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Rex Gildo

Rex Gildo (formerly Alexander Gildo, born Ludwig Franz Hirtreiter; 2 July 1936 – 26 October 1999) was a German singer of Schlager ballads who reached the height of his popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, selling over 25 million records and starring in film and television roles.

Early life
Gildo was born Ludwig Franz Hirtreiter in Straubing, Bavaria; in the mid-1950s, he adopted the stage name Alexander Gildo, later shortening it to Rex Gildo. He claimed for many years to have been a member of the Regensburger Domspatzen choir before attending acting school; however, a documentary on German television a decade after his death in 2009 revealed that in fact he had worked in a decorating apprenticeship before he met Fred Miekley, who would become his manager/longtime companion.

Career
Gildo's first performance was with the Munich Kammerspiele theatre group in 1956, but he quickly moved into television and film, as well as performing as a singer, duetting with Danish singer Gitte Haenning as "Gitte & Rex". His most popular songs, such as Speedy Gonzales (1962), Goodbye Susanna (1965) and Fiesta Mexicana (1972), were sung during the 1960s and 1970s in Germany. His music and films sold well there but less so abroad. He also starred in his own television program, Gestatten – Rex Gildo.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Gildo's popularity decreased. His appearances were mainly at folk festivals, shopping centres and other similar venues; he was also reported to have problems with alcoholism. His final performance, on the day of his suicide attempt, was in front of more than 3000 people at a furniture shop outside Frankfurt.

Personal life and death
In 1974, Gildo married his cousin Marion Ohlsen in a lavender marriage. The couple had no children and separated in 1990. After his death, it was reported that he was gay and had a relationship with Dave Klingeberg, his secretary, with whom he lived for 7 years.

Gildo died in 1999, aged 63, having spent three days in an artificially-induced coma after attempting suicide by jumping from the window of his apartment building. He was said to have been suffering from psychological problems.

Discography

 * Das Ende der Liebe (Tell Laura I love You)/Minnetonka Mädi (1959)
 * Sieben Wochen nach Bombay (1960)
 * Yes My Darling (1960), together with Conny Froboess
 * Speedy Gonzales (1962)
 * Zwei blaue Vergißmeinnicht (1963)
 * Vom Stadtpark die Laternen (1963), together with Gitte Haenning
 * Zwei auf einer Bank (1964), together with Gitte Haenning
 * Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich (1964), together with Gitte Haenning
 * Hokuspokus (1964), together with Gitte Haenning
 * Dein Glück ist mein Glück (1965), together with Gitte Haenning
 * Goodbye Susanna (1965)
 * Augen wie zwei Sterne (1966)
 * Der Mond hat seine Schuldigkeit getan (1967)
 * Komm, Laß Uns Tanzen (1967)
 * Schlager-Rendezvous Mit Rex Gildo (1967)
 * Ein Ring aus Gold (1968)
 * Rex Gildo's Disco Club With Jo Ment's Happy Sound – 28 Party Hits For Dancing  (1968)
 * Dondolo (1969)
 * Rex (1969)
 * Memories (1971)
 * Fiesta Mexicana (1972)
 * Der Sommer ist vorbei (1973)

 * Marie der letzte Tanz (1974)
 * Der letzte Sirtaki (1975)
 * Küsse von dir (1976, German version of Save Your Kisses for Me)
 * Love Is in the Air (1978)
 * Sally komm wieder (1978)
 * Saragossa (1979)
 * Holly ho Havanna (1979)
 * La Bandita (1980)
 * Wenn ich je deine Liebe verlier (1981)
 * Und sie hieß Julie (1983)
 * Und plötzlich ist es wieder da (1983)
 * Dir fehlt Liebe (1984)
 * Rendezvous auf spanisch (1984)
 * Mamma mia (1985)
 * Du ich lieb Dich (1985)
 * Was ist schon eine Nacht (1986)
 * Mexicanische Nacht (1989)
 * Margarita (1991)

Selected filmography
As himself
 * Immer wenn der Tag beginnt (1957), as Max Clement
 * Schmutziger Engel (1958), as Peter Utesch
 * Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter (1958), as Gerd Weidner
 * Hula-Hopp, Conny (1959), as Billy Newman
 * Ja, so ein Mädchen mit 16 (1959), as Rex
 * My Niece Doesn't Do That (1960), as Robert
 * Am Sonntag will mein Süßer mit mir segeln gehn (1961), as Tommy
 * Dance with Me Into the Morning (1962), as Stefan Breuer
 * Café Oriental (1962), as Himself
 * Don't Fool with Me (1963), as Billie Bill
 * Und wenn der ganze Schnee verbrennt (1963), as Rolf
 * Apartmentzauber (1963), as Karl Fischer
 * The World Revolves Around You (1964), as Martin Fischer
 * Tausend Takte Übermut (1965), as Rick Tanner
 * What Is the Matter with Willi? (1970), as Frankie Kuhländer
 * Unsere Tante ist das Letzte (1973), as Martin Klamm
 * Hit Parade 1960 (1960)
 * Marina (1960)
 * O sole mio (1960 film) (1960)
 * Die Hazy Osterwald Story (1961)
 * Café Oriental (1962)
 * Our Crazy Nieces (1963)
 * Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (1963)
 * Otto ist auf Frauen scharf (1968)

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Unbridled

Unbridled (March 5, 1987 – October 18, 2001) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic.

He retired with a career record of eight wins, six places, and six shows in 24 starts, and $4,489,475 in career earnings. Unbridled had a rivalry with Summer Squall over their three and four-year-old seasons. Summer Squall defeated Unbridled in four of their six meetings.

Background
Unbridled was a bay horse with a broad white blaze bred in Florida by Tartan Stable

He was sired by Fappiano (10 wins in 17 starts), by Mr. Prospector, and his dam was Gana Facil, by Le Fabuleux. Gana Facil was descended from Magic, a half-sister to both the champion sprinter Ta Wee and Dr Fager.

Racing career
In 1987, Trainer Tony Barnard was given charge of and broke Unbridled, at Tartan Farms, in Ocala, Florida. In 1989, at age two, Unbridled won the What A Pleasure Stakes and placed in all six of his starts. At age three, ridden by jockey Pat Day, he won the Grade I Florida Derby by four lengths, then finished second behind Summer Squall in the Blue Grass Stakes. He then won America's most prestigious race, the Kentucky Derby, by 3½ lengths with jockey Craig Perret, while Summer Squall finishing second. He finished second in the Preakness Stakes to Summer Squall, and finished fourth without Lasix in the Belmont Stakes to the Irish colt Go And Go. In the fall, ridden by Day, Unbridled won the 1¼ mile Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont Park in 2:02.20 minutes. His performances for the year earned him the prestigious Eclipse Award as champion three-year-old male of 1990.

When Unbridled won the Derby, a network television camera in the Churchill Downs stands captured his trainer, Carl Nafzger, giving the horse's elderly owner, Frances Genter, a stretch call because of her poor vision. Nafzger shouted, "He's going to win! He's going to win!  Oh, Mrs. Genter, I love you!"

Racing as a four-year-old, Unbridled won the Deputy Minister Handicap at Gulfstream Park and placed second behind Summer Squall in the Fayette Handicap at Keeneland Race Course. Unbridled lost four of six meetings with rival Summer Squall.

Stud record
Unbridled sired 292 runners that produced 183 winners (38 of those stakes winners) out of 437 foals, earning over $31 million by 2000. Ten of his offspring were Grade I stakes winners, four were classic winners, and three received Eclipse Awards. Unbridled is the last Kentucky Derby winner to sire another Derby winner: Grindstone, that won the Kentucky Derby in 1996.

Unbridled is also the last stallion to have sired at least one winner in each of the American Triple Crown races (first for each listed): Grindstone, Kentucky Derby, 1996; Red Bullet, Preakness Stakes, 2000; and Empire Maker, Belmont Stakes, 2003.

Some of Unbridled's other offspring include:
 * Colts/Horses: Unbridled's Song, Eddington, Anees, Unshaded, Saarland, Mustanfar, Symphony Sid, Rebridled, Malabar Gold, Unbridled Jet, Unbridled's Image, Niigon, Greed is Good, Wheelaway, Unrestricted, Broken Vow, Pupil, and Uncoupled.
 * Fillies/Mares: Banshee Breeze, Halfbridled, Exogenous, Santa Catarina, Surya, Lady Ballade, Happily Unbridled, Boom Town Girl, Unrestrained, Manistique, and Belterra.

Unbridled was grandsire through Unbridled's Song of the filly Eight Belles, who finished second at the 2008 Kentucky Derby but broke both front pasterns at the finish and was euthanized on the track, and of the colt Arrogate, who won the 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic and placed first in the World's Best Racehorse Rankings for that year. By his daughter Oatsee, he was also the broodmare sire of Shackleford, winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes.

One of Grindstone's foals, Birdstone, upset Smarty Jones to win the 2004 Belmont Stakes. Birdstone, in turn, sired Mine That Bird, a gelding that won the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and Summer Bird, a colt that won the 2009 Belmont Stakes. Empire Maker, which won the 2003 Belmont Stakes, sired Pioneerof the Nile, who placed behind his cousin Mine That Bird in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and eventually sired American Pharoah, the first-ever winner of the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing in 2015. American Pharoah gave Unbridled the honour of four generations of Triple Crown race winners.

