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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryan Schwor

 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 delete. ugen 64 21:12, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bryan Schwor
'Bryan Schwor is a 2004 movie directed by Neil Vanos.... but IMDB hasn't heard of it (or Vanos), and Google seems not to have done so either. The budget is minuscule (we are told); perhaps the noteworthiness of this film (if it even exists) is correspondingly minuscule. -- Hoary 08:02, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, possible hoax. Megan1967 08:36, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete notable films always have some sort of presence. Even festival films are listed somewhere. This one isn't. Mgm|(talk) 10:13, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, I have personally seen this film. The films lack of budget is quite obvious. It is about 45 minutes long and is relatively amusing, though the editing is less than perfect. The Silly Goose group are students at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Their company has no affiliation with the university, although their films are known on campus. While not incredibly notable, I would say it doesn't deserve deletion. Jim8675309 16:45, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * User has 4 edits. --InShaneee 19:12, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable, unverifiable. Xezbeth  16:49, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable, appears to be vanity. --InShaneee 19:12, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable indie film. Dave the Red (talk) 19:39, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not incredibly notable = Not incredibly notable, possible vanity. Vlad M V  ٭ talk 22:37, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I live in Idaho, near Pullman. I haven't seen the film, but have certianly heard of it.  This is somewhat of a local cult film, but to persons living in the northwest this would definately be interesting. ...posted anonymously (and at the very top) by Zechenia edit: sorry for the top post thing, I am kind of new to the editing feature
 * Comment: this is Zechenia's sole contribution to WP so far. -- Hoary 02:15, 2005 Apr 14 (UTC)
 * Keep I saw Bryan Schwor at a Spokane theatre, though I live in Pullman, about three hours away. I drove to Spokane specifically to see Schwor after it became the topic of discussion on the WSU campus and in Pullman coffee shops (I am something of a small-budget film nut--there are a lot of gems hidden out there, and Bryan Schwor rates high on the list of films produced locally).  I would estimate that 95% of WSU students and people living in Pullman have heard of or watched the movie, not to mention all the rural communities in the PNW. MooVluvr 21:17, 13 April 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: All MooVluvr's contributions to WP so far have been to this single VfD. -- Hoary 04:37, 2005 Apr 14 (UTC)
 * Keep Eventual Inland Northwest cult classic!!! JoseMonzako
 * User has two edits.
 * Keep.saw this film at the lewiston fair. Relevance is minor, though I can corroborate that it does exist. CalveroTheFlame
 * User has ten edits.
 * I exist too, as far as you know. Delete as sockpuppet-supported vanity. - Lucky 6.9 05:27, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Non-Voting Comment: All newbs votes shouldn't count. I mean, if they haven't had their accounts longer than this discussion it's inconceivable that they have edited articles without having accounts. They must be sockpuppets.
 * That would seem more the sort of logic that (in certain contexts) people derride as "consipiracy theory." It's not inconceivable that people would edit articles without having accounts - I did so myself for a bit before I registered this one.  But you are right that it is overwhelmingly unlikely that a whole bunch of new people would sign on just in time to vote on a VFD.  Any one case could be coincidence, but a whole lot of them at once is very unlikely.  Anyway - enough of my rant for now - I gotta run to class delete.  --Blackcats 19:00, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep Although many users outside of the inland northwest might not know the story, many people may want to keep this if they are searching for short films that have humor. Definite keepppp3
 * User has 5 edits. --InShaneee 21:02, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Though I have not heard of it, nor seen it, it is possible that it exists.  This is how Napolean Dynomite began. Dr Ingel 01:40, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User joined Wikipedia today. --InShaneee 21:05, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Non voting comment, Just because someone has new does not mean that they have not read the articles or have an honest opinion. It is for reasons like this that Please do not bite the newcomers was created
 * Those sub-comments aren't really intended as newby-biting, that just a side-effect. The idea is that admins and others can judge if something is a relatively neutral opinion from a regular user, or a possibly biased opinion from an outsider connected with the article. Kappa 21:15, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, unverifiable, sockpuppet supported. Jayjg (talk)  22:59, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I notice that the article is now sprouting red links to not-yet articles on the otherwise unknown filmmakers. -- Hoary 03:52, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)
 * Keep Although I haven't heard of the film, it seems reliable enough, does it not? Or do people often post fake stuff? I'm new to this whole Wikipedia thing... posted at 04:17, 2005 Apr 15 by 4.191.36.22
 * Delete. People post fake stuff all the time, and this is an example. IMDb never heard of it, and they'll list anything. "Brian Schwor" vanos yields 0 google hits. Article is awfully written to boot, and is less than credible. -R. fiend 14:45, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment The Vanity page describes vanity as an article which describes a person, but says "Articles about start-up businesses or musicians are not vanity pages and are considered acceptable, but it's preferable that the initial author not be someone affiliated with the project." This may be a small film companies movie, but by wikipedia's standards is not vanity.  It should also be noted that "A page should not be cast away as 'vanity' simply because the subject is not famous. There is presently no consensus about what degree of recognition is required for a page to be included in Wikipedia, and therefore, lack of fame should be completely ignored in deletion debates." -Zechenia 11:51, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I'm not a member so i dont know if my vote even counts, but i'll throw my two cents in here: its a small movie and small movie company. The whole point of wikipedia is you can find articles you normally can't find in other sources. Just like the articles on various California highways and their history: are they notable? If you live in the area, yes. Article worthy? Will some people find it interesting? Apparently yes. It's being snobish to say "It doesn't count because it's small, even though it meets the Wikipedia basic standards, it doesn't meet our standards." The Wikipedia-Masters out there might wanna just relax a little. Also, there's some sockpuppet stuff going on here though, which is stupid.
 * Comment I resent being called a puppet. Yes, I was new at the time I posted my vote, but I am still an active member.  The Bryan Schwor article was just the first thing I saw that I thought I should contribute too after creating my account. MooVLuvr 19:35, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not on imdb, zero Google hits that are not Wikipedia and its mirrors.  In fact, the first Google hit is this VfD page.  Besdies, the sockpuppet level has been exceeded.  RickK 21:36, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Funny movie. --168.212.126.126 21:05, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)~
 * Anon has 6 edits. Vlad M V  ٭ talk 16:20, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep FroggyMoore 23:11, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. How can we take this movie seriously when it's movie company's web site is on GeoCities, a free web hosting service. Zzyzx11 | Talk 02:31, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Oh? A Geocities URL is a superb bit of reverse snobbery and one of the few endearing features of the company. It's far better than the obvious alternative: www.veryimpressivename.com, mere vanity URL gimmickry leading (via the unnecessary complication of frames) to Geocities or similar. -- Hoary 02:54, 2005 Apr 20 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity CDC   (talk)  03:28, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Regardless of how noteworthy it currently is, I see no truly compelling reason why this article should be deleted. Cries of vanity seem like an excuse to silence these "Schwor" zealots. The film appears to be, and in all likelihood, a small student-based film by a new motion picture company supported by unusually devoted fans and their respective sockpuppets. We should notice that many great film makers have had similiar beginnings. For example: Trey Parkers film Cannibal! The Musical, which has origins very similiar to this film. --Fritz9000 07:27, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * And many insignificant filmmakers have had similar beginnings. Potential to become notable some time in the future does not make something encyclopedic. Gamaliel 18:22, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Fritz' account was created today. RickK 19:57, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Question: before we even begin considering keeping this article, can anyone offer any proof whatsoever that this film even exists? -R. fiend 13:43, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Nope. RickK 19:57, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes. According to their website, you can buy the DVD. You have to mail them or e-mail them. --67.106.16.59 02:52, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * So, in order to verify that this film, which gets ZERO Google hits, exists, somebody has to send this fly-by-night company money and just HOPE that they actually send a DVD? RickK 20:47, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete due to non-notability and sockpuppet activity. Gamaliel 18:22, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This movie is so sweet. --67.106.16.59 02:52, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Anon has 6 edits. Vlad M V  ٭ talk 16:20, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Book of Divine Worship

The Book of Divine Worship (BDW) is an adaptation of the American Book of Common Prayer (BCP) by the Catholic Church. It was used primarily by former members of the Episcopal Church within Anglican Use parishes of the Pastoral Provision and the Personal Ordinariates. It has been replaced by a new book to be used worldwide, titled Divine Worship: The Missal.

History
Along with the ordination of married former Episcopal priests, the Pastoral Provision of 1980 permitted the establishment of Anglican Use parishes in the United States and created a special missal using liturgical elements from the Anglican tradition.

End-of-life
The Book of Divine Worship was seen as US-centric and was not used in parishes of the Personal Ordinariates outside the US, but was instrumental in the joint development of a new liturgy by the Interdicasterial Commission Anglicanae Traditiones of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to be the traditional language liturgy for all Ordinariate parishes worldwide as called for by the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus of 4 November 2009.

In 2015, Divine Worship: The Missal was published. The Book of Divine Worship ceased to be used at the start of Advent that same year.

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

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Cherax

Cherax, commonly known as yabby/yabbies in Australia, is the most widespread genus of fully aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Various species of cherax may be found in both still and flowing bodies of freshwater across most of Australia and New Guinea. Together with Euastacus, it is also the largest crayfish genus in the Southern Hemisphere.

Habitat
Members of the cherax genus can be found in lakes, rivers, and streams across most of Australia and New Guinea.

The most common and widely distributed species in Australia is the common yabby (C. destructor). It is generally found in lowland rivers and streams, lakes, swamps, and impoundments at low to medium altitude, largely within the Murray–Darling Basin. Common yabbies are found in many ephemeral waterways, and can survive dry conditions for long periods of time (at least several years) by aestivating (lying dormant) in burrows sunk deep into muddy creek and swamp beds.

