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Old discussions
I've deleted this list as almost all of them are now incorrect with the new constituency naming structure and editing individual entries to match correct locations would take ages! Use the list at WikiProject UK Parliamentary Constituencies instead --Vamp:Willow 13:16, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Having a starting list of MPs from the last election stikes me as too dangerous. It will not be possible to know which constituencies have been updated and which have not. I have therefore added two new columns to hold the MP and party elected in the election. I did consider remove the previous MPs entirely as they probably don't belong in this list. However, I have left the names their as it would make copy and pasting easier where MPs haven't changed. I am still hopeful there will be a way to do the whole table in one go. MarkS 19:02, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I am just c+ping the current MP if it is a hold. With results coming in this fast it is too difficult to update any changes. These can be done later. Lan3y - Talk 00:17, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

Sheesh, my arm hurts now. I'm going to take a rest for a bit. If anyone wants to take over then feel free, otherwise I will carry on later. Lan3y - Talk 00:29, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

The diagram i have put on this page has a lot of white space around it. why? please, can someone help - i have spent too long on it and reached the edge of my wikibility.
 * A.K.A.47 15:26, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

 * The edges are fine now, but you really shouldn't use a JPEG to do the work of a PNG - it has quite visible artifacts on it, compared to Image:Parliament-53.png. See Image use policy, rule of thumb no. 9. --rbrwr± 20:50, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, OK - Thanks for the tip, which I will observe in future (although i think this one looks a bit more arty!)
 * A.K.A.47 16:05, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

All constituencies now have links to the appropriate constituency page (I hope) Maltaran 21:14, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

MPs elected in 2005 versus current list of MPs
I feel that the page is cumbersome at the moment since it is dealing with the 2005 election results and tracking changes since then (e.g. for the death of the recent MP). I propose that we create two pages:
 * Keep this page called MPs elected in 2005 (including Patsy Colton and the result of south staffs when known). This list should never change after the south staffs result is known.
 * create another page based on this one called something like "Current Members of the UK Parliament" which can then track the changes to 2005 result, and will still be maintained after the next election.

If we don't make a change like this now, we will actually lose the historical record which an encyclopedia should track

Any Comments? ChrisUK 21:59, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I definately agree, suggest it be called Current Members of the House of Commons in the UK rather than 'UK parliament', unless we want to include the lords in that as well. -- Joolz 02:11, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * We should not include house of lords since they are not related to the election (of course there could be a separate page for them anyway). Is house of commons unique across the globe (I have a feeling that the ozzies might call it that as well) in which case we should disambiguate.  I have ammended your link as a proposal. ChrisUK 09:27, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

 * The format well established at MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001, MPs elected in the UK general election, 1997, etc. is to list the general election winners, followed by details of changes in the course of the parliament. This does make the title of the page technically incorrect, as I pointed out when I added by-election data to the 2001 list. There was a suggestion that that article should be moved to "53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom" or some such, but it never came off. A "list of current MPs" article might be a good thing, but the current system is capable of keeping the historical record correctly. --rbrwr± 10:05, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

 * This does indeed seem to handle the historical record, but then makes it difficult to see the current list. On balance it is probably better to have one list rather than two to maintain.  There could be an additional results table though - one to reflect the result in 2005 and one to reflect the current composition. ChrisUK 20:57, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

 * "House of Commons MPs for the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom", perhaps. Plain "53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom" would include the Lords, as would "MPs for the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom", of course.
 * James F. (talk) 10:33, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Partialy disagree, because one MP elected in the general election has already died, so keeping this list would be a useful history page. Joe D (t) 21:17, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Question
Is the Graphical representation of the House of Commons (which I found it really great) reflects the real position of the seats and the shape of the UK house of commons (rectangular shape with a rocket-like gap in the middle)? CG 07:31, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, the chamber has benches rather than individual seats, and I don't know the precise seating arrangements of the minor parties, but yes the graphic does show the general layout of the chamber although there isn't enough room for all MPs to sit if they all turn up at once (if I recall correctly, there's room for a little over 400 of them to sit down) and late-comers have to stand at the end of the chamber opposite the Speaker (presumably represented by the "tongue" of red extending from the right). -- Arwel 11:22, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No, that isn't a realistic representation! The House has two parallel sides of five rows of benches each with a gangway at each end and one in the middle. The Government sit on the Speaker's right and "front bench" refers to the set of benches (on each side) that are at the end of the Speaker's Chair, and "back bench" to the opposite end. The majority opposition use the "front bench" on the left with other parties, roughly in decreasing size, working back/up from the front/centre. There are a few benches or part-benches facing the speaker for officials. --Vamp:Willow 11:50, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Except that if you watch the parliamentary TV coverage you will notice that the Lib Dem leadership sit on the front opposition bench, further down the chamber from the Speaker and the Tory leadership; The SNP and Plaid Cymru members seem to sit a few rows behind the Lib Dems, and the NI members are in the same general area. The opposition benches at the Speakers' end are solidly Tory. -- Arwel 12:00, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * LibDems sit on the *back* opposition bench ... "Front" in parly terms refers to the five rows of benches nearest the speaker *not* to those nearest the central aisle. I'll write something about the layout / seating - have just done a quick edit on the image as the lump of MPs in the middle was clearly misleading people --Vamp:Willow 12:11, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Could someone with some researches improve the graphical representation of the UK house of common so it become more realistic? CG 12:04, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Colours
One suggestion on the FLC is to use the party colours, so I've had an attempt at implementing a scheme. I didn't want to do it *all* and then find someone's got a better idea, so this is my idea here -- Joolz 14:27, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for responding to my FLC comment - that was the sort of thing I meant. Looks fine to me (although the empty cell could be a touth wider.  One of my other comments (adding specific column widths) could help - I've had a go above. -- ALoan (Talk) 15:01, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks good now (I'll tried and failed to make the width wider ;) - I'll go and implement it :) -- Joolz 15:16, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It may be worth waiting a day or two to see whether anyone else has comments.  Unless you feel impelled to be bold, that is :) -- ALoan (Talk) 15:21, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It may take a day or two to implement the thing ;) -- Joolz 15:30, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This may need to be rethought, I had a go at implementing it (rather unsuccessfully) because it doubles the length of the page (up to around 218kb) -- Joolz 19:29, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Observations
I've noticed that some of the other lists (e.g MPs elected in the UK general election, 1966) have the A, B, C (et al) titles inside the tables, instead of outside. Which do people prefer? Also, is the "Previous MP" column slightly unneccessary, it's nice to have but the list might be better without it and just have the 'previous party'? -- Joolz 15:39, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * [Edit conflict] I prefer the headings outside (as here), but, doesn't it look rather odd to have "3. A" ? Should the "A, B, C ... " headings be level 3 ("3.1 A"; "3.2 B" ...)?  I also like the "previous MP" column: in all, this list is much better than MPs elected in the UK general election, 1966 and indeed MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001 (although the diagram on the latter is does not have the blocky artefacts like this one).  This one should set the standard to which the others can aspire.  -- ALoan (Talk) 17:11, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

How about this version: -- Joolz 17:08, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, not as nice nor as informative: the name of the MP can change as well as the party. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:11, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I would argue that it's better not to have the previous MP because it's better covered on the 2001 page, after all this is a list of MPs elected in 2005, the only thing interesting is whether the party has changed, not really whether the MP has changed. The other problem with it is that there were 659 MPs in 2001, and 646 now, so some of them are only notionally the previous MP -- Joolz 17:19, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, in reply to your other comment, I'm not sure what you mean about it being 3. A, do you mean that it should be done with === these level headings or? -- Joolz 17:23, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, to my mind, 2001 should show the actual results of 2001 plus a separate section showing subsequent changes (by-elections and so on).
 * Yes, three "=" (perhaps this is level 2, but there is also "level zero" with one "=" - reminds me of the first floor of buildings in the US being the ground floor). -- ALoan (Talk) 17:38, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Previous MPs
I want to remove the previous MPs+Party column, although it's interesting it's covered by the 2001 list already; it adds substantially to the length of the page and makes it unwieldy and as someone pointed out on the FLC page some of the previous MPs are purely notional because of boundary changes/constituency creations, what does everyone think? -- Joolz 14:36, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Good idea! do it :) --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Two missing
East Yorkshire and East Worthing and Shoreham seem to be missing... Sjorford 11:31, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. sjorford mmmmm  09:54, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

SDLP
Shouldn't the SDLP be included on the Labour side of the graphical representation as they accept the Labour whip?
 * It seems to be an informal arrangement - they sit on the opposition benches, as far as I can tell. — sjorford++ 14:07, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I am amazed how everybody keeps reporting the number of Conservative MPs in the House Of Commons as 195. It is currently 197. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.26.145 (talk) 10:56, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Southwesterner258 (talk) 20:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC) The arrangement between the SDLP and Labour was informal, but if you watch any video clips of parliament from 1997-2010 you will see SDLP members sitting on the government benches.

