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Template-protected edit request on 4 March 2024
Update template to match [/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=]. The specific change to line 1, and is as follows, compared to the current version of Template:Code (disregard the mangled noinclude in the left/old one, it's an issue with Template:TextDiff, new version is on the right anyway):

The change has been tested in Template:Code/testcases, and produces the expected output.

Purpose of change: makes this template use #tag:code instead of #tag:syntaxhighlight when lang/param 2 is either undefined or has been defined as 'text', but still uses #tag:syntaxhighlight in all other cases. #tag:syntaxhighlight is a WP:EXPENSIVE parser function, and current template behaviour always uses #tag:syntaxhighlight, even when unnecessary (as 'lang=text' has no syntax highlighting) - but, this change ensures that the non-expensive #tag:code will be used instead when syntax highlighting is not necessary. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 20:01, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

 * It needs some additional work first. There are differences in markup behavior:
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 * See this template's documentation about how syntaxhighlight works like code plus nowiki (except that with this template inner templates/magic words expand first). SilverLocust 💬 08:54, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
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 * I have made a new version in Template:Code/sandbox2 that may be correct — but it could use more checking. [ Edit: Now that my changes have been moved to /sandbox, I have put HotMess's original version in /sandbox2. ] SilverLocust 💬 10:16, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @SilverLocust I've incorporated those changes into Template:Code/sandbox, and updated Template:Code/testcases with those additional checks (and a couple extra checks) - and it appears to be functioning correctly now. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 13:13, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I have made a new version in Template:Code/sandbox2 that may be correct — but it could use more checking. [ Edit: Now that my changes have been moved to /sandbox, I have put HotMess's original version in /sandbox2. ] SilverLocust 💬 10:16, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @SilverLocust I've incorporated those changes into Template:Code/sandbox, and updated Template:Code/testcases with those additional checks (and a couple extra checks) - and it appears to be functioning correctly now. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 13:13, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

 * There is also a difference for how they treat html codes.
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 * For context about the need for the change, is there a page/situation where you encountered an issue because of the current template? (It is, of course, possible to have an issue by just using the template 501 times, or on a page with 500 other expensive calls, but I want to know how much this has been an issue.) SilverLocust  💬 23:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, the context behind this change was seeing Comparison of programming languages (basic instructions) in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls (as this template is used 663 times within that page). I noticed that the current behaviour of this template upon reaching the WP:EXPENSIVE limit is to just present the code within regular  blocks, so, y'know, figured that it would make sense to default to  unless the expensive syntax-highlighting functionality is desired. Genuinely have no idea how to replicate the 'not needing to escape & within HTML character entities' functionality of SyntaxHighlight though. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 12:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I have substituted most all of those with {{subst:codenowiki}}. That should keep that page under 500 hopefully forever. (I also then removed extra nowiki tags, though there may be some nowiki over- or under-inclusion errors left on the page that I haven't caught.) SilverLocust 💬 14:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * (your original request)
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 * For context about the need for the change, is there a page/situation where you encountered an issue because of the current template? (It is, of course, possible to have an issue by just using the template 501 times, or on a page with 500 other expensive calls, but I want to know how much this has been an issue.) SilverLocust  💬 23:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, the context behind this change was seeing Comparison of programming languages (basic instructions) in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls (as this template is used 663 times within that page). I noticed that the current behaviour of this template upon reaching the WP:EXPENSIVE limit is to just present the code within regular  blocks, so, y'know, figured that it would make sense to default to  unless the expensive syntax-highlighting functionality is desired. Genuinely have no idea how to replicate the 'not needing to escape & within HTML character entities' functionality of SyntaxHighlight though. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 12:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I have substituted most all of those with {{subst:codenowiki}}. That should keep that page under 500 hopefully forever. (I also then removed extra nowiki tags, though there may be some nowiki over- or under-inclusion errors left on the page that I haven't caught.) SilverLocust 💬 14:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * <code><nowiki>
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 * For context about the need for the change, is there a page/situation where you encountered an issue because of the current template? (It is, of course, possible to have an issue by just using the template 501 times, or on a page with 500 other expensive calls, but I want to know how much this has been an issue.) SilverLocust  💬 23:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, the context behind this change was seeing Comparison of programming languages (basic instructions) in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls (as this template is used 663 times within that page). I noticed that the current behaviour of this template upon reaching the WP:EXPENSIVE limit is to just present the code within regular  blocks, so, y'know, figured that it would make sense to default to  unless the expensive syntax-highlighting functionality is desired. Genuinely have no idea how to replicate the 'not needing to escape & within HTML character entities' functionality of SyntaxHighlight though. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 12:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I have substituted most all of those with {{subst:codenowiki}}. That should keep that page under 500 hopefully forever. (I also then removed extra nowiki tags, though there may be some nowiki over- or under-inclusion errors left on the page that I haven't caught.) SilverLocust 💬 14:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * }
 * For context about the need for the change, is there a page/situation where you encountered an issue because of the current template? (It is, of course, possible to have an issue by just using the template 501 times, or on a page with 500 other expensive calls, but I want to know how much this has been an issue.) SilverLocust  💬 23:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, the context behind this change was seeing Comparison of programming languages (basic instructions) in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls (as this template is used 663 times within that page). I noticed that the current behaviour of this template upon reaching the WP:EXPENSIVE limit is to just present the code within regular  blocks, so, y'know, figured that it would make sense to default to  unless the expensive syntax-highlighting functionality is desired. Genuinely have no idea how to replicate the 'not needing to escape & within HTML character entities' functionality of SyntaxHighlight though. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 12:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I have substituted most all of those with {{subst:codenowiki}}. That should keep that page under 500 hopefully forever. (I also then removed extra nowiki tags, though there may be some nowiki over- or under-inclusion errors left on the page that I haven't caught.) SilverLocust 💬 14:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * }
 * For context about the need for the change, is there a page/situation where you encountered an issue because of the current template? (It is, of course, possible to have an issue by just using the template 501 times, or on a page with 500 other expensive calls, but I want to know how much this has been an issue.) SilverLocust  💬 23:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, the context behind this change was seeing Comparison of programming languages (basic instructions) in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls (as this template is used 663 times within that page). I noticed that the current behaviour of this template upon reaching the WP:EXPENSIVE limit is to just present the code within regular  blocks, so, y'know, figured that it would make sense to default to  unless the expensive syntax-highlighting functionality is desired. Genuinely have no idea how to replicate the 'not needing to escape & within HTML character entities' functionality of SyntaxHighlight though. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 12:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I have substituted most all of those with {{subst:codenowiki}}. That should keep that page under 500 hopefully forever. (I also then removed extra nowiki tags, though there may be some nowiki over- or under-inclusion errors left on the page that I haven't caught.) SilverLocust 💬 14:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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Brookdale Community College

Brookdale Community College is a public community college in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1967, the college also has regional locations in Neptune Township, Freehold Township, Long Branch, and Wall Township.

Brookdale is an open-admission college that admits anyone 18 years of age or older or anyone who is a high school graduate or holder of an equivalency diploma. The college also offers courses to qualified high school students through its dual enrollment program. It serves the residents of Monmouth County and surrounding communities and has an enrollment of nearly 10,000 students. The college offers associate degrees in more than 75 programs, as well as non-degree/non-credit classes and certificate programs.

History
In 1967, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders decided to form a community college for the benefit of Monmouth county residents. For this purpose, the 800-acre Brookdale Farm in Lincroft was acquired from Lewis S. Thompson Jr. in 1968. Classes were first offered in 1969.

On July 24, 2012, College President Peter F. Burnham, who had retired from a 20-year tenure after corruption allegations surfaced pleaded guilty to two indictable (felony) counts of official misconduct and one count of theft by deception in a plea agreement that called for a five-year prison term. Five months later, he was sentenced to a 5-year-prison-term and ordered to make financial restitution to the college.

The college announced on October 5, 2022, that its Hazlet campus had been sold and that the college would seek to open a new branch campus in the region.

Lincroft campus
The Lincroft campus in Middletown consists of 22 buildings, including the Center for the Visual Arts, the Center for World War II Studies, and the Donald D. Warner Student Life Center. The newly renovated Robert J. Collins Arena/Brookdale Recreation and Events Center holds special events, including conventions, concerts, and athletic competitions.

High Technology High School, a magnet school for students from Monmouth County, is located near the eastern edge of the Lincroft Campus. It is operated by the Monmouth County Vocational School District.

The Lincroft campus is home to the Monmouth Museum, the Brookdale Performing Arts Center, and Brookdale Public Radio (WBJB-FM). These institutions offer performances, National Public Radio programming, and music.

Athletics
The Department of Athletics, Recreation, and Intramurals provides a diverse range of programs. Brookdale's intercollegiate program is nationally recognized. The Jersey Blues teams compete in the Garden State Athletic Conference and in Region XIX of the National Junior College Athletic Association. The program has won eight NJCAA Division III National titles: softball (2002, 2005 and 2010), women's soccer (2013, 2014 and 2015) and men's basketball (2013 and 2018).

 * Sports teams
 * Men's and Women's Cross Country
 * Men's and Women's Soccer
 * Men's and Women's Tennis
 * Men's and Women's Basketball
 * Men's Lacrosse
 * Baseball
 * Softball
 * Cheerleading
 * Women's Volleyball

Student clubs and organizations
There are approximately 50 recognized student organizations at Brookdale Community College. Clubs and organizations are recognized by the Student Life Board, Brookdale's student government, and must re-register every year with the department of Student Life and Activities.