In New Guinea, Cherax crayfish are found widely in rivers, streams, and lakes, with a particularly high diversity in the Paniai Lakes. New Guinea is also home to the only known cave-living crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere, C. acherontis.

Introduced
Some species are very colourful and sometimes seen in the freshwater aquarium trade.

Reproduction
The mating season for Cherax is during early spring. After fertilisation, eggs develop inside the mother's body for 4 to 6 weeks. After that period, the eggs transition to the outside of the mother's body and rest on the female's tail. Then the eggs continue to develop and hatch in spring. Both sexes of Cherax are selective with copulation partners. Females tend to choose males with a larger central mass (abdomen and tail) and cheliped. Males tend to select copulation partners who have larger body sizes and are virgins. Opposed to females who were more dominant or had symmetrical chelipeds.

As part of a mating/copulation ritual, males and females fight each other. This allows the female to test the strength of the male to determine if they will produce viable offspring. During the fight, both release urine. The female's release of urine triggers a sexual response from the male. The male's release of urine is an aggressive response towards the fight with the female. When the male smells the female's urine, it will stop releasing its own, hoping the female will allow them to copulate.

Once the female allows it, the male will position itself on its back, and deposit its sperm. Unlike other crayfish species, the Cherax dispar does not use its cheliped to cage females during copulation. It is mainly used during mating when the males and females fight.

Behaviour
In instances when displaying males have chelae of a similar size, they will engage in combat and those with the greater chelae closing force will win.

Female C. dispar uses honest signalling of strength, meaning the size of their chelae is a good indication to other C. dispar about that individual's strength. Individuals possessing larger chelae engage in more agonistic encounters and are also more likely to win. In a study of female C''. dispar'' chelae strength, researchers found that chelae size also indirectly indicated the dominance of the female because of its honest indication of strength.

Species
The genus contains at least 59 species:

 * Cherax acherontis Patoka, Bláha & Kouba, 2017
 * Cherax albertisii Nobili, 1899
 * Cherax albidus Clarke, 1936
 * Cherax alyciae Lukhaup, Eprilurahman & von Rintelen, 2018
 * Cherax aruanus Roux, 1911
 * Cherax austini Coughran & Hobson, 2012
 * Cherax barretti Clark, 1941
 * Cherax bicarinatus (Gray, 1845)
 * Cherax boesemani Lukhaup & Pekny, 2008
 * Cherax boschmai Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax buitendijkae Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax cainii Austin, 2002
 * Cherax cairnsensis Riek, 1969
 * Cherax cartalacoolah Short, 1993
 * Cherax cid Coughran & Furse, 2012
 * Cherax communis Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax crassimanus Riek, 1967
 * Cherax cuspidatus Riek, 1969
 * Cherax davisi Clark, 1941
 * Cherax depressus Riek, 1951
 * Cherax destructor Clark, 1936
 * Cherax dispar Riek, 1951
 * Cherax esculus Riek, 1956
 * Cherax gherardii Patoka, Bláha & Kouba, 2015
 * Cherax glaber Riek, 1967
 * Cherax glabrimanus Riek, 1967
 * Cherax gladstonensis Riek, 1969
 * Cherax holthuisi Lukhaup & Pekny, 2006
 * Cherax leckii Coughran, 2005
 * Cherax longipes Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax lorentzi Roux, 1911
 * Cherax minor Holthuis, 1996
 * Cherax misolicus Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax monticola Holthuis, 1950
 * Cherax murido Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax neocarinatus Riek, 1967
 * Cherax neopunctatus Riek, 1969
 * Cherax nucifraga Short, 1991
 * Cherax pallidus Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax paniaicus Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax papuanus Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax parvus Short & Davie, 1993
 * Cherax peknyi Lukhaup & Herbert, 2008
 * Cherax plebejus (Hess, 1865)
 * Cherax preissii (Erichson, 1846) syn. Cherax angustus McCulloch, 1914
 * Cherax pulcher Lukhaup, 2015
 * Cherax punctatus Clark, 1936
 * Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868)
 * Cherax quinquecarinatus (Gray, 1845)
 * Cherax rhynchotus Riek, 1951
 * Cherax robustus Riek, 1951
 * Cherax rotundus Clark, 1941
 * Cherax setosus (Riek, 1951)
 * Cherax snowden Lukhaup, Panteleit & Schrimpf, 2015 syn. Cherax subterigneus
 * Cherax solus Holthuis, 1949
 * Cherax tenuimanus (Smith, 1912)
 * Cherax urospinosus Riek, 1969
 * Cherax wagenknechtae Eprilurahman / Lukhaup, 2022
 * Cherax wasselli Riek, 1969
 * Cherax woworae Patoka, Akmal, Bláha & Kouba, 2023

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Lucious Jackson

Lucious Brown Jackson (October 31, 1941 – October 12, 2022), also known as Luke Jackson, was an American professional basketball player. A power forward and center, he played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1964 to 1972. He was named an NBA All-Star in 1965, and won an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1967. Jackson also played for the U.S. national team in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career
Jackson was born on October 31, 1941, in San Marcos, Texas, and his family moved to Bastrop, Louisiana, when he was in high school because San Marcos would not allow him to play for the all-white basketball team. He graduated from Morehouse High School in Bastrop. He attended Pan American College and played college basketball for the Pan American Broncs. In 1963, United Press International named Jackson an All-American. He won the Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award in the NAIA Men's Basketball Championships in 1963 and 1964.

Jackson played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1963 Pan American Games and the 1963 FIBA World Championship. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Professional career
The 76ers selected Jackson in the first round, with the fourth overall pick, in the 1964 NBA draft. He played eight seasons (1964–1972) with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA. A 6-foot, 9-inch (2.06 m) power forward who played center occasionally. He played in the 1965 NBA All-Star Game. After the season, he was named to the NBA's 1964–65 All-Rookie Team after averaging 14.8 points and 12.9 rebounds per game.

A teammate of Wilt Chamberlain, Jackson was a starter on the 1966–67 Philadelphia championship team that ended the Boston Celtics' string of eight straight NBA championships. He scored 13 points and had 21 rebounds in the title-clinching game over the San Francisco Warriors in the 1967 NBA Finals. After the 1968 season, the 76ers traded Chamberlain to the Lakers, and the 76ers moved Jackson back to center. Before the 1969–70 season, Jackson defected to the Carolina Cougars of the rival American Basketball Association. A few days later, he reneged on the agreement with Carolina, returning to the 76ers. He missed time during the season with an Achilles injury and a collapsed lung. Jackson continued to experience chronic injuries to his left foot, including a tendon and a toe bone. He retired after the 1971–72 season.

Personal life and death
Jackson and his wife, Marva, were married for 57 years before his death. After his retirement from basketball, they settled in Beaumont, Texas, Marva's hometown, in 1973. He finished his degree at Pan American University and worked for the Beaumont Parks and Recreation Department starting in 1975. He retired in 2002. They had three children, all of whom played basketball at West Brook High School and collegiately. Nicole and Andrea played for the University of North Texas and Lucious III played for Syracuse University.

The 1990s all-female rock band Luscious Jackson chose their name as inspiration from Lucious Jackson.

Jackson died from heart failure in Houston, Texas, on October 12, 2022, at the age of 80.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David wetzel

 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 delete. – ABCD 02:07, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

David wetzel
Not notable. -- Curps 08:08, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Vanity, delete. andy 08:09, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * speedy, speedy, speedy, delete. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 08:10, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, vanity. Megan1967 08:38, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity. Thue | talk 08:49, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity article.BriteHumer 10:02, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User:BriteHumer is a known vandal. Mgm|(talk) 10:32, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

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Križ, Zagreb County

Križ is a village and a municipality of western Moslavina, located southeast from Zagreb, near Ivanić-Grad. In the 2011 Croatian census, the population of the Križ municipality numbers 6,963 people, with 1,821 residents in the village itself.

Settlements
In the 2011 census, the total municipality population was 6,963, in the following settlements:

 * Bunjani, population 636
 * Donji Prnjarovec, population 71
 * Gornji Prnjarovec, population 369
 * Johovec, population 144
 * Konšćani, population 166
 * Križ, population 1,821
 * Mala Hrastilnica, population 91
 * Novoselec, population 1,362
 * Obedišće, population 580
 * Okešinec, population 422
 * Razljev, population 131
 * Rečica Kriška, population 346
 * Širinec, population 256
 * Šušnjari, population 133
 * Velika Hrastilnica, population 166
 * Vezišće, population 269

History
Križ is an historic place and centre of "Ivanić region". The history of Križ, or "Križ pod Obedom" as it was once called, is closely tied to the history of "Ivanić Grad and Kloštar Ivanić", even though Križ has some unique roots, too. As customary in the past, the place was named after a sacral monument – the church of the Assumption of the Holy Cross. "Križ" (meaning Cross) is indirectly mentioned for the first time in 1334 when it was recorded as one of Zagreb Diocese parishes.

Until 1918, Križ (named MILITAER KRIZ before 1850 ) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier, Warasdin-Kreutzer Regiment N°V. In 1920, the town was the centre of peasant rebellion.

Monuments and sightseeings
Archaeological finds in Sipćina, near Okešinec, tells us that people used to inhabit this region very early in the past. In the fire that caught the old parish church in 1714 the central altar was burnt and six years later in 1720 it was replaced with a new altar featuring priceless wooden sculptures one of the most beautiful in the whole northern Croatia. Valuable are also pieces made of gold from the 18th and 19th centuries. Around the church there is a hundred-year old park created in 1894 as an imitation of the English landscape architecture.

Economy
On the southern municipality border there is the forest "Žutica" with oil field. The forest Veliki Jantak known as the hunting ground stretches to the east.

