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Kroměříž

Kroměříž (Kremsier) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is known for Kroměříž Castle with its castle gardens, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.

Administrative parts
The villages of Bílany, Drahlov, Hradisko, Kotojedy, Postoupky, Těšnovice, Trávník, Vážany and Zlámanka are administrative parts of Kroměříž.

Geography
Kroměříž is located about 20 km northwest of Zlín. About two thirds of the municipal territory lies in the Litenčice Hills, the eastern part lies in the Upper Morava Valley. A small southern part extends into the Chřiby range. The highest point of the territory is the Obora hill at 322 m above sea level. The town is situated on both banks of the Morava River.

History
The first written mention of Kroměříž (under its Latin name Cromezir) is in a document written between 1107 and 1125, when the settlement was bought by Olomouc bishop Jan II. Some sources cite a deed of another Olomouc bishop Jindřich Zdík from 1141 as the first unquestionable written mention of Kroměříž. In the Middle Ages, it was a market village on the crossroads of the Amber and Salt roads. It was located at a ford across the Morava where the toll was collected.

In the 13th century, Kroměříž became the centre of a dominion owned by the Olomouc bishopric. The Knights Hospitaller settled here and built a church and a commandery in 1238. In 1241 and 1253, Kroměříž suffered raids by the Tatars, Cumans and Hungarians. The settlement got depopulated and had to be recolonized. Kroměříž is last referred to as a market village in a document by Ottokar II of Bohemia from 1256. After 1256, the Olomouc bishop Bruno von Schauenburg came to power over Kroměříž. He improved the town and fundamentally contributed to its development. He founded the market square on the hill above the original settlement and had it surrounded with walls. He also had the Church of Saint Maurice built and had vineyards planted around the settlement. In 1266, Kroměříž was first referred to as a town.

In 1322, Jews were allowed to settle in the town. In the mid-16th century, the Kroměříž Jewish community was the largest serf Jewish community in Moravia. The bishops protected the community for the income flowing from it.

During the rule of bishop Stanislav I Thurzo, the local bishop's residence was repaired and rebuilt into a late Gothic and Renaissance castle. His followers further refined the town and provided costly building repairs.

The town and the castle were badly damaged in the Thirty Years' War. It was plundered by Swedish troops under command of Lennart Torstensson in 1643. Most of the buildings were burned down. The town was further damaged by a large fire in 1656. Kroměříž recovered during the rule of Bishop Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, who had rebuilt the town and the castle. The castle was first repaired, and in 1686 completely rebuilt. He also has repaired town walls, and founded a mint and representative gardens in 1666–1675. Kroměříž again became an important town.

The Constitutive Imperial Congress sat in Kroměříž in 1848. In August 1885 a meeting took place here between the Austrian and the Russian emperors.

Economy
On the outskirts of the town there is the Agricultural Research Institute Kroměříž (formerly the Research Institute of Grain, etc., founded in 1951), which is engaged in research and breeding of cereals.

There is a hospital and a psychiatric hospital in Kroměříž. Both are among the main employers in the town.

Transport
The D1 motorway from Brno to Ostrava passes through the northern part of the town.

Culture
Kroměříž lies in the ethnographic region of Haná. It has rich cultural life for which it earned a nickname "Athens of Haná". The town has traditionally held an international festival of military brass music and the international festival of sacred music FORFEST.

The Castle Gallery has collection of about 500 paintings and is among the most significant in Europe. It includes Flaying of Marsyas, a late painting by Titian.

Sport
The town is home of the football club SK Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž. The club plays mainly in the third tier of the Czech ofootball system, but in 2023–24, it played in the Czech National Football League.

Sights
The town is best known for Baroque Kroměříž Castle with its valuable gardens. The polygonal tower of the castle is the main landmark as well as the oldest remnant of the old Bishop's Castle. The gardens and castle at Kroměříž were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1998.

Despite several reconstructions after the war damage, the Church of Saint Maurice retained its early Gothic appearance. Bishop Bruno von Schauenburg is buried in the church.

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was the oldest church in the town. The original church from the 13th century was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The current structure was built in the late Baroque style the first half of the 18th century. It has preserved bell tower from the 13th century.

The town's main museum is Kroměříž Region Museum. There is also Karel Kryl's exposition on life and work of one of the most famous natives. In the former Bishop's Mint from 1665 is a mint exposition.

In popular culture
Kroměříž Castle was used to film some scenes from Amadeus (1984), Immortal Beloved (1994), Četnické humoresky (1997), A Royal Affair (2012), Angélique (2013), The Musketeers (2015), and Maria Theresia (2017). Other films shot in the town include The Ear (1970) and Requiem pro panenku (1992).

Notable people

 * Jan Milíč (1320/1325–1374), ideal predecessor of Jan Hus
 * Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (1633/1640–1693), baroque composer
 * Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704), composer and violinist
 * Edmund Pascha (1714–1772), preacher, organist and composer
 * Karel Josef Adolf (1715–1771), painter and restorer
 * Václav Jan Frierenberger (1759–1823), general of the Napoleonic Wars
 * Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874), traveller, geologist and naturalist
 * Max Švabinský (1873–1962), painter
 * Hermann Pokorny (1882–1960), Austro-Hungarian cryptologist
 * Václav Talich (1883–1961), conductor
 * Jan Rypka (1886–1968), orientalist and translator
 * Robert Land (1887–1942), film director
 * Augustin Krist (1894–1964), football referee
 * Martin Miller (1899–1969), actor
 * Josef Silný (1902–1981), footballer
 * Alexej Čepička (1910–1990), communist politician
 * Jaroslav Koutecký (1922–2005), chemist
 * Karel Prager (1923–2001), architect
 * Miloš Macourek (1926–2002), poet, playwright and screenwriter
 * Milan Pitlach (1943–2021), architect and photographer
 * Karel Kryl (1944–1994), musician
 * Boris Krajný (born 1945), pianist
 * Josef Stejskal (born 1945), poet and surrealist
 * Petr Uličný (born 1950), footballer and football manager
 * Michal Peprník (born 1960), professor of American literature
 * Pavel Štercl (born 1966), slalom canoeist
 * Petr Štercl (born 1966), slalom canoeist
 * Pavel Hapal (born 1969), footballer and football manager
 * Pavel Novotný (born 1973), footballer
 * Renata Berková (born 1975), triathlete
 * Andrea Kalivodová (born 1977), opera singer
 * Rytmus (born 1977), Slovak rapper
 * Tomáš Břečka (born 1994), footballer
 * Filip Chytil (born 1999), ice hockey player

Twin towns – sister cities
Kroměříž is twinned with:
 * 🇫🇷 Châteaudun, France
 * 🇸🇰 Nitra, Slovakia
 * 🇦🇹 Krems an der Donau, Austria
 * 🇵🇱 Piekary Śląskie, Poland
 * 🇷🇴 Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
 * 🇸🇰 Ružomberok, Slovakia

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Eric Davis (baseball)

Eric Keith Davis (born May 29, 1962) is an American former center fielder for several Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, most notably the Cincinnati Reds, to which he owes his nickname "Eric the Red". Davis was 21 years old when he made his major league debut with the Reds on May 19, 1984. Davis spent eight seasons with the Reds and later played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Francisco Giants. A right-handed batter and fielder, Davis had a mesmerizing combination of athletic ability, including excellent foot and bat speed, tremendous power, and superlative defensive acumen. He became one of baseball's most exciting players during his peak, achieving a number of rare feats.