Coastal Communiversity and university partnerships
The NJ Coastal Communiversity, led by Brookdale, was an alliance of New Jersey higher education colleges and universities offering selected associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees, and graduate certificates in Monmouth County.Its members were Brookdale, Georgian Court University, Montclair State University, New Jersey City University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Classes and services were offered at Brookdale's Wall Higher Education Center (on the grounds of the former US Army installation Camp Evans). Rutgers classes and services were offered at the Western Monmouth Branch Campus in Freehold and Montclair's MBA classes were offered on the Lincroft main campus.

As of 2021, the Communiversity had been replaced by institutional partnerships with Georgian Court University, New Jersey City University, and Rutgers University.

Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution
The Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution is dedicated to fostering the study of the historical, political, social, economic, cultural and military aspects of the World War II era up through the Korean War. The Center examines the key events of the time; the political and military leaders who waged the wars, provided the leadership, made the peace; and those who served on the battlefield and home front.

Faculty and staff

 * Monica Aksamit (born 1990), saber fencer who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's Saber Team competition.
 * Jeffrey Ford (born 1955), fantasy, science fiction and mystery author, who is a recipient of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award
 * Laura McCullough (born 1960), author and poet.
 * Sally Priesand (born 1946), America's first female rabbi. She serves on the board of the Center for Holocaust Studies at Brookdale.
 * Dan Tomasulo (born 1951), counseling psychologist, author, and professor.
 * Pat Villani (1954–2011), computer programmer, author, and advocate of free software.
 * William John Watkins (born 1942), science fiction writer and Rhysling award-winning poet.

Alumni

 * Lou Brutus (born 1972), radio host, musician and photographer.
 * Deena Nicole Cortese (born 1987), cast member on the reality shows Jersey Shore and Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.
 * Dean Ehehalt (born 1964), head coach of the Monmouth Hawks baseball team.
 * Bill Hill (born 1959), former NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys
 * Jim Hunter (born 1959), formerly of CBS Sports and currently a broadcaster on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network that covers the Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles.
 * Rob Lukachyk (born 1968), former Major League Baseball player who played briefly for the Montreal Expos during their 1996 season.
 * John Montefusco (born 1950), former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1974 to 1986 who played for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees.
 * Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (LaValle) (born 1987), Reality-TV star of Jersey Shore, Dancing With the Stars, Celebrity Apprentice, Fear Factor, Snooki & JWoww, Nicole & Jionni's Shore Flip, & Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.
 * Dave Rible (born 1967), Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, who previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly.
 * Alex Skuby (born 1972), actor best known for appearing on King of Queens.
 * Kevin Smith (born 1970), film director, screenwriter, and actor, perhaps best known for the cult classic Clerks. Brookdale's Criminal Justice degree program was mentioned during the jail scene in his film Clerks 2. He received an Associate of Letters degree in 2007.
 * Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino (born 1982), Reality-TV star of Jersey Shore, Dancing With the Stars, Celebrity Big Brother (UK), The Sorrentinos, Marriage Boot Camp, and Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
 * James Urbaniak (born 1963), actor of film, stage, and voice. Portrays Dr. Venture, amongst other characters, on The Venture Brothers.
 * Denny Walling (born 1954), Major League Baseball third baseman for the Houston Astros.
 * Brian Williams (born 1959), former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News.
 * Madlyn-Ann C. Woolwich (born 1937), pastel and impressionist painter and author of several books and articles.

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Obie Baizley

William Obadiah Baizley (May 25, 1917 – May 3, 2000) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of William Daniel Baizley and Esther May Tanner, Baizley was educated at Glenlawn Collegiate in St. Vital, Manitoba and the Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indiana. He returned to Manitoba in 1937 and worked as a chiropractor, also serving as president of the Manitoba Chiropractors' Association before entering political life. During World War II, he was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1939, he married Jessie Anne MacDonald.

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1959 provincial election, unexpectedly defeating CCF leader Lloyd Stinson by 326 votes in the south-central Winnipeg riding of Osborne. He served as a backbench supporter of Roblin's government for the next four years.

Re-elected without difficulty in the 1962 provincial election, Baizley was appointed to cabinet on February 27, 1963 as Minister of Labour. He held this position until September 24, 1968, when he was named Minister of Municipal Affairs. He endorsed Walter Weir to succeed Roblin as Progressive Conservative leader in 1967.

Baizley was re-elected easily in the 1966 election, but lost to Ian Turnbull of the Manitoba New Democratic Party by 623 votes in 1969. He did not seek a return to office after this time.

During the 1970s, Baizley was chair of the Manitoba Labour Board. He also served as president of Riverview United Church.

He died at the Meadowood Manor Personal Care Home in Winnipeg at the age of 82.

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Notre Dame Stadium

Notre Dame Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana, the home field of the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.

It was built in 1930 under the guidance of Knute Rockne, regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history, which gave rise to the stadium's nickname "The House that Rockne Built". Prior to the stadium's construction, the Fighting Irish played in Cartier Field. The stadium seating capacity was nearly 60,000 for decades, until a major renovation between 1994 and 1997 added an upper bowl and more than 20,000 additional seats, which increased the capacity to over 80,000. In 2014, the Campus Crossroads renovation decreased the seats to 77,622. The stadium has sold out regularly for home games since 1964.

It is one of the oldest, most recognizable and iconic venues in college football. It is also famous for its view of the Touchdown Jesus mural. The playing surface was changed to artificial turf in 2014, after 84 seasons on natural grass. The playing field has a conventional north–south alignment at an approximate elevation of 223 m above sea level.

In 2014, the $400 million Campus Crossroads expansion renovated the structure and added three buildings onto the stadium: the Duncan Student Center, which hosts student recreational and dining facilities, O'Neill Hall, which houses the university's music department, and Corbett Family Hall, which hosts the psychology and anthropology departments. In addition, the three buildings house premium stadium seating, press boxes, and event spaces.

The stadium also hosts the university's commencement, and has also been the venue for a concert, the 2019 NHL Winter Classic, and hockey, soccer, and rugby matches.

Construction
The stadium was built in 1930 to replace the outdated Cartier Field. The construction of the stadium project was brought to a head by the actions of Rockne. The 1928 season had not been a stellar one at 5–4, but the net profits for that football season approached $500,000. Rockne was frustrated with the slow and cautious Holy Cross priests and their decision-making process about spending money on the new stadium. He could not believe that a decision could not be made when there was such a large amount of money in the bank. Because of this and a number of other issues, Rockne submitted his resignation to Father Charles O’Donnell, the president of the university. O’Donnell knew of Rockne's history of submitting his resignations and he also suspected that nothing would fully satisfy Rockne.

O’Donnell was willing to find a compromise but was also unwilling to put the university in debt to finance the stadium. He knew that the excess receipts from 1928 season and the projected receipts from playing all the away games in 1929 on neutral fields would bring adequate cash into the university to finance the construction of the stadium. O’Donnell also devised the scheme to finance 240 six-person “reserved box seats”. This precursor of the personal seat license would allow the buyer to purchase tickets at face value and guarantee the same prime location for ten years for an investment of $3,000 between the 45-yard lines, $2,500 between the 45 and 35-yard line and $2,000 between the 35 and the 25-yard line. The university raised over $150,000 on this idea alone.

The total cost of construction exceeded $750,000 and the original seating capacity was 54,000. Head coach Knute Rockne played a key role in its design, keeping the space between the playing field and the stands to a minimum. It is patterned, on a smaller scale, after Michigan Stadium, the main difference being the tunnel location. In 1929, plans were started by Osborn Engineering of Cleveland, selected for their experience in designing Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park. Sollitt Construction Company of South Bend was the general contractor, and earth preparation began in the fall of 1929. Due to an unusually cold fall and winter, above-ground construction did not begin until April 2, 1930, with the stadium effectively being built in just six months. Over two million bricks were used in the construction of the walls and the concrete was placed in a monolithic continuous placement by section. There were over 300 workers on the site at most times, and they worked five 10-hour days and one six-hour day on Saturdays. The average worker was paid $1 a day plus lunch with the more skilled workers earning up to $5 a day.

The original stadium seated 59,075, measured a half-mile (800 m) in circumference, stood 45 ft high, and featured a glass-enclosed press box rising 60 ft above ground level. Initial stands reached 55 rows.

The Irish played their first game in the new stadium in 1930 on October 4, and defeated SMU 20–14. The first Notre Dame touchdown in the stadium was scored by "Jumping Joe" Savoldi on a 98-yard kickoff return. The official dedication was a week later, on October 11 against Navy, and Savoldi scored three touchdowns and was cited as "the first hero in the lore of Notre Dame Stadium." G.K. Chesterton was present as a spectator for the game, and wrote the poem The Arena to commemorate the occasion. Frank E. Hering, captain of the 1898 team, coach from 1896 to 1898, and president of the Alumni Association, delivered the major speech during the dedication. The stadium witnessed its first game at capacity in 1931, with 50,731 spectators for the USC game.

