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Nurse Witch Komugi

Nurse Witch Komugi (ナースウィッチ小麦ちゃんマジカルて) is an original video animation (OVA) anime series co-produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Kyoto Animation. The series lasted for five episodes (six if episode 2.5 that appeared in the middle of the series is included), all of which were released on DVD in North America by ADV Films. A two-episode long sequel OVA series was created, Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Magicarte Z.

The story of the anime is a parody of both The SoulTaker and the magical girl anime genre. It revolves around Komugi Nakahara, a cosplay idol who turns into Magical Nurse Witch Komugi when trouble is around.

While the English dub of the show was adapted by ADV, the original The SoulTaker dub was not. In a rare move, ADV recalled many of the voice actors from The Ocean Group dub of The SoulTaker to reprise their roles in Nurse Witch Komugi to keep consistency between the two dubs.

An anime television series Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R aired from January 10, 2016, to March 27, 2016. The new series is a reboot of the original OVAs.

Characters
All but a few characters return from The SoulTaker, appearing as bizarre parodies of themselves.

 * Voiced By: Haruko Momoi (Japanese), Jocelyne Loewen (English)
 * The main character, a seventeen-year-old cosplayer, who transforms into Nurse Witch Komugi. She works for a talent agency called Kiri Pro, where she acts and endorses products (usually while wearing silly costumes). She can be very hyper and silly, which usually gets her into trouble with her bosses. Her nurse witch costume resembles a cross between a nurse uniform and a rabbit costume.

 * Voiced By: Yuji Ueda (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
 * Komugi's 'side-kick', a perverted rabbit-like creature from Vaccine World who detects viruses.

 * Voiced By: Mitsuki Saiga (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English)
 * A famous singer, working for Kiri Pro's rival company. He is also Komugi's romantic love interest, sweetheart, and crush. In SoulTaker, he was the protagonist of the series on a search for his long-lost twin sister Runa, along the way discovering his own abilities as a mutant byproduct of the Beta Applicon Project.

 * Voiced By: Ikue Otani (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
 * Koyori is a friend of Komugi and works with her as a model and cosplayer. However, from time to time, Koyori will lose consciousness and transform into Magical Maid Koyori, her evil form. Koyori will then infect innocent people with viruses. She could be considered Komugi's rival. She often gets frustrated at being constantly defeated by Komugi and Mugimaru. After a time, she will revert to her good form again with no memory of anything she did in her evil form.

 * Voiced By: Ai Shimizu (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
 * Magical Maid Koyori's 'side-kick', a quiet raccoon. In Episode 4, Magical Maid spends months training Posokichi to speak.

 * Voiced By: Akiko Hiramatsu (Japanese), Lisa Ann Beley (English)
 * Ms. Yui is the president of Kiri Pro. She often scolds Komugi when she messes up (which is quite often). She is 29 years old, and once was a well-known and famous idol, and she fell in love with a president from another talent agency, Mr. Richard. Everything was going well for her, until Richard announced to the press that he was in love with Ms. Yui's manager on the same day Ms. Yui was going to announce her engagement to Richard. She was heart broken and humiliated, so she quit the idol business and became the president of her own talent agency.

 * Voiced By: Masaya Onosaka (Japanese), Trevor Devall (English)
 * Shiro is Komugi's manager. He usually has a laid-back, relaxed personality, but when Komugi skips out on her job (usually to become Magical Nurse and save the city), then it is best to not cross his path. He also will get stuck with Komugi's job until she returns, usually wearing one of her costumes. Although he yells at Komugi, he sticks up for her when Ms. Yui scolds her for her disappearances and mess-ups. He has an assortment of nicknames for Komugi, including "Little Shit" or "Little piss-ant girl" (English translation). It is also been shown that he works well with computers, for he designed and manages Komugi's personal fan site for her.

 * Voiced By: Atsuko Enomoto (Japanese), Jessica Boone (English)
 * Megumi also works at Kiri Pro, and is Komugi's bitter rival. Megumi, unlike Komugi, has much sex appeal, and she is often the one to tease Komugi about her flat chest, to which Komugi retorts with an insult such as "Hooter's Girl" to insult her enormous chest. Megumi is an image girl, posing for center folds and posters, although she also has an interest in acting.

 * Voiced By: Michiko Neya (Japanese), Cynthia Martinez (English)
 * Runa is a child star at Kiri Pro. She normally seems calm and cute, but she occasionally makes rude comments, usually about Komugi. She, like Megumi, calls Komugi a flat-chest and a pseudo-Idol. She takes advantage of her cute appearance to earn more money. In SoulTaker she is the twin sister of Kyosuke Tokisaka ("Date") who was constantly being hunted down by the remaining members of the Tokisaka Clan and the Kirhara hospital. Like Kyosuke, she is a strong mutant.

 * Voiced By: Yukari Tamura (Japanese), Shelley Calene-Black (English)
 * Asuka was once a movie actress, but was demoted to Kiri Pro. Komugi thinks it is an honor to have a professional actor working with her, but in reality it means Asuka is close to losing her job as an actress. Asuka works hard at her job at Kiri Pro, and is usually more responsible than Komugi or Megumi. She doesn't complain much, but can lose her temper just as well as the others. Unlike the other Kiri Pro employees, Asuka respects Komugi and forms a friendship with her. In Magikarte Z, it is revealed that Asuka hates Osaka with quite a passion.

 * Voiced By: Ikue Otani (Japanese), Christine Auten (English)
 * Maya is the goddess of Vaccine World who sent Mugi-maru to earth to find a human (Komugi Nakahara) to carry the magic baton and defeat Ungrar.

Music

 * Opening Theme
 * Ai no Medicine by Haruko Momoi
 * Shooting Star by Haruko Momoi (Magikarte Z)
 * Ready Go!! by Magical R (Kei Tomoe, Erii Yamazaki, Makoto Koichi)
 * Ending Theme
 * Ame to Namida to Otome to Taiyaki by Otome Shinto

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Pierre Frolla

Pierre Frolla (born 14 February 1975) is a Monegasque freediver. He is a triple world record holder in Free Immersion (including -80 meters on 17 August 2001 in Monaco).

In 1998, Pierre took his first French record in variable weight, improving the time of Loic Leferme by 2 meters (-82m).

In 2000, he took his second World record, -73m in Free Immersion. Following this competition, Leferme and Frolla travelled around the world with VM Production to produce a movie called The Fish-Men, a 52-minute production by France Television. The movie took one year and included Frolla's third world record of -80 meters, set in 2001.