Death
In September 2001, Unbridled underwent two operations at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, near Lexington, Kentucky, to be treated for intestinal issues. He underwent his first surgery on September 21, where three feet of his intestine was removed. Five days removed from the first surgery, he suffered a setback, and underwent a second surgery on September 26. Unbridled recovered again and was sent home to Claiborne Farm on October 8. On October 19, 2001, at 6:00 PM, Unbridled was euthanized at the clinic after a severe bout of colic, with his condition being deemed inoperable.

Unbridled was laid to rest at Claiborne Farm.

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Culture of Armenia

The culture of Armenia encompasses many elements that are based on the geography, literature, architecture, dance, and music of the Armenian people. Armenia is a majority Christian country in the Caucasus.

Literature
Armenian literature began in 405 A.D. when Mesrop Mashtots created the Armenian alphabet, according to tradition, probably basing it on the Pahlavi and Greek alphabets. Movses Khorenatsi (Moses of Khorene) was a prominent Armenian writer of the 5th century and the author of the History of the Armenians.

Modern writers include the Russian-Armenian author, poet, and philosopher Mikael Nalbandian, who worked to create a new Armenian literary identity in the 19th century.

Dance
From the fifth to the third millennia B.C., in the higher regions of Armenia there are rock paintings of scenes of country dancing.

The energetic Armenian Yarkhushta is a martial dance mentioned in the medieval works of Movses Khorenatsi, Faustus of Byzantium, and Grigor Magistros. It has traditionally been danced by Armenian soldiers before combat engagements, partly for ritualistic purposes, and partly in order to cast off fear and boost battle spirit.

The dance is performed by men, who face each other in pairs. The key element of the dance is a forward movement when participants rapidly approach one another and vigorously clap onto the palms of hands of dancers in the opposite row.

Architecture
Classical Armenian architecture is divided into four separate periods. The first Armenian churches were built between the 4th and 7th centuries, beginning when the Armenian monarchy converted to Christianity and ending with the Arab invasion of Armenia. The early churches were mostly simple basilicas, some with side apses. By the 5th century the typical cupola cone in the center had become widely used. By the 7th century, centrally-planned churches were built with a more complicated niched buttress and radiating Hripsime style. By the time of the Arab invasion most of classical Armenian architecture had formed.

Carpets
Various rug fragments have been excavated in Armenia dating back to the 7th century BC or earlier. Complete rugs, or nearly complete rugs of this period have not yet been found. The oldest, single, surviving knotted carpet in existence is the Pazyryk carpet. Although claimed by many cultures, this square tufted carpet, almost perfectly intact, is considered by many experts to be of Caucasian, specifically Armenian, origin. The rug is woven using the Armenian double knot, and the red filaments color was made from Armenian cochineal. Traditionally, since ancient times the carpets were used in Armenia to cover floors, decorate interior walls, sofas, chairs, beds and tables. The Armenian words for carpet are "karpet" (Armenian: կարպետ) or "gorg" (Armenian: գորգ). Though both words in Armenian are synonymous, word "karpet" is mostly used for non-pile rugs and "gorg" is for a pile carpet. Though women historically dominated carpet-weaving in Armenian communities, several prominent carpet-weavers in Karabakh are known to have been men, and in some cases whole families took up the art. The oldest extant Armenian carpet from the region, referred to as Artsakh during the medieval era, is from the village of Banants (near Gandzak) and dates to the early 13th century. The first time that the Armenian word for pile carpets, gorg, was used in historical sources was in a 1242-1243 Armenian inscription on the wall of the Kaptavan Church in Artsakh.

Art historian Hravard Hakobyan notes that "Artsakh carpets occupy a special place in the history of Armenian carpet-making. Common themes and patterns found on Armenian carpets were the depiction of dragons and eagles. They were diverse in style, rich in color and ornamental motifs, and were even separated in categories depending on what sort of animals were depicted on them, such as artsvagorgs (eagle-carpets), vishapagorgs (dragon-carpets) and otsagorgs (serpent-carpets). The rug mentioned in the Kaptavan inscriptions is composed of three arches, "covered with vegatative ornaments", and bears an artistic resemblance to the illuminated manuscripts produced in Artsakh.

The art of carpet weaving was in addition intimately connected to the making of curtains as evidenced in a passage by Kirakos Gandzaketsi, a 13th-century Armenian historian from Artsakh, who praised Arzu-Khatun, the wife of regional prince Vakhtang Khachenatsi, and her daughters for their expertise and skill in weaving.

Armenian carpet was also renowned by foreigners who traveled to Artsakh; the Arab geographer and historian Al-Masudi noted that, among other works of art, he had never seen such carpets elsewhere in his life.

Art
The National Art Gallery in Yerevan has more than 16,000 works that date back to the Middle Ages. The National Gallery of Armenia, Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, and the Matenadaran are three examples of museums displaying various forms of visual art.

Lacemaking
Like Lacis, Armenian needlelace seems to be an obvious descendant of netmaking. Where lacis adds decorative stitches to a net ground, Armenian needlelace involves making the net itself decorative. There is some archaeological evidence suggesting the use of lace in prehistoric Armenia and the prevalence of pre-Christian symbology in traditional designs would certainly suggest a pre-Christian root for this art form. In contrast to Europe where lace was the preserve of the nobility, in Armenia it decorated everything from traditional headscarves to lingerie. Thus lacemaking was part of many women's lives.

Theater
Born in Cairo, Egypt, Atom Egoyan is now an internationally known filmmaker who is celebrated for his contemporary work, including personal feature films and other related projects. He is the winner of many awards at international film festivals, such as the Grand Prix and international Critics' Awards from the Cannes Film Festival and two Academy Award nominations for "The Sweet Hereafter". Egoyan has also worked in the television and theatre industries, producing Wagner's Die Walkure which was performed by the Canadian Opera Company in April 2004. Egoyan's creation Ararat (2002) is about the 1915 Armenian Genocide perpetrated by Turks in the Turkish Ottoman Empire. It depicts the consequences and suffering of a child survivor Arshile Gorky, and is an incredibly made-movie for both Armenians and non-Armenians.

Music
One of the most important parts of Armenian culture is the music, which has brought new forms of music in recent years, while maintaining traditional styles too. This is evidenced by the world-class Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra that performs at the beautifully refurbished Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in the Yerevan Opera House, where one can also attend a full season of opera. In addition, several chamber ensembles are highly regarded for their musicianship, including the Komitas Quartet, Hover Chamber Choir, National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia and the Serenade Orchestra. Classical music can also be heard at one of several smaller venues, including the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory, the Komitas Chamber Music Hall and the Komitas Museum. Jazz is popular in Armenia, especially in the summer when live performances are a regular occurrence at one of the city's many outdoor cafés and parks. Armenian rock has made its input to the rock culture. The most known Armenian traditional instrument is the Ծիրանափող, meaning apricot flute, also known as duduk ( or doo-dook).

Modern day Armenian artists have incorporated folk music into more modern jazz and rock genres so that the traditional music still influences their creations, such as Zartong a late 70's Armenian progressive folk band based out of France.

Inga and Anush Arshakyans are an unexpected duo who create ethno, contemporary tracks that are also full of Armenian spirit. After graduating from the Yerevan State Conservatory, the singers started performing together on the professional stage in 2000. Later, in 2009 Inga & Anush represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. They ended up taking the tenth place with 92 points. Their music is a balanced fusion of Armenian folk music, rock, jazz and other contemporary genres.

Another singer from Yerevan, Armenia who is popular among young adults is Armen Gondrachyan, more famously known as 'Armenchik'. The influence of his father, who was also a singer, inspired Armen to start singing at the young age of seven. In 1989, Armen and his family moved to the United States, while in 1995, at the age of fifteen, he found a band and recorded his first album. In 1988, Armen went back to his hometown in Armenia and lived there for a year, and at the same time released the album, "Armen, memories from Armenia." This release initiated his path to star-dom. With his current fame, Armen is still very dedicated to the Armenian community. It was in October 2003 that he had his first concert in Glendale, California. The concert was a sellout, and in that same year, Armen received an award for the best-selling album of the year, "Anunt Inche".

Isabel Bayrakdarian is an opera singer of Armenian descent and is now known and popular both among Armenians and non-Armenians. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in biomedical engineering, but has become very successful in North America as an opera singer and an active concertizer. She is featured on the Grammy-award-winning soundtrack of the film, the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Bayrakdarian is also the winner of four Juno Awards for Best Classical Album (Vocal). Further, she is a featured vocalist of Atom Egoyan's movie, Ararat, in collaboration with the band "Delerium", which brought in another Grammy nomination.

Şahan Arzruni is an internationally renowned concert pianist, born in Istanbul, Turkey. Through his live performances and sound recordings he has disseminated the Armenian piano music throughout the world. He has some two dozen recordings, devoted mostly to the works of Armenian composer. Arzruni is also an author, a lecturer, a producer and impresario. He has been awarded two medals by the Armenian government for furthering Armenian culture. He lives in New York City.