In 1987, he became the first player in major league history to hit three grand slams in one month and the first to achieve at least 30 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season. Showcasing his career as one of the greatest Power/Speed players in MLB history, Eric is tied for 4th All-Time in 20HR/20SB seasons with seven, one ahead of Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.

The Reds selected Davis, a native of Los Angeles, California, in the eighth round of the 1980 amateur draft from John C. Fremont High School in South Los Angeles, where he was a heavily recruited college basketball prospect. In his major league career, he often sustained injuries while winning two MLB All-Star Game selections, three Rawlings Gold Glove Awards and two Silver Slugger Awards. Over a 162-game period spanning June 11, 1986, to July 4, 1987, he batted .308, .406 on-base percentage, .622 slugging percentage with 47 home runs, 149 runs scored, 123 runs batted in (RBI) and 98 stolen bases. In 1990, he became a World Series champion in the Reds' upset and four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics.

In 1996, Davis successfully restarted his baseball career with the Reds and was named the comeback player of the year. He moved to the Orioles and, despite fighting colon cancer, he had one of his best statistical seasons in 1998. Injuries again slowed Davis over the next few seasons, and he retired for good in 2001.

Along with other business interests, Davis currently works as a roving instructor in the Reds organization.

Background
Eric Keith Davis was born in Los Angeles, California, one of three children, to Jimmy and Shirley Davis. He has one brother named Jim, Jr., and one sister named Sharletha. Jimmy worked at a grocery chain in Gardena named Boys Market. He was active with his sons in sports, such as pick-up basketball games. With copious all-round athletic talent, Davis competed with future Los Angeles Lakers player Byron Scott at Baldwin Hills Park and Recreation Center from the age of 12, and he aspired to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

While at Baldwin Hills, Davis befriended Darryl Strawberry, and their careers would become intertwined from high school to Major League Baseball (MLB). Davis attended John C. Fremont High School in South Los Angeles where he starred in both basketball and baseball, while Strawberry attended and played for crosstown rival Crenshaw. As a senior, Davis batted .635 and stole 50 bases in 15 games. As a basketball player, he averaged 29 points and 10 assists per game. Steadfast in his goal of playing in the NBA, Davis continued to exert more effort to prepare for a career in basketball than he did in baseball until his senior year of high school. Davis lacked interest in attending college, and because the customary path to an NBA career at the time was by playing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), he decided to focus his aspirations on baseball.

The Cincinnati Reds selected Davis in the eighth round (200th overall) of the 1980 MLB draft. Strawberry was chosen in the same draft as the first overall selection by the New York Mets.

Early career
In his first full year of professional baseball, Davis stole 40 bases in 62 games.

When Davis first appeared in the major leagues in 1984, his physical talents gave him the potential to be one of the most exciting players in the game. He was a rare five-tool player with home run power as well as sheer speed on the base paths. He made a habit of robbing home runs and elicited comparisons to Willie Mays.

Davis began to excel in 1986, batting .277, swatting 27 homers, and stealing 80 bases. He and Rickey Henderson remain the only players in major league history to be members of the "20/80 club". In a 162-game span (June 11, 1986 – July 4, 1987) he made 659 plate appearance and batted .308/.406/.622 with 47 homers, 149 runs, 123 RBI, and 98 stolen bases. (He was caught stealing just 12 times.)

Davis continued to build on his success in 1987. On Opening Day, he went 3–for–3 with a home run, a stolen base, and two walks. Through the first 10 games, he was batting .526 with 4 home runs and 8 stolen bases. On May 1, 1987, he hit 2 home runs, including a grand slam. Two days later, he hit another three home runs—one each to left, center, and right field—including a grand slam, and a stolen base. He hit another grand slam that month, making him the first player in history to hit three in one month. During an eventful play in the late innings at Wrigley Field on September 4, Davis crashed into the outfield brick wall as he caught a deep fly ball; he laid on the ground several moments and was slowed afterward.

Davis finished the 1987 season with a .293 average, 37 homers, and 50 steals. He became the first player in history to hit 30 homers and steal 50 bases in a season, despite playing in only 129 games. Prior to 1987, just six players had achieved the 30–30 club. That season, three others—including Strawberry, Joe Carter, and Howard Johnson—joined Davis in the 30–30 club. He led the league in power-speed number (42.53) with a mark that is the third-highest single season mark ever.

From 1986 to 1990, Davis averaged 30 home runs and 40 stolen bases. During this time, he was one of the game's most exciting players and a very visible superstar player. He drew some MVP support every year from 1986 to 1990, finishing in the top 15 in the voting every year. From 1986 to 1989, he also finished in the NL's top 10 in home runs, slugging percentage, and OPS each year. While he had some other good seasons later in his career, injuries prevented him from reaching this type of peak again. In 1990, with a solid team around him, Davis was a key player in Cincinnati's "wire-to-wire" championship season.

One of Davis' most famous moments was when he homered off Oakland's Dave Stewart in his first World Series at bat in 1990. The home run triggered a World Series sweep for the Reds. While diving for a ball during game 4 of the Series, Davis suffered a lacerated kidney, which required surgery. He also underwent off-season surgery on a knee that he had injured earlier in the season.

After 1990, Davis was unable to get his career back on track. Injuries sabotaged his play in 1991, and he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tim Belcher and John Wetteland. He suffered several more injuries in 1992 and was largely ineffective.

On August 23, 1993, the Dodgers dealt Davis to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later. One week later, the Tigers sent pitcher John DeSilva to the Dodgers to complete the trade. The Tigers had one of the top offenses in 1993 and were seeking to upgrade one of their few weaknesses, the center field position. Davis replaced Milt Cuyler and batted relatively well in 29 games down the stretch with the Tigers; he batted fifth or sixth and finished with an adjusted OPS of 142 and his sixth 20/20 season. Davis was expected to be the Tigers' primary center fielder in 1994, but injuries limited him to just 37 games and batting average of just .183. Following the strike-shortened 1994 season, Davis was granted free agency by the Tigers and chose to retire.

After recuperating for one season, he felt healthy enough to return to baseball with Cincinnati in 1996. He had a solid season with a .287 average and 26 home runs, although injuries cut into his playing time. He had played well enough, however, to convince Baltimore to sign him as a free agent.