Modern era
The first televised game in the stadium occurred on November 8, 1952, and the Irish beat Oklahoma 27–21. The attendance record of the stadium pre-renovation was of 60,128 spectators, and was set for the ND vs. Oklahoma game on Oct. 27, 1956, with Oklahoma winning, 40–0. In 1979, the 50th anniversary of the stadium was celebrated during the Navy game, with commemorative tickets that were reproductions of the original 1930 dedication game. The stadium was featured in the movie Rudy in 1993. The 1991 game against Tennessee was the 100th straight sold-out game and the 300th game played in the stadium.

The stadium was renovated and expanded between November 1994 through the summer of 1997, during which home games were still played in the stadium. The $53 million expansion project featured increasing the seating to 80,795 and installing permanent lighting. The renovation featured the construction of an upper bowl (which contributed the more than 20,000 additional seats), an expansion of the press box with 300 new spots for reporters and additional TV and radio broadcasting booths, doubling in size of both the home and away team locker rooms, two new scoreboards, and in addition, a new field and drainage system. The stadium went from 15th to 8th largest in college football. The dedication game for the renovated stadium occurred on September 6, 1997, with a match against Georgia Tech that saw the Irish prevail 17–13. In October 2009, a statue of Knute Rockne was unveiled near the north gate of the stadium.

On September 3, 2011, the stadium witnessed its first ever evacuation. During a match against South Florida, severe weather and a lightning storm forced a successful and smooth evacuation at halftime.

On January 29, 2014, the university announced plans to attach three new buildings to the stadium, totaling more than 750000 sqft in expansions and costing about $400 million, with a timetable of 33 months for completion. After the completion of the Campus Crossroads Project, the official seating capacity of the stadium was listed at 77,622. The renovation also included the addition of a Jumbotron in the south end zone.

The project was completed in January 2018. The first game in the newly renovated stadium took place on September 2, 2017, when the Irish beat the Temple Owls 49–16.

Traditions
The Notre Dame stadium is regarded as one of the most iconic and recognizable venues in college football.

One of the most recognizable and storied features of the stadium is a yellow sign with blue letters spelling “Play Like A Champion Today.” placed in a stairwell between the home team locker room and the tunnel to the field. This sign dates back to 1986, when Lou Holtz came across a photo in a Notre Dame book with the sign “Play Like A Champion Today.” After asking around and coming up with no one remembering the sign and what had happened to it, he had a new sign painted and placed. This original sign was painted by Laurie Wenger in the fall of 1986. In 1991, NBC, which had just given the university its own marquee TV deal, showcased the sign by filming the players hitting it as they entered the field. Today, it is a tradition by players to touch it on their way out of the locker room. Above the sign is a listing of Notre Dame's eleven national championships.

For 39 seasons from 1982 to 2020, Michael Collins served as the Public Address Announcer for Notre Dame football, and the voice of Notre Dame Stadium. Collins is a 1967 graduate of Notre Dame, and had a nearly 40-year career as a reporter, producer, news director and news anchor for WNDU-TV and WSBT-TV in South Bend. During his tenure, Collins coined and popularized the phrase "Here Come the Irish!" as the football team ran out of the tunnel before each game. Today, the phrase is used widely by announcers and fans in a variety of sports. Collins announced 233 consecutive Notre Dame football games at the stadium before retiring after the 2020 season.

One of the most popular stadium traditions is the traffic safety messages delivered on the P.A. by Indiana State Police Sgt. Tim McCarthy at the end of the 3rd quarter of each game. Starting each message with "May I Have Your Attention Please?", McCarthy began reading the safety messages during the 1960 season. In order to grab the crowd's' attention more easily, McCarthy began adding humorous driving-related quips and puns at the end of each message. These puns quickly became a fan favorite and a staple on game days. Examples of these quips included, “The trip home will be heavenly … if you drive like an angel” and “Keep your driving well-polished to avoid having a bad finish.” McCarthy would deliver these messages live at the stadium for 55 years until his retirement in 2015. Recordings from past messages are still replayed at Notre Dame Stadium to this day. McCarthy would pass away in 2020 at age 89.

Structure and architecture
As originally built, the seating capacity was 54,000, but could hold as many as 61,000 with additional temporary bleachers. By 1966, its capacity increased to 59,075, mainly by reducing the average seat width from 18 to 17 in. In 1997, 21,000 new seats were added to the stadium, bringing the seating capacity to 80,795. After the 2014-2017 Campus Crossroads renovation, the seating decreased to 77,622.

There has never been any advertising or corporate signage allowed in the stadium, and the decorations are simple and traditional. Notre Dame explicitly tried to maintain the look and feel of the stadium in line with the original stadium built by Rockne in the 1930s.

Field
The playing surface had always been natural grass through 2013, but it was announced on April 12, 2014, that after the commencement weekend, the playing field would be replaced with an infilled artificial turf. Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, in making the announcement, cited recent difficulties with maintaining an acceptable grass surface, and added that the change would allow the stadium to be used for football practices and non-football events. During 2013, the university replaced the grass surface four times, including twice during the football season. The artificial turf installation, as scheduled, began after Commencement Weekend on May 16–18, 2014, and the university sold 2 by sections of the old turf to the public for $150 each.

The decoration of the field is minimalist and traditional, and has changed little since 1930 and the times of Knute Rockne. Unlike most football stadiums, the end zones do not feature the name of the school or team. Each end zone is painted only with nine diagonal white lines, for a total of 18, each at a 42 degree angle and pointing towards the Golden Dome. This is symbolic of 1842, the year in which the university was founded. This design was used in 2014 when FieldTurf was installed, but a similar design has been used since 1930, when each end zones features 30 diagonal white lines. The renovation in 2014 also saw the addition of the ND monogram, symbol of the athletics program, at the midfield, and small green shamrocks at the 35-yard. No other decoration is present on the field, except for occasional logos as for the 150th anniversary of the university in 1992.

Lighting
Prior to the 1997 expansion, Notre Dame Stadium lacked permanent field lights. In 1982, portable lighting by Musco Lighting was used for the first night game in the stadium's history on September 18 versus Michigan. Permanent lights were installed as part of the expansion. The lights were paid for by NBC, which has held the exclusive television rights to all home games since 1991. The permanent lights were added primarily to ensure sufficient lighting for mid-afternoon games in November; the university's agreements with NBC from 1991 to 2010 stipulated that there be no home night games. However, the stadium hosted its first night game in 21 years on October 22, 2011, when the Irish hosted USC. It was announced in 2015 that Musco would be installing a LED field lighting system as part of the 2014–2017 stadium renovation and expansion project.

Touchdown Jesus
The stadium is known for its view to the north of Touchdown Jesus, a nickname given to the large mural entitled The Word of Life by Millard Sheets of the resurrected Jesus. Installed in 1964 on the Hesburgh Library, the mosaic wall looms over the stadium. The mural's nickname is derived from Jesus' upraised arms, which are similar in appearance to the raised arms of a referee signifying a touchdown. The expansion of the stadium in the late 1990s partially obscured the view of the mural from the playing field. The Word of Life mural was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard V. Phalin of Winnetka, Illinois.

Campus Crossroads
In January 2014, the university announced a $400 million enhancement of the stadium, the Campus Crossroads project. This expansion features three 8-story high buildings, on the west, south, and east sides of the stadium. The expansion added more than 750000 sqft of teaching, research, and performance space. The enhancement added new premium stadium seats. The three buildings are called the Duncan Student Center on the west, O'Neill Hall on the south, and Corbett Family Hall on the east. The project was completed in January 2018. The project was designed by the SLAM collective, with HOK design firm as a consultant. Barton Malow served as the design-build contractor.

Duncan Student Center
The Duncan Student Center serves as a student center hosting a gym and climbing wall, meeting and event spaces, several dining and food options, student media and club offices, and the career center. Duncan is a 404,331-square-foot building, and is located on the West side of the stadium, between the Lou Holtz (Gate D) and Gate E gates, facing DeBartolo Hall.

The ninth floor hosts a terrace overlooking the stadium with premium seating, booths for football coaches and game management staff, university seating boxes and an hospitality club for football games. The eight floor hosts seating and Rasmus Family Club, an event space that includes a terrace overlooking the ballroom below, in addition to hosting premium stadium seating. The seventh floor hosts the Dahnke Ballroom, a large two-story event and reception area with windows overlooking the field. The ballroom is used often for student events and dances throughout the year. Overlooking the stadium, the seventh floor also hosts seating and the new broadcast position for NBC Sports. The sixth floor is mechanical space. The fifth floor hosts the Meruelo Family Career Center for Career Development, which serves both the undergraduate and graduate student bodies. The center has more than 40 interview rooms nd also hosts the Undergraduate Career Services, Graduate Career Services, Mendoza Graduate Business Career Services, and an employer engagement team for alumni and recruiters.

The third and fourth floors host the Tripp and Sheila Smith Center for Recreational Sports, an 80,000-square-foot recreational center and student gym. It features a basketball court with bleachers, a 13,000 square feet cardio and free-weight area, an open area modular exercise space, three studios for yoga, dance, martial arts, and group fitness instruction, office space for staff and personal trainers, a student lounge, a spin center, and men's and women's locker rooms, a 260-meter three-lane indoor running track, two boxing rings, over 1,500 square feet of open space for individual exercise, and a four-story rock-climbing wall (which is also in part located on the second floor). The second floor hosts the a student media center and climbing wall. This includes media laboratory, newsrooms and radio studios, an open television studio and all student media operations such as NDTV, The Voice of the Fighting Irish (WVFI) internet radio, WSND-FM, the Dome yearbook, Scholastic magazine and The Juggler. The floor also includes the Offices of Residential Life, the Grojean Family Loft (a study and lounge space open to all student) and a graduate student-only study and lounge space and the offices of the Graduate Student Life and the Graduate Student Union. The first floor hosts student center spaces, including the Midfield Commons, a lounge and socializing space, Innovation Lounge, study spaces and offices. Dining spaces on the first floor include Hagerty Family Café, Modern Market, and Star Ginger Asian Grill and Noodle Bar, a Vietnamese micro-restaurant.