Frolla is today a member of the Champions for Peace, a group of 54 elite athletes who promote peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.

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User talk:Steve Farrell

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Billy Boys
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Mythology
I just stumbled across a remarkably good piece on the interrelationship between Mesopotamian myth and Gensis in the artilce Adam and Eve - see the section called Mythologies or some such. PiCo 12:38, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Alchemy POV
Well, Alchemy is obviously POV, very POV..... but I removed that same sentence before and Jorge Stolfi had an absolute shitfit..... be prepared for a fight, and let me know if you need help.
 * The guy can shitfit all he wants, that sentence shouldn't be there. Besides being POV, it's also wrong. --Stevefarrell 17:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * But, I should mention that if you can properly cite things he can't really stop you from fixing the POV problem.

 * KV 20:53, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Or, alternatively, he can't really stop me from removing the POV sentence because POV sentences are against Wikipedia policy. I don't need to cite anything, it basically said 'Alchemy is obviously stupid, and should be pointed and laughed at'. Though if I have to, I will. --Stevefarrell 21:08, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

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Added source info. Copyright paranoia is such fun.--Stevefarrell 23:50, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

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I wasn't aware I had! Superlinus 06:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

 * No worries. It wasn't exactly hard to add myself back. I'm sure it was just a mistake. Hope to see you in the edit history of some football articles! --Stevefarrell 10:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Hurrah! --Stevefarrell 13:51, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Glory hunters
Other Wikipedia articles are not necessarily reliable sources for information (see the organisation's own disclaimer) and in any case Chelsea are mentioned in one add-on sentence. There is also no mention of glory hunters in the Arsenal, Liverpool or Manchester United articles, who are all cited on the glory hunter page. Assertions like "rival supporters have accused..." (which sounds weasly to me), and "who have converted to supporting the club due to its success, rather than because of any real passion for the team itself, and who would stop supporting the team if it stopped being so succesful" are very bold statements and need sources. Given that you added them, surely you ought to provide it. Thirdly, I'm not sure the inclusion of fans' opinions of other sets of fans is a good idea generally, given the sort of mud that is routinely thrown among football fans. As a Liverpool fan, I'm you'd agree that rival fans have accused them of plenty over the years. It doesn't mean those accusations belong here, though. SteveO 18:42, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Fair enough. I noted from your user page that you were a Chelsea fan, and so I'm sure you get tagged as a 'glory hunter' all the time by people, even though you probably supported them while they were in division two. Most football fans are glory hunters in one sense or another - even Watford fans want to see their team win the Premiership and are probably angry that they're right at the bottom.

I actually looked for some impartial sources about this, but then I decided it wasn't all that important after all. --Stevefarrell 19:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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 * The image does not fail fair use rationale. It is used in one article, the article about Steve McClaren, to illustrate the subject. It is properly sourced, with a link to the source. There is no need to replace it. --Stevefarrell 18:43, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

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It seems improper to include her former name in there - they no longer do in the magazine itself, and it is irrelevant to the magazine article what her name was. If she was notable enough to have an article about herself, it would be included, but why for the magazine? You go to the article for info about the magazine, and you get information about someone's former name - it's a bit odd! It's also kind of personal to her, so including biographical information about a living person in the article feels wrong. Stephenb (Talk) 16:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

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Multi-instrumentalists' official listing!
Well, this might be a little too little, but I however want to congratulate your recent edit on multi-instrumentalists page. Happens that some of the fellows you've removed from the list were added by me, but I was somehow happy to find them deleted. I came to think of it and they really were pretty weak as multi-instrumentalists (although being able to play both the violin and guitar at the same time stays a mystery to me!) and, on the other hand, as I checked the latest two versions of the article in comparison, I watched your choices, which seemed pretty fair to me. That's why I let this message here - it's maybe I've seen one of the most convincing edits since I entered the community. And that wasn't today nor yesterday - I've been in it for quite a while. Cheers! (Impy4ever 20:53, 22 July 2007 (UTC))