Since 2014, The Naghash Ensemble has been touring in Europe performing new music by American-Armenian composer John Hodian based on sacred Armenian poetry by the medieval painter, poet and priest Mkrtich Naghash. With three female vocalists, duduk, oud, dhol and piano, The Naghash Ensemble combines new classical music and post-minimaslism with Armenian folk and spiritual music.

Cinema

Soviet Armenia (1924) was the first Armenian documentary film. Namus was the first Armenian silent black and white film (1926, ), directed by Hamo Beknazarian and based on a play of Alexander Shirvanzade describing the ill fate of two lovers, who were engaged by their families to each other since childhood, but because of violations of namus (a tradition of honor), the girl was married by her father. In 1969, Sergei Parajanov created The Color of Pomegranates.

Cuisine
Armenian cuisine is as ancient as the history of Armenia, a combination of different tastes and aromas. The food often has quite a distinct smell. Closely related to eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, various spices, vegetables, fish, and fruits combine to present unique dishes. Armenia is also famous for its wine and brandy. In particular, Armenian cognac is renowned worldwide (winner of several awards), and was considered by the late British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, as his favourite. It has often been referred to as the food of today.

A very important aspect of the Armenian cuisine is the traditional bread called Lavash. In 2014, "Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia" was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The Armenian soup, Khash, also has its own, unique place in the Armenian cuisine. The name khash originates from the Armenian verb khashél (Armenian: խաշել), which means "to boil." The dish, initially called khashoy, is mentioned by a number of medieval Armenian authors, e.g. Grigor Magistros (11th century), Mkhitar Heratsi (12th century), Yesayi Nchetsi (13th century), etc.

The pomegranate, with its symbolic association with fertility represents that nation. The apricot is the national fruit. Since Roman times, the apricot was known as Prunus Armeniaca, literally translated as " Armenian Plum". According to encyclopedia.com,"A popular Armenian drink to this day is tan, a mixture of water and soured yogurt".

Language
The Armenian language dates to the early period of Indo-European differentiation and dispersion some 5000 years ago, or perhaps as early as 7,800 years ago according to some recent research. Trade and conquest forced the language to change, adding new words into the people's vocabulary. Literature and books written in Armenian appeared by the 4th century. The written language of that time, called classical Armenian or Grabar, remained the Armenian literary language, with various changes, until the 19th century. Meanwhile, spoken Armenian developed independently of the written language. Many dialects appeared when Armenian communities became separated by geography or politics, and not all of these dialects are mutually intelligible. English is a popular language in the business world.

Religion
The dominant religion in Armenia is Christianity and the Armenian Apostolic Church is the national church of Armenia.

Sports
A wide array of sports are played in Armenia. Football is the most popular sport in Armenia. Other popular sports are wrestling, weightlifting, judo, chess, and boxing. Armenia's mountainous terrain provides great opportunities for the practice of sports like skiing and rock climbing. Being a landlocked country, water sports can only be practiced on lakes, notably Lake Sevan. Competitively, Armenia has been very successful at chess, weightlifting, and wrestling at the international level. Armenia is also an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Federation of International Bandy (FIB), and International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It also hosts the Pan-Armenian Games.

In Post-Soviet countries, the Armenian football players are well known for their skills and well developed techniques. This is mainly due to the success of the Armenian players such as, Khoren Hovhannisyan, Eduard Markarov, Levon Ishtoyan, Nikita Simonyan, etc. One of the biggest successes of Armenian club was the took place in the golden year of 1973, where the famous Armenian club Ararat Yerevan took both, the title of the Soviet Top League and the Soviet Cup.

Since independence, Armenia has been very successful in chess. Armenia's men team have won the Chess Olympiad 3 times, making them 5th most successful team in chess world history. Famous chess players, such as Tigran Petrosyan and Garry Kasparov are both of Armenian origins.

Books

 * Nina G. Garsoïan. Church and Culture in Early Medieval Armenia. — Ashgate, 1999.
 * Vrej Nersessian, Tim Greenwood. Art of the Armenians. — Sam Fogg, 2004.
 * Nira Stone, Michael E. Stone. The Armenians: Art, Culture and Religion. — Chester Beatty Library, 2007.

On folktales:
 * Seklemian, A. G. The Golden Maiden and Other Folk Tales and Fairy Stories Told in Armenia. Cleveland and New York: The Helman-Taylor Company. 1898.
 * Macler, Frédéric. Contes arméniens. Paris: Ernest Leroux Editeurs. 1905.
 * Hoogasian-Villa, Susie. 100 Armenian Tales and Their Folkloristic Relevance. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. 1966.
 * Surmelian, Leon. Apples of Immortality: Folktales of Armenia. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1968.
 * Downing, Charles. Armenian Folk-tales and Fables. London: Oxford University Press. 1972. ISBN 0-19-274117-9.
 * Avakian, Anne M. Armenian Folklore Bibliography. University of California Press. 1994. ISBN 9780520097940.

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Hi. It's completely useless putting this notice on without the submitter putting something on the talk page about why its been put on. I take it the notice is about the sexual practice. Try the urban dictionary link http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tip+drill&r=f. Thanks - Master Of Ninja 07:52, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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How does this belong in the Wikipedia? It's not Encyclopedic, in fact it's slang that isn't even in comon usage. This whole entry should be deleted bobcooley 09:46, 07 DEC 2005 (UTC)

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copied from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject hip hop.  Λυδ α  cιτγ (TheJabberwock) 03:35, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I am teaching a class on hip hop and we were discussing Nelly's "Tip Drill" video; I told the students that my understanding of the term was that it was, first, a basketball term, and then, as used in the video, meant basically gang bang, as opposed to "butterhead," which I think I left in the definition, although without use of that particular slur term. Anyway, several of my students informed me that the term meant "throwing cash at," as in throwing (or drilling) out cash as a tip (which you do see numerous times in the video). I told them I'd check on this and make corrections to the Wikipedia entry -- which led to a great discussion on the integrity of Wikipedia, but I digress. Any feedback on this, including whether I should have posted this elsewhere, would be appreciated. Thanks. Dr. B 02:59, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

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Too bad this was not shown in the U.S., im shure it would've been season four of the transformers if it did. Luna191 19:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

You should see the current dub, even though you probably won't see this since it's been well over a year. The Headmasters dub is Godawful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.132.122 (talk) 01:36, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

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Headmaster using Internet comments
In the episode "Headmaster", has anyone heard that the headmaster was using "internet words" during some battle scenes? 70.45.160.124 (talk) 00:00, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

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 * Interestingly, however, Furman would also take Scorponok and Lord Zarak in a different direction. Where with other Transformers, he clearly kept the Nebulan and Transformer minds distinct, in the case of Scorponok, Lord Zarak's personality appeared to eventually completely supplant Scorponok's own - although he would refer to himself as Scorponok, in his private thoughts, he considered himself only to be Zarak. This led to the fears and doubts which eventually resulted in his alliance with Optimus Prime, and, in his attempt at redemption, he attacked Unicron with his bare hands and was melted by the chaos-bringer's fire breath.

It was Scorponok, not Lord Zarak, who attacked Unicron with his bare hands. However, if the last sentence was changed to mention this, then it would lose the connection between Lord Zarak's personality and Scorponok's actions - it would not be directly clear what caused what. How should this be written? J I P | Talk 15:20, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

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"In the winter of 2005, Fine by Me became a non-profit registered in New York." commented out of article. Winter of 2005??? Plus website says it has only applied for (501c3) status. My crystal ball is in the shop right now, but I don't think it can even predict the future that well on a good day! … G u y M … (soapbox) 07:55, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

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Hi Guy,

Thanks for the email and I'm happy Fine By Me has been added to Wikipedia. The correct style is Fine By Me (first letters all capitalized). I will take a look at the link today and edit the entry as you suggested. Thanks again for getting in touch!

Lucas Schaefer Fine By Me Inc.
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Banalata Sen

Banalata Sen (বনলতা সেন) is a Bengali poem written in 1942 by the poet Jibanananda Das that is one of the most read, recited and discussed poems of Bengali literature. The title of this lyric poem is a female character referred to by name in the last line of each of its three stanzas. A draft of the poem was also discovered that widely differs from the final version. Poet Jibanananda Das was a quiet person, who preferred to live in obscurity. Until the discovery of his diaries in the mid-1990s, it was considered unlikely that he could have been in love with a woman, with or without the name of Banalata Sen. However, Banalata Sen of Natore, a tiny town in the Rajshahi area of what was then Bengal, has become an emblem of feminine mystery as well as beauty and love.