The Duncan Student Center hosts several pieces of artwork. Sculptor Ralph Helmick's work Edifice hangs on the second floor, above the dining area. The work consists of a reproduction of the campus landmark of the Main Building made up of 4,100 small pewter heads hung on 2,221 cables suspended from the ceiling. The pewter heads, which are silver except for the golden ones making up the dome, were created by scanning the likeness of students, staff and faculty members. The scans were conducted in November 2017 and the work installed in October 2018. The Midfield Commons hosts the work Prevalence: Sacred Traces by Juan Sanchez. The work, which was created to celebrate diversity in the community, is composed of a mural in the shape of stained glass windows (inspired by those of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart) decorated with many images and symbols from across different cultures and traditions. The decorated bronze door pulls of the building were designed by artist Gail Folwell and are inspired by the visual style of the Word of Life mural and depict students engaged in sports, leisure, academics, arts, prayer and more.

Funding for the center was provided by entrepreneur Raymond Duncan, a Notre Dame alumnus who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Duncan Oil in Denver, Colorado. He was also the founder of and founded Silver Oak Cellars and Twomey Cellars, as well as of Purgatory Resort in Colorado. A 1952 Notre Dame graduate, Duncan was former member of the College of Arts and Letters and Snite Museum of Art Advisory Councils. In 2007 the Duncan family provided the funding to build the men's dorm Duncan Hall and the establishment of the Duncan Endowment for Excellence in American Art, in addition to supporting the Institute for Scholarship in Liberal Arts, Monogram Club, Department of Athletics and McCormack Scholarship.

O'Neill Hall
O'Neill Hall hosts the Department of Music and Sacred Music, including a 174-seat recital and performance hall, the music library, lecture halls, classrooms, rehearsal and seminar rooms, offices, faculty offices, a music lab for studio production, and practice rooms. It also houses stadium and sport-related spaces and a club lounge. O'Neill Hall is built around the Frank Leahy Gate, which is the grand entrance to the stadium, and has a 106,809 square footage. The seventh floor is dedicated to mechanical space, mainly for the support of the new large scoreboard on the exterior, which is 54.1 feet high and 95.5 feet wide. Its large LED display screen contains 4,798,976 pixels, the most of any NCAA outdoor arena. The scoreboard is lined by 16 mm sideline ribbon boards, 3.78 feet high and 393 feet long, which display game statistics. The fifth and sixths floors are dedicated to the Sacred Music Program and house music departmental offices, teaching studios and practice rooms. The fourth floor houses Foley's, a high-end sports bar and restaurant. It is an 8,200-square-foot club, a highly themed area decorated old Notre Dame memorabilia, including wooden seating from the old stadium.The club features Harper's Bar, named in honor of Jesse Harper, Notre Dame football coach from 1913 to 1917. The club is open only to members and during home games, but it also hosts private events. The third floor hosts the Michuda Family Visiting Artist Rehearsal Hall as well as seminar rooms, two mid-sized classrooms, and large lecture hall, and the music library, which was relocated from the Hesburgh Library. The first and second house the Frank Leahy Gate, which is the grand entrance to stadium. The first floor also hosts LaBar Family Performance and Rehearsal Hall, both 2,200-square-feet. The recital hall has 175 seats, offering a more intimate atmosphere than other spaces on campus. It features a traditional stage, fixed seating, and a formal atmosphere for classical concert music. The Performance Hall instead is more an interdisciplinary performance space, accommodating alternative types of musical events in combination with other media, such as projected text visual images, acting, lighting, and dance. It has flexible seating and staging options in a “black-box” style setting that can host avant-garde performance and experimentation.

The building was constructed in part thanks to a $25 million donation was made by Helen and Charles Schwab in honor of her brother, Notre Dame alumnus and trustee Joseph O’Neill III. The O’Neill family had previously also provided donations for the construction of a men's residence hall, O’Neill Family Hall, and a sundial on the south side of Jordan Hall of Science.

Corbett Family Hall
Corbett Family Hall houses the Departments of Anthropology and Psychology. It also houses the Rex and Alice A. Martin Media Center, with 2,000-square-foot studio, and teaching space for the Department of Film, Television and Theatre. It also houses stadium and sports-related spaces, including the press box. Corbett is a 280,000-square-foot building, and is located on the East side of the stadium, between the Dan Devine (Gate A) and Ara Parseghian (Gate B) gates, facing the Edmund P. Joyce Center.

The first floor hosts the Martin Digital Media Center and Notre Dame Studios. The Martin Media Center 18,000-square production facility for live and recorded events that houses two state-of-the-art control rooms of equal capability with seating for nine crew members. The center is used for student classes and productions, and for stadium media production on game days. Also housed on the floor are Notre Dame Studios, with four control rooms equipped for multi-camera live and recorded production, and The Fighting Irish Media Center, with two control rooms. The innovation center on the floor is a 1,300 square foot flexible space for new and emerging media that can accommodate 50 participants. The second floor houses the Department of Anthropology, with research laboratories, offices, study and meeting rooms, classrooms, and social events spaces. The third, fourth, and fifth floors house the Department of Psychology's offices, more than 30 research labs, and classrooms. The third floor is mostly cognitive psychology, the fourth floor is mainly behavioral psychology, and the fifth floor is mainly a mixture of relationship psychology and others. The anthropology and psychology departments, both in the College of Arts and Letters, were scattered around campus and without a single location before the opening of Corbett. Similarly to the Duncan Student Center, the sixth floor is dedicated to mechanical storage space. The seventh floors host the Downes Club, a large ballroom and hospitality space which is used for events and receptions and becomes a 100-seat classroom on non-game days. The eight floor houses the Hank Family Forum is similar to the Rasmus in Duncan, with the exception that it does not have an indoor premium seating area, and offers socializing and event space and a terrace overlooking the Downes Club. The ninth floor houses the press boxes, print media and radio facilities, as well as game-day hospitality space. Seven on Nine is a premium seating area and reception space overlooking the field, and is named after the team's seven Heisman Trophy winners. The north side of the ninth floor has premium seating and boxes for the visiting team.

Alumnus Richard Corbett donated $25 million towards construction of the building. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Notre Dame in 1960, and later a business degree from Harvard. He worked on John F. Kennedy's presidential election campaign, served in the White House and as a financial manager for the Kennedy family, followed by a role as business manager for Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. He currently is the CEO and president of Concorde Companies, a Florida real estate business.

Attendance
Prior to 1966, attendance figures were based on an actual count of patrons through the gates. The largest crowd to attend a home game prior to expansion was 61,296 in 1962, against Purdue on October 6. Since 1966, attendance figures have been based on paid admissions with a fixed number of tickets available, accounting for the familiar 59,075 figure through the 1996 season. Until Ara Parseghian arrived as coach at Notre Dame in 1964, sellouts were not the norm. Since then, tickets for Notre Dame football have been notoriously hard to come by. As of the end of the 2015 season, there have been 249 consecutive sellouts at Notre Dame Stadium, and 294 sellouts in the past 295 games dating back to 1964. The lone exception was a 1973 game against Air Force which had been moved midseason by ABC to Thanksgiving Day and was played with the students absent. The announced attendance was 57,235. Attendance at all five home games in 1965 exceeded 59,000 as well. It is expected that this streak will end at the Navy game on November 16, 2019. The university cites an unusual schedule of 3 home games in November as a factor.

The official capacity was listed at 80,225 when the stadium was first expanded. A subsequent computer revision put it at 80,012 in 1998 and 80,232 in 2000. Sideline bleachers, which had been removed during expansion, were put back in after a few years, bringing the figure to 80,795 in 2001. In January 2014 the University of Notre Dame announced the campus crossroads project. A $400 million renovation would add luxury boxes and increase the stadium's capacity to around 85,000, but after the project was completed in 2017 the seats were made wider and the number decreased to 77,622 which is the present capacity of the stadium. The project began after the conclusion of the 2014 football season and finished in time for the 2017 season.

Concerts
The stadium had never hosted a music concert until 2018, with Garth Brooks being the first artist to hold a concert to be held at the stadium.

Ice hockey
The stadium hosted the 2019 NHL Winter Classic on New Year's Day between the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins, and four days later longtime rivals Michigan and Notre Dame clashed on the same ice, with the nickname "Let's Take This Outside" being applied to the game.

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User:Carnildo/Schoolwatch

The purpose of this page is to track the changes over time to schools added to the "Marked for improvement" list on User:GRider/Schoolwatch. Note that some of the diffs may be off by an edit as the article hasn't been edited since being placed on the list.