Labour/Co-operative MP’s
Shouldn't they be a different colour other than red? As strickly speaking, they are not only or exclusively "Labour" 81.111.221.11 (talk) 22:46, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure a different colour is necessary - they are treated the same as other Labour MPs when in the house, and there is no national Co-operative Party campaign, so for most practical purposes they are just Labour. — sjorford++ 08:41, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree, because I also believe that the co-op/Labour groups should have their own colour, as they are representing two parties at the same time. (217.42.240.189 (talk) 11:54, 11 August 2009 (UTC))
 * Do the Co-operative MPs use a different colour though? In their campaign literature, on their websites? If not, if they just use the Labour colours, then we should do the same. — sjorford++ 12:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, after further examination on article one, they use a red slightly darker than Labour. However, the Co-operative party's website is light blue. So maybe we should use light blue for them?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_West_Derby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

co-op party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative_Party

http://www.party.coop/

(217.42.240.189 (talk) 17:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC))

 * The Co-operative party, whilst allied with Labour, DOES view itself as separate political party – and not just a faction within Labour or a splinter group. They have their own website, own annual conference, own financial resources and own party grouping and structure. On this advert Co-op they say “we work in partnership with the Labour Party as its sister party”    So I think there can be no doubt that the Co-operative Party is separate and autonomous from Labour, despite there collobative arrangement. And it’s only because both parties think alike that they work together.

 * A Question for Answering: If Labour went further to the right, or sought an allience with the Lib Dems, would the Co-operative Party still wish to continue the Lab/Co-op arrangement and take the Labour whip? (Myself: I’m not so sure) So I still believe a different colour other than red for Labour/Co-operative MP’s should be used, but obviously kept on the same side as Labour. As for colour, I’d prefer to use the blue that they use on there webiste and their “unoffical” logo. But it has to be discussed futher first. 81.111.221.11 (talk) 16:36, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't know what will happen if the lib-dems and Labour were to join, but as an ex-lib dem myself, I highly daught it will happen. However, I still do believe that the CO-OP party/ Labour should have their own list, because after all, the MPs representing them are a 50/50 party. (TheGreenwalker (talk) 20:35, 17 September 2009 (UTC))

54th General Election, not Parliament
The 54th it may be, but it's not the 54th parliament! A new parliament is constituted after each time the Queen summons one, and happens at the State Opening, which is each year nowadays. The House of Commons (which is only a part of Parliament, remember) may very well have the same members as when the previous parliament was proprogued at the start of the summer. What does this "54th" actually refer to? It is the 54th General Election ? Or something more obscure? This is a Wikipedia article, so we mustn't be inaccurate, even if politicians are misusing the terminology. Neuralwarp (talk) 16:45, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

 * I'm afraid you're wrong - the annual meetings are sessions of Parliament, not separate Parliaments. This is indeed the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom, as established by Hansard. Please check this link which was the end of the previous session of the present Parliament on 26 November 2008: at the end it says "End of the Third Session (opened on 6 November 2007 ) of the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Fifty-Seventh Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second." Sam Blacketer (talk) 21:48, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Ulster Unionist
The table at the top of the article is misleading, the number of MPs only adds up to 645 for the "election" column. This is because Sylvia Hermon hasn't been counted as an Ulster Unionist- there is no mention of the party here. Surely the table shouldn't just focus on the affiliation of MPs at dissolution? Especially as it is now inaccurate.Southwesterner258 (talk) 20:38, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Composition
The first column of numbers in the composition table appears to add up to 645, not 646.--86.178.142.210 (talk) 06:11, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Never mind - as per the above comment, the UUP MP was missing, so added in. Also identified Peter Law as the independent at the election.--86.178.142.210 (talk) 06:16, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

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United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association

United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association, 166 U.S. 290 (1897), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that the Sherman Act (which was an antitrust measure that prohibited anticompetitive behavior in commerce) applied to the railroad industry, even though the U.S. Congress had enacted a comprehensive regime of regulations for that industry.

Background
Various railroad companies had formed an organization to regulate prices charged for transportation. The federal government charged these companies with violating the Sherman Act, and the railroad companies replied that they were not in violation of the act because their organization was designed to keep prices low, not to push them higher. The companies also contended that Congress had not intended the Sherman Act to apply to them, because there were already a wide array of laws governing the railroads.

Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court held that the Sherman Act prohibited all such combinations, irrespective of the purpose. The railroad association was price fixing under the per se approach. Competition should determine the reasonable rate, not agreements between companies. The court further held that congressional debate could not be used to decipher legislative intent due to the complex and often varying opinions on what the act means for different legislators

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Boxing kangaroo

The boxing kangaroo is a national symbol of Australia, frequently seen in pop culture. The symbol is often displayed prominently by Australian spectators at sporting events, such as at cricket, tennis, basketball and football matches, and at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. The flag is also highly associated with its namesake national rugby league team – the Kangaroos. A distinctive flag featuring the symbol has since been considered Australia's sporting flag.

History
The idea of a boxing kangaroo originates from the animal's defensive behaviour, in which it will use its smaller forelegs (its arms) to hold an attacker in place while using the claws on its larger hind legs to try to kick, slash or disembowel them. This stance gives the impression that the kangaroo appears to be boxing with its attacker.

The image of the boxing kangaroo has been known since at least 1891, when a cartoon titled "Jack, the fighting Kangaroo with Professor Lendermann" appeared in the magazine Melbourne Punch. In the late 19th century, outback travelling shows featured kangaroos wearing boxing gloves fighting against men. Das Boxende Känguruh, an 1895 German silent film directed by Max Skladanowsky, and an English silent film, The Boxing Kangaroo, produced by Birt Acres in 1896 also both featured kangaroos boxing against men, while such American animated shorts as The Boxing Kangaroo (1920), Mickey's Kangaroo (1935) and Pop 'Im Pop! (1949) helped establish the concept of a boxing kangaroo as a popular culture cliché.. The 1933 film Hell Below features a boxing match between a kangaroo and Jimmy Durante. The 1978 Hollywood movie Matilda, which starred Elliott Gould and Robert Mitchum, featured a boxing kangaroo that was exploited for prize fighting.

During World War II boxing kangaroos were stencilled on Australian fighter aircraft of No. 21 Squadron RAAF based in Singapore and Malaya to differentiate their aircraft from British planes. The practice soon spread to other units, as well as onto ships in the Royal Australian Navy.

In 1983 the boxing kangaroo received national and international prominence when it served as the symbol for the successful Australian challenge for the America's Cup, where the boxing kangaroo flag, a red-gloved golden kangaroo on a green background, was flown from the yacht Australia II. Alan Bond (owner of the Australia II yacht) owned the image and licensed it for mass production. The image was later bought by the Australian Olympic Committee, and is used as a mascot to represent the Australian Olympic team and to promote sport and fair play in schools.

The Boxing Kangaroo design created in 1983 as part of the successful Australian challenge to the America's Cup – and later bought by the Australian Olympic Committee – was originally designed by Steve Castledine, now a widely respected fine artist specialising in watercolours.

2010 Winter Olympics controversy
Leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee ordered the removal of a two-story high Australian boxing kangaroo flag that had been draped over a balcony in the athletes' village by Australian athletes. The IOC ordered the flag to be taken down as they believed the symbol to be "too commercial" as it is a registered trademark (albeit of the Australian Olympic Committee, a non-profit organization).