Cancer diagnosis and recovery
In May 1997, while in the midst of an impressive start of leading the AL in Batting in April, his numbers began to slump quickly, and soon after Davis was diagnosed with colon cancer. By September, while he was still in treatment, Davis returned to the team. Cancer treatment left him tired, but he worked hard to regain his form and was well enough to hit a game-winning home run in the 1997 American League Championship Series. After the season, he was given the Roberto Clemente Award. He serves as an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Davis was brought back for 1998 and had one of his best seasons, batting .327 (4th in the AL) and hitting 28 homers (eclipsing 25 HR for the 2nd time in 3 seasons), while finishing in the top 10 in Batting Average, Slugging Percent, On-Base Percent, On-Base Plus Slugging, and Offensive Win Percentage. He also hit in 30 consecutive games that season, the longest streak of the 1998 baseball season, and establishing a Baltimore Orioles record.

End of playing career and legacy
The beginning of the end for Davis's career began in 1999. He spent three injury-plagued seasons with St. Louis and San Francisco before retiring in 2001.

In 1999, Davis wrote his autobiography, Born to Play, in which he credited Pete Rose for having faith in him and teaching him about the game. He also had harsh words for 1996 Reds manager Ray Knight, with whom Davis had had a memorable on-field fight in 1986. He claimed Knight did not support his comeback and did not stand up for him in contract negotiations after the season. Davis remains bitter about the Reds' treatment of him after his World Series injury. Davis was left behind in Oakland after the series and requested that the Reds provide a private plane to bring him back to Cincinnati. Davis claimed that he was refused a number of times and made his own way home after the hospital released him.

According to former Reds teammate Paul O'Neill, Davis was "the best hitter, best runner, best outfielder, best everything" he ever saw.

As of 2017, Davis was a hitting instructor for Elite Development Invitational, in Vero Beach, Florida, and seeks to promote more African American youth participation in baseball.

Career statistics
In 1,626 games over 17 seasons, Davis posted a .269 batting average (1430-for-5321) with 938 runs, 239 doubles, 26 triples, 282 home runs, 934 RBI, 349 stolen bases, 740 bases on balls, .359 on-base percentage and .482 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .984 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions. In 25 postseason games, he hit .192 (14-for-73) with 7 runs, 2 home runs and 12 RBI.

In popular culture
Davis was the childhood idol of comedian Ron Sexton, as well as his most famous character from The Bob and Tom Show, Donnie Baker. Donnie (and Sexton) frequently appeared in character in Davis's #44 Reds jersey, and stated on numerous occasions that Davis was the most complete player he'd ever seen. Donnie claimed to have put a curse on former Reds owner Marge Schott after she "did Eric dirty" following the 1990 World Series. He went on to claim that his alleged curse worked; every April 20, Donnie would begin his 'One Beer Press Conference' with a celebration marking the day Schott sold the team, followed by 'A mandatory moment of silence out of respect for the great Eric Davis.' When arguing with his unseen "neighbor to the north," Tony Mitchell, Donnie told Bob and Tom that he'd "crush Mitchell like Eric Davis crushed fastballs." In real life, Sexton named his first son Eric as a tribute to Davis, and his foundation is named 'You Before Me - 44,' with the 44 being a nod to Davis. The non-profit organization helps comedians struggling with mental health, and also funds baseball scholarships.

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Horacio Vaggione

Horacio Vaggione (born 21 January 1943) is an Argentinian composer of electroacoustic and instrumental music who specializes in micromontage, granular synthesis, and microsound and whose pieces are often scored for performers and computers (mixed music).

Biography
He studied composition at the National University of Córdoba (1958–1961) and privately in Buenos Aires with Juan Carlos Paz (1960–1963), then at the University of Illinois with Lejaren Hiller and Herbert Brün (1966) where he first gained exposure and access to computers. In 1983 he received a Doctorate in Musicology at the University of Paris VIII (thesis director: Prof. Daniel Charles).

Vaggione was born in Córdoba, Argentina, but lives in Europe since 1969. While in Argentina he was a co-founder of the Experimental Music Center (CME) of the National University of Cordoba (1965–1968), and co-organizer of the Experimental Music Meetings of the III Bienal Americana de Arte (1966).

From 1969 to 1973 he lived in Madrid, Spain, and was part of the ALEA live electronics music group with Luis de Pablo, the ALEA electronic Music Studio and the Project Music and Computer at the University of Madrid. In 1978 he moved to France, where he still resides, and began work at IMEB in Bourges, INA-GRM and IRCAM in Paris. In 1987–1988 was a resident of the DAAD Berliner Kunstler Program, working at the Technische Universität Berlin. Since 1989 he has been Professor of Music (Composition and Research) at the University of Paris VIII. In 1996 founded the CICM (Centre de Recherche Informatique et Création Musicale).

Composition Prizes: Newcomp Prize (Cambridge, USA, 1983). Bourges Prizes (1982, 1986, 1988). Euphonie d'Or (Bourges, 1992). ICMA International Computer Music Association Commission Award (USA, 1992). Ton Bruynel Foundation Prize (Amsterdam, 2010). Giga-Hertz Produktion Preis (ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2011), among others.

Writings and research papers: 54 papers, published in Proceedings, books (MIT Press, Harwoord Academic Publishers, Swett and Zeitlinger, L’Harmattan, Routledge) and specialized journals (Computer Music Journal, Contemporary Music Review, Journal of New Music Research, Musica-Realtà, etc.).

Selected Compositions

 * Secuencias for instrumental ensemble (1963)
 * Verticales for instrumental ensemble and Feedback set-up (1965) (CD CMMAS CD017, 2014)
 * Sonata IV for piano and tape (1966, LP JME-1, Bienal americana de arte, Cordoba, Argentina)
 * Triadas for orchestra (1968)
 * Modelos de Universo III for instrumental ensemble and sounds generated by computer (1972)
 * Undicit for 18 instruments (1976)
 * Octuor (1982), LP Computer Musik, IBM Deutschland (1984)
 * Fractal C (1984)
 * Thema for bass saxophone & computer-generated tape (1985, CD Wergo WER 2026–2; CD Adda AD581047)
 * Tar for bass clarinet & computer-generated tape (1987, CD Le Chant du Monde LCD 278046/47)
 * Sçir for contrabass flute in G & tape (1988, CD DAAD Berlin LC 0864)
 * Ash (1990, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
 * Till for piano & computer-generated tape (1991,CD Chrysopée Electronique LCD 278 1102)
 * Kitab for bass clarinet, piano, contrabass and computer-processed and controlled sounds (1992, CD Centaur CRC 2255)
 * Tahil for solo piano (1992,CD Chrysopée Electronique LCD 278 1102)
 * Myr for solo piano (1993),CD Chrysopée Electronique LCD 278 1102)
 * Schall (1995, CD Chrysopée Electronique LCD 278 1102)
 * Nodal (1997, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
 * Agon (1998, CD ICMC 01, Berlin; CD Opus 30 IMEB LCD 2781117)
 * Préludes Suspendus II (2000, CD CMR Vol. 24 part 4+5(book + CD)
 * Phases for clarinet, piano and electroacoustic set-up (2001, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
 * 24 Variations (2001, CD ICMC Göteborg LJCD 5232)
 * Atem for horn, bass clarinet, piano, double bass and electroacoustic set-up (2002) (CD CMR Vol. 24 part 4+5 (book + CD)
 * Harrison Variations (2002, CD EMF Media, EM 153)
 * Gymel Electroacoustic music (2003)
 * Taléas for Paezold recorders and electroacoustics (2002/2004) (CD CMR Vol. 24 part 4+5 (book + CD)
 * Arenas (2007, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
 * Préludes Suspendus III (2009)
 * Points critiques (2011, CD Ina REF INAG 6032)
 * Consort for convolved violins (2011)
 * Consort for convolved pianos (2012)
 * Arches (2013)
 * Mécanique des fluides (2014)

