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User talk:Krishnavedala

Duplicate pages
We already have pages on resistor and capacitor. I therefore suggest you consider merging this page into them. Also I think the term circuit design is far too general for a single article,--Light current 01:00, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

If you could have a look at resistor and capacitor pages and see whether your new stuff would fit in there (rather than on cct design) then we can see what needs to be done. Dont worry about the size of the articles just yet. Thanks ;-)--Light current 01:27, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

If you are studying electronics/electrical engineering why not checkout WikiProject Electronics to see if you could help us and maybe join the project if you like. :-)--Light current 04:32, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome to the project and I hope you will enjoy editing with us. Also it may help you in your studies,

BTW good edit on Butterworth filters with the polynomials!--Light current 15:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

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Wiki for Engineering
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Greetings
Holi greetings. --Bhadani 12:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And, thanks for your reply. hahahhaaa ... --Bhadani 11:22, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Why do we have so few engineers as Wikipedians?
I am trying to understand why there are so few Wikipedians who are graduate engineers. Once I get a grasp on that, perhaps I may be able to formulate some ideas on how to attract more experienced engineers to become Wikipedians. It would be very helpful if you would respond to these a few questions:

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 * Please indicate in which of these engineering disciplines you obtained your degree:
 * Aeronautical or aerospace engineering
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 * In what year did you obtain your degree?
 * What attracted you to participate in Wikipedia?

Please respond on my User talk:mbeychok page. Or you may respond to me via Wikipedia's email which I have enabled on my User:mbeychok page.

If you would rather not respond at all, that's fine also. Regards, - mbeychok 04:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Invitation and Recommendations for writing articles on Hindi Wikipedia
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Recommendations:
 * 1) Firstly for proper viewing, it is recommended to keep all links NOT-UNDERLINED. Otherwise the मात्रा below the Hindi alphabets might get partly hidden behind the underlines. For this, please go to My Preferences (मेरी पसंद) at the top of the page, then click Misc., and then choose "underline links -> Never". Save your settings. Also, do not click yes for "justify paragraphs", otherwise on some browsers, the devanagari script will appear highly distorted.
 * 2) All users are requested and encouraged to contribute articles here, especially, to create new articles on general topics. They are also encouraged to expand the existing articles, and improve upon them. A non-user can also do the same; it is recommended but not required to register yourself as a wikipedian user at the Hindi wikipedia. As far as possible, each article should be written with a Neutral Point of View (NPOV)—no nationalistic or partiality or hatred based articles are welcome. The articles should be based on facts—and appropriate references should be provided as and where needed. See the English wiki's help page for editing in general. Almost all the general wiki-features are available for editing on Hindi wiki too. Guidelines for the content matter is mostly the same as given in English wiki.
 * 3) Since the Hindi wiki is at its initial stages, users are welcome to take introduction and basic points from the English (or another) wikipedia's corresponding article and translate them for small articles. An in-page link to the English wiki's article will be deemed sufficient for references (a template might be created stating this). For longer articles, it is recommended to mention the references separately.
 * 4) Since most computer users in India and elsewhere have the standard Western-type keyboard, it is best recommended (but not necessarily required) to use the virtual (software) keyboard like the one of Hindimozhi or of ISIS (Tavultesoft Keyman)—which are freewares. These are advantageous because the contemporary Hindi-speakers in India often write messages/chat using Hindi words but written in Roman (English) script, and the layout of these keyboards is quite the same that such people use. For example, using the "normal" keyboard with this software, typing ga would give ग and ghaa would give घा.
 * 5) Create the article with its name written in Hindi (devanagari script). Always take care to include the nukta (dot below) for foreign / Urdu loanwords wherever it occurs in the standard spelling. For non-Indian names, use that spelling (for article name and other words) which is commonly encountered in Hindi newspapers, G.K.-books, Hindi-dubbed TV documentaries and Hollywood films and magazines. e.g., America-अमरीका (या अमेरिका), China-चीन, French-फ़्रांसिसी. For English acronyms/short-forms, use the initials in Roman script, and again create a full form in Hindi and redirect it to the short form. e.g. IPA (अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय ध्वनि वर्णाक्षर); UNO (संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ). Doing the opposite is also fine. But creating the article with the Hindi short form, as सं०रा०सं०, is not recommended. Also, the article proper must be written with the proper nukta, as फ़ारसी, and then, a non-nukta (mis-)spelt version फारसी should preferably be created to redirect to the correct spelling.
 * 6) Hindi wikipedia strongly recommends the users to write articles in everyday common Hindi in the खड़ीबोली dialect (Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu, i.e., बोलचाल वाली हिन्दी, which may include many loanwords from Persian and Arabic). The use of शुद्ध संस्कृतनिष्ठ हिन्दी is in general neither required nor recommended. E.g., use: वजह instead of कारण, ख़ास instead of विशेष, वगैरह instead of इत्यादि, लेकिन instead of परन्तु etc. However, for technical and specialized vocabulary, the use of शुद्ध संस्कृतनिष्ठ हिन्दी  is recommended and usually mandatory. Thus: upper House of Parliament—संसद का उच्च सदन, but not Urdu—मजिलिस का ऐवान-ए-बाला ; Foreign Minister—विदेशमन्त्री, but not Urdu—वज़ीर-ए-ख़ारिजा ; knowledge/science—ज्ञान/विज्ञान, but not इल्म. Use spoken Hindi's ये and वो instead of यह and वह / वे. Do not use the title of respect जी after names, it is unencyclopedic. Thus: कृष्ण / श्री कृष्ण but not कृष्ण जी. Use the आप form and its corresponding 3rd person verbal conjugation for writing about respectable persons. Thus: श्री वाजपेयी मध्य प्रदेश में जन्मे थे. But not: वाजपेयी मध्य प्रदेश में जन्मा था. But do not use the pronoun "आप" itself in-text in biographies.
 * 7) English should be used sparingly, only when required; i.e., if the corresponding शुद्ध हिन्दी word is too "difficult and not generally encountered", or if it is a proper name of non-Indian person/place/terminology/title, or if the user is highly unsure of the proper translation. It is recommended (but not required) for English-to-Hindi translation while writing articles, the Shabdkosh online dictionary should be used. For each English word, that alternative should be used which is generally encountered in everyday spoken Hindi, and also fits well into the context. Use of intelligent guesses for newly encountered words is also allowed, and so are translations encountered in Hindi-dubbed TV documentaries, Hollywood films, Hindi-translated books, etc. e.g., दमपिशाच for en:Dementor (used in dubbed HP films).
 * 8) If used, it is recommended to use the English words within the articles using the English (Roman) alphabets rather than devanagari (or better, the devanagari transliteration should be used in the sentence, followed by the English word in Roman alphabet in parentheses). Such words should be italicized and not put in quotation marks. Preferably, there should be an in-page interwiki link (like :en:) on the word to the English wikipedia. If the word comes as an integral part of a sentence, so as not to break the continuity, the en: prefix should be hidden by writing the word again after the pipe sign (piped link). Thus, recommended:  Whence,
 * 9) *हैरी पॉटर ने Pensieve के अन्दर Little Hangleton गाँव में लॉर्ड वोल्डेमॉर्ट की माँ Merope Gaunt को देखा
 * 10) *Resplendent Quetzal पक्षी के ऊपर एक मेक्सिकन पादरी डा० Pablo de la Llave ने काफ़ी शोध किया था
 * 11) Always start the first 1 or 2 lines of the article giving its definition (from any standard dictionary/other wiki) or suitable introduction. Thus, recommended: ललिता सहस्रनामन हिन्दू धर्मसुधारक आदि शंकराचार्य द्वारा रचित देवी दुर्गा को समर्पित एक पूजा-मन्त्र है, जिसे कई हिन्दू रोज़ श्रद्धा से जपते हैं । But not: ललिता सहस्रनामन मन्त्र जपने के लिये लड्डू-पेड़ा, ताम्बुल, सिन्दूर, लाल चुनरी के साथ नित्य इस मन्त्र का पाठ करें, तो जल्द ही गड़ा हुआ ख़जाना मिलेगा । Recommended: वैमानिक अभियान्त्रिकी (en:Aeronautical engineering) विमानों (en:Aircrafts) की अभिकल्पना, निर्माण और प्रचालन करने का विज्ञान, कला और कार्य है । (translated from Eng. Webster's New World Dictionary). But not: आजकल वैमानिक अभियान्त्रिकी के लिये देशभर में कई कॉलेज खुल गये हैं, जिनमें अग्रणी स्थान यूटोपिया स्थित लालू-यादव टेक्लिनक कॉलेज का है ।
 * 12) For names of countries, cities, places, languages, people, books, films, technical vocabulary, mythology, etc, start the article like this:
 * 13) * 1.
 * 14) * 2.
 * 15) * 3. phonological transcription
 * 16) * 4.  For country names, only the standard short form of the name is needed in the first line. If there is a common name for a difficult word in Hindustani, also mention it. Whence: अपोलो (अंग्रेज़ी : en:Apollo; यूनानी : Aπollων अपोल्लोन) प्राचीन यूनानी धर्म (ग्रीक धर्म) और प्राचीन रोमन धर्म के सर्वोच्च देवता थे । If you don't give the interwiki English/another language link (which would be deemed to be the default reference), then you MUST provide an appropriate reference.
 * 17) Please leave no article without an appropriate category. See the list of created categories here; you can also make a new category (pref. in Hindi). Please leave no article without at least ONE off page (like en:) interwiki link. E.g., the user can check the article name (say Apollo) on the finally redirected English page and append to the Hindi article . These interlanguage links will help a bot to update all interwiki links for that article in all wikipedias. The category and the aforementioned link should be typed at the end of the article. If the article is very small, mention it as a stub/substub.
 * 18) Use of templates is welcome. See the list of templates here. If creating a template, name it pref. in Hindi.
 * 19) Use पूर्णविराम ( । ) instead of a period (.) for ending statements. The पूर्णविराम, semicolon, colon and dash (but not comma) must come after one space after the word to prevent ambiguity. Use the international form of the Hindu-Arabic numerals (1,2,3 instead of १,२,३), as used by the Constitution and the Government of India (even for Hindi). There is no need to use the हलन्त at the end of Sanskrit words wherever it occurs. Hence, prefer: संसद over संसद्; अथर्वन over अथर्वन्. Use the proper quotation marks “” from the Insert toolbox, not "". Write dates as 2 मई 2006 (ईसवी or ईसापूर्व). Write time as 3:45 pm. Separate common suffix-words like शास्त्र, विज्ञान, ज्ञान with a hyphen. Thus: रसायन-शास्त्र. For most others, leave both the words of the noun-cluster free. Combine them into one word only if it is very common to do so. Thus: सामवेद.
 * 20) The use of ज़ for the en:voiced alveolar fricative (/z/, as in zoo, rose) is fundamentally wrong. Its nearest counterpart is the en:voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ (as in sea), and not Hindi ज (en:voiced palatal plosive). Hence, it is suggested and recommended that for the sound /z/, whether it comes in English (etc.) spellings (z) for while pronunciation otherwise, should be transcribed as स़ (स with a dot below, available in the Insert toolbox). Hence: Reason रीस़न, not रीज़न ; Roses रोस़ेस़, not रोज़ेज़. But common Hindi words borrowed from Persian/Arabic (so-called Urdu words) are allowed to continue with ज़ spelling. Thus: ज़रा, नज़र, तर्ज़. The en:voiced postalveolar fricative (/ʒ/ as in treasure), inexistent in Hindi, can similarly be transcribed with श़. Thus: treasure ट्रॅश़र. The nukta (dot) available in the Insert toolbox can be combined with various consonants to suggest a more exact phonetic devanagari rendering of foreign sounds. E.g., since phonetically, English Think and this are not equal to थिंक and दिस, a better transcription could be थ़िंक and द़िस. Please take care of the dot below in so-called Urdu words, otherwise the Hindi spelling is deemed incorrect.
 * 21) For the following English vowels met, mate, mat, transcribe as मॅट (short vowel), मेट (not मेइट), मैट (not मॅट, as popular in Marathi). However in contemporary Hindi and here, it is acceptable to use ए instead of ऍ. Thus: अमेरिका is more popular than अमॅरिका. For cot, coat, caught, transcribe as कॉट, कोट, कॉट (not कौट). Transcribe English /t/ and /d/ as ट and ड.
 * 22) Use half-न before त, थ, द, ध, न, instead of anuswaar अं. Use half-म before प, फ, ब, भ, म. Use the anuswaar before all the rest of the consonants (not half-ङ, ञ, ण). If the मात्रा is not above the alphabet, use chandra-bindu, but only for nasalization. Thus: अन्दर, not अंदर ; अन्त, not अंत ; हिन्दी, not हिंदी ; सम्भव, not संभव ; पंचमी, not पञ्चमी ; अंडा, not अण्डा ; कंठ, not कण्ठ ; लैंड, not लैण्ड ; आँख, not आंख. However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here; the prec. are just recommendations.
 * 23) When proceded by another vowel, use the pure vowels instead of य (unless the य is clearly articulated while pronouncing). Thus : जाएँ, not जायें (not जावें) ; आएगा, not आयेगा . However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here.
 * 24) Please pay careful attention to the masculine/feminine gender (and singular/plural) in adjectives and verbs, else the sentence becomes ungrammatical.

For more information/suggestions/criticisms, please contact any one of the administrators of Hindi wiki here, preferably en:User:Magicalsaumy.

This page can also be found here. Thank you,

Cygnus_hansa 03:07, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Copyright problem with Ebola_virus.jpg
Hi, I'm writing because I think there might be a problem with Ebola_virus.jpg.

The image is currently tagged as under the GNU Free Documentation License; however, on the image page of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses it is described as being tagged with the following notice: "Copyright notice: The images must not be used for commercial purpose without the consent of the copyright owners. The images are not in the public domain. The images can be freely used for educational purposes.". You might want to change the copyright tag accordingly. --198.103.172.9 19:22, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Sankarabharanam Article Improvement
Cast your vote here to improve Sankarabharanam article. Thank You. --Dinesh Cyanam 02:09, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Ebers-Moll image
Hi,m I noticed you were the creator (or uploader, anyway) of the Ebers-Moll model images (Image:Ebers-Moll Model NPN.PNG and Image:Ebers-Moll Model NPN.PNG). The images label the current in both diodes as Ied, instead of one being Icd. Could you clarify which is which (I think I know, but want to be sure). I also wanted to make sure the rest was correct, especially the direction of all arrows. Thanks  B. Mearns * , KSC 15:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Electronics collaboration
Hi, I am writing to you because you have listed yourself as a member of the Electronics WikiProject. Sadly, this project is pretty dead, but I propose to resuscitate it with a collaboration. The idea is to have a concerted effort on improving one article per month, hopefully to GA or FA status and nominate the very best of them for the front page. I have prepared a page to control this process at WikiProject Electronics/Collaboration (actually, I mostly shamelessly stole it from WikiProject Mammals where a collaboration of this sort was succesfully run). There you can make nominations for articles for collaboration or comment on the nominations of others.

If you want to take part you might like to place this template  on your userpage which will give you a link to the current collaboration. If you are no longer interested in Wikiproject Electronics, please remove yourself from the members list, which is now at WikiProject Electronics/Members

Thanks for listening,  Sp in ni ng  Spark  14:22, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Space reorganization
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 * 1) Centralize all the Space-related WikiProjects, such as Astronomy and Spaceflight, and merge them into WikiProject Space, or
 * 2) Separate the Astronomy and Spaceflight "sides" of WikiProject, and remove WikiProject Space.

If you can think of other options, that's great too. Your contribution to the discussion would be much appreciated. Thanks! :)

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deleting images?
Hi - You wrote on my talk page that some of "my" images were listed for deletion. I don't see any of mine on the page you reference. Can you give further clarification, e.g., what image(s)? I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Doctormatt (talk) 03:57, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

image on article logarithm
The new lead image you created has two origins 0. Please remove one. 81.107.33.85 (talk) 15:50, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Images at Chebyshev filter
I have reverted your replacement of the figures at Chebyshev filter as I am not convinced they are accurate, although I am willing to be convinced otherwise. They are quite different curves from the original pngs and a few spot checks seems to indicate the originals are correct. For instance the second zero of a fifth order type 2 Chebyshev with ripple of ε=0.01 (40 dB) I make occurs at 1.701 whereas your graph has it occuring at around 2.7.  Spinning Spark  18:04, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Would you be able to share the software you used or correct the source code I have uploaded up on the chebychev images. Thanks. --ElectroKid 18:21, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * What makes you think I am using software? I checked with a hand calculation.  Most of what you need is at Chebyshev polynomial.  Why are you so determined to replace these images?  They are perfectly ok, drawn at a high enough resolution to look good on the page.  I think this campaign to replace absolutely all png graphs is rather misguided: many of them are prefectly servicable and often take up less disk space than the replacement svg.  There are a whole heap of really crappy, low-res, pixelated bitmap images on Wikipedia.  Why don't you go find some of those to work on instead?  Spinning  Spark  00:33, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Error in one of the PNG files
I noticed an error on a diagram for poly-phase rectification.

The peaks on the 3-phase full-wave rectification do not match up with the peaks of the individual phases. The error occurred after 17-Jun-2011; the first instance is "17:04, 22 September 2011" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/2/2e/20110922172043%213_phase_rectification_2.svg

On a side note, one time I was looking at the schematics for the linear power supply for a PDP-10 model KL. It had a "missing phase" detector, which was triggered by excessive fluctuations on the 360 Hz ripple current when one of the three input phases dropped out. I mention this as something interesting to be added to a full-wave rectification article. Joeinwap (talk) 00:24, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:BJT Amplifier Waveform.png

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Inverted rainbow no sun.JPG

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Inverted rainbow with sun.JPG

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Inverted rainbow enhanced.JPG

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ElectroKid (talk • contribs) 02:52, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Passiflora caerulea.jpg
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Can you make the default size larger? Its too small to nicely read when you click on the image. Tom Ruen (talk) 23:05, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Done! The fonts are bigger, the white space between the images is reduced to increase actual image size. To further increase the rendering in PNG, you can use the width sizes below the image.--ElectroKid (☮ • ✍) 20:20, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Krishnavedala, you are not the originator of that file. Please specify correctly the sources and the author. Thank You, MagentaGreen MagentaGreen (talk) 16:10, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Rectified, Thank you.--ElectroKid (☮ • ✍) 16:25, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Light wave harmonics
Hi Krishnavedala,

I noticed you replaced one of my images with a svg version. It looks really good, except I might point out that light waves are always perfect sine-waves. Therefore, the image is no longer drawn to scale, as the caption in the article reads. The amplitude is always the same, so adding amplitude to the image is rather unnecessary, as it distorts the actual wave shape. The difference in energy is determined solely by frequency. This is the same reason microwaves can be blocked by a screen and produce specular reflection off of sand, whereas light waves will pass right through a screen and diffuse in sand. Other than that, the image looks really good to me. (My computer won't do svg files.) Zaereth (talk) 21:36, 6 April 2015 (UTC).
 * Thank you Zaereth. I also included the source code to generate the image. As you can see, it generates perfect sine waveforms. In your previous image, they looked like semi-circles connected together. The only limitation in the image is the sampling rate at higher frequencies. All the sine-waves have the frequencies proportionally scaled with each other and hence are to-the-scale in time, frequency and phase. The amplitudes are also maintained identical in all the waveforms and are to-the-scale. If you find any descrepancies, do let know and I will try to rectify them. --Rubber Duck (☮ • ✍) 02:16, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

 * Well, I may be wrong, but that's how I've always understood the physical shape of the actual wave to be when translated into two dimensions, from working with lasers and optical flats. A true sine-wave follows the exact rise and fall depicted in trigonometry, so that the height of the wave matches the length, as opposed to a sinusoidal, or "sine-like," wave. (Height in this case being a measure of physical shape, not amplitude.) Of course, I may be misinterpreting things, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I actually made the picture after a little experimenting to see how the wave forms matched up to what I was seeing on my flats when tested in both monochromatic and white light, and the match was perfect in all cases, providing I maintained a true sine-wave. Zaereth (talk) 21:42, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

changings in svg
Hi Krishnavedala, in August 2014 you have uploaded the file: Fixed capacitors overview.svg that you have transformed from my jpg file E-cap-family-14-02-02.jpg from jpg into svg format. I like this svg format, however I am a little bit older and I do not can create or change pictures in svg format.

Two things have changed in the meantime in this picture and I would ask you to change your file Fixed capacitors overview.svg.

1) please change under “Electrolytic capacitors → Aluminum electrolytic capacitors → the text in the middle block from “solid MnO2” into “Hybrid polymer”. The solid Al-MnO2 e-caps are nearly obsolete now and hybrid polymer Al-capacitors are running fast..

2) please change under “Niobium electrolytic capacitors” → “solid polymer” either the line of the block into a dotted line which I would prefer or delete the block “solid polymer”. The production of polymer niobium capacitors is ceased.

Thanks for helping and best regards --Elcap (talk) 13:56, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Done! Thank you for bringing these changes to my notice :) --Rubber Duck (☮ • ✍) 15:50, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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Talk:Shimla

Moving
I have moved the following content from Category:Cities and towns in India. Perhaps it can be merged into the article. - Mike Rosoft 13:13, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Shimla

Shimla, the summer capital of the erstwhile British Raj in India, is nestled in the middle Himalyas, in northern India. The city has had a chequered past during the British Raj, and is now the capital of Himachal Pradesh, which is considered to be one of the most progressive states of India. Shimla is dotted with monuments, mainly imposing buildings dating back to the Victorian age, which are often considered as the hallmark of British rule in India. The Kalka-Shimla rail link, one of the few narrow gauge tracks still operational in India, bears testimoney to the indomitable spirit and engineering excellence of the British. Shimla (previously known as Simla) is also home to Bishop Cotton School, the oldest public school in Asia. Originally established to educate the children of British Army officers, the 170 year old institution has a strong network of old students across the globe. The school has contributed a number of professional in every sphere of public life — people have reached the pinnacle of their careers, and in the process have made significant contribution to society. However,General Dyer, the British officer who perpetrated the Jallianwalabagh massacre, remains the most (in)famous personality who has passed through the portals of this esteemed institution.

--203.145.128.6 21:57, 28 May 2005 (UTC)Raj Machhan  3:19AM IST

Section
I think a re-arrangement of sections of the article and repositioning of pictures at appropriate places would enhance the appearance of the article. Further edits may be added as required. Further, such arrangements on the lines of Featured articles like Goa will be still better. I will try to proceed on these lines - Ok. --Bhadani 9 July 2005 14:05 (UTC)

Heart of the City
I have removed the following statement from the section Heart of the City: "When you are there, do not miss a coffee at the Park Cafe. It is listed on the international tourist guides. The food here is just as great as the music". This statement though true, does not seem appropriate for an encyclopedia.

Sports
Shark diving? In the Himalayan foothills? This statement needs explanation/references or it has to go. Colonies Chris 08:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

removed as dubious
The shimla roller skating rink is also an all year round popular place. added by an anon.Mikereichold 08:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

For culture section

 * http://onlypunjab.com/fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-24-newsID-7459.html
 * http://onlypunjab.com/fullstory2k5-insight-News-status-24-newsID-35281.html
 * http://www.toshaliroyalview.com/shimla/travel-guide/category/fairs-and-festivals/

Places of interest
I have moved some of the descriptions and am going to put it in detail in the child pages. These pages already exist so there is no reason to put paragraphs in the main article. Makes it less cluttered and to the point. In addition, there are several more that either need to be added here or created anew. Will keep doing so in the next few days. Please discuss if you have a better format to present this section. gnusbiz 01:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

rewrite
In an endeavour to make this article more along the lines of featured articles on Wikipedia I am going to change the layout. This may include:
 * Removing places of interest and creating a separate article, say, tourism in Shimla, with all of the material in child pages and detailed descriptions (this may require deletion of child pages like, Mall road, Shimla etc. I don't feel that that should be a separate page for each of those on an encyclopedia. Any thoughts??)
 * No need to delete child pages. This article is just a summary article. More detailed info can be put into child pages. Mall Road, Shimla has a historical significance of its own and thus deserves a separate article — Lost (talk) 01:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Getting more stuff (supported with sources) on Culture, Economy, and Demographics. You can help here!!
 * I can help with these things to an extent — Lost (talk) 01:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Re-laying and replacing pictures. I may be able to get some better pictures, but that is last priority
 * Some other sections like politics, market places, either need to be merged or removed.

Needless to say, if anyone can edit the article as per the suggestions above, that would be great. Please discuss here if you have any more ideas. gnusbiz 18:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Go ahead and also have a look at other similar featured articles such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi etc. Just follow a similar format. All the best for your effort to make it featured. — Lost (talk) 01:42, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Great! I'll try to work on the main article then during the next week or so. It'll be nice if you can throw in some links/add missing citations. I should ask you to review some heavy changes as well. Thanks! --- gnusbiz 07:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

review
At this point, a peer review, perhaps, would reveal what else is required/can be improved on this page. Gnusbiz 20:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Places of Interest
I have added a new section : Places of Interest as there was nothing, i have also added some pictures along with it. Rohan 09:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Not sure if that's a good idea. See for recommended sections by the Indian cities project. Places of interest, if they are very popular, could go into their own respective articles, or in Wikitravel. gnusbiz (talk) 01:03, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I have edited the Places of Interest section to remove much of the advertising and guidebook aspects, as per the advice given above. Please do not replace unencyclopaedic material: WP is not Lonely Planet and only a mention of those places bearing their own pages or internal references should be placed here. Plutonium27 (talk) 13:18, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

kufri,ihm
Institute Of Hotel Management Kfri is of national importance (Ministry of Tourism,Govt Of India)under the control of National Council Of Hotel Management And Catering Technology,New Delhi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.88.196.213 (talk) 07:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Why the change from Simla to Shimla? And when?
Couldn't the article explain this point? APW (talk) 19:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Outside of India, it's always been Simla. It's a famous place.
 * 99.238.74.216 (talk) 15:15, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

North Indian Languages such as Hindi often Aspirate Consonents, which English written in Roman Characters, does not do unless an "h" is deliberately added. Thus the word for snow is "Shima" and so Shimalaya is "place of snow" and has come into English as Himalaya and Shimla is a shorter form, and came into English as Simla. the Reverend Peter M. Hawkins. peterhawkins@sfr.fr — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.120.172.30 (talk • contribs) 15:43, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

The name officially changed from Simla to Shimla in 1974. Supposedly to match the spelling with the pronunciation. In 2018 there was a proposal to change it yet again - to Shimalaya. Cassandra. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.167.231 (talk) 11:55, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Christ Church, Shimla or St Michael's Catholic Church, Shimla
Why are the pictures of the stained glass windows in Christ Church, Shimla, and the exterior of Christ Church, Shimla identified as St Michael's Catholic Church, Shimla? Similarly, the article on Christ Church, Shimla was altered in 2011 to remove references to Christ Church, Shimla and replace the longer description there with one sentence referring to St Michael's Catholic church, Shimla. If, indeed, Christ Church is now St Michael's Catholic church, that information needs to be sourced, and an appropriate explanation given in the text about the historic parish of Christ Church, Shimla. Vancouveriensis (talk) 20:28, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

GA Nomination?
I think this article is good enough to be nominated as a GA. Anyone want to start the nomination process? (as I'm still a greenhorn at it) Fireblazex3 (talk) 14:32, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Is the elevation range correct?
Summary says "The elevation of the city ranges from 300 to 6000 metres" ... doesn't seem right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.82.253.89 (talk) 14:46, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Hindi शिमला
That Hindi is pronounced shi-ma-lā, in theory.

Losing the 'a' from the middle syllable should require the conjunct of मल.

So, is the pronunciation correct? Is the 'a' not pronounced at all? Pronounced very lightly?

99.238.74.216 (talk) 15:13, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Hindi is shim-lā, and the vernacular (Pahadi) is sheem-lā. Sanjaysaigal (talk) 01:59, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Tourism in Himachal Pradesh
Hello, those editors who are active on WikiPoject Himachal Pradesh kindly improve the newly created article Tourism in Himachal Pradesh. All states of India was having separate tourism article but Himachal Pradesh was missing it. So I just created this article. Please help to improve this article, you can take help of official website of Tourism of HP. Also you can see article Tourism in North East India regarding structure of article. Thank you very much. --Human3015 (talk) 15:54, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

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Sister Cities
1. The sister city mentioned has not been known to anyone. We have checked that with the DC office as well 2. The link mentioned for the reference is not functional either. Abhisheklakhanpal23 (talk) 11:05, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

An average should be a single number
“The average temperature during summer is between 19 and 28 °C (66 and 82 °F),” This is a range, not the average. It should be edited to say whatever is really meant here. GeneCallahan (talk) 00:30, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

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NPOV issue.
@Arjayay, I did not said that that you meant it was unsourced or something. I removed the terms "goddess" because is does satisfy WP:WIKIVOICE. We already introduced to readers that in "History" section that Kali in a goddess in hinduism. So in other places in this article, we remove the terms such as goddess or other religious terms. 182.183.45.116 (talk) 21:20, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The "Etymology" section comes before the "History" section, so we have not "already (my bold) introduced to readers that in "History" section that Kali in a goddess in hinduism". It should be explained at its first mention, not require readers to read further on to understand a section they have already read. - Arjayay (talk) 21:32, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

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GURPS Black Ops

Black Ops is a sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game.

Contents
GURPS Black Ops is a setting that has our planet under threat from various alien, supernatural, and other monstrous powers. The clandestine agency (not bound to any one country) that protects the world (who, generally, is blissfully ignorant) from these threats is simply called the "Company". It is usually able to recruit the finest from every profession deemed useful to it, from combat agents to scientists to intelligence personnel.

The setting usually has players in the dangerous job of agents working for the company, or in the even more perilous profession of opposing the agency for whatever reason.

The setting relies heavily on use of various known or less known urban legends and conspiracy theories.

The Black Ops
In GURPS Black Ops, the player characters are super-skilled agents known as "Black Operatives", or "Black Ops". Individuals having undergone incredibly intense levels of training prior to their graduation, the black ops can be likened to the starring roles of classic action movies.

The basic skills of every black op include hand-to-hand combat, the use of most small arms, the operation of many forms of modern electronics, basic sciences and espionage and infiltration skills. Beyond this basic expertise, however, each black op belongs to a department which encourages a specialized focus in a certain set of skills.

The Company
The agency which trains and employs the Black Ops is known to its members as the company. The company is divided into five departments: Combat, Intelligence, Science, Technology and Security. Every Op belongs to one department and follows that department's directives at all times, even (especially) while on missions working with other departments. As each department has goals which occasionally clashes with the goals of other departments, this often causes friction and competition between the departments. The departments' heads answer only to Argus, who actually encourage inter-department competition as a means for them to "keep their edge".

Combat: the first department ever created for the black ops, Combat's mission is straightforward: to locate and destroy the enemy at all costs. Its Ops, called "Grunts" by the others, are nearly all experts in hand-to-hand combat (even beyond that of other Ops) as well as in the use of multiple weapons and explosives. In contrast to their brutish exterior, however, most Combat Ops are as intelligent and refined as the rest of the academy's Graduates, and many are known to appreciate fine art and literature as much as they do their weapons.

Intelligence: this department's function involves information gathering and analysis through any means. While every black op is skilled in the art of espionage, Intelligence Ops are the best at what they do, masters of disguise and experts in the art of infiltration. Called "Spooks" by the other departments, Intelligence Ops are respected for their skill, but also known to be overly methodical in their planning.

Science: the scientists of the company, the purpose of the Science Department is to acquire information on the company's foes, and to put it to good use. Its members are experts in multiple sciences, from biology and psychology to applied physics. They also provide the department with its doctors and medical specialists. Its members are derisively called "Geeks" by the rest of the company, especially by the Combat Department, with which Science has frequent arguments based on Combat Ops' tendency to blow up the things Science would like to bring home to experiment on.

Security: both the least-appreciated and the hardest-working department, Security is charged with protecting the lives of the black ops while maintaining the conspiracy of silence that the company works under. The Security ops have the broadest training, allowing them to fairly judge the safety of any mission at any point in the operation. They also have the authority to restrict the conduct of any operative on a squad, regardless of which department sponsored the mission, at any time, for any reason (or for no reason). Rarely is this authority used, and if it is, it is almost never questioned by the directors of the departments (though often loudly questioned by other squad members). Security Ops, called "Secops" by other departments, are also more negatively called "Squealers". The other departments consider them a necessary pain, with a tendency towards overprotective behavior

Technology: created to develop, refine and implement improvements in the general technology level of the company, they create advanced devices for all of the other departments. This technology is almost constantly experimental and insufficiently tested, as the Technology ops' constant push towards new advancements mean that by the time a device is out of beta testing, another techie has invented something more advanced to replace it. The Technology ops are almost always called "techies" or "hackers", and have a reputation of being both geniuses and disaster-prone, due to their habit of tinkering with devices in the field, sometimes with mixed results.

Reviews
GURPS Black Ops was reviewed in The Unspeakable Oath #16/17.
 * Backstab #8
 * InQuest #33
 * Casus Belli #111

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Odessa Jackalopes (1997–2011)

The Odessa Jackalopes were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Odessa, Texas. The team played in the Central Hockey League (CHL), and was an affiliate of the New York Islanders. The Jackalopes played their home games at Ector County Coliseum.

All Jackalopes games were broadcast live on KMCM from the franchise's inaugural year until the 2009–10 season when KFZX took over the broadcasting rights to the live games and the Monday talk show called Hockey Talk.

History
In October 1997, Odessa joined the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL). In their first season the home games drew an average of 4,000 spectators. Over the next couple of seasons that number leveled off, and the team averaged just over 3,200 hockey fans each game. The team mascot, a jackalope, quickly became one of the most popular in hockey's minor leagues, and team merchandise featuring the snarling, antlered rabbit, has sold well throughout the United States and Canada.

Leagues
The Jackalopes continued playing in the WPHL until 2001, when the league merged with the Central Hockey League. Beginning with the 2001–02 season, the Jackalopes played in the CHL.

On March 23, 2011, the ownership group confirmed that they would be leaving the CHL and joining the North American Hockey League (NAHL), by purchasing an existing NAHL franchise and moving it to Odessa and adopting the same name.

Captains
Captain - Sébastien Thinel Alternate - Philippe Plante

Alternate - Mike Ramsay

Note: Thinel named as Captain replacing injured David van Drunen & Ramsay named Alternate.

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Colorado Eagles

The Colorado Eagles are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Loveland, Colorado. The Eagles play in the Pacific Division of the American Hockey League.

The Eagles were founded as an expansion franchise in 2003 in the Central Hockey League and remained in the league until June 2011, when they joined the ECHL. During their time in the CHL, the Eagles won two Ray Miron President's Cups, three regular season titles, five conference titles and six division titles in eight seasons. The team was granted a membership as an expansion team in the American Hockey League beginning with the 2018–19 season as the affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League.

The Eagles play at the Blue Arena in Loveland and serve the Fort Collins – Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Central Hockey League era (2003–2011)
The franchise was founded in 2003 by former Montreal Canadiens player Ralph Backstrom. The Eagles advanced to the playoffs in their first season and won the CHL championship in their second season, 2004–05. They won their division in 2005–06, but lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, after having defeated the Oklahoma City Blazers in the first round. They would again win the CHL Championship in 2006–07, defeating the Laredo Bucks four games to two in the Cup Finals.

After the 2007–08 season, coach Chris Stewart retired, and Kevin McClelland was named as his replacement. Following the 2009–10 season, McClelland was not retained and Stewart, who had been working as team president and general manager since leaving the bench, resumed head coaching duties.

During the 2008–09 season, the Eagles hosted the 2009 CHL All-Star Game and took on a group of CHL All-Stars from various teams. The exhibition took place on January 14, 2009, at the Budweiser Events Center, with the Eagles defeating the CHL All-Stars, 8–4.

Move to ECHL (2011–2018)
During the 2011 Ray Miron President's Cup playoffs, the Eagles had been rumored to be transferring to the ECHL following the completion of the playoffs. Former International Hockey League commissioner Dennis Hextall has stated that he had heard that the Colorado Eagles may already be included in the ECHL's tentative schedule for the 2011–12 season.

On May 29, 2011, KEVN-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota reported that Colorado was to move to the ECHL in time for the 2011–12 season. The following day, the team announced that they would have a press conference on May 31 at the Budweiser Events Center and that local media were urged to attend and fans urged to listen to the press conference online or on a local radio station. At the press conference, Head Coach, General Manager and President Chris Stewart announced that the team had been accepted as an expansion franchise in the ECHL for the 2011–12 season.

In August 2011, the Eagles were assigned to the Western Conference's Mountain Division as part of the league realignment for the 2011–12 ECHL season.

They served as the second-tier affiliate of the National Hockey League's Winnipeg Jets and the American Hockey League's St. John's IceCaps until the end of the 2012–13 hockey season and then as the Calgary Flames and Adirondack Flames affiliate during the 2014–15 season.

In July 2016, head coach Chris Stewart retired as coach for the second time but remained with the organization as general manager. He was replaced by assistant coach and longtime Eagles player, Aaron Schneekloth. On July 20, the Eagles announced a four-year affiliation with the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and the AHL's San Antonio Rampage after one season of playing independent of affiliations. In their first season with the Avalanche affiliation, the Eagles would go on to finish second in the Mountain Division of the ECHL and then win the Kelly Cup as the 2017 playoffs champions. In their last season in the ECHL in 2017–18, the Eagles finished with back-to-back Kelly Cups with the 2018 playoff championship. Traditionally, the Kelly Cup is held by the winning team during the following season and returned before the playoffs, but the Eagles did not return the trophy to the league after leaving for the AHL and it had to be replaced. They eventually sent it to the 2019 ECHL champion Newfoundland Growlers before opening night of the 2019–20 ECHL season.

Move to the AHL
For the 2017–18 season, the National Hockey League added the Vegas Golden Knights as a 31st team. The approval of a new NHL team also led to discussions of adding a 31st team in the American Hockey League. With the Golden Knights choosing to affiliate with the Chicago Wolves instead of adding their own AHL expansion team, talks with other organizations were opened. The owners and managers of the Eagles began discussions with the Avalanche with interests into becoming an AHL expansion for the 2018–19 season. On October 10, 2017, the Avalanche and the Eagles officially announced that the club would be promoted to the AHL in 2018.

The Avalanche hired Greg Cronin as the Eagles' first AHL head coach and retained former head coach Aaron Schneekloth as an assistant. Cronin remained in the role for the Eagles first five seasons, qualifying for the playoff in each year. Prior to the 2022–23 season, the Avalanche announced a restructure of their executive committee with Kevin McDonald hired and introduced as the incoming Eagles General Manager, with Craig Billington re-assigned to other duties within the organization.

With the departure of Cronin, following his unveiling as the head coach of the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL, Schneekloth was re-instated as the Colorado Eagles head coach on July 7, 2023.

Media appearances
Although the Eagles have been a relatively small team to the media, they have been featured many times. In 2004, the Eagles signed a contract with Altitude Sports and Entertainment to broadcast up to 10 games plus postseason games each year. The first TV broadcast for the Eagles was on November 5, 2004, against the New Mexico Scorpions that was broadcast on Altitude. Altitude and the Eagles parted ways in 2015 as the last broadcast was in the 2015 Kelly Cup Playoffs.

Notable games that Altitude broadcast include the 2005 Ray Miron President's Cup Game 5 where the Eagles won their first Presidents Cup. As well as the 2007 Ray Miron President's Cup Game 6 where the Eagles won their second Presidents Cup. More Broadcasts include the 2009 CHL All-Star Game and the 2013 ECHL All-Star Game, both hosted at Blue Arena (formerly Budweiser Events Center).

Altitude also hosted the NoCo Hockey Show in the late 2000s which was a monthly TV Show that featured Eagles highlights and Community events.

The Eagles Play-by-Play Commentators varied from 2004-06 between Mike Haynes and Doug McLeod with Peter McNab as the Color commentator. From 2006 to 2009, Tori Holt, who was the commentator for the Eagles on the radio from 2003 to 06, was the Commentator with Kevin McGlue as the Color Commentator. McGlue now does the Radio Commentary for the Eagles.

The Eagles are now broadcast on AHL.TV and on the radio on KKPL 99.9 The Point. The Eagles were formerly on KPAW 107.9 The Bear.

The Eagles have also been recognized nationally by 2 Sportscenter appearances. One appearance was in 2007 when Greg Pankewicz scored an incredible goal in Game 7 of the second round of the 2007 President's Cup Playoffs against the Oklahoma City Blazers where he lifted the puck over the defender's stick, knocked it around the defender with his stick, and made a diving finish to put the puck in the net.

Season records
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime losses, SOL=shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Records as of end of the 2023–24 AHL season.

Current roster
Updated July 18, 2024.

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Team captains

 * Brent Thompson, 2003–04
 * Greg Pankewicz, 2004–09
 * Riley Nelson, 2009–14
 * Trent Daavettila, 2014–16
 * Matt Garbowsky, 2017–18
 * Mark Alt, 2018–20
 * Greg Pateryn, 2020–21
 * Jayson Megna & Jacob MacDonald (co-captains), 2021–2022
 * Brad Hunt, 2023–present

Awards and honors
Ray Miron President's Cup CHL playoff champion
 * 2005, 2007

Kelly Cup ECHL playoff champion
 * 2017, 2018

Bud Poile Governors' Cup

CHL regular season champion
 * 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09

Conference playoff championship
 * 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2018

Division titles
 * 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2017–18

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Mississippi RiverKings

The Mississippi RiverKings were a professional minor league ice hockey team. The RiverKings were a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League from 2011 to 2018 after playing their first nineteen seasons (1992–2011) in the Central Hockey League. On July 2, 2007, after 15 seasons as the Memphis RiverKings, the team's name was changed to Mississippi RiverKings.

For their first eight seasons, the team played their home games in the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee. From 2000 to 2018, their home was the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis.

On June 13, 2011, it was announced the RiverKings had left the CHL to join the SPHL.

On May 24, 2018, the RiverKings' ownership announced it had suspended operations for the 2018–19 season,  but the team never again took the ice.

Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Retired numbers

 * 13 – Don Parsons
 * 31 – Scott Brower
 * 55 – Derek Landmesser

Affiliation
From 2001 to 2006, the RiverKings were affiliated with the Toronto Maple Leafs organization. This involved accepting some players on assignment from the National Hockey League club.

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Bohdaneč

Bohdaneč is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages and hamlets of Dvorecko, Kotoučov, Prostřední Ves, Řeplice and Šlechtín are administrative parts of Bohdaneč.

Geography
Bohdaneč is located about 19 km south of Kutná Hora and 58 km southeast of Prague. It lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. The highest point is at 546 m above sea level. The stream of Ostrovský potok originates here, flows across the municipal territory and supplies two notable fishponds in the area: Pilský and Karbanův.

History
The first written mention of Bohdaneč is from 1233. In 1514, Bohdaneč was promoted to a market town by Vladislaus II of Hungary, but lost the title after World War II. Dvorecko was first mentioned in 1487 under name Víceměřič. Kotoučov was first mentioned in 1525 and Prostřední Ves and Řeplice in 1381.

Šlechtín was a part of Prostřední Ves. In 1960, the municipalities of Dvorecko, Kotoučov, Prostřední Ves and Řeplice were merged with Bohdaneč.

Sights
The most important monument is the Church of the Annunciation. It was originally built in the Gothic style in the mid-14th century. Baroque modifications were made in the 1760s and in 1868.

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Fort Worth Convention Center

The Fort Worth Convention Center (formerly known as the Tarrant County Convention Center) is a convention center and indoor arena located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The complex opened on September 30, 1968, and was expanded in 1983, 2002 and 2003.

Background
The complex was proposed by county officials in 1961 as a competitor to the Dallas Convention Center and approved in 1967. Over 14 city blocks (previously known as "Hell's Half Acre") were demolished to make way for the new facility that opened in 1968. The building is noted for the indoor arena, resembling a flying saucer. In 1997 the City of Fort Worth purchased the facilities and properties, changing the complex's name to the Fort Worth Convention Center. In 2000 the JFK Theatre was demolished to make way for the Water Garden Events Plaza. In 2014 the city proposed to demolish the aging arena for an additional meeting space.

In January 2020, plans to demolish the Convention Center's arena were confirmed by the Fort Worth City Council. In addition to the arena's demolition, the plans also include straightening Commerce Street, building a 1,000 seat hotel and adding over 50,000 square feet of exhibit space, with groundbreaking intended for 2022 or 2023.

Notable events
Ike & Tina Turner performed at the Tarrant County Convention Center Arena on March 11, 1972.

Elvis Presley performed there on June 18, 1972. He returned for two dates on June 15 and 16, 1974, doing an afternoon and evening show on each day at the arena. He returned again on June 3 and July 3, 1976.

The concert movie Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones was partially filmed during two June 24, 1972, shows (matinee and evening) at the arena during the Rolling Stones' 1972 Tour of America.

Bob Dylan's highly successful 1974 "comeback tour" featuring The Band played the facility on January 25, 1974. Dylan played two more shows there on May 16, 1976, and November 24, 1978.

On May 3, 1976, Paul McCartney and Wings opened the North American leg of the Wings Over the World tour at the arena.

On November 3, 1976, and again on July 7 and 8, 1977, Eagles performed three sold-out shows as part of their 1976-1978 Hotel California Tour at the arena.

On May 1, 1977, Pink Floyd played a show on the In the Flesh Tour at the arena which has surfaced on bootleg over the years.

February 27, 1977 was selected as the first date of the Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977 at the arena, but that tour was delayed in starting. The rescheduled Fort Worth date was May 22, 1977.

July 28, 1978, Bob Marley and The Wailers played at the convention center as part of their Kaya Tour.

On June 28, 1979, The Bee Gees kicked off their Spirits Having Flown Tour which was filmed for The Bee Gees Special that aired later in the year on NBC.

On November 23 and 24, 1987, U2 performed two sold-out shows as part of their Joshua Tree tour. Parts of the second show were filmed and appeared in the feature film "Rattle and Hum", a documentary of the tour. The song "When Love Comes to Town" featuring B.B. King was prominent in the film.

The Metallica concert video Cunning Stunts was recorded at the Fort Worth Convention Center on May 9–10, 1997, toward the end of the Poor Touring Me tour.

On February 26, 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump held a rally for his campaign at the convention center.

On September 15 & 16, 2018, the South Korean group BTS held two concerts as part of their Love Yourself Tour.

On May 8, 2019, the South Korean group Blackpink held a concert as part of their In Your Area World Tour.

Sports

 * Texas Chaparrals (ABA) (1970–1971)
 * Fort Worth Fire (CHL) (1992–1999)
 * Fort Worth Brahmas (WPHL/CHL) (1997–2006)
 * Fort Worth Cavalry (AFL) (1994)
 * Fort Worth Flyers (NBA D-League) (2005–2007)
 * North Texas Bulls (AAL/AFA) (2021–2022)

For a time in 1970–71, it hosted home games for the Texas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association. During the 1990s, the building was home to the Fort Worth Fire and Fort Worth Brahmas ice hockey teams, as well as the Arena Football League's Fort Worth Cavalry. From 2005 to 2007, it was home to the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA Development League. In 2020, it hosted the home games for the North Texas Bulls out of the American Arena League.

The arena also hosted the 1992 Davis Cup final, which saw the United States defeat Switzerland.

The 2018 National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) held their 30th annual National Championships at the convention center.

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Sames Auto Arena

The Sames Auto Arena (formerly known as the Laredo Entertainment Center and Laredo Energy Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Laredo, Texas. It is located next to Bob Bullock Loop (US 59/Loop 20), on the northeastern side of Laredo. Within the Sames Auto Arena complex, there are several hotels within a walking distance. The Laredo International Airport is also nearby.

History
The City of Laredo funded the $36.5 million project through a one-quarter percent sales tax increase that was approved by Laredo voters on August 12, 2000, with the facility's groundbreaking taking place in June 2001. The facility opened in October 2002. With 32000 sqft of continuous open floor space, the Sames Auto Arena has the largest indoor convention space in South Texas. The 178,000 square foot facility has a seating capacity that can be expanded up to 9,622 for concerts, with 14 luxury suites, six meeting rooms and a private club.

The facility's management company, SMG, oversees all aspects of the arena including operations, concessions, scheduling, ticketing, and marketing. The arena sits on 25 acre at Jacaman Road and Bob Bullock Loop (US 59/Loop 20) – property that Arena Ventures donated to the City of Laredo. Arena Ventures owns 35 additional acres around the site that is currently being developed with hotels and office parks, specialized retail stores and restaurants, and a $1.5 million water feature with fountains, a boardwalk and quarter-mile jogging track.

In 2010, the previously-named Laredo Entertainment Center was renamed the Laredo Energy Arena after Laredo Energy purchased the venue's naming rights. Eight years later, Sames Auto Group purchased the naming rights to the arena and the venue is now known as the Sames Auto Arena.

 * Naming history
 * Laredo Entertainment Center (October 17, 2002—March 16, 2010)
 * Laredo Energy Arena (March 17, 2010—July 16, 2018)
 * Sames Auto Arena (July 17, 2018—present)

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Blue Arena

The Blue Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Loveland, Colorado, 55 mi northeast of Denver. It has 24 luxury suites, 777 club seats and 6,800 general admission seats. The arena is located on The Ranch Events Complex (formerly the Larimer County Fairgrounds and Events Complex) and is owned by Larimer County, Colorado. The facility and ticket sales are managed by OVG360 (a division of Oak View Group). It is home to the AHL Colorado Eagles ice hockey team and is the former home of the Colorado Lightning indoor soccer team, the Colorado Chill women's basketball team, and the Denver Dream women's football team. It was also home to the Colorado Ice/Crush indoor football team from 2007 until 2017 and will serve as home of the Colorado Spartans starting in 2024.

History
Construction was completed and doors opened for the first event on September 20, 2003, with a sold-out exhibition hockey game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Florida Panthers.

The Colorado Eagles established a new record for minor league professional hockey with their 145th consecutive regular-season sellout, set on January 12, 2008, in a victory vs. rival Rocky Mountain Rage. Including playoff games, the Eagles had sold out 181 consecutive games total – every single game during their first 4½ years of operation.

Blue Arena was previously named the Budweiser Events Center, but changed after Budweiser's contract expired in October, 2023 after which Blue Federal Credit Union was awarded the contract.

Notable events
The Colorado Eagles hosted the 2009 Central Hockey League All-Star Game and the 2013 ECHL All-Star Game at the Blue Arena.

The Events Center has played host to: musicians Widespread Panic, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Yes, and ZZ Top; comedians Bill Cosby, Ron White, Carlos Mencia, Gabriel Iglesias & Larry the Cable Guy; as well as Cirque Du Soleil, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice, The Wiggles, Sesame Street Live, and The Harlem Globetrotters.

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Western Oceanic languages

The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by. They make up a majority of the Austronesian languages spoken in New Guinea.

Classification
The West Oceanic linkage is made up of three sub-linkages:
 * North New Guinea linkage
 * Meso-Melanesian linkage
 * Papuan Tip linkage

The center of dispersal was evidently near the Willaumez Peninsula on the north coast of New Britain.

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Asheville Aces

The Asheville Aces were a Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) team in Asheville, North Carolina. The team, which suffered limited success and low attendance, lasted only one year before disbanding.

Franchise History
The Asheville Aces were established in the summer preceding the 2004–05 season. The city of Asheville was perceived as a strong candidate for a minor league team in spite of the limited success and subsequent demise of the Asheville Smoke, which lasted from 1998 to 2002. Florida real estate investor David Waronker, representing the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) began lobbying the city for rights to form a team. Meanwhile, John Cherney, the founder and first president of the South East Hockey League, also attempted to establish an SEHL team in the city. Concerned with the financial viability of a team in the municipally-owned Asheville Civic Center, officials from the city of Asheville insisted that if a team was to play in the facility, it be part of a league that comprised at least six other teams. The SEHL at that time had only four teams. The SPHL had three teams in Jacksonville, Florida, Orlando, Florida, and Macon, Georgia, and promised more expansion teams were waiting to be announced until the sixth team came aboard. The city agreed and by the beginning of the 2004–05 season, the Asheville Aces were officially one of nine teams in the SPHL. Orlando's lease was revoked before the start of the season, but this still left the SPHL with eight teams. The Aces finished their only season with a record of 19–37–0, and missed the playoffs. The team then folded prior to the next season after failing to agree to a lease with the Asheville Civic Center.

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The Sinister Minister

The Sinister Minister may refer to:

 * "The Sinister Minister", a song and single by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones from their album, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
 * The Sinister Minister, a nickname of American professional wrestling manager Father James Mitchell
 * Sinister Minister (horse), a horse, winner of the 2006 Blue Grass Stakes

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I thought I might edit the article if there are no objections. The line "caused workers from all over the U.S. to flock to Amarillo for jobs building bombs" doesn't seem to fit the tone for Wikipedia, so I thought I might change it to "created a noticeable increase in employment opportunities in the Amarillo area." There is also a small problem with the arrangement of the sections at the bottom--the Footnotes appears before the Controversy section is completed. Are there any objections? Gaedheal (talk) 13:58, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

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Proctor & Gamble Defense Corporation
Pantex was operated as a nuclear bomb assembly plant by Proctor & Gamble Defense Corp. beginning in 1950. The plant made the high explosives used in the bombs locally and performed final assembly of nuclear warheads. After the Korean War armistice on July 27, 1953, P&G Defense notified the Federal Government that it did not intend to renew its contract to operate the plant. In 1954, Mason & Hanger took over the plant. Operating personnel were retained by Mason & Hanger. P&G executives and employees returned to Proctor & Gamble.

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The Calling (band)

The Calling is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1996 by lead singer and guitarist Alex Band and guitarist Aaron Kamin. They are best known for their hit single "Wherever You Will Go," which topped the Adult Top 40 for 23 weeks—making it the second longest running number one in the chart's history—and was later named the number one song of the decade of 2000s on the Adult Pop Charts by Billboard magazine. It was included on their debut album Camino Palmero (2001), which saw commercial success despite unfavorable critical reception.

Their second album, Two (2004) was supported by the lead single "Our Lives," which was featured in the closing ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the opening song for the 78th Academy Awards. The band broke up in the following year after its release, and reformed in 2016 following a failed attempt to do so in 2013. Since the formation of the band, there had been several lineup changes, with Band remaining its sole original member.

Formation (1996–1999)
The band was formed by Alex Band and Aaron Kamin when Kamin was dating Band's sister. Kamin and Band initially began jamming and writing songs as far back as 1996, and began gigging under the band name "Generation Gap" with a drummer who was twice their age. At this stage, the band also included saxophonist Benny Golbin, giving the songs a more jazzy sound reminiscent of Dave Matthews Band. Eventually, Band and Kamin ditched the "Gap" lineup, and briefly switched their name to "Next Door", which itself was a nod to Ron Fair, a veteran music business executive and Band's neighbor.

They quickly found their own sound amongst radio rock acts of the early 21st century such as Matchbox Twenty, Third Eye Blind, Train, and Fastball. By 1999, Fair was impressed enough by the demos to sign them to a development deal with RCA. They changed their name to the Calling.

Wherever You Will Go, Camino Palmero and departures of Woolstenhulme, Mohler, and Wood (2000–2002)
While the RCA deal was a huge boost, it also created a new problem for Band and Kamin: they had no solid band and, thus, had hardly toured and built a fanbase. Band and Kamin also struggled to get the attention of label heads amid the pop explosion of the new millennium.

Kathy Nelson, then president of film music for The Walt Disney Motion Picture Group, heard the demo to their song "Wherever You Will Go" and decided to include it in the film Coyote Ugly, with the group also performing in the background as cameos. Because of this, Flair worked intensely with Band and Kamin on perfecting the debut album, which took over two years.

Five years after being signed to their record deal and nine months after the film's release, The Calling released their first single "Wherever You Will Go" on May 22, 2001. The song immediately brought them worldwide recognition, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Adult Top 40 for 23 weeks, the second-longest-running number one in the chart's history, behind "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas. The song was named the No. 1 Adult Pop song of the decade by Billboard magazine. The song was featured prominently in the television series Smallville's first-season episode "Metamorphosis". It was also featured in early trailers in 2001 for the Star Trek prequel series Enterprise. In an episode of the CBS television drama Cold Case, "Frank's Best", the song is played at the end of the episode.

Their debut album, Camino Palmero, was issued on July 10, 2001, and peaked at number 36 on Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), However, the album received generally negative reviews.

Approximately a year later, on April 15, 2002, the Calling released their second single, "Adrienne," which achieved moderate success.

Later, on August 19, 2002, The Calling released their third single, "Could It Be Any Harder", which achieved very little promotion, only charting at number 35 on the Adult Top 40 charts.

In June 2002, Woolstenhulme left the Calling. His replacement was Dino Meneghin. Mohler and Wood left in October 2002.

Two and first breakup (2003–2005)
In 2003, the Calling announced that they began work on their sophomore album, along with a new lineup. On February 10 the same year, the Calling recorded a track for the superhero movie Daredevil, titled "For You". It was released as the third single for the soundtrack album, while also appearing in the EP version. It was used as the closing credits to the film. The band performed the song live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in the February 13, 2003, episode. While the song failed to enter the US charts, it did fairly well in Italy, just past the Top 20 at number 19.

On March 29, 2004, they released their lead single "Our Lives" from their upcoming second album, which made its debut on hot adult contemporary radio the same day. It was featured in the 2004 Olympics ceremony, it was used as the opening song of the 78th annual Academy Awards and used as the theme song to the short lived series "Clubhouse" on CBS. The song was well received and charted at number 34 in the Billboard Top 40. It also reached the Top 20 in countries like Denmark and Italy.

In June 2004, the group returned with their sophomore album titled Two. However, Two had disappointing sales compared to their first album and failed to live up to expectations, charting at number 54 on Billboard Top 200.

A final single, "Anything," performed decently with little promotion, charting at number 23 in the Adult Top 40.

After a lengthy world tour in support of the album, despite the lack of support from the label, Kamin and Band decided to disband the Calling. They played a farewell show in Temecula, California on June 6, 2005. Alex then began pursuing a solo career and played occasional shows.

Temporary reunion and second breakup (2013)
On August 15, 2013, Alex Band reformed the Calling with new members; Sean Kipe on lead guitar, Jake Fehres on bass, and Art Pacheco on drums. The band performed their comeback gig at Bally's Atlantic City on August 17. Work on a new album began in early 2012 and took 10 months to complete, with a planned 2013 release through Universal.

The Calling performed at the Lapeer Days Festival in Lapeer, Michigan, where they performed their old hits, along with new music, including a song titled "Better", which was rumored to be their first single.

On August 18, Band was reportedly abducted by two men that robbed him, beat him severely, and dumped him on train tracks in Lapeer, Michigan. He was taken to an emergency room at a nearby hospital, where he was treated and released. Band reportedly lost a tooth, suffered a mild concussion and needed fifteen stitches to close a wound on his chin.

The abduction gained nationwide notoriety, while the locals at Lapeer were skeptical, as they believed that the abduction was a "hoax" and a "publicity stunt". Band denied all claims that the abduction was planned to promote The Calling's comeback.

After only a few shows, the group had drawn virtually no further publicity and later broke up again.

Third reunion, lineup changes, and touring (2016–2022)
In June 2016, Band created a Patreon page to share his work, including demos, unreleased music, covers, upcoming tracks, and behind the scenes footage. His first release from the page was an unmixed demo of a solo track titled "Place Inside of You", a track he performed on a livestream back in 2013.

In October 2016, The Calling reformed with a new lineup and performed in Manila, Philippines the following month. The Australian company "Unbreakable Touring" announced that the band were to perform in areas such as Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Fremantle along with the rock band Juke Kartel and newcomer Mike Waters, but this was later postponed due to visa issues. In July 2017 it was announced that The Calling would be joining Lifehouse as support acts for Live's Australian leg of their world reunion tour.

Band said in an interview with Australian music website "may the rock be with you" in November 2017 that The Calling will be releasing new music soon.

The Calling began to tour around Europe in the beginning of 2020, with locations including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Austria. Whilst on tour in February, Band spoke in a video interview presentation with Welsh podcast SteegCast. In the video, Band speaks of his future music plans and talks of new material, including even at some point releasing orchestral workings of some of the Calling's best known songs.

The Calling announced their Latin America Tour on their social media to celebrate their 20th anniversary of their debut album, with dates starting in December 2022 in Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Some of the dates were later pushed to May 2023.

New lineup, and upcoming third album (2023–present)
In April 2023, The Calling announced a new lineup of the band once again; Band being the lead singer; Daniel Damico returning on lead guitar, and Dom Liberati on bass. The following month they teased production of new music, playing a snippet of a new track titled "Dust".

In July, 2023, The Calling announced that they will be playing an acoustic set for the Pop 2000 Tour in Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas in August 19th, 2023, along with Chris Kirkpatrick, Smash Mouth, O-Town and LFO.

On August 10, 2023, The Calling collaborated with Singaporean ad agency BBH Singapore to headline Income Insurance’s new "Protection" campaign with their new song titled "Fallin' Apart", which was later released as a single; this marks The Calling's first official release of any new material since their last single "Anything" back in 2004. A music video was created and released on August 16, 2023.

The works of a third album began in September 2023. On December 11, 2023, The Calling posted teasers on their social media of the band working in Minneapolis, Minnesota with award-winning record producer John Fields (who had worked on Alex Band's solo album), further confirming that new music is being made, with an expected release date in 2024.

The Calling announced a 25 date Latin tour. Their first single from their upcoming third album, "Stand Up Now", was released independently on May 3, 2024. During their tour, they teased another song titled "Hold On Me", which is confirmed to be their next single.

Band structure and financial disputes
When the Calling was formed by the label, the executives pushed the image of a five member rock band; however, lead members Band and Kamin have stated that the band have "always been a two-man group at its core since its foundation, with the other members hired as session and touring musicians."

In November 2003, Wood and Mohler, former members of the Calling, filed a lawsuit against Band, Kamin, and the group's management. They accused them of mismanagement, fraud, and demanded an audit of the funds used during their time in the band. Wood and Mohler alleged that they were promised a portion of the royalties and profits from touring and merchandise. Band and Kamin disputed their right to access any royalty records. Kamin called the suit “totally without merit” and says it was “settled very quickly” with him, Band and their managers. Band and Kamin claimed that the two were not entitled to any records of the royalties.

Trademark rights for the name and absence of Kamin
According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, when the Calling was reformed in 2013, whereas Kamin was excluded, lead singer Alex Band filed a lawsuit against Kamin, claiming that has “essentially disappeared from the public eye” and that any trademark rights over the band that Kamin held have "effectively been abandoned".

The complaint was that Kamin would "simply refused to support the Calling on tour" when promoting Camino Palmero. The lawsuit also states that "Kamin prioritized his work on projects with other artists, refused to devote himself to writing and recording with the Calling, and fought Band’s decisions on every aspect of the album."

Kamin disputes the allegations, responding "I don’t know why I was supposed to give him the rights to something that was a representation of our collective talent. I’m sure I could find you proof of all the tours that I was out and about on."

The lawsuits between Band and Kamin have strained the relationship, but despite this, Kamin says he "couldn’t say no" to rejoining the Calling if asked.

Current members

 * Alex Band – lead vocals (1996–2005, 2013, 2016–present); rhythm guitar, bass (2016–present)
 * Daniel Damico – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2004–2005, 2016, 2023–present)
 * Dom Liberati – bass (2023–present)

Current touring musicians

 * Ryan Levant – keyboards, backing vocals (2016–present)
 * Joey Clement – bass guitar, backing vocals (2020–present)

Former members

 * Aaron Kamin – lead guitar, backing vocals (1996–2005); bass (2002–2005); rhythm guitar (2003–2005)
 * Sean Woolstenhulme – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1996–2002)
 * Billy Mohler – bass (1996–2002)
 * Nate Wood – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1996–2002)
 * Dino Meneghin – rhythm guitar (2002–2003)
 * Sean Kipe – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2013)
 * Jake Fehres – bass (2013)
 * Art Pacheco – drums, percussion (2013)
 * Daniel Thomson – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2016–2022)
 * Travis Loafman – lead guitar, backing vocals (2016–2022)

Former touring musicians

 * Kaveh Rastegar – bass (2004)
 * Corey Britz – bass, keyboards, backing vocals (2004–2005)
 * Justin Derrico – lead guitar (2004–2005)
 * Justin Meyer – drums, percussion (2004–2005)
 * Al Berry – bass (2016)
 * Cubbie Fink – bass, backing vocals (2016–2020)

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Camino Palmero (2001)
 * Two (2004)

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Columbus Cottonmouths

The Columbus Cottonmouths were three separate professional ice hockey teams based in Columbus, Georgia. The team is nicknamed the Snakes and played their home games at the Columbus Civic Center. In 2017, the third franchise suspended operations after failing to find a new owner.

Central Hockey League (CHL): 1996–2001
In 1996, the Columbus Cottonmouths started play in the Central Hockey League, joining the Macon Whoopee and Nashville Nighthawks as expansion entries that were originally slated to be in the Southern Hockey League before its demise in the summer of 1996. Along with the Memphis RiverKings, an established CHL franchise, and the Huntsville Channel Cats, the SHL champion in 1996 and the lone surviving franchise from that league, Columbus and the other two expansion SHL teams formed the new Eastern Division of the CHL in the 1996–97 season. In 1998, the team won the CHL championship, defeating the Wichita Thunder in a four-game sweep. The Cottonmouths were in the CHL playoffs each of their five seasons in the league, making it to the league finals in 2000 and 2001 before losing to the Indianapolis Ice and the Oklahoma City Blazers, respectively. In the summer of 2001, the CHL merged with the Western Professional Hockey League and geographic rivals in Huntsville and Macon were lost, leading the Cottonmouths to seek and obtain entry into the East Coast Hockey League.

DVA Sports, composed of owners Salvador Diaz-Verson and Shelby Amos, purchased the defunct Hampton Roads Admirals ECHL franchise, relocating it to Columbus under the Cottonmouths name.

East Coast Hockey League (ECHL): 2001–2004
From 2001 to 2004, the Columbus Cottonmouths organization played in the ECHL, bringing with them their longtime captain Jerome "Boom-Boom" Bechard and head coach Bruce Garber. In the three seasons that Columbus spent in the ECHL, they failed to make the playoffs. Midway through their second season in the ECHL, Garber, the only coach in team history, resigned. General manager Phil Roberto took over for the remainder of the season. Their best season in the ECHL was their last. Prior to the 2003–04 season the team announced the signing of their new coach, former NHL enforcer Brian Curran. They finished with a 37–27–8 record, tied with the Greensboro Generals for the best record by a non-playoff team that season.

In April 2004, Cottonmouth management announced their intention to move their ECHL franchise to the Bradenton-Sarasota area in Florida. The team, which was later named the Gulf Coast Swords, would never come to fruition as financial setbacks delayed the construction of their arena. Finally, after foreclosure on the arena property and numerous delays, the ECHL revoked the Swords franchise in the league in the summer of 2006.

Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL): 2004–2017
In 2004, the Columbus Cottonmouths organization joined the Southern Professional Hockey League as one of its inaugural members. Led by first year coach, and Columbus hockey legend Jerome Bechard, the team won the first SPHL championship in April 2005 by first winning a one-game playoff against the Fayetteville FireAntz by a 4–2 score. They next swept the regular season champion Knoxville Ice Bears to advance to the league finals, which they won against the Macon Trax with two straight victories, ending with a 3–2 overtime win. The Snakes' victory capped an undefeated postseason in which they won five games.

In 2007, the Columbus team won the SPHL Commissioner's Cup as the team with the best season record, but was ousted in the first round of playoffs by the Jacksonville Barracudas, who won the series three games to one. In 2008, the Snakes' 22–24–6 regular-season record was a Columbus hockey team's first losing record since 2002–03 and the first one by a non-ECHL team.

On April 14, 2012, the Cottonmouths won their second President's Cup championship with a two-game sweep of the Pensacola Ice Flyers. The Snakes won game one 3–2 at home and then completed the championship series with a 3–1 road victory over the Ice Flyers. The Cottonmouths went undefeated in the playoffs, 6–0.

On January 19, 2017, the bus carrying the Cottonmouths was involved in a rollover on I-74 on the way to play the Peoria Rivermen. 24 players and staff were injured in the accident. In March 2017, it was announced that owners Wanda and Shelby Amos were selling the team and that general manager and head coach Bechard was in charge of looking for a buyer. The Amoses cited mounting financial losses as their reason for trying to sell the team and that they would cease operations if a new buyer was not found. On May 3, 2017, the team official suspended operations for the 2017–18 season. However, SPHL commissioner Jim Combs confirmed that negotiations with a potential ownership were still ongoing but would only be ready for the 2018–19 season if the ownership transfer was successful. In June, the new potential ownership was confirmed as Residential World Media, headed by Fidel Jenkins, and that the purchase was still in negotiations with the SPHL. However, it was also stated that the "Cottonmouths" branding would not be included in the purchase and the team would instead be called the Columbus Burn. However, in August, the league terminated the application of the Burn to join the league.

In 2019, professional hockey returned to Columbus in the Federal Hockey League with the Columbus River Dragons.

Staff

 * Head coach – Jerome Bechard
 * Athletic Trainer – Adam Norman
 * Equipment manager – Mike Nash

Notable NHL alumni
List of Columbus Cottonmouths alumni who played more than 25 games in Columbus and 25 or more games in the National Hockey League. • Mike Morrison

• Rumun Ndur

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