The IOC subsequently drew widespread criticism for its request, including from then Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard who came out in support of the athletes, declaring that the IOC made a ridiculous decision by ordering the flag's removal. The Australian team later decided they would only take down the flag upon receiving a formal written request for its removal.

On 8 February 2010, after a meeting between IOC president Jacques Rogge and Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates, it was agreed the green and gold flag featuring a kangaroo wearing boxing gloves could stay. "The IOC has a clean venue policy in order to protect the commercial rights of its sponsors", Coates said, "but clearly on this occasion Australia was not trying to ambush either the IOC or VANOC.”

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Help with My Page
Hi. I am a student at Clemson University, and for my English class we have an assignment to edit a wikipedia page. I am working on the National Outdoor Leadership School's page. From the edits I have made, could you give me suggestions?

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Amplified Bible

The Amplified Bible (AMP) is an English language translation of the Bible produced jointly by Zondervan and The Lockman Foundation. The first edition as a complete volume was published in 1965. "Amplifications" are words or phrases intended to more fully bring out the meaning of the original text but distinguished from the translation itself by a unique system of brackets, parentheses, and italics. The translation is largely one of formal equivalence (word-for-word).

History
Frances Siewert (1881–1967) was active in Christian education and the widow of a Presbyterian minister who died in 1940.

With continuing support from the Lockman Foundation and Zondervan, she then devoted herself to a similar edition of the Old Testament, relying heavily on the 1952 Revised Standard Version. Her two Old Testament volumes were published in 1962 and 1964. The Lockman Foundation then employed several scholars to revise the entire work for a one-volume edition, which was published in 1965.

In 1987 an expanded edition was published with additional amplifications; that version is now referred to as the Classic Edition (AMPC).

In 2015 the Amplified Bible was updated again for readability and clarity, with refreshed English and improved amplifications.

Translation methodology
The Amplified Bible largely offers a word-for-word (formal equivalence) translation, in contrast to thought-for-thought (dynamic equivalence) translations at the opposite end of the Bible translation spectrum. Amplification is indicated by parentheses, brackets, italicized conjunctions, and bold or italicized text. Each form provides different kinds of information to the individual reader.

Theologian Gordon Fee and Mark Strauss stated that the Amplified Bible

 * is unique among Bible versions in that it provides "amplifications"—synonyms and explanations in brackets and parentheses within the text […] The strength of this version is that it acknowledges that no single English word or phrase can capture precisely the meaning of the Hebrew or Greek.

However, they also criticized it in that it has

 * had a run of popularity far beyond its worth. It is far better to use several translations, note where they differ, and then check out these differences in another source than to be led to believe that a word can mean one of several things in any given sentence, with the reader left to choose whatever best strikes his or her fancy.

Andreas J. Köstenberger, David A. Croteau, and Joe Stowell remark that the Amplified Bible is "truly one of the most unique English translations," in which nuances in translation are indicated using various punctuation marks such as words or phrases in brackets, to show that they are "not explicitly contained in the original texts."

But the translation has also been viewed as being guilty of so-called "illegitimate totality transfer" (a phrase coined by biblical scholar James Barr ) by giving multiple potential meanings of a word in a particular passage. Readers may incorrectly conclude that multiple meanings of a word may apply regardless of the one which context would suggest.

Comparison example
Acts 16:31 is the example used in the Publisher's Foreword, illustrating some of the features of the Amplified Bible, in comparison with other translations:

Acts 16:31, King James Version: And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Acts 16:31, American Standard Version: And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

Acts 16:31, Amplified Bible: And they answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus [as your personal Savior and entrust yourself to Him] and you will be saved, you and your household [if they also believe]."

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New England Folk Festival

The New England Folk Festival is an annual weekend festival of traditional dance and music. It takes place in the Boston, Massachusetts region each spring. It is conducted by the New England Folk Festival Association. Both the festival and the association are colloquially known by the abbreviation NEFFA. NEFFA is a participatory festival; attendees are encouraged to participate in dancing, singing, musical jam sessions, and other activities. It is run by volunteers and all the performers are volunteers as well.

The festival and the association has introduced thousands of New England and Massachusetts residents to the varied communities of traditional social and folk dance and folk music for more than 60 years, especially celebrating the living traditions of folk music and dance traditional to New England. Numerous New England folk dance callers, leaders and musicians have had formative experiences at the festival, and in turn have inspired and influenced thousands more through their performances, workshops, and enthusiastic participation. The festival has been influential in sustaining and reviving numerous folk dance traditions in New England.

As a social dance festival, it is a community experience, the largest in New England of its kind, with about 5,000 combined admissions in the festival's four session periods. It is the inspiration for other similar traditional dance and music festivals throughout the United States and North America. For contra dance and folk dance leaders from New England and the United States, the festival has been an annual opportunity to perform, share experiences, insights, and further living traditions. The association also conducts a weekly contra dance series in Concord, Massachusetts.

History
The idea for NEFFA came about in the summer of 1944, in a discussion over coffee after a square dance at the Boston YWCA. The participants were Grace Palmer, director of the YWCA; Mary Gillette, head of the YWCA's physical education program; and Ralph Page, the popular New Hampshire caller who presided at the square dances. The series had been running for little more than a year, but was already drawing over two hundred people every week, most of them college students. As Ralph Page later recalled the conversation, they were discussing a recent attempt at a "New England Folk Festival" at the Boston Garden which had left them unimpressed: "Mary said: 'Why don't we have a real folk festival?' and so the idea was born". Mary Gillette envisioned a festival where New England's many ethnic groups could share their song, dances, and crafts and present them to a wider audience, in a simple, honest, straightforward manner.

Grace Palmer offered the facilities of the Boston YWCA. Philip Sharples, who in 1940 had founded the Belmont Country Dance Group (one of the first square and contra dance series in the Boston area), joined with Mary Gillette and Ralph Page in calling local leaders to meet and talk it over. Many recreation agencies and ethnic groups sent representatives. From the start, the Festival Committee agreed to maintain an atmosphere of non-commercialism and high standards of performance and authenticity. The first festival took place on 28–29 October 1944 and attracted 200 attendees, mainly to watch performances of local ethnic dance performing groups.

The festival continued at the Boston YWCA five more times. From 1951 onward, it was held in a variety of town and cities near Boston, visiting Worcester several times, and once each in Exeter, New Hampshire, Manchester, New Hampshire, North Kingston, Rhode Island, Brockton, Massachusetts and Lowell, Massachusetts. It was held in Natick High School from 1967 to 1970, then returned to Natick in 1974 and remained there through 2006. From 2007 to 2019 the festival was held at Mansfield High and Middle Schools. Since 2023, the festival has been held at Best Western Hotel and Trade Center in Marlborough. Over the course of 60-plus years, the festival has grown to a three-day affair, with about 5,000 admissions.

The NEFFA festival was founded in 1944, long before several more famous folk festivals, such as the Philadelphia Folk Festival (1962) and the Newport Folk Festival (1959). In recent decades, NEFFA has been influential as a model for dance and music festivals in New England, and nationally, including upstate New York's Flurry Festival (founded 1988) and Maine's Down East Country Festival (founded 1991).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020, 2021 and 2022 festivals were held virtually. The festival has again been held in person beginning in 2023.

The festival program and performers
In recent years, participatory dancing occurs simultaneously in three halls, most prominently contra dance, international folk dance, and English country dance, in addition to other genres of dance. A variety of concerts, discussions and other more intimate performances take place in numerous class room spaces. Family-oriented events occur during daylight hours on Saturday and Sunday. A courtyard outside is devoted to Morris dancing, Rapper Sword and Longsword dancing. Sunday afternoons typically schedule dance and music demonstrations of a variety of ethnic dances, by local and distant dance groups, in the main hall. The hundreds of volunteer musicians, singers, dance callers, leaders and dance-demonstration performers are primarily from New England and every year a number arrive from more distant parts of North America. The performers apply in the fall, and the program is announced in the spring.

The NEFFA association
In addition to the annual spring festival, NEFFA conducts the weekly Thursday Night Contra dance, formerly in Cambridge and as of 2006, held at the Concord Scout House. The dance is nationally known in the contra dance community for its vibrancy and popularity. NEFFA also conducts a separate annual winter festival called the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend, in honor of one of the organization's founders, to promote understanding of the history and development of traditional Anglo-American dance forms in New England, especially contra dance and square dance. NEFFA has also published influential books about traditional dance and choreography. NEFFA is an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society.

