, they are careful to refer to covariant and contravariant components of tensors.  The components modifier does make a difference here, and there is some discussion of this at the article Einstein summation convention.  Anyway, I would appreciate a more carefully though out rebuttal than a snarky "I don't think so" response on my talk page. Silly rabbit (talk) 04:48, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

 * You are welcome to peruse my on-site credentials (see my contributions.) In particular, I am the primary author of the wikipedia articles on Spinors, the Exterior algebra, the Connection form, the Torsion tensor, and the Frenet-Serret formulas.  I think I can claim at least a third of the articles Cartan connection, Ehresmann connection, Connection (mathematics), Curvature form.  Beyond that, I have edited many many mathematics articles here.  I will not, however, reveal my real-life identity to satisfy you.  Silly rabbit (talk) 05:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I have removed the offending sentence altogether. I deem that it is misleading at best and unintelligible at worst to refer to an element of a vector space V as co(ntra)variant without further qualification.  In any event, it is not the vectors that are co(ntra)variant, but the system of quantities that one obtains by expressing a vector in a basis.  Such language should be avoided unless bases are explicitly invoked, and in that case it should be done with more precision and care.  siℓℓy rabbit  (  talk  ) 16:40, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

An insult
My comments in talk:homeomorphism were not an insult, and I'm sorry that you took them as such. They were simply an observation. Everything that I wrote was true! We have a saying in English "The truth hurts". You had made one post that was an insult, and one post that repeated what I had already said with less detail and with less clarity. It's okay to tell someone to check that the inverse images of open sets are open, but how do you know that the person will understand how to construct open sets in a product space? If someone's asking you to explain why a map is continuous then you can bet that they won't know what a product topology is. Once again, I did not intend to insult you, I was simply replying with factual observations to your pluerile posts. ''Bueno, oye, parece que eres un hombre símpatico y por eso deberíamos olvidar lo que ha pasado. Trabajamos en la misma asignatura y deberíamos estar amigos. Pase un buen día.'' Dharma6662000 (talk) 02:48, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

 * D'accord, but, do you think that someone who can not understand homeomorphism well is going to understand Whitney C∞-topology which is not even here? i mean less detail meanwhile and more explains after another question is method to achieve -the guy- understands better, saludos my-friend.--kmath (talk) 03:06, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Atheism/dashes

In every typographical work I've read, en rules are recommended for parenthetical use. For example:

 * 59 (a) The en rule should be used to mark off a parenthesis which makes a notable break in the flow of a sentence:
 * We all – and I really mean all – are on his side.
 * [...]
 * 67 (b) The em rule is used to mark an interruption or a change of thought:
 * Why on earth have you — but there! what's the use of arguing?
 * (Herbert Rees, Rules of Printed English)

There are other uses of both rules, of course, and of the rarer 2-em rule, but this distinction is key. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 17:21, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I really don't care what sources you cite for incorrectly using em and en dashes. I am a professional typographer. This is my business. You are obviously not a typographer. When it comes to typography, I know exactly what I'm talking about whereas you are apparently clueless. I am right. You are wrong. That's bottomline. Of course, you're free to continue believing your knowledge is infallible.

Q. What is the difference in usage between an em dash and an en dash?

A. I will try to condense the various bits of information scattered throughout CMS. First of all, there are three lengths of what are all more or less dashes: hyphen (-), en dash (–), and em dash (—). I frame it this way because the work they do is roughly related to their length (though I don’t think CMS puts it this way outright).

The hyphen connects two things that are intimately related, usually words that function together as a single concept or work together as a joint modifier (e.g., tie-in, toll-free call, two-thirds).

The en dash connects things that are related to each other by distance, as in the May–September issue of a magazine; it’s not a May–September issue, because June, July, and August are also ostensibly included in this range. And in fact en dashes specify any kind of range, which is why they properly appear in indexes when a range of pages is cited (e.g., 147–48). En dashes are also used to connect a prefix to a proper open compound: for example, pre–World War II. In that example, “pre” is connected to the open compound “World War II” and therefore has to do a little extra work (to bridge the space between the two words it modifies—space that cannot be besmirched by hyphens because “World War II” is a proper noun). Now, that is a rather fussy use of the en dash that many people (justifiably, I suppose) ignore, preferring the hyphen.

The em dash has several uses. It allows, in a manner similar to parentheses, an additional thought to be added within a sentence by sort of breaking away from that sentence—as I’ve done here. Its use or misuse for this purpose is a matter of taste, and subject to the effect on the writer’s or reader’s “ear.” Em dashes also substitute for something missing. For example, in a bibliographic list, rather than repeating the same author over and over again, three consecutive em dashes (also known as a 3-em dash) stand in for the author’s name. In interrupted speech, one or two em dashes may be used: “I wasn’t trying to imply——” “Then just what were you trying to do?” Also, the em dash may serve as a sort of bullet point, as in this to-do list:

—wash the car

—walk the dog

—attempt to explain em and en dashes

This explanation is not intended to be exhaustive (for much more, see chapter 6 in CMS 15), but I do hope that it helps to frame the different potential of each length of dash. . ..

Source: Chicago Manual of Style

Also: STC Houston Style Guide (Society of Technical Communicators [])

I can keep going, citing more and more resources, steadily rising the level of credibility with each citation, but I don't feel that's needed.

