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Talk:Stan Kenton

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Considering the huge legacy Stanley left behind in the world of jazz and music education and the wide variations in his bands over the years, his page is a bit short on content. I'm tempted to put the stub sign back up, but I figure with a niche figure like Kenton, nobody'll see it anyway.

I don't really have the time to complete his page as much as I'd like at the moment, so if anyone else wants to have a go at it, feel free. Just keep in mind that I'm a huge fan of Kenton, and I'll probably notice if something's a little awry.

The February birth date in 1912 for Stanley Kenton (my father)is wrong. He was born the year before on December 15. His mother Stella was pregnant before she was married so she and her husband Floyd Kenton married then left Colorado and went back to Kansas for the baby to be born. Then they returned in 1912 with the child to Colorado. It was only in 1948 when my mother, father and I needed passports and therefore had to get a copy of his birth certificate to apply for one that this error in birthdate came to light as his mother Stella Newcomb Kenton had hidden all of this from everyone. It is an error that is still made on a lot of biographical materials on Stan Kenton. [Leslie Kenton}

 * Thanks for fixing that. Is the reference to Lance correct? -Willmcw 04:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Not fully correct. In the Autumn of 1977 Stanley’s son Lance and another boy named Joe Musico were roused by Charles Dedrich head of Synanon to silence LA attorney Paul Morantz who three weeks earlier had won a $300,000 judgement against the cult on behalf of a woman it had abducted. On October 11, Lance, whose familial loyalty now lay with Diedrich and a squad created to carry out cult business called the “Imperial Marines,” together with Joe put a 4 ½ foot rattlesnake (whose rattles had been removed) through Morantz’s mailbox. The snake bit the attorney. He was taken to hospital immediately where, being a savvy former reporter, Morantz had himself photographed by newspapers in his hospital gown and told his story. Lance was indicted for attempted murder, found guilty and sentenced. It is very likely that he took the rap for actions which were not of his own making. [Leslie Kenton]

 * FYI, the incident is also mentioned in Synanon. -Will Beback 21:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

 * As far as I know it is, but its importance to Stanley's life and legacy is tangential at best and probably not worth the (relative) importance given to it here. Also, I can find no information linking Stanley to the John Birch society except that the two shared December 15 as a birthday.  The two were mentioned together on a forum while discussing a record label that Ray Charles was involved with, but not as evidence that Stanley was a member.  Perhaps Leslie or a former bandmember can set the matter straight, but for now I'm removing that info. --Jemiller226 18:30, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Anyone know the name of the album "Kenton in Hi-Fi" was a remake of?

 * I'll take a stab, it was a stereo remake of Kenton's hits from the forties, done for Capitol in the fifties. Capitol liked doing that, they did it to Nat King Cole and June Christy as well.24.167.105.97 (talk) 03:56, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

"Noted band personnel" section
I'm thinking this section would be not only more aesthetic but easier to reference if we grouped these band members by, say, instrument. Perhaps to save ourselves from small sections, saxes and rhythm would be one section? Any opinions or should I just go for it? MToolen 12:52, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I think the John Park disambiguation link should be: http://www.kcjazzambassadors.com/issues/2004-10/johnpark.html This is an article from Jazz Ambassados Magazine JAM: October/November 2004 Issue: The Heart of John Park. I do not know how to fix it, but I am confident this is the correct John Park. Woodwind (talk) 07:50, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Citations & References
See Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the  tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 10:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

The 1956 Canada Telegram and Leonard Feather's Response
Based on information I had, having been raised by a Kenton follower, I made a first attempt to balance the section on the Feather controversy. Wikipedia member Kibiusa reversed my changes, citing "unsoruced [SIC] speculation" and adding a distortion of the edit (i.e., suggesting I specifically stated "some of his best friends were black") to the mix.

Unfortunately, there are two things to point out about Kibiusa's reversal of the edit. First, the original piece had no sources cited either, so by the same token the original should have been completely removed. Second, the original itself contained (and still does to an extent after my edits) notable POV violations, not the least of which is it gives only a portion of the incident, and every citing of the incident I have found gives much of the same refuting information I have now added.

However, point taken on citing my own sources, and I have re-edited with said sources, including one discussing Feather actually reversing his original stance.

Based on Kibiusa's reversal comment, however, (I quote "revert unsoruced speculation and obvious POV. "Some of his best friends were black" means nothing. 90 musicians from Kenton's band are listed here -- how many are black?"), it appears there is some bias on the part of that member. Shows no attempt to investigate the subject other than reversing possible contradictory (i.e., supporting) statements. Further, member did not clean up original POV problems, despite implying a concern about the additions having one.

Furthermore, when discussing alleged prejudice, documented and recorded friendly and personal association with someone of the race(s) in question is a legitimate point of contradiction, provided the evidence is documented and recorded. I this case, there is abundant evidence on recording, on film, in correspondence, and the like.

I have purposely left most of the original text intact, without citation and minimal POV change, concluding it's better to let the reader decide for themselves, having been given more complete information. Those predisposed to "find conspiracy in a bubble gum wrapper" simply will, despite any attempt to balance the picture.

The one line I took out last time, and did again, was "However, although African-American jazz stars appeared with the Kenton Orchestra from time to time as featured soloists, very few black musicians ever played in his band." This is clearly POV, and Kibiusa's comment ("90 musicians from Kenton's band are listed here -- how many are black?") reflects that as well. Very few is a subjective statement, and subsequently a major POV statement. Furthermore, the musicians listed are "notable" and certainly not a complete list. We could easily get into easily get into a discussion of the reasons why there aren't as many blacks listed in the notable list (the atmosphere of touring and the venues until the late 60's; competition for "notables" from Ellington, Basie, Parker, Garner, Cole, etc etc; the decline in number of quality jazz musicians from the mid-60s onward; and on and on). Kibiusa's question also opens up the question of then comparing the number of white musicians in, say, Ellington's organization at the same time; he had the same issues to contend with when it came to booking venues, especially in the South.

Wikipedia is a staunchly neutral entity. Giving both sides of an issue is a key to that neutrality.--ADWNSW (talk) 17:41, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi ADWNSW,

On further reflection I've decided not to dispute this point. Kenton didn't employ many African-Americans, but neither did other white bandleaders of the time, not even Benny Goodman, who broke the color barrier in 1939 appearing at Carnegie Hall with teddy Wilson. It seems that in those days, integrated bands just did not exist.

kibi (talk) 18:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

RE: "It seems that in those days, integrated bands just did not exist." BINGO! As much as I love Glenn Miller and Harry James and Woody Herman, where were the African American musicians? Where were the white musicians in the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands? Different situtations to be sure, since Duke Ellington and Count Basie were great bands with not as much popularity as the big white bands of the day. So sad that people of different backgrounds just did not mix in the thirties, forties and fifties. Even Benny Goodman had to be persuaded by his brother in law John Hammond, to integrate his band with Lionel Hampton and Charlie Christian.24.167.105.97 (talk) 03:52, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Why is the "tell all" stuff placed up front?
This passage, and its citation:

"The complex machinations of Kenton's private life have recently been disclosed in the 2010 memoir "Love Affair", written by his daughter Leslie Kenton.* The author of a number of books on health and wellbeing, Leslie Kenton, having come to terms with long-buried feelings and memories, describes her experience of life within the Kenton family and discloses family secrets, including the incestuous relationship she had with her talented and celebrated, yet self-doubting and frequently troubled, alcoholic father."

does not belong in the "Early Life" section, and should have a section of its own. One wonders if it is relevant at all, as it deals with a debatable topic and, as such, is not encyclopedic. It seems placed where it is to call attention to the book.Pinikadia 15:12, 18 June 2011 (UTC)Pinikadia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinikadia (talk • contribs)

Can we remove this altogether please?
I've just read his daughter's account of this and it looks like classic "repressed memory syndrome", an idea that has been roundly debunked in countless psychiatric studies. I'm going to do further research into what she said and who "extracted" these memories for her. A passage as damaging as this to his reputation can't be allowed to stand without more digging.NBeddoe (talk) 10:51, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