Today around 7,000 people live in 16 settlements of Križ municipality covering the area of 118 square kilometres. For the economy of the region the most important companies are DIN Novoselec and Elektra Križ (Electric power distribution company). When Croatia became an independent state, new possibilities were offered and today there exist many new privately owned businesses.

Education
Education has always had an important role in the region. A school existed as far back as the 17th century. It was the church school. In 1790 the first general public school was opened and in 1884 the library and reading-room.

Notable people
Milka Trnina, an opera singer, was born in Vezišće, a village located in the Križ municipality.

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Fred Carter

Fredrick James Carter (born February 14, 1945), nicknamed "Mad Dog" or "Doggy", is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons (1969–77) for the Baltimore Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Milwaukee Bucks.

Career
A 6' 3" guard from Mount St. Mary's University, Carter was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the third round of the 1969 NBA draft. He was traded along with Kevin Loughery from the Baltimore Bullets to the Philadelphia 76ers for Archie Clark, a 1973 second-round selection (19th overall–Louie Nelson) and cash on October 17, 1971. Over the course of his NBA playing career, Carter scored 9,271 points; he was the leading scorer (20.0 PPG) on the 1973 Sixers team that lost an NBA record 73 of 82 regular-season games. Carter later became the assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Washington Bullets, and Philadelphia 76ers, before becoming the head coach of the Sixers for almost two seasons, from late-1992 to mid-1994.

Following his coaching tenure with the Sixers, Carter began a successful career as a basketball analyst for ESPN. During his time as co-host of NBA Tonight he was known for his claim of being "the best player on the worst team in NBA history." He is currently an analyst on NBA TV.

On December 1, 2007, Carter had his jersey, number "33", retired at halftime of the Mount St. Mary's v. Loyola men's basketball game at Coach Jim Phelan Court in Knott Arena in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Carter is also known for popularizing the "fist bump."

Regular season

 * align="left" | 1969–70
 * align="left" | Baltimore
 * 76 || – || 16.0 || .358 || – || .690 || 2.5 || 1.6 || – || – || 5.2
 * align="left" | 1970–71
 * align="left" | Baltimore
 * 77 || – || 22.2 || .417 || – || .650 || 3.3 || 2.1 || – || – || 10.4
 * align="left" | 1971–72
 * align="left" | Baltimore
 * 2 || – || 34.0 || .222 || – || .333 || 9.5 || 6.0 || – || – || 7.5
 * align="left" | 1971–72
 * align="left" | Philadelphia
 * 77 || – || 27.9 || .444 || – || .630 || 4.0 || 2.6 || – || – || 13.8
 * align="left" | 1972–73
 * align="left" | Philadelphia
 * 81 || – || 37.0 || .421 || – || .704 || 6.0 || 4.3 || – || – || 20.0
 * align="left" | 1973–74
 * align="left" | Philadelphia
 * 78 || – || 39.0 || .430 || – || .709 || 4.8 || 5.7 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 21.4
 * align="left" | 1974–75
 * align="left" | Philadelphia
 * 77 || – || 39.6 || .447 || – || .738 || 4.4 || 4.4 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 21.9
 * align="left" | 1975–76
 * align="left" | Philadelphia
 * 82 || – || 36.5 || .417 || – || .702 || 3.6 || 4.5 || 1.7 || 0.2 || 18.9
 * align="left" | 1976–77
 * align="left" | Philadelphia
 * 14 || – || 16.9 || .426 || – || .526 || 1.7 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 6.9
 * align="left" | 1976–77
 * align="left" | Milwaukee
 * 47 || – || 18.6 || .416 || – || .753 || 2.0 || 2.2 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 8.3
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 611 || – || 30.0 || .425 || – || .693 || 3.9 || 3.5 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 15.2
 * }
 * align="left" | Philadelphia
 * 14 || – || 16.9 || .426 || – || .526 || 1.7 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 6.9
 * align="left" | 1976–77
 * align="left" | Milwaukee
 * 47 || – || 18.6 || .416 || – || .753 || 2.0 || 2.2 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 8.3
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 611 || – || 30.0 || .425 || – || .693 || 3.9 || 3.5 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 15.2
 * }
 * }

Playoffs

 * align="left" | 1969–70
 * align="left" | Baltimore
 * 7 || – || 36.1 || .383 || – || .607 || 4.4 || 3.4 || – || – || 14.1
 * align="left" | 1970–71
 * align="left" | Baltimore
 * 18 || – || 33.2 || .415 || – || .644 || 4.6 || 2.0 || – || – || 14.6
 * align="left" | 1975–76
 * align="left" | Philadelphia
 * 3 || – || 41.7 || .433 || – || .867 || 3.3 || 5.0 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 28.0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 28 || – || 34.8 || .410 || – || .687 || 4.4 || 2.7 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 15.9
 * }
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 28 || – || 34.8 || .410 || – || .687 || 4.4 || 2.7 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 15.9
 * }

title: Fred Carter


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silly Goose Productions

 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 delete. ugen 64 21:15, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Silly Goose Productions
Silly Goose Productions is an independant [sic] ''movie studio founded in Spokane, Washington in 2004 by Neil Vanos, Mark Soissons, and Adam Van Hoy. The company has produced several popular comedy films...'' Google hints that something called "Silly Goose Productions" exists, but there's no hint that it makes movies. Googling for "silly goose" plus any one of "vanos", "soissons" and "hoy" is equally uninformative. This is either a hoax, or unnotable. (You may also be interested in Bryan Schwor, an article about a no-budget movie that it has allegedly created.) -- Hoary 08:15, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)

 * Delete as per Bryan Schwor. --InShaneee 19:13, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable, unverifiable. Xezbeth  04:35, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Bryan Schwor, which I have seen.CalveroTheFlame
 * User has ten edits.
 * Keep see Bryan Schwor Zechenia 10:24, Apr 13, 2005
 * Zechenia has four edits. User:148.63.153.45, who wrote the above comment, also has four.
 * Delete. Radiant_* 08:26, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Idahoan socks, but it's delete from me. --Calton | Talk 11:14, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, unverifiable, sockpuppet supported. Jayjg (talk) 22:57, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per Brian Schwor. -R. fiend 14:47, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment The Vanity page describes vanity as an article which describes a person, but says "Articles about start-up businesses or musicians are not vanity pages and are considered acceptable, but it's preferable that the initial author not be someone affiliated with the project." This may be a small film companies movie, but by wikipedia's standards is not vanity.  It should also be noted that "A page should not be cast away as 'vanity' simply because the subject is not famous. There is presently no consensus about what degree of recognition is required for a page to be included in Wikipedia, and therefore, lack of fame should be completely ignored in deletion debates." Therefore, does not deserve deletion.-Zechenia 11:51, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: that wasn't posted by Zechenia but by an IP number. Vanity page isn't fixed policy -- which is good, because the last part that was quoted is very bizarre. (If there is indeed no consensus about the necessary value of X, this implies that the value of X is debatable. If the value of X is debatable, why should we unquestioningly follow the author when he/she tells us that it's zero?) As for This may be a small film companies movie, I thought it was claimed to be a company, not a movie. -- Hoary 06:54, 2005 Apr 16 (UTC)
 * I believe the debate over Bryan Schwor has spilled into this. Calm down. Actually, upon reading that, It looks as if someone went to the comment in Bryan Schwor felt it was important to be seen here, and pasted the code here(including my username).  All though it isn't fixed policy it was posted because it is policy, and should be known by those who vote--Zechenia 18:06, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * "Calm down" -- who, me? I've calmly pointed out that that the policy isn't fixed (as you concede), that it's confused, and that this company appears to be of negligible notability. -- Hoary 08:41, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
 * Comment You seemed to be over reacting to someones mistake. This article and Bryan Schwor seem to go in hand, so someone copied a point I made in the other article here. --Zechenia 19:30, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. No harm in keeping something that is real, even if it is sort of small. The point of Wikipedia is that you find articles on hear that you wouldn't normally find anywhere else.
 * Comment: That was posted at 20:40, 2005 Apr 16 by 24.22.233.231, an IP number whose only contributions have been related to this company, its movie, and the person who inspired the movie. -- Hoary 03:59, 2005 Apr 17 (UTC)
 * Commment Just so you know, IP numbers can changed. User who have dialup will have a different IP address everytime they sign on -- Zechenia 17:52, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That comment was not by Zechenia but instead made in three edits between 17:52 and 17:57 on 2005 Apr 17 by 148.63.153.45. -- Hoary 08:41, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
 * Keep The Vanity Page does specifically say that pages about small companies or musicians are not considered vanity.  This page definitely falls under the category of a small company.  Disobeying the Wikipedia guidelines in order to improve Wikipedia strikes me as hypocritical.  MooVLuvr 17:04, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Above user is actually User:MooVluvr. We don't have user named MooVLuvr. jni 08:48, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Oh no, he forgot the capital L. Some people seem overly critical. --Zechenia 19:30, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Of above user's 11 edits, 10 are to VfD and 6 of those directly related to this matter. And yes, it is extra work to cleanup after newbies who put their userpage to wrong location and cannot even spell their own account name. jni 04:40, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unable to verify this is encyclopedic. Too many sockpuppets. jni 08:48, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, somewhat notable. --168.212.165.131 15:32, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep FroggyMoore 23:11, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User has suddenly gone on a "keep every vanity article" spree. What's up with that? RickK 19:52, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. How can I take this movie company seriously when its company's web site is on GeoCities, the free web hosting service. Zzyzx11 | Talk 01:51, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity CDC   (talk)  03:33, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Obviously there is interest in this and strong support for it. Though it appears small and hardly notable, I'll error on the side of preservation rather than destruction of something that appears to be so beloved that it has drawn such sockpuppetry. Furthermore, after continued examination into this site, I find they claim to have "financial difficulties" which have caused them to seek a "temporary" geocities site. For some reason, I doubt the "temporary" status of this site. --Fritz9000 07:45, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User's account was created on April 20. RickK 19:54, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Mocking someone for an error in the completing of their signature is inappropriate and unnecessarily mean-spirited. Don't ostracize someone like that again. If you notice they're having problems, message them privately. Commenting on it in a public forum with such sarcasm is not constructive; what you're doing is being a jerk. Don't take too much pride in being an expert at Wikipedia formatting. There are greater endeavors in life. --Fritz9000 07:45, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete due to non-notability and sockpuppet activity. Gamaliel 07:52, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Somewhat noteworthy. --168.212.165.131 17:28, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think that votes from IP numbers count, but anyway your IP number had already been used for a (would-be) vote: see above. -- Hoary 00:36, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)

 * Keep. First off, it's unfair to not count IP address votes. If anything they prevent sockpuppetry because it's easy to see who is on a computer. Second, I love this. --67.106.16.59 02:55, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. According to their site, they charge $29.95 for a DVD copy of their film. Talk about overpriced...--Fritz9000 06:50, 22 Apr 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.