 * Thank you. It's nice to get some thanks for doing this kind of edit for a change. I hesitated over the one that said 'violin/guitar/vocals', though. I generally think that a musician can be considered a 'multi-instrumentalist' if he or she plays more than three or four distinct instruments, not including vocals (I consider bass guitar and electric guitar separate as there are different techniques involved in playing them). But my criteria may be different from others. The list of multi-instrumentalists often has a lot of weak additions made to it, as do other similar articles such as Keyboardist, which I also watch and quite often find myself reverting edits to. It's understandable that people want to see their favourite artists' names on as many pages as possible. Really, that's why I started editing the Multi-instrumentalist article in the first place, as I'm a fan of Mike Oldfield, and I know him as a multi-instrumentalist and thought he should be at least mentioned in the article. But after I started a 'list of' within that article, many unnecessary people were being added (someone, for example, kept insisting on adding Michael Jackson), so eventually someone came along and took the list off, and I created the List of multi-instrumentalists article. Thanks for the praise. --Steve Farrell 21:52, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Peer review/The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/archive1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Been working on polishing this lately. Any suggestions? Morwen - Talk 16:28, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Good to see a fine article on a book close to many Wikipedians' hearts. Here's a few thoughts, hope they are useful! Worldtraveller 17:13, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Describing h2g2 as "almost but not quite entirely unlike" Wikipedia in the intro is a great use of the phrase, but a bit of a self-reference, and unless it's a quote from somewhere seems rather unencyclopaedic in tone.
 * It's an inappropriate quote from the books. Have fixed.
 * In the 'books' section, does the paragraph in italics really need to be? I think it would look better with "Note:" removed and in normal text, no reason to draw such attention to it I think.
 * Done.
 * The bit about the BBC turning down the chance to publish the book and later regretting it could do with a direct reference - a few other citations of statements and the like would also be nice.
 * I've done that particular one, although I'm not sure how to properly format such a reference...
 * The section on "Restaurant at the end of the Universe" has most of the Brontitall incident was omitted and Instead of the Haggunenon sequence... - the reader needs to know what these were, or perhaps it could just be left that some bits were omitted, a description is probably unnecessary.
 * I've linked the appropriate episodes for these phrases. Could omit I guess.
 * You could maybe mention some reactions to the film, including disgust from some diehard fans.
 * Have done so, but need now to reference these.
 * Have added a link for you, for you to take a look at.
 * I think you could add some bits about DA's legendary dislike of deadlines. If I remember rightly from Neil Gaiman's book, there were stories of him finishing writing episodes of the second series virtually as they were being recorded, and also being locked in a room by his publishers for a week to get him to meet one oft-rescheduled deadline.
 * These stories are indeed true (in one case I believe it was pondered to send the first part of an episode for broadcast whilst they were working on the second part - this turned out not to be needed).
 * In a few parts, there are lots of very short paragraphs, which could be merged into larger paragraphs for better readability and flow.
 * I think the paragraphs where there's a main article might be a bit over-abbreviated, would be nice to have a little bit more material in this article for a good overview before going to sub-articles.
 * We've been trying to keep the article from exploding in size as we have added new material. I've been trying to de-emphasise descriptions of the plot and add real world info - also the sections about the LP and stage versions are new, so we've been editing some sections for tightness whilst adding new.  It is about 40K last time I checked.   If we add more stuff about the writing (and I want to add a bit more about the popular reaction at the time too), then expanding other sections by more than a tiny bit looks unwise. Morwen - Talk 18:40, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your comments! Morwen - Talk 18:40, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * More good stuff! Well done.  My only comment in addition to Worldtraveller's was what was a "Fit" (Fit the First, etc) - I guessed it meant "episode" but the article could say so (the term is already discussed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases) . -- ALoan (Talk) 20:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Too many short paras, merge. Note that Lead specifices lead should have at most 3 paras. Remove external links from article, move to notes, link with Footnotes. And the template-note seems an overkill, I'd suggest deleting this template and replacing it with a simple, standard note. Expand the stub section 'Cultural references' with info its from main article. Otherwise, good job, I expect seeing this on FA soon. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 10:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * We had a discussion about the Hitchhiker's Spelling on one of the sub-pages. Trouble is, since we've decided on Wikipedia that we're sticking with "Hitchhiker's Guide" (one word, one capital H, no hyphen), but the pages could be duplicated elsewhere, it makes sense for us to have our own template. Plus it IS included on more than one page, especially where included images show "Hitch-hiker" or "Hitch Hiker." Such use, IMO, meets the requirement for a template. --JohnDBuell | Talk 14:44, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Done a bit more expansion, along with Morwen. I think we've covered about everything we've wanted to cover (judging by the article's talk page). I need to create the new The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as international phenomenon article and discuss many things: attempts to do the movie in Hollywood from 1983 to the "green light" in 2003, stage shows, radio broadcasts (US rebroadcasts on NPR, translations elsewhere).... Anyway, I think we've got a "set form" for the main article itself - still need to clean up references/notes, but how do others feel about where we've gone with this? --JohnDBuell | Talk 00:45, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The note about the spelling really needs to be done using Footnote3, especially if you would like it to be a featured article. Also sections where the of use parenthesis to mention where the fact came from, (example: ...and at this time Adams (according to the 25th anniversary reprinting of the radio script book) suggested that...) would probably work better in note format. MechBrowman 03:21, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)


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Order of Ho Chi Minh

The Order of Ho Chi Minh (Huân chương Hồ Chí Minh) is a decoration of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was first instituted on 6 June 1947. The creator of the order was the president Hồ Chí Minh.

The Order of Ho Chi Minh is conferred or posthumously conferred on individuals who have rendered great meritorious services, recorded numerous outstanding achievements in one of the political, economic, social, literature, art, scientific, technological, defense, security, diplomatic or other domains.

When first instituted, the Ho Chi Minh Order had 3 classes, but since 1981 the Order has become a single one. Currently, the Ho Chi Minh Order is the second highest national order of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (after the Gold Star). The Order is bestowed on citizens who have rendered outstanding services to the State, or members of the Vietnamese People's Armed Forces for acts of bravery in action against an enemy force. The decoration may also be awarded to cities, regions, collectives, military units and ships for the same reasons.

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XLR8R

XLR8R (pronounced "accelerator") is a website that covers music, culture, style, and technology. It was originally also a print magazine.

History and profile
XLR8R was founded as a newsprint zine in 1993 by publisher Andrew Smith in Seattle. It has offices in San Francisco and New York City. While XLR8R ' s initial focus was on electronic music, it has widened its scope to include indie rock, hip-hop, and reggae/dancehall music as well as related trends in style, art, fashion, and technology.

XLR8R was published 10 times per year and distributed internationally. Special issues included a Music Technology issue, a year-end "Best Of" issue, and an entire issue devoted to the music scene of a particular city (Berlin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, etc.). Subscribers receive Incite, a free monthly CD of tracks hand-picked by the magazine's editors.

Standout features of the publication include "Audiofile," a collection of short pieces on up-and-coming musicians; "Machines," a section devoted to technology (reviews, recording techniques of various artists, etc.); "Vis-Ed," a showcase of emerging illustrators, photographers, and designers; and "Bitter Bastard," a curmudgeonly rant on various frustrating topics within the music world. Each issue traditionally has hundreds of reviews of various albums, singles, compilations, books, and DVDs.

XLR8R ' s website features breaking music and culture news, high-resolution music videos and free weekly MP3 downloads and podcasts. Additionally, back issues of the print magazine are accessible from 2003 to the present as freely downloadable PDFs.

In March 2007, XLR8R launched XLR8R TV, an internet TV show hosted by Revision3, with a new episode appearing every Tuesday. The show features musicians, artists and scenes covered in the pages of XLR8R magazine.

In 2011, XLR8R ceased publication of their print magazine and became a web only publication.

In 2012, XLR8R was acquired by Buzz Media.

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User talk:Tnova

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User talk:Anrie Nord

Welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions to the coolest online encyclopedia I know of =). I sure hope you stick around; we're always in need of more people to create new articles and improve the ones we already have.  You'll probably find it easiest to start with a tutorial of how the wikipedia works, and you can test stuff for yourself in the sandbox.  When you're contributing, you'll probably find the manual of style to be helpful, and you'll also want to remember a couple important guidelines.  First, write from a neutral point of view, second, be bold in editing pages, and third, use wikiquette.  Those are probably the most important ones, and you can take a look at some others at the policies and guidelines page. You might also be interested in how to write a great article and possibly adding some images to your articles.