 * Your POV opinions on psychology aren't pertinent to encyclopedic content. What is pertinent is that the accusations were made and are in a published source.Henrydeutschendorf (talk) 14:39, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Form the Daily Mail: "London psychiatrist Joyce Martin, at the time one of a handful of doctors licensed to use small doses of LSD to rediscover repressed memories, played a crucial role. During the course of treatment in 1967, Leslie experienced searing pain. Two sessions later, she recalled the first rape. It would be years before all the memories gradually resurfaced, including the weird role of Stella, Stanley’s mother, in two shady drugged rituals. Leslie also recalled Stella incarcerating her, aged 13, in a sanatorium for brutal ECT treatment to further ‘fry’ her memories. She has been able to verify some details by speaking to others, including the family friends who cared for her in her fragile state afterwards. Leslie confronted Stanley in 1972 when he visited London to record a show for the BBC. "

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1246717/Leslie-Kenton-reveals-incestuous-relationship-father.html#ixzz1oQc7okbc"

WTF? His mother involved her in ritual abuse and subjected her to ECT? She "remembered" all this after being given acid by a far-out 60s psychotherapist. I am keen that genuine cases of child abuse are publicised (see my edits on Eric Gill) but this is very shaky indeed.217.36.74.126 (talk) 08:47, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't know as we should delete it altogether. We should include the material contesting his daughter's veracity, though. Herostratus (talk) 20:21, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Include the information, sure. Include the counterargument against it, sure. But it needs more elaboration and needs rewriting from a neutral point of view. If it's part of his history, and subject to scrutiny, some balance on both sides should be part of the section. (Not gory details, mind you, but a balanced overview of the credence/disavowal of the claims.)160.3.170.250 (talk) 07:28, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Date of birth
According to his New York Times obit (here) and the Encyclopedia Brittanica (here), Kenton was born on February 19 of 1912. Allmusic (here) has him on December 15 of 1911.

I note that the Stan Kenton live album Birthday In Britain was apparently recorded on a birthday concert that Kenton gave in Nottingham -- on February 19, 1973. If this recording date is correct, Kenton himself thought that his birthday was February 19, it appears.

A website called Solid gives his birthday as February 19 1912 while noting that some sources give December 15 1911. And indeed in addition to Allmusic, it appears that Starpulse gives the date as December 15 1911, as does Amazon, IMDB and probably others do as well, but Biography.com gives February 19 1912.

Google responds to a query on "Stan Kenton birthdate" with "Best guess for Stan Kenton Date of birth is December 15, 1911", but Wolfram Alpha returns a query on "What is the birth date of stan kenton" with February 19 1912.

(Interestingly, here is described a concert called the "Stan Kenton Birthday Celebration" sponsored by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute -- on October 24 of 2011. October 24 is not near to either December 15 or February 19, but the year 2011 would have been the 100th anniversary of Kenton's birth only if he was born in 1911. Not sure what to make of that.)

A lot of these sources are unreliable, and none is completely reliable, and some are merely parroting info found at another site I assume. A birth certificate would be the gold standard. Kenton himself would not necessarily be a completely reliable source as people are known to be mistaken about their own birthdates.

But absent a birth certificate, we have the two most reliable sources -- the NY Times and Brittanica -- giving February 19 1912, in addition to which Kenton recorded a birthday concert on February 19, assuming the info given for that album is correct. Given that, I'm comfortable with our stating that February of 19 1912 is Kenton's birthdate and not December 15 1911. Herostratus (talk) 16:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, another editor was kind enough to point to the 2010 book Stan Kenton:This is an Orchestra! (link is here) which clears this up: according to the book (page 1) Kenton was conceived out of wedlock, and to cover this up his parents used the February 19 1912 date, a date Kenton believed to be true "well into adulthood", but his birth certificate is correct and states December 15 1911. So that's settled I would say. Herostratus (talk) 04:29, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Plagiarism
Much of this article has been copied straight from the AllMusic webpage for Stan Kenton. While a reference to AllMusic is given at the bottom of the Wikipedia page, this does not prevent it from being merely a direct, illegal copy. These parts should be rewritten with an eye to the other information that is out there on Stan Kenton so that this encyclopedia entry can accomplish more than regurgitation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.21.21.67 (talk) 01:36, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Why Jack Sandmeier's meeting with Woody Herman and Stan Kenton removed. It gives a sense of how many days a year these bands traveled to stay on the road and play dates. Jack said one time, Kenton played 63 weeks in a row one-nighters out of his bus. TK Mrdowntownla (talk) 07:14, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Grammy
I don't know what that grammy awards nonsense at the bottom is, but it should be removed.Cosprings (talk) 01:51, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

re Cosprings edits
User:Cosprings made some changes which may have been fine but weren't explained; when I reverted them (on grounds of not being explained) he did it again, again without explaining, and so here we stand.

It's not clear what User:Cosprings is trying to do here. It looks partly like standard cleanup and format improvement, but a list of Kenton's compositions is also removed. Maybe that section is inappropriate, maybe it isn't, and maybe its arguable, but with no edit summary I can't judge. People need to use edit summaries when making extensive edits. The Grammy Awards template is removed. Whether this is appropriate I don't know, but Kenton did win some Grammys apparently; if this template isn't included for other Grammy award winners it shouldn't be here, but if it is, it should be, an so on.

I invite User:Cosprings to explain what's up here. Herostratus (talk) 00:19, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

First of all, an unsourced list of compositions is not normally included, plus its vastly incomplete. Second, the grammy template is completely out of order here. Third, i fixed the source format to the standard "notes-references" format. That's my edit summary.Cosprings (talk) 14:01, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

re list of compositions.
An editor has deleted the (partial) list of Kenton's compositions (link), and I've restored it per WP:BRD, and addressed this in detail on his talk page (link here: User talk:Cosprings) and we've gone around again and are at 2RR. Not wanting an edit war, or at any rate seeking to establish the precedence of WP:BRD and [WP:CONSENSUS]] if one does develop, I open this section where the editor or any other editors can discuss the pros and cons of this deletion. Herostratus (talk) 14:12, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Jean Sibelius
What do you think, I've got a Finnish TV documentary (yeah, a primary source) where Jean Sibelius' grandson states that his grandpa was enthusiastic about Stan Kenton's recordings and listened them a lot. Is that worth mentioning in the article and is a primary source O.K.? Kernaazti (talk)

Needs editing
I am going to be blunt...the article on Stan Kenton is at a high school level.

I have been referring back to it in order to create other articles that relate back; much of it makes one scratch their head. I am going to try to slowly make this better over the course of the next few weeks/months.

The biographical pic needs to be better also, there are many fine (and flattering) photos of Kenton. The Ellington/Basie/Herman pages have good ones, what happened here?

The article misses many important points from key books/reviews and does not even have a Grammy awards and nominations table, let alone other things (Kenton had deservedly earned). Much of the prose is written like the National Inquirer.

I am no "Kenton rah rah" person but this is woefully absent of many things. I hope to make it far better so be patient.

Shelyric (talk) 12:29, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Needs citations?
I would like the editor who tagged this page to be specific. What extra citations are you looking for? There are many and everything that was completed to edit this page over the summer was backed with citations. Please be specific of what you are looking for, other than that it really needs no citation edits and there is nothing further that can be added without being redundant.

Shelyric (talk) 05:17, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

 * I did not tag this page, but in reviewing it I'm shocked at the number of whole paragraphs without a single citation: 25 (by my count) -- some of them very long-winded, and some utterly subjective, without any supporting reference citation (including 3 of the 4 paragraphs in the key "Legacy" section)!
 * Though I didn't carefully count the others, it appears that most of the remaining paragraphs cite only one source each. Single-sourcing statements in such a highly-subjective field as the arts is very inappropriate, raises almost automatic suspicions of violations of WP:NPOV, and severely undermines the credibility of the text, and of Wikipedia.
 * This for one of the most well-known, longest-career figures in the field of jazz. Finding multiple relevant citations, for every claim (particularly the subjective and evaluative assessments), should not be a challenge, unless the Wikipedia contributor(s) is(are) simply incorrect in their statements, and/or indifferent (or hostile) to published documents from major independent sources, online or in print, that conflict with their views.
 * This article needs a documentation-and-editing overhaul. Not my field, so I'll leave it to others focused in the field who have a suitable regard for Wikipedia standards.
 * ~ Zxtxtxz (talk) 08:44, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

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Calgary-Fort

Calgary-Fort was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2019.

History
The Riding covers some of the cities older blue collar neighbourhoods including Forest Lawn, Dover, Inglewood, Lynwood Ridge, Ogden, Erin Woods and the Foothills Industrial Park. The riding was largely broken with three distinct residential sections surrounded by industrial areas.