 * Bellevue West High School - 25 Mar 2005
 * Blake Junior High School - 25 Mar 2005
 * Coppell High School - 7 April 2005
 * Cramlington Community High School - 8 April 2005
 * Episcopal High School - 25 Mar 2005
 * Eirias High School - 28 Mar 2005
 * Franklin High School - 25 Mar 2005
 * Galashiels Academy - 28 Mar 2005
 * Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - 28 Mar 2005
 * Hamden Middle School - 28 Mar 2005
 * Harlaw Academy - 4 April 2005
 * Kent School - 28 Mar 2005
 * The Kiski School - 25 Mar 2005
 * Lake Dow Christian Academy - 4 April 2005
 * Ngee Ann Secondary School - 4 April 2005
 * Red Lake High School - 25 Mar 2005
 * Stephen Tyng Mather High School - 8 April 2005
 * The Sage School - 25 Mar 2005
 * Toowoomba Grammar School - 11 April 2005

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Thermal loop

A thermal loop is a movement of air driven by warm air rising at one end of the loop, and cool air descending at the other end, creating a constantly moving loop of air. They can be used to precisely control the temperature of a specific area. Thermal loops also occur in liquids.

Thermal loops are size-independent; that is to say, they may occur in a space as small as a room or as large as a global hemisphere. The Hadley cell is an example of a global-scale thermal loop.

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Andrzej Maria Deskur

Andrzej Maria Deskur (29 February 1924 – 3 September 2011) was President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Life and career
Deskur was born in Sancygniów, near Kielce, Poland, the son of Stanisława (Kossecka) and Andrzej Deskur. He received a doctorate in law in 1945 from the Jagiellonian University (study underground). He was the secretary general of the Polish student organization "Bratniak". He entered the seminary in Kraków and was ordained a priest on 20 August 1950. He obtained a doctorate in theology from the University of Freiburg and, after two years of pastoral activity and study in France and Switzerland, in September 1952, he was called to Rome to work in the Secretariat of State. During this period he served as undersecretary of the Pontifical Commission for Cinematography, Radio and Television (1954–1964), secretary of the Preparatory Secretariat for the Press and Entertainment during Vatican II (1960–1962), peritus for the assembly of the council (1962–1965) and was a member of the Conciliar Commissions for Bishops, for the Clergy, for the Laity, and for the Press and Entertainment.

In 1973 he was named president of the Pontifical Commission (now Council) for Social Communications. He was appointed titular bishop of Tene on 17 June 1974 and received episcopal ordination the following 30 June. On 15 February 1980, John Paul II named him Archbishop and president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission.

Deskur was raised to the Cardinalate on 25 May 1985, becoming Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio, that had belonged to Pope John Paul II himself until his elevation to the Papacy. After ten years as a Cardinal-Deacon he exercised his right and his titular church was elevated and he became Cardinal-Priest. Cardinal Deskur lost the right to participate in the conclave when he turned 80 years old in 2004.

Deskur contributed to numerous congresses and meetings for professionals of the press, radio, television and cinema, visiting about 70 countries on five continents. Among other endeavours, he was one of the promoters of the radio station "Radio Veritas" for countries in Asia and Oceania.

The challenge of promoting Christianity in the field of social communications did not impede Cardinal Deskur from dedicating himself also to pastoral activity. During all his years in Rome he performed his priestly and episcopal ministry in numerous parishes. For many years he devoted himself to the office of spiritual director at the pre-seminary St. Pius V.

He was President of the Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception.

Curial membership:

 * Causes of Saints, Divine Worship and Sacraments (congregations)
 * Health Care Workers (council)
 * Vatican City State (commission)

Deskur died on 3 September 2011, aged 87. He was buried at the St. John Paul II Center, Krakow, Poland.

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Talk:Kentucky Derby/to do

 * There are a number of links going off to articles that have no relation to the horses in question, in the main table contained in this article. Quite a number of disambiguation pages need to be created or edited to point to the correct articles.
 * Discuss celebrity galas as part of the traditions leading up to the race. Poorly sourced material was removed, but there are likely high-quality secondary sources for it.
 * Cover concerns over singing of "My Old Kentucky Home" at the Derby, especially keeping WP:NPOV and WP:WEIGHT in mind.

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Piano accordion

A piano accordion is an accordion equipped with a right-hand keyboard similar to a piano or organ. Its acoustic mechanism is more that of an organ than a piano, as they are both aerophones, but the term "piano accordion"—coined by Guido Deiro in 1910 —has remained the popular name. It may be equipped with any of the available systems for the left-hand manual.

In comparison with a piano keyboard, the keys are more rounded, smaller, and lighter to the touch. These go vertically down the side, pointing inward, toward the bellows, making them accessible to only one hand while handling the accordion.

The bass piano accordion is a variation of a piano accordion without bass buttons, with the piano keyboard sounding an octave lower than the usual low-pitched "bassoon" stop. They typically have around 3 octaves. Arrangements for accordion band may include parts for bass accordion.

History
The first accordion to feature a piano keyboard was probably the instrument introduced in 1852 by Bouton of Paris. Another source claimed the first piano accordion was introduced in 1854 at the General German Industrial Exhibition in Munich. It was showcased by the instrument builder Mattäus Bauer and quickly became a serious competitor to button accordions.

The first chromatic piano-like accordions in Russia were built in 1871 by Nikolay Ivanovich Beloborodov.

In the United States, the piano accordion dramatically increased in popularity between 1900 and 1930 because of its familiarity to students and teachers, and its uniformity, whereby accordion dealers and instructors did not have to support different styles of accordions for many European immigrant groups. The piano keyboard layout was also promoted by the fame of Vaudeville performers Guido Deiro and his brother Pietro who premiered the instrument on stage, recordings and radio. After the Deiros' success, popular chromatic button accordionist Pietro Frosini chose to disguise his accordion's buttons to look like a piano keyboard so as not to appear "old-fashioned." (See Accordion music genres)

As of 1972 it could be largely said that the piano system dominated the English-speaking North American continent, Scotland, and certain East European countries, while differing button systems are generally to be found in Scandinavia, France, Belgium and former Soviet countries. The piano accordion is also predominant in Italy, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.

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Andrew Jaspan

Andrew Jaspan AM (born 20 April 1952) is a British-Australian journalist and Founding Director and Editor-in-Chief of 360info. He is the Founder of The Conversation. He was previously editor-in-chief of Melbourne'sThe Age, editor of London's The Observer, The Sunday Times Scotland (Glasgow), Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh), The Scotsman Edinburgh), and Sunday Herald (Glasgow), and publisher and managing editor of The Big Issue London.

Early life and education
Jaspan was born in Manchester and lived in Australia between the ages of seven and fourteen. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Modern History and Philosophy from the University of Manchester. He did his thesis on "The Role of the BBC in UK politics".

Career
After graduating, Jaspan launched The New Manchester Review magazine which focussed on news, investigations and arts and culture. To help fund the magazine, Jaspan ran Monday night concerts at the Band on the Wall pub between 1977–9, showcasing punk bands (including Joy Division, The Buzzcocks, and The Fall) as well as poets (including John Cooper Clark and Adrian Henri). He then started work in the Manchester office of The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mirror in 1980.

In 1983, he moved to London to join The Times, first working on the foreign news desk and then the home news desk. In 1985 he joined The Sunday Times as an assistant editor. In 1988 the paper's editor, Andrew Neil, asked him to move to Glasgow and launch a Scotland edition of The Sunday Times as a competitor to the newly launched Scotland on Sunday by The Scotsman Publications. A year later, he moved instead to be editor of Scotland on Sunday, relaunching it as a quality newspaper which went on to establish a reputation for investigative and campaigning journalism.

In 1993 he was appointed editor of The Scotsman but six months later was appointed by the Guardian Media Group as editor of The Observer. In 1996 he was appointed publisher of The Big Issue, the street paper sold by homeless people. The Founder, John Bird, asked Jaspan to improve the quality and mainstream credibility of the magazine.

In 1998 he joined Scottish Media Group in Glasgow to prepare the business case for the launch of a new paper in 1999, The Sunday Herald. Under his editorship the paper won numerous awards including Scottish Newspaper of the Year and UK Sunday Newspaper of the Year. The paper closed in 2018.

In 2004, Jaspan was appointed editor-in-chief of The Age and The Sunday Age. In 2007, The Age won the Pacific region's Newspaper of the Year award for the first time. In August 2008, Jaspan left his position as part of a major restructuring of Fairfax that included 550 job losses across its Australian operations. Jaspan was replaced as editor-in-chief by Paul Ramadge in September 2008.

The Conversation
Jaspan first discussed the concept of The Conversation in 2009 with Glyn Davis, vice-chancellor at the University of Melbourne. Jaspan wrote a report for Davis on the university's engagement with the public, envisioning the university as "a giant newsroom", with academics and researchers collaboratively providing expert, informed content that engaged with the news cycle and major current affairs issues. This vision became the blueprint for The Conversation. The model he developed is highly unusual for a news site: content is written by academics working in collaboration with professional editors, published open access under a Creative Commons licence, and is funded by collaborative frameworks for academic institutions The concept was as a response to what Jaspan described at the time as "increasing market failure in delivering trusted content" and declining editorial diversity in Australia. The website launched in Australia in early 2011 after three years of development.

Jaspan took The Conversation to the UK where he raised the launch funds and established a base at City University London with the support of the VC, Sir Paul Curran, and Jonathan Hyams. It launched in 2013.

He then took the concept to the US where Thomas Fiedler, then dean of the School of Communications at Boston University, offered to host The Conversation U.S. and provide space for the first newsroom. With a university base established, Jaspan was able to raise the $2.3m launch funding and launched in 2014, initially led by Jaspan as U.S. CEO, Margaret Drain as editor, and Bruce Wilson leading development and university relations. For the U.S. pilot Jaspan secured support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and four other foundations.