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Raymond Pearl

Raymond Pearl (June 3, 1879 – November 17, 1940) was an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology. He spent most of his career at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Pearl was a prolific writer of academic books, papers and articles, as well as a committed populariser and communicator of science. At his death, 841 publications were listed against his name. An early eugenicist, he eventually became an important critic of eugenics. He also advanced the concept of carrying capacity, although he didn't use the term, and was a Malthusian concerned with resource limits. He was a critique of mass consumption.

Early life
Pearl was born into an upper-middle-class family on June 3, 1879, in Farmington, New Hampshire, the son of Ida May (McDuffee) and Frank Pearl. At an early age, Pearl was exposed to the classics. His parents and grandparents wanted him to study Greek and Latin. However, when he attended Dartmouth College at 16 years old, he became fascinated by biology and graduated with a B.A. as the youngest in his class. At Dartmouth, he was known to be an exceptional student as well as a skilled musician. He was capable of playing almost every wind instrument, and he planned amateur music performances with his friends and colleagues. In 1899, Pearl attended the University of Michigan where he received his PhD in zoology for his work on the behavior of planarians. He also was involved in studying the variation of fish for the Biological Survey of the Great Lakes. While working in a zoological laboratory, he met his future wife, Maude M. De Witt. In 1903, they married, and together in 1905 and 1906, they traveled abroad and worked at the University of London, University of Leipzig, and Marine Biological Station in Naples.

In 1906, he spent a year studying under Karl Pearson at University College, London. During this year he discovered biometry, which seemed to offer a solution to the problems he was concerned with in biology, zoology and eugenics. On his return to the US he continued his interests, but was converted from biometry to Mendelian genetics.

Career
Pearl's interest in statistical methods in biology began at the University of London, where he worked alongside Karl Pearson. He stayed as an instructor at the University of Michigan until 1906, and that same year, he went to the University of Pennsylvania to be an instructor in zoology. A year later, he became the head of the Department of Biology of the Main Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Maine in Orono where he studied the genetics of poultry and other domestic animals. From 1917 to 1919, Pearl was the Chief of the Statistical Division of the United States Food Administration. In 1918, Pearl developed a department of laboratory statistics when he was recruited by Johns Hopkins University to be the Professor of Biometry and Vital Statistics.

In 1920 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, which he also served as president. He was also an elected member of the American Philosophical Society, the United States National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Wilson's attack
In 1929, Pearl's friend William Morton Wheeler was about to retire as the Dean of the Bussey Institution at Harvard University. At this time, there were plans to alter the current biological departments and create a field of human biology at Harvard. Due to his connections at Harvard, Pearl was mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed Wheeler and had many supporters there. However, Edwin Bidwell Wilson, a Harvard mathematician, was a critic of Pearl and did not believe he was fit for this position. Wilson believed that great detail and attention should be used when dealing with the math of biological data and thought that Pearl had been messy with his handling and reasoning of math in the field of biology. Wilson's first issue with Pearl was his study of population growth in the 1920s. Pearl stated that he discovered the law of population that represented an S-shaped curve of growth, but Wilson thought that his data was insufficient and did not support this assertion.

Despite his criticism of Pearl, in 1925, Wilson reached out to Pearl for help on his cancer research. Pearl was unaware of Wilson's criticism of him at the time. He did not help Wilson because he thought that he did not have a sufficient understanding of the biological and medical fields, which further ignited Wilson's distaste of Pearl. In 1929, Pearl conducted research on the correlation between tuberculosis and cancer and published a paper that claimed that there is a negative correlation. This research had mistakes in its data analysis, so Wilson saw this study as an opportunity to attack Pearl and prevent him from becoming the new dean. Wilson denounced Pearl's use of mathematics in the cancer study to different departments at Harvard and published about it as well. His efforts paid off as the Board of Overseers at Harvard rejected Pearl's nomination by a vote of ten to nine. Pearl continued his scientific pursuits at Hopkins until his death.

Eugenics, medicine, population, and politics
Pearl was a eugenicist who held traditional Galtonian beliefs. He wanted to use eugenics and biometry in medicine and public health in order to gain knowledge of human heredity.

Pearl founded the Constitutional Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He believed in constitutional medicine, which focuses on examining the soil on which a seed falls. He later became the director of a new Institute of Biological Research at Johns Hopkins in 1925 that was aimed at examining the genetics and environmental factors of disease. This research institute combined biometry, genetics, and medicine to investigate the hereditary predisposition of tuberculosis and hypertension. When conducting his research of these diseases, Pearl recorded the height, weight, handedness, measurements of different body parts, and physical descriptions. Just like Galton, he believed that race was an important factor in human characteristics and believed in using biology and genetics to improve the long-term health of the population. Although he tried to be quantitative, objective, and systematic, his classifications of different races were influenced by social norms and prejudices.

However, in the late 1920s, Pearl condemned eugenics. Pearl criticized the use of race in eugenics despite conducting research that recognized racial differences. He believed that eugenics was doing the right thing badly and that human biology was eugenics done right if it consisted of reliable statistics, objectivity, a liberal social agenda, and medical affiliations. In 1927, he published the landmark article The Biology of Superiority, which attacked the basic assumptions of eugenics. The article was the first general attack on eugenics by someone perceived as being within the movement. It also contributed to the emergence of reform eugenics and the population control movement.

Pearl was an influential member of the Advisory Committee of the World Population Conference, after which Pearl helped found the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Problems. Pearl's ideas about human population growth, which were separable from his ideas about eugenics, owed to both his biological research but also the role he believed population played in the origins of World War I as well as his concern that mass consumption would push against resource limits. His research on population limits helped develop the concept of carrying capacity.

Despite his apparent rejection of eugenics, Pearl maintained relatively good relations with key eugenicists and expressed classist views. He made statements which have been interpreted as being anti-Semitic. From 1927 to 1932, Pearl and his colleague Alan Meyer were important figures of one of the first birth control clinics in the United States called Baltimore's Bureau for Contraceptive Advice. Pearl was a supporter of birth control, but had a more conservative and scientific approach when compared to the ideologies of Margaret Sanger. The clinic performed a eugenic medicine study that looked at how the distribution of birth control information that was provided by a clinic affected society.

Scientific interests
Pearl's main focus of interest was in biostatistics. As one of the first biostatisticians to use mathematics as a way to interpret population genetics, Pearl published a book called Modes of Research in Genetics in 1915 and another book called Introduction to Medical Biometry and Statistics in 1923. They were both widely read and were influential in showing the importance of statistics in the genetic and medical fields.

Even though many of his books were well-received, some of his beliefs still caused controversy. One such belief was that when a brother and sister reproduce, there would not be an increase in homozygosity. Pearl believed that with brother-sister breeding and no selection past the F3 generation, heterozygosity would not fall below 50%.

Even though his main interest was biostatistics, Pearl had a wide range of interests in biology and was known for his broad knowledge of the subject. He published works on animal behavior, population growth, food and prices, Jewish and Christian marriages, and vegetarianism. In the 1920s and 1930s, Pearl focused on the effect that the environment, which included disease, alcohol, and tobacco, has on longevity. He published a book called Alcohol and Longevity in 1926, where he claimed that moderate consumption of alcohol could be beneficial for cardiovascular health, which was met with much debate due to prohibition. Controversy continued when Pearl conducted a study on tobacco in which he demonstrated that smoking decreases longevity while drinking does not.

Pearl is regarded as one of founders of biogerontology. In 1908 Max Rubner observed that mammals of different size and longevity had equal mass specific metabolic output. Partly based on the observation that the longevity of fruit flies varies inversely with ambient temperature, Pearl (like Rubner) also asserted that maximum life span is inversely proportional to basal metabolic rate. Pearl accepted Alexis Carrel's erroneous ideas that normal somatic cells don't age, and that aging must therefore be due to dysfunction at the body level. Pearl speculated that lifespan was limited by vital cell components that were depleted or damaged more rapidly in animals with faster metabolisms. Denham Harman's free-radical theory of aging later provided a plausible causal mechanism for Pearl's hypothesis.

The Rate of Living Hypothesis enjoyed prominence as one of the foremost theories of aging for nearly 50 years. The Rate of Living Hypothesis is undermined by the observation that a rat and a bat have similar metabolic rate, but a bat lives several times longer. More recently, further doubts have been raised on the Rate of Living Hypothesis by the demonstration that, when modern statistical methods for correcting for the effects of body size and phylogeny are employed, metabolic rate does not correlate with longevity in mammals or birds. (For a critique of the Rate of Living Hypothesis see Living fast, dying when?. )

Social habits and death
Pearl was widely known for his lust for life and his love of food, drink, music and parties. He was a key member of the Saturday Night Club which also included H. L. Mencken. Prohibition made no dent in Pearl's drinking habits (which were legendary).