Introductory notes
"Banalata Sen" was composed by Jibanananda Das in 1934 when he was living in Calcutta, at a time in his life when he had lost his job of Assistant Lecturer at the City College, Kolkata. The relevant manuscript was discovered and labelled Book-8 while preserved in the National Library of Calcutta; the poem occurs on page 24 of this manuscript. It was first published in the December 1935 issue of the poetry magazine Kavita, edited by poet Buddhadeva Bose. It is also the first poem of his third collection of poetry published in 1942 under the title Banalata Sen. Earlier, the lyric was collected in Modern Bengali Poetry, jointly edited by Abu Sayeed Ayub and Hirendranath Mukhopadhyaya, published in 1939. Although popularly regarded a romantic lyric, the poet's historical sense of human existence is unmistakably the underlying essence.

Description
The poem consists of three stanzas each comprising six lines composed in the Bengali metrical pattern Aksherbritta or Poyar. The title of this lyric poem, Banalata Sen, is a female character referred to by name in the last line of each of its three stanzas. The poem is self-narrated by an unnamed traveller. Banalata Sen is the name of a woman whom the poem describes as being from the town of Natore, a town in Bangladesh.

In the first stanza the traveller describes seeing her after having wandered upon the earth over thousands of years. The narrator says that it has been a thousand years since he started trekking the earth. He describes it as a long journey in night's darkness from the Ceylonese waters to the Malayan seas. From this geographical expanse he goes on to the extent of time, saying that, in the course of his wanderings he has traversed the fading world of Bimbisara and Ashoka. He adds that he went further, to the forgotten city of Vidharbha. Finally he speaks of himself as now being a weary soul although the ocean of life around continues to foam and adds that in the meanwhile he had a few soothing moments with Natore's Banalata Sen.

In the second stanza the traveller describes Banalata Sen. First he compares her hair with the dark night of long-lost Vidisha. Then he compares her face with the fine sculpture of Sravasti. Then the traveller-narrator recollects that when he saw her in the shadow it was like a mariner whose ship was wrecked in a faraway sea spotting verdant land among barren islands. In the first encounter Banalata Sen, raising her comforting eyes, inquires of him, “Where had you been lost all these days?”

In the third stanza the traveller returns from geography and history and recalls Banalata Sen with emotion. He says that when at the day's end evening crawls in like the sound of dews and the kite shakes off the smell of sun from its wings; and, then, when all colours take leave from the world except for the flicker of the hovering fireflies as all birds come home and rivers retire, a time comes when all transactions of the day are done. Then nothing remains but darkness when the traveller would like to sit face-to-face with Banalata Sen and share with her his ballad of stories.

The poet-narrator proceeds by alluding to different mythological and ancient persons, places and events. He describes having wandered from the Ceylonese ocean to the seas of Malaya, having travelled in Ancient India in the times of Emperor Bimbisara, and centuries later, in the times of Ashoka the Great. He describes having wandered in darkness in the ancient cities of Vidarbha and Vidisha, yet, for his tired soul, the only moment of peace in any age was with Banalata Sen of Natore.

The lyric Banalata Sen is the most representative of the essence of Jibanananda's poetry and exemplifies his use of imagery. The weary traveller is an interactive motif in his poetry. The poem itself uses four key images comprehensively, namely the darkness, flowing water, passage of time, and a woman. Jibanananda progressively develops these same four images throughout the poem, metamorphosing these from remoteness to intimacy, dimness to distinction and from separation to union.

Choosing the name
Banalata is a feminine name in the Bengali language that would have been fashionable in the Bengali middle class Bhadralok community of Jibanananda's  parents' generation. The surname "Sen" ordinarily denotes the vaidya caste to which Jibanananda's own family belonged before they became Brahmo. Natore is a small mofussil town, now in Bangladesh, that developed during the Colonial era at a time that a number of towns developed throughout Bengal, spurred by the colonial economy and social changes. That places her as a contemporary woman, but Jibanananda describes her in terms of forgotten and classical locations, essentially portraying her as 'timeless'. She is as much as a spirit as a woman. Popularly, she is an emblem of beauty. Famous Indian painters who have tried to capture Banalata Sen in their works include Ganesh Paine and Jogen Chaudhuri. Banalata Sen is a recurrent theme in Jibanananda's work. Jibanananda's poetry, with his characteristic rich tapestry of imagery, repeatedly portrays the image of human fulfillment personified by a woman—in this poem Banalata Sen. For a long time it has been held that no-one like Banalata Sen actually existed in Jibanananda's life. However, Jibanananda first used this name in Karubasona, by and large an autobiographical novel he wrote in 1932 which was never discussed. The novel was first published in 1986 many years after his death in 1954. There Banalata, a young maiden, happens to be the neighbour of the protagonist.

Poe's To Helen
Often Jibanananda's Banalata Sen has been compared with To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe. In a certain sense, Banalata Sen is akin to "To Helen". However, while Helen's beauty is the central theme in Poe's work, for Jibanananda, Banalata Sen is merely a framework to hold his anxiety for apparently endless human existence on earth since primordial time. She has occurred with various names like Shaymoli, Sobita, Suronjana, etc. However, one can see that while Poe has ended by appreciating the beauty of a woman, Jibanananda has gone far deeper and on the landscape of a woman's beauty has painted the expanse of human existence both in terms of time and topography, drawing attention to the ephemeral existence of human beings. Unlike the poetry of many others, Jibanananda's poetry is the result of filtered interaction between emotions and intellect. In the endless tumultuous continuum of 'time' Banalata Sen is a dot of quietude and tranquillity. Banalata Sen is a feminine emblem that Jibanananda created in his virtual world and faced on many occasions with wonder and questions as embodied in different poems. In sum, although popularly regarded a romantic lyric, the poet's historical sense of human existence is unmistakably the underlying essence.

Translation into English
Starting with poet Jibanananda Das himself, Banalata Sen has been translated into English by many hands. They include Martin Kirkman, one with the initials S.D., Puroshuttam Das together with Shamosri Das, P. Lal, Mary Lago in collaboration with Tarun Gupta, Pritish Nandy,  Chidananda Dasgupta, Ananda Lal, Clinton B. Seely, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Anupam Banerjee, Hayat Saif, Fakrul Alam, Anjana Basu,  Joe Winter, Ron. D K Banergjee, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Arun Sarker, Amitabha Mukerjee, Santanu Sinha Chaudhuri, Shamik Bose and Tanmoy Sanyal. A comparison of the translations reflect difference in understanding and interpretation as perceived by the translators. In certain points, interpretation by the translator differs from that of the poet himself, as reflected in his own translation.

There is one instance where all translators, except one, have decidedly diverted from the temporal sense of the text. The first line haajaar bochor dhore aami path haatitechi prithibir pothey is in present perfect continuous tense. Most translations have rendered this either into simple past tense or present perfect tense. Oblivious of the continuity of the act Martin Kirkman translated : A thousand years I have wandered upon the earth. Amitabha Mukerjee translated : A thousand years I have walked these paths. Sukanta Chaudhuri rendered : I have walked the roads across the earth's breast for a thousand years. Ananda Lal also used present perfect tense : I have walked the paths of earth for thousands of years. Now the translation by Joydeep Bhattacharya : I have walked earth's byways for millennia. Fakrul Alam followed suit by writing : For a thousand years I have walked the ways of the world.

On the contrary, Clinton B. Seely used simple past tense : For thousands of years I roamed the paths of this earth. Joe Winter translated : For thousands of years Earth's path has been my path. This is in line with Jibanananda Das himself who translated like : Long I have been a wanderer of this world. Anjana Basu's translation is not comparable here and hence excluded.

It is Anupam Banerji who maintained the literal sense of the poem (1998) and wrote in translation : For ages I have been walking the paths of this earth. A recent translation by Arun Sarkar again considers present perfect continuous tense : For thousand years I have been walking all over the world. Recently, a translation by Shamik Bose, runs like 'For a thousand years I have been walking upon the bosom of my earth'.

In 2008, Clinton B. Seely improved on his original translation and used present perfect continuous tense.

Translation into Hindi
Several translations of this poem are available in Hindi. Translations by Prayag Shukla, Sameer Baran Nandi and Nirmal Kumar Chakraborty are notable ones. Almost unknown in literary circles, Sushil Kumar Jha has also attempted to translate Banalata Sen into Hindi retaining the essence of the poem in its true spirit.

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President of Turkmenistan

The president of Turkmenistan (Türkmenistanyň prezidenti), officially the president and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the supreme commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan and heads the State Security Council.

Serdar Berdimuhamedow is the current president of Turkmenistan, the third in the history of the country since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. He succeeded his father, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow when the latter stepped down in 2022 after a reign of 15 years, the first president to do so. In the 2022 election, Berdimuhamedow received 72.97% of the country's popular vote against nine other candidates. The country passed reforms in 2016 eliminating term limits for the presidency and removing the previous age requirement of below 70, as well as extending the term from five to seven years.

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Requirements for candidates for president of Turkmenistan include the following:

 * Must have been born in Turkmenistan
 * Must be fluent in Turkmen
 * Must be at least 40 years old
 * Must have resided in Turkmenistan for the past 15 consecutive years
 * Must be employed

The powers of the president of Turkmenistan may be terminated in accordance with article 57 of the Turkmen constitution in the event of:
 * Inability to perform their duties due to illness
 * Violation of the constitution and public laws
 * A vote of no confidence in the president

Should the president be removed from office as well as the in event of death or resignation, the chairman of the Assembly is legally appointed as acting president, with elections being held no later than 60 days after the fact. This has never taken place; in 2006, when Turkmenistan's only presidential vacancy occurred due to Nyýazow's death in office, the State Security Council of Turkmenistan transferred the right to act as President to the first deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers on an ad-hoc basis. The requirement that an acting president does not have the right to run for president was also dropped.