Adraeus 17:44, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * 1) Nothing what you've cited above deals with the use of rules (or dashes) as parentheses — only the analogous usage dealt with in just the same way in Rees.
 * 2) Even if anything above did suppost your position, all that would show was that some authorities say one thing and some another; do you consider that that justifies your edit summary accusing me of being incorrect and uninformed?
 * 3) Given that I've provided a relevant citation, I shall revert the article for a third time. If you can provide an argument to show that my citation is wrong (and more than: I'm a typographer so I know best — not acceptable in Wikipedia), then please provide it.  Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 17:53, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * 1) Everything I cited above supports my position.
 * 2) Everything I cited above justifies my edit summary. Moreover, don't talk to me about edit summaries. I don't want to hear it, especially from you. All of your edit summaries regarding any edit of mine are abusive, arrogant, and demonstrate your ill will towards me. You're not in a good position to argue how a just edit summary is written. You are incorrect in this matter. And you are misinformed.
 * 3) I will continue to re-correct your mistakes regardless of the 3RR. I am undeniably correct about this issue. You are incredibly, although unsurprisingly, wrong. Adraeus 18:01, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * whoa, can we export this to Manual of Style (dashes) maybe? It doesn't really relate to atheism per se, does it? I recommend this section in particular. dab (ᛏ) 18:02, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Even Wikipedia's Manual of Style acknowledges the correct usage of em dashes and en dashes. You don't have a case, Mel. Adraeus 18:04, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * 1) The section in question is the Talk page; the MoS is neutral between my approach and that of Adraeus.
 * 2) I must admit that Adraeus' aggressive, confrontational, and arrogant approach gets my goat in a way that few others do. My apologies to other editors for that. Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 18:14, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * That's funny. I think the same things about your behavior. The difference is that I'm responding to your "aggressive, confrontational, and arrogant approach". I don't respond well to people who believe their thinking is infallible and to people who think themselves gods. You happen to be both. Adraeus 18:18, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * been there, done that :-) . we now return to your scheduled beautification of the Atheism article with images of atheists. dab (ᛏ) 18:21, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Why is this a sub-page instead of a section on the talk page?
 * Mel, do you have any references to support the use of the en dash under these circumstances?
 * It seems obvious to me that the em dash is correct.

--Yath 20:50, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

We may have a new nominee for Lamest edit wars ever here. :) On a more serious note, though, quit it. You may be willing to disregard the 3RR, but I'm not and I'm prepared to enforce it. Bryan 00:05, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Pope John

Pope John may refer to:

 * 1) Pope John I (523–526)
 * 2) Pope John II (533–535)
 * 3) Pope John III (561–574)
 * 4) Pope John IV (640–642)
 * 5) Pope John V (685–686)
 * 6) Pope John VI (701–705)
 * 7) Pope John VII (705–707)
 * 8) *Antipope John VIII (844)
 * 9) Pope John VIII (872–882)
 * 10) Pope John IX (898–900)
 * 11) Pope John X (914–928)
 * 12) Pope John XI (931–935)
 * 13) Pope John XII (955–964)
 * 14) Pope John XIII (965–972)
 * 15) Pope John XIV (983–984)
 * 16) Pope John XV (985–996)
 * 17) *Antipope John XVI (997–998)
 * 18) Pope John XVII (1003)
 * 19) Pope John XVIII (1003–1009)
 * 20) Pope John XIX (1024–1032)
 * 21) *Pope John XX (the number XX was skipped)
 * 22) Pope John XXI (1276–1277)
 * 23) Pope John XXII (1316–1334)
 * 24) *Antipope John XXIII (1410–1415)
 * 25) Pope John XXIII (1958–1963)
 * Another 19 Popes John in the List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria

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Kalimán

Kalimán or Kalimán, the Incredible Man is a popular Mexican adventurer superhero, created by Rafael Cutberto Navarro and Modesto Vázquez González in 1963. He is the main character of the radio drama bearing his name, which depicts the adventures of Kalimán, a descendant of the Egyptian Pharaohs, and his young companion, Solín. Kalimán is very well known and popular across Spanish America, and the radio series spawned a comic book series and two film adaptations. The adventures of Kalimán were published as a serialized weekly comic, and printed for twenty-six consecutive years, with the series reaching its highest popularity in 1965; it is still quite popular today in reprints and in paperback format. Kalimán himself is considered as a Mexican pop culture icon and one of the first and most representative examples of Mexican superheroes.

Origin and powers
Kalimán's true origin is unknown, and never revealed in any media, which adds to the sense of mystery that surrounds his character. He is supposedly an Indian orphan, who was found abandoned in a river and adopted by Prince Abul Pasha, who hails from one of the kingdoms in the Valley of Kalimantan. He is the fifth in a dynasty of men dedicated to preserving justice in the world, and the seventh man of the goddess Kali's dynasty. He swore an oath to Kali to wander the world fighting for justice, and must return to India in order to renew the oath every seven years. However, Kalimán not only has Caucasian features, but also intense blue eyes, one of his most notorious characteristics, which only adds more mystery to his true identity. It is also frequently mentioned that he has a vast knowledge of science and the arts, including the fine arts, engineering, architecture, chemistry, and biology.

Kalimán wears an all-white outfit (except for the reverse of his cloak, which is dark red), with just one mark: a jeweled-encased "K" in front of his turban. Being a master of all martial arts, he does not use any kind of weapons, except a blow-gun with tranquilizer darts, and a ceremonial dagger that complements his costume. He also possesses extraordinary mental powers: levitation, telepathy, remote viewing, telekinesis, astral projection, control of the involuntary functions of the body (which allows him to feign being dead), hypnosis, ESP, and self-healing, among others. He makes clear that he does nothing that any other men would not be able to do through self-discipline, study, and hard work. It is assumed that his apprentice, Solín, a common boy, will eventually take his place as he learns from him.

Kalimán's dramas were a combination of Sherlock Holmes, Tintin, and James Bond-style adventures, with him acting as a skilled detective, and using his incredible mental abilities to solve the ongoing mysteries; however, he also fights spirits, monsters, supervillain organizations, and supernatural threats with magic and martial arts. Kalimán himself refused to use any kind of gun, continuously insisting that firearms in general were the last resource of the weak, although he eventually used arrows, swords, or daggers to disarm his enemies.

If compared with modern-day superheroes, Kalimán could be described as a combination of Marvel Comics' Doctor Strange and Iron Fist.

