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The Magic Numbers

The Magic Numbers are an English alternative rock band consisting of two brother-and-sister pairs, from Hanwell in west London. The group was formed in 2002, releasing their debut album titled The Magic Numbers on 13 June 2005. Their follow-up album, Those the Brokes, was released on 6 November 2006; The Runaway was released on 6 June 2010, Alias was released on 18 August 2014, and their most recent album, Outsiders, was released on 11 May 2018.

The Magic Numbers consists of Romeo Stodart (lead guitar, vocals), his sister Michele Stodart (bass guitar, vocals, glockenspiel), Angela Gannon (melodica, percussion, keyboard, vocals) and her brother Sean Gannon (drums).

Backgrounds
The Stodarts are the children of a Scottish father and a Portuguese mother and were born in Trinidad in the Caribbean, where their mother was an opera singer and had her own TV show. When the family fled an Islamic coup attempt there in 1990, they were raised in New York City. In the mid-1990s, when Romeo was 16 and Michele was 10, they moved to London.

The Gannons are of Irish descent but lived in Hanwell, London where they became friends with their neighbours the Stodarts. Prior to forming the Magic Numbers, Romeo and Sean spent time trying to form a band together under various guises, and previously performed under the name 'Guess'.

Early years
In late 2002 The Magic Numbers formed in their present guise, and they began touring the London circuit, gradually developing their sound and building a small cult following, not least amongst some already established artists including The Chemical Brothers, Travis, and Ed Harcourt, with the latter later influential in their signing to record label Heavenly Records, narrowly choosing that label over Rough Trade Records.

Their rise came swiftly, beginning in the summer of 2004 and later that year when they began supporting well-known artists such as Travis, Ed Harcourt and Snow Patrol and appearing on the bill of some low-key UK festivals, building a larger following by increasing their live performances. In November 2004, they released a limited edition 7" vinyl single, "Hymn for Her", to coincide with a three-show residency at The Borderline in London.

The Magic Numbers
On the back of releasing just one commercially available single, "Forever Lost", and even before their debut album was released, they played a sold-out show to a crowd of over 2,000 at The Forum in Kentish Town, London, where a limited number of live albums of the gig were released. They played their first live session on UK radio on the Dermot O'Leary Show for BBC Radio 2.

Their eponymous debut album was recorded in late 2004 and early 2005 at Metropolis Studios in London, and released on 13 June 2005. The album was produced and recorded by American producer Craig Silvey. Prior to release, only "Forever Lost" was promoted as a commercial single. This was followed up by later single releases "Love Me Like You", "Love's a Game" and "I See You, You See Me".

Following the release of their debut album, the remainder of 2005 and the first few months of 2006 were spent touring and promoting their album and singles, throughout the UK and United States, across Europe and also in New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Their Japanese tour was featured as a side documentary on Jonathan Ross's Japanorama.

They received a large amount of press attention for being the first band to walk off the TV show Top of the Pops after host Richard Bacon allegedly insulted their physiques (calling them "a big fat melting pot of talent" in their introduction) shortly before they were due to appear on the show to promote their single "Love Me Like You".

The album was shortlisted in 2005 for the coveted Mercury Music Prize.

Those the Brokes
After their heavy touring and promotion of their self-titled debut, The Magic Numbers would return in autumn of 2006 with their follow-up album, Those the Brokes. The band did another extensive run of shows to promote and tour for the album, including supporting The Who in Southampton, and an appearance at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival.

The album was partly recorded in New York at Allaire Studios in Spring 2006, a venue which has also been used in the past by David Bowie, The Strokes and Ryan Adams, and was recorded and engineered by Richard Wilkinson.

A live album entitled Live at the Kentish Town Forum was released in February 2007, featuring a live performance of songs from both of the band's two albums.

The Runaway
The band took some time off during 2008, before reconvening in late 2009 to begin work on their third studio album. The band's website was updated to inform fans that the new album would be entitled The Runaway. The album was produced by Romeo Stodart with Valgeir Sigurðsson, who has previously worked with artists such as Björk, Bonnie Prince Billy and Múm. The album was mixed by Ben Hillier, and features string arrangements by the late Robert Kirby, who worked on Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left album. The album was released on 26 July 2010.

The Magic Numbers played at the 2010 Splendour in the Grass festival. During their time in Australia, they did shows in Melbourne and Sydney with Blue Mountains band Cloud Control. They also played at the annual Glastonbury Festival.

Michele Stodart solo career
In 2012, Michele Stodart released a solo album with a strong country music influence, Wide-Eyed Crossing, accompanying herself on the guitar. It contains a duet with Conor O'Brien from the Villagers and was promoted on a solo tour by Stodart.

In 2016, she released her 2nd solo album, Pieces, on One Little Indian Records. The album featured guest appearances from her brother Romeo Stodart and singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams.

Acoustic tour and fourth album
In May 2013, The Magic Numbers announced their first-ever acoustic tour. The five-week tour saw the band play in theatres, churches and live music venues across the UK and Ireland supported by British act Goldheart Assembly.

In 2013, the band acted in The Harry Hill Movie, as bed & breakfast proprietors in Blackpole. The band's fourth album Alias was released in August 2014.

In November 2015, The Magic Numbers toured the UK with McAlmont and Butler, acting as the supporting act and also providing backing vocals and rhythm section to the duo.

EPs
The EP featured alternate versions of two tracks from their 2006 album Those the Brokes (an edit of "Undecided" and a re-recording of "Let Somebody In") plus four previously unreleased recordings.
 * Undecided EP (3 September 2007)

 * 1) "Undecided" (Radio Edit)
 * 2) "Fear of Sleep"
 * 3) "Shooter"
 * 4) "Tonight"
 * 5) "Let Somebody In" (Alternate Version With Strings By Robert Kirby)
 * 6) "Sissy and the Silent Kid"

This was a pre-release EP for their then-forthcoming album The Runaway that came out 26 July 2010. Two songs from this EP were not included in the full album.
 * The Pulse EP (2010)

 * 1) "The Pulse"
 * 2) "Dead Mirrors"
 * 3) "This Isn't Happening"

Contributions
The Magic Numbers have made appearances on various other artists' releases, including:

 * Duke Special – "Our Love Goes Deeper Than This" (backing vocals)
 * The Chemical Brothers – "Close Your Eyes" (vocals)
 * The Concretes – "Your Call" (vocals), "Sunbeams" (backing vocals)
 * Ed Harcourt – "Revolution in the Heart" (backing vocals)
 * David Kitt – "Up to You" and "Guilty Prayers, Pointless Ends" from the album, Not Fade Away (backing vocals)
 * Jane Birkin – Fictions
 * The Boxer Rebellion – "Flashing Red Light Means Go" (backing vocals by Angela) – from their newly released album, Union.

Compilation contributions

 * Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley (2005) – cover of Tim Buckley's "Sing a Song for You"
 * Help!: A Day in the Life (2005) – "Gone Are the Days"
 * Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project (2007) – cover of Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love"
 * The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show (2007) – "Love Me Like You"
 * The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack (2009) – "All I Believe In"
 * Leader Of The Starry Skies: A Tribute To Tim Smith, Songbook 1 (2010) – cover of Cardiacs' "A Little Man and a House"
 * A Tribute to Caetano Veloso (2012) – cover of Caetano Veloso' "You Don't Know Me"

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Gmelinite

Gmelinite-Na is one of the rarer zeolites but the most common member of the gmelinite series, gmelinite-Ca, gmelinite-K and gmelinite-Na. It is closely related to the very similar mineral chabazite. Gmelinite was named as a single species in 1825 after Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792–1860) professor of chemistry and mineralogist from Tübingen, Germany, and in 1997 it was raised to the status of a series. Gmelinite-Na has been synthesised from Na-bearing aluminosilicate gels. The naturally occurring mineral forms striking crystals, shallow, six sided double pyramids, which can be colorless, white, pale yellow, greenish, orange, pink, and red. They have been compared to an angular flying saucer.

Structure
The aluminosilicate framework is composed of tetrahedra linked to form parallel double six-membered rings stacked in two different positions (A and B) in the repeating arrangement AABBAABB. The framework has no Al-Si order. Within the structure there are cavities with a cross-section of up to 4 Å, and also wide channels parallel to the c axis with a diameter of 6.4 Å. Space group: P63/mmc. Unit cell parameters: a=13.72 Å, c=9.95 Å, Z=4.