Residence
The Oguzkhan Presidential Palace is the principal residence/workplace of the president, located on Independence Square in Ashgabat. The various halls of the palace are used to receive foreign leaders and sign presidential decrees. Former President Saparmyrat Nyýazow owned a private residence in an official residence in Arshabil, a town 28 kilometres outside of Ashgabat.

Transport and security
The president of Turkmenistan utilises a specially made Boeing 777-200LR, painted in the national colours, during international and regional visits. These planes are provided by Turkmenistan Airlines. The president employs a Mercedes-Benz S-Class vehicle to transport him throughout the capital city. On some occasions, the vehicle is escorted by a mounted troop from the armed forces. The president also utilises trains to transport them from one place to another.

The ' Presidential Security Service (Prezidentiniň howpsuzlyk gullugy) is responsible for ensuring the protection and security of the president. Established in November 1990, it is a direct reporting body of the President of Turkmenistan. In the early 1990s, the Presidential Security Service was removed from the National Security Committee and transformed into an independent body. On 23 September 1994, the Law of Turkmenistan "On the operative-search activity" came into force, according to which one of the main tasks of the service is to ensure the security of the President of Turkmenistan. During state visits to foreign countries, the service provides at least 10 agents to protect the president. The Presidential Security Service is organised in the following way:

 * Secretariat
 * Duty Division
 * 1st Division (Personal guard of the president)
 * 2nd Division
 * 3rd Division
 * 4th Division
 * Special Operations Regiment
 * 1st Battalion
 * 2nd Battalion
 * 3rd Battalion

The Presidential Security Service is currently composed of 2,000 employees.

Constitution of Turkmenistan
The Constitution of Turkmenistan adopted on 18 May 1992 is the supreme law of Turkmenistan (Article 5). In its preamble, the Constitution emphasizes self-determination for the Turkmen people, as well as the rule of law and rights for citizens. (See also Human rights in Turkmenistan).

The 1992 constitution was amended in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2006. It was amended on 26 September 2008, abolishing the 2,500-member People's Council (Halk Maslahaty) and expanding the elected Assembly (Mejlis) from 65 to 125 members. A new constitution was adopted on 14 September, 2016. State Flag and Constitution Day is celebrated on 18 May.

Constitution of the Turkmen SSR
There were three Constitutions of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, enacted in 1927, 1937, and 1978. The last was superseded by the modern Constitution of Turkmenistan, which came into force in 1992. It has since been amended in 2008 and 2016.

Section 1
Section 1 of the 2008 Constitution is composed of 17 articles (15 articles in the 1992 Constitution). Article 1 describes Turkmenistan as a secular democracy and presidential republic. The sovereignty and the territorial integrity of the state are inviolable and indivisible. Article 3 proclaims individual rights and dignity as a value protected by the state. Article 8 states that foreign residents and persons without citizenship enjoy the same rights as the citizens of Turkmenistan subject to existing laws and international agreements. Among the rights specifically enumerated are the right to property (article 9) and freedom of religion (article 12; article 11 in the 1992 Constitution).

Article 4 endorses a separation of powers, including judicial independence. Article 14 (13 in the 1992 Constitution) establishes the Turkmen language as the official language and article 17 (15 in the 1992 Constitution) confirms Ashgabat as the capital city.

Two new articles added in the 2008 Constitution declare the state's commitment to the market economy, including encouragement of small and medium-sized business (Article 10), and specify the administrative division of the country into welayats (provinces), cities with the status of welayat, etraps (districts), towns with etrap status, towns in an etrap, and villages of different levels (Article 16, supersedes Article 47 in the 1992 Constitution).

Section 2
Section 2 outlines rights of individuals and citizens. Civil and political rights include equality rights (article 19; 1992:17), sex equality (article 20; 1992:18), freedom from cruel and unusual punishment (article 23; 1992:21), and freedom of movement (article 26; 1992:24). Social and economic rights include the right to work (article 33; 1992:31), the right to rest (article 34; 1992:32), and the right to education (article 38; 1992:35). Other social rights include the right to health care, the right to old-age pension, and the right to disability benefits (articles 35, 37; 1992:33, 34). A new article added in the 2008 Constitution (article 36) establishes the right to environmental quality and charges the state with the responsibility for preserving natural resources and protecting the environment.

Article 21 (1992:19) states that the exercise of individual rights and freedoms should not impinge on the rights and freedoms of other individuals and can be limited by considerations of morality, law, and public order. Article 22 declares that everybody has the right to life and that capital punishment is abolished in Turkmenistan. The 1992 Constitution allowed capital punishment, but only for "the heaviest of crimes" (article 20), and this provision was subsequently annulled by a 1999 presidential decree that abolished capital punishment. Finally, Section 2 lists some obligations on citizens, including serving in the military (article 41; 1992:38) and paying taxes (article 42; 1992:39).

Section 3
Section 3 describes the organs of government in Turkmenistan. The state power is vested with the President, the Mejlis (Parliament or Assembly), the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Supreme Court of Turkmenistan (Article 48). The People's Council of Turkmenistan (Halk Maslahaty), which figured prominently in the 1992 Constitution (Chapter 2 of Section 3), was abolished in the 2008 Constitution.

Articles 50-58 of the 2008 Constitution (54-61 of the 1992 Constitution) describe the powers of the President of Turkmenistan. The President is the head of state and also the head of government (Article 50). The President is in charge of Turkmenistan's foreign policy and is the country's commander-in-chief (Article 53). In addition to signing laws enacted by Mejlis, he may issue Presidential decrees that have the power of law in Turkmenistan (Article 54).

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One more thing needed to complete the article, the MJ-12 logo from the game (like the one in the terminals), any ideas?-Dynamo_ace
 * I'm on it :D--Codenamecuckoo 17:45, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

MIB
I cleaned some stuff up about the MIBs. I don't know where in the game it suggests they have gray skin in relation to the grays, since there are several memos that mention their albino skin and the subsequent garb. They are not androids, because they are the series of augmented/engineered humans that follows the nanotech Dentons. From one of the memos:

The Series P trials have so far produced excellent results, and I continue to believe that our physiopharmaceutical approach to agent augmentation to be ''superior to mechanical augmentation - and possibly even equivalent to nanotech augmentation - at a fraction of the cost and effort.

And...

''We're continuing in our attempts to isolate the source of the albino traits, but so far the simple addition of sunglasses and dark clothing appear to have resolved the problem in a practical fashion.''--4.254.115.103 03:11, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought they were androids till I fought them they bleed plus though I thout they were reffering to JC after all he wears sunglasses and dark clothing. Jamhaw 16:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)jamhaw

Series P does not stand for Physiopharmaceutical!
Series P, N and L are different types of MIBs, not augmented agents. We can read:

''Key features from the Series N agent will also be carried over, including the self-termination mechanism. ''(...) If mortally wounded, the mechanism will activate and explode, ''eliminating any evidence of the agent and damaging nearby hostiles.

Nanotech agents don't explode when killed.

And one more word about the commandos. They're just wearing battle armors, instead of being augmented:

''You were asking for the specs of our new commando units this morning, so I've attached the relevant files. ''The short version is that most of the improvement in combat effectiveness comes ''from enhancements to their power armor developed here and in our labs in Zurich.

I'd edit it myself, but I don't want to rewrite entire article. --84.40.192.172 19:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Your conclusions are the result of logical fallacy. When you quoted that text, you left out a critical part of it which explains that the Series P's killswitch is a variation of the series N killswitch. The variation includes the killswitch being activated upon recieving a mortal wound. The variation of the killswitch may or may not include the explosion--since we've never seen a nanotech agent's slow-acting killswitch actually work, we have no way of knowing if it causes an explosion or not. Nanotech agents are, indeed, "Series N" agents. What Series L refers to is kind of ambiguous, but I think it may refer to mechanically augmented agents like Gunther and Anna.

As for the commandos being augmented, I doubt that they are augmented, but it certainly is possible. We really have no way of knowing. "Commando units" might mean some kind of powered armour, but it could just as easily refer to mechanical augmentations.

As for your assertion that P does not stand for physiopharmaceutical? I can't help but notice that this claim lacks an argument or any supporting evidence, as does the idea that there are three types of MiBs. The only "types" I've ever encountered are the males and the females. They're all pretty much identical.MVMosin 15:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Logical fallacy? I don't think so.

First thing, the game strictly separates the terms of killswitch (chemical or nanotech, activated by radio or sth), killphrase (explosive, activated by voice) and self-terminating mechanism (explosive, activated by agent's death). If nanotech agents really have explosives in them, why didn't UNATCO blow it immediately after the rebellion of Paul and JC?

''The modified explosive self-termination switch added in Series N has also proven highly effective in eliminating all traces of the Series P in the event that they are mortally wounded or otherwise unable to complete their mission objectives.