Main characters
 Heroes

Kalimán, the Incredible Man: Initially, it is stated that Kalimán is just Solín's protector and tutor, but as the series progresses, Kalimán gradually replaces Solín as the main character. Kalimán had several popular catchphrases often used to explain his actions, but the two most relevant were "Serenity and Patience", often told to his disciple, Solín, to prevent him from rushing to action without thinking; and "Whoever dominates the mind, dominates the world", frequently used after he succeeded in realizing an impossible feat.

Solín: An eleven-year-old boy, rescued from the streets of Cairo in Kalimán's first adventure. It is initially stated that he is "incredibly valuable" to restoring the Pharaoh's just and fair rule to Egypt. However, he needs to be trained both physically and mentally prior to reconstructing his kingdom, in order to become a great ruler, hence the reason why Kalimán was sent to locate and protect him until the day he is ready to fulfill his destiny.

 Villains

Every adventure had its respective villains, who usually only appeared in that specific story and never came back, being killed, imprisoned, defeated, or vanished at the end; however, three of them made a notorious difference in Kalimán's universe: Black Spider, Karma, and Namilak. Count Bartok, as well as battling Kaliman, also served as the host in his own title, presenting one-off horror stories, akin to Cain and Abel in DC Comics or The Crypt-keeper in Tales from the Crypt.

Black Spider: He was the most notorious exception, since he is the only one who came back regularly, both in the comic and the radio drama. He returned so frequently that, at some point, he was present in two different stories published at the same time. He is a super spy, like an evil James Bond, full of gadgets and mischievous plans. He is extremely skilled, able to escape from the most desperate situations, and possessing an enormous talent to avoid being incarcerated.

Karma: Originally, he was Kalimán's rival for the Red Dragon title, which is granted by Tibetan monks to the most perfect incarnation of a man of peace on Earth, who will become the official Protector of the World. It is stated that Karma is almost equal to Kalimán in every aspect and sense, but fails due to a minor flaw in his soul. Angered after being rejected for such an insignificant detail, Karma decides to embrace that flaw and falls into darkness, becoming Kalimán's nemesis. The character was so popular that he was the only one who died and resurrected in three different occasions (all other characters that died in the series remained dead), and is considered Kalimán's most fearsome foe.

Namilak: He is initially presented as "the reverse Kalimán", an enemy so similar to him that they even have the same costume, face, voice, and attitude, but everything Namilak does is wrong, negative, and impure. He is the exact opposite of the Incredible Man (even his name is Kalimán spelled backwards), and is always dressed in a black version of the hero's costume. It is later revealed that he is the respective negative flaw of Kalimán's soul. However, instead of falling to it, like Karma did at Red Dragon's trial, he expelled it from his body a long time ago. Unfortunately, as a result of this decision, the evil in his soul embodied and become a full, living being, as a twisted, maniacal version of his host. Namilak's existence also explains why Kalimán is so perfect, since there's no evil or malice left in his body. Namilak's story arc is a representation of Kalimán fighting his own obscure, repressed desires.

Radio play
The Kalimán radio series started in 1963. It was transmitted by Radio Cadena Nacional (1110 AM in Mexico City, currently known as Radio Red), a radio station dedicated to broadcast radio dramas, soap operas in the mornings, and adventure plays at afternoon. The show was an immediate hit, and soon was broadcast throughout the Mexican Republic. Due to its success, the radio play was redone in Colombia, broadcast by Todelar with Colombian actors.

In addition to being a co-creator of Kaliman, Navarro was also the founder of its flagship network, Radio Cadena Nacional.

To spice up the mystery of Kalimán's true identity, the voice of the Mexican version of the radio play was done by actor Luis Manuel Pelayo, but the credit always went to "Kalimán himself", avoiding any mention of an actor behind the radio character. At some point, many fans truly believed he was a real person, now retired, who was narrating his personal experiences with the assistance of the radio station. In Colombia, Kalimán was played by Gaspar Ospina. The radio drama has been continuously on air several times along the years in different regions of Mexico and Spanish America.

In October 2015, as part of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first published comic book, the last recorded adventure "The Nefertti Necklace", never aired before on radio, began airing in MVS 102.5 FM in Mexico City, with a mix of modern production from the original recording (which presents more modern technology than the first adventures, recorded over twenty years earlier), along with the most modern radio production technology of the time (2015).

Main players

Kalimán, the Incredible Man: Luis Manuel Pelayo

Solín: Luis de Alba

Narrator: Isidro Olace

Director: Marcos Ortiz

Scripts by Víctor Fox (Héctor Gonzalez pseudonym)

List of Kalimán's radio drama episodes
1. "The Tomb Raiders"

2. "The Mystery of the Astronauts"

3. "The Tiger of Hong-Kong"

4. "The Mysteries of Bonampak"

5. "The Valley of the Vampires"

6. "The Mummies of Machu Pichu"

7. "The Queen of the Gorillas"

8. "The Strange Doctor Death"

9. "Atlantis, the Lost City"

10. "The Diabolical Warlocks"

11. "The Black Spider"

12. "The Living Corpses"

13. "The Invisible Terror"

14. "The Black Panthers of Istanbul"

15. "The Red Mask Assassins"

16. "The Genius from beyond the Grave"

17. "The Game of Death"

18. "Werewolves" (literal translation: "The Human Wolves")

19. "The Sons of the Sun"

20. "The Idols Vengeance"

21. "The White Witch of Kilimanjaro"

22. "Sons of Satan"

23. "The Space Pirates"

24. "Samurais, Messengers of Death"

25. "Terror from the Grey Planet"

26. "Beyond the Beyond"

27. "The Castle of the Monsters"

28. "Invasion of the Satanic Worshipers"

29. "The Octopus with the Golden Tentacles"

30. "Death in the Fourth Dimension"

31. "Magicians of Crime"

32. "The Terrible Miklos"

33. "The Demon of Tibet"

34. "The Sinister World of Humanon"

35. "Malevolent Power"

Comic book adaptation
Two years after his radio debut, Kalimán's popularity grew so much that the decision was made for Promotora K to publish his adventures in comic book format. In order to preserve the same aura of mystery as presented by the original radio play, the comic strictly stuck to its established story; it never mentioned any details about Kalimán not previously mentioned in the radio drama, nor added additional information about the main character. The first issue of Kalimán, written by Clemente Uribe Ugarte, was published on December 4, 1965, with the first to tenth parts of the story "Los Profanadores de Tumbas" ("The Tomb Raiders"). 100,000 copies were sold within that week, and due to excessive demand, the issue had to be reprinted. The original series ran until 1991, with a total of 1,348 weekly issues.