The riding suffered from a number of environmental problems in recent years caused by heavy industry. Soil contamination from the old oil refinery in Lynwood Ridge has created a ghost town of houses in limbo. Canadian Pacific Railway has also been to blame for heavy soil contamination affecting residents along the tracks in Ogden by a chemical known as Trichloroethylene used as a track degreaser. In 1999 the Hub Oil refinery just east of Erin Woods exploded raining contamination on the neighbourhood. The riding also has a quarantined site where the Inglewood Refinery used to be for soil contamination problems.

The riding had been a Progressive Conservative stronghold and was held continuously by PC MLA Wayne Cao since its creation in 1997 until the 2015 election, when the riding was won by New Democrat Joe Ceci.

Boundary history
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary re-distribution out of Calgary-East and named after the historical Fort Calgary.

The riding had significant changes in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution, and was expanded to meet the new boundaries of the City of Calgary and gained some rural portions that had belonged to Foothills-Rocky View. The electoral district also gained the neighbourhoods of Ramsay that was previously in Calgary-Egmont and East Village which was in Calgary-Buffalo. The riding also expanded south into industrial land that was formerly part of Calgary-Hays.

The Calgary-Fort electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution into Calgary-Peigan ahead of the 2019 Alberta general election.

Electoral history
The electoral district of Calgary-Fort was created in the boundary re-distribution of 1997. The district covers central southeast Calgary and was carved primarily from Calgary-East. Progressive Conservative Wayne Cao won the district in the first election held in 1997 with just under half the popular vote.

Cao would run for his second term in 2001 and win a landslide victory winning almost 69% of the popular vote over a crowded field of eight candidates. He was re-elected in 2004 with a significantly reduced margin of victory taking just over half the popular vote.

Cao stood for a fourth term in the 2008 election and for the first time since 1997 he won less than half of the popular vote in one of the lowest voter turnout races in the province. Cao would retire prior to the 2015 Alberta general election which saw New Democrat and former Calgary Councillor Joe Ceci elected in Calgary-Fort.

2004
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2004
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts, with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

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Athabasca-Wabasca

Athabasca-Wabasca was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1993 to 2004.

District history
The riding was created in 1993 when the district of Fort McMurray shrank to encompass the northern Alberta city. Athabasca-Wabasca completely covered the same boundaries except for the city of Fort McMurray. The riding was abolished in the 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution when the district of Fort McMurray merged and formed Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo. The south part of the riding became part of Athabasca-Redwater.

The riding encompassed most of the extreme north east part of the province.

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Calgary-Buffalo

Calgary-Buffalo is a current provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. Calgary-Buffalo is currently represented by NDP MLA Joe Ceci.

The riding comprises primarily the downtown core of the city of Calgary. The riding has broad demographic diversity, and comprises the most transient population in Alberta.

The riding contains a mix of corporate office towers, luxury apartment buildings, Chinatown in the north part of the riding and lower income apartments in the south along the Beltline community. The Liberals have won this riding seven times, the Progressive Conservatives six, and the New Democrats twice, while the Alberta Reform Movement was represented very briefly.

Due to the nature of the riding, candidates have a tougher time running a campaign, as traditional campaign methods — i.e., placement of lawn signs, door knocking, and voter identification — have proven to be of limited usefulness.

The riding was created in 1971, largely out of the old Calgary Centre riding and a small portion of the eastern part of Calgary West.

History
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary re-distribution out of parts of Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park, and Calgary-West. The district has shifted boundaries many times over the years but has always covered the downtown core of Calgary.

The 2010 Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution saw significant changes to the district, losing a huge portion of land to Calgary-Currie on the west boundary when it was cut from 37 Street to 14 Street SW. The East Village neighbourhood and Fort Calgary were moved into Calgary-Fort on the west side and the south boundary was pushed from 17 Avenue into Lower Mount Royal to run along approximately 19 Avenue in land that used to be in Calgary-Currie. The electoral district would have a population of 40,381 in 2010, which was 1.2% below the provincial average of 40,880.

The 2017 Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution saw Calgary-Buffalo expand East into the communities of Ramsay and Inglewood. The boundaries as adjusted would give the electoral district a population of 49,907 in 2017, 7% above the provincial average of 46,803.

Representation history
The electoral district of Calgary-Buffalo was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971. The area it covered primarily consisted of three antecedent riding's Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park and Calgary West. The riding primarily covers the City of Calgary's downtown core and belt line as well as some southwest inner city neighbourhoods. The riding is one of Calgary's few swing ridings.

The Progressive Conservatives won the first election easily under Ron Ghitter who was later appointed to the Senate of Canada. The second member of the riding Tom Sindlinger who was elected in the 1979 general election. He was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus on October 16, 1980 and sat as an Independent Conservative after calling for increased transparency with the Heritage Trust Fund.

Sindlinger formed the Alberta Reform Movement, a right wing party and became its leader on September 17, 1982. He was the first and only member of that party to form the Alberta Reform Movement caucus in the legislature. He was defeated in the 1982 general election in a landslide by Progressive Conservative Brian Lee.

Lee only held one term before being defeated by Liberal Sheldon Chumir in 1986. Chumir was re-elected with a landslide in 1989. He died on January 26, 1992. Liberal Gary Dickson won a by-election later that year and held the district for three terms before retiring.

The Progressive Conservatives won the seat back in 2001 with Harvey Cenaiko who was later given the cabinet portfolio of Solicitor General. He retired in 2008. Liberal candidate Kent Hehr won back the electoral district for his party in 2008. April 23, 2012, Kent Hehr was re-elected for a second term during the biggest percentage turnout of eligible voters since 1993. 2015 election, Kent Hehr decided to step up to the Federal Election which will be fall of 2015.

NDP candidate Kathleen Ganley won Calgary Buffalo for her party in the provincial election of 2015 for the first time. Joe Ceci was elected under the NDP banner in 2019 and is the current MLA.

2004
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2004
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

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Coronation, Alberta

Coronation is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Paintearth No. 18. It is located at the intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 872, approximately 100 km west of the Saskatchewan border.

History
Coronation was incorporated as a village on December 16, 1911, the year George V came to the throne hence its chosen name, then was officially declared a town on April 29, 1912. After moving south from the Haneyville, some distance north of its present location to be congruent with rail lines, Coronation was expected to be a hub town. However, larger towns such as Calgary and Red Deer began to evolve into cities and Coronation was forgotten in that regard.

Relying on its farming population, Coronation eventually erected three grain elevators which remained landmarks until their destruction in the summer of 2002. Other landmarks include the water tower that was remodeled in the late 1990s, the caboose that is painted a regal red, and the lighted crown at the town's entrance that was built by a team of Hutterites in the early 2000s.

Climate
Coronation experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb).

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Coronation had a population of 868 living in 399 of its 485 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 940. With a land area of 3.57 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Coronation recorded a population of 940 living in 405 of its 442 total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of 947. With a land area of 3.62 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Economy
The economy is supported primarily by farming, ranching, and the oil patch.

Culture
Coronation hosts a rodeo every June that includes calf roping, barrel racing, bull riding and chuckwagon events. The rodeo also features a parade and a pancake breakfast.

Coronation also hosts the Coronation Town and Country Fair, which includes exhibits such as academic displays, botanical achievements and artistic entries.

Education
The Clearview School District operates Coronation School within the town, which had 374 students in 2009.

Media
The East Central Alberta Review is the local newspaper that provides coverage for Coronation.

Notable people

 * Travis Brigley - former NHL player
 * Barbara Clark - bronze medalist in swimming
 * Melody Davidson - Olympic gold medalist, head coach of Canadian women's hockey team
 * Stuart Gillard - film director
 * Doug Griffiths - author and former politician
 * Dwayne Zinger - former NHL player

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Calgary-Varsity

Calgary-Varsity is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1993 and returns a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

It comprises the communities of Varsity, Dalhousie, Brentwood, Banff Trail, University Heights, Parkdale, Point Mckay, and Charleswood (part of the Triwood community which also includes Collingwood west of 19th St NW).