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I am Autrefois!

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Viaggio Air

Viaggio Air (VM) was a private airline based and registered in Sofia, Bulgaria in September 2002.

History
It started operations with an ATR 42 aircraft on 27 February 2003. It firstly started operating flights to Vienna and Istanbul and had plans to operate to Kyiv and Athens. At a later stage it was 100% bought by Hemus Air (DU), which also acquired Bulgaria Air (FB). In late 2007 Viaggio Air ceased flight operations.

Fleet
The Viaggio Air fleet had the following aircraft (as of February 2008):

 * 2 ATR 42-300

As of 3 June 2008, the average age of the Viaggio Air fleet is 19.1 years.

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User:Inter/Requests for Mediation

The intermediary step in the dispute resolution is a request for mediation. There are several steps to take before reaching this instance of the dispute resolution process. If none of these routes are followed first it is very likely that your request will be rejected.

 * These steps should be taken before presenting a case before the Mediaton Committee:
 * Talk to the parties involved.
 * Discuss with third parties.
 * Conduct a survey.

For more information, see Resolving disputes.

If these steps have failed, and you see no reasonable chance that the matter can be resolved in another manner, you may request the intervention and mediation of the Mediation Committee.

 * Mediation policy
 * Mediation template
 * Contact the Mediation Committee

Please place comments on the talk page, not here.

Structure of this page
The procedure for accepting requests is described in the Mediation policy. Important points:
 * Be brief. Put a quick list of the nature of the complaints. Place the request itself on this page, rather than a subpage, but if you need to, link to detailed commentary and/or evidence in the standard template format elsewhere.
 * You are required to place a notice on the user talk page that you have requested help from the Mediation Committee. You should confirm this by providing diffs of the notification at the bottom of your complaint.
 * Please sign and date at least your original submission with " ~ ."
 * New requests to the top, please.

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Statement by party 1
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Merlin diamond mine

The Merlin diamond mine is one of only three diamond mines in Australia. The mine is located in the Northern Territory of Australia, about 80 kilometres south of Borroloola. The mine operated for a period of about three years from 2000 to mid-2003, during which time it produced about 500,000 carats (100 kg) of high quality diamonds.

The Merlin mine has an unusually high proportion of gem-quality diamonds: 65% of production is gem-quality, and only 35% is classified as near-gem or industrial quality. This compares to a worldwide average of just 20% gem-quality diamond production at diamond mines worldwide, and a mere 5% gem-quality production at Australia's largest diamond mine, Argyle diamond mine. The high ratio of gem-quality diamonds is responsible for a relatively high value of $108 USD per carat (540 $/g). The known ore grade at Merlin is about 0.2 carats (40 mg) per tonne, although exploration continues under the mine's new owner. The largest diamond produced at the Merlin mine measured 104.73 carats (20.946 g), the largest ever found in Australia, and has been valued at over US$525,000.

The mine and mining rights were sold by Rio Tinto Group, to Striker Resources, which explored the possibility of reopening it. Striker has since become North Australian Diamonds, a company which operated the mine for a short period in 2006. Rio Tinto originally acquired the mining lease after a takeover of Ashton mining (November 2000) in which it also gained full control of the Argyle diamond mine. Ashton mining initially developed and operated the mine.

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Talk:Full Sail University

UPE
See UPE firefighter content flagged and removed, thanks ElKevbo 158.222.206.34 (talk) 14:18, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Sock involvement
This article has been heavily edited by the Yoodaba sockfarm and needs review and cleanup. The accounts involved are as follows: The article currently contains very little negative content and focuses excessively on notable alumni and awards; given that e.g. the New York Times writes that A simple Google search finds Full Sail in the middle of the debate over proprietary schools. and But even after decades — there are about 50,000 Full Sail graduates out there — the university still lacks a marquee name. Most graduates have quieter careers., it seems like this might be undue. Yoodaba seems to have contributed to this; a cursory skim of the diffs suggests that they were mostly busy adding awards and notable alumni. I am hence inclined to tag this article accordingly, but will give the opportunity to comment first. Blablubbs|talk 19:52, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello! I've submitted requests to update the Wikipedia article on behalf of Full Sail University in the past (not since mid 2019), but all of mine were submitted openly and transparently (above and on archived talk pages). I've never submitted requests on behalf of Beutler Ink using other accounts, and I'm always willing to disclose my conflict of interest on talk pages and my profile page. I am not familiar with any of the accounts mentioned above, nor am I currently working with Full Sail University to propose any changes or updates to the entry. Please let me know if you have other questions about my work here. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 21:25, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I commented this with (here). It looks like Full Sail University hired this marketing agency operating multiple sockfarms (not Beutler Ink) some time around mid 2019. MarioGom (talk) 23:25, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged, thanks to both of you. Blablubbs|talk 12:27, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Accreditation Criticism
The college has been subject to criticism regarding transferability of credits, as credits from nationally accredited schools often do not transfer to regionally accredited schools.[72][73]

This sentence doesn't come from a WP:NPOV. One of the sources is a 404, and the other specifically states that the criticism regarding transferability of credits is "directed towards other for-profit schools", not Full Sail University itself. 24.51.41.10 (talk) 13:02, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

 * The Time article says "Full Sail is still subject to the criticism currently directed toward other for-profit schools" which includes Full Sail and notes that Florida State won't accept them. The other reference is available via archive and I have restored it. Notfrompedro (talk) 13:13, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

2021 Awards for the University?
Hello, former student here. I've seen a lot of articles with awards from the last year or so that mention Full Sail and I would love to see the Awards here updated. I'll do my best to make the updates myself. 24.208.72.142 (talk) 16:09, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Sockpuppet account spam editing the page
The page has been edited extensively by a new user: User:Plasma188. This account was just created today and made 14 significant edits to this page. They did not leave accurate summaries for their edits. I'm curious as to how a brand new account found this page and why they decided to add a mass of negative content to it without proper sourcing. They then proceeded to edit their user page, and log off shortly after. (Please read WP:RS). I am inclined to revert things back to the way they were prior to these WP:SPAM edits. Please interject if you have an alternative opinion, or if you happen to agree. CiKing101 (talk) 13:03, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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Anthony Housefather

Anthony Housefather (born January 25, 1970) is a Canadian Member of Parliament representing the riding of Mount Royal on the island of Montreal. From 2015 to 2019, Housefather served as the Chair of the Justice and Human Rights Committee. Following the 2019 election, he was named the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour. Following the 2021 federal election, Housefather was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, a position he held until fall 2023. In 2024, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board.

He was first elected to office in 1994 as a municipal councillor in the Town of Hampstead. When Hampstead and all the other cities on the Montreal island were forced to merge into the City of Montreal by the Parti Quebecois government in 2001, he was elected as a municipal councillor in the borough of Côte Saint-Luc-Hampstead-Montreal West. Housefather then led the demerger movement in his borough. Following the successful demerger of all three municipalities as determined in a referendum on June 20, 2004, he was elected Mayor of the City of Côte Saint-Luc, and served from 2005 until 2015, when he resigned following his election to Parliament.

Housefather was first elected to Parliament in the Canadian federal election of October 2015. On February 16, 2016, Housefather was unanimously elected Chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. After the 2021 election, Housefather was named to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and the Standing Committee on Operations and Estimates.

Housefather holds two law degrees (B.C.L. and LL.B.) from McGill University, and an MBA from Concordia University's John Molson School of Business. Before his election to federal office, he served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, at Dialogic Corporation, a multinational technology company.

Housefather was a nationally ranked athlete as a student. He returned to competitive swimming in 2010, and earned seven medals (two silver, and five bronze) in swimming masters events at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and five at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.

Early life
Housefather was born in Montreal, Quebec, and is Jewish. His grandparents were all born in Montreal. He was considered intellectually gifted as a child, and attended McGill University's Summer School for Gifted and Talented Children at the age of 11.

He went to Herzliah High School, and is fluent in Hebrew. He earned two law degrees (B.C.L. and LL.B.) from McGill University, and an MBA from Concordia University's John Molson School of Business.