The comic book was printed in sepia tones, with an artistic watercolor effect on every page, like most of the Mexican comics of that time, instead of the CMYK printing technique used in American comics. Only the cover, painted with acrylics, was done in full color. Later, the special editions "Kalicolor" and "Kalimán de Lujo" were done in full color, using the same printing process as in America, but they were less popular than the original magazine and never sold well. The reprints give the scriptwriting credits to Víctor Fox, who had purchased the rights to the comic, instead of the comics' original writer, Clemente Uribe.

The Kalimán comic book was published in Colombia as well, starting with the eleventh issue of the Mexican run, the beginning of the second story, "The Valley of the Vampires". The Colombian run of the comic book lasted for more than 1,206 issues. From Colombia, the comic was also exported to most South American countries, contributing to the expansion of Kalimán's popularity across Latin America.

In 2010, the Ecuadorian daily newspaper El Comercio (Quito, Ecuador) acquired the rights to reprint "Mysteries of Bonampak" and "The Triangle of Death" as a serialized comic strip.

List of Kalimán's comic book adventures
Most of Kalimán's first adventures in comic book format were adaptations of the original radio drama scripts; some even had the same titles, but eventually developed their own independent stories. After issue 1308, the comic began to reprint the complete series in the same order as they were originally published. In the late 1970s, the complete stories were also published as paperbacks in a large-volume format. The first issues were also reprinted, like most American comics, with new art and in full color as an independent comic, "Kalicolor". The public did not accept the colored versions very well, so their print run was very short-lived. Even now, the original sepia comics are reprinted from time to time, either as serialized comics or collected editions.

1. "The Tomb Raiders", issues 1-10; main villain: Eric von Kraufen

2. "The Valley of the Vampires", issues 11-32; main villain: Count Bártok

3. "Mysteries of Bonampak", issues 33-47; main villain: Captain Scott

4. "The Mystery of the Astronauts", issues 47-64; main villain: Van Zeland

5. "The Tiger of Hong-Kong", issues 64-77; main villain: The Tiger of Hong-Kong

6. "The Mummies of Machu-Pichu", issues 77-90; main villain: Comahué

7. "The Unburied One", issues 90-103; main villain: Sacha Moster (first original story created exclusively for the comic)

8. "The Strange Doctor Death", issues 103-124; main villain: Doctor Death

9. "The Black Hand", issues 124-150; main villain: Black Spider

10. "Samurais, Messengers of Death", issues 147-180; main villain: Doctor Kiro

11. "Magicians of Crime", issues 175-212; main villain: Professor Satanyk

12. "The White Terror", issues 201-244; main villain: The Brain

13. "Messengers of Death", issues 231-259; main villain: The Octopus

14. "Puppets of Hell", issues 256-287; main villain: Bengala

15. "Return of the Black Spider", issues 280-315; main villain: Black Spider

16. "The Fantastic Journey", issues 310-351; main villain: Poseidon

17. "Brains of Hell", issues 344-387; main villain: Humanon

18. "Horsemen of Terror", issues 378-416; main villain: Zulma

19. "Mysteries of the Chinese Wall", issues 411-452; main villain: The Black Knight

20. "The Invisible Assassin", issues 447-485; main villain: Baron Kruger

21. "The Sacred Pharaoh", issues 478-522; main villain: Nefris

22. "The Red Dragon", issues 513-572; main villain: Karma

23. "The White Witch of Kilimanjaro"; issues 563-633, main villain: Tac-Tac

24. "The Triangle of Death", issues 622-698; main villain: Black Spider

25. "Eye of Satan", issues 685-752; main villain: Kardo

26. "The Revenge of Karma", issues 742-817; main villain: Karma

27. "The Shadow of Terror", issues 806-887; main villain: Count Bartok

28. "The Seventh Death", issues 880-944; main villain: Namilak

29. "Black Magic", issues 935-989; main villain: Black Spider

30. "Panthers of Istanbul", issues 978-1018; main villain: Prince Sakiri

31. "Black Buddha", issues 1009–1070; main villain: Ramar

32. "Masks of Death", issues 1061–1101; main villain: Lukas Hunt

33. "The Chinese Terror", issues 1092–1153; main villain: Lin-Poo

34. "City of the Dead", issues 1144–1194; main villain: Doctor Hill

35. "Terror Underground", issues 1186–1236; main villain: Isis

36. "The Red Warriors", issues 1227–1273; main villain: Katana

37. "The Man Who Fell from the Moon", issues 1264–1308; main villain: Cosman

Legal issues
The comic was so popular that it was one of the few Mexican comics consistently sold in the United States, mostly in areas with a large Latin American population. Since the character The Incredible Hulk used the subtitle "El Hombre Increible" for Latin American editions and was first published in 1962, Marvel Comics sued Promotora K for using "El Hombre Increible" in Kalimán's comic title. After several months, the court ruled in favor of Promotora K with the reasoning that Marvel did not use the subtitle "El Hombre Increible" until 1968, years after Kalimán was sold in the United States. As a result of this ruling, Marvel Comics had to pay royalties to Promotora K to legally use "El Hombre Increible" in the Hulk's titles. After the decision was made, Promotora K made several Kalimán covers featuring parodies of popular Fantastic Four characters threatening Kalimán.