History
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of parts of three electoral districts. They were Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-North West.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the district only slightly altered. It picked up some land from Calgary-Bow and Calgary-Mountain View when the south boundary was moved south to run completely along the Bow River and it also picked up a few blocks of houses from Calgary-North Hill when the east boundary between 17th Ave NW and 24 Ave NW was moved one block over to 18 Street NW

Representation history
The electoral district was created in 1993 and comprised land that had existed in three electoral districts. The region at that era had returned a mixture of Liberal and Progressive Conservative representatives.

In the first election in the district held in 1993, the district saw a closely contested race between Progressive Conservative candidate Murray Smith and Liberal candidate Carrol Jaques. Smith would win with a plurality of 47%. Premier Ralph Klein appointed Smith to his first cabinet post as Minister of Economic Development and Tourism in 1994. He would be shuffled to the Labour portfolio in 1996.

Smith and Jaques faced each other again in the 1997 election with both candidates losing popular vote. Smith however won his second term by taking a majority of the ballots cast. After the election Smith kept his Labour portfolio until 1999 when he was shuffled to be the Minister of Gaming.

The 2001 election would see Jaques and Smith face each other for the third time. The result would be a near landslide in Smith's favour. After the election Smith would once again change cabinet portfolios this time becoming Minister of Energy until he retired at dissolution of the assembly in 2004.

Liberal candidate Harry Chase was elected as the second representative of the riding in the 2004 election with nearly 45% of the vote. He won his second term in 2008 with a slightly larger plurality.

In 2012 Progressive Conservative candidate Donna Kennedy-Glans was elected with 46% of the vote. She briefly sat as an independent in protest of Alison Redford's leadership.

In 2015 New Democrat candidate Stephanie McLean was elected with 44% of the vote. After serving in the cabinet of Rachel Notley, she stepped down as MLA shortly before the 2019 election.

In 2019 despite the NDP attracting a star candidate to run in Calgary-Varsity, Anne McGrath, she was defeated by United Conservative candidate Jason Copping.

In 2023 NDP candidate Luanne Metz - a clinical neurologist and researcher - defeated the incumbent Minister of Health, Jason Copping.

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Hi there! I noticed you are a Stargate fan. Have you seen the Stargate Wikicity? We're currently quite small - any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Alphax τεχ 05:24, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Livingstone-Macleod

Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district located in rural southwestern Alberta was created with minimal boundary changes in the 1997 boundary re-distribution from the old riding of Pincher Creek-Macleod. The district is named after Mount Livingstone and the town of Fort Macleod. The district also contains the communities of Pincher Creek and the municipality of the Crowsnest Pass.

The district and its antecedent have been favourable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates in the past few decades, but this history was broken in the 2012 Alberta general election when Wildrose candidate Pat Stier was elected.

History
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution primarily from the old electoral district of Pincher Creek-Macleod.

Significant changes were made to the district in the 2010 boundary redistribution. The Blood Reserve was transferred to the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner while land south of the town of High River that was in Highwood as well as a portion of land in that constituency in the north west and the portion of land that was part of the abolished Foothills-Rocky View electoral district south of Tsuu T'ina Nation was transferred into the electoral district.

Electoral history
The electoral district was created in the 1997 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Pincher Creek-Macleod Progressive Conservative incumbent David Coutts win more than half the popular vote over Liberal candidate Ernie Patterson to pick up the seat for his party.

The two would face each other again in the 2001 general election. Coutts would be re-elected with a larger majority to win his third term in office. Coutts won his fourth term in the 2004 election taking just over half of the popular vote in the riding. He retired from office at dissolution of the assembly in 2008.

The second representative of the district was Progressive Conservative MLA Evan Berger; elected to his first term in the 2008 general election.

2004
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

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Lac La Biche-St. Paul

'''Lac La Biche-St. Paul''' was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1993 to 2012.

Boundary history
When created, the riding contained Lakeland County and the County of St. Paul No. 19 and all communities contained within, and was later expanded to include Two Hills. The Lac La Biche-St. Paul electoral district did not have any boundary changes throughout its history. The electoral district was dissolved in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution and replaced by the Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills prior to the 2012 Alberta general election.

Representation history
The riding's first representative was Paul Langevin, a Franco-Albertan elected for the Liberals. He left the Liberal caucus the following year, and went on to join the governing Progressive Conservatives. He was re-elected under their banner in 1997.

Upon Langevin's retirement, the riding was won by PC candidate Ray Danyluk, who served as Alberta's Minister of Municipal Affairs, and afterwards the Minister of Infrastructure. After three terms, he was defeated in the newly-renamed riding of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills by Wildrose candidate Shayne Saskiw in the 2012 election.

2004 student vote results
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

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Talk:Flyback transformer

Does air gap increase ability to store energy?

 * "The air gap increases the reluctance of the magnetic circuit and therefore its ability to store energy."

Air gap increases reluctance, so less B-field occurs per applied H-field. And since the stored energy is measured by volume integral of product of H and B-fields, stored energy will tend to decrease as the air gap increases.

An expert of this topic should revise this statement and remove it if necessary.

AhmedHan (talk) 06:03, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

You can apply more H-field, as the core will require more H to saturate. So more air gap leads to more energy storage capability (although you should resize windings to the new higher current)

How pedantic do we want to be?
Strictly, the flyback transformer converts the deflection power supply voltage, not the "mains" ( input AC) voltage, to high voltage. Is this worth distinguishing in the text, without turning this into an article on TV repair? --Wtshymanski 05:24, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I thought it was desirable for all transformers to have high inductance windings (not just flybacks) in order to extend LF response and cut down the magnetising current. Am I wrong? Does the author intend to say good coupling or low leakage inductance? Light current 16:48, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I am not sure if the difference is best described in terms of the inductance. A "normal" (non-flyback) transformer is designed with a large magnetizing inductance---larger than a typical flyback transformer, in fact--but that inductance can only store a very small amount of energy. If you try to "charge up" the magnetic circuit in an ungapped ferrite transformer then it will saturate with only a very small amount of energy stored. In normal operation, the secondary sucks energy out nearly as fast as the primary puts it in, so this is not a problem.

 * A flyback transformer is distinctive not for its inductance, but for its ability to store energy (on the order of P_out/f_switching). The gap decreases the inductance, but it increases the ability of the transformer to store energy.

 * Au contraire. The inductance is crucial.  Without it, the primary current wouldn't ramp up and the output wouldn't be a saw tooth current. 86.178.14.98 (talk) 13:14, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

This article need improvement
Wtshymanski & Light current have good points. The deflection power supply is typically on the order of 70vdc and it is not correct to claim line voltage (AC) as the input to the LOPT. Additionally the inductance of mains (50/60Hz) transformers must be made high in order to reduce the magnetising current to acceptable levels and also to prevent saturation (applies to audio as well). On leakage inductance, it would be highly undesirable to have high leakage inductance in a LOPT as leakage inductance represents stored energy that has to be adsorbed by snubber circuits. In the case of mains transformers, if the output is driving a capacitive load (eg the voltage multiplier in a microwave oven) a high leakage inductance would be desirable in order to zero the power factor. I am not an audio expert, but I would imagine that the leakage inductance of an audio transformer would be quite low to insure minimal parasitic inductance in the circuit. It should also be made clear that the LOPT and associated circuitry is operated as a switched mode power supply and outputs a square voltage waveform given that the circuit switches between positive, constant di/dt and negative, constant di/dt. Additionally the voltage multiplier is not distinct from the "rectifier" as a CW multiplier intrinsically has a DC output. The author of the claims that the LOPT is responsible for the wine of monitors - this cannot be correct as all monitors operate with horizontal scans in excess of 40kHz - well above the range of human hearing. A much more likely source of audible sound is the mains stepdown transformer which may operate within the range of human hearing.

 * Many units with CRT's use a degausing coil, which makes a loud HUM sound when they start up.cmacd 19:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

 * That is true - and completely irrelevant in the current context. And: only cheap crappy ones (such as in many domestic TVs) make a loud hum. 86.163.86.161 (talk) 17:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 * The deflection power supply depends on the design of the circuit and the technology used. In valve days (vaccuum tube if you don't speak English), the deflection supply could be as high as 600 volts (with the deflection circuit itself producing around 400-500 of them depending on which side of the pond you live).  86.163.86.161 (talk) 17:01, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

This article seems to be about a particular application of flyback transformers (CRTs). The discussion of the electrical componant gets lost in the discussion about a particular application. There are other uses of flyback transformers, and I think that the detailed CRT discussion should have its own page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.197.156.11 (talk) 12:57, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Especially these days when the primary use is in flyback type switch mode power supplies, given that CRT televisions are obsolete. 86.163.86.161 (talk) 17:01, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

"The primary winding of the LOPT is driven by a relatively low voltage sawtooth wave ..."