Jaspan then helped set up the other sites in Africa and France in 2015, Canada in 2017, Indonesia in 2017, and Spain in 2018.

360info
Jaspan left The Conversation in April 2018, with professional friction cited as a contributing factor, to work on establishing a new media platform called 360info. The project was initially a partnership between universities of Deakin, Melbourne, RMIT and Western Sydney. From 2017-2020 he was based in RMIT's School of Media and Communication, then moved to Monash University, which became the host university for the project. In November 2021 it launched as 360info. Instead of a focus on breaking news, 360info reports on the worlds' most pressing challenges and offers research-driven solutions. Six months from launch it has published over 300 articles from 190 universities worldwide and is distributed by over 1,200 publishers. It has editors working in Delhi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Osaka, and Melbourne.

Awards and recognition
In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Jaspan was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the print and digital media, and to tertiary education".

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Talk:Piano accordion

I think that this subject needs its own article, but the accordion article already deals with the subject very well IMO, so it's not a high priority. Andrewa 01:33, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe sections of the accordion article that are Piano accordion-specific should be brought here and links added there.--Theodore Kloba 12:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I have already suggested that the accordion page is too cluttered and confusing, and much of the material could be moved here to simplify things. FoolesTroupe (talk) 14:10, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Content is coming! :D we are restructuring the accordion article as we speak, into a more "component-like" structure that delegates content out into articles like this much more. Necz0r (talk) 21:20, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

How Many Keys?
The caption to the illustration says, in part, "standard 120-bass/41-key piano accordion." However, the accordion illustrated clearly has -44- piano-style keys.

It also has, if I'm viewing correctly, 240 buttons for the left hand. (7 rows of 20 buttons). Perhaps half of these are duplicates, and there are only 120 actual different note and chords available -- not being an accordionist, I can't say.

But I am a pianist, and I can count keys. Suggest that you either find an illustration that only has 41 keys, or change the caption to say "44-key piano accordion." As it stands, it's confusing. Thanks

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Hydarnes

Hydarnes, also known as Hydarnes the Elder, was a Persian nobleman, who was one of the seven conspirators who overthrew the Pseudo-Smerdis. His name is the Greek transliteration of the Old Persian name Vidṛna, which may have meant "he who knows the guilt/wrong".

He was seemingly good friends with Aspathines, who invited him to join the conspiracy, which included the noblemen Intaphernes, Otanes, Gobryas, Megabyzus, and the Achaemenid prince Darius, who was its leader. For his services, Hydarnes was seemingly given the Achaemenid satrapy of Armenia as a semi-hereditary fief, since his descendants governed it until the Hellenistic period. Orontes I (died 344 BC), the ancestor of the Orontid dynasty, was descended from Hydarnes. According to some Persepolis tablets, Hydarnes served as the satrap of Media under Darius.

Hydarnes was survived by two sons, Hydarnes the Younger and Sisamnes, who both served as commanders under Darius' son and successor, Xerxes I ((r. 486 – 465)).

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Old note: If anybody has a picture of the original Columbus park playground, please upload it.

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1972 American League Championship Series

The 1972 American League Championship Series was the best-of-five series in Major League Baseball (MLB) between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers for the right to go to the 1972 World Series. The fourth edition of the ALCS was held from October 7 to October 12.

The first two games were played at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and the final three at Tiger Stadium. In each of the first four games, the home team prevailed; the A's won the deciding fifth game 2–1 on the road to take their first American League pennant since 1931.

Overview
The A's won the first two games of the series at home, and one of this series' most memorable moments came in the seventh inning of Game 2. Oakland shortstop Bert Campaneris came to bat, having had three hits, two runs scored, and two stolen bases in his first three at-bats in the game. Detroit reliever Lerrin LaGrow's first pitch hit Campaneris in the ankle; he staggered for a moment, glared at LaGrow and then flung his bat toward the mound. The bat spiraled at LaGrow 5 ft off the ground, but LaGrow ducked, and the bat narrowly missed him, landing a few feet behind the mound. The benches cleared, and while there were no punches thrown or other incidents involving players, Tigers manager Billy Martin had to be restrained by umpires and teammates to prevent him from going after Campaneris. Both LaGrow and Campaneris were suspended for the rest of the ALCS. Interestingly, this was a rare case where a manager, in this case Billy Martin, would manage in the postseason against a team that they either once managed or would later manage as he did for the Oakland Athletics from 1980 through 1982.

After Game 2, the Series moved to Detroit, where the Tigers fought back and won the next two. Game 4 was one of the best of the early LCS era, going ten innings, with the Tigers pulling out the victory. After it was 1–1 at the end of nine innings, the A's scored two runs in the top of the tenth, and it looked as if the series was over. However, the Tigers responded with three runs to win, 4–3. Detroit scored on two singles, a walk, and an error on a potential double play grounder which produced the first run.

With the bases loaded, Norm Cash walked, forcing in the tying run. The A's infield and outfield were positioned shallow for a play at the plate; Jim Northrup hit a deep fly ball off Dave Hamilton to drive in the winning run.

In Game 5, the starting pitchers were Blue Moon Odom of the A's and Woodie Fryman of the Tigers. In the second inning on a double steal, center fielder and cleanup hitter Reggie Jackson scored from third base, but was injured and was out for the season. After two innings, the game was 1–1. But by the fourth, it was clear runs wouldn't come easy, so when George Hendrick scored on a Gene Tenace RBI single, the Tigers knew they were in trouble. By the ninth inning, Odom and Vida Blue had combined to pitch seven scoreless innings. With the A's up 2–1, it came down to the bottom of the ninth, as the Tigers faced Blue. Norm Cash singled, but that was it as Tony Taylor flied to center for the final out. Odom got the win, Blue got the save, and the A's were a World Series team for the first time in Oakland, and won the first of three straight American League pennants.

It was twelve years until Detroit returned to the postseason, when they won the 1984 World Series in five games.

Since this 1972 ALCS, the Tigers and Athletics have met three times in the postseason, with Detroit winning all three: a four-game sweep in 2006, and winning a pair of decisive fifth games in Oakland in 2012 and 2013.

Game 1
Game 1 pitted ace pitchers Catfish Hunter for the A's and Mickey Lolich for the Tigers, and, as expected, both were brilliant. Norm Cash homered to give the Tigers a 1–0 lead in the second inning, and the A's tied it in the third on a Joe Rudi sacrifice fly.

The score remained at 1–1 until the 11th,inning although the Tigers threatened in their half of the ninth. Duke Sims led off with a double off Hunter. Vida Blue came on in relief to pitch to left-handed hitting Norm Cash. Cash laid down a sacrifice bunt, but reached first when second baseman Ted Kubiak, covering first, dropped Sal Bando's throw. Sims reached third. Rollie Fingers then came in to face pinch hitter Gates Brown and got him on a foul pop fly. Jim Northrup then bounced into a 4–6–3 double play to end the threat.

Al Kaline gave the Tigers a 2–1 lead in the eleventh with a homer off Fingers and looked like a hero at that point. In the bottom of the 11th, Lolich gave up back-to-back singles to Sal Bando and Mike Epstein. Chuck Seelbach relieved Lolich. Gene Tenace attempted a sacrifice bunt, but third baseman Aurelio Rodríguez pounced on it and forced Blue Moon Odom, running for Bando, at third. Tigers shortstop Ed Brinkman then fired to first, his throw pulling Dick McAuliffe covering first off the bag. McAuliffe appeared to tag Tenace out, but he was called safe. Gonzalo Marquez pinch hit for Dal Maxvill and grounded a base hit to right, scoring Mike Hegan, running for Epstein, and tying the game. Tenace attempted to advance to third, and Kaline's throw from right field skipped past Rodriguez, allowing Tenace to score and win the game for the A's.

Game 2
Bert Campaneris was a sparkplug from the start. He led off the game for the A's with a single off Woodie Fryman and promptly stole second and third. Joe Rudi then batted him in with a one-out single.

The A's plated four more runs in the fifth when George Hendrick pinch-hit a single and went to second on a Blue Moon Odom sacrifice. Campaneris singled Hendrick to third and Matty Alou singled him in. Chris Zachary relieved Fryman and threw two wild pitches, scoring Campaneris and sending Alou to third. After Rudi walked, Reggie Jackson blasted a two-run double to make it 5–0.

Odom got the win for the A's, who now had a 2–0 lead, but would play without Campaneris for the remainder of the Championship Series, on account of a suspension he was issued due to the bat-throwing incident described in the Overview above.

Game 3
Joe Coleman put the Tigers back into the series by throwing a complete-game, seven-hit shutout, striking out a then ALCS record 14 batters. Coleman was aided by a two-run single in the fourth by Ike Brown and a homer by Bill Freehan in the eighth.

Game 4
Game 4 was the most exciting of the series; for eight innings, it was a tight pitching duel between Game 1 aces Catfish Hunter and Mickey Lolich. The only runs across were a Dick McAuliffe homer for the Tigers in the third and a Mike Epstein homer for the A's -- Oakland's only home run in the series -- in the seventh.

In the sixth, A's second baseman Dick Green was hurt on a hard slide by Norm Cash trying to break up a double play. A's manager Dick Williams moved catcher Gene Tenace to second because no other healthy players were available. Tenace had last played second base in high school, and this inexperience was soon costly.