This quote states clearly, that the mechanism (explosive) was introducted in Series N agents. Even if JC and Paul had it, Gunther and Anna should not. And, as we all know, mechanical agents explode on death similarly to MiBs. Another quote:

''The Series P Agents are the logical continuation of research resulting from the Series N: the development of a human agent with enhanced capabilities and absolute loyalty, but without the non-standard appearance of mechanical augmentation or the unpredictability of nano-augmentation.

The conclusion is simple: Series N agents were designed to be more predictable than the nanotech guys. Do you still call it a lack of evidence?

And for the commandos - yes, we can't know for sure if they are really augmented. But mentioning about their augmentation (absolutely no proof) in the encyclopedia and not mentioning about their power suits is an exaggeration. --84.40.192.172 20:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I've edited the MJ12 Commando part. I think, it's turn to the better. --84.40.192.172 19:37, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Monster edit.
I just added a ton of content to the article. A lot of it is speculation, but if we cut everything out that wasn't speculation to some degree or another, this article would be a stub.

On that note, I added a make-shift "tag" to the top of the article, explaining that definite conclusions are a rarity in Deus Ex, and that the plot information would inevitably include speculation. I also made sure that all speculation in the article was open, so as to avoid presenting any theories as facts. Even things that are outright said to be facts within in-game text, for example, that the P in Series P stands for physiopharmaceutical, were presented as theories because nothing is necessarily what it claims to be in the world of Deus Ex.

Presenting it as theory in the article doesn't change anything, though; we all know it's the truth.

Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I really added a lot to the article, and it needs some serious copy-editing. Just a little formating, really, to keep it from being a Great Wall of China of Text.

One problem I really don't want to deal with after that monster of a revision, is that, when the article discussed the artificially produced organisms like Greasels, I expanded on this to include JC, Paul, and Alex Denton, as there is reasonable evidence to believe that Majestic 12 created all three of them. Still, though, I didn't state it as fact, only as theory.

Well, naturally, giving background on the Dentons required a mention of the Series P. So here's the problem... That information does tie in to that general region of the article, though it needs some serious formatting. However, there's another section devoted to the MiBs. I don't think it would hurt to repeat the information that's relating the Series Ps to the Series Ns in the section about the Series Ps. Right? It would be a little redundant but provide different contexts about the same subjects.MVMosin 15:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Also, I examined the word physiopharmaceutical, mentioned that it isn't a real word, and then linguistically cut it in two. I then left the possible meaning of the word open for reader speculation by... Well, by telling the truth. I just said that it's impossible to determine the meaning of the word in relation to actual Series P agents without gaining further context on them and/or the origin of the word.MVMosin 15:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry to tell you this, because it looks like you've put a great deal of effort into editing, but the section starting from "This information would be thought to shed light on the nature of the series P agents..." and ending at " ...which, if any, applies is impossible without some other context." was one of the most painfully drawn out admissions of lacking information I've read in a very, very long time. You spent lines and lines of text telling the reader you basically don't know what the word mean, or even what the word could potentially mean despite grammatical parsing. Being a bit more succinct can't hurt.

 * Also, paragraph breaks, please!
 * 154.20.115.35 05:21, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

 * It wasn't just one drawn out admission of ignorance. It was an admission of ignorance that included speculation as to possibilities. As for paragraph breaks, yes, you're absolutely right. I will edit accordingly the first change I get. MVMosin 23:24, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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Intense Live Series, Vol. 2

Intense Live Series, Vol. 2 (also known as Recorded Live, Vol. 2) is the first live album by the American Christian metal band Tourniquet. It was released on Intense Records in February 1993. It contains live recordings of material from the band's previous three studio albums, Stop the Bleeding (1990), Psycho Surgery (1991), and Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (1992), as well as covers of "The Tempter" from Trouble's Psalm 9 album and "The Messiah" from Bloodgood's Detonation album. Les Carlsen, Bloodgood's vocalist, was a special guest vocalist since Tourniquet vocalist Guy Ritter departed from the band prior to the recording of this album. Victor Macias, Gary Lenaire, and Erik Mendez also perform vocals. Session notes by Terry Taylor, the album's executive producer, and a biography of Tourniquet are included in the booklet. Intense Live Series, Vol. 2 was later included as part of the Intense Live Series compilation, which also contained Vol. 1 by Deliverance and Vol. 4 by Die Happy, and released on KMG Records in 1998.

Track listing

 * appears on Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (Metal Blade Records version (1993) and Collector's Edition remaster (2020))

Personnel
Tourniquet
 * Ted Kirkpatrick - drums, percussion
 * Gary Lenaire - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
 * Erik Mendez - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
 * Victor Macias - bass guitar, vocals

Guest musician
 * Les Carlsen (Bloodgood) - vocals

Additional personnel
 * Executive producer: Terry Taylor
 * Engineered by Gene Eugene
 * Recorded January 9 and 10, 1993 at The Green Room, California
 * Mixed January 17 and 18, 1993 at Mixing Lab A, Garden Grove, California
 * Mastered by Doug Doyle at Digital Brothers, California
 * Art direction: Brian Godawa
 * Design: Joe Potter
 * A&R direction: Matthew Duffy

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Work and Non Work

Work and Non Work is a compilation album by British indie electronic group Broadcast, released 9 June 1997 by Warp. The album compiled material from their early singles and The Book Lovers EP.

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Headmasters

Headmasters may refer to:

 * Headmaster (Transformers), a toy series
 * Transformers: The Headmasters an anime series
 * The Transformers: Headmasters, a comic series

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Talk:Disneyland Resort station

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Is this station on the border between Tsuen Wan and Islands districts? — Instantnood 07:59, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Protected?
Just wondering: Why is this page protected? I wanted to edit it to include links to other pages about the Disneyland Resort Line... Cheers --Mintchocicecream 23:10, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Giant Sand

Giant Sand (formerly Giant Sandworms) is an American musical group from Tucson, Arizona, United States. Its most constant member is singer-songwriter Howe Gelb. The groups have developed idiosyncratic sound rooted in alternative country, but touching on a wide range of other styles and featuring Gelb's beatnik-influenced vocals and songwriting. Since about 2012, they have also performed as Giant Giant Sand when featuring a larger ensemble than their traditional four to six musicians.

History
Howe Gelb, also a prolific solo artist, started the group as Giant Sandworms in the late 1970s in Tucson, Arizona. In 1980, an EP was released entitled Will Wallow and Roam After the Ruin. After which Gelb sacked the other members. 1983 saw the release of Valley of Rain on Enigma Records with the shortened name of Giant Sand. It had Scott Garber on bass, Winston Watson on drums for most tracks, with Tommy Larkins drumming on the others. By 1990, John Convertino had become the band's drummer. Multi-instrumentalist Joey Burns joined around that time. Convertino and Burns formed Calexico in 1996, later leaving the group to concentrate on that project. In 2004, saw the first release without Convertino and Burns; the Is All Over the Map album.

Members
Members have included keyboardist Chris Cacavas (of Green on Red), bassist Paula Jean Brown (who was briefly a member of The Go-Go's and was married to Gelb at the time), Mark Walton (of The Dream Syndicate and Continental Drifters), drummer Tom Larkins (later to become a Jonathan Richman sideman ) who rejoined Giant Sand in 2019 (without quitting Richman's band), and Iain Shedden, drummer with Australian band The Saints. For a long while the band's rhythm section consisted of John Convertino and Joey Burns. In the early 2000s Howe Gelb reinvented the band again – this time with players from Denmark.

Guest artists over the last three decades have included Victoria Williams, Neko Case, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, Vic Chesnutt, Steve Wynn, Vicki Peterson, Rainer Ptacek, M. Ward, Isobel Campbell, Ilse DeLange of The Common Linnets, nearly all members of the band Poi Dog Pondering, and Indiosa Patsy Jean (Gelb and Brown's daughter).