No it isn't. The input current to the primary winding is a switch (usually a transistor these days) which is either on (short circuit) or off (open circuit). The input to the transistor is not saw tooth in any shape or form, it is a switching pulse. The output from the transistor would not ba sawtooth either were it not for the inductance of the primary of the transformer. When the switch switches on, current starts to build up in the primary increasing from zero to its maximum courtesy of the inductance. When the switch switches off, the current has to collapse to zero very quickly. Thus the current in the primary, and hence the secondary is sawtooth (however, the voltage certainly isn't). As the current collapses, there is considerable energy stored in the magnetic core. It is this energy that is exploited, and is coupled out using suitable secondary windings and a simple half wave recifier to provide the basis of a power supply.

The article requires a complete rewrite, to correct the many errors and to make it application non specific. I would do it, but I don't presently have the time. 86.163.86.161 (talk) 17:12, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Just found the time. My years spent servicing and repairing television and (more lately) exotic video display systems wasn't wasted after all! 86.183.175.209 (talk) 16:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

 * The major error here is that everyone (and the article) is incorrectly assuming that the both the primary and secondary currents are sawtooth to the extent of incorrectly assuming that the deflection coils were energised from the secondary. The primary current is indeed a sawtooth (or at least it would be but for the presence of other components designed to make it more 'S' shaped).  The secondary current is not a sawtooth in any shape or form.  The EHT rectifier sees to that only allowing the large flyback pulses to pass.  The deflection coils are connected in series with the primary of the transformer.  Indeed: for deflection purposes, the secondary might just as well not be there as indeed it wasn't in early television designs. DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 15:53, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Not to merge
A user placed the floowing in the article, at has been removed "A better description is on flyback converter. This whole article is merely about the application in the TV, the only place where it is synchronized with the flyback of an electron beam, even computer monitors do not do it this way." Since the Flyback system is specific to television and related techniques, I don't think the comment is valid, but wanted to preserve it just so it is not acted on. cmacd 19:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

wonder if Historical alternative should be mentioned
Before the flyback (1940s) - Tv sets sometimes used an RF power supply for the High voltage, which could be lethal. The flyback system will be loaded so much that it does not normaly kill.cmacd 19:32, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

 * No they didn't. Prior to 1940, the only available circuit was to derive the EHT from the mains transformer (which was lethal). Due to the poor insulating materials available, breakdowns and even fires were not unknown. After 1940, before the EHT shifted to the output transformer (and virtually all rear projection TVs did this) the EHT was produced by a self contained oscillator driving a ringing choke converter (actually a transformer). These usually operated at about 1kHz (not RF), though the frequency was not critical. Rear projection TVs usually used a tripler circuit to produce the 25,000 volts required but regular TVs just rectified the pulse train from the transformer. 185.69.145.2 (talk) 17:56, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Question
"Flyback transformers are a frequent source of TV tube failure."

I can't imagine how this could occur. CRTs are pretty robust things, like most thermionic devices, and I cant imagine any real world LOPT failure putting damagingly high V or i onto the tube. Tabby (talk) 23:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

This article does not correctly define the term.
A "flyback transformer" by definition is not, in fact, a high-voltage transformer, nor is it even a step-up transformer. This article, while thorough, useful, and generally well-written, is a very limited definition. It belongs more as a discussion topic in a broader article than as the entire definition.

A flyback transformer is actually a coupled inductor used in a DC/DC converter. All energy transferred to the secondary is stored in the transformer core by the primary winding during one part of the cycle and released through the secondary winding during the other part. This differs from a traditional transformer, where flux generated the by the voltage-seconds on the primary is opposed simultaneously by the flux generated by the volt-seconds on the secondary. The core in a traditional transformer merely facilitates coupling between the windings but does not store the energy being transferred.

A flyback converter as used in a television is a special case of this topology. It generates high voltage and does all of the things described in this article.

The following article more accurately explains the meaning of the term "flyback transformer": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyback_converter —Preceding unsigned comment added by Molain (talk • contribs) 02:01, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

 * It doesn't even correctly define its function. For television deflection use, the opening paragraph claims that it steps a relatively low voltage into a higher voltage to deflect the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.  This is completely incorrect.  The transformer provides a large current to the deflection coils.  It provides practically no voltage at all, because the windings of the deflection coil are (for this purpose) a short circuit (typically 200 milliohms).  The windings do have a small inductance which does provide a small voltage drop due to reactance, but ultimately, it is the high current that does the job. 86.163.86.161 (talk) 16:54, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Even worse: when the device is used purely for line deflection purposes (i.e. no secondary functions), it isn't even a transformer, but just a simple inductor (but still with an air gap in its magnetic circuit). The modus operandi given in the article is thus completely wrong in that there is no secondary side current.  Even the 'primary side current' is wrong as two important points have been completely overlooked.

 * First: the sawtooth wave generated does not rise steadily from zero to its final value and then fly back to zero. Such a circuit would be useless (unless you really do want to display a picture on only one quarter of the tube face).  Since it is desired to deflect the electron beam from one side to the other, the scan circuit must generate a scan wave that starts at some negative current and then more or less (see second point) varies steadily to the same current but positive before flying back.

 * Second: the last thing that is wanted is a saw tooth current wave shape. What is required is a wave that varies more slowly at first, reaching the greatest rate of change as the beam passes through the centre point and then slows off again as it approaches the other side of the screen.  This is because the deflection sensitivity of any cathode ray tube is not constant across the face.  It increases as the beam is deflected away from centre.  This is purely down to geometry in that that the screen is not a sphere around the apparent deflection centre.  The flatter the screen and the greater the deflection angle, the greater the effect. 109.153.242.10 (talk) 16:22, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

 * A long time later but... For television deflection purposes, the line output transformer was probably the most misnamed part of a television. For deflection purposes it was just am inductor in series with the deflection coils which produced a sawtooth current when suitably switched (even the 'line output valve/transistor' was nothing of the kind but just simply a switch). Any transformer action came solely from its convenient secondary function of generating the CRT accelerating voltage from the energy stored in it (along with its own boosted supply voltage). It is certainly not an impedance matching device as its name would suggest.

 * However having said all that: the name 'line output transformer' is, in fact, a historical hangover from the very early days of television (from 1936 up to about 1950). The first television deflection circuits consisted of an oscillator that produced a sawtooth voltage (usually based on a thyratron), that fed the signal to a linear power output valve (the 'line [or frame] output pentode' - which really was an amplifying output valve). A transformer was required to match the relatively high anode impedance of the pentode valve to the lower impedance of the deflection coils. Thus, at this time, the parts were correctly named.

 * Television manufacturers were always looking for ways to eliminate as many parts as possible, and the more recent line deflection systems were a way of eliminating a relatively expensive thyratron and it associated components. Even though the line output valve and the line output transformer no longer fitted those descriptions, the names nevertheless (as they often do) stuck. 86.164.109.106 (talk) 13:16, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

How to change a flyback transformer
how do i change a flyback transformer —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcaman (talk • contribs) 01:24, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

 * If you are not trained or experienced in performing this type of service, it would be best to submit the job to someone who has the proper qualifications. There can be dangerous voltages present around a flyback transformer, making it hazardous if you don't know what you are doing.  Wikipedia is not a "how to" guide, so information and guidance on how to perform this type of service would need to be found elsewhere.  At the very least, if you insist on attempting it, it is essential to disconnect the CRT and ensure that all voltages around the flyback are discharged.  Wearing thick rubber gloves while working on high voltage circuitry is an advisable precaution. Wildbear (talk) 02:30, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The canonical answer is "Very very carefully". --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:01, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Purpose of flyback transformer.
The sole original purpose of the device was to produce the high deflection currents required for the CRT. In original (like 1930's) TV sets, the high voltage for the CRT was not derived from the line output transformer (aka flyback transformer). It was derived from a winding on the mains transformer that these early sets were equipped with. Apart from being downright lethal, this method was a considerable fire risk due the poor insulating materials then available.