The Tigers threatened in both the eighth and ninth innings. In the eighth, McAuliffe walked and was sacrificed to second by Al Kaline. Mickey Stanley reached on an infield hit, sending McAuliffe to third. Rollie Fingers relieved Hunter and Billy Martin called for a suicide squeeze that failed and McAuliffe was thrown out trying to score. Fingers then struck out Bill Freehan for the final out. In the ninth, with two outs, Tony Taylor doubled and Vida Blue intentionally walked Aurelio Rodríguez. Blue then retired pinch-hitter Willie Horton on a fly to center.

In the tenth, the A's took a two-run lead when Gonzalo Marquez continued his pinch-hitting heroics with a one-out single. Matty Alou doubled home Marquez and went to third on the throw home. Ted Kubiak then hit a bloop single to right with Alou scoring for a 3–1 lead. After Joe Rudi was retired, Reggie Jackson reached on a throwing error by Rodriguez with Kubiak reaching third. However, no more A's runs scored as Sal Bando made the last out of the inning.

The Tigers rallied in the bottom of the tenth, starting with singles by McAuliffe and Kaline. A's reliever Joe Horlen's wild pitch advanced the runners to second and third and Gates Brown walked to load the bases with no outs. Bill Freehan then grounded an apparent double play ball to third, but the inexperienced Tenace at second dropped Sal Bando's throw. McAuliffe scored and everybody was safe. Dave Hamilton then relieved Horlen and promptly walked Norm Cash to tie the game, and then gave up a walk-off single to Jim Northrup, a ball hit over right fielder Matty Alou's head (the outfield was drawn in), scoring Brown with the winning run.

Game 5
The Tigers struck in the first off Blue Moon Odom when Dick McAuliffe led off with a single. After a one-out walk to Duke Sims, a passed ball by Gene Tenace put the runners on second and third. McAuliffe scored when Bill Freehan grounded out.

In the second, center fielder and cleanup hitter Reggie Jackson led off for the A's with a walk and stole second. Sal Bando's fly to right sent Jackson to third. After Mike Epstein was hit by a Woodie Fryman pitch, Dick Williams ordered a double steal. Jackson collided with Freehan and scored, but Jackson tore his left hamstring and was sidelined for the remainder of the postseason.

The A's got the winning tally in the fourth when George Hendrick, Jackson's replacement, reached on a ground ball to shortstop McAuliffe that was ruled a throwing error when Norm Cash's foot was pulled off first base. Cash and Billy Martin argued that the foot never left the base, but to no avail. Bando sacrificed Hendrick to second, and Gene Tenace, making amends for his earlier passed ball, singled Hendrick home for his only hit and RBI of the series.

Odom got the win and Vida Blue the save in four innings of relief as the A's, minus Jackson, won their first pennant since 1931 and moved on to the World Series.

As an odd precursor to what became an explosive relationship years later, Martin visited the A's locker room and consoled Jackson, expressing regret that he would miss the Series. Even without Jackson, the A's went on to beat the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series in seven games.

The A's won despite a team batting average of .224, superb pitching by Oakland held the Tigers to a meager .198 team batting average in the pitchers-dominated series.

Composite Line Score
1972 ALCS (3–2): Oakland A's over Detroit Tigers


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The postcode for Syndal is both 3150 and 3149. East of Blackburn Rd the post code is 3150. West of Blackburn Rd the post code is 3149

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Adam Kozłowiecki

Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J., (1 April 1911 – 28 September 2007) was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka in Zambia.

Biography
Born in Huta Komorowska, Austria-Hungary (now part of Poland) into a noble family of Ostoja coat of arms, Kozłowiecki was ordained a Jesuit priest on 24 June 1937 after studying at the Zakład Naukowo-Wychowawczy Ojców Jezuitów w Chyrowie. In 1939 he and 24 confrères were arrested by the Gestapo in Kraków and sent to Auschwitz. Six months later he was transferred to the Dachau concentration camp, where he remained until the end of the war.

After his release, the Vicar General proposed that Kozłowiecki go to Northern Rhodesia, where the Polish Jesuits had a mission. He taught there for several years until being appointed Apostolic Administrator of the new Prefecture of Lusaka in 1950. As the mission grew, he was named Bishop and Vicar Apostolic on 11 September 1955. In 1959 he was appointed the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka. He resigned from the see in 1969 so that an African could be appointed Archbishop.

He participated in all the sessions of the Second Vatican Council and in the first Synod of Bishops in 1967, and in the 1994 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops dedicated to Africa. After his resignation, he continued to serve as a missionary in Zambia. He was a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1970 to 1991.

He was created a Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 1998; he was Cardinal-Priest of the Titulus S. Andreae in Quirinali. Because he reached 80 before becoming Cardinal, he was not eligible to participate in the 2005 conclave. He died on 28 September 2007.

The Cardinal received many recognitions, among them from President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński on 24 May 2007. The Adam Kozłowiecki Museum and Foundation, "Heart without Borders", was founded in his honor.

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Seminole State College of Florida

Seminole State College of Florida is a public college with four campuses in Central Florida. It is part of the Florida College System.

Founded in 1965, the Florida State Legislature signed a charter creating "Seminole Junior College." The college opened in August 1966 with 700 students at a former citrus grove in Seminole County, near U.S. Route 17/92 and County Road 427 (Ronald Reagan Blvd.) now in the city of Sanford. By October 1971, Seminole Junior College's enrollment had exceeded 7,000, and by 1975, Seminole Junior College became "Seminole Community College", with enrollment reaching 14,161. In 2006, Seminole Community College partnered with the University of Central Florida to launch "DirectConnect to UCF", which guaranteed Seminole Community College graduates admission to the university, as well as academic advising by university counselors. In September 2009, the college's board of trustees unanimously approved a motion to rename the institution "Seminole State College of Florida," eight months after the introduction of the institution's first state-approved bachelor's degree program, the Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.) in interior design.

As of 2011, the college serves over 30,000 students, full-time and part-time, and is also one of the largest employers in Seminole County. The college has expanded into four campuses since 1965, all based within Seminole County, Florida. Its main campus is located in Sanford, and its satellite campuses are located in Oviedo, Altamonte Springs and Heathrow. The Oviedo campus opened in 2001, the Heathrow in 2007, and the Altamonte Springs in 2008. Seminole State is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) Mid-Florida Conference (MFC) and competes in baseball, softball and women's golf. The Seminole County Cemetery is located on the property of the Sanford/Lake Mary Campus.

Establishment
On July 1, 1965, the Florida State Legislature signed a charter creating Seminole Junior College. That year, the Seminole County School Board hired Dr. Earl S. Weldon to be president of the newly formed college. One of Dr. Weldon's first duties was to locate a piece of land to build the school. After reviewing many possible locations, R.T. Milwee (superintendent of Seminole County Public Schools) and Dr. Weldon chose an 80 acre lot that once belonged to Chase Citrus Groves, a location chosen for its proximity to U.S. 17-92 and Interstate 4. Portable classrooms and offices were put in place, and plans were made for the construction of the college's permanent structures.

Seminole Junior College
Seminole Junior College opened in 1966. Seven hundred students paid $5 per credit hour to further their educations. Initial class offerings included accounting, business, English I and II, journalism, Spanish, math, science and speech, among others.

Construction began in 1968 on the Campus' first permanent structures. The F-Building, which houses the faculty offices, was built that year. The Vocational Building, Science Building and a library followed in 1969. The Admissions Building, the Student Center, the E-Building, the Health Building (the gym) and the Automotive Technology Building were added in 1974.

Seminole Community College
On July 1, 1975, Seminole Junior College became Seminole Community College. By the end of the college's first decade, enrollment had increased to 14,161. The G-Building (Fine Arts), the J-Building (business technology, drafting and design, digital media and healthcare) and the K-Building (used for automotive technology, EMT and fire training) were added in the late 1970s, and this period of growth for the college continued into the 1980s, seeing construction of the Adult Education Building and the Science Lab.

Dr. Weldon and Dr. Reitz both retired from the college in 1995. The next year, Dr. E. Ann McGee, a community college graduate and administrator at Broward College, succeeded Dr. Weldon as the college's president. Faced with a more than 20 percent dip in attendance when she took office, Dr. McGee has rejuvenated Seminole State with a period of substantial growth in enrollment, new construction, and in new community partnerships. Under Dr. McGee's direction, the SCC Foundation's assets increased from $1 million to more than $7 million.

21st century
After receiving a $2.5 million donation from the Central Florida Auto Dealers' Association, SCC opened its $10.1 million Automotive Training Center in January 2007. The Center of Economic Development at Heathrow opened in fall 2007. The center partners Central Florida's economic development leaders with the college to train the region's work force in business/technology-related programs and attract and retain leading technology companies to Central Florida. The college's Altamonte Springs Campus opened in January 2008. The Campus houses SCC's Healthcare Program, a diverse offering of A.A. degrees and adult education. In June 2016, Seminole State broke ground on its new Student Services Center. The two-story, 77,000-square-foot building design was created by the project architect Song + Associates Inc. and will support Seminole State's vision of being a student-centered college by serving as a one-stop facility for student services and student life.

The building will be energy efficient, environmentally sustainable and filled with natural light, highlighting the center's barrier-free design. There also will be Wi-Fi and smart technology throughout. It will include lounge spaces, a cyber perch, game room, meeting and dining areas, a food court, and a Barnes & Noble bookstore and coffee shop.