Film adaptations
Due to the popularity of the character, two movies were produced in Mexico, with Canadian actor Jeff Cooper as Kalimán. His voice was dubbed by Luis Manuel Pelayo, the voice actor who played the role of Kalimán in the radio play, to make it match with the sound that was so familiar to the radio audience.

The first movie, Kalimán, el Hombre Increíble (Kalimán, the Incredible Man) (1972), was filmed entirely on location in Egypt. It had an international cast, from the US, México, Spain, Italy, and Egypt. The movie is loosely based on the first story, "Los Profanadores de Tumbas" ("The Tomb Raiders"), but added a science fiction theme. For almost 20 years, it held the title of the most expensive Mexican movie ever filmed. It was a huge success, being shown in theaters for more than a year. The original running time was up to 180 minutes, but was cut down to 109 for later TV release.

The second film was Kalimán en el Siniestro Mundo de Humanón (Kalimán in the Sinister World of Humanón) (1976), based on the adventures from radio and comic of the same name; it was filmed on location in Brazil and México. It was less successful than the first film, and for some time, there were no plans for other movies based on the character.

As of 2011, there have been plans for a third movie, with the working title of Kalimán Regresa (Kalimán Returns), but they have been on hold, due to copyright issues. In 2015, it was finally announced that José Ángel Medina was the legal owner of all the character copyrights. Medina also stated he was negotiating with Marvel Comics for a deal to reprint the comics, but also included an option to produce a movie.

Novel adaptation
In 2016, to commemorate the first fifty years of Kalimán, the first radio drama script, "Los Profanadores de Tumbas" ("The Tomb Raiders"), was rewritten and adapted to a novel format. The book also includes new illustrations specifically made for it by René del Valle, one of the artists who collaborated with the comic in its final years of publication.

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Nicola Roberts

Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is an English singer and songwriter. In 2002, Roberts was selected as a member of Girls Aloud, a pop girl group created through ITV's reality competition show Popstars: The Rivals. The group went on to receive large success, achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK top ten singles (including four number ones), two UK number one albums, five consecutive platinum selling studio albums, and receiving nominations for five BRIT Awards, winning Best Single in 2009 for "The Promise".

In 2011, Roberts released her debut solo studio album, Cinderella's Eyes, which peaked at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. Its lead single "Beat of My Drum", debuted at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. Two follow-up singles, "Lucky Day" and "Yo-Yo", both gained equally positive critical responses.

In February 2020, Roberts won the first series of ITV's The Masked Singer UK, masked as Queen Bee, and the following year, Roberts returned in the final of the second series as a guest judge.

Early life
Roberts was born on 5 October 1985 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, when her mother was 17. At the time of her birth, her father was working for the RAF and the resulting pay led to financial struggles which saw her father move to work for the Ford Motor Company whilst her mother became a photographer to help the family monetary problems. Roberts grew up in Runcorn, Cheshire.

She attended St Chad's High School. In school Roberts found herself shying away, in contrast to her home life where she was outgoing, even gaining the nickname 'Cilla' (after singer Cilla Black) from her family. Academically, Roberts performed well, leaving with nine GCSEs, but she declared her dislike of school and began discussing a musical career which led her to work with several girl groups recording demo tracks in several cases. Roberts acknowledged she had always wanted to be a singer and had been entering competitions and auditions with her father accompanying her and gaining support from other family members also. In an interview with Closer magazine, Roberts spoke about how she began her musical career at a local disco, as part of a girl band called The 5 Musketeers.

2002: Popstars: The Rivals
Still a teenager, Roberts auditioned for the reality television series Popstars: The Rivals. Participants checked into a hotel in Kensington, London, before performing to a panel of celebrity judges; Roberts found that, up to that point, she "didn't really have much life experience". During the auditions she coincidentally sat next to Kimberley Walsh, who was to complete the competition to become one of five in the final line-up of the girl group; the two spent time rehearsing before their solo audition. Roberts felt confident before the audition, but during the actual audition she was "terrified" and was unable to smile until celebrity judge Geri Halliwell complimented her performance stating "I think you're great, you're an individual, you really stand out". Roberts found her clothing and personality were different from those of the other participants in Popstars: The Rivals; most were well-trained vocalists and were well-dressed, while her clothing was less fashionable, due to lack of funds, and she was not as vocally well-trained as the others.

Having progressed in the competition, Roberts was left as one of 15 remaining participants but found that the reality show was becoming increasingly based on personality instead of vocals. She found her personality to be more concealed than others', but was "confident" with her performances. One notable incident during the competition was when a show-producer expressed to her mother that Roberts would not win, for she was not "outrageous" or as outgoing as others stating that vocals were secondary. This left her mother shocked by the politics of the show. After the final ten participants were selected Roberts was eliminated from the competition, but in the following weeks after participant Nicola Ward quit, she was enlisted as a wild-card to return to the show – despite reservations from judge Louis Walsh, who did not back her return. However, he was overruled by judges Geri Halliwell and Pete Waterman. Roberts then made it through to the final where she sang the track "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters. She was the second contestant to be selected for the group, after Cheryl Tweedy. That night the group was formed, and a party involving promotional photographs saw their introduction to manager John McMahon, who would become more of a personal friend for the group.

Roberts described her time on the show Popstars: The Rivals and her successes within the show: "Every week before I went on stage I used to go to the toilet, to the same cubicle, and pray, just ask God to please let me have this. Even though I was confident in my singing ability, and I knew I had a stronger voice than most at the time same time I still had a little bit of insecurity because I'd been told Louis didn't want me. I was never in the bottom two, though, and the producers told me I always came in the top two or three in terms of votes each week, which was great."