Giant Sand

 * 1985: Valley of Rain (Enigma Records)
 * 1986: Ballad of a Thin Line Man (Zippo)
 * 1988: Storm (What Goes On)
 * 1988: The Love Songs (Homestead)
 * 1989: Giant Sandwich (Homestead)
 * 1989: Long Stem Rant (Homestead)
 * 1990: Swerve (Demon)
 * 1991: Ramp (Restless/Rough Trade)
 * 1992: Center of the Universe (Restless)
 * 1993: Purge & Slouch (Brake Out)
 * 1993: Stromausfall (Return to Sender)
 * 1994: Glum (Imago)
 * 1995: Goods and Services (Brake Out)
 * 1995: Backyard Barbecue Broadcast (Koch)
 * 1997: Official Bootleg Series Volume 1: Build Your Own Night It's Easy (¡Epiphany!)
 * 2000: Chore of Enchantment (Loose)
 * 2000: Official Bootleg Series Volume 2: The Rock Opera Years (OW OM Finished Recorded Products)
 * 2001: Official Bootleg Series Volume 3: Unsungglum (OW OM Finished Recorded Products)
 * 2001: Selections Circa 1990–2000 (V2 Records Benelux)
 * 2002: Cover Magazine (Thrill Jockey)
 * 2002: Infiltration of Dreams (Mucchio Extra)
 * 2003: Official Bootleg Series Volume 5: Too Many Spare Parts in the Yard Too Close at Hand (OW OM Recorded Products)
 * 2004: Is All Over the Map (Thrill Jockey)
 * 2008: *proVISIONS* (Thrill Jockey)
 * 2008: Provisional Supplement (OW OM Recorded Products)
 * 2010: Blurry Blue Mountain (Fire)
 * 2015: Heartbreak Pass (New West)
 * 2018: Returns To Valley Of Rain (Fire)
 * 2019: Recounting The Ballads Of Thin Line Men (Fire)

Giant Giant Sand

 * 2012: Tucson: a Country Rock Opera (Fire)
 * 2016: Return to Tucson (Fire)

Melted Wires

 * 2010 Melted Wires (self-released)

Howe Gelb

 * 2011: Snarl Some Piano (Scatterland)

Filmography
Editing in DVD with the documentary "Sounds of Tucson" – Director Guillaume Dero – La Huit.
 * "Good Luck Suckers" Giant Sand's concert at the Trabendo in Paris – France 2016
 * Score for Ingenius (2011) – feature film with Jeremy Renner (Bleiberg Distribution)
 * High and Dry: Where the Desert Meets Rock and Roll (2006) – a documentary about Tucson musicians which includes music and interviews with Giant Sand members
 * Drunken Bees (1996) – a documentary about Giant Sand by Marianne Dissard.

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Repubblica

Repubblica (Republic in Italian) may refer to:

 * La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper
 * Repubblica (Milan Metro), a rail station in Milan, Italy
 * Milano Repubblica railway station, a station on the Milan Passante railway
 * Repubblica (fictional country), from the British TV series The Fast Show

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Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty

The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Riga, was signed on 11 August 1920 by representatives of the Republic of Latvia and Soviet Russia. It officially ended the Latvian War of Independence.

In Article II of the treaty, Soviet Russia recognised the independence of Latvia as inviolable "for all future time".

Timeline

 * 11 November 1918: The end of World War I
 * 18 November 1918: Republic of Latvia is proclaimed
 * 1 December 1918: The Red Army invades Latvia
 * 17 December 1918: The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic is formed
 * 13 January 1920: Government of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic resigns
 * 1 February 1920: A ceasefire between Russia and Latvia is signed
 * 11 August 1920: The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty is signed
 * 4 October 1920: Ratifications are exchanged in Moscow and the treaty goes into effect.

Background
After World War I, Soviet Russia wanted to regain Latvia, since it had once been a part of the Russian Empire. The Red Army invaded Latvia in 1918 after the Latvian prime minister, Karlis Ulmanis, declared its independence. The Red Army was able to capture the capital, Riga, and a Soviet Government replaced Ulmanis. Germany sent troops to help Latvia oust the Bolshevik troops, but after this was accomplished the Germans refused to leave, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. After the Estonian Army 3rd Division expelled the German troops, the Soviet troops once again advanced onto Riga. These troops were pushed out of Latvia by early 1920. A Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty then formally ended Latvia's War for Independence.

Provisions of the treaty
The treaty had twenty-three articles and dealt with the sovereignty of the state of Latvia. The first article stated that "The state of war existing between the Parties shall be ended as of the effective date of this Peace Treaty." Article 2 declared the independence and sovereignty of Latvia and Article 3 set the borders of the State of Latvia, while also creating deadlines by which foreign troops should leave. Articles 4-6 dealt with military affairs and war damage, Article 7 with provisions for the return of prisoners of war, should they desire to return. Articles 8 through 9 concerned citizenship, repatriation of refugees, and property claims. Adults aged 18 or older were free to choose either Latvian or Russian citizenship, the default being that individuals were citizens of the state in which they resided at the time the treaty was signed. Articles 11 through 16 dealt with reparations Russia was to make to the Latvian state and its citizens. Articles 17 and 18 dealt with commercial, transit, postal and navigation arrangements and Article 19 with diplomatic relations. Article 20 address nationality issues and Article 21 established a commission to handle issues of mutual interest. Articles 22 and 23 deal with treaty technicalities such as language and ratification.

Effects of the treaty
While the treaty included provisions for reparations, Latvia had no practical recourse for recovering its industrial infrastructure, much of which had been taken to Russia. Agriculture and the requisite land reform became the focus for economic development in the new state.

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Huechuraba

Huechuraba is a city and commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Huechuraba has a mild mediterranean climate: relatively hot dry summers (November to March) with temperatures reaching up to 35 C on the hottest days; winters (June to August) are more humid, with typical maximum daily temperatures of 12 C, and minimums of a few degrees above freezing.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Huechuraba spans an area of 44.8 sqkm and has 74,070 inhabitants (36,433 men and 37,637 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population grew by 19.9% (12,286 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The projected 2006 population was 82,200 (2006 projection)

Statistics

 * Average annual household income: $52,904 (PPP, 2006)
 * Population below poverty line: 14.5% (2006)
 * Regional quality of life index: 73.23, medium, 31 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.737, 56 out of 341 (2003)

Administration
The Municipality of Huechuraba is directed in the period 2021-2024 by the Mayor Carlos Cuadrado Prats (PPD), who is advised by the councilors:
 * Barbara Plaza Escobar (IND-PC)
 * Elizabeth Roco Campos (IND-RD)
 * Karina Soto Rodríguez (IND)
 * Leonardo Igor Bustamante (PS)
 * Carolina Rojas Charcas (PPD)
 * María Elisa Kaelin Tello (IND-PPD)
 * Ignacio Silva Santa Cruz (PDC)
 * Fernando Pérez Navarro (RN)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Huechuraba is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Érika Olivera (RN), Jorge Durán Espinoza (RN), José Carlos Meza (REP), Andrés Giordano Salazar (IL), Karol Cariola (PC), Boris Marrera (PC) and Maite Orsini (RD), as part of the 9th electoral district, (together with Conchalí,Quinta Normal, Independencia, Recoleta, Lo Prado, Cerro Navia and Renca).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gurjara

 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 speedily deleted. jni 08:23, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Gurjara
Delete Not notable...Googled with Star Wars, no results match with character...appears to be made-up. Srcrowl 08:06, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as nonsense/hoax. -- BD2412 talk 08:08, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Speedy deleted under criterion #1: no content. Geogre 12:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages.  Please do not edit this page .

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The Noise Made by People

The Noise Made by People is the debut studio album by English indie electronic band Broadcast. It was released on 20 March 2000 by Warp. The band recorded and produced the album themselves after being dissatisfied with the results of earlier recording sessions helmed by external engineers.

Two singles were released from The Noise Made by People; "Echo's Answer" on 1 November 1999 and "Come On Let's Go" on 22 May 2000.

Composition
Pitchfork critic Claire Lobenfeld described the style of The Noise Made by People as a homage of 1960s psychedelic pop; meanwhile, Carlene Bauer of Salon characterised it as "electronic, but not shot full of skittering beats", noting Broadcast's approach of fusing "synthesized sounds and live instrumentation". Writing for The Washington Post, Mark Jenkins said that the album "combines dub atmospherics, sample-driven audio collage and Trish Keenan's icy vocals in the manner of Portishead."

Critical reception
The Noise Made by People received critical acclaim. Awarding it a full score of five stars, AllMusic's Heather Phares called the album "shimmering, weightless pop" that "delivers [Broadcast]'s sound in widescreen, filmic grandeur." Pitchfork's Dan Gardopée applauded it as "positively vibrant and alive."

Pitchfork placed The Noise Made by People at number 177 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s, and "Echo's Answer" at number 178 on its list of the best tracks of the 1990s.

Legacy
In 2014, Vice's Billy Black hailed The Noise Made by People as Warp's most representative release. Lauding its "untouchable otherness", Black wrote that it helped pave paths for accessible experimental music in the future. Stereogum's Nate Patrin wrote an essay on the album in response to its 20th anniversary, crediting it with introducing a "more sophisticated, less caricatured" psychedelia style to the new millennium. Mark Lager, in a retrospective review commemorating the album's 20th anniversary, described the "cinematic" instrumentation as similar to "the crystalline elegance of film scores (especially the swinging basslines and jazzy percussion of the ’60s)" and praised Trish Keenan's lyrics and vocals, describing them as "hypnotic and inviting while still mysterious and melancholy."