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Templates-for-Deletion entry: Template:Musicbrainz wiki box
see Templates_for_deletion This TFD-entry has too few discussion points for me to make a judgement as to consensus. Could you consider providing your opinion as you provided input to the MusicBrainz article just within the past couple of weeks? Thanks for considering this. Courtland 01:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I have submitted my opinion. — Anrie Nord 21:49:04, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

Quarl's new signature
Happy New Year! Your new signature with ISO 8601 formatted date & time is nice :) Could You tell me how to use expressions like current year, month, etc. in a customized signature? — Anrie Nord 16:12, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately you can't substitute templates in the standard Wikipedia ~ signature, so it's basically impossible using that. Also there is no builtin , so it wouldn't work to subst it anyway.  Therefore the solution is Javascript :)  Previously I replaced the signature toolbar button to insert the signature, but now I found a better way:  User:Quarl/advanced_sig.js (which see) is a user script that replaces ~ with a nice ISO 8601 signature.  I see that you are a JS-3 so you should have no problem hacking on it :)  —Quarl (talk) 2006-01-05 05:35Z

 * Thanks for the tips! I have done the new signature based on your JS functions. I was surprised by a number of features you impelement in JavaScript for Wikipedia. — Anrie Nord 2006-01-12 03:22Z

Petri net
I see you edited Petri net. I more or less wrote all of that article. I would be really pleased if you could give some feedback on it. You can edit it yourself, or you can put something up into the talk page, I will read it and edit the article accordingly. Few people read the article, so I need feedback! Thx in advance, Msoos 22:12, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Netconf WhitePapers
I don't understand why you assume that it is advertisement? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netconf&diff=123491664&oldid=123386673

These are some of the few recent public good papers related to XML network management. Netconf is currently slowly implemented.

Please, can you restore it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vjardin (talk • contribs) 11:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

 * No, I'm not going to. First, I guess you work for a company which has published these white papers. As far as I know, Wikipedia policies don't allow to promote proprietary materials in such way. Second, I've taken a look through the white papers. There is only one phrase where NETCONF standard was mentioned. All other stuff is about a product of the company. This doesn't give any useful info about NETCONF to a reader. Third, the article is about NETCONF, not just about XML-based management protocols. By the way, there are a lot of stuff on XML-based management technologies in general. You could search the Web for WBEM-related stuff or take a look at papers mentioned at SimpleWeb. — Anrie Nord 2007-04-17 20:16Z

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Wikipedia Stories Project
Привет!

Меня зовут Виктор, и я рассказчик с Wikimedia Foundation, некоммерческая организация, которая поддерживает Википедию. Я хроник вдохновляющих историй сообщества Википедии по всему миру, в том числе и читателей, редакторов и доноров. Истории совершенно необходимы для любой некоммерческой органицации, чтобы убедить людей поддержывать наш проект, и мы знаем, что у людей, которые строют и используют Википедии есть много, что рассказать!

Я ищу вдохновляющие страницы пользователей, и интересных историй о том, как Википедия влияют на жизнь людей. Я задавал вопросы вроде "Как Википедия изменила Вашу жизнь?", "Какая самая интересная история у Вас есть о Википедии?" и "Википедия ли когда-нибудь Вас удивило?"

В прошлом году мы использовали ежегодный сбор средств как способ показать миру, кто на самом деле пишет Википедия. Мы показывали редакторов из Бразилии, Украины, Аргентины, Саудовской Аравии, Кении, Индии, США и Англии. Этот метод имел огромный успех, в результате чего у нас была наиболее финансово успешная кампании по сбору средств в историе организации. Кроме того, мы остались верны духу Википедии, просвещение общественности, что это бесплатно ТОП-5 Сайт создан добровольцами, как Ви и я.

В этом году мы хотим выделить еще редакторов Википедии на русском языке, так что я нахожусь в процессе планирования поездки в Россию и интервью с редакторами.

Если Википедия положительно повлеяла на Вас или на кого-то из Ваших знакомых, или у Вас есть что-то интересное сказать о Википедии, я бы очень хотел услышать об этом!

Пожалуйста, дайте мне знать, если Ви бы хотели участвовать в проекте Истории Википедии, или если вы знаете кого-то еще, с кем я должен поговорить.

Конечно, если у Вас есть какие-либо вопросы или сомнения, пожалуйста, обращайтесь! Я отвечу, как только смогу. Извините за плохой перевод этого письма, я использую Google-перевод. Я надеюсь, что заставляет вас смеяться :)

Спасибо за Ваше время,

Victor Grigas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

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Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I'm scouring user pages looking for inspiring, motivating and interesting stories of how Wikipedia has affected the lives of people. I'm asking questions like "How has Wikipedia changed your life?", "What's the most interesting story you have about Wikipedia?" and "Has Wikipedia ever surprised you?"

Last year, we used the annual fundraiser as a way to show the world who it is who actually writes Wikipedia. We featured editors from Brazil, Ukraine, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, India, United States and England. This campaign was a huge success, resulting in the most financially successful fundraising campaign ever. It was also a campaign that stayed true to the spirit of Wikipedia, educating the public that this free top-5 website is created by volunteers like you and I.

This year we want to highlight more Russian-language Wikipedia editors, so I am in the process of planning a trip to Russia to interview editors.

If you or someone you know (or have heard about) has been positively affected by Wikipedia, or have something interesting to say about Wikipedia I'd very much like to hear about it!

Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project, or if you know someone else with whom I should speak.

Of course, if you have any questions or concerns, please ask! I will answer as soon as I can. I apologize for any poor translation of this letter, I am using Google-translate. I hope it makes you laugh :)

Thank you for your time,

Victor Grigas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Victor Grigas (talk) 22:40, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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Patent Reform Act of 2005

The Patent Reform Act of 2005 was United States patent legislation proposed in the 109th United States Congress. Texas Republican Congressman Lamar S. Smith introduced the Act on 8 June 2005. Smith called the Act "the most comprehensive change to U.S. patent law since Congress passed the 1952 Patent Act." The Act proposed many of the recommendations made by a 2003 report by the Federal Trade Commission and a 2004 report by the National Academy of Sciences.

The 109th Congress concluded on January 3, 2007 without enacting H.R. 2795. Much of the proposed Act was carried into the proposed Patent Reform Act of 2007, which was introduced in the 110th Congress on 18 April 2007. A similar act was introduced as the Patent Reform Act of 2009 in the 111th Congress.