Liberal Party Vice President and Hampstead Town Councillor (1991–2001)
Housefather became active in the Mount Royal Liberal Association as a teenager. He was elected as Policy Vice President of the Young Liberals of Canada's Quebec wing in 1991, and in 1992 was elected to the Liberal Party's national executive as Policy Vice President of the Young Liberals of Canada. In that role he worked on the platform committee for the development of the Red Book, the Liberal Party platform in the 1993 campaign.

When his term on the national executive ended, Housefather ran for Hampstead Town Council and was elected in 1994, defeating two other candidates. He was re-elected in 1998, and served in this capacity until 2001, when the Quebec government forced all cities and towns on the Island of Montreal to merge.

Alliance Quebec President
Housefather was involved in organizations working on behalf of Quebec's English-speaking minority in the 1990s. In addition to being involved with Federation CJA's Pro Montreal at its inception, he was also involved in the creation of Youth Employment Services. Both of these groups concentrated on keeping the youth of the English-speaking community in Quebec by helping them find jobs.

He also served on the Board of Directors, and then as the Executive, of Alliance Quebec. Housefather was elected President of Alliance Quebec in 2000 and served until 2001, when he ran for office in the new mega-city of Montreal following the forced mergers.

Councillor in the merged City of Montréal, and Leader of the De-merger Movement (2001-05)
Housefather, together with the vast majority of Mayors and Councillors of suburban municipalities, opposed the forced mergers of municipalities on the island of Montréal to form a single City of Montreal. When the Quebec Court of Appeals ruled that the cities had no constitutional protection against the forced mergers, Housefather joined many suburban mayors and councillors who ran for election in the City of Montreal, campaigning on the promise to support demerger if a new government ever permitted it. In the 2001 election, he was elected as a Councillor for the Borough of Côte Saint-Luc–Hampstead–Montreal West, receiving approximately 70% of the vote.

When the Quebec Liberal Party was elected in 2003, it set in motion a process that permitted cities and towns to de-merge from the consolidated city of Montréal. Housefather was alone amongst the three elected Councillors in Côte Saint-Luc-Hampstead-Montreal West to support the demerger of the three communities. In 2004, he served as co-chair of the demerger committee of the Côte Saint-Luc along with former City Councillors Mitchell Brownstein, Ruth Kovac, and Glenn J. Nashen. He was also a member of the Hampstead Demerger Committee and the Montreal West Demerger Committee. On June 20, 2004, all three communities voted to demerge from Montreal, with the Yes vote representing 91% of the votes cast in Hampstead, 87% of the votes cast in Côte Saint-Luc, and 84% of the votes cast in Montreal West. Thus, all three municipalities were reconstituted within their former borders as of January 1, 2006, with elections scheduled for November 2005.

Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc (2005–15)
On November 7, 2005, Housefather was elected Mayor of the reconstituted City of Côte Saint-Luc, winning election with 75% of the vote while former Mayor Bernard Lang received 14% of the vote, and a third opponent receiving 10% of the vote.

Housefather was a very popular and well-respected Mayor, and was re-elected by acclamation to a second term as Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc on October 2, 2009, in advance of a November 1, 2009, vote. He was acclaimed again on October 4, 2013, in advance of a November 4, 2013, vote.

As Mayor, Housefather was very involved in provincial as well as local issues. He led the fight by bilingual municipalities against the Parti Quebecois' government's Bill 14, which amongst other things would have deprived many Quebec municipalities of bilingual status. He drafted and presented a brief with Town of Mount Royal Mayor Philippe Roy at the National Assembly of Quebec on Bill 14 on March 11, 2013.

He also held a rally at Côte Saint-Luc City Hall for religious tolerance, and led in the opposition to the PQ's Charter of Values which sought to bar any employee from wearing religious gear in schools, hospitals, municipalities and provincial government. Both of these bills were dropped.

During the years when Côte Saint-Luc was in Montreal, a collective agreement was signed by the mega-city giving firefighters a monopoly on first response, which put Côte Saint-Luc's much valued Emergency Measures Service at risk of disappearing. With the help of D'Arcy-McGee MNA Lawrence Bergman, Housefather was able to convince the Quebec Government to add a provision to Bill 22 to allow Côte Saint-Luc to operate its first-responder service permanently. Housefather also was able to work with other mayors to save a local police station and to convince the Agglomeration of Montreal to adopt a resolution allocating $44 million for the Cavendish extension. He also worked with Councillor Dida Berku and environmental groups to help preserve the Meadowbrook Golf Course as a green space.

At a local level, Housefather and his council were viewed as one of the most innovative councils in Quebec. Côte Saint-Luc built an $18 million Aquatic and Community Centre on time and under budget, and developed one of Montreal's leading aquatics programs. Under the Housefather administration, Côte Saint-Luc was the first city on the island of Montreal to launch a composting program for all single-family homes, the first to launch a food policy, and launched a farmer's market and community gardens. The median age of residents of the City of Côte Saint-Luc fell by seven years over Housefather's tenure as Mayor, as the community expanded high-quality programs for children and young adults and sponsored townhouses and other housing favourable to young families. But at the same time a permanent home was found for the city's seniors clubs and legion.

Island-wide roles
In addition to his duties within local government, between 2006 and 2015 Housefather also served as the Secretary of the Association of Suburban Municipalities (ASM), which represents the 15 demerged cities and towns on the Island of Montreal. Housefather was also a member of the island-wide Montreal agglomeration council and the agglomeration's Public Security Commission.

Federal Elections
2015

When Liberal Party of Canada MP Irwin Cotler announced he would not run in the 2015 federal election in the Mount Royal riding, Housefather was supported by most of the elected officials in the riding when he declared his intention to run. His Liberal nomination opponent was communications strategist Jonathan Goldbloom. Housefather said his 20 successful years in municipal politics were excellent preparation for the role of MP. Over the course of the year he signed up over 3,000 residents of the riding to support him at the nominating meeting.

The Mount Royal nomination meeting took place on November 30, 2014. With 1,948 ballots cast, Housefather was declared the winner and the official Liberal Party candidate for the 2015 federal election.

The Conservative Party targeted Mount Royal in the 2015 election, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper launching his party's campaign in Mount Royal. Housefather ran a vigorous door-to-door campaign, and managed to assemble support from a wide variety of communities within the riding as well as the majority of elected officials at the municipal and school board election. Housefather and the NDP candidate debated four times in the riding, with the Conservative candidate participating in two of the debates and refusing two. However, Housefather debated against Conservative candidate Robert Libman on CTV and Radio Shalom, and all three candidates debated on CJAD.

Following the campaign, Housefather was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mount Royal on October 19, 2015, with 50.4% of the vote, and tripling the Liberal majority from the 2011 election.

Housefather was profiled as one of 10 rookie MPs to watch in the new parliament.

2019

Housefather was re-elected with 56.3% of the vote and substantially increased his margin of victory compared to the 2015 Federal Election, from 12.4% to 31.4%, beating conservative candidate David Torjdman by 13,703 votes. Following his re-election, Housefather was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour.

2021

Housefather was again reelected in Mount Royal with the highest percentage of votes in the riding since 2006. Housefather increased his margin of victory from 56.3% in 2019 to 57.7% in 2021, even as the Liberal party's vote share nationally fell 0.5%, to beat runner up Conservative candidate Frank Cavallaro by 13421 votes. Following his re-election, Housefather was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement.

In 2024, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board.

On Parliament Hill
On February 16, 2016, he was elected as Chairman the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Later that month, Housefather earned international media attention for a speech he delivered in support of an anti-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) motion put forward in the House of Commons. The motion urged the government to reject the goals of the BDS movement. while calling on the government to "condemn any and all attempts by Canadian organizations, groups or individuals to promote [it] both here at home and abroad." Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and most other Liberals voted in favour of the motion, which passed 229–51.

On March 24, 2016, Housefather echoed Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion's criticism of the UN Human Rights Council's decision to appoint University of Western Ontario law professor Michael Lynk as its Special Rapporteur on human rights in Palestine. This followed criticism from Jewish groups including the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, which accused Lynk of bias against Israel.