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

 * Broadcast – engineering, mixing, recording
 * Stephen Francis – mixing (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
 * Paul Glave – engineering (tracks 8, 10, 12)
 * House – artwork, photography
 * Kenny Patterson – engineering (track 11)
 * Steve Perkins – drums (tracks 8, 11, 12)
 * Keith York – drums (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 9)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada

 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 keep. Eugene van der Pijll 19:37, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada
I know there was a VfD for this one already, but that was more than a year ago, and I think it needs to be reconsidered. This article is some of the most blatant POV I’ve seen yet on Wikipedia. Even the American mainstream media, which has a definite pro-Israel bias, does not refer to suicide bombings as massacres. “Massacre” is a very emotive word, and does not fit with the mission of being informative. A list like this should simply be called what it is – a “list of major suicide-bombings against Israel since 2000.” The page was designed to give readers the impressions that Israel has been victim of repeated “massacres,” while killings of Palestinians are left out. The Israel human rights group BtSelem, however, reports that more than three times more Palestinians have been killed by Israelis during this period than Israelis killed by Palestinians. The authors of this page claim that it wasn’t designed just for killings where the victims were Israelis, but the wording was cleverly designed to exclude any actions by the Israeli government, since of course it will always deny that any of their actions intentionally targeted civilians. So therefore none of them will ever appear on this list. So anyway, unless this article is dramatically changed, so as to remove the word “massacre” and either include violence against Palestinians or be clearly labeled as “violence against Israelis,” then it deserves to be deleted as POV propaganda. Blackcats 08:07, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * What do you think should be done with Deir Yassin massacre? It also has that very emotive word "massacre" in the title, which "does not fit with the mission of being informative".  Should it be moved to a less emotive title, or simply deleted as per this article? Jayjg (talk)  15:34, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Naming Conventions, Jay, Dictate that it stays, much like Cedar Revolution. "Deir yassin Massacre" 6,630 Google Hits, whereas "Moment cafe massacre" 8 Google hits. "Moment Cafe Bombing" however gets 45 Google Hits.--Irishpunktom\talk 16:22, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Blackats' argument wasn't made based on naming conventions, but rather on the claim that the word "massacre" was "emotive" and therefore the article should be deleted. By the way, how would your Google test work for "Passover massacre", which gets 8,060 hits, vs. Wikipedia's article Netanya suicide attack, which gets 223 hits, most of them Wikipedia mirrors? Jayjg (talk)  20:58, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Of the Google hits for "Passover Massacre," only 3,610 even mention "Netanya" . 10,900 mention "suicide bombing" in conjuction with "Netanya" without even mentioning the word "massacre" .  3390 mention "suicide attack" in conjunction with "Netanya," again without the word "massacre" mentioned .  So there's no clear case for calling any incident in Netanya "the Passover Massacre." Blackcats 22:11, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - Propaganda. --Irishpunktom\talk 10:41, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - it's quite irrelevant that the list doesn't mention Palestinian casualties - nothing prevents creation of a similar list on numbers of Palestinians killed in specific Israeli actions - and putting a "See also" linking to it on the bottom of this page. I agree that "massacre" is a loaded word, but most of these events involved the deaths of 20+ people, so the title is not misleading... no objection to substituting "suicide bombings" for massacres. -- BD2412 talk 14:00, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't think we should encourage the creation of POV forks as BD2412 seems to be advocation. See all of the debates going on about articles realing to the conflict in Cyprus.  --Xcali 14:22, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, all lists are POV forks to some extent. Does the List of serial killers by country diminish mass murders (who kill equal numbers but in a shorter time) by not including them, because the authors of that article are concerned with one particular type of multiple killer? Does the List of war crimes diminish the deaths that happen as a result of non-war related genocide, or airplane crashes, or industrial accidents? We could have one giant "List of all events in which more than 10 people died at one time", but that would be mush, so we divide things up into neat categories that are bounded by identifiable markers. That's why lists of which people in country X (or conflict X) were killed by circumstance Y are legitimate. -- BD2412 talk 17:05, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Substitute "Suicide bombings" for "massacres", to help avoid POV forking. --Scimitar 14:43, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. You don't delete an article because you don't like the title, and the article can certainly included actions deliberately targetting Palestinian civilians, or as Scimitar suggests, the title can be changed to "Suicide bombings etc.". Jayjg (talk)  15:19, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per reasons stated above. MathKnight 15:25, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless moved or the article is changed. "Deliberately targetting civilians" is not a qualifier any normal person would apply to the word massacre. Christopher Parham (talk) 16:06, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Keep Feel free to have an edit war moving the name around, but don't delete this useful information. Ashibaka (tock) 16:13, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but rename... I agree with the suicide bomber issue... massacre seems to be an over-statement in this case and should be against Israel as Israel has fought back... Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 23:39, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete POV fork. JamesBurns 23:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete You are all assholes. --GoFuckYourselves 03:04, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep this organized and true record of how Israelis (both Jews and innocent Arabs) were killed in cold blood during this time period. IZAK 03:40, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Highly POVYuber(talk) 03:43, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * keep Almog 04:09, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I mean, massacre is emotive, but it's accurate; it's the event that's emotive, not the word. Suicide bombing could mean somebody who blows only his own self up in protest, much as the Buddhist self-immolations during the Vietnam war, and that's not what these events are. Perhaps "mass murders" might be preferable? "Killings of civilians"? "bombings of noncombatants"? Gzuckier 04:31, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, as per Gzuckier. Ambi 05:02, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is not an encyclopedia article. RickK 05:14, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unbalanced. JFW | T@lk  06:47, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - although I would prefer to change the title. Both "massacre" and "Al-Aqsa Intifada" are loaded terms.  If precedence is any kind of principle here at WP, deleting this would require us deleting a bunch of other lists.  --Leifern 10:05, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename If this is a list of suicide bomb attacks then that is what it should say. Massacre is a loaded term, even if more than 10 people die and we should be careful of using it anywhere especially as here without any discussion of the facts of the incidents.old joe 11:03, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, they could be investigated to see if they fit the description. I would assume that something which without warning deliberately kills, say, ten unarmed civilians going about their daily business would generally be described as a massacre, any effort to pretty it up would be adding a POV; sometimes things speak for themselves. Compare to the constant campaign to delete quotes from Ann Coulter from her wikipage because they make her look bad and thus are POV. We could put a comment in for each whether it was suicide bomb or more personal methodology if we're dubious about calling a suicide bombing a massacre. I don't know if ten is the accepted threshold for a massacre or not. Gzuckier 16:16, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * keep--Neria 16:43, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Having myself created List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s, I certainly won't suggest that this page should be deleted simply for referring to events as massacres. The term "massacre" is an appropriate description for killings of large numbers of civilians at once, and I would consider it an accurate description of at least some of the events linked. However, 10 is probably too low a threshold (I used 50 myself), and Blackcats is certainly right to highlight the weasel wording that allows massacres by Israel to be kept out of the list.  Keep and cleanup. - Mustafaa 17:16, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, unless we decide that "massacare" is an inherently POV term, in which case other articles should be deleted or renamed as well (such as List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war) The wording was not "cleverly designed" by the authours of this page (that would be me. Thanks for the compliment, BTW). Rather, it was lifted directly (including the number "10") from Talk:List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, where it was presented by User:BL (which is the author of that article, I believe). -- uriber 17:19, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, at best, the call for VfD is a reason to rename the article, not to eliminate it. (I don't have a problem renaming it) Saswann 13:52, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but clean up, monitor closely for POV, use Mustafaa's "massacre" threshhold, and if the title is believed to be "POV", the proper way to deal with that is by discussing a MOVE on the article's TALK page, not by nominating the article for VfD. Tomer TALK  00:42, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - this article is useful, but just as Mustafaa mentioned, it needs some cleaning up.--Gramaic 08:08, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and use consistent definition of "massacre" throughout WP.  ←Humus sapiens←Talk 10:04, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Ridiculous to suggest that it's a massacre when Jews kill Arabs, but not vice versa. If "Massacre" is POV it's POV across the board- including the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, etc.--Briangotts 15:48, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Independencia, Chile

Independencia (, Spanish for "independence") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The main street is Independencia Avenue.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Independencia spans an area of 7.4 sqkm and has 65,479 inhabitants (30,633 men and 34,846 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 15.8% (12315 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The 2006 projected population was 57,886.

Stats

 * Average annual household income: $30,355 (PPP, 2006)
 * Population below poverty line: 6.0% (2006)
 * Regional quality of life index: 78.95, mid-high, 15 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.709, 111 out of 341 (2003)

Administration
As a commune, Independencia is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Gonzalo Durán Baronti (PS). The communal council has the following members:
 * Pilar Durán Baronti (PS)
 * Rodrigo Barco Sánchez (RN)
 * Carola Rivero Canales (PS)
 * América López Moris (DC)
 * Margarita Vásquez Contreras (UDI)
 * Sandra Álvarez Ruíz (RN)
 * Elena Salazar Bonta (PC)
 * José Miguel Cuevas Fonsea (PS)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Independencia is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Patricio Hales (PPD) and Claudia Nogueira (UDI) as part of the 19th electoral district, (together with Recoleta). The commune is represented in the Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

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Talk:Buriram province

Does Buriram town or Buriram Province have a standard/flag or emblem? I know of the symbol with the dancing girl infront of Phenom Rung but do not know of the "colours" of the province. Maurice Seal at mauriceseal@hotmail.com wishes to know.

 * On http://www.buriram.go.th/New%20web/history_buriram.html is a colored (but very lowscale) version of the seal (emblem) as well as the flag of the province. There's also a larger drawing at http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/buri_ram_flag.gif However I am also still searching for authoritative large-scale images of the provincial flags. andy 18:04, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

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