The task of generating the high voltage was moved to the line output transformer, when mains transformers were no longer used when the AC/DC design was adopted. Although modern usage of these transformers no longer generates the high voltage required for CRTs, there are several designs that produce high voltages for other purposes (e.g. particle accelrators). It is therefore not correct to say that these devices no longer produce high voltages, but it is correct to state that they no longer produce large currents (for deflection purposes where they were produced at practically zero voltage). 86.163.87.193 (talk) 16:49, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
 * And all I've read about television electronics says the opposite. The flyback transformer uses the large *currents* needed to run the deflection yoke to produce large *voltage*. Maybe some old-timey sets had a HV winding on the power transformer that rectified line frequency to produce a couple of kilovolts, but I can't imagine a set larger than 5 or 6 inches would have used that method.  References here would be the key. --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:07, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

 * All TVs prior to the AC/DC design, and for a while afterwards, used mains derived EHT, primarily because the idea of deriving it from the LOPT hadn't been thought of.  Even after it had, projection TVs continued to derive the 25kV required from a source other than the LOPT - initially the mains transformer and later when AC/DC designs appeared, from a self contained EHT generator (an early example of a flyback transformer that dispensed with the need to produce high deflection currents).  It was largely for insulation reasons that it was separated from the LOPT and it was always oil immersed. 86.163.87.193 (talk) 08:03, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

 * This is interesting. About 3 years ago, we discovered a hitherto unknown door hidden behind a rack in our stockroom.  Inside we found much very old stock including 2 very old television sets.  They were actually brand new in their original cartons.  From the labelling, we knew they were delivered in 1937.  Manufactured by (IIRC) someone like White-Hibutson (or something like that).  They were the same model and used a 12 inch CRT that was long enough that it had to be mounted vertically (and viewed via a mirror mounted in the top door of the cabinet).  For the purposes of this discussion, the TV model had a mains transformer, and the EHT was most definitely derived from the mains transformer using a nice thick cable leading from it to the valve (or tube) rectifier (which in turn fed a (physically) large black reservoir capacitor in parallel with the tube - later sets omitted this capacitor and just used the capacitance between the internal and external 'dag' coatings instead).  The manufacturer's data for the tube showed that it operated with a final anode voltage of 14 kilovolts (consistent with the 15 kV rating of the reservoir capacitor).   This means that the line output transformer had no function other than to produce the high currents required for horizontal deflection.  This current is produced at almost no voltage as TV line deflection coils have near zero resistance and very little inductance.

 * In case anyone is wondering, we did not power up the TV, partly because the 405 line broadcasts with which it worked had long since ceased transmission, but mainly because powering up anything with electrolytic capacitors which have not been used for 70 years is not to be taken lightly.   212.183.128.104 (talk) 14:58, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

 * My recollection is that the manufacturer was White-Hibertson, but my memory is such that either of us could be right. White-Hibertson was a UK manufacturer of television sets for the very top end of the market.  Twelve inch would have been a very large TV for the 1930's and a very expensive and substantial piece of furniture, but entirely consistent with their target market.  The EHT reservoir capacitor made a comeback in the early 1950's with the introduction of the metal cone CRT which allowed larger screen sizes than were previously available - albeit still with a circular screen.  This was a CRT with a metal cone with a glass screen bonded to one end and a glass neck with the electron gun bonded to the other.  They were not popular with TV engineers, as the metal cone was connected to the final anode and was thus live with the full EHT.  They were, however, still unable to compete with the screen sizes available with projection type TVs for many years.  It was around the mid 1950's that saw a considerable improvement in CRT manufacturing techniques which allowed the introduction of all glass rectangular (almost) tubes in larger sizes that made the projection system obsolete - at least for a few decades. 86.166.69.59 (talk) 12:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

 * Incidentally: some info on a 1939 receiver with mains transformers (and mains derived EHT) can be found here. Since this is only a 7 inch set the EHT is fairly low at around 3500 volts (according to tube data sheet).  86.166.69.59 (talk) 13:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

 * This aticle is about the flyback transformer, and this discussion should be confined to discussing the article and its content. It is not a suitable place to discuss television design through the centuries. DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 15:16, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

 * Actually, most of the discussion is relevant. There are those who have the idea that the LOPT's primary purpose is to generate the high voltage for the CRT and that line deflection is convenient secondary function. In reality it is the other way around as betrayed by the first television designs using the LOPT solely to generate the large deflection currents required with no power supplying function at all.  The early mains transformered sets did not even have a requirement for an efficiency rectifier to recover the energy in the magnetic circuit as the transformered power supply was able to produce the required voltage to run the line output stage.  As ever in Wikipedia, finding good citations for technology this old can be very difficult.  The one above cites that such sets existed but little else. 86.166.69.59 (talk) 11:00, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

 * Some minimal research would indicate that your recollection is faulty. The company you refer to is 'White-Ibbotson'.  White-Ibbotson was founded in 1950 and continued to trade until 1954 until it either merged with or became G.D.Developments (which is unclear).  White-Ibbotson only ever manufactured projection televisions based on the Mullard 2.5 inch MW6/2 CRT.  Also, no pre war direct view television used an EHT as high as 14kV - in fact not until rectangular tubes appeared.   As Wtshymanski correctly surmised, pre war sets used an EHT voltage of just a few thousand volts, and indeed this was often derived directly from the mains transformer (I have not found one exceeding 4kV - though that doesn't mean there isn't one) which is why early sets had such a dim picture.  The only known exception was the Dutch firm Philips who produced a projection set in 1937 with (for that time) a whopping 25 inch (diagonal) screen based on a 4 inch projection tube using a mains derived 25kV EHT.  The EHT was from a votage doubler energised from a ~10kV winding on the mains transformer.   The EHT unit was constructed such that opening the unit cut off the input supply and shorted the reservior and smoothing capacitors.  This did not prevent a serviceman disconnecting the EHT lead from the CRT and leaving it exposed.  The set was a failure, as Philips found it more economical to buy the sets back rather than keep providing replacement CRTs under warranty.  The tube was driven so hard that it typically only lasted a few weeks - bearing in mind that television broadcasting in 1937 was only for a couple of hours each day (the set shown at the Radiolympia exhibition was allegedly withdrawn from the show after just 2 days as its CRT had failed).  Philips produced a smaller screened version (but still 23 inch diagonal) the next year using an improved version of the same tube (which, I believe is the set refered to below). DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 13:11, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

 * And for Wtshymanski, here is a link to a very early 1938 projection TV that used 25,000 volts EHT - derived entirely from the mains! 86.184.24.172 (talk) 16:28, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Factual accuracy
This article is still very much based on guesswork and supposition. It is far from accurate as shown by the above discussion. Areas of concern include (but are not limited to):

 * The article is mostly centred around a discussion of television deflection systems. Although this is an application of a flyback transformer, it is by no means the sole application.  Most other applications are power supply related rather than TV deflection related.

 * That the article insists that the TV deflection circuit has to use a transformer. This is not correct.  The device acts solely as an inductor for deflection purposes.  The transformer part is purely for the secondary function of power supply.  Indeed early TV sets that derived the tube's high voltage directly from the mains transformer did not have a transformer in the deflection circuit, only an inductor.

 * The article describes a circuit producing a saw tooth current varying from zero to some maximum value. Such a circuit would be useless for a television deflection system unless the viewer is content to watch a picture displayed on one quarter of the tube face only.  The article does not describe how a deflection current varying from a minus maxima to a positive maxima is achieved.

 * The article describes a system that is designed to produce a linear ramp to the saw tooth current. This is the last thing that is required as the deflection sensitivity of a CRT increases as the beam departs from the screen centre.  The deflection circuit has to produce an 'S' shaped ramp to the waveform.  The article does not describe how this is achieved.

Most (but not all) of these points not necessarily relevant to a purely flyback type power supply DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 15:41, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Article needs work
Most of the electrical components pages could use a bit of tidying up, but...

Out of all the different articles of this sort, the expected quality of this page is much lower than the actual quality.

It's obviously lower rank than resistors and capacitors and the like, but it's still far from an obscure component. Considering the noteworthiness of the topic of this article, it really ought to get a bit of dedicated attention one of these days (imho)

50.46.228.138 (talk) 23:02, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Where is the information?
This article is empty. I can see there is discussion about this though. There are no schematics or diagrams, no numbers or units, and seemingly no facts. Half the article goes off into television repair, which does not even apply to the main article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.12.128 (talk) 23:31, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Horrible article
It doesn't even explain why the transformer is called a "flyback". You keep reading and reading and it's still a mystery.