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Labrador West

Labrador West (2013 pop.: 10,319) refers to a region in western Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador containing the twin towns of Labrador City and Wabush. The area is located in the southwest corner of Labrador, near the Quebec border and has been described as "a dichotomy of pristine wilderness and industrial development."

The region's livelihood is based on iron ore mining which can be traced to the 1950s when the Iron Ore Company of Canada constructed Labrador City and the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway to haul ore to the port of Sept-Îles, Quebec, 575 km to the south. The adjacent Wabush Mines were established in the 1960s by another company, along with the town of Wabush and the Wabush Lake Railway which connects to the QNSL.

In the early 1980s, population in Labrador West peaked at about 14,000 residents. At this time, the previously privately-owned towns of Labrador City and Wabush became official municipalities, each with its own elected officials, governance and tax schemes. Today, the twin towns have a combined population of 9,126 (as of 2016).

Labrador West is also home to tremendous wilderness opportunities in a pristine state with little human settlement or development. Wilderness recreational opportunities in the Labrador West area include camping, fishing, hunting (particularly for caribou, black bear, and ptarmigan), hiking, boating, skiing, and snowmobiling.

Scheduled passenger airline service is available via the Wabush Airport.

The nearest population centres to Labrador West are the Quebec town of Fermont, 30 km away, the ports of Sept-Îles and Baie-Comeau to the south, and the military town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay to the east.

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Hamilton Smith

Hamilton Smith may refer to:

 * Hamilton Lanphere Smith (1819–1903), American scientist, photographer, and astronomer
 * Hamilton Smith (cricketer) (1884–1955), Hampshire cricketer
 * Hamilton O. Smith (born 1931), American microbiologist and Nobel laureate

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A2 motorway (Romania)

The A2 motorway (Autostrada A2), also known as The Motorway of the Sun (Autostrada Soarelui), is a motorway in Romania which links Bucharest with Constanța, a city-port on the shore of the Black Sea, where it merges after an interchange into the A4 motorway. It is 206 km long, and has been operational on its entire length since November 2012.

History
The construction of the motorway between Bucharest and Constanța began in the communist era during Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime. The first section, from Fetești to Cernavodă (about 18 km), was opened on 21 November 1987, simultaneous to the new railway bridge and underwent a major rehabilitation in 2003. It crosses the Balta Ialomiței island and includes the Cernavodă Bridge complex system of motorway and railway bridges and viaducts over the Danube and one of its branches at Cernavodă. The motorway bridge passes under the historical railway bridge built by Anghel Saligny in 1895, while the new railway in use today separates the motorway roadways.

After the fall of the communism in 1989, construction continued for a short period, but it was finally stopped in 1993 due to lack of financial resources. When it was completed, it differed from the original plans from the 70s. The original plan of the A2 motorway envisaged a route running northwards through Urziceni and Slobozia, while the current route of the motorway runs eastwards in a straight line towards Fetești. Construction continued after 1998, the motorway being completed in late 2012.

The sector from Bucharest to Fetești crosses the Bărăgan Plain and was built between 2001 and 2007. It was split into four sections. The first section from Bucharest to Fundulea (26.5 km) was built by the Romanian company Romis and is surfaced with concrete slabs. The second section from Fundulea to Lehliu (29.2 km) was built by a Turkish joint venture between Yuksel, Makimsar and Ener, while the third section from Lehliu to Drajna (41.6 km) was built by the French company Colas. The three sections were completed in 2004. The fourth, from Drajna to Fetești (36.8 km), was built by a joint venture between Astaldi, Max Bögl and CCCF, and was completed in 2007, receiving financial support from the ISPA funds.

The sector from Cernavodă to Constanța (51.3 km) runs across the Dobruja Plateau and was built between 2009 and 2012, receiving financial resources from the European Union's Cohesion Fund and from the European Investment Bank. It was built by a joint venture between Astaldi and Max Bögl, and was completed in late 2012. The section from Cernavodă to Medgidia was initially awarded to the French company Colas, but the contract was terminated in April 2011, because of delays in the construction process. It was subsequently awarded to the new constructor in September 2011. The total distance between Bucharest and Constanța on the motorway is approximately 206 km. It includes a 3.8 km link segment at the eastern end, that was part of the construction contract for the A4 motorway, which serves as the Constanța bypass. It has seven exits and ten rest areas on each carriageway, six being served by filling stations. There is one toll gate along the route, at Fetești (km 144), where a tax is charged for crossing the Danube bridges.

During summer, heavy traffic (maximum permissible weight over 7.5 t) is forbidden to drive on the motorway on weekends (including Friday) at daylight hours (from 6 A.M. to 12 A.M.).

Openings timeline

 * In 21 November 1987, the 17.2 km segment Fetești – Cernavodă was opened for traffic. The segment was closed for traffic again in September 2006 for complete rebuilding and reopened in 2007.
 * On 4 June 2004, two segments opened for traffic: Bucharest – Fundulea (26.5 km) and Fundulea – Lehliu (29.2 km).
 * In November 2004, the 42 km segment Lehliu – Drajna was opened for traffic.
 * In June 2006, the 17.2 km segment Fetești – Cernavodă was re-opened for traffic, after major rehabilitation works.
 * Between 1 July and 15 September 2006, the 36.8 km segment Drajna – Fetești temporarily opened for traffic in both ways but only on one carriageway.
 * On 1 May 2007, the 36.8 km segment Drajna – Fetești was re-opened for traffic.
 * On 29 July 2011, the Murfatlar – Constanța segment (21 km, including a part of A4) was inaugurated (initially, on two of the total four lanes).
 * On 30 September 2011, the Murfatlar – Constanța segment was completed and opened on both carriageways.
 * On 19 July 2012, the Cernavodă – Medgidia segment (20.5 km) was opened for traffic on a single carriageway, and the Medgidia – Murfatlar segment (16.3 km) was opened on both carriageways.
 * On 29 November 2012, the Cernavodă – Medgidia segment (20.5 km) was opened for traffic on both carriageways.