Housefather received considerable acclaim for his chairing of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, with committee members from all parties praising his handling of the difficult committee hearings on the assisted dying bill C-14. Housefather also helped lead several unanimous reports through the committee, including the Human Trafficking in Canada Report, Report to Better Support Mental Health for Jurors, and Access to the Justice System including via Legal Aid and the Court Challenges Program. He also led the fight in passing the Bill S-201, An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination.

As of May 20, 2016, no rookie Liberal MP had spoken more in the House of Commons than Housefather.

On December 12, 2019, with MP Rodger Cuzner no longer a sitting Member of the House of Commons, Housefather took on the role of reciting a poem and parody of the Night Before Christmas that took good-humoured jabs at political rivals just before the House of Commons rose for their annual holiday break. It was received with a standing ovation and roars of laughter from Members of all parties.

In 2021, Housefather assumed the chairmanship of the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group and in 2022 the role of vice-chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group. Mr. Housefather has been active on the issue of bilingualism and the protection of minority language rights. Since the introduction of Quebec's Bill 96 he has frequently stood in the House to voice his opposition to the Bill.

In the riding
In February 2016, Housefather relayed the support of the constituents in his riding for the Cavendish Boulevard extension between Côte St. Luc and St. Laurent in the House of Commons. In May 2016, Quebec Liberals adopted a resolution calling for the Cavendish extension to be realized.

In April 2016, Housefather and Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos announced the federal government would provide $390,913 over a period of three years for a new drop-in centre, which provides relief for caregivers of seniors, at the Côte St. Luc Aquatic and Community Centre as part of the New Horizons for Seniors Program. In total $1.1 million was received for senior programs assisting caregivers in the riding.

In May, Housefather announced that over 270 summer jobs had been created for students in the riding, with more than double the number of jobs created than in 2015.

In the election campaign, Housefather had promised to hold quarterly town hall meetings in the riding to give constituents a report on what is happening in Ottawa and in the riding and to take questions as he did as Mayor. The first town hall meeting was held in Hampstead in January and the second was held in the Town of Mount Royal in April. The meetings are called Anthony's Assemblies.

In the media
Housefather has written several opinion pieces for Canadian newspapers, and has been interviewed on local and national news networks, sharing his views on subjects including his experience as a member of parliament, minority language issues, and his support of more permissive surrogacy laws in Canada.

In November 2020, Housefather published an op-ed in CNN alongside his co-members of the Interparliamentary Taskforce on Combatting Online Antisemitism. Their article expressed the need for global collaboration to hold social media companies accountable for what takes place on their platforms and to create internationally cohesive and transparent policies to tackle hate speech.

In 2021, Housefather published an op-ed in the National Post discussing the need for a new independent institution in Canada to combat online disinformation.

Following the introduction of Bill 96 in Québec, Housefather has been featured prominently in local and national media for his opposition to the Bill. In May 2022, Housefather published an op-ed in the Montreal Gazette expressing his concern with the bill.[i] That same month, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Housefather and other Liberal members of parliament participated in a protest against Bill 96. He later joined Rosemary Barton on Rosemary Barton Live to discuss his concerns with the legislation.

Housefather has stated that he is a centrist.

Controversy
Housefather was the Chair of The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights which, on March 13, 2019, voted to adjourn rather than debate whether Jody Wilson-Raybould should reappear before the committee to provide additional testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair and, on March 19, 2019 (the day of the 2019 Federal Budget), ended the study into the affair without calling further witnesses.

In February 2019, Housefather apologized after suggesting during multiple media interviews that Jody Wilson-Raybould was likely shuffled for her inability to speak French.

In May 2018, Housefather distanced himself from his own government and strongly disagreed with Justin Trudeau, when he made a statement that condemned the Israeli military for using excessive force against unarmed civilians and called for an independent investigation into Israel, after an Israeli sniper shot a Canadian physician, Dr. Tarek Loubani in Gaza. Housefather strongly denounced any claims of not being a forceful advocator for Israel and stated that he always has been and "will continue to be a huge supporter of Israel." Housefather characterizes himself as the one of the most prominent Israeli advocates in Parliament, and reiterated his loyalty to his constituents as well as Canada's Jewish community.

Housefather is a member of the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary group. Following the start of the Israeli war on Gaza in October of 2023, Housefather travelled to Israel and took photos with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. On January 19, 2024, Housefather appeared on CBC's Power and Politics and stated that Canada should categorically reject South Africa's genocide claim against Israel while saying that Israel was merely "defending itself".

Athletics
Housefather was a competitive swimmer in his teens, and then a competitive water polo player. He started competitive swimming again in 2010. In July and August 2013, Housefather won seven medals, five silver medals and two bronze medals, in the Masters category in swimming at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He won five medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals, in a number of Masters (35+) swimming events at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.

Housefather swims on the Parliamentary Swim Team, and runs with the running group on the Hill, which, as part of a wider fitness initiative, aims to keep members of Parliament physically active while promoting health and physical fitness. He advocates for athletics and physical fitness as a Member of Parliament, serving as the Liberal Party lead on the Parliamentary fitness initiative started by former MP John Weston.

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Tamil grammar

Much of Tamil grammar is extensively described in the oldest available grammar book for Tamil, the Tolkāppiyam (dated between 300 BCE and 300 CE). Modern Tamil writing is largely based on the 13th century grammar Naṉṉūl, which restated and clarified the rules of the Tolkāppiyam with some modifications.

Parts of Tamil grammar
Traditional Tamil grammar consists of five parts, namely eḻuttu, sol, poruḷ, yāppu, and aṇi. Of these, the last two are mostly applicable in poetry. The following table gives additional information about these parts.

Eḻuttu (writing) defines and describes the letters of the Tamil alphabet and their classification. It describes the nature of phonemes and their changes with respect to different conditions and locations in the text.

Sol defines the types of the words based on their meaning and the origin. It defines the gender, number, cases, tenses, classes, harmony, etc. This chapter also provides rules for compounding the words.

Porul defines the contents of poetry. It gives guidance on which topic to choose for poetry based on certain conditions like the nature of the land or time or the people. It gives a distinction between Agam (Internal / love life) and Puram (external / worldly life).

Yāppu defines rules for composing Traditional poetry. It defines the basic building block Asai and describes how asai should be joined to form a sīr, joining sīr for an adi.

Aṇi defines techniques used for comparing, praising and criticizing the taken topics.

Letters
The script of Tamil Language consists of 247 letters. The script falls under the category Abugida, in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as a unit. The grammar classifies the letters into two major categories.
 * Prime Letters – முதலெழுத்து
 * Dependent Letters – சார்பெழுத்து

Prime Letters
12 vowels and 18 consonants are classified as the prime letters.
 * The vowels (உயிரெழுத்துகள் ): அ (a), ஆ (ā), இ (i), ஈ( ī), உ (u), ஊ (ū), எ (e), ஏ (ē), ஐ (ai), ஒ (o), ஓ (ō), ஔ (au)
 * The consonants (மெய்யெழுத்துகள் ): க், ங், ச், ஞ், ட், ண், த், ந், ப், ம், ய், ர், ல், வ், ழ், ள், ற், ன்

The vowels are called uyir, meaning soul, in Tamil. The consonants are known as mey, meaning body. When the alphasyllabary is formed, the letter shall be taking the form of the consonants, that is the body, and the sound shall be that of the corresponding vowel, that is the soul.

The vowels are categorized based on the length, as short (kuril) and long(nedil). The short vowels are pronounced for a duration 1 unit, while the long vowels take two units. Based on the duration of the sound, the vowels form 5 pairs. The other two vowels ஐ(ai) and ஔ(au) are diphthongs formed by joining the letters அ(a)+இ(i) and அ(a)+உ(u). Since these two are a combination two short letters, their pronunciation takes 2 units of time, that is they fall under nedil category. ஐ(ai) and ஔ(au) can also be spelt அய் and அவ். This form is known as eḻuttuppōli and is generally not recommended.

The consonants are categorised into three groups, வல்லினம் (hard), மெல்லினம்  (soft) and இடையினம்  (medium), based on the nature of the sound.

From the 30 prime letters, the dependent letters are formed.

Dependent Letters
Tamil grammar defines 10 categories of Dependent letters.