I found this Stack Exchange post somewhat useful: http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/235991/what-is-a-flyback

 * Was it really "invented as a means of controlling the horizontal movement of the electron beam in a cathode ray tube"? Or was it invented as a way of getting rid of excess energy during the "flyback" phase of this horizontal movement, and using this energy to solve another problem (generation of high voltages)?

 * What distinguishes a flyback transformer from "normal" transformers? Do all flyback transformers have a series diode at the secondary? Is it really series or is it parallel?

 * How is a flyback transformer used to produce low voltages (claimed under History)? What is special about a flyback transformer that makes it useful for this?

 * When was it invented, and who invented it?

A5 (talk) 02:51, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * It's called a flyback transformer because "flyback" in TVs needed a sawtooth wave - a slow scan across the tube, then the most rapid return possible. This required a transformer (look at Fourier analysis) which was capable of high frequency operation in order to cope with the slew rate of the fast voltage drop during the flyback phase. Even though the signal was a fairly low frequency overall, it's the steepness of that part of the curve.
 * This required a transformer with a high quality ferrite core, rather than iron laminations.
 * The availability of cheap high requency capable transformers made them suitable for all sorts of things. When used as a HT inverter, they could be run at high frequencies. These were easy to make from transistor inverters, and the higher frequencies allowed more efficient voltage multipliers to be used in their HT stages  (lower value capacitors with lower losses).
 * Sadly, WP has little content on the old techniques of analogue TV and CRT circuitry, especially not for the black & white era. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:36, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

 * Almost complete nonsense. For the purpose of producing the deflection signal in a post 1950's TV set, the part required a single winding only, wired in series with the deflection coils. Any additional windings are solely for the purpose of supplying high voltage for the CRT plus a boosted supply for the deflection circuit itself.

 * The term 'line output transformer' is a historical artefact from before 1950 when the part really was an output transformer matching the high impedance of a real amplifying output pentode to the low resistance of the deflection coils. The pentode was fed with a (more or less) sawtooth wave generated from a thyratron oscillator. The expensive thyratrons (one for frame and one for line) were deleted once it was figured out how to make a much simpler circuit that would generate the required sawtooth current using a simple switch and an inductor (though it is not quite that simple). Both types of circuit require a ferrite cored component, but the later requires an air gap in the magnetic core to increase its reluctance and hence the available stored energy without the risk of saturation.

 * As many have noted above, the circuit described in this article is all but useless for television deflection purposes. I cannot argue with your basic premise that this is a horrible article. 185.69.145.2 (talk) 18:16, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

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Calgary-Bow

Calgary-Bow is a provincial electoral district in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district has been a stronghold for right leaning parties. Social Credit briefly held the district from 1971 to 1975 and the Progressive Conservatives have held the district uninterrupted until the 2015 provincial election, when the seat was won by NDP candidate Deborah Drever. The electoral district returned to electing conservative candidate in 2019 with United Conservative Party MLA Demetrios Nicolaides, who won re-election in 2023.

History
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary re-distribution from Calgary West and Calgary Bowness.

The 2010 Alberta electoral district boundary re-distribution significantly changed the riding. The western boundaries were altered to conform to the new Calgary city limits which had been expanded since 2003. The riding lost all land that was east of Sarcee Trail and North of the Bow River to the electoral districts of Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Varsity. The district was also expanded south into land that used to be in Calgary-West up to the new south boundary of Bow Trail / 12 Street SW. The Calgary-Bow electoral district would have a population of 37,806, which was 7.5% below the provincial average of 40,880.

The 2017 Alberta electoral district boundary re-distribution saw the communities of Montgomery and Spruce Cliff added to the constituency. The boundaries as adjusted would give the electoral district a population of 51,358 in 2017, 10% above the provincial average of 46,803.

Representation history
The electoral district of Calgary-Bow was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Calgary West and Calgary Bowness.

The election held that year was won by Social Credit candidate Roy Wilson. He won the district in a closely contested election over Progressive Conservative Bill Wearmouth taking just under half the popular vote. The win came despite the Social Credit party losing government that year. The race was reached a record for turnout in the district that hasn't been matched since.

Wilson ran for his second term in 1975 but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Neil Webber. He would be re-elected with a landslide majority in 1979 and be appointed to the provincial cabinet under Peter Lougheed after the election.

Webber would be re-elected two more times in 1982 and 1986. He won the highest popular vote of his career and in the districts history in the 1982 election. Weber would keep his cabinet post after Don Getty became Premier in 1985 but he decided not to run for re-election and retired at dissolution.

After Wilson retired and the electoral district returned Progressive Conservative candidate Bonnie Laing who won a very close race over former Calgary Alderman Tim Bardsley in the 1986 election. She would hold the district for two more terms before retiring.

Alana DeLong was first elected to her first term in 2001 and has been returned twice more in the 2004 and 2008 elections.

Deborah Drever of the New Democratic Party of Alberta was the representative following the 2015 general election, which saw the provincial NDP under Rachel Notley defeat the Progressive Conservatives led by Premier Jim Prentice. Ms. Drever sat as an independent for 232 days during her term, arising from controversial social media posts. The current representative is Demetrios Niklaides of the United Conservative Party of Alberta, who defeated Ms. Drever in the 2019 general election. Mr. Nikolaides was named the Minister of Advanced Education following the election and remains in that position. Former Calgary City Councillor Druh Farrell has indicated interest in running for the NDP in the 2023 general provincial election.

2004
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2004
On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts, with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that resided in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

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Red Deer-South

Red Deer-South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

The district was created from Red Deer in 1986. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency borders Red Deer North at the Red Deer River, Taylor Drive, Ross Street, 30th Avenue and 39th Street. At the city limits, the constituency is bounded by Innisfail-Sylvan Lake.

The current MLA for this district is Jason Stephan from the United Conservative Party.

History
The electoral district was created in the 1985 boundary redistribution from the Red Deer provincial electoral district. The city of Red Deer had been contained in a single electoral district since 1888 when it first started returning members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The city was split into South and Red Deer-North.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw adjustments made to the boundary with Red Deer-North to equalize the population between the two constituencies.

Representation history
Since the electoral district was created in 1986, the voters of Red Deer-South have returned Progressive Conservative candidates in every election until 2015, joining the province-wide NDP victory. The first representative was John Oldring who served two terms in office. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Don Getty in his second term and retired in 1993 after a failed leadership bid for the Progressive Conservative Party.

Victor Doerksen was the second MLA for the district. He was first elected in 1993 after a very hotly contested election with a Liberal candidate. He would eke out his second term in 1997 facing another strong challenge from the Liberals. His third term would be won with the highest popular vote in the history of the riding. He would be appointed to cabinet in the government of Ralph Klein shortly after the election and hold his portfolio until 2006 when he resigned to run for leadership of the Progressive Conservatives. After his bid for leadership failed he retired from office in 2008.

The next representative was Cal Dallas, elected to his first term in 2008. He was appointed Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations by Premier Allison Redford in October 2011.

2004

 * 1) Results of the Separation Party compared to Alberta First Party

2004
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2012
During the week of April 16, 2012 - April 20, 2012 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2012 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 86 of the 87 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Students from École Secondaire Notre Dame High School participated in the vote on April 19, 2012.

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Bonnyville-Cold Lake

Bonnyville-Cold Lake was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2019.

Geography
Bonnyville-Cold Lake is primarily rural electoral district is found in northeastern Alberta along the Saskatchewan border. The riding was coterminous with the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, and also contains the following municipalities:

 * The City of Cold Lake (including CFB Cold Lake)
 * The Town of Bonnyville
 * The Village of Glendon
 * The summer villages of Bonnyville Beach and Pelican Narrows
 * The Kehewin First Nation, the Cold Lake First Nations (in three reserves), and the Frog Lake First Nation (in two reserves: Unipouheos and Puskiakiwenin)
 * The Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Métis Settlements in the southeast of the riding (not pictured on map).

The district bordered Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills to the North, West and Southwest, and Vermilion-Lloydminster to the Southeast.

History
The district was created in the 1997 Boundary redistribution from the electoral district of Bonnyville, retaining the same boundaries as the old district. The riding had been held from its creation until 2015 by the Progressive Conservatives, although the Liberals held the antecedent riding from 1993 to 1997.