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Al-Natili

Natili. Abu Abdallah Husayn ibn Ibrahim ibn Hasan ibn Khurshid at-Tabari an-Natili ( | Romanization: Abū ʿAbdallāh Ḥusain ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Khūrshīd aṭ-Ṭabarī an-Nātllī), was a Persian physician from Tabaristan.

He flourished in the 10th century, and was a translator of Greek into Arabic. He dedicated, in 990-991AD, an improved translation of Dioscorides' De Materia Medica to the Prince Abu Ali al-Samjuri.

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The Originals (group)

The Originals, often called "Motown's best-kept secret", were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm for Real", "The Bells", and the disco classic "Down to Love Town." Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of baritone singer Freddie Gorman, tenor/falsetto Walter Gaines, and tenors C. P. Spencer and Hank Dixon (and briefly Joe Stubbs). Ty Hunter replaced Spencer when he left to go solo in the early 1970s. They had all previously sung in other Detroit groups, Spencer having been an original member of the (Detroit) Spinners and Hunter having sung with the Supremes member Scherrie Payne in the group Glass House. Spencer, Gaines, Hunter, and Dixon (at one time or another) were also members of the Voice Masters. As a member of the Holland–Dozier–Gorman writing-production team (before Holland–Dozier–Holland), Gorman (as a mailman) was one of the co-writers of Motown's first number 1 pop hit "Please Mr. Postman", recorded by the Marvelettes. In 1964 the Beatles released their version and in 1975 the Carpenters took it to number 1 again. In 2006, "Please Mr. Postman" was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

History
The group found success in the latter half of the 1960s as background singers for recordings by artists such as Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", Stevie Wonder's "For Once in My Life" and "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday", David Ruffin's "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)", Marvin Gaye's "Chained" and "Just to Keep You Satisfied", Edwin Starr's "War" and "25 Miles", and many more. Much like the Andantes, Motown's in-house female backing group, they are on countless Motown recordings but were never credited.

They recorded their own material for Motown but saw only one single release before 1969. A cover of Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene" was released in 1966, backed with "Need Your Lovin'" (both featuring Joe Stubbs on lead) but failed to chart. They recorded the song "Suspicion" in 1966, but it was never released as a single. Nevertheless, it has become a Northern soul classic. The track has since been featured on many of their compilation albums and many Northern Soul compilations. The group saw the release of two more singles, "We've Got a Way Out of Love" and "Green Grow the Lilacs", which failed to chart, in 1969.

The group found their biggest commercial success under the guidance of Marvin Gaye, who co-wrote and produced two of the group's hit singles, the doo-wop influenced ballads "Baby, I'm for Real" and "The Bells". The former was such a hit that the group's debut album, 1969's Green Grow the Lilacs, was soon reissued as Baby, I'm for Real. The latter disc, from 1970s Portrait of the Originals, sold more than one million copies and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A. Both songs became seminal soul music recordings, and both have since been covered: 1990s R&B group After 7 re-recorded "Baby, I'm for Real" and made it a hit again in 1992, while another 1990s R&B group, Color Me Badd, re-recorded "The Bells" for one of their albums.

The release of their singles remained constant throughout the early 1970s, although chartings proved lower and more sporadic. The year 1970 saw two album releases and four singles, all of which were top 20 R&B Hits. Ballads like "We Can Make It, Baby" and "God Bless Whoever Sent You", both from Naturally Together, continued the group's hit-making streak. "Don't Stop Now", an uptempo number produced by Smokey Robinson, also became popular, despite not being released as a single.

Chart appearances subsequently became less frequent, with only two appearances on any US charts between 1971 and 1975. In this time the group went through changes in personnel and style, with C.P. Spencer leaving in 1972 and being replaced by former the Glass House member Ty Hunter (July 14, 1940 – February 24, 1981 ). 1974's Game Called Love saw them experimenting with a more country sound (surprisingly the title track was written and produced by Stevie Wonder) and 1975's California Sunset was an album of modern soul written and produced entirely by Lamont Dozier. Communique from 1976 marked the group's first foray into disco, expanded on with 1977's Down to Love Town. In total the group released some eight albums during their tenure at Motown.

Although the group went on to have more modest success in both the soul and disco fields near the end of the decade, including "Down to Love Town", a No. 1 dance chart hit, and their early hit songs. The group had left Motown in 1977, releasing two albums for Columbia and their final album for the independent label Phase II. Spencer returned briefly in the late 1970s, but after the death of Ty Hunter, on February 24, 1981, who died of lung cancer, the group ceased recording and disbanded the following year. They later reunited and recorded for Ian Levine's Motorcity Records; the group recorded several songs together including "Take the Only Way Out" which was scheduled for a single release, and individual members (including former member Joe Stubbs) also made some solo recordings. The group duetted with former Motown labelmates the Supremes for one single, "Back by Popular Demand" in 1991. Freddie Gorman also released a handful of solo singles in the 1980s and later released a solo CD (as Freddi G) entitled It's All About Love (1997).

Joe Stubbs, brother of Four Tops lead Levi Stubbs, died on February 5, 1998. He had been with the group for about six months in 1966, as well a member of the Falcons, the Contours, and 100 Proof (Aged In Soul). C. P. Spencer died on October 20, 2004, and the group's spokesman, Freddie Gorman, followed on June 13, 2006. Walter Gaines died January 17, 2012, after a long illness. Dixon is now the only surviving, and active, founding member of the original group.

Reformation
Following the death of Freddie Gorman in 2006, longtime member Hank Dixon and Hank's daughter Terrie Dixon reformed the Originals as a live touring act, with Freddie's son songwriter and producer Dillon F. Gorman, plus the son of Gene Chandler, Defrantz Forrest, to complete the line-up.

Studio albums

 * Album was later reissued as Baby, I'm for Real

As background vocalists

 * 1966: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (Jimmy Ruffin; Soul)
 * 1966: "A Place In The Sun" (Stevie Wonder; Tamla)
 * 1968: "Twenty-Five Miles" (Edwin Starr; Gordy)
 * 1968: "Does Your Mama Know About Me" (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers; Gordy)
 * 1968: "Malinda" (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers; Gordy)
 * 1968: "For Once in My Life" (Stevie Wonder; Tamla)
 * 1968: "Chained" (Marvin Gaye; Tamla)
 * 1969: "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (Stevie Wonder; Tamla)
 * 1969: "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" (David Ruffin; Motown)
 * 1969: "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" (Jr. Walker; Soul)
 * 1970: "War" (Edwin Star; Gordy)
 * 1973: "Just to Keep You Satisfied" (from the album "Let's Get It On"; Marvin Gaye; Tamla)

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Category:New Brunswick federal electoral districts

The province of New Brunswick currently has 10 electoral districts represented in the House of Commons of Canada. This category is intended only for currently existing ridings.