The ground floor will feature a reception area and seating in the main lobby. The Student Services areas will include Financial Aid and Scholarships, the Career Development Center, Academic Advising and Counseling, Disability Support Services, and Student Accounting and Cashiering Services. The ground-floor design also includes an exterior sun terrace facing the pond.

A suite for the Office of Student Life and intake services, such as Admissions and Recruitment, Enrollment Services and Registrar, and Assessment and Testing, will be housed on the second floor. A balcony with a water view will be a highlight of the second-floor design.

The $24 million project was first funded with $250,000 for planning in Florida's 2009-2010 budget. An additional $11.5 million was approved in the 2015-2016 budget. The college will receive $12.7 million in State Public Education Capital Outlay (PECO) funding for 2016–2017. The center opened in spring 2018.

In recent years, Seminole State has deployed a number of courses via distance learning. In 2006, Seminole State partnered with the University of Central Florida, the largest university in the nation, to launch DirectConnect to UCF, which guarantees Seminole State graduates hassle-free admission to the university and academic advising by university counselors.

On September 21, 2009, the Board of Trustees, with permission from the Florida Legislature and input from students, changed the name of the college from Seminole Community College to Seminole State College of Florida, since it is now offering bachelor's degrees in addition to associate degrees.

In October 2018, the adjunct faculty were successful in becoming unionized.

Sanford / Lake Mary
This campus, located in Sanford, offers a full curriculum taught in small, intimate classroom settings. In addition to offering a wide variety of degree and certificate programs, the Campus is also home to Seminole State's Art & Phyllis Grindle Honors Institute, the Fine Arts Theatre, and the college's planetarium and intercollegiate athletics programs. The Fine Arts Gallery in Building "G" is the oldest gallery in Seminole County. This campus is also the location of Seminoles 59,000 square foot Center for Public Safety which provides training for prospective firefighters and police officers.

Oviedo
The Oviedo campus is one of Seminole State's most popular campuses due to its proximity to affordable student housing and a bustling commercial district. The campus is less than five miles from the University of Central Florida, making it an ideal choice for students who wish to transfer there after they have achieved an associate degree. Seminole offers the Direct Connect program which guarantees entrance to UCF to all students successfully completing a 2-year program at Seminole State.

Altamonte Springs
Seminole State's program offerings at the Altamonte Springs campus concentrate in three key academic areas: healthcare, general education requirements for the A.A. degrees offered by the college, and adult education.

The Center for Economic Development at Heathrow
This facility partners Central Florida's economic development leaders with Seminole State to train the region's work force in business/technology-related programs, attract and retain leading technology companies to Central Florida and sustain the driving force behind the region's economic engine. It offers relevant programming for the area's emergent work force. The college's interior design and construction programs are based at the facility. It is also the home of the Employ Florida Banner Center for Digital Media, a statewide resource for the digital media industry. The Seminole County Economic Development Department and the Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce are also based at the center.

Online learning
Seminole State offers 39 online degree and certificate programs including five online baccalaureate degree programs.

Organization and administration
The college has an endowment of US$24.6 million as of June 2010.

Accreditations and approvals
Seminole State College of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. The college also has a number of program-specific accreditations or endorsements, including:

 * Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
 * Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
 * American Bar Association
 * Approval Committee for Certificate Programs (ACCP)
 * American Medical Association (AMA)
 * Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
 * Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM) Education
 * Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
 * Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CARC)
 * National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation, Inc. (NATEF)
 * National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
 * National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA)
 * U.S. Fire Administration, Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Program

Student life
Seminole State offers over 40 clubs and organizations including the Environmental Club, the Hispanic Student Association, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and the African American Cultural Forum. The college also sponsors a student run Government Association that is the voice of the students.

The school offers a healthy dose fine arts activities, with an art gallery on campus that showcases work by the students and a dramatic theatre that is open to the public. The Encore! Music Series presented by the school features performances by the Seminole State Gospel Choir and the Concert Chorale.

Free speech
A 2008 article by Marla Fisher in the journal Community College Week detailed free speech issues on campuses in California, North Carolina and Florida. The then named Seminole Community College was among those profiled. Fisher stated that "a student at Seminole Community College in Florida had been refused permission to pass out animal-rights brochures near a cafe on campus because, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), an administrator did not like the group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and didn't want her to hand out literature near where people were eating."

FIRE challenged Seminole State's free speech policies detailed in Fisher's 2008 article, and described the results in a 2005 press release, "Student Free to Protest Animal Cruelty Outside of 'Free Speech Zone'." FIRE contacted Seminole State in writing after "administrators failed to produce a written copy of the alleged tabling policy (prohibiting distribution of literature)." The FIRE release added that James D. Henningsen, an official at SCC, replied to FIRE's request saying "that [SCC] [would then] allow Campos [the student] to set up a table in the campus' café to distribute PETA literature." Henningsen also promised that the college would create a committee to review and make recommendations for changes to the college's existing speech policies."

Notable people

Seminole State College of Florida has produced thousands of alumni over the years. The most notable alumni of Seminole State College of Florida are professional tennis player Mikael Pernfors, John Hart executive for the Atlanta Braves, Rob Ducey the former Major League Baseball player and Olympian, and Doug Marlette the pulitzer prize winning cartoonist.

 * Mike Clevinger, professional baseball player
 * Rob Ducey, professional baseball player and member of 2004 Canadian Olympic team
 * Dee Gordon, professional baseball player
 * John Hart, professional baseball manager
 * Ed Hickox, professional baseball umpire
 * Norm Lewis, Broadway actor
 * Doug Marlette, cartoonist
 * Preston McGann, professional football player
 * Brett Oberholtzer, professional baseball player
 * Paula Pell, comedy and screenwriter
 * Mikael Pernfors, professional tennis player
 * Hardy Rawls, actor
 * Bobby Thigpen, professional baseball player
 * George Zimmerman, killer of Trayvon Martin

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For the First Time (1959 film)

For the First Time (German title: Serenade of a Great Love) is a 1959 musical film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Mario Lanza, Johanna von Koczian, Kurt Kasznar, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. It was tenor star Mario Lanza's final film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer six weeks before his death. Lanza stars as an operatic tenor who finds love for the first time with a young German woman (played by Johanna von Koczian), who happens to be deaf.

The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in 1958 in Capri, Salzburg, Berlin and at the Rome Opera House. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Fritz Maurischat and Heinrich Weidemann.

Plot
Tony Costa is a world famous opera singer with a reputation for playboy antics and irresponsibilty. His loyal manager Tabory is constantly ingesting nervous stomach medication. After a scandalous no-show at the Vienna Opera, Tabory ships Tony off to Capri to hide out from the press.

Tony is showing off his voice to a gaggle of girls in the town square when he notices one woman absorbed in a book who isn't paying him any attention at all. His curiosity aroused, Tony follows her home. Christa is a normal young woman who had been deafened in a World War Two bombing raid, and has shied away from men because she considers herself unattractive due to her handicap.

Tony sneaks back to New York and his manager, saying he wants bookings in every city that has the best ear doctors in the world. Tabory breaks the news that Tony is broke and will have to start his whole career over from scratch the right way. Tony accomplishes this. But the only ear doctor who holds out any hope for Christa warns that the operation is potentially life threatening. Christa insists on going through with it.

The operation is a success, and an exuberant Tony takes her and her family on a global tour of celebration. The strain(and being caught in a thunderstorm) brings on a temporary relapse for Christa. Tony takes out his frustration in a nightclub brawl that is hastily covered up by his friends who are aware of the circumstances.

Christa's hearing is restored with rest and care, and Tony resumes his career with renewed vigor.

Cast

 * Mario Lanza as Tonio Costa
 * Johanna von Koczian as Christa
 * Kurt Kasznar as Tabory
 * Zsa Zsa Gabor as Gloria De Vadnuz
 * Hans Söhnker as Prof. Bruckner
 * Annie Rosar as Mathilde Faktotum
 * Sandro Giglio as Alessandro
 * Walter Rilla as Dr. Bessart
 * Renzo Cesana as Angelo
 * Peter Capell as Leopold Hübner
 * Nico as leader of admirers in Capri (uncredited)

Music
Music plays a major role in the film. The following compositions can be heard:

 * La donna e mobile and Un di, se ben rammentomi… from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
 * Come prima ( For the First Time ), a hit by Panzeri, Di Paola and Taccani
 * Oh, Capri, a Tarantella, and the Jamaica-Rock Pineapple Picker by George E. Stoll
 * O sole mio, a Neapolitan folk tune
 * Lachterzett from the opera Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * Vesti la giubba from I Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
 * I love you by Edvard Grieg
 * Death scene from Othello by Giuseppe Verdi
 * Ave Maria by Franz Schubert
 * Je n'en connais pa la fin by Marguerite Monnot
 * Triumphal march from Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
 * Who was once in Munich by Bette/Hauff

In addition to the main actor, soloists, the choir and orchestra of the Roman Opera and the Vatican boys' choir sing and play. George E. Stoll, who also contributed two of his own songs, was responsible for directing the music.

Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $710,000 in the US and Canada and $975,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,685,000.

Reception
Critics singled out Lanza's singing of "Vesti la Giubba" from Pagliacci and the Death Scene from Otello for special praise, with Howard Thompson of The New York Times calling it the tenor's "most disarming vehicle in years."

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