Proposed changes in U.S. patent law
H.R. 2795 would have harmonized American patent law with the patent laws of the rest of the world by making the following changes in U.S. patent law:

Switch from first to invent to first to file
The United States is currently the only country in the world that gives priority to the application that claims the earliest invention date, regardless of which application arrives first. The first-to-invent system is thought to benefit small inventors, who may be less experienced with the patent application system. Critics of the first-to-file system also contend it will create a "race to the mailbox," and result in sloppier, last-minute patent applications. The first-to-invent system, however, requires the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to undertake lengthy and complicated "interference" proceedings to try to determine who invented something first when claims conflict. The first-to-file system, supporters contend, would inject much-needed certainty into the patent application process. Finally, because every other country is on a first-to-file system, supporters claim that the majority of patent applicants and attorneys are already operating on a first-to-file basis.

A first-to-file priority rule does not permit one individual to copy another's invention and then, by virtue of being the first to file a patent application, be entitled to a patent. All patent applicants must have originated the invention themselves, rather than derived it from another person. In order to police this requirement, the proposed H.R. 2795 provided for "inventor's rights contests" that would have allowed the USPTO to determine which applicant is entitled to a patent on a particular invention.

Expand prior user rights
Even under a first-to-invent system, the first-inventor-in-fact does not always obtain entitlement to a patent. If, for example, a first-inventor-in-fact maintained his invention as a trade secret for many years before seeking patent protection, he may be judged to have "abandoned, suppressed or concealed" the invention. Well-established patent law provides that an inventor who makes a secret, commercial use of an invention for more than one year prior to filing a patent application at the USPTO forfeits his own right to a patent. If an earlier inventor made secret commercial use of an invention, and another person independently invented the same technology later and obtained patent protection, then the trade secret holder could face liability for patent infringement. Many foreign patent regimes, on the other hand, protect prior user rights, which are often seen as assisting small entities that may lack the sophistication or resources to pursue patent protection. The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 established a "first inventor defense," but limited the defense to patents on "methods of doing or conducting business;" H.R. 2795 would have extended it to all subject matter.

Publish patent applications
Outside the United States, pending patent applications are published 18 months after they are filed, which forewarns competitors that a patent is pending. Prior to 2000, American patent applications were never published. The American Inventors Protection Act allowed pre-grant publication 18 months after filing unless the inventor certified that he would not be seeking patent protection abroad. H.R. 2795 would have closed this loophole.

Allow pre-issuance protests by third parties
Historically, interested individuals could enter a "protest" against a pending patent application. Critics contended that protests serve mainly to permit third parties to slow down the process for competitors. On the other hand, protests are the only way for third parties to challenge a patent prior to approval, when recourse is only available through the court system. The American Inventors Protection Act severely limited protests, but H.R. 2795 would have eliminated those limitations.

Expand use of post-issuance reexamination and opposition proceedings
Since 1981, the U.S. patent system has incorporated "reexamination" proceedings, during which third parties can submit information challenging the validity of a patent. In order to discourage abuse of these proceedings, third-party participants may not later assert that a patent is invalid "on any ground that [they] raised or could have raised during the inter partes reexamination proceedings." Some observers believe that this estoppel dissuades potential requesters from use of reexamination, forcing them into federal court. H.R. 2795 would have deleted the phrase "or could have raised" from the statute, so that reexamination requesters would be limited only with respect to arguments that they actually made before the USPTO.

H.R. 2795 would have also established post-grant opposition proceedings, a feature that is common in foreign patent regimes. Oppositions allow a wide range of potential invalidity arguments and are conducted through adversarial hearings that resemble courtroom litigation, but because they limit discovery and involve a lower burden of proof, oppositions are cheaper and faster than lawsuits.

Eliminate the "best mode" requirement
Patent applications are currently required to "set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention." This requirement is unique to American patent law, and was identified in the 2004 National Academy of Sciences report as one of the three subjective elements that contribute to high patent litigation costs. H.R. 2795 would have eliminated it.

Modify the patent law doctrine of willful infringement
In patent infringement cases, treble damages are currently available if the court finds the infringement was "willful." This is the second subjective factor that has been identified as increasing the length and cost of patent infringement suits. To avoid an allegation of willful infringement, many inventors purposely ignore learning about new patents, which contravenes one of the central purposes of the patent system, the dissemination of scientific knowledge. H.R. 2795 would have limited treble damages to cases in which the plaintiff notified the defendant of the patent, claims and violation, and permit pleading willful infringement only after a court finds that the patent was valid, enforceable, and infringed.

Modify the patent law doctrine of inequitable conduct
Defendants in infringement suits are currently allowed to allege that the patent is unenforceable because the patent holder did not operate honestly and in good faith when it applied for a patent. This is the third subjective factor that has been identified as increasing the length and cost of infringement suits. H.R. 2795 would have eliminated this defense, instead codifying a duty of candor for all parties in proceedings before the USPTO, and providing authority for the PTO to investigate allegations of inequitable conduct and impose civil penalties.

Allow patent applications to be submitted by an assignee
Most foreign countries already allow patent applications to be submitted by an assignee as long as the oath of invention is signed. H.R. 2795 would have adopted a similar rule in the United States.

Limit access to injunctions
Injunctions are currently awarded in patent infringement cases if the plaintiff satisfies a four-part test. A plaintiff must demonstrate: (1) that it has suffered an irreparable injury; (2) that remedies are not available at law; (3) that, considering the balance of hardships between the plaintiff and defendant, a remedy in equity is warranted; and (4) that the public interest would not be disserviced by a permanent injunction. H.R. 2795, as originally introduced, would have required a court to consider the "fairness" of an injunction in light of all the facts and the relevant interests of the parties, and allow an injunction to be stayed pending appeal upon an affirmative showing that the stay would not result in irreparable harm to the owner.

This is among the most controversial issues in patent reform. Software and information technology companies generally support limiting injunctions, because their products often involve hundreds or thousands of patents, and a dispute over any of them can result in an injunction that halts production on the entire item. Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, on the other hand, generally oppose limiting injunctions, because the items they manufacture are easily analyzed and reproduced and generally involve only one or two patents.

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Nakayama Racecourse

Nakayama Racecourse (中山競馬場) was built in 1990 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, for horse racing and up to 165,676 spectators.

Physical attributes
Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course and a jump course.

The turf's outer oval (外回り) measures 1840m (1 1/8 miles + 97 feet) with 1600m and 2200m chutes, and the inner oval (内回り) measures 1667m (1 mile + 189 feet) with a 1400m chute. Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 3 meters), or the "C Course" setting (rail out 7 meters).