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Talk:List of extinct U.S. counties by state

Nonenmac, I don't really see the need for two lists of extinct U.S. counties; this is a topic that is always thought of by state, and moreover this new article does not credit in the history those who contributed to 'List of extinct U.S. counties'. I suggest you cut and paste the content of this article as your revision (which I think is an improvement) to 'List of extinct U.S. counties' and make this page a redirect.--Pharos 01:30, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree that listing by state is more meaningful (at least to me). I didn't want to undo the work that was done on the alphabetical listing, in case someone wants it that way. But since at least one other person agrees with listing by state, and unless I hear agrguments to the contrary, I'll do what you suggest -- maintaining two lists would be a lot of extra work anyway. Nonenmac 01:59, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:The Ottawa Hospital

Ottawa Health Research Institute split
no consensus. Skeezix1000 11:47, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Jpaterson created the article. I thought it should be part of this article and was bold enough to merge it in. He disagrees with me, and thinks it should be its own article. So I've put up the split notice and I'd like to know what the community would like to be done with this section. Ardenn 19:11, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * The Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI) is a research institute and the Ottawa Hospital is a Hospital. They are separated entities with different missions, budgets, CEOs, etc. Moreover, the OHRI is as related to the Ottawa Hospital as much as to the University of Ottawa. Moreover, there are other hospital related research insitutes that have their own wikipedia entries. See for example, University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Would you please revert your changes? Miguel Andrade 20:52, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * First I'd like to see what community consensus is. IMHO, OHRI is an arm of TOH, and thus the section belongs as part of the article. Ardenn 20:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Community consensus isn't the point here. A case can be made that it should be a subsection of Ottawa U as its is an Institute of said educational facility. The majority of the Researchers are made up of Professors and students at U of O. The OHRI is also funded seperatly, has a seperate mailing address and a seperate Board of Directors. The only major connections i see between it and the Ottawa hospital are the locations of where its labs are - which makes sense - considering thats where all the patients are to conduct research on are located. I think there is case to be made for it being a subsection of either the Hospital or the University. It all depends on your priorties: its Location or who pays for the Staff. This diversity means that case can be made for it to be a seperate entry.--Mrr1979 22:49, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I also agree that the OHRI is separate from the Ottawa Hospital with respect to Wikipedia and the use of "arm" does not accurately identify the relationship. The same case could be made for the other Institutes that are connected to the Hospital. I think a separate and identifable presence is important to those institiutes.  It is a separately run "company" and shares services due to the location.  Maybe the case could be made that the Hospital is the applied health science arm of the insitute?  Seriously, I do think it best that it remain in Wikipedia as it was originally intended by Jpaterson. Dialdn 23:28, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

 * The wikipedia policy on Article size actually gives different reason to split or merge articles. Namely, is either article likely (or possibly) going to increase in length any time in the forseeable future? Also, see the wikipedia policy Merging and moving pages for "good reasons to merge a page", which are:

Please add your thoughts on the criteria listed (I'm from B.C., so I only have the information in the articles to go by). Andrew jur e  n (talk) 15:00, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * There are two or more pages on exactly the same subject.
 * No Andrew jur e  n (talk) 15:00, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * There are two or more pages on related subjects that have a large overlap. Wikipedia is not a dictionary; there doesn't need to be a separate entry for every concept in the universe. For example, "Flammable" and "Non-flammable" can both be explained in an article on Flammability.
 * Maybe Andrew jur e  n (talk) 15:00, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If a page is very short and cannot or should not be expanded terribly much, it often makes sense to merge it with a page on a broader topic.
 * Maybe Andrew jur e  n (talk) 15:00, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If a short article requires the background material or context from a broader article in order for readers to understand it.
 * No Andrew jur e  n (talk) 15:00, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

 * In response to the above justifications for merging pages: I agree that the first and last justifications do not apply in this case. Here is my take on the other two.

 * If the pages were organized correctly, there would be no overlap between the OHRI and The Ottawa Hospital pages. The only other thing about research on The Ottawa Hospital page is the Kidney Research Centre, which in fact is part of the OHRI. See http://www.ohri.ca/centres/KidneyResearch/default.asp. All research done at The Ottawa Hospital goes through the OHRI. So it makes sense to have a separate page for the OHRI, with links to and from The Ottawa Hospital.
 * With respect to the size of the page, there is a very good possibility of expansion. The OHRI is currently building a world class Centre for Stem Cell and Gene Therapy, a Centre for the Prevention of Age-Related Blindness, and new space for the Kidney Research Centre. There is a strong possibility that more content could be added on these and other initiatives in the future.

Besides these standard justifications, it is also worth noting that the OHRI has its own governance structure, its own budget, its own website, its own board of directors, etc. etc. Jpaterson 13:35, 14 April 2006 (UTC).

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Talk:Heaven Lake

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

no move. -- Andrew c [talk] 15:48, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Should stay consistent with the mountain it is on.. Baekdu Mountain doesn't have the english name. Good friend100 02:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as I did in the previous RM, North Korea owns 60% of the lake. (Wikimachine 02:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC))
 *  Oppose . Nothing substantial has changed since last time, when the problems with the proposed title were explained in detail (although there has been a bit more of a trend to use the English title in naming disputes). Dekimasu よ! 14:50, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * What trend? Show me some media that uses "heaven lake". As I said, the CPOV editors simply used WP:NPOV to lean this article more towards the Chinese side. If, by their definition of neutrality, then Baekdu Mountain should also been have moved as well. Good friend100 14:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If I remember correctly, I found an article in Science last time. The proposed title conflicts with the names of other lakes, as you know, so some sort of parenthetical would be necessary, but you haven't proposed one. As for your rationale, the Eiffel Tower is in Paris; the Berlin Wall was in Berlin; the Great Wall of China is in China. We don't challenge the consistency of those titles. Dekimasu よ! 16:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You can't use NPOV to justify everything. Wikipedia should describe, not prescribe. You can't try to represent a less accepted view on equal level as the dominant view on a subject. (Wikimachine 15:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC))
 * I agree that Wikipedia should describe and not prescribe. I'm not trying to "invoke" NPOV in a philosophical sense; this title was chosen for pragmatic reasons. The cost of fighting over this outweighs any advantage. If lack of will to argue is too little reason to oppose, I'll strike my oppose tag. I just don't see any good coming of this request. You may recall that I recorded a similar opinion in the past, when the Dokdo move was proposed under the rationale that we just hadn't had such a request in a while. Dekimasu よ! 16:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Oppose — per discussion & decision under the 2nd "Requested move" section at Talk:Heaven Lake/Archive 1. That's where Stemonitis said "any future moves must be preceded by a clear demonstration of consensus, ideally assessed by an impartial outsider".  I believe that has yet to happen. --Endroit 15:26, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I don't know much about this naming dispute, but having looked over the previous discussion it's clear that there are some strongly held views on either side of the debate. Unless there's something new to add, I don't see what good will come out of reopening what looks like a giant can of worms. PC78 21:52, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Endroit, Dekimasu; no discussion since previous name discussion. --Cheers, Komdori 21:12, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Not the highest crater lake
Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake in New Zealand is higher. Its altitude changes over time, and has been variously stated as 2553 meters (8,375 feet) http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/R/RuapehuMount/RuapehuMount/en or 2530 meters (8300 feet) http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage.aspx?id=41776 for example.