Raymond Pearl is, also, known for his population biology work, as in his 1928 volume, The Rate of Living: Being an Account of Some Experimental Studies on the Biology of Life Duration.  In this book, he presents extensive research regarding population density effects on life duration in fruit flies, demonstrating that an optimal population density existed for that insect in his experimental model. This raised the question of whether or not the same effect might not occur in other species, including humans. His work demonstrating longer lifespans for flies with lower metabolic rates, also, raised the question of whether or not a similar phenomenon might be found in other species, including humans. Thus, he became a mentor to John B. Calhoun, famous for his ecological studies of rodent populations and their possible importance for modern humans. Population density effects on duration of life is thought, by population biologists, to be Raymond Pearl's greatest contribution to biological science.

In November 1940, Pearl was in apparently good health and paid a visit to the Baltimore Zoo. He cut his trip short complaining of chest pains and died later that day.

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Buck O'Neil

John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball. In his later years he became a popular and renowned speaker and interview subject, helping to renew widespread interest in the Negro leagues, and played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 as an executive.

O'Neil was prominently featured in Ken Burns's 1994 documentary series Baseball. His life was documented in Joe Posnanski's 2007 book The Soul of Baseball.

Growing up
O'Neil was born in Carrabelle, Florida, to John Jordan O'Neil (1873–1954) and Louella Campbell (maiden; 1884–1945). O'Neil was initially denied the opportunity to attend high school owing to racial segregation. Florida had only four high schools specifically for African Americans. He grew up in Sarasota, Florida in the Newtown community. O'Neil worked the celery fields in Sarasota while his father ran a pool hall in Newtown. He then later moved to Jacksonville with relatives and attended Edward Waters College, where he completed high school and two years of college courses.

Playing career
In 1934, O'Neil left Florida for several years to participate in of semi-professional barnstorming experiences (playing interracial exhibition games). O'Neil signed with the Memphis Red Sox for their first year of play in 1937 in the newly formed Negro American League. His contract was sold to the Monarchs the following year.

O'Neil had a career batting average of .288 between 1937 and 1950, including four .300-plus seasons at the plate, as well as five seasons in which he did not top .260. In 1946, the first baseman led the NAL with a .353 batting average and followed that in 1947 with a .350 mark in 16 games. He also posted averages of .345 in 1940 and .330 in 1949. He played in three East-West All-Star Games in three different seasons and two Negro World Series.

O'Neil's baseball career was interrupted for two years (1944 and 1945) during World War II when he joined the U.S. Navy after the close of the 1943 season. He served his enlistment in a naval construction battalion in New Jersey. He returned to the Monarchs at the start of the 1946 season.

O'Neil was named manager of the Monarchs in 1948 after Frank Duncan's retirement, and continued to play first base as well as a regular through 1951, dropping to part-time status afterward. He managed the Monarchs for eight seasons from 1948 through 1955 during the declining years of the Negro leagues, winning two league titles and a shared title in which no playoff was held during that period. His two undisputed pennants were won in 1953 and 1955, when the league had shrunk to fewer than six teams.

Negro leagues career statistics
O'Neil was known to have played full-time in 1951 and as a reserve and pinch-hitter as late as 1955, but Negro leagues statistics for the period 1951 and after are considered unreliable, and rapidly dropping below major league quality.

Off the field
When Tom Baird sold the Monarchs at the end of the 1955 season, O'Neil resigned as manager and became a scout for the Chicago Cubs, and is credited for signing Hall of Fame player Lou Brock to his first professional baseball contract. O'Neil is sometimes incorrectly credited with also having signed Hall of Famer Ernie Banks to his first contract; Banks was originally scouted and signed to the Monarchs by Cool Papa Bell, then manager of the Monarchs' barnstorming B team in 1949. He played briefly for the Monarchs in 1950 and 1953, his play interrupted by Army duty. O'Neil was Banks' manager during those stints, and Banks was signed to play for the Cubs more than two years before O'Neil joined them as a scout. He was named the first black coach in the major leagues by the Cubs in 1962, although he was not assigned in-game base coaching duties, nor was he included in the Cubs' "College of Coaches" system, and was never allowed to manage the team during that time. After many years with the Cubs, O'Neil became a Kansas City Royals scout in 1988, and was named "Midwest Scout of the Year" in 1998.

O'Neil gained national prominence with his compelling descriptions of the Negro leagues as part of Ken Burns' 1994 PBS documentary on baseball. Afterwards, he became the subject of countless national interviews, including appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder.

In 1990, O'Neil led the effort to establish the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in Kansas City, and served as its honorary board chairman until his death. In 1996, O'Neil became the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri.

In February 2002, at the end of the NLBM's Legacy Awards annual banquet, O'Neil received an induction ring from the baseball scouts Hall of Fame in St. Louis.

O'Neil and all-star Ichiro Suzuki developed a relationship, with Ichiro attending the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum alongside O'Neil and seeking O'Neil's knowledge of the game when the Seattle Mariners would have road games in Kansas City. "With Buck, I felt something big. The way he carried himself, you can see and tell and feel he loved this game."

Final year
On May 13, 2006, he received an honorary doctorate in education from Missouri Western State University where he also gave the commencement speech.

O'Neil was a member of the 18-member Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee from 1981 to 2000 and played an important role in the induction of six Negro league players from 1995 to 2001 during the time the Hall had a policy of inducting one Negro leaguer per year. O'Neil was nominated to a special Hall ballot for Negro league players, managers, and executives in 2006, but received fewer than the necessary nine votes (out of twelve) to gain admission; however, 17 other Negro league figures were selected.

"God's been good to me. They didn't think Buck was good enough to be in the Hall of Fame. That's the way they thought about it and that's the way it is, so we're going to live with that. Now, if I'm a Hall of Famer for you, that's all right with me. Just keep loving old Buck. Don't weep for Buck. No, man, be happy, be thankful."

On July 29, 2006, O'Neil spoke at the induction ceremony for the Negro league players at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Just before the Hall of Fame ceremonies, O'Neil signed a contract with the Kansas City T-Bones on July 17 to allow him to play in the Northern League All-Star Game. Before the game, O'Neil was "traded" to the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and was listed as the starting shortstop, although after drawing an intentional walk, he was replaced before actually playing in the field. At the end of the inning, another "trade" was announced that brought O'Neil back to the Kansas City team, allowing him to lead off the bottom of the inning as well (drawing another intentional walk).

The T-Bones originally claimed that O'Neil, at age 94 years, 8 months, and 5 days, would be by far the oldest person to appear in a professional baseball game (surpassing 83-year-old Jim Eriotes who had struck out in another Northern League game just a week earlier). However, that claim was in error, as the Schaumburg Flyers of the Northern League had signed Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe to a one-game contract and allowed him to face one batter on June 19, 1999 when he was 96 years old. While O'Neil was the second-oldest pro player, the claim was amended that he would be the oldest person to make a plate appearance in a professional baseball game.

The Kansas City T-Bones retired his number on May 26, 2006. In 2021, the team rebranded itself as the Kansas City Monarchs as a salute to O'Neill and the historic franchise.

Death and legacy

On August 5, 2006, O'Neil was admitted to a Kansas City hospital after complaining that he did not feel well. He was admitted for fatigue and was released three days later only to be re-admitted on September 17. On September 28, Kansas City media reported O'Neil's condition had worsened. On October 6, O'Neil died at the age of 94 due to heart failure and bone marrow cancer.

During the ESPN opening day broadcast of the 2007 Kansas City Royals, on April 2, 2007, Joe Morgan announced the Royals would honor O'Neil by placing a fan in the Buck O'Neil Legacy Seat in Kauffman Stadium each game who best exemplifies O'Neil's spirit. The seat itself has been replaced by a red seat amidst the all-blue seats behind home plate in Section 101, Row C, Seat 1. Due to the renovations and section renumbering in 2009 the seat number is now Section 127, Row C, Seat 9, and the seat bottom is now padded. The first person to sit in "Buck's seat" was Buck O'Neil's brother, Warren G. O'Neil (1917–2013), who also played in the Negro American League.

Presidential Medal of Freedom
On December 7, 2006, O'Neil was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush; the award was presented to his brother, Warren, on his behalf on December 15. He was chosen due to his "excellence and determination both on and off the baseball field", according to the White House news release. He joins other baseball notables such as Roberto Clemente, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, and Jackie Robinson in receiving the United States' highest civilian honor. On November 13, 2012 the family of Buck O'Neil donated his Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in honor of what would have been O'Neil's 101st birthday. The medal will be showcased in a special area of the NLBM dedicated to O'Neil.

Beacon of Life Award
On March 31, 2007—the day of Major League Baseball's first annual Civil Rights Game—O'Neil was posthumously awarded MLB's first annual Beacon of Life Award at the inaugural MLB Beacon Awards luncheon.

Lifetime Achievement Award
On October 24, 2007, O'Neil was posthumously given a Lifetime Achievement Award named after him. He had fallen short in the Hall of Fame vote in 2006; however, he was honored in 2007 with a new award given by the Hall of Fame, to be named after him.

In 2008 a life size statue of O'Neil was placed on display inside the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on 18th and Vine in Kansas City, and the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented no more than every three years.

At the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 27, 2008, Joe Morgan gave a dedication speech for the award and talked about O'Neil's life, repeatedly citing the title of O'Neil's autobiography, I Was Right on Time.

Baseball Hall of Fame
On November 5, 2021, O'Neil was selected to the final ballot of 10 candidates for consideration by the Early Days Committee during voting for induction to the Hall of Fame. Candidates needed to receive at least 12 of 16 votes (75%) for election, with the results to be announced in December. On December 5, the Hall of Fame announced that O'Neil and Bud Fowler had been elected, with 13 and 12 votes, respectively.