2002–2009: Girls Aloud

After their formation on Popstars: The Rivals, the group Girls Aloud went on to record their debut single and music video. In addition to that, a large stint of publicity left the group exhausted, since McMahon continually pressured them to promote the single "Sound of the Underground". At this point, the competition with Popstars: The Rivals was still ongoing with the two groups; Girls Aloud and One True Voice competing to outsell each other with their debut single releases. Girls Aloud ultimately won the competition with their single topping the UK Singles Chart and gaining a record deal from Polydor Records. In the following days, however, news broke that McMahon had died in a car accident, shortly after texting Roberts, who was too busy to respond. The death of McMahon had a large impact on Roberts, who found herself increasingly emotionally unstable; it came at a time when she moved in with bandmate Cheryl Tweedy, this being the first time she had lived without her family. Thus, at this time Roberts was under great stress; the biggest problem, though, was the constant media criticism of her image, in which critics labelled her "unattractive".

Girls Aloud as a group enjoyed many successes, including two entries into the Guinness Book of World Records for "Most Successful Reality Television Group" and "Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a female group". In addition to this, the band gathered five BRIT Award nominations, winning Best British Single in 2009 for "The Promise". The group earned four UK number one singles, twenty consecutive UK top-ten singles and critically they have been well-received with most albums, although Roberts found at times critical opinion was "less than desirable". Their debut album, Sound of the Underground, peaked at number two in the UK and was certified Platinum. Their second album, What Will the Neighbours Say?, was certified double Platinum and peaked at number six. The third album, Chemistry, saw a critical improvement, but failed to enter the UK top ten. The fourth album, Tangled Up, became another Platinum-certified album, peaking at number four. Finally, their fifth record, Out of Control, became their first studio album to reach number one in the UK. In 2009, Girls Aloud took a break after embarking on their 2009 Out of Control Tour in support of the Out of Control album – which became their most extensive tour – and following this, each member took time to work on solo projects.

2010–2013: Cinderella's Eyes, Girls Aloud reunion and other ventures

In the Girls Aloud 2008 biography Roberts expressed an interest in writing and recording her own material, wanting to experiment in the studio for better understanding of the process. She then started work in the recording studio, with producers such as; Dragonette, Diplo and Joseph Mount. Roberts after a year of recording announced that she would be releasing her debut album, Cinderella's Eyes. The first single "Beat of My Drum" had an on-sale release meaning it had little promotion beforehand and commercially it peaked at number 27 in the United Kingdom but critically it garnered acclaim from critics which Roberts described as "amazing". A second single "Lucky Day" was released shortly after and whilst gaining positive reviews  it failed to make an impact commercially peaking at number 40 in the UK. The album was then released on 23 September 2011, Roberts described the album as "electronically led", and the album was inspired by her time performing with Girls Aloud – "It would have been stupid for me to make an album that meant nothing" she said. For Roberts the album was about making a risky record, where there wasn't a guaranteed commercial success, explaining to The Guardian: "It's taken every last bit of confidence just to release this record, or maybe I've just brainwashed myself into feeling more confident. I don't know if it's good, or if I've just told myself it's good." The album was released to universal positive reviews from critics, reviewers such as Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times, James Lachno of The Daily Telegraph, Emily Mackay of NME, Hugh Montgomery of The Independent and others hailed it as the best solo record from a member of Girls Aloud. Commercially in the United Kingdom the album peaked at number 17 whilst on the Digital charts it peaked at number 13, in Scotland it charted at number 21 whilst in Ireland it peaked at number 48. In late 2012, Roberts admitted during a secret show at Carphones Warehouse on Oxford St, to a small pool of journalists, that she was content with and prepared for the potential commercial fallout of releasing an album that was 'unlike anything out there'. On 6 January a third single from the album was released, titled "Yo-Yo" the song was described as a "shining example of her pop sensibilities".

In January 2012, singer Rihanna chose Roberts to co-host Styled To Rock for Sky Living HD. Roberts was to act as an executive-producer and will search "for the next generation of undiscovered designer talent".

Nadine Coyle confirmed that Girls Aloud will perform shows around the country at the beginning of 2013 to celebrate their tenth anniversary. On 11 March, Kimberley Walsh announced that Girls Aloud had started work on a new album. Roberts was at the time a judge and mentor on Sky Living series Styled To Rock alongside fashion designer Henry Holland and Rihanna. Roberts co-penned "Going Nowhere" for girl group Little Mix's debut album DNA. In December 2013 she received disc award for her help with writing the album. The award was presented to Roberts for her contribution to Little Mix's first album DNA, as it has sold more than 700,000 copies worldwide.

After months of speculation, Girls Aloud's reunion would occur in November 2012. The reunion is said to coincide with their tenth birthday and the release of a charity single for Children in Need. On 31 August 2012, Cheryl confirmed on BBC Radio 1 and Capital FM that the group's new single will be released in November, teasing the lyrics "I just wanna dance". Girls Aloud reunited for the group's 10th anniversary. On 18 November 2012, the group released their new single, "Something New" which was the official charity single for Children in Need. The single peaked at number-two on the UK Singles Chart. The group released their second greatest hits compilation, Ten on 26 November 2012. The second single taken from Ten, "Beautiful Cause You Love Me" was released on 17 December 2012. A documentary special entitled 10 Years of Girls Aloud aired on ITV1 on 15 December 2012. In 2013, the group embarked on Ten - The Hits Tour 2013. At the conclusion of the tour, they announced their disbandment.

2013–present: Upcoming second studio album, The Masked Singer and City of Angels
In October 2011, Roberts stated that she had started work on a second album. On 13 January 2012, Roberts commented on her second album, stating, "Maybe. I'm not sure. There's lots of stuff coming up and I think there always has to be a right time. I'm always working on music and if a second album came out then that would be a great thing to happen." Roberts wrote four songs for friend and former colleague Cheryl's fourth studio album, Only Human, entitled "It's About Time", "Throwback", "Goodbye Means Hello" and "Yellow Love". On the Girls Aloud's greatest hits album Ten, she contributed the track "On the Metro". Roberts also wrote two songs for Little Mix's second album Salute, entitled "See Me Now" and "They Just Don't Know You".