121.72.174.132 (talk) 21:24, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Heaven Lake is most certainly not the highest crater lake in the world, the information in the cited source is completely wrong and must be removed. (And not Ruapheu, that's not anywhere close to the highest either). There are probably dozens of crater lakes which are higher than either of these, simply look through Category:Crater lakes for many examples.

 * The highest crater lake in the world (and probably the highest lake of any kind in the world) is at an elevation of 6390 m on the eastern side of Ojos del Salado in South America. Other notable crater lakes which are much higher than Heaven Lake include the unnamed lakes in the summit craters of Acamarachi (5950 m) and Licancabur  (5900 m) in South America. Others include the unnamed lake in the western summit crater of Mount Rainier (over 14100 ft), Teardrop Pool in the summit crater of South Sister in Oregon (over 10200 ft), and Lake of the Sun (4200 m) and Lake of the Moon in the crater of Nevado de Toluca in Mexico.
 * --Seattle Skier (talk) 18:30, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Outflows?
Does this lake have any outflows? (i.e. where does the water go to?) --98.210.210.193 (talk) 11:07, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Both the Tumen River and the Yalu River flow from the mountain, so I presume it is their source.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:22, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacqualynn Lefebvre

 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 (and chuck Ms Lefebvre off a bridge, per Wiwaxia ;)) Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 18:22, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Jacqualynn Lefebvre
"Known to her friends as "Jack" or "Jackie," this aspiring American poet is in her senior year at Roseville High School". No google hits. Kappa 01:31, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Cute. Delete. --Sn0wflake 01:38, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm beginning to think we should make an article titled non-notable students, and redirect all of these to it. -- 8^D gab 02:53, 2005 Apr 20 (UTC)
 * Delete. NN -- Egil 03:52, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, "aspiring" poet and "hopes" to own bowling alley. Let's try again once she's published. Mgm|(talk) 08:00, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Another example of an "aspiring nobody" who "deserves to be thrown off a bridge". Wiwaxia 00:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Egalitarianism

Egalitarism in Soviet Bloc? You must be kidding
The references to egalitarianism and low income inequality in Soviet Union are shallow and theoretical. Official government statistics of income inequality were essentially a lie and did not reflect real situation.

The real buying power and access to goods depended on: the place you live (Moscow, Leningrad had much better access to good vs the rest of the country), your social circle and your position in quid-pro-quo economy (as a simple example, your butcher friend would give you a call when his store gets a new supply of meat, you would come through the back door and he would sell you best cuts, all this before this meat would be "thrown out" to the shelf, if at all; you would pay 2x the official price for the meat and would set him up with other favors available to you), your access and proficiency on the "black market", your access to "special" stores (such as Beryozka Stores), whether you were part of Nomenklatura, and what level did you hold. This was a world of difference: people earning the same amount of money could have 10x or more difference in real value of goods. Higher levels of Nomenklatura got their privileges "for free", as part of their package, including mansions, cars, servants. Calling this system egalitarian or "equal income" is laughable. The situation in other countries of the Soviet block was similar.

Since the in-depth discussion of the subject would deviate too far from the article subject, I suggest to remove this paragraph altogether. The topic is discussed in detail in other articles.

SashaO (talk) 23:44, 27 June 2020

The infobox picture
Anyone else notice that the E isn’t placed in the exact middle? It favors the lower part. Your Glutes (talk) 06:05, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Comparative Management Seminar
— Assignment last updated by Louisdelucy (talk) 00:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Icelandic Sheepdog in national languages

 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 move to User:Gangleri/sandbox/Icelandic Sheepdog in national languages per user request. Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 18:32, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Icelandic Sheepdog in national languages
A quite useless link list. Delete. --Sn0wflake 01:33, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a link farm. -- Egil 03:52, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wiktionary. It's a list of translations of the word "Icelandic Sheepdog". Mgm|(talk) 08:01, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wiktionary or move to User:Gangleri/sandbox/Icelandic Sheepdog in national languages. Sorry about the title but I worked on other issues. Kind regards Gangleri | [ Th] | T 08:29, 2005 Apr 20 (UTC)
 * Is there any language where the translation of this phrase isn't a simple concatenation/agglutination of the individual translations for the words Icelandic and sheepdog? If not, it's probably not worth the effort of transwikification.  As the 2004 comment in Talk:Icelandic Sheepdog in national languages says, this page largely duplicates the interwiki links (to other language Wikipedias) on Icelandic Sheepdog and seems largely pointless, its only purpose appearing to be to cross reference the interwiki links with the translations of a dog-breeding standard (which, of course, isn't necessarily an authority on the translations of the words Icelandic and sheepdog in any case) most of which are in an illegible undocumented proprietary file format moreover. Delete.  Uncle G 12:07, 2005 Apr 20 (UTC)
 * Delete The actual page Icelandic Sheepdog has links to wiki pages in other languages, but we really don't need this page.--Bwmodular 12:41, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Estádio Palestra Itália

The Palestra Itália Stadium (Estádio Palestra Itália) was a football stadium located in Barra Funda, São Paulo, standing on the site now occupied by the Allianz Parque stadium. It was the home ground of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras from 1917 to 2010, and was also known as Parque Antártica after Companhia Antarctica de Bebidas, a beverages company from which Palmeiras acquired the property in 1920. In the past its capacity was listed as 35,000 spectators, however, even though its grandstands have been extended in the late 1990s, the stadium had 27,650 seats due to regulations enforcing improved safety and comfort, before was demolished in November 2010.

It was one of the most important Brazilian stadiums, considering the amount of decisive and important matches played there, most of them with the presence of Palmeiras. Examples of games played in Palestra Itália include the second leg of the 1999 Copa Libertadores Finals, the Copa Mercosur finals of 1998, 1999 and 2000, 1996 Copa do Brasil final and several Campeonato Paulista finals.

One of the 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A final matches, between São Caetano and Vasco was played at Palestra Itália. One of the 2004 Copa do Brasil final matches, between Santo André and Flamengo was played there too.

Besides football matches, the Palestra Itália Stadium, often hosted important Brazilian and international musical events because of its central location in São Paulo, like A-ha, Human Rights Now!, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Aerosmith, David Bowie and Guns N' Roses.

On 22 May 2010, Palmeiras played against Grêmio for the Série A on Palestra Itália, it was the last official game played by Palmeiras in the stadium due to the beginning of the new stadium's construction. The last match played by Palmeiras on Palestra Italia was a friendly against Boca Juniors on 9 July 2010.