 * Alphasyllabic letters உயிர்மெய் எழுத்து
 * Aidam ஆய்த எழுத்து
 * Elongated vowel உயிரளபெடை
 * Elongated consonant ஒற்றளபெடை
 * Shortened u குற்றியலுகரம்
 * Shortened i குற்றியலிகரம்
 * Shortened ai ஐகாரக் குறுக்கம்
 * Shortened au ஔகாரக் குறுக்கம்
 * Shortened m மகரக்குறுக்கம்
 * Shortened Aidam ஆய்தக்குறுக்கம்

The alphasyllabic letters – 216 in total – are formed by combining the consonants and the vowels. The duration of the sound is that of the vowel attached to the consonant (or the inherent vowel, in case of the pure consonants). For example, the table below shows the formation of க் based letters.

Aidam is also known as தனிநிலை (stand alone). The aidam is always preceded by a single short letter (தனிக்குறில் ) and followed by a hard alphasyllabic letter (வல்லின உயிர்மெய் ). It takes half unit time for pronunciation.

(உயிரளபெடை) and (ஒற்றளபெடை) are formed by elongating the duration of pronunciation of a letter to satisfy certain grammatical rules while composing poetry. In Uyiralapetai, the intrinsic vowel of the letter that is elongated is written next to it, to indicate that the letter now is pronounced for 3 units of time.

In Kutriyalukaram, the duration of the short 'u' letters of vallinam category (கு, சு, டு, து, பு, று) is reduced to half units, when the letter is found at the end of the word, preceded by multiple letters or a single nedil(long) letter.

If a word with kutriyalikaram is followed by a word with 'ய'(ya) as the first letter, the u sound is corrupted to i sound and takes a half unit of time for pronunciation.

In Aikarakurukkam and Aukarakurukkam, the duration of the letters ஐ and ஔ are reduced to 1 1/2 units if they are the first letters of the word. If situated elsewhere it is reduced to 1 unit.

Vanjiyar
In Tamil, a single letter standing alone or multiple letters combined form a word. Tamil is an agglutinative language – words consist of a lexical root to which one or more affixes are attached.

Most Tamil affixes are suffixes. These can be derivational suffixes, which either change the part of speech of the word or its meaning, or inflectional suffixes, which mark categories such as person, number, mood, tense, etc. There is no absolute limit on the length and extent of agglutination, which can lead to long words with a large number of suffixes, which would require several words or a sentence in English. To give an example, the word (போகமுடியாதவர்களுக்காக) means "for the sake of those who cannot go", and consists of the following morphemes:

Words formed as a result of the agglutinative process are often difficult to translate. Today Translations, a British translation service, ranks the Tamil word செல்லாதிருப்பவர் (, meaning a certain type of truancy) as number 8 in their The Most Untranslatable Word In The World list.

In Tamil, words are classified into four categories namely,
 * Nouns Peyarsol
 * Verbs Vinaisol
 * Particles and Pre-/Postpositions Idaisol
 * Adjective and Adverbs Urisol

All categories of nouns are declinable. Verbs are conjugated to indicate person, tense, gender, number and mood. The other two classes are indeclinable.

Nouns
The nouns stand for the names of objects both animate and inanimate, and abstract concepts. Nouns are the collections of names of animate/inanimate objects (பொருட்பெயர் ), places (இடப்பெயர் ), concepts of time (காலப்பெயர் ), names of limbs of animate/inanimate objects (சினைப்பெயர் ), qualitative nouns (பண்புப்பெயர் ) and verbal nouns (தொழிற்பெயர் ).

Nouns of place stands for both conceptual names like town, village, heaven and real names like New York, Amsterdam.

Nouns of time includes units of time, names of days of the week, names of months and seasons.

Nouns of quality includes the nature and quality of the abstract and tangible objects. Example: names of tastes, shape, quantity, etc.

Rationality
The nouns are divided into two main classes based on rationality: The "high class" (உயர்திணை ), and the "lower class" (அஃறிணை ).

All the rational beings fall under the category of "high class". Examples could be Adult humans and deities. All the irrational beings and inanimate objects fall under the "lower class". Examples could be animals, birds, plants and things. Since children are considered to be irrational, the word "child" குழந்தை is considered "lower class" or neuter.

Noun inflection
Nouns are inflected based on number and grammatical case, of which there are 9: nominative case, accusative case, dative case, instrumental case, sociative case, locative case, ablative case, genitive case, and vocative case. If the plural is used, the noun is inflected by suffixing the noun stem with first the plural marker -kaḷ, and then with the case suffix, if any. Otherwise, if the singular is used, the noun is instead inflected by suffixing either the noun stem with the case suffix, or the oblique stem with the case suffix. An optional euphonic increment -iṉ or -aṉ can occur before the case suffix.

Nominative Case
The nominative case is used for the subject of an intransitive verb, the agent of a transitive verb, the predicate of a nominal sentence, and subject and object complements. It is the base form of the noun with no suffix.

 * Kumār māṇavaṉ. || "Kumar (is) (a) student."
 * Kumār māṇavaṉ. || "Kumar becomes (a) student."
 * Katavu tiṟanatu. || "The door opened."
 * }
 * Katavu tiṟanatu. || "The door opened."
 * }
 * }

It can also be used to mark the direct object when it is indefinite and irrational.

Accusative Case
The accusative case marks the direct object of a transitive verb. It is marked by the suffix -ai. It is required when the direct object is rational. When used with irrational nouns, the accusative must be used when the direct object is definite. When an irrational direct object is indefinite, the nominative is used instead, unless there is an explicit indefinite determiner present, in which case either the nominative or accusative may be used.

 * Kumār paiyanai pārtāṉ. || "Kumar sees a/the boy." || (rational direct object, the accusative must be used regardless of definiteness)
 * Nāṉ eṉ cāviyai tolaittēṉ. || "I lost my key." || (irrational direct object, the possessive pronoun eṉ makes the noun definite, the accusative must be used)
 * Nāṉ cāviyai tolaittēṉ. || "I lost the key." || (irrational direct object, the accusative shows the noun is definite)
 * Nāṉ cāvi tolaittēṉ. || "I lost a key." || (irrational direct object, the nominative shows the noun is indefinite)
 * Nāṉ oru cāvi(yai) tolaittēṉ. || "I lost a key." || (irrational direct object, the determiner oru makes the noun explicitly indefinite, accusative is optional)
 * }
 * Nāṉ cāvi tolaittēṉ. || "I lost a key." || (irrational direct object, the nominative shows the noun is indefinite)
 * Nāṉ oru cāvi(yai) tolaittēṉ. || "I lost a key." || (irrational direct object, the determiner oru makes the noun explicitly indefinite, accusative is optional)
 * }
 * Nāṉ oru cāvi(yai) tolaittēṉ. || "I lost a key." || (irrational direct object, the determiner oru makes the noun explicitly indefinite, accusative is optional)
 * }

Dative Case
The dative case is marked with -ukku, -kku, or -ku. It expresses an indirect object, a goal of motion, a purpose, or an experiencer.

 * Kumār appāvukku oru paṭattai kāṭiṉāṉ. || "Kumar shows father a picture." || (indirect object)
 * Kumār ūrukku pōṉāṉ || "Kumar went to a town." || (goal of motion, in this sense restricted to inanimate nouns)
 * Kumār tāṉ uṭampukku ṭāṉik cāppiṭukiṟāṉ. || "Kumar takes tonic for his health." || (purpose)
 * Kumārukku oru vīṭu vēnṭum. || "Kumar wants a house." || (experiencer)
 * }
 * Kumār tāṉ uṭampukku ṭāṉik cāppiṭukiṟāṉ. || "Kumar takes tonic for his health." || (purpose)
 * Kumārukku oru vīṭu vēnṭum. || "Kumar wants a house." || (experiencer)
 * }
 * }
 * }

Instrumental Case
The instrumental case is shown with -āl. It marks the instrument, means, source, or reason by which an action occurs.

 * Kumār kattiyāl paḻattai veṭṭiṉāṉ. || "Kumar cuts the fruit with a knife."
 * }
 * }
 * }

It also marks the agent in passive constructions.

 * Kumār appāvāl aṭikkappaṭṭāṉ. || "Kumar was beaten by father."
 * }
 * }
 * }

Sociative Case
The sociative case is marked with either ōṭu or -uṭaṉ. It shows that the noun it modifies is involved in the action of the sentence.