The 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution saw the riding lose some uninhabited territory in its north, part of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, to Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills. This gave Bonnyville-Cold Lake the same boundaries as the Municipal District.

In the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution the riding remained unchanged with no boundary alterations from the 2003 boundaries.

The Bonnyville-Cold Lake electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and would be renamed Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul electoral district for the 2019 Alberta general election.

Representation history
In the district's first election in 1997, Progressive Conservative candidate Dennis Ducharme defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Leo Vasseur by a wide margin to pick up the newly-renamed district for his party.

Ducharme was re-elected with landslides in 2001 with over 70% of the vote and in 2004 with almost 65% of the vote. He was appointed to the cabinet briefly in 2006 under the government of Ralph Klein. He retired in 2008.

The second representative of the district was Genia Leskiw. She won her first election with a landslide of over 75% of the popular vote, and held the riding from Wildrose challenger Roy Doonanco in 2012 by only a 7% margin.

In the 2015 election, Wildrose candidate Scott Cyr won by a significant margin over Progressive Conservative candidate Craig Copeland, who was running during a hiatus from being the mayor of Cold Lake. He subsequently joined the United Conservative Party when the parties merged in 2017.

Despite the hotly contested elections in 2012 and 2015, Ducharme, Leskiw, Cyr, and Copeland jointly endorsed Jason Kenney for Conservative leader in its 2017 leadership election.

2004
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012
Voters had the option of selecting three candidates on the ballot

2004
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

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Edmonton-McClung

Edmonton-McClung is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1993 and is named after Nellie McClung. The current MLA is Lorne Dach of the NDP, who was first elected in 2015.

History
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of the southern portion of Edmonton-Meadowlark. The district underwent minor changes in 1997 and 2004 and changed significantly in the 2010 boundary redistribution when the portions of the district to the south and east of Anthony Henday drive were put in the new electoral district of Edmonton-South West.

Electoral history
Edmonton-McClung was created in 1993. The first election held in the constituency was won by Incumbent Liberal candidate Grant Mitchell. Mitchell had previously served as Edmonton-Meadowlark MLA from 1986 to 1993. He would become leader of the Liberals and of the official opposition after Laurence Decore stepped down in 1994. The 1997 election would see Mitchell re-elected with a smaller share of the vote and his provincial campaign dropped the Liberals seat count. He would resign as leader and later as an elected representative on May 11, 1998.

The 1998 by-election was held on June 17, 1998, very shortly after Mitchell vacated his seat. The constituency returned new Alberta Liberal leader Nancy MacBeth with over half the popular vote in the constituency. Macbeth had served in the legislature as a Progressive Conservative MLA in Edmonton-Glenora. She was defeated by Ralph Klein in the 1992 leadership vote for the Progressive Conservative party and quit the party completely after her term expired in 1993.

The 2001 election would see a bitter and personal provincial campaign launched by MacBeth against Klein. She would be defeated in McClung by Progressive Conservative candidate Mark Norris and her party would suffer significant losses in other districts in the province.

After the election Norris was rewarded for defeating MacBeth with an appointment to the provincial cabinet. He served from 2001 to 2004 as the Minister of Economic Development under Premier Ralph Klein. Norris would run for a second term in the 2004 election. He would be defeated as the constituency returned to the Liberal column electing candidate Mo Elsalhy in a tight race. Norris was the only cabinet minister to lose his seat in that election.

The 2008 election would see the riding change hands again electing its fifth representative. The riding returned Progressive Conservative candidate David Xiao in another closely fought election over incumbent Elsalhy. The two were re-offering for a rematch in the 2012 election.

2004
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

Student vote results
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

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User talk:Eveningfalls

Copyright status
I noticed that your article on Luang Paw Jarun is taken from this website: http://www.lawofkarma.net/lpjarun/ ... was it released under the GFDL by it's owners? If not, it cannot appear on Wikipedia. What about the Ajahn Tong article? Is that adapted from some source? Can you tell me what the copyright status is on the images you uploaded? - Nat Krause 05:27, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Sherwood Park (electoral district)

Sherwood Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

History
The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Sherwood Park. The 2010 boundary redistribution kept the district unchanged from its 2003 boundaries.

Representation history
Prior to the electoral district's creation in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The Sherwood Park area had been returning Progressive Conservative MLA's in its antecedent districts since 1971.

The 1986 election returned former Member of Parliament Peter Elzinga who resigned his federal seat to run in the Alberta provincial election. He was appointed to the provincial cabinet by Premier Don Getty to serve as Minister of Agriculture.

Elzinga was re-elected in the 1989 election in a hotly contested race taking half of the popular vote. He kept his ministerial portfolio and did not run for office again in 1993 instead being hired to manage the first of a number of Progressive Conservative provincial campaigns for Premier Ralph Klein.

The 1993 election chose Liberal candidate Bruce Collingwood. The Liberals had made significant gains in the constituency the past two elections rising from 13% in 1986 to winning in 1993 with just under half the popular vote. Collingwood ran for a second term in office in 1997 but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Iris Evans.

Evans was appointed to the provincial cabinet in 1999 as Minister of Children's Services. She was re-elected with a landslide majority to her second term in 2001. Her popularity dropped significantly in the 2004 election as she fell to just under half the popular vote. Evans kept her seat in cabinet and she became Minister of Health and Wellness until 2006.

After 2006 when Premier Ed Stelmach came to power Evans was appointed as Minister of Employment and Immigration which she held until the 2008 election where she was returned to her fourth term with another landslide majority. After the election she became Minister of Finance until 2010 and then Minister of Intergovernmental Relations until Stelmach retired. She was not invited back into cabinet when Premier Allison Redford came to power in the fall of 2011.

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2004
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

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Gerardo Barbero

Gerardo Fabián Barbero (21 August 1961 – 4 March 2001) was an Argentine chess grandmaster. He was born in Lanús, Buenos Aires, and raised in Rosario, Santa Fe.

Barbero came fifth in the World Junior Chess Championship of 1978. He was Argentine champion in 1984 and played on board one for the Chess Olympiad team in 1990. He played six times for Argentina, between 1978 and 1994, at the Chess Olympiads. Barbero was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 1987.

In 1986 he moved to Budapest, Hungary, where he was married and had a son. In Hungary, he developed a friendship with Bobby Fischer, who, according to GM Eugenio Torre, "liked Barbero". He died in Budapest of cancer in 2001.

The third chapter of Tibor Karolyi's 2009 book Genius in the Background is devoted to him.

Sample game
Barbero had a win against Bent Larsen in Buenos Aires in 1991:

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.b3 a6 8.Bd3 b5 9.0-0 0-0 10.e4 b4 11.Na4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Bb7 13.Bg5 Nxe4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qxe4 Rab8 16.c5 a5 17.Rfe1 Rbd8 18.a3 Nf6 19.Qh4 Ba6 20.axb4 axb4 21.Nb6 Bb5 22.Qf4 Rb8 23.Ne5 Rfd8 24.Re3 Rb7 25.g4 Ra7 26.Rae1 Ne8 27.g5 f6 28.Nf3 Nc7 29.gxf6 gxf6 30.Nh4 Qf7 31.Kh1 Kh8 32.Rg1 Qf8 33.Ng6+ hxg6 34.Rh3+ 1–0

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The i like rice show

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:51, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

The i like rice show

 * A radio show on a student radion station, not encyclopedic, delete --nixie 05:28, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * oh come on i've seen more non-encyclopedic stuff on here (comment left by User:205.238.205.200.)
 * Well then name it and we'll see if that gets deleted too. This just seems too ephemeral. Delete. Meelar (talk) 05:32, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

Well that depends on what you consider encyclopedic. Honestly a lot of stuff on Wikipedia isn't really encyclopedic in the true sense of the word, i'm not quite sure how to define it but half of the stuff on here you woulud never see on Encyclopedia Brittanica or what have you. It says don't do things in vane or for commerical promotion, so shouldn't that mean all articles devoted to commerical enterprises should be deleted?
 * Not at all. Large, notable commercial entities form an integral part of world culture, and surely deserve an article in an encyclopedia. For a primer, see What Wikipedia is not and what's in, what's out. Best, Meelar (talk) 07:20, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity. Radiant_* 09:19, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Too minor a radio show to deserve a place in Wikipedia. — Trilobite (Talk) 10:00, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, notability deficit. Charles Matthews 10:16, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Del nonnotable  —msh210 18:14, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 05:52, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.