Statistics

 * First match:
 * Palestra Itália 5–1 Internacional-SP (21 April 1917)

 * First match as the stadium's owner:
 * Palestra Itália 7–0 Mackenzie (16 May 1920)

 * Last competitive match:
 * Palmeiras 4–2 Grêmio (Campeonato Brasileiro, 22 May 2010)

 * Last match:
 * Palmeiras 0–2 Boca Juniors (Friendly, 9 July 2010 – Attendance: 17,786)

 * Largest victory:
 * Palestra Itália 11–0 Internacional-SP (8 August 1920)

 * Thousandth victory:
 * Palmeiras 2–0 Grêmio (Campeonato Brasileiro, 6 October 2007 – Attendance: 22,667)

 * Record attendance:
 * 40,283, Palmeiras 1–0 XV de Piracicaba (Campeonato Paulista, 18 August 1976)

 * Longest unbeaten run:
 * 68 games, Palmeiras (1986–1990)

 * Most appearances:
 * Marcos, 211 games (1996–2010)

 * Most goals scored:
 * Heitor, 173 goals – 1.005 per match (1916–1931)

Source: Palmeiras official website

Palmeiras
Palmeiras' complete competitive record at Palestra Itália Stadium is as follows:

 * 1572 games played
 * 1064 wins (67.7%)
 * 319 draws (20.3%)
 * 189 losses (12%)
 * 3700 goals scored (2.35 per match)
 * 1488 goals conceded (0.94 per match)
 * 2212 goal difference

Source: Palmeiras official website

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New Kadampa

The term New Kadampa is a synonym for the 14th century Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, as founded by Je Tsongkhapa. Being a great admirer of Kadam teachings, Je Tsongkhapa was an enthusiastic promoter of the 11th century Kadampa school's emphasis on the graded path to enlightenment and Mahayana principles of universal compassion as its fundamental spiritual orientation. Though the synonym is less well known in English-speaking countries, in Tibet the Gelugpa was well known as the "New Kadampa," while the earlier school was referred to as the "Ancient Kadampa" or "Original Kadampa". Je Tsongkhapa considered the New Kadampa tradition he founded to be the successor to Atiśa's Old Kadampa tradition. Geoffrey Samuels remarks that Tsongkhapa "was following in the footsteps of Atisha, and indeed the Gelugpa are sometimes known as the 'New Kadampa' and regarded themselves as above all a continuation of Atisha's work."

In the 1990s Geshe Kelsang Gyatso founded the "controversial" New Kadampa Tradition (NKT), which was officially rebuked by the Dalai Lama. Its name derives from, but should not be confused with this synonym of the Gelug.

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Abu al-Hasan al-Tabari

Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tabari, born in Amol, was a 10th-century Persian physician from Tabaristan. He was the physician of Rukn al-Dawla, a Buyid ruler.

He was author of a compendium of medicine Kitab al-mu'alaja al-buqratiya (Hippocratic treatments), in ten books. It is extant only in Arabic language. Tabari has written valuable articles on different medical sciences; however, he is especially famous for authoring the al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiya (Hippocratic Treatments) - an important medical encyclopedia. Several of Al-Tabari's succeeding scholars and physician have referred to the al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiya in their medical articles. The aim of this study is further introduction of this great physician and assessment of his theories and key works.

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Talk:History of Dream Theater

What is the point of this article? I haven't had time to read it word for word, but it seems to be almost a direct copy of the history section of the main DT article. Having an article like this does neither article justice. Either we should greatly expand this article to include thing not listed in the original article, or summarize the history section of the DT article so that readers there can get the summary at this article. I personally prefer the latter option, as I think this article goes into a lot of depth, and that it could also be consisely summarized in the DT article. Dave the Red (talk) 01:36, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is the original, unabridged history. The history section in the main Dream Theater page is a LOT shorter than this one. It was suggested to me that it would be a good idea to move the complete history to a new article (this one) and leave only the most important aspects of it within the original, so that's what I've done. This could probably use a better introduction, but it's no different to, for example, History of the Beatles. -- plattopusis this thing on? 03:13, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * I think that this article is unimportant. It would be better that the history of dream theater to remain only in their main article. --Aeternus 18:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. This article should be merged into the main article, unless someone comes up with a way to dramatically shorten the History section there. --Russoc4 18:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * While editing the main article there is a notice at the top of the preview page telling us the page size is already to high... How about removing the duplicated information from the main article and link the section to this article instead? --Zoury 19:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't agree with this, because the quality of Dream Theater article will be lost, if the history of the band is removed. I still insist to delete this article and put all the history on the Dream Theater's main page. Thank you Aeternus 07:36, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Agreed. Merge the two. This article is compltely superfluous, and there are many other metal articles with equally long history sections. XJDenton 16:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I went ahead and merged the article, replacing the more concise history section in the main article with this one. A redirect is probably necessary from this article now.Splent 00:11, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

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Ana Mato

Ana Mato Adrover (born 24 September 1959 in Madrid) is a Spanish politician. From 2011 to 2014 she served as Spain's Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality in the Rajoy Cabinet. On 26 November 2014 she resigned due to the involvement of herself and her husband Jesús Sepúlveda in the Gürtel case.

Education

 * Graduate in Political Science and Sociology, Complutense University of Madrid
 * Lecturer and tutor at the Spanish National Distance Learning University (UNED)

Career
A member of the National Executive Committee of the PP, she has been involved in Spanish national politics since the 1990s, when she was elected to the Spanish Congress.

Between 2004 and 2008 she served as a Member of the European Parliament. A member of the Bureau of the European People's Party, she sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. She was a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.
 * 1986-1990: Deputy director of the private office of the President of Castilla y León
 * 1991-1993: Independent member of the Madrid Assembly
 * National member of parliament for Madrid (1993-)
 * 2000-2004: coordinator for local participation and action
 * 2000-2004: spokeswoman on Communications and the Media (1983-1986), Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (1986-2000) and Science and Technology
 * 2003-2004: planning coordinator

Decorations

 * Medal of Merit for Telecommunications

Controversies
In 2014 she attracted criticism for her handling of Ebola virus disease cases in Spain after the diagnosis of the first confirmed case of Ebola transmission outside Africa.

Ana Mato has been the subject of controversy regarding her alleged involvement in the Gürtel case, but for years she continued to receive the backing of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. She has maintained, with the support of her ex-husband, that she was unaware of the origin of gifts to her household, including cars and vacations, which have been identified in investigations into alleged corruption. On 26 November 2014, Ana Mato resigned as Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality after she was summoned to court as a "participant on a lucrative basis" in the alleged corruption crimes. She appeared in court in February 2017.

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Abu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihi

Abu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihi al-Jurjani was a Christian Persian  physician, from Gorgan, east of the Caspian Sea, in Iran.

He was the teacher of Avicenna. He wrote an encyclopedic treatise on medicine of one hundred chapters (al-mā'a fi-l-sanā'a al-tabi'iyyah; المائة في الصناعة الطبيعية), which is one of the earliest Arabic works of its kind and may have been in some respects the model of Avicenna's Qanun.

He wrote other treatises on measles, on the plague, on the pulse, etc.

He died in a dust storm in the deserts of Khwarezmia in 1010.

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