 * Kumār taṉ maṉaiviyōṭu vantāṉ. || "Kumar came with his wife."
 * }
 * }
 * }

Locative Case
The locative case is marked with either -il or -iṭam. -il occurs with inanimate nouns and plural animate nouns, while iṭam occurs with animate nouns in both numbers. It shows location.

 * Kurivi marattil uṭkārkiṟatu. || "The bird is sitting on the tree."
 * }
 * }
 * }

Ablative Case
The ablative case is expressed through the suffix -iruntu added onto the locative of a noun. It marks motion away from something.

 * Kumār marattiliruntu viḻuntāṉ. || "Kumar fell from the tree."
 * }
 * }
 * }

Oblique Stems
The oblique stem of a noun is used before adding case suffixes, as a modifier in genitive function before a head noun, as the first element of a compound, and before postpositions.

Genders and number
The grammatical gender of Tamil nouns corresponds to their natural sex. Nouns in Tamil have two numbers, singular and plural.

Grammatical gender, known as பா in Tamil, encompasses both the concepts of gender and number. Masculine and feminine genders are only applicable to "higher class" nouns. Even though the genders of animals are marked in a sentence (e.g.: பெண் நாய் "female, dog"), grammatically they are handled as a neuter noun. Thus there are five genders in Tamil, namely, masculine singular (ஆண்பால் ), feminine singular (பெண்பால் ), high-class plural (பலர்பால் ), lower-class singular (ஒன்றன்பால் ), lower-class plural (பலவின்பால் ). These are summarized in the table below.

Demonstratives and Interrogatives
In Tamil, the demonstrative particles are a- (அ), i- (இ), and u- (உ) (archaic and has fallen out of use, except in Sri Lankan dialects). These demonstrative particles display deictic properties. i- (இ) is a near deixis form, which demonstrates the objects around/near the first person, while a- (அ) has distant deixis form, which demonstrates things near the 3rd person. u- (உ) was used to indicate objects near the second person, but has gradually fallen out of use. In modern Tamil i- (இ) indicates objects nearer and a- (அ) indicates objects in a distance. Using these particles demonstrative pronouns are derived. The same set of pronouns is also used as personal pronouns in 3rd person. e.g. avan (he), atu (that object/being), anta (that)

e- (எ) and yā- யா are the two important interrogative particles in Tamil. e- (எ) is used for deriving the interrogative pronouns. e.g. evaṉ (which one, 3rd person singular masculine), enta (which), etaṟku (for what?)

Personal pronouns
First person plural pronouns in Tamil, distinguish between inclusive and exclusive we. In Tamil, plural terminators are used for honorific addressing. It could be noted in both 2nd and 3rd persons. There are unique personal pronouns available for first and second persons while demonstrative pronouns are used in place of personal pronouns as well.

Verbs
Like Tamil nouns, Tamil verbs are also inflected through the use of suffixes. A typical Tamil verb form will have a number of suffixes, which show person, number, mood, tense and voice, as is shown by the following example aḻintukkoṇṭiruntēṉ (அழிந்துக்கொண்டிருந்தேன்) "(I) was being destroyed":

Person and number are indicated by suffixing the oblique case of the relevant pronoun (ēṉ in the above example). The suffixes to indicate tenses and voice are formed from grammatical particles, which are added to the stem. The chart below outlines the most common set of suffixes used to conjugate for person and tense, but different groups of Tamil verbs may use other sets of suffixes or have irregularities.

1Class five verbs take -iṟṟu added directly to the root (-iṉ + -tu). In the future, -um is added directly to the root of verbs in Classes I through VIII, whereas -um replaces the -iṟ- in the present stem to form the future of verbs in Classes IX through XIII (and no termination is added afterwards).

2This suffix takes an irregular present in -kiṉṟ-/-kkiṉṟ- before it. The -um future (see directly above) can be used in the plural, as well.

Tamil has three simple tenses – past, present, and future – indicated by simple suffixes, and a series of perfects, indicated by compound suffixes. Mood is implicit in Tamil, and is normally reflected by the same morphemes which mark tense categories. These signal whether the happening spoken of in the verb is unreal, possible, potential, or real. Tamil verbs also mark evidentiality, through the addition of the hearsay clitic .

Tamil has two voices. The first - used in the example above - indicates that the subject of the sentence undergoes or is the object of the action named by the verb stem, and the second indicates that the subject of the sentence directs the action referred to by the verb stem. These voices are not equivalent to the notions of transitivity or causation, or to the active-passive or reflexive-nonreflexive division of voices found in Indo-European languages.

Auxiliaries
Tamil has no articles. Definiteness and indefiniteness are indicated either by context or by special grammatical devices, such as using the number "one" as an indefinite article. In the first person plural, Tamil makes a distinction between inclusive pronouns that include the listener and exclusive pronouns that do not. Tamil does not distinguish between adjectives and adverbs – both fall under the category uriccol. Conjunctions are called iṭaiccol.

Verb auxiliaries are used to indicate attitude, a grammatical category which shows the state of mind of the speaker, and his attitude about the event spoken of in the verb. Common attitudes include pejorative opinion, antipathy, relief felt at the conclusion of an unpleasant event or period, and unhappiness at or apprehension about the eventual result of a past or continuing event.

Sentence structure
Except in poetry, the subject precedes the object, and the verb concludes the sentence. In a standard sentence, therefore, the order is usually subject–object–verb (SOV), but object–subject–verb is also common.

Tamil is a null-subject language. Not all Tamil sentences have subjects, verbs and objects. It is possible to construct valid sentences that have only a verb, such as muṭintuviṭṭatu (முடிந்துவிட்டது, "It is completed"), or only a subject and object, such as atu eṉ vīṭu (அது என் வீடு, "That is my house").

The elements that are present, however, must follow the SOV order. Tamil does not have an equivalent for the existential verb to be; it is included in the translations only to convey the meaning. The negative existential verb, to be not, however, does exist in the form of illai (இல்லை) and goes at the end of the sentence (and does not change with number, gender, or tense). The verb to have in the meaning "to possess" is not translated directly, either. To say "I have a horse" in Tamil, a construction equivalent to "There is a horse to me" or "There exists a horse to me", is used.

Tamil lacks relative pronouns, but their meaning is conveyed by relative participle constructions, built using agglutination. For example, the English sentence "Call the boy who learned the lesson" is said in Tamil like "That-lesson-learned-boy call".

Example
A sample passage in Tamil script with transliteration.

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The Strong in Spirit

The Strong in Spirit is the debut album by folk artist Hugh Blumenfeld. It was released in 1988 (see 1988 in music) by Prime CD.

Track listing

 * 1) "Brothers" – 2:59
 * 2) "Leather and Lace" – 2:39
 * 3) "Let Me Fall in Love Before the Spring Comes" – 4:02
 * 4) "All of Wood of Lebanon – 3:02
 * 5) "Sailing to the New World – 3:14
 * 6) "Strong in Spirit" – 2:22
 * 7) "Rising Moon" – 3:38
 * 8) "Soweto" – 5:09
 * 9) "I Knew a Boy" – 3:13
 * 10) "Song of Florence" – 5:47
 * 11) "Get the Word" – 3:00

Personnel

 * Hugh Blumenfeld - Guitar, Main Performer, Vocals
 * Marshall Rosenberg - Percussion, Arranger, Bongos, Conga
 * David Seitz - Producer, Remixing, Mixing
 * Judith Zweiman - Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
 * Peter Lewy - Arranger, Cello
 * Nikki Matheson - Arranger, Harmony Vocals, Vocals
 * Arthur Simoes - Photography
 * Lucy Kaplansky - Arranger, Harmony Vocals, Vocals
 * Diane Chodkowski - Arranger, Harmony Vocals, Vocals
 * Kenny Kosek - Violin, Arranger
 * Mark Dann - Synthesizer, Guitar, Engineer, Arranger, Mixing, Guitar (Bass), Sampling
 * Bill Kollar - ?, Digital Mastering
 * Josh Joffen - Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
 * Richard Meyer - Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals

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Just pointing out the tag that I just learned about:

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Started page as a stub. This one needs a complete re-work.

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