1000m, 1400m, 1800m, 2000m, 2500m and 3600m races run on the inner oval, while 1200m, 1600m, 2200m, 2600m and 4000m races run on the outer oval. 3200m races run on the outer oval first, then the inner oval.

The dirt course measures 1493 meters (7/8 mile + 278 feet), with a 1200m chute.

The jump course is unique because several different configurations can be used. In all races, horses must drop and climb over steep embankments at the rear of the course. One configuration contains the two most difficult jumps on the course, and is used only a few times a year, particularly for the Nakayama Grand Jump and Nakayama Daishogai races.

Track records
Source：レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -> 中山競馬場 (Nakayama Racecourse)
 * † Reference Time.
 * Last updated on April 14, 2024.

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Victorian gothic

Victorian gothic may refer to:
 * Gothic fiction, a type of fiction writing that began in the Romantic period
 * Gothic Revival architecture, a type of architecture based on a mediaeval style revived in the Romantic period

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Mazeppa (opera)

Mazeppa, properly Mazepa (Мазепа ), is an opera in three acts (six scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Victor Burenin and is based on Pushkin's poem Poltava, part of the cultural legacy of Mazeppa.

Mazeppa is a blood-thirsty tale of crazy love, abduction, political persecution, execution, and vengeful murder. The action takes place in Ukraine at the beginning of the 18th century. The protagonists are the historical figures Ivan Stepanovych Mazeppa (1639–1709), the Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and Vasyl Leontiyovych Kochubey (c.1640–1708), a very prosperous Ukrainian nobleman and statesman.

Composition history
The opera was composed between June 1881 and April 1883. Mazeppa's libretto was based on Poltava, a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin based his story on historical events at Poltava, the battle where Tsar Peter the Great defeated Swedish King Charles XII. Pushkin took some creative freedom in order to create powerful characters and grand passions. For example, Kochubey (the wealthy Cossack whose daughter elopes with Mazeppa) actually managed to successfully keep Mariya from him. He turned Mazeppa in to the Tsar four years after Mazeppa asked for her hand.

Tchaikovsky first mentioned the idea of an opera based on Poltava to his publisher in the summer of 1881. Soon, he became obsessed with Poltava's story of tragic love and political betrayal and quickly produced four numbers plus sketching a duet based on material from his symphonic poem Romeo and Juliet (this music later became Mazeppa and Mariya's Act 2 duet). Librettist Burenin followed Pushkin's poem, incorporating large excerpts from Poltava into his libretto, but Tchaikovsky was not very pleased with Burenin's work: he felt "no special enthusiasm for the characters", and went on to make some critical changes of his own, adding more of Pushkin's lines back in. Vasily Kandaurov contributed the text for Mazeppa's aria in Act 2, Scene 2.

The libretto was revised over and over again, even after the opera's premieres. Choosing to focus primarily on the love story at the heart of the opera, the composer added the character Andrei, a lovesick boy whose unrequited love for the beautiful Mariya gives her tragic fate a special poignancy. Mazeppa shares many characteristics with Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin: they both center on a young woman whose powerful love draws her into a catastrophic downward spiral.

Performance history
The premiere performance took place on 15 February [OS February 3] 1884 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow conducted by Ippolit Al'tani with stage Direction by Anton Bartsal, set design by Matvey Shishkov and Mikhail Bocharov, and Lev Ivanov as Balletmeister.

Four days later, on 19 February [OS February 7], the St. Petersburg premiere followed at the Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Eduard Nápravník.

At both performances, the work was brilliantly staged but marred by the uneven vocal and acting abilities of the cast. But audiences responded warmly and the critical notices, in Moscow at least, were kind. Tchaikovsky's brother, Modest, hid the truth about the critical roasting the opera got in St. Petersburg; when he finally learned the truth, Tchaikovsky wrote to thank him: "You did well, the truth might have killed me."

The American premiere took place on March 6, 2006.

Instrumentation
Source: Tchaikovsky Research
 * Strings: Violin I, Violin II, Violas, Cellos, and Double Basses
 * Woodwinds: Piccolo, 3 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Cor Anglais, 2 Clarinets (B-flat and A), 2 Bassoons
 * Brass: 4 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba,
 * Percussion: Timpani, Triangle, Tambourine, Side Drum, Cymbals, Bass Drum
 * Other: Harp

Synopsis
Time: Beginning of the 18th century

Place: Ukraine

Overture: Mazeppa's ride

Act I
Scene 1: Kochubey's estate on the banks of the Dniepr

A group of peasant girls sail on the river, singing of making garlands of flowers to cast on the river and so divine their husband as a fortune-telling game. Mariya arrives, and they all plead with her to join them, but there is company at her house: The Hetman Mazeppa, and so she cannot stay with them. After they leave, she reveals that games have no temptation for her anymore, for she is in love with Mazeppa. Her childhood friend, Andrei, overhears her, and tries to comfort her, but when she thanks him for his kind friendship, he reveals he always loved her. She wishes it could be different, that she could love him too – but fate will not allow it. Andrei rushes off in despair. Mariya's father and mother, Vasily and Lyubov Kochubey arrive with the guests, and dance and song are provided for Mazeppa's entertainment, including the famous Hopak.

Then Mazeppa draws Kochubey aside, and asks for his daughter's hand. Kochubey thinks he's joking at first – he is, after all, very old. Mazeppa claims that the passions of an old heart, once lit, are not like those of a young heart that burn brightly but then fade – they smoulder forever. Kochubey points out, however, that Mazeppa is Mariya's godfather, which is considered closer than a blood tie in the Russian Orthodox Church. Mazeppa replies that he can easily apply to the church for an exemption. Kochubey orders Mazeppa to leave. Mazeppa replies that he has already asked Mariya's hand, and been accepted, with a slight hint that he may already have had his way with Mariya. Kochubey still refuses, and Mazeppa calls in his guard. Mazeppa demands submission, everyone else curses his immoral desires and rise up against him, but just as battle is about to break out, Mariya throws herself between the two groups. As he leaves, Mazeppa calls for Mariya to decide whether she wishes to stay at home and never see him again, or to come with him. She chooses him to everyone's surprise and distress.

Scene 2: A room in Kochubey's manor

Lyubov mourns Mariya's loss, the women of the house trying to comfort her, to no avail. She sends them away and tries to stir Kochubey to rouse the Cossacks to war and go to attack Mazeppa – but he has a better plan: Whilst the two were still friends, Mazeppa hinted at a plan to ally with Sweden and fight to free Ukraine from Peter the Great's rule. Iskra, Kochubey's friend, is all for denouncing Mazeppa to Peter, but they need a messenger. Andrei, who feels his life is over after having lost Mariya, agrees to deliver it. Everyone curses Mazeppa and relishes the thought of his execution.