He was formally enshrined on July 24, 2022, with his niece Angela Terry accepting the nomination and delivering a speech on his behalf.

Other honors

 * Buck O'Neil Run/Walk
 * "John Jordan 'Buck' O'Neil" exhibit (in the Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame)
 * Shrine of the Eternals: O’Neil was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2008.
 * Hall of Famous Missourians: In February 2012 O'Neil was inducted to the Hall, located in the Missouri state capitol building in Jefferson City. A bronze bust of O'Neil will be on permanent display by the sculptor E. Spencer Schubert.
 * Buck O'Neil Bridge Kansas City, Missouri
 * Right on Time Café onboard the USS Kansas City (LCS-22)
 * In the Get Fuzzy comic strip, Bucky the Siamese cat is named in honor of O'Neil.

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Ooops, I forgot to log in before creating this article. Ogg 08:18, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Back again. I deleted the whole article because I put the acute on the wrong "e". Now placed under it's correct spelling - Adeline Genée. Ogg 12:26, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Independent music

Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels. Indie music describes a number of related styles, but generally describes guitar-oriented music straying away from mainstream conventions. There are a number of subgenres of independent music which combine its characteristics with other genres, such as indie pop, indie rock, indie folk, and indie electronic.

The origins of independent music lie in British independent record labels, such as Rough Trade and Mute. In the 1970s, these labels contributed to the emergence of a distinct sound, influenced by post-punk and new wave. NME released the influential compilation album C86 in 1986, and helped with indie's spread and development. American independent music first emerged in the 1980s, and was spread via college radios. Indie reached wide commercial success in the 1990s with Britpop (Blur, Pulp, and Oasis) and grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and The Smashing Pumpkins). In the 21st century, indie inspired many distinct subgenres, such as indie folk. Due to the internet, indie music saw a global spread in popularity, as music fans were no longer dependent on publications to find new music.

Independent record labels, important to the development of indie music, are characterized by their smaller operations, lower funding, and greater creative control as compared to major labels. Independent labels use a variety of methods of distribution, with the label generally owning the copyright for the sound recording. They generally give smaller advances, or sometimes no advance, and some may offer higher royalty splits than major labels.

Characteristics
Although "Indie" was first used to described music released on independent record labels, the term grew to describe a specific sound. A defining characteristic of indie music is that artists retain much more creative control over their music as compared to major labels. Bands often have small budgets, and employ a do-it-yourself ethos which influences their sound. Indie music generally represents guitar-oriented music which strays away from commercial conventions. It often features lyrics that are earnest and emotive, with many cultural and sociopolitical references. Many artists signed to major labels have retained creative control and are still considered indie artists.

Origins of independent labels
Independent labels have a long history of promoting developments in popular music, stretching back to the post-war period in the United States, with labels such as Sun Records, King Records, and Stax. In the United Kingdom during the 1950s and 1960s, the major record companies had so much power that independent labels struggled to become established, until the launch of new labels like Virgin Records. Several British producers and artists launched independent labels as outlets for their work and artists they liked; the majority failed as commercial ventures or were bought by the major labels.

Emergence as a style
During the punk rock era, the number of independent labels grew. In 1977, Manchester-band Buzzcocks released Spiral Scratch, considered the first independently released rock release. In the late 1970s, certain UK independent labels (such as Rough Trade, Factory, Fiction, and Mute) contributed to the emergence of a distinct musical style found in indie music, influenced by post-punk and new wave. Important albums that contributed to this style include Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Depeche Mode's Speak & Spell (1981). Released on Rough Trade, Inflammable Material (1979) was the first independently-released album to sell over 100,000 copies. By the 1980s, the indie pop band The Smiths, signed with Rough Trade, "came to exemplify indie both musically and culturally" according to The Conversation. The Smith's authentic sound contrasted with the common highly produced pop music of the time. The UK Indie Chart was first compiled in 1980, and independent distribution became better organized from the late 1970s onward. In 1986, NME released the compilation album C86, which was influential to the development of indie music. In the United States, independent music was first spread by in the 1980s by college radios and thus dubbed college rock (also later termed modern rock and alternative rock). Defining American albums of this era include Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988) and Pixies’ Doolittle (1989). However, unlike the UK, this music was not referred to as "indie" until the 2000s. Indie music reached wide commercial success in the 1990s, especially with Britpop bands like Blur, Pulp, and Oasis. As well, American grunge bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and The Smashing Pumpkins received mainstream success. In 1991, the Grammys added an Alternative section to its awards ceremony, for "non-traditional form[s]" existing "outside of the mainstream music consciousness".

21st century
The internet's ease of spreading information influenced indie music's popularization in the United States and global spread. Music fans no longer relied on publications or magazines to hear about new artists. At the beginning of the 21st century, the term indie came to describe a number of related but distinct subgenres. One example is indie folk, a stripped-back low fidelity approach to folk music, as seen in Fleet Foxes or Bon Iver. Widely popular indie rock bands of this era include Arcade Fire and Arctic Monkeys. By this time, the term indie had transcended the definition of solely independently released music, and came to represent a "general resistance to popular and mainstream culture, evoking realism, independence and authenticity".

Independent record labels
An independent record label is one that operates outside of the funding and creative control of major record labels. Independent labels generally have greater creative freedom, at the cost of smaller budgets and personnel. They are often able to support artists working in niche styles of music, and rely heavily on personal networking, or word of mouth, to expose their acts. Indie labels are usually small operations, with almost no outside assistance and run out of tiny offices. Some artists choose to go from an independent label to a major label if given the opportunity, as major labels have considerably more power and financial means to promote and distribute products, sometimes increasing the chances of greater success.

Distribution
There are a few ways an independent label may go about distributing its music. Some independent labels are owned by major labels, who carry out the distribution for them. Other labels instead go through independent distributors. Many current artists use their own resources to produce, record, market and release music through Spotify, SoundCloud, and other streaming platforms with social media in a direct, do-it-yourself manner allowing creative distribution. There is the potential for artists to gain large numbers of streams on Spotify if their music are included in certain popular playlists.

For both independent and major labels, the label generally owns the copyright to the sound recording. Artists who maintain their copyrights usually must sacrifice other parts of their deal, and must give the label a temporary license to the recordings.

Contracts
An advance is a pre-payment of royalties from the label for the artist to record the album; it is paid back through the album's royalties. Independent labels generally give out much smaller advances than major labels, if any. Additionally, some independent labels will cover an album's recording costs instead of proving a set dollar amount as an advance. One advantage of smaller advances is that artists have less to pay back, and therefore can begin to profit quicker.

There are a number of ways that an independent label may structure their contract. Some independent labels have contracts that are essentially equivalent to major label deals. On a major label, a typical royalty rate (what the artist takes) is 13% to 16%; however, some independent labels offer 50-50 splits, which functions more as a partnership. One issue is that artists often forgo their mechanical royalties in 50-50 deals, and it can be more difficult to recoup the advance, meaning it takes longer to turn a profit. Some labels forgo a formal contract altogether, and their deals include few restrictions.

Styles
Independent music is a broad category that is made up of distinct subgenres with influences from various other genres.

Indie pop
Indie pop is a style of pop music that originally grew out of British post-punk in the late 1970s. Indie pop was one of the first independent music genres, and was initially synonymous with "indie". Indie pop is characterized by a focus on melody, arrangments, and harmony, with less angst and distortion as compared to indie rock. It features the homemade intimacy commonly found in independent music. Notable subgenres include chamber pop, which adds lush chamber orchestration, and twee pop, which features "primitive simplicity".

Indie rock
Indie rock (also referred to as simply "indie") is a style of rock music and is one of the most popular independent music genres. It originally grew out of the alternative rock, punk rock, and independent movements of the 1980s, with local scenes emerging in many American cities and college towns. The New Zealand Dunedin sound of the 1970s and 80s was also influential in indie rock's development. By the 1990s, indie rock had separated from alternative rock and gained popularity in the mainstream, pushed along by the popularity of Seattle's grunge scene, especially Nirvana. Notable artists of the 2000s included The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Arctic Monkeys, while some of the 2010s included The 1975 and Vampire Weekend. Indie rock went onto inspire a multitude of subgenres and derivative styles, such as dream pop, noise pop, lo-fi, math rock, emo, and more.

Indie folk
Indie folk is a style of folk music which originated in the 1990s with artists like Elliott Smith and Will Oldham. The genre grew from traditional and contemporary folk, but took a distinctly independent approach inspired by indie rock. The genre gained further popularity and support in the 2000s from labels such as Saddle Creek, Barsuk, and Sub Pop. Notable 21st century indie folk artists include Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Great Lake Swimmers, Sufjan Stevens, and Phoebe Bridgers. Indie folk is distinguished by its acoustic instrumentation – and often consists of just vocals and acoustic guitar – although some artists experiment with more diverse instrumentation. As well, indie folk artists are often singer-songwriters.

Indie electronic
Indie electronic, or indietronica, is a broad categorization of music that combines independent and electronic music styles. It is not considered a scene or movement, and often combines influences from a variety of genres. It has origins in the 1990s, with artists like Stereolab, Arab Strap, and Disco Inferno contributing to the style. Indietronica largely grew in popularity in the 2000s, with the rising accessibility to home recording and software synthesizers. Influential artists of this era include Hot Chip, Metronomy, and The Postal Service. Some 2010s artists achieved wider success with their music, for example, James Blake and The xx. Indietronica artists usually release their music on independent labels, with examples including Sub Pop, Warp, and Ghostly International.

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Talk:David Alfaro Siqueiros

Birthplace confusion
In the info box, the birthplace is stated as while in the introduction the following is stated: Yet in the == Early life == Section, we have a contradiction The question now is, was he born in Chihuahua or Mexico City?