In January 2014, producer Fred Ball confirmed he was working with Roberts on a new album. She also confirmed that she had written for Cheryl's album Only Human, which was released later that year. In 2018, Roberts worked with Cheryl again, co-writing the songs "Love Made Me Do It" and "Let You".

It was announced in December 2019 that Roberts would join the City of Angels musical cast, playing the role of Avril/Mallory from March 2020. In 2020, Roberts participated in the ITV series The Masked Singer as Queen Bee and eventually won the competition. On 15 August 2020, Nicola performed "The Captive's Hymn" at a VJ Day concert at Horse Guards Parade in London.

On 4 June 2022, Roberts performed "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" with Mica Paris and Ruby Turner at the Platinum Party at the Palace concert to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

In May and June 2024, Roberts and her Girls Aloud bandmates got back together for an arena tour titled The Girls Aloud Show in memory of their late bandmate Sarah Harding.

Personal life
Despite a large amount of success as part of Girls Aloud, Roberts found time away from her family increasingly difficult. After her parents divorced and she experienced conflicts with her boyfriend, she found herself in a depressed state. Her hectic schedule led her to dissolve relations with family members and, after stating her frustration at her living situation, she started frequently returning to her home town of Runcorn, Cheshire. Her work life and home life saw her split into two different personalities; despite appreciating a career in the music industry, the conflicts with her personal life made her question her career.

Throughout her music career, Roberts was coping with ; whilst spending time on the road touring, she found it difficult not to eat convenience food. Her was diagnosed after extensive touring in which time Roberts complained of weakness and sickness which made it difficult to perform live concerts. Whilst she performed on Girls Aloud's Tangled Up Tour, Roberts' dog Elvis died just months after he was given as a gift to her. She found his death very upsetting and struggled to cope as she was on tour at the time.

Stalker
A former partner sent Roberts 3,000 messages between 2012 and 2017 over Twitter and Instagram, some of which were described as "violent and threatening" when the case came to court. In May 2017, he admitted to one count of stalking and another to causing annoyance or inconvenience and was given a 15-month suspended sentence and a life-time restraining order not to contact Roberts or members of her family. However, he broke the restraining order within a few months. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) apologised to Roberts in 2018 for failing to prosecute this individual.

Business
In 2007, Roberts started a limited production of a make-up range called Dainty Doll aimed at the pale-skinned market.

Anti-tanning
At the start of her music career Roberts began to note that other girls were dressing more "glamorous" than she did, and at the age of 16 during her auditions for Popstars: The Rivals, she wished to look like them. At these times she would feel unattractive due to her pale complexion, and soon began using fake tan to darken her skin tone into what she later described as a "dirty mess" but at the time made her feel more attractive. Due to her pale skin tone Roberts found herself easily burning in the sun, which led to chronic pain; during the shoot of the Girls Aloud single "Love Machine" she had trouble filming due to severe burns which left her wanting to visit the hospital. During her time with Girls Aloud she filmed a television special titled Passions for which she travelled to Taiwan where she learnt about natural skin products, something she had been interested in due to her pale complexion and led her to develop the make-up line Dainty Doll. Following this Roberts began a stance against tanning, which saw her produce and star in a BBC Three investigative documentary titled Nicola Roberts: The Truth About Tanning in which she revealed her own personal tanning issues and those of men and women throughout the UK who have excessively used tanning beds. She met with families of individuals who had died from melanoma, which encouraged Roberts to become an advocate for the banning of underage usage of tanning beds. With the help of Julie Morgan, a member of the National Assembly for Wales, she produced a bill in support of the ban. At the launch of the bill Roberts said "Going into the streets of Liverpool and interviewing the young girls who are obsessed with having a tan and feeling like they had to be brown to be seen as attractive, that whole mentality that they had gathered was just a bigger problem than I ever thought it was."

Anti-bullying
After winning Popstars: The Rivals, becoming one fifth of Girls Aloud, Roberts soon found herself subject to bullying. She was branded "the ugly one" of the group, and would often "cry herself to sleep" finding herself to be a victim of "faceless" bullying fuelled by celebrities such as Chris Moyles and Lily Allen. Soon after the comments had an effect on her mental stability after suffering from an "identity crisis" the taunts brought her close to a breakdown leaving her feeling "miserable and confused" and finding comfort in alcohol. Prior to her fame Roberts never found flaws with her red hair calling it a "prized possession" but after critics picked on her image she saw it as a flaw with Roberts explaining "I hated it and I hated people judging me. I'd put on the telly and there'd be someone saying something cruel, or I'd open up a magazine and read it. Normal people don't have people telling them day to day they're ugly or miserable. [...] I'd think, "stop being so vain, you've got this amazing job" but it wasn't enough. It didn't stop me feeling bad". "People feel they can say nasty things and have anonymity behind the net – as they did with all the nasty comments about me – without fear of recrimination", Roberts said, and five years after the bullying she found herself in a "better place", with critics commenting on her image positively with writers such as Clemmie Moodie from British newspaper Daily Mirror saying "the 25-year-old radiates confidence and, with a string of fashion successes has blossomed."

Roberts then wrote the track "Sticks + Stones" in response to these times, finding herself cautioned by the serious subject matter, she wanted to write a track that was not self-indulgent featuring a "universal" chorus" and lyrics such as "I was too young for so many things. Yet you thought I'd cope with being told I'm ugly". After the release of her debut album Cinderella's Eyes, which featured the track, Roberts appeared on the British television show BBC Breakfast to discuss bullying in relation to the track. Soon afterward she advocated the issue on BBC News; in an interview she discussed the lyrical themes of the track, and during the interview named social networking site Twitter as being a tool which highlights the severity of the issue of bullying, finding the problem to be "out of control" in a schooling environment. Roberts continued to advocate on the issue of bullying; in an interview given to Rolling Stone, she stated she was "sick" of an image-driven society. After her success with the anti-tanning bill Roberts took a similar stance with bullying saying "it doesn't need to happen" and found that British laws were failing to combat the issue with Roberts saying "People are still scared to go to school, kids are threatening to kill themselves; it's disgusting that it persists. So, again, I'm giving a voice to a cause, to hopefully affect change." Roberts then progressed to the British education secretary Michael Gove to raise the issue.

Discography

 * Cinderella's Eyes (2011)

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Philippe Barbarin

Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (born 17 October 1950) is a French Roman Catholic prelate who was the Archbishop of Lyon from 2002 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2003. He was charged in 2017 and convicted in 2019 of failing to report sex abuse allegedly committed by a priest and was given a suspended six-month prison sentence. On 24 June 2019, Barbarin lost his status as leader of the Archdiocese of Lyon, though he retained the title of Archbishop. His conviction was overturned on appeal on 30 January 2020, but Pope Francis accepted Barbarin's resignation as Archbishop of Lyon on 6 March 2020.

Early life and career
Philippe Barbarin was born in 1950 in Rabat, French Morocco, then a French protectorate, into a large family with six sisters, two of whom are nuns, and four brothers. Barbarin studied at the public Lycée Marcellin Berthelot in Saint-Maur and then in Paris at the Catholic Collège des Francs-Bourgeois, where he completed his baccalaureate. He studied philosophy at the Major Seminary of Paris, the Institute for Comparative Philosophy, and the Sorbonne, interrupted for a time by military service. In 1973 he entered the Institut Catholique de Paris, where he earned a theology bachelor. He was ordained on 17 December 1977 by Bishop Robert de Provenchères of Créteil.

Barbarin held a variety of pastoral assignments in France until 1994, when he taught theology in the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.

Episcopal career
On 1 October 1998, he was appointed Bishop of Moulins. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 22 November from the Jesuit Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona of Fianarantsoa, with Bishops André Quélen and Daniel Labille serving as co-consecrators.

Barbarin was named Archbishop of Lyon on 16 July 2002. He was created Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 October 2003. On 24 November 2003 he was made a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI and in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.

In addition to his native French, Barbarin speaks Italian, English, Spanish, German, and Malagasy.

Activities
In 2010, Barbarin created a programme at the diocesan seminary to prepare for the priesthood any Francophone candidate who wished, in accordance with the tradition in which he was raised, to celebrate Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal.

In November 2012, as France prepared to legalize same-sex marriage, he told Osservatore Romano: "Everyone knows marriage is the union between a man and a woman. The parliaments of the 21st century cannot change that.... I and many other priests are engaged in dialogue with a number of homosexual people. They know they are loved and that they will always be welcome. I would remind them however that God watches over and says to everyone: 'You are precious in my eyes.' I hope that everyone listens to Christ's call and are helped to reciprocate."

In July 2015, he led the bishops of the Rhône-Alpes region in calling for a Reims hospital to maintain the life support systems of Vincent Lambert, a man who had been in a coma for seven years.

He has been "at the forefront of Islamic-Christian dialogue". In 2013, accompanied by the Imam of Lyon, he visited the village of Tibhirine, Algeria, where some Trappist monks were assassinated in 1996. In July 2014, he visited Mosul and Erbil and other villages in Iraq as well as refugee camps for displaced Christians.

Health
Barbarin suffered a double heart attack on a flight from Lyon to 2013 World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro. He was taken to a hospital in Cayenne, French Guiana, where he received a coronary angiography. He was transferred to Fort de France, Martinique, where he underwent a triple bypass operation on 23 July 2013.

Handling sexual abuse
Barbarin, and several now deceased archbishops of Lyon before him, did not report to civil authorities the sexual abuse committed by priest Bernard Preynat during Boy Scout outings between 1986 and 1991. Failure to report such crimes to police is by itself a crime under French law. Barbarin, four of his subordinates, and Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican, were defendants in a lawsuit by the former boy scouts abused by Preynat. A judge conducted a preliminary inquiry. On 1 August 2016, the prosecuting attorney dropped the case largely based on concerns about the statute of limitations. However, Barbarin and six other priests were charged in 2017 for their failure to report the incidents to the civil authorities. The trial was scheduled to begin on 4 April 2018, but was postponed.

Prosecutor Charlotte Trabut announced that she would not file charges because the statute of limitations had passed for some charges and there was insufficient evidence to support conviction. The victims invoked their right to press charges, and Barbarin's trial began on 7 January 2019. Five priests accused of assisting Barbarin in the cover-up were co-defendants. The trial ended on 10 January, and, on 7 March, Barbarin was found guilty and given a suspended prison sentence of six months. His co-defendants were acquitted. Barbarin's attorney said his client would appeal the verdict. Barbarin said he intended to meet with Pope Francis and resign as Archbishop of Lyon. Barbarin was reported to have planned to resign "for the good of the Archdiocese" no matter what the verdict.

Post-trial status
Barbarin submitted his resignation to Pope Francis in person on 18 March 2019. Francis, "invoking the presumption of innocence", refused the resignation and asked Barbarin to take whatever action he thought appropriate. Barbarin announced on 19 March that Yves Baumgarten, vicar general of the Archdiocese, would replace him temporarily.

On 24 June 2019, Pope Francis named Michel Dubost, Bishop emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, to serve as apostolic administrator sede plena of the Archdiocese, which meant Dubost had authority over the affairs of the archdiocese while Barbarin retained his archbishop's title. Barbarin's conviction was overturned on appeal on 30 January 2020. The appeals court accepted Barbarin's arguments that the law did not require him to report the allegations to authorities because he learned of their allegations when Preynat's victims were adults and that he had not discouraged them making their allegations directly to the police. Barbarin said he planned to meet with Pope Francis to submit his resignation again.

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 6 March 2020. On 16 March 2020, Preynat was convicted of sexually assaulting boy scouts and given a five-year prison sentence.

In popular culture
Barbarin was played by François Marthouret in the French film By the Grace of God, which chronicled a sex abuse scandal involving the Archdiocese of Lyon.

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