Act 2
Scene 1: A dungeon in Mazeppa's castle, night.

The plan has not gone well. Peter the Great sided with Mazeppa, and turned Kochubey over to him, sending, as Kochubey puts it, a loyal servant into the hand of a treasonous one. Under torture, Kochubey has made a false confession. Kochubey is trying to make himself right with God, and thinks he hears the priest coming to hear his last confession – but instead, it turns out to be Orlik, Mazeppa's henchman and torturer. Kochubey asks what more he could want – he had agreed under torture to everything that had been asked of him. But he hadn't revealed the location of his hidden treasures. He tells them to send Mariya, who will show them everything, and let him pray before his execution: he has already lost his treasures – his honour to a false confession extracted under torture, Mariya's honour to Mazeppa, and now has only the prospect of God's vengeance after his death. This is not enough for Orlik – the tortures recommence.

''Scene 2: A terrace of Mazeppa's castle. The same night''

Mazeppa ponders the terrible blow that will befall Mariya when she learns what he has done to her father – he has to be strong whilst he's trying to consolidate his power, but Mariya... Orlik arrives. Kochubey has revealed nothing about his treasure as yet. The execution is set for dawn, and Orlik is sent off to resume what needs to be done. Mazeppa ponders Mariya and the night.

Mariya arrives, and flirts with him, but her thoughts turn darker – why is he spending so much time away from her of late? Why did he toast Poltava the other night? Who is she? She gave up everything for him – if he rejected her now... Mazeppa tries to calm her, unsuccessfully at first, but eventually succeeds. He reveals his plan to gain independence for Ukraine, making himself King and Mariya queen. Mariya thinks the crown would suit him very well. He then begins testing her out about her father – who does she care for more – her husband or her family? Eventually Mariya says she would give up – indeed, has given up, everything for him. Mazeppa leaves, reassured.

Lyubov arrives, and pleads with Mariya to go to Mazeppa to save Kochubey – only she can save him. Mariya, not knowing anything about it, takes some time to figure out what was going on, but then is horrified and faints, unable to bear it. Lyubov shakes her awake – the procession is already leaving. The two run off in an attempt to plead with Mazeppa for Kochubey's life.

Scene 3: By the town ramparts

The poor of the city have gathered for the execution, but their grim fears for Kochubey and hatred of Mazeppa are interrupted by a drunken Cossack singing a cheery little folk song. Mazeppa and Orlik arrive, Kochubey and Iskra are dragged on as prisoners and pray to God to forgive them. They are dragged to the stocks – the crowd gathers round – The axes are raised. Mariya and Lyubov arrive – just in time to see the axes fall. Lyubov rejects Mariya, who collapses in tears as the grim final chords of the chorus echo over the stage. Curtain.

Act 3
Orchestral Interlude: The Battle of Poltava: Peter the Great's defeat of Mazeppa and Charles XII of Sweden

Scene 1: The ruins of Kochubey's estate, near the battlefield

Andrei has fought in the Battle of Poltava, but was unable to find Mazeppa. He wanders around the ruins of the estate, remembering happier times. Horsemen approach and he hides.

Mazeppa and Orlik are fleeing the battle, Mazeppa brooding over having once been powerful, but now, in one day, having lost everything. He sends Orlik off to prepare camp. Andrei springs out and challenges Mazeppa with his sword. Mazeppa warns Andrei he is armed. Andrei charges at him, sword waving... and Mazeppa shoots him.

Mariya arrives, completely mad. She does not recognise Mazeppa, and has convinced herself that her father's trick was just a joke played on her by her mother. But she sees blood everywhere. Mazeppa tries to comfort her – she starts to be, and babbles to him, but then sees blood on his face, and apologises: She had thought him someone else, but the person she thought he was had white hair, and his is covered with blood. Orlik returns and warns Mazeppa that troops approach – Mazeppa wants to take Mariya, but Orlik points out she'd slow them down. He asks whether Mazeppa cares more for a mad woman or his own head, and Mazeppa reluctantly leaves Mariya behind.

Mariya finds Andrei, and the blood on him – she cries out at finding blood everywhere, and remembers "dreams" of an execution. Andrei stirs, not quite dead, and Mariya mistakes him for a young child. He begs Mariya to look at him so he can see her face one last time – but she is in her own world, and just sings a lullaby to him, not realising what's happening or who he is. Part way through it, he dies, giving her one last farewell. Mariya continues rocking his corpse, singing the lullaby and staring into the distance as the opera ends.

Structure

 * Introduction

Act 1
 * Scene 1
 * No.1 Chorus of Maidens and Scene: Я завью венок мой душистый (Ya zav'yu venok moy dushistiy)
 * No.2 Scene, Mariya's Arioso and Duet: Вам любы песни, милые подружки (Vam lyuby pesni, miliye podruzhki)
 * No.3 Scene: Ну, чествуешь, Василий, ты меня" (Nu, Cestvuyes', Vasiliy, ti menya)
 * No.4 Chorus and Dance: Нету, нету тут мосточка, нету переходу (Netu, netu tut mostocka, netu perekhodu)
 * No.4a Hopak
 * No.5 Scene and Mazeppa's Arioso: Вот хорошо, люблю... (Vot khoroso, lyublyu...)
 * No.6 Quarrel Scene: Мазепа, ты меня смущаешь речью (Mazeppa, ty menya smushchayesh' rech'yu)
 * Scene 2
 * No.7 Chorus and Mother's Lament: Не гроза небеса кроет тучею (Ne groza nebesa kroyet tucheyu)
 * No.8 Finale: Очнись от горя, Кочубей! (Ochnis' ot gorya, Kochubey!)

Act 2
 * Scene 1
 * No.9 Dungeon Scene: Так вот награда за донос (Tak Vot Nagrada Za Donos)
 * Scene 2
 * No.10 Mazeppa's Monologue and Scene with Orlik: Тиха украинская ночь (Tikha ukraynskaya noch)
 * No.10a Mazeppa's Arioso: О Мария, Мария! (O, Mariya, Mariya!)
 * No.11 Mazeppa's Scene with Mariya: Мой милый друг! (Moy Miliy Drug!)
 * No.12 Scene Between Mariya and her Mother: Как блещут звёзды в небе (Kak blescut zvyozdi v Nebe)
 * Scene 3
 * No.13 Crowd Scene and Drunken Cossack's Song: Скоро ли? Везут аль нет?... Молодушка, молода (Skoro Li? Vezut al' net? ...  Molodushka, moloda)
 * No.14 Finale: Ой, гой, чумандра, чумандриха молода! (Oy, goy, chumandra, chumandrikha Moloda!)