Someone with credibility please correct this confusing statements.RobiBuecheler (talk) 03:04, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

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Seconding the entry about birthplace confusion.
It seems to have gotten even worse since that entry was made. Here's a direct quote from the article in which one sentence is immediately contradicted by the next:

"We know now that he was born in Mexico City, not Camargo or the state of Chihuahua. Siqueiros was born in Chihuahua in 1896".

I don't know anything about this figure, but somebody who does ought to weigh in and sort this out. 2601:18C:8D7F:D800:F089:FD46:D37A:2644 (talk) 03:14, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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Miranda House

Miranda House is a constituent college for women at the University of Delhi in India. Established in 1948, it is one of the top ranked colleges of the country and ranked number 1 for consecutively seven years (as of 2023).

History

Miranda House was founded in 1948 by the university vice-chancellor, Sir Maurice Gwyer. In a magazine published by him in 1952, he gave three reasons for why the college was called Miranda. His favorite actress was Carmen Miranda, his daughter's name was Miranda, and a character named Miranda in William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest was, according to him, a perfect example of what a lady should be. Its foundation stone was laid by Lady Edwina Mountbatten on 7 March of the same year. Miranda House is built of red bricks on the university campus. Its original design was planned by the architect Walter Sykes George and is architecturally similar to other educational institutions in India founded in the colonial era. As the college grew, several buildings were added.

Alumni and students of this college are known as Mirandians.

Miranda House started with 33 students in July 1948, which rose to 105 by September the same year. It was 2,090 in 1997–98. The academic staff increased from six in 1948 to 120 (permanent) in 1997–98 and that of non-academic staff from 11 in 1948 (five in the hostel and six in the college) to 120 in 1997–98. The college accommodation (hostel) housed 43 students in 1948, of whom seven were enrolled at other colleges of the University of Delhi. There are now 250 students in the hostel.

At the time of its founding, Miranda House had six departments;, there were eighteen. Miranda House pioneered science education for women at the University of Delhi when it started its B.Sc. Honours (Botany) course in 1948. Science teaching was conducted in the university and in 1963–64, B.Sc. General and in 1971, B.Sc. Honours teaching work started in the college. Many new subjects have been introduced in the humanities and social sciences since then.

Miranda House provides liberal education in social sciences, humanities and the basic sciences. The college's infrastructure includes teaching laboratories and general facilities. , Miranda House has more than 4,000 students.

Academics
Miranda House offers a wide array of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. All undergraduate courses commencing from the academic year 2014-15 are according to the three-year undergraduate honours degree system.

===Undergraduate courses ===
 * B.A.Programme
 * B.A. Honours: Bengali, economics, English, geography, Hindi, history, Hindustani music (vocal/ instrumental), philosophy, political science, Sanskrit, Sociology
 * B.Sc. Honours: botany, chemistry, mathematics, physics, zoology
 * B.Sc.: life sciences, physical science (computer science)
 * B.El.Ed: (four-year course)

===Postgraduate courses === Students enroll for M.A. and M.Sc. programmes in the college; classes are held at the respective departments at the university.

 * M.A. programme: The same subjects are offered as at the B.A. Honours level except for Political Science, Geography, and Sociology.
 * M.Sc. programme: The same subjects are offered as at the B.Sc. Honours level. Additionally, the college offers M.Sc. in Anthropology.

Four-year undergraduate program
The University of Delhi introduced the four-year undergraduate program scheme in the academic year 2013-14. All undergraduate programs offered by the University of Delhi would thenceforth be for the duration of four years, with multiple exit options and the inclusion of research components. This reform was intended to provide greater flexibility and wider range of choices to the students.

In June 2014, after a lot of controversy, speculation and protests, the four-year undergraduate program was removed according to the directives of the University Grants Commission. All the constituent colleges of the University of Delhi were instructed to return to the previous three-year format for first degrees.

Now a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) is being followed in the University of Delhi.

===Foreign language courses === The college offers one-year certificate courses in French, German, and Spanish in collaboration with the department of Germanic and Romance studies and department of East Asian studies, University of Delhi.

=== Short-duration certificate courses === The college offers a 2-month certificate course in computer applications and a 16-week certificate course in computer applications for visually challenged students. The college does not charge a fee for computer applications for visually challenged students.

Library
The Miranda House Library acquired its first book on 22 July 1948. In the beginning it was confined to one room. The present building was constructed under the guidance of the founder librarian, P. Tandon. The foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 7 March 1973.

The new library block is a double-storeyed building consisting of deposit-counter, issue-of-books counter, stack hall, reserve section, reading hall, teachers' reading room, magazine section, and administrative section.

===Amba Dalmia Resource Centre === Miranda House is the first college to establish a computer-based resource centre to aid its visually challenged students. Work on the resource centre was initiated in 2006, with an endowment from Ms Manju Kapur Dalmia, author and member of teaching faculty at Miranda House.

D S Kothari Centre

D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education and Amstel Institute (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) have instituted this project in collaboration. The primary objective is to improve the quality of science education in schools by introducing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools embedded in carefully designed learning environments.

The centre conducts baseline tests for undergraduate students and a prestigious 'Science Award' is given to a student from all the science departments and years on the basis of a test scores and a presentation on a contemporary and interdisciplinary topic.

Summer internships, lectures and camps have been successfully organized by the centre.

Placement cell
The placement cell of the college consists of faculty members and student volunteers. The Placement Cell coordinates the activities of career counseling and campus recruitment.

Rankings
Miranda House has ranked first among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023.

Architecture
Located in the University of Delhi's north campus enclave, Miranda House was designed by architect Walter Sykes George in a similar style to other colonial educational institutions of the country. The college hostel is among the oldest residential buildings in the university. The hostel section is laid out in a quadrangle, with gardens placed out by bottle palms. In the past six decades, as the college has grown, several other buildings have been added to its original design. The campus is now declared a heritage building.

Since the beginning, Miranda House has undergone numerous physical changes and has grown with additions to its original layout plan. The major features of its structure are the main college building, the library, and the hostel block. In the 1950s, the new building for lectures was constructed. The principal's office, college office, teachers' lounge, students' common room, and sheds for four college buses were built during this period. The college auditorium, equipped with microphones, and the cafeteria building came up during this time. New classrooms were added by partitioning the old library hall. The new administrative section was built in the centre of the teaching wing. Some classrooms on the ground floor were converted into the administrative block, which also houses the principal's new office.

In its Golden Jubilee Year, the college auditorium was renovated under the supervision of interior designer and old Mirandian Ketaki Sood. A rock garden was set up in the space behind the students' common room and in front of the cafeteria.

Miranda House was a residence before it became a college. Miranda House hostel was founded in 1948 by the vice-chancellor, Sir Maurice Gwyer; its foundation stone was laid by Lady Edwina Mountbatten on 7 March the same year. The building was designed by architect Walter George.

The dining hall has a high arched ceiling, monastic tables and benches. There is a common room and an open coffee lounge attached to it. Declared a Heritage Building, extensive restoration and refurbishment work was undertaken in the hostel. It has 120 twin and seven four-person rooms. The day-to-day functioning is taken care of by a full-time resident warden and a housekeeper. The hostel administrative team includes the principal, the vice-principal, the bursar, teacher representatives on the hostel committee, and the hostel warden.

Student life
Women's Development Cell

The Women's Development Cell of Miranda House is an integral part of the college, constituting women working together for a gender equal world while categorically expanding their feminist politics.

Societies
Miranda House constitutes various cultural societies including Mridang (Indian Dance), Tanz (Western Dance), Anukriti (Hindi Dramatics), Ariels (English Dramatics), Geetanjali (Indian Music), Orpheus (Western Music), Celluloid (Film Club), Snapshots (Photography), BlueQuill (Creative Writing Club), Enactus (social entrepreneurship), Adwitiya (Fine Arts), Shabdita (Hindi literary society), Debating Society, Quiz Society, Gandhi Study Circle, TULA, MH Vatavaran, etc. The societies have members who enter through ECA trials and then, additional members are selected through various rounds of auditions.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)
Miranda House NCC Company has 160 cadets, of whom 80 are enrolled in the Army wing. As per change in the NCC policy making training for two years, many second-year students can join NCC.

National Service Scheme (NSS)
NSS has two core activities: teaching the children of the support staff and the underprivileged children in the neighboring areas; reading and recording for the visually challenged students of the college. Volunteers also participate in seminars, social campaigns and related competitions.

Sports and games

The department organizes fresher competitions in cross-country race, basketball and table tennis. Cross-country races are always for a social cause like Run for Peace, Run for Our Kargil Heroes, Plant More Trees, etc. The school provides special coaching for basketball, chess, cross-country race, softball, tennis, table tennis, track and field, volleyball and other games like cricket as per student demand. College teams participate in inter-college and open tournaments. Many students are selected to represent Delhi in the All India Inter University competitions and national-level competitions.

The college organizes an inter-college table tennis tournament for men and women. The other important date in the sports calendar is the college's Annual Sports Day.

International collaborations and exchange programmes
A team of 17 students and three faculty members from the Utrecht Business School, Hogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences visited the University of Delhi for an inter-cultural contact program from 19 to 23 October 2009. Miranda House and Sri Ram College of Commerce hosted this team through a week-long course on management and culture. Sixteen students from Miranda House and fifteen from Sri Ram College of Commerce participated in the program. The program was the second of a series initiated in 2008 with support from K. Sreenivas, dean of international relations at University of Delhi. It was initiated by presentations by students from each country showcasing their business and cultural environments. Students then attended a series of workshops and lectures on aspects of inter-cultural business interactions and marketing. These sessions were conducted by faculty from the Utrecht Business School as well as Delhi University.