Environment
Generally occurs in Si-poor volcanic rocks, marine basalts and breccias, associated with other sodium zeolites such as analcime, Na(Si2Al)O6*H2O, natrolite, Na2(Si3Al2)O10*2H2O, and chabazite-Na, Na2Ca(Si8Al4)O24*12H2O. It also occurs in Na-rich pegmatites in alkaline rocks, and as an alteration product in some nepheline syenite intrusions. No sedimentary gmelinite has been found. It is generally assumed that it forms at low temperatures, less than 100 °C. It is widespread as a hydrothermal alteration product of ussingite, Na2AlSi3O8(OH), associated with gobbinsite, Na5(Si11Al5)O32*11H2O, gonnardite, (Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10*3H2O, and chabazite-K.

Notable localities
Gmelinite-Na occurs extremely rarely at the Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada, in sills of the igneous volcanic rock phonolite which are rich in dawsonite, NaAl(CO3)(OH)2. It occurs both as pure gmelinite-Na and interlayered with chabazite in water-quenched basalts in Western Tasmania.

Associated minerals include other zeolites, especially chabazite, quartz, aragonite and calcite.

Distribution
Type Locality: Monte Nero, San Pietro, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy. Also found in Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Russia, UK and US.

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James Gomez (politician)

James Gomez (born 10 January 1965) is a Singaporean academic, politician and a member of the Singapore Democratic Party.

Academic career
Gomez was appointed as a visiting associate at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore in 1995, and was as a visiting researcher at the National Institute of Education Centre for Research in 1997–98.

Gomez began working for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Asia in 1996. He also continued his interest in academia through several research organisations and tertiary institutions. He was a visiting fellow at the Media and Communications Department at the Hong Kong Baptist University in 2002, and also presented guest seminars at the University of Hong Kong. From 2002 to 2004, he co-ordinated and guest lectured on a course on International Ethics and Human Rights at Thammasat University in Thailand, and was also an Adjunct Lecturer on the Human Rights Programme at Thailand's Mahidol University.

Gomez has previously been the deputy associate dean (international) at the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences at Monash University (Australia) and has lectured and conducted research at various tertiary institutions, including Thammasat University (Thailand), Mahidol University (Thailand) Universiti Utara Malaysia, Keio University (Japan) and United International College (China). Gomez was also a programme officer at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Sweden, and a research and project manager for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

He is presently professor of communications and associate dean (international affairs) at the School of Communication Arts, Bangkok University, Thailand. In 2015, he founded the Asia Centre, a regional educational enterprise based in Bangkok, Thailand since 2010. He also served as the executive director of Singaporeans for Democracy (a former non-governmental organisation) from 2010 to 2012.

Gomez also worked as a programme officer at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Sweden from 2006 to 2008. From 2008 to 2009, Gomez was a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science at Keio University in Japan. In between May 2009 to end May 2011 Gomez was the deputy associate dean (international) and head of public relations at the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences at Monash University.

Gomez was a founding editor of Think Centre (an NGO which works on democracy, rule of law and human rights issues in Singapore) and served as the Executive Directory of Singaporeans for Democracy (a former human rights NGO). During 2015, Gomez co-founded the Asia Centre, an educational enterprise based in Bangkok that seeks to connect peoples and regions through collaborative partnerships.

Gomez presently serves on the editorial board of Asia Rights, an online journal of human rights produced by the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) at the Australian National University.

His first book was Self Censorship: Singapore's Shame (1999). He then went on to write Internet Politics: Surveillance and Intermediation in Singapore.

Workers' Party
Gomez joined the Workers' Party in 2001. He was a member of the Workers' Party team which attempted to contest the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency at the 2001 general election, but were disqualified because their nomination papers were incomplete. The name of the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) they were intending to contest had not been written down on the form.

During the 2006 Singaporean general election, Gomez stood as a member of the Workers' Party's team in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency at the election. In the lead up to the election, Gomez claimed that he had submitted his minority-race candidate's application form during a visit to the Elections Department with Workers' Party Chairman Sylvia Lim on 24 April (All the candidates in a GRC must have at least one of the candidates must be a person belonging to the Malay, Indian or some other minority community. ). Two days later, Gomez called in at the Elections Department to enquire about the status of the form. which he was informed that they had not received his form, and he told an officer from the department that there would be "consequences" if it had been misplaced. The following day, the Elections Department confirmed that their closed-circuit television footage had revealed that Gomez had in fact put the form in his bag and left the building without submitting it.

On 29 April 2006, Gomez apologised after the release of the CCTV evidence and admitted that he had not filed his application, contrary to his earlier claims. He said that he had been distracted by his busy schedule. His failure to submit the form did not prevent the Workers' Party team from running in Aljunied GRC because they had a second minority candidate on their team, Mohammed Rahizan bin Yaacob, who had submitted the required paperwork.

PAP candidate Inderjit Singh speculated that Gomez's non-submission of the form may have been an intentional ploy to try to gain publicity and cause confusion. Gomez responded by insisting that he had made a genuine mistake and called for others to "move on" from the issue. On the eve of polling day, the Workers' Party leader, Low Thia Khiang, backed Gomez and stated that "the incident was merely an unintentional omission, a mistake made while busy". However Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said that the facts showed that Gomez had lied.

On polling day, Gomez and his Workers' Party colleagues in Aljunied GRC lost to the PAP's team by 56,593 votes (43.9%) to 74,843 (56.1%). This was the highest percentage of the vote garnered by any opposition losing candidates, and was therefore enough to secure one of the team's members (Party Chairman Sylvia Lim) a seat as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP).

Immediately after the election, the Elections Department filed a complaint about Gomez threatening a member of their staff by saying there would be "consequences" if his form has been lost.

On 8 May, two days after the election, Gomez was stopped by police at Changi Airport and prevented from boarding a flight to Stockholm (where he worked at the time for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance). He was held for questioning over whether he had committed criminal intimidation in his dealings with the Elections Department. Gomez and other members of the Workers' Party, including Low Thia Kiang and Sylvia Lim, were questioned regarding the issue. On 9 May, Gomez was questioned for a second time for five hours, and for a third time on 10 May for three hours. Meanwhile, Low assured police that there would be full co-operation with the police on the matter.

In the end, Gomez was let off with a "stern warning" regarding the incident. The police maintained that there had been "several serious inconsistencies" in the account of events that Gomez had given. However the public prosecutor stated that the willingness of Gomez to co-operate with the police and his lack of a previous criminal record led to the decision. Following this, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said that the decision not to prosecute did not make Gomez any less dishonest and called him a "bad egg".

Singapore Democratic Party
Gomez joined the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) in November 2010.

At the 2011 general election, Gomez stood as an SDP candidate in the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency. The SDP's team was defeated by the team from the PAP by 63.9% of the votes to 36.1%.

In 2015, Gomez along with other Singaporean activists, nominated Dr Chia Thye Poh for the Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of the 32 years Dr Chia spent as a prisoner of conscience and his pioneering work of speaking up for political and other freedoms in Singapore.

Personal life
Gomez was born in 1965. His father, Thomas Vincent Gomez, was a founder and prominent member of the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Worker's Union (SMMWU).

Education
Gomez studied at Serangoon Secondary School and Nanyang Junior College before going on to the National University of Singapore (NUS) from 1988 to 1992, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Political Science. He then completed a Master of Arts degree in Politics and Human Rights at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom in 1994.

In 2004, Gomez began studying for a Ph.D. at the Monash Asia Institute of Monash University in Australia.

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Delta Aquarii

Delta Aquarii (δ Aquarii, abbreviated Delta Aqr, δ Aqr), officially named Skat, is the third-brightest star in the constellation of Aquarius. The apparent visual magnitude is 3.3, which can be seen with the naked eye. The distance to this star is about 113 ly based upon parallax measurements, and it has a close companion.

Nomenclature
δ Aquarii (Latinised to Delta Aquarii) is the star's Bayer designation. It also has the Flamsteed designation 76 Aquarii.

It bore the traditional name Skat (also rendered Scheat, Seat, Sheat, etc., which was erroneously applied to Beta Pegasi in late medieval times), from the Arabic الساق al-sāq "shin".

In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Skat for this star on 21 August 2016, and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names. In Chinese, 羽林軍 (Yǔ Lín Jūn), meaning Palace Guard, refers to an asterism consisting of Delta Aquarii, 29 Aquarii, 35 Aquarii, 41 Aquarii, 47 Aquarii, 49 Aquarii, Lambda Piscis Austrini, HD 212448, Epsilon Piscis Austrini, 21 Piscis Austrini, 20 Piscis Austrini, Upsilon Aquarii, 68 Aquarii, 66 Aquarii, 61 Aquarii, 53 Aquarii, 50 Aquarii, 56 Aquarii, 45 Aquarii, 58 Aquarii, 64 Aquarii, 65 Aquarii, 70 Aquarii, 74 Aquarii, Tau2 Aquarii, Tau1 Aquarii, 77 Aquarii, 88 Aquarii, 89 Aquarii, 86 Aquarii, 101 Aquarii, 100 Aquarii, 99 Aquarii, 98 Aquarii, 97 Aquarii, 94 Aquarii, Psi3Aquarii, Psi2Aquarii, Psi1Aquarii, 87 Aquarii, 85 Aquarii, 83 Aquarii, Chi Aquarii, Omega1 Aquarii and Omega2 Aquarii. Consequently, the Chinese name for Delta Aquarii itself is 羽林軍二十六 (Yǔ Lín Jūn ershíliù, the Twenty Sixth Star of Palace Guard).

Properties
The spectrum of Delta Aquarii matches a stellar classification of A3 Vp, indicating this is a chemically peculiar A-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through the nuclear fusion of hydrogen at its core. This star has double the Sun's mass and a radius 2.4 times as large. It is radiating 26 times the luminosity of the Sun from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of around 9,000 K. This heat gives it the characteristic white-hued glow of an A-type star. It has a relatively high rate of rotation, with a projected rotational velocity of 81 km s−1.

Delta Aquarii does not display a strong signal of excess infrared emission that might indicate the presence of circumstellar matter. Delta Aquarii is a probable stream star member of the Ursa Major Moving Group, which has an estimated age of 500 million years.

Companion
An analysis of Hipparcos data strongly suggested a close companion object. An orbit was derived with a 483-day period, an eccentricity of 0.12, and an inclination of 41°. When Delta Aquarii was first examined for the companion, it could not be seen. Any possible companion beyond $100 au$ was constrained to be less than. Infrared interferometric observations did then find a companion, a likely G5 main sequence star around $2 au$ from the primary.

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Italiotes

The Italiotes (Ἰταλιῶται, Italiōtai) were the pre-Roman Greek-speaking inhabitants of the Italian Peninsula, between Naples and Calabria.

Greek colonisation of the coastal areas of southern Italy and Sicily started in the 8th century BC and, by the time of the Roman ascendance, the area was so extensively hellenized that Romans called it Magna Graecia, that is "Greater Greece".

The Latin alphabet is a derivative of the Western Greek alphabet used by these settlers, and was picked up and adopted and modified first by the Etruscans and then by the Romans.

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Category:Mountains of Morocco

The mountains of Morocco.

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Talk:4000 (number)

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I've removed again. It may not be a joke, but I can't see how it's relevant to this list of numbers. Surely virtually every 4-digit number has a PLU code? sjorford →•← 10:06, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 4011 - PLU code for yellow bananas

4000 in Roman numerals
How do different users of Roman numerals write 4000?? You know what 4, 40, and 400 are, so what's 4000?? Georgia guy 19:55, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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Alpha and Omega (disambiguation)

Alpha and Omega is an appellation of Christ and God in the Book of Revelation.

Alpha and Omega and similar titles may also refer to:

Film, television, and radio

 * Alpha and Omega (film series), a series of eight animated films produced by Crest Animation Productions
 * Alpha and Omega (film), a 2010 animated comedy-drama film and a series of direct-to-DVD videos
 * "Alpha and Omega" (Dark), a 2017 episode of Dark
 * "Alpha and Omega" (Supernatural), a 2016 episode of Supernatural
 * Alpha and Omega (radio plays), a pair of radio dramas by Mike Walker first aired by the BBC World Service in 2001 and 2002
 * Alpha and Omega, the doomsday bomb in Beneath the Planet of the Apes
 * Alpha-Omega, a military faction in War for the Planet of the Apes

Games

 * Alpha and Omega, another name for the word game Word chain
 * Alpha Omega (board game), a 1977 board wargame published by Battleline Publications
 * Alpha Omega (role-playing game), developed by Mind Storm Labs
 * Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, remakes of the Pokémon Japanese role-playing games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Literature

 * Alpha and Omega (Harrison), a 1915 collection of essays, lectures, and letters written by Jane Ellen Harrison
 * Alpha & Omega (book), a 2003 book by Charles Seife
 * Alpha and Omega, a 2007 novella by Patricia Briggs and the name for a series of subsequent novels
 * Alpha and Omega, a 2019 supernatural thriller novel by Harry Turtledove
 * Alpha & Omega, the final arc of the Locke & Key comic
 * Omegaverse, a literary subgenre focusing on dynamics between characters labeled Alphas, Betas, and Omegas, popularized by slash fiction

Music

 * Alpha & Omega (band), a British dub/reggae duo
 * Alpha & Omega Recording, the San Rafael, California recording studio of American music producer Sandy Pearlman
 * Alpha and Omega (Bizzy Bone album), 2004
 * Alpha and Omega (Tonus Peregrinus album), 2008
 * Alpha and Omega (Jelena Karleuša albums), 2023
 * Alpha Omega (Cro-Mags album), 1992
 * Alpha Omega (Cheek album), 2015
 * "Alpha Omega", a bootleg compilation of tracks by The Beatles which prompted the release of the official 1962–1966 and 1967–1970 compilations
 * Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza album, 2012
 * "Alpha and Omega", a track off of Boards of Canada's 2002 album Geogaddi
 * "Alpha Omega", a track off of Architects' 2012 album Daybreaker
 * "Alpha Omega", a track off of Karnivool's 2013 album Asymmetry

Other uses

 * Alpha and Omega, California gold rush towns, now honored as the historical landmark of Alpha Hydraulic Diggings
 * Alpha et Omega, an occult order initially named the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
 * Alpha Omega (fraternity), a professional Jewish dental fraternity
 * Alpha Omega (local), a local men's residence at Grove City College

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dewian

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 08:17, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Dewian
Unsigned band, nothing on allmusic.com, fails WP:MUSIC criteria -- Ferkelparade π 10:09, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. For once, I agree with Ferkelparade on a VfD debate. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:29, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete bandity. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 12:07, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn band. jglc | t | c 17:19, 9 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 Ivor Novello Appreciation Bureau

The Ivor Novello Appreciation Bureau is a voluntary organisation that was formed in Quedgeley, Gloucester, to foster interest in and preserve the memory of the Welsh composer and actor Ivor Novello.

Ivor Day
An annual 'Ivor Day' event is held in the Berkshire village of Littlewick Green in June. A cast of performers gather in St. John's Church to perform recitals of prose and songs.

Other events
A Thanksgiving Service was held on 6 March 2001, in the "Actors' Church," St Paul's, Covent Garden, London to mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of Ivor Novello. This was followed by a concert in the Salon of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

A lilac tree was planted in the grounds of St. John's Church, Littlewick Green, on 10 June 2001.

Officials
The Honorary Administrator is Nicholas Gaze who is assisted by Mary Falby and Chris Sansom.

The patrons are the sopranos Marilyn Hill-Smith and Sandra Watkins.

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Delta Herculis

Delta Herculis (δ Herculis, abbreviated Delta Her, δ Her) is a multiple star system in the constellation of Hercules. Its light produces to us apparent magnitude 3.12, as such the third-brightest star in the large, fairly dim constellation. Based on parallax measurement taken during the Hipparcos mission, it is approximately 23.1 pc from the Sun.

Components
It consists of a binary pair, designated Delta Herculis A, together with three potential companions, suffixed B, C and D. Furthermore B is believed to be an optical binary. A's components are designated Delta Herculis Aa (officially named Sarin, the traditional name of the system) and Ab. The angular separation between the main component A and the component B, which has a magnitude of 8.74, is 8.5 arcseconds.

Nomenclature
δ Herculis (Latinised to Delta Herculis) is the system's Bayer designation. The designations of the four constituents as Delta Herculis A, B, C and D, and those of A's components - Delta Herculis Aa and Ab - derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

It bore the traditional name Sarin. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN decided to attribute proper names to individual stars rather than entire multiple systems. It approved the name Sarin for the component Delta Herculis Aa on 12 September 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.

In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated Menkib al Jathi al Aisr, which was translated into Latin as Humerus Sinister Ingeniculi, meaning kneeler's left shoulder.

In Chinese, 天市左垣 (Tiān Shì Zuǒ Yuán), meaning Left Wall of Heavenly Market Enclosure, refers to an asterism which represents eleven old states in China which is marking the left borderline of the enclosure, consisting of Delta Herculis, Lambda Herculis, Mu Herculis, Omicron Herculis, 112 Herculis, Zeta Aquilae, Theta1 Serpentis, Eta Serpentis, Nu Ophiuchi, Xi Serpentis and Eta Ophiuchi. Consequently, the Chinese name for Delta Herculis itself is 天市左垣一 (Tiān Shì Zuǒ Yuán yī, the First Star of Left Wall of Heavenly Market Enclosure), and represents the state of Wei (魏), together with 33 Capricorni, according to Ian Ridpath version or Phi Capricorni and Chi Capricorni in R.H. Allen's version in Twelve States (asterism).

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IBMDOS.COM

IBMDOS.COM is the filename of the DOS kernel. Loaded and initially invoked by the DOS BIOS in IBMBIO.COM during the boot process, it contains the hardware-independent parts of the operating system, including the embedded FAT12, FAT16 and, in newer versions, the FAT32 file system code, as well as the code to provide the DOS API to applications.

The file exists in PC DOS 1.0 to 7.10 and DR DOS 5.0 and higher (except for DR-DOS 7.06), with MS-DOS using MSDOS.SYS (from version 1.10 to 6.22) for the same purpose. DR DOS 3.31 to 3.41 used the equivalent DRBDOS.SYS file instead. (For compatibility purposes with some DOS applications the IBMDOS.COM file name was briefly also used by the IBM version of OS/2 1.0, where it resembled the OS2DOS.COM OS/2 kernel file as used by Microsoft.)

By default, the file is located in the root directory of the bootable drive/partition (normally C:\) and has the hidden, read-only, and system file attributes set. As IBMDOS.COM is a binary image containing executable code rather than a true COM-style program, the hidden attribute is set to keep the file from being accidentally invoked at the command prompt, which would lead to a crash. This is not necessary for DR-DOS 7.02 and higher, because under these systems the file is a fat binary also containing a tiny COM-style stub just displaying some version info and exiting gracefully when loaded inappropriately.

In Digital Research terminology, the kernel component of the operating system is called the BDOS (Basic Disk Operating System), a term originally coined by Gary Kildall in 1975 for CP/M, but which is continued to be used in all other DRI operating systems (except for Concurrent DOS 286 and FlexOS). Microsoft has used this name as well when referring to the kernel of the MSX-DOS operating system. The FAT file system specific code is called the FDOS in DRI terminology.

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Daughters of the Dust

Daughters of the Dust is a 1991 independent film written, directed and produced by Julie Dash and is the first feature film directed by an African-American woman to be theatrically released in the United States. Set in 1902, it tells the story of three generations of Gullah (also known as Geechee) women in the Peazant family on Saint Helena Island as they prepare to migrate off the island, out of the Southern United States, and into the North.

The film received critical praise for its lush visuals, Gullah language dialogue and non-linear storytelling. The cast features Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara-O, Trula Hoosier, Vertamae Grosvenor, and Kaycee Moore and was filmed on St. Helena Island in South Carolina. Daughters of the Dust was selected for the Sundance 1991 dramatic competition. Director of photography Arthur Jafa won the top cinematography prize. The film is also known for being the first by an African-American woman to gain a general theatrical release.

Dash has written two books about Daughters of the Dust, one about making the film, co-authored with Toni Cade Bambara and bell hooks, and one novel, a sequel set 20 years after the film's narrative. In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." For its 25th anniversary, Daughters of the Dust was restored and re-released in 2016 by the Cohen Media Group.

Plot
Daughters of the Dust is set in 1902 among the members of the Peazant family, Gullah islanders who live at Ibo Landing on Dataw Island (St. Simons Island), off the Georgia coast. Their ancestors were brought there as enslaved people centuries ago, and the islanders developed a language—known as Gullah or Sea Island Creole English—and culture that was creolized from West Africans of Ibo, Yoruba, Mende, and Twi origin, along with some influence from the Bakongo of central Africa as well as the cultures and languages of the British Isles, with the common variety of English being the superstratum in this case Developed in their relative isolation of large plantations on the islands, the enslaved peoples' unique culture and language have endured over time. Their dialogue is in Gullah creole.

Narrated by the Unborn Child, the future daughter of Eli and Eula, whose voice is influenced by accounts of her ancestors, the film presents poetic visual images and circular narrative structures to represent the past, present and future for the Gullah, the majority of whom are about to embark for the mainland and a more modern, "civilized" way of life. The old ways and African ancestral history are represented by community matriarch Nana Peazant, who practices African spiritual rituals. Nana tells her family as she bids them to remember and honour their ancestors as they embark on their new journey, "We are two people in one body. The last of the old and the first of the new."

Contrasting cousins, Viola, a devout Christian, and Yellow Mary, a free spirit who has brought her lover, Trula, from the city, arrive at the island by boat from their homes on the mainland for a last dinner with their family. Yellow Mary plans to leave for Nova Scotia after her visit. Mr. Snead, a mainland photographer, accompanies Viola and takes portraits of the islanders before they leave their way of life forever. Intertwined with these narratives is the marital rift between Eli and his wife Eula, who is about to give birth after being raped by a white man on the mainland. Eli struggles with the fact that the unborn child may not be his and his mother's pressure for him to maintain his connection to his ancestors. The unborn child of Eli and Eula narrates the film tracing the legacy before her birth.

Several other family members' stories unfold between these narratives. They include Haagar, a cousin who finds the old spiritual beliefs and provincialism of the island "backwards," and is impatient to leave for a more modern society with its educational and economic opportunities. Her daughter Iona longs to be with her secret lover St. Julien Lastchild, a Cherokee Native American, a resident of the island. Lastchild presents Iona with a letter confessing his devotion the day of Iona's departure asking her to stay with him.

While the women prepare a traditional meal for the feast, which includes okra, yams and shellfish prepared at the beach, the men gather nearby in groups to talk and play games. The children and teenagers play games, practice religious rites on the beach, and have a Bible-study session with Viola. Yellow Mary and Eula bond as survivors of rape. Bilal Muhammad, a cousin that is believed to be Ibo but hails from the French West Indies, leads a Muslim prayer. Nana evokes the spirits of the family's ancestors who worked on the island's indigo plantations. Nana combines the power of their ancestors with Viola's Bible as a symbol of the old and the new. Eula and Eli reveal the history and folklore of the slave uprising and mass suicide at Ibo Landing. The Peazant family members make their final decisions to leave the island for a new beginning, or stay behind and maintain their way of life. Yellow Mary chooses to stay on the island along with Eli and Eula. In tears, Iona jumps off the boat prior to departing as Lastchild comes for her on horseback. Haagar is held back by another family member while calling for her daughter. Remaining family members watch as most of the Peazants finally depart.

Development
Originally conceived in 1975, Dash planned to make a short film with no dialogue as a visual account of a Gullah family's preparation to leave their Sea Island home to a new life in the North. She was inspired by her father's Gullah family, who migrated to New York City in the early 20th century during the Great Migration of African Americans from the southern states. Her narrative forms were also inspired by the writing of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Melville Herskovits. As the story developed for more than 10 years, Dash clarified her artistic vision and together with Arthur Jafa, her cinematographer and co-producer, she put together a short film to use for marketing.

She initially was rejected by Hollywood executives, as this was to be her first full-length film. Dash said they thought it was "too different" as she thought their reaction was part of a systematic exclusion of black women from Hollywood. Persisting, Dash finally got $800,000 financing from the PBS series American Playhouse in 1988.

Casting
With funding secured, Dash and Casting Director Len Hunt, cast a number of veterans of black independent cinema in various roles, as a tribute to the work they had done and the sacrifices they had made to work in independent films. She would hire a mix of union and non-union members for her crew, with the latter being cast for their familiarity with the Gullah language, which the main actors would have to learn. Rogers had one previous film credit with School Daze and was known for her work as a playwright and vocalist, while Jones had worked previously with Dash in the short Diary of an African Nun (1977) and Grosvenor was a culinary anthropologist with a Gullah background.

Dialogue and narrative structure
For the sake of authenticity and poetry, the characters from the island speak in Gullah dialect. Ronald Daise, author of Reminiscences of Sea Island Heritage (1987), was the dialect coach for her actors, none of whom knew Gullah at the start of production.

The narrative structure is non-linear, of which Dash explained:

"I didn't want to tell a historical drama about African-American women in the same way that I had seen other dramas. I decided to work with a different type of narrative structure...[and] that the typical male-oriented western-narrative structure was not appropriate for this particular film. So I let the story unravel and reveal itself in a way in which an African Gullah would tell the story, because that's part of our tradition. The story unfolds throughout this day-and-a-half in various vignettes. It unfolds and comes back. It's a different way of telling a story. It's totally different, new."

Principal photography
Director of photography Arthur Jafa began shooting on location at St. Helena Island and Hunting Island, off the South Carolina coast. Principal photography lasted 28 days, with a majority of the time spent shooting at exterior locations, such as the beach, in front of rustic homes, or further inland, where Nana's home is located near the island's graveyard. The sets, including cabins, the graveyard, and a figurative-sculpture dock at Igbo Landing, were constructed mostly using materials the Gullah would have had available at the time of the story. The costumes feature the women in long indigo-dyed and bright white dresses. The majority of closeups in the film are on the women, and the majority of dialogue is spoken by women and girls. American artist Kerry James Marshall handled production design, brought on by Jafa despite never meeting before.

The key make-up artist and hair designer for Daughters of the Dust is Pamela Ferrell. During production, Ferrell worked very close with Julie Dash to help provide creative details needed for the vision and style of every scene in the movie. Ferrell also worked with the actors and actresses on set, where she detailed the make-up for each scene to help get the desired aesthetic.

During production on Hunting Island, the crew was evacuated to Charleston, South Carolina to avoid the incoming Hurricane Hugo. Hugo changed track and scored a direct hit on Charleston, causing a historic amount of damage.

Often, the cast would have to come to set on a last-minute notice because of the environmental factors that took place.

Post-production
Editing began in January 1990, and it took nearly a year to complete the film. Dash chose not to use subtitles, preferring to have audiences be immersed in the language. The soundtrack was composed by John Barnes, featuring a blend of Synclavier percussion with traditional instruments, including the Middle Eastern santour, and African bata and talking drums.

Release
Daughters of the Dust screened at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and won the Excellence in Cinematography Award. It was released by Kino International—the first feature film made by an African-American woman to be distributed theatrically in the United States.

Reception
The film opened in January 1992 to mostly critical acclaim. The film holds a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 77 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.6/10. The site's consensus reads: "Daughters of the Dust addresses its weighty themes with lovely visuals and a light, poetic touch, offering an original, absorbing look at a largely unexplored corner of American culture".

The Boston Globe called it "Mesmerizing...a film rich with [black women's] faces, voices and movement."

Stephen Holden of The New York Times lauded the film's languid pace and "spellbinding visual beauty" while noting that its unconventional narrative structure made the characters in relation to the story at times difficult to follow. Critic Stephen Holden said the individual stories in the film formed a "broad weave in which the fabric of daily life, from food preparation to ritualized remembrance, is ultimately more significant than any of the psychological conflicts that surface." He hailed Dash as a "strikingly original film maker."

Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun Times gave the film three stars out of a possible four. He called the Daughters of the Dust a tone-poem about emotions rather than telling a conventional narrative, and said while made on a small budget "it doesn't feel cheap" due to excellent use of cinematography, wardrobe and music. He also highlighted the screenplay's Gullah dialect: "The fact that some of the dialogue is deliberately difficult is not frustrating, but comforting; we relax like children at a family picnic, not understanding everything, but feeling at home with the expression of it."

In 2022, Daughters of the Dust was named at number 60 in the Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time list selected by critics and published every 10 years since 1952.

Upon its 2016 re-release, The Village Voice review commended the film's "stunning motifs and tableaux, the iconography seemingly sourced from dreams as much as from history and folklore." The Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw called the film "mysterious, fabular and sometimes dreamlike," comparing it to Chekhov or a performance of Shakespeare's Tempest.

Despite the positive reviews, Dash was unable to make another feature-length motion picture within the mainstream Hollywood system. She concluded industry executives were put off by the film's unconventional form, stating in 2007: "Hollywood and mainstream television are still not quite open to what I have to offer." However, Dash would go on to a productive television career.

The Library of Congress added Daughters of the Dust to the National Film Registry in 2004, noting its status as the first feature-length film by an African-American woman to receive wide theatrical release, calling it an "evocative, emotional look at family, era and place."

Restoration and re-release
For its 25th anniversary, the Cohen Media Group restored Daughters of the Dust for a screening at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival and a theatrical release. When Beyoncé's acclaimed visual album Lemonade aired on HBO and online in the spring of that year, critics noted that Lemonade made several visual references to Daughters of the Dust. Beyoncé's modern take featured young women, some in long white dresses, walking toward a beach or settled on the front porch of a rustic island cabin. The homage brought attention to the film in articles for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, NPR, and Essence. With new acclaim, Daughters of the Dust was re-released in theaters in November 2016, along with a new trailer and poster.

Awards and nominations

 * Sundance Film Festival – Excellence in Cinematography Award, nominated for Grand Jury Prize, 1991
 * Selected for National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, 2004
 * Cascade Festival of African Films, Portland, Oregon – Excellence in Cinematography Award, 2005
 * New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Special Award, 2016

Related books
Dash has written two books related to Daughters of the Dust:
 * Co-authored with Toni Cade Bambara and bell hooks, Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film (1992). The book includes the screenplay.
 * Daughters of the Dust: A Novel (1997), a sequel set 20 years after the passage explored in the film. Amelia, a young anthropology student who grew up in Harlem, goes to the Sea Islands to meet her mother's relatives and learn about their culture. The novel was selected in 2011 for the Charleston County Public Library's One Book Program.

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Antonín Švehla

Antonín Švehla (15 April 1873, in Prague – 12 December 1933 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak politician. He served three terms as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia. He is regarded as one of the most important political figures of the First Czechoslovak Republic; he was the leader of the Agrarian Party, which was dominant within the Pětka, which was largely his own invention. Švehla is also credited with the slogan of the Pětka: "We have agreed that we will agree."

He supported professor T. G. Masaryk in his fight for Czechoslovak independence.

The garden of the European Campus of Sciences Po Paris in Dijon, France is named "Garden of the Agrarians of Antonín Švehla (1873–1933)" in memory of Antonín Švehla.

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Te Araroa

Te Araroa (The Long Pathway) is New Zealand's long distance tramping route, stretching circa 3000 km along the length of the country's two main islands from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Officially opened in 2011, it is made up of a mixture of previously made tracks and walkways, new tracks, and link sections alongside roads. Tramping the full length of the trail generally takes three to six months.

History
The idea of a national walkway goes back to the 1970s, when it was first advocated for by the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand. In 1975 the New Zealand Walkways Commission was established, but in 15 years made little progress. In 1994, journalist Geoff Chapple advocated for a New Zealand-long walking track, and founded Te Araroa Trust. Advocacy and negotiations for access continued, and by 2006 plans for the trail began being part of local government plans. The Government allocated $3.8 million for development of new sections of the trail on conservation land in 2007. The 3000 km route officially opened on 3 December 2011 after 10 years of work by hundreds of volunteers.

Since opening, new tracks have been created to alter the route, particularly to avoid road walking. These include the 10 km Escarpment Track, which opened in 2016, and a sealed track from Invercargill to Bluff is under construction. In its 2019 Strategic Plan, Te Araroa Trust said it intended to reduce the amount of road walking to 10% of the trail by 2022 and set a long-term goal to reduce it to under 5%. Parts have also been closed with detours set up, such as a section in the Bay of Islands which was closed due to erosion in 2019.

The trail
Te Araroa stretches roughly 3000 km, varying in distance when sections are upgraded or otherwise changed. This is almost twice the straight-line distance from Cape Reinga to Bluff 1475 km. Tracks that cross privately owned land may be closed during lambing season, while others have been closed to people to protect kauri trees from kauri dieback.

The trail is a mix of tracks, including wilderness tracks, paths through paddocks, beaches, roads, and highways, as well as a section which is a river and must be kayaked. Many parts of the trail are challenging. In these sections, trip planning, river crossing and navigation skills are recommended, as well as a good level of fitness and heavy boots. Most through-hikers take between three and six months for a complete trip and 90% of those travel from north to south.

The trail has approximately 300 sections ranging from walks of one to two hours through to an approximately nine-day route in the South Island where most trampers haul large amounts of food and gear. About 60% of the trail crosses conservation land managed by the Department of Conservation. The remainder is mostly on privately owned land. There have been reports that some landowners have grown frustrated with the number of walkers, while many see it as a chance "be good neighbours and to bridge that rural-urban divide".

With the exception of a short section of the Queen Charlotte Track at the trail's northern terminus in the South Island, neither permit nor fee is required to walk Te Araroa. However, Te Araroa Trust requests a donation of $750 per person tramping the full trail, $400 for those walking one island only, and smaller amounts for section hikers. Through-hikers will also pay $118 for a six-month Department of Conservation Backcountry Hut Pass if they wish to sleep in New Zealand's extensive network of back-country huts.

Usage
Hundreds of thousands of people walk some part of Te Araroa each year, and in the 2018/19 summer the Te Araroa Trust counted 1200 through-walkers. This was up from 550 people attempting a through-hike in 2016–17, and 350 the year before. Sections of the track can see more traffic; for example, one section is seeing 70,000 to 80,000 people each year. In that example, the section is on private land.

Walkers often receive support from "Trail Angels" – volunteers living near the track who can provide places to sleep, showers, and food.

Record completions
The record time for completing Te Araroa is just under fifty days, set by pilot George Henderson from Wellington in 2019/2020. Henderson broke the previous record by more than three days, and the run doubled as a fundraiser. The record time by a woman was set by Brooke Thomas in 2020/2021, at fifty-seven days and ten hours. The youngest person to walk the trail was Jonathan Rapsey, who finished it at the age of seven with his sister Elizabeth aged nine and their parents.

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American Standard Companies

American Standard Companies Inc. was a manufacturer of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, plumbing fixtures, and automotive parts. The company was formed in 1929 through the merger of the American Radiator Company and Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company forming the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. The name was simplified to American Standard in 1967.

The company was broken up in 2007 with the spin off of the automotive parts business as WABCO Vehicle Control Systems and sale of the plumbing fixtures business as American Standard Brands. The remaining business was renamed Trane, which continues to build HVAC systems under the American Standard name. Trane was acquired by Ingersoll Rand in 2008, and the parent company has since been renamed Trane Technologies.

History
In 1929, the American Radiator Company (founded 1892) merged with the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company (founded 1875 ) to form the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. The plumbing division, Standard Sanitary, would continue to sell their products under the "Standard" label until 1967, when the company changed its name to American Standard Corporation. The American Standard label was used for both divisions from that year on.

In 1929, American Standard bought the Kewanee Toilet Boiler Company, which it kept until the early 1970s.

In 1968, the group purchased earthmoving and mining product range of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO). It divested itself of these assets in 1984.

In 1984, the group acquired HVAC manufacturer Trane. In 1999, American Standard purchased control of the United Kingdom-based plumbing fixture companies Armitage Shanks and Ceramica Dolomite of Italy from Blue Circle Industries for $430 million.

On February 1, 2007 the company announced it would break up its three divisions:

 * The automotive parts business was spun off, forming WABCO Vehicle Control Systems.
 * The plumbing fixtures division was sold off to Bain Capital for $1.745 billion. Bain sold the North American and Asian operations to Sun Capital and Lixil Group respectively, while retaining the European and Latin American operations as Ideal Standard. The deal also included the rights to use the former company name in North America operating as American Standard Brands.
 * The remainder of the company took the name of its heating and air conditioning subsidiary Trane. Ingersoll Rand made an offer to acquire Trane on December 17, 2007 and the sale was completed on June 5, 2008. The parent company has since been renamed Trane Technologies.

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Lympstone Village railway station

Lympstone Village railway station serves the village of Lympstone in Devon, England.

History
Lympstone station was opened with the railway on 1 May 1861. It was renamed Lympstone Village in the 1991 to avoid confusion with the new Lympstone Commando railway station that had opened on 3 May 1976.

Following the privatisation of British Rail it was operated by Wales & West, latterly Wessex Trains, until 31 March 2006 when the franchise was taken over by First Great Western.

Description and facilities
The station is situated on an embankment, with a single platform; a disused second platform is now heavily overgrown. To the south the line crosses the village on a low viaduct.

It is unstaffed and tickets cannot be purchased at the station. There are stands for bicycle parking and a 20-space car park.

Services
Lympstone Village is served by trains on the Avocet Line between Exmouth and Paignton via Exeter St Davids.

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Laraaji

Laraaji (born Edward Larry Gordon, 3 May 1943) is an American multi-instrumentalist specializing in piano, zither and mbira. His albums include the 1980 release Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, produced by Brian Eno as part of his Ambient series.

Early life and career
Born Edward Larry Gordon in Philadelphia, he studied violin, piano, trombone and voice in his early years in New Jersey. He attended Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, D.C., where he studied composition and piano. After studying at Howard, he spent time in New York City pursuing a career as a stand-up comedian and actor, as well as playing Fender Rhodes electric piano in a jazz-rock band ‘Winds of Change’.

In the early 1970s, he began to study Eastern mysticism and believed he'd found a new path for his music and his life. It was also at this time he bought his first zither from a local pawn shop. Converting it to an electronic instrument, he began to experiment using the instrument like a piano. By 1978, he developed enough skill to begin busking in the parks and on the sidewalks of New York. He favored the northeast corner of Washington Square Park, where he would improvise for hours on end with his eyes closed.

The following year he was encountered by Brian Eno while playing in Washington Square Park, who went on to produce his most widely recognized release, Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, the third installment of Brian Eno's Ambient series. This was his first album released under the name of Laraaji.

This international exposure led to requests for longer versions of his compositions which he supplied to meditation groups on cassette tapes. It also resulted in an expansion of his mystic studies with such gurus as Swami Satchidananda and Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, founder of the Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York.

In 2022, Laraaji joined with Medicine Singers—a group of Native American ritual performance artists in partnership with other artists—to play on their self-titled album.

Laraaji started the Laughter Meditation Workshops, which he still presents around the globe.

Critical reception
In 2023, Pitchfork awarded Segue To Infinity "Best New Reissue" and declared that the album "should definitively put a nail in the coffin of the narrative of Laraaji as a street busker who was simply “discovered” by (Brian) Eno, instead cementing him as an preeminent figure in ambient and new-age music’s history."

Discography

 * Celestial Vibration (Swan, 1978) – under the name Edward Larry Gordon
 * Lotus-Collage (Laraaji, 1979)
 * Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (Editions EG, 1980) – produced by Brian Eno
 * I Am Ocean (Celestial Vibration, 1981)
 * Unicorns in Paradise (Laraaji, 1981)
 * Rhythm N' Bliss (Third Ear, 1982)
 * Om Namah Shivaya (Celestial Vibration, 1984)
 * Sun Zither (Laraaji, 1984)
 * Vision Songs – Vol .1 (self release, 1984)
 * Reissued in 2018 by The Numero Group
 * Open Sky (Celestial Vibration, 1985) – with Brother Ah
 * Live at WNYC (Laraaji – 1985)
 * One – All Loving One (Laraaji – 1985)
 * Celestial Realms (Spirit Music, 1986) – with Lyghte a.k.a. Jonathan Goldman
 * Once Upon a Zither (Laraaji – 1986)
 * Essence/Universe (Audion, 1987)
 * Music for Films III (Opal, 1988) – various artists
 * Zither Bliss (Laraaji – 1987)
 * White Light Music (Laraaji – 1987)
 * Urban Saint (Laraaji – 1987)
 * Sol (Laraaji – 1987) – with Mark Kramer
 * Freeflow – I'm in Heaven (Celestial Vibration, 1980s)
 * I Am Healing (Celestial Vibration, 1980s) – with Shree Vena
 * I Am Loved (Laraaji – 1980s)
 * I Am Sky (Laraaji – 1980s)
 * Bring Forth (Your Highest Vision) (Laraaji – 1980s)
 * Selected New Music III (Clear Music, 1991) – various artists
 * Flow Goes the Universe (All Saints Records, 1992) – produced by Michael Brook
 * The Way Out Is the Way In (All Saints Records, 1995) – with Audio Active
 * Islands (Sine – 1995) – with Roger Eno
 * Cascade(a.k.a. Enlighten) (Relaxation Co. – 1997)
 * Divination/Sacrifice (Meta 1998) – with Bill Laswell
 * Celestial Reiki (Etherean – 2000) – with Jonathan Goldman
 * Shiva Shakti Groove (Collective – 2000)
 * Celestial Zone (Laraaji – 2002)
 * My Orangeness (VelNet – 2002)
 * Celestial Reiki II (Etherean – 2002) – with Jonathan Goldman and Sarah Benson
 * Water & Soft Zither (Laraaji – 2004)
 * Laughter: The Best Medicine (Laraaji – 2004)
 * Chakra Balancing Music (Laraaji – 2004)
 * In a Celestial Water Garden (self release, 2005)
 * Sonic Sketches (with Nadi Burton – 2006)
 * Song of Indra (with Phil Gruber – 2006)
 * Ambient Zither in G Pentatonic (Laraaji – 2007)
 * Mountain Creek Water (Laraaji – 2007)
 * Sonic Portals (Laraaji – 2008)
 * FRKWYS Vol. 8 (Blues Control and Laraaji – 2011)
 * Two Sides of Laraaji (Laraaji - 2013)
 * Sun Gong (Laraaji - 2017)
 * Bring On The Sun (Laraaji - 2017)
 * Arrive Without Leaving (Flying Moonlight, 2018) (with Arji OceAnanda & Dallas Acid)
 * Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound (Laraaji, Merz, Shahzad Ismaily - 2019)
 * Sun Piano (Laraaji - 2020)
 * Moon Piano (Laraaji - 2020)
 * Through Luminous Eyes (All Saints Records, 2020) cassette only, available as triple cassette boxset with Sun Piano and Moon Piano.
 * Circle of Celebration (NOUS with Laraaji and Arji OceAnanda - 2021)
 * Segue To Infinity (Numero Group, 2023) – includes Celestial Vibration (1978) "with three discs of early, unreleased material, all produced around the same time"

With others

 * Automatic (Gyroscope, 1994) – as part of Channel Light Vessel
 * Excellent Spirits (All Saints Records, 1996) – as part of Channel Light Vessel
 * Medicine Singers (Stone Tapes & Joyful Noise Recordings, 2022)

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Debtor and Creditor

Debtor and Creditor can refer to:

 * Debtor
 * Creditor

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Talk:Gurdjieff movements

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This sounds like an advertisment, and there are no sources cited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.16.180.101 (talk) 10:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Had to remove the picture of Turkish whirling dervishes, whose dance movements are a part of 13th century Sufic repertoire originating from Maulana Jalaladdin Rumi in Anatolia and cannot in any way be attributed to Gurdjieff, as much as he may have been "inspired" by Rumi, the Mevlevi Order et al. For more info cross-check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mevlevi_Order Please dear Editors, make the effort to add pictures specifically relating to the Gurdjieff dance movement. Thank you! Musa Emre (talk) 23:03, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Article quality
In my opinion this article is missing crucial information about the subject matter. --Jazzman (talk) 13:27, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * When did Gurdjieff present and teach the movements?
 * How are they documented?
 * Where is the quoted series of movements from?
 * What is the source of the claim of the movements' nature as "knowledge" and what exactly is it supposed to mean?
 * The claim that certain followers insist on the significance of a direct lineage to Gurdjieff is not documented either.

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Hopwood, Worcestershire

Hopwood is a small settlement in Worcestershire, located south of Birmingham, England on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The settlement is developed around an inn, where users of the canal would have broken their journey.

Today's Hopwood is the location of Hopwood Park services, a motorway service station on the M42 motorway.

Places nearby include: Barnt Green, Alvechurch, Bittell Reservoir and Longbridge.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Swivel!

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 08:17, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

The Swivel!
does this program even exist? Melaen 10:30, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I've never heard of it, can't find any info on it and afaik Terry Christian isn't dead. So I'd say this one is a hoax. -- Lochaber 11:13, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Terry Christian isnt dead, "The Swivel!" + "Terry Christian" gives Zero Google hits, . JamesBurns 11:16, 9 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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Pi Alpha Phi

Pi Alpha Phi Fraternity, Inc. (ΠΑΦ, also Pi Alpha Phi or PAPhi) was an American university-level fraternity. It was founded in 1929 at the University of California, Berkeley. On August 1, 2023, Pi Alpha Phi Fraternity announced that it was closing all of its chapters. At the time, it was the oldest active Asian-American interest fraternity in the United States. It was a founding member of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association.

Origins
When Pi Alpha Phi was founded in the 1920s, traditional Greek letter fraternities along with the rest of the nation, legally discriminated against men of color. In 1928, Wing C. Chan, Dong Wing Tom, and Elmer Leong, members of the class of 1930 at the University of California, Berkeley, had the idea to start a fraternity for the several hundred students of Chinese descent. Six students signed the fraternity's charter in both Chinese and English, officially establishing Pi Alpha Phi on February 1, 1929.

The six founders of Pi Alpha Phi were D. Wing Tom, Wing Chan, Elmer Leong, Chack Chan, Tim Jang, and George Lee. All were born in America except Wing Chan, who came from China at an early age. Wing Chan became the fraternity's first president.

Because they were banned from joining traditional Greek letter fraternities, Pi Alpha Phi's founding fathers wanted to ensure that Asian-American awareness would be an important part of the fraternity. The fraternity encouraged its members to learn Asian-American culture, heritage, and history and to share this knowledge with others. In its later years, the basic premise of the fraternity remained largely unchanged. The fraternity was open to people of all ethnic backgrounds but retained its Asian-American character.

Expansion
The local fraternity became national with the addition of its Beta chapter at the Stony Brook University in 1990. This was followed by Gamma chapter at University of California, Davis that same year. More chapters followed in California and Michigan through 2000. The fraternity's first annual convention was hosted by the Epsilon chapter in Arcadia, California in 2000.

The fraternity continued to charter chapters, expanding into Arizona, North Carolina, and Washington. Pi Alpha Phi was a founding member of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association in 2005. In 2014, Pi Alpha Phi had active ten chapters, one associate chapter, and six colonies. It was headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Scandals and dissolution
In July 2020, the National Board of Directors placed a national moratorium on chapter activities in response to "multiple reports of sexual misconduct nationwide." The moratorium was lifted but, a pledge, Phat Nguyen, died and three others were hospitalized after a hazing incident at Michigan State University on November 19, 2021. Nine fraternity members were charged in connection with the death. In June 2023, the family of the deceased student filed a wrongful death suit against the fraternity.

On August 1, 2023, Pi Alpha Phi Fraternity announced the closure of all of its collegiate chapters. The fraternity said that its chapters were unsustainable because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, declining university enrollment, and financial pressures. Not all chapters agreed with this decision. Some chapters attempted to stay open or tried to start a new organization; although, the former was prohibited by the national fraternity. At the time of its closure, Pi Alpha Phi was the oldest active Asian-American interest fraternity in the United States.

The National APIDA Panhellenic Association removed Pi Alpha Phi from its membership roles on October 13, 2023. NAPA said, "Pi Alpha Phi Fraternity, Inc. has contributed to the vibrant Greek life on campuses nationwide and served as a chartering organization of  NAPA in 2005. Their dedication to fostering academic excellence, Asian American awareness, brotherhood, leadership, and philanthropy has left a lasting mark on our fraternity and sorority community." Some of the fraternity's materials are archived at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Symbols
The name Pi Alpha Phi was derived from the initials of the Greek phrase meaning "To advance through brotherly ties; the thirst for learning." The colors of Pi Alpha Phi were Berkeley Blue and California Gold. Its mascot was the phoenix. Its symbol was the Brotherhood Links. The five pillars of the fraternity were academic excellence, Asian awareness, brotherhood, leadership, and philanthropy. Its motto is "A tradition of excellence since 1929". The group's nicknames were PAPhi and Pineapples.

Activities
From the mid-1980s to 2002, Pi Alpha Phi participated in the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade, operating the “Pi Alpha Phi Dragon”.

The fraternity awarded the annual Herbert Gee Scholarship, named in honor of an Alpha chapter founder. The scholarship was funded by alumni and was award to an active member of the fraternity.

The fraternity's national philanthropy was the Jade Ribbon Campaign which promoted hepatitis awareness and discussed the health disparity between Asian Americans and white Americans. Chapters also supported charities in their local, such Habitat for Humanity and Christmas charities for children.

Chapters
Following is a list of the former Pi Alpha Phi collegiate chapters.

Alumni clubs
The fraternity had alumni clubs in the United States and Asia.

Notable members

 * Evan Jackson Leong — filmmaker and director
 * Delbert Wong — Retired Superior Court judge, the first person of Chinese descent appointed to the judiciary in the continental United States. Appointed as the special master in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

Member and chapter misconduct

 * On January 21, 2003, the San Jose State chapters of Pi Alpha Phi and the Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity turned their rivalry into a brawl. The fight involved around 100 people, including Pi Alpha Phi members of the University of California, Santa Cruz who had been recruited to participate.  Four people were stabbed in the incident. A member of Lambda Phi Epsilon was killed while trying to stop the fight, and others were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital.
 * Phat Nguyen, a pledge, died and three others were taken to the hospital after a hazing incident involving the forced consumption of alcohol at the Michigan State University chapter on November 19, 2021.   Nine fraternity members were changed in connection with the death. In June 2023, the family of the deceased student filed a wrongful death suit against the fraternity.

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Talk:Going Home (TV series)

Can anyone confirm the comment about a Polish series that was in the previous version? I went to see if I could find a name for it, but I couldn't seem to find any evidence of one at all. Ambi 10:31, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I remember that one of the female actors was famous for another reason: being the 'Jan' who was the brunt of the 'Not Happy, Jan' television ad for Yellow Pages. I forget which character she was in the show though. Also, I remember seeing the Colin character on an episode of Blue Heelers once (as the actor who that episode was about; he was being a different character). 130.194.13.102 05:41, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

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Miranda railway station

Miranda railway station is located on the Cronulla line, serving the Sydney suburb of Miranda. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 line services.

History
Miranda station opened on 16 December 1939 when the Cronulla line opened from Sutherland to Cronulla. It initially had a goods siding.

On 15 July 1985, the line between Gymea and Caringbah was duplicated with a new track laid north of the existing single line, with the platform converted to an island platform.

By January 2005, an upgrade to the station including a lift was complete.

In 2014, new station canopies were installed on the station platform.

Transport links
Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service operates one bus route from Miranda station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
 * 989: to Bundeena via Maianbar (Friday only)

Transit Systems operates two bus routes from Miranda station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
 * 477: to Rockdale station via Sans Souci & Kogarah
 * 478: to Rockdale station via Dolls Point & Brighton-Le-Sands (limited weekday off peak service)

U-Go Mobility operates 15 bus routes via Miranda station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
 * 961: to Barden Ridge
 * 962: to East Hills station
 * 967: to Como West
 * 968: to Bonnet Bay
 * 969: to Sutherland station
 * 970: to Hurstville via Sylvania Heights
 * 971: Hurstville to Cronulla via Southgate
 * 972: to Southgate
 * 973: to Yowie Bay
 * 974: to Gymea Bay
 * 975: to Grays Point
 * 977: to Lilli Pilli
 * 978: to Port Hacking
 * 986: to Miranda North (Parraweena Road)
 * 993: to Woronora Heights

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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australia/To-do/Dictionary of Australian Biography

Canada has a similar list Canadian wikipedians' notice board/Dictionary of Canadian Biography with a template and some guidelines on how to refer to it. Should we do the same? --ScottDavis 10:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry I missed this - please do. I've now added a pointer to the combined WikiProject (which looks like it'll cover this list, the Canadian list, and the three or four general ones), but having guidelines and template here would be handy. Ambi 03:44, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

is copying these from gutenberg fair game or are they copyrighted?
Hi, is copying these fair game, which I presumed because of it being Gutenberg or is Aussie copyright law not compatible with US law or something? Anyway, there is william Sorell which i've listed as copyvio but i'm confused. Dunc|☺ 13:14, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * They're public domain. No issues at all. Ambi 14:20, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thinking about it, I really don't think it is. Printed in 1949, copyright expired 1999 in australia but 2019 for the rest of the world. Dunc|☺ 3 July 2005 11:20 (UTC)

Referencing
Hows this for a reference?: Since Percival Serle was in the book himself, that would mean there will be an article about him (eventually), though it may be a bit superfluous since there is a link to the article about the book.

The link to the article itself can be changed so it leads directly to the person's article.

Is it worth creating a template? -3mta3 12:14, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Okay I created one Template:Australian Dictionary of Biography Usage is:

I also created a category Category:Dictionary of Australian Biography, the template links to the category automatically.

-3mta3 14:38, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Categories covered
Would it be a good idea to mention on the project page the publication date (so people don't look for people who became noteable after 1949 or whatever), and what kind of people the book regards as notable (for example, do they regard sportspeople as noteable)? Andjam 04:56, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's much need; people aren't going to be looking for anyone here. It's just a list to remind people of articles that we may have missed that might need creating. Ambi 05:03, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Copyright in US
I just added an article using text from this and was asked about whether it is public domain in the US. Just thought I'd put it here to clarify. From this page - the Australian Dictionary of Biography comes under "WORKS PUBLISHED OUTSIDE THE US  1923 through 1977" - where it says that "In the public domain in its home country as of 1 January 1996" it is  In the public domain for the United States. Astrokey44 13:42, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Removing blue links
I've come to the conculsion that removing blue links is probably not the best idea, since as far as I have noticed, many of the blue links are stubs or disambigs. Really we need to be able to verify that all the blue articles are as good as the book and are correcetly categorised and named. I think it is pointless to be in the same situaion as the EB 1911 project - where everything is in wikipedia, but now must be re-verified. I propose that we reinstate the list and all blue linked articles be ranked as stub, partial, as good, or better.--Peta 05:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Just when I has started hunting down letters with only a few to do, too. :-(  But I think that leaving the list there is a good way to go.  How about if we strike out the letters (in the index at the top of the list) when they are done.  That way people have a quick reference to see what is left to do.  --Jonathan O'Donnell 06:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't think you can strike out something in the TOC. Mabye we could use progess bars for each letter like other Australian Wikiprojects.--Peta 06:43, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

The bars look really good, are you using 1 point for blue and 2 points for good?--Peta 02:55, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I have just been putting in a ratio of 'good' to total number of entries for that letter. I started putting the numbers in so that it was easier to calculate, and a bit more transparent.  --Jonathan O'Donnell 08:07, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Ausbio
Is this actually a necessary addition, I tend to think that if the book have been used and cited using the reference template, that we have sufficient information on the source of the text. AFAK there is no problem using this text - and no need to "metaflag" is as text from the PD, this was done for EB1911 and the Catholic encyclopedia - but since we are using the reference template it seems like a rather pointless duplication of information.--Peta 00:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

 * It does, however, spell out the copyright status of using it as a source for Wikipedia, i.e. that the information is in the public domain in Australia and the U.S.A. Diverman 12:44, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

DAB and ADB
I'm finding that almost every entry that I add from the Dictionary of Australian Biography (DAB) has a corresponding (more up to date) entry in the new online edition of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB). So I'm adding a link to the ADB whereever I can.

I'm using the ADB publication details, which are always listed at the bottom of the biographical entry. I am linking the subjects name and years to the ADB entry, and the ADB title to the wikipedia article. For example, Louisa Ann Meredith's ADB reference becomes: Sally O'Neill, 'Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812 - 1895)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 239-240.

Because I would like to complete the DAB transfer as quickly as possible, I am adding the ADB link under External links, rather than melding the information into the article. I haven't used the information to build the wikipedia entry, so I think that it would be misleading to put it under References. --Jonathan O'Donnell 23:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, sounds like a good idea, but aren't the hardcopy publication details redundant? An External link is a link to a non-Wikipedia webpage, not to a book. Based on the above example, I propose the entry should be:
 * Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812 - 1895)', Australian Dictionary of Biography

 * -- Diverman 12:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

The ADB asks that you cite the author (ie the print ref), which you should do if you do use it as a ref, I have on a few occassions to get dates of birth that are missing in the DAB etc. I don't really think we should just include it as an external link on every DAB article, since some people might not be able to make the distinction between the two and well end up with a whole lot of copyright problems.--Peta 12:45, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I have been including the a link to the ADB biography because they usually give a more comprehensive, and more up to date, biography. While the DAB provides a solid, copyright-expired starting point, Serle can be a bit idiosyncratic at times.  Having a link to the ADB helps to balance that.

 * I have been using the print reference because it is (a) comprehensive: it lists the subject (with life years), the author, the date, the publication details, and the publisher; and because it is (b) easy: it is right there, at the bottom of the article. I have to do a search to see if there actually is an article, so I may as well grab it while I am there. --Jonathan O'Donnell 13:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

 * And I've got a bit of a soft spot for ADB on-line. I did the useability testing (some of which they took on board, and some of which they ignored - such is life).  :-)  --Jonathan O'Donnell 13:44, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