Act 3
 * No.15 Entr'acte: The Battle Of Poltava
 * Scene
 * No.16 Scene and Andrei's Aria: В бою кровавом, на поле чести (V boyu krovavom, na pole chesti)
 * No.17 Scene and Duet: Невдалеке я слышу топот (Nevdaleke ya slishu topot...)
 * No.18 Onset of Mariya's Madness: Несчастный! видит Бог, я не хотел твоей погибели (Nescastniy! Vidit Bog, ya ne khotel tvoey pogibeli)
 * No.19 Finale: Ушёл старик, как сердце бьётся (Ushol starik, kak serdtse byotsya)

Related works
The work was also arranged by Tchaikovsky for voices with piano (1883).

Recordings

 * 1949, Vasiliy Nebolsin (conductor), Bolshoy Theatre Orchestra and Chorus; Aleksey Ivanov (Mazepa), Nina Pokrovskaya (Mariya), Ivan Petrov (Kochubey), Vera Davydova (Lyubov), Grigoriy Bolshakov (Andrey), Vsevolod Tyutyunnik (Orlik), Tikhon Tchernyakov (Iskra)
 * 1982, Fuat Mansurov (conductor), Bolshoy Theatre Orchestra and Chorus; Vladimir Valaitis (Mazepa), Tamara Milashkina (Mariya), Yevgeny Nesterenko (Kochubey), Irina Arkhipova (Lyubov), Vladislav Pyavko (Andrey)
 * 1993, Neeme Järvi (conductor), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera Stockholm; Sergei Leiferkus (Mazepa), Larissa Diadkova (Lyubov), Galina Gorchakova (Mariya), Anatoly Kocherga (Kochubey), Sergej Larin (Andrey), Richard Margison (Iskra), Monte Pederson (Orlik), Heinz Zednik (Drunken Cossack)
 * 1996, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Nikolai Putilin (Mazepa), Irina Loskutova (Mariya), Sergei Aleksashkin (Kochubey), Larissa Diadkova (Lyubov), Viktor Lutsiuk (Andrey), Nikolai Gassiev (Drunken Cossack)

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Ogg file
Is the ogg file at the bottom of the page there? (Will check at my own computer, but I did check the description page and found no file, which is understandable for copyright reasons; if you can't get permission from the composer or his agents, and the performers, or else don't need it, and place an appropriate tag exactly as with images, the file's likely to be removed, I think...) So should it be removed from this one, at least pending copyright expiring or that permission's being obtained? Schissel : bowl listen 16:36, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Serious Music
"Serious American music" is not an accurate description or musical term to describe Hanson's support of American classical music.

A Sea Symphony
Greetings,

I have created a disambiguation page for A Sea Symphony. Ideally, that page should bring the general title A Sea Symphony that is now given to Vaughan Williams' first symphony. However, until an article dedicated to Hanson's 7th is written, people seem against this move. Would somebody write something about H.H. 7th?

Thanks in advance. --Mahlerite (talk) 12:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I have created a stub. If somebody could expand it... Thanks in advance. --Mahlerite (talk) 13:27, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Removed link. DAB page unneeded, Vaughan Williams article has appropriate hatnote. — Timneu22 · talk 13:56, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Respighi
An editor has written in the article that Howard Hanson did not study under Respighi - which contradicts the New Grove article which normally would be treated as a reputable source. I'm not sure how information allegedly taken from an unpublished autobiography and which may well be true should be treated here. If I find a more definite *published* source which confirms either way, I will incorporate this in the article with relevant citation - but hope maybe another editor might do the same. Alfietucker (talk) 12:24, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It seems there is an unpublished autobiography, in the care of John C Brzustowicz (see here and here). Still, I'm wary of treating this - unseen and unpublished - as authoritative when there's this from Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice by Allen Laurence Cohen, which suggests a direct claim by Hanson about his studies with Respighi. Any other thoughts? Alfietucker (talk) 13:17, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello fellow Wikipedians - Based upon the published source Howard Hanson in Theory and Practic cited above I have included text in the article indicating that Howard Hanson sought advice from Respighi and was influenced by his work while in Rome (even though he may not have pursued formal studies with him). I hope this helps to clarify matters somewhat and is OK. Thanks for the help. With best regards 104.207.219.150 (talk) 23:55, 16 January 2019 (UTC)PS

Included new citations and removed templates
Hello fellow Wikipedians - After including additional citations and references I have removed these two templates: More footnotes|date=November 2015 and refimprove section|date=November 2015  I hope that this is OK. Any Thoughts? Many thanks for your kind assistance. Respectfully 104.207.219.150 (talk) 20:01, 20 January 2019 (UTC)PS

Formatting
An anon editor is messing up the formatting of this page, replacing bold and italicized text with plain quote marks. I've tried reaching out to the editor and have not gotten any response. Can we protect this page so only registered editors can change it?MisterCSharp (talk) 18:44, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:Bates (Stargate)

Before I move it... why is the spoiler notice after the events of "Rising"? Shouldn't the events of "Rising" be considered spoiler information as well? Just curious... --Joe Beaudoin Jr. 16:36, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Quote from this page: "While Teyla was absolved from being a security threat, Teyla became a topic of argument between Bates and Sheppard. An argument revisited when it was discovered that Teyla had Wraith DNA, left over from an unsanctioned experiment done by a Wraith scientist ON TEYLA'S FATHER, who hoped that integrating their DNA into human biology would make a more compatible food-source".

My notes: It wasn't Teyla's father whom the Wreith scientist had experimented on. He experimented on a group of people, one of whom happened to be Teyla's fater's ancestor. The whole world to which the subjects were sent after the unsuccessful experiments was later wiped out, as the Wreith decided they were a threat to them. However, before that the former subjects had been banished from that world for being aggressive and thus survived among other tribes. That is how I remember this story.

2005-08-07

Exactly, which is why I edited the page to reflect her people and not just her father. -Mrja84 16:18, 03 Sept 2005 (ESDT)

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