Students' Union
The Students' Union consists of the president, vice president, general secretary and two central councillors. These office bearers are elected by the students. The Students' Union organizes TEMPEST, the annual cultural festival of Miranda House, and addresses all student-related problems.

Activism
In 1970 the Miss Miranda beauty contest was abolished by an overwhelming majority of students despite strong opposition by the principal and faculty members. Led by the president of the Student Union, feminist activist Madhu Kishwar, the students protested against beauty being the criterion for the contest.

During the Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984, students of Miranda House organized relief camps for the victims. Film-maker Shonali Bose, who was a student at Miranda, made the Sikh riots the subject of her film Amu.

Students protested "unreasonable curfew times" for women in 2015, in a campaign called "Break the Cage."

Former principals

 * Veda Thakurdas (1948–1956), the founder principal of Miranda House, was the first woman to do an MA in mathematics from Punjab University in 1930 and a Tripos from Cambridge. Retired: 1966-67. Died: 26 February 1984.
 * S. Krishnaswamy (1957–1964), the principal of Maharani College, Bangalore, before coming to Miranda House. She was instrumental in starting the teaching of science courses in the college; the plan for science teaching in Miranda House was mooted during her time. She left Miranda House to take up an assignment as an education advisor in Tanganyika. Died: August 1982.
 * M. Chandy (1964–1971) was teaching in the department of zoology, University of Delhi, before joining Miranda House as principal. During her principalship, the Indo-American Women College Exchange Programme was initiated. N.S.S. was introduced during her tenure. Died: May 1989.
 * A. C. Janaki amma (1971–1981) joined Miranda House as a lecturer in 1948. She obtained her doctorate from the London School of Economics. During her tenure as principal, the new library building was built. She was secretary of N.C.W.E.B., University of Delhi, between 1963 and 1969. Died: 20 October 1994.
 * T. S. Rukmani (1982–1993), a former student of Miranda House (1949–1954), she taught Sanskrit in I.P. College, University of Delhi, before assuming charge of Miranda House and was also the secretary of N.C.W.E.B., University of Delhi. She was awarded, D. Litt. by the University of Delhi., she held the chair of Hindu Studies at Concordia University, Montreal.
 * Kiran Datar (1993 to 2000) is an old Mirandian. Before coming to Miranda House as principal, she was teaching at J.D.M., University of Delhi. She did M.A. in history from the University of Delhi and was a Fulbright Fellow of the University of Washington, U.S. She obtained her Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has been a recipient of Dorothy Lee Grant and was awarded the Mahila Shiromani Award in 1994 for excellence in a chosen field of activity (education).
 * Dr. Pratibha Jolly (2005-2019) was the principal of Miranda House. She gained Ph.D. for theoretical work in chemical physics from the University of Delhi and taught in Miranda House for eight years before joining the department of physics at the University of Delhi as a research scientist, where she began work in the area of physics education research and curriculum development at the tertiary level. Her research interests include computational physics; electronic instrumentation; use of computer-based technologies in education; development of locally produced low-cost equipment; teacher training; cognitive aspects of students’ learning and diverse student populations. A major thrust has been to engage undergraduate students in the development of a package called Science Online consisting of an indigenous low-cost data-acquisition system and comprehensive set of sensor circuits for real-time measurements in multidisciplinary contexts.

Notable alumni
Notable alumni include:
 * Aditi Phadnis, political journalist
 * Anita Desai, author
 * Arti Mehra, mayor of Delhi
 * Anita Pratap, TV and print journalist
 * Amita Dhanda, legal academic and disability activist
 * Anjolie Ela Menon, artist
 * Anuja Chauhan, author
 * Brinda Karat, politician
 * Gaiti Hasan, scientist
 * Indrani Dasgupta, model
 * Jasleen Dhamija, textile historian
 * Jalabala Vaidya, stage actress
 * Minissha Lamba, actress
 * Mouni Roy, Actress
 * Madhu Kishwar, social activist
 * Madhur Jaffrey, actress, author of cookbooks
 * Mallika Sherawat, actress and model
 * Medha Shri Dahiya, Journalist
 * Meira Kumar, first female Speaker of Lok Sabha & Member of Parliament, India
 * Mira Nair, filmmaker
 * Nandita Das, filmmaker and actress
 * Nalini Singh, journalist
 * Neeti Mohan, singer
 * Neha Sharma, IAS
 * Nina Sibal, diplomat and writer
 * Ritu Menon, feminist and writer
 * Romola Butalia, journalist, author
 * Seema Kohli, contemporary artist, sculptor and poet
 * Sheila Dikshit, politician, former Chief Minister of Delhi
 * Shakti Mohan, performer
 * Shonali Bose, filmmaker
 * Shovana Narayan, Kathak dancer, Indian government officer, awarded Padma Shri
 * Shyamala Pappu, lawyer
 * Swara Bhaskar, actress
 * Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, member of the Planning Commission, awarded Padma Shri
 * Urvashi Butalia, feminist and historian

In popular culture
Filmmaker and Miranda House alumnus Mira Nair shot scenes of her movie The Reluctant Fundamentalist, starring Riz Ahmed and Kate Hudson, at Miranda House.

Miranda House also appears in Neeraj Pandey's Akshay Kumar starrer Special 26. Pandey needed to replicate CBI headquarters, for which the crew recommended the heritage hall at Miranda House. Scenes of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s acclaimed movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag with Farhan Akhtar in the lead were shot in the college. The introduction song "Fukrey" and most of the college sequences of the film were shot in Miranda House.

Kabir Singh starring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani was also shot in the campus.

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Army Operational Command (Denmark)

Army Operational Command (Hærens Operative Kommando), short "HOK", was the Danish Army's top authority. It is a Level.II command authority, directly under the Defence Command. HOK was formed on 1 January 1991.

The origin of HOK can be traced back to 1808, with the forming of the General staff. Initially located in Aarhus, 1 August 1993 it had its headquarters in Karup, Denmark.

Due to the recent Defence agreement 2005-2009 many changes are currently in the process of being implemented, so the following subordinated list might not be fully complete or fully accurate. Directly subordinated is the following Level.III authorities.

Subordinated Level.III authorities

 * Danish Division (DDIV)
 * 1.Brigade
 * 2.Brigade
 * Danish Operative Logistical Group (DANOPLOG)
 * Local defence region - Bornholm Defence (LFR BV)
 * Jægerkorpset (JGK)

Regiments

 * Den Kongelige Livgarde (LG)
 * Jydske Dragonregiment (JDR)
 * Gardehusarregimentet (GHR)
 * Ingeniørregimentet (IGR)
 * Telegrafregimentet (TGR)
 * Trænregimentet (TRR)
 * Danske Artilleriregiment (DAR)

Schools

 * Army Officers Academy (HO)
 * Army Combat School (HKS)
 * Army Artillery School (HILS)
 * Army Engineer & ABC School (HIAS)
 * Army Signal School
 * Army Logistical School (HLS)
 * Army Sergeant School (HSGS)

Camps

 * Borrislejren
 * Oksbøllejren
 * Jægersprislejren

Recent disbanded structures (since 2000)

 * 1.Jutland Brigade (1.JBDE) 1961-2004
 * 2.Jutland Brigade (2.JBDE) 1961-1996
 * 3.Jutland Brigade (3.JBDE) 1961-2004
 * 1.Zealand Brigade (1.SBDE) 1961-2004
 * 2.Zealand Brigade (2.SBDE) 1961-1994
 * 3.Zealand Brigade (3.SBDE) 1961-1974
 * Danish International Brigade (DIB) 1994-2005
 * 1.Zealand Combat group(1.SKG) 1983-1996
 * 2.Zealand Combat group(2.SKG) 1983-2000
 * 3.Zealand Combat group(3.SKG) 1983-1996
 * 4.Zealand Combat group(4.SKG) 1983-1990
 * Zealand Combat group(SKG) 2000-2004
 * Jutland Combat group (JKG) 1983-2004
 * 4.Combat group (4.KG) 1991-1996
 * Danish Division Combat group 2000-2004
 * Nørrejyske Artilleriregiment (NJAR)
 * Sønderjydske Artilleriregiment (SJAR)
 * Dronningens Livregiment (DRLR)
 * Slesvigske Fodregiment (SLFR)
 * Danske Livregiment (DLR)
 * Sjællandske Livregiment (SLR)
 * Prinsens Livregiment (PLR)
 * Kongens Artilleriregiment (KAR)
 * Dronningens Artilleriregiment (DAR)
 * Danish International Logistical Center (DANILOG)
 * Danske Artilleriregiment (DAR)

Previous disbanded structures (since 1995)

 * Jutland Division (JDIV)
 * 2.Zealand Brigade (2.JBDE)
 * 2.Jutland Brigade (2.JBDE)
 * Sjællandske Ingeniørregiment
 * Jyske Ingeniørregiment
 * Sjællandske Trænregiment
 * Jyske Trænregiment

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Shin Kalay

Shin Kalay is a village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in the Nad Ali District. It is inhabited by a Pashtun population of 11,000 and adheres to Sharia Islamic law. The village has recently accomplished high feats in education. Given its political background and ultra-conservative placement, advances in the education of boys and girls is a feat recognized and published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).

Green Village Schools (GVS), an Oregon-based non-profit organization, has worked over the past fourteen years to construct the most modern educational facility ever established in the region. The school, named after GVS Founder/President Mohammad Khan Kharoti, has a student enrollment of over 1,700 students including over 550 girls. As of 2014, the school has a total of 37 rooms. There are fourteen classrooms for boys and 10 classrooms for girls. There is a computer lab, storage room, bathroom facilities and small library for the students to use.

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Hassa

Hassa may refer to:

 * Hassa, Hatay, a municipality and district of Hatay Province in Turkey
 * Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi (also called Hassa; 1900–1969), wife of King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
 * a slang term for the South American edible fish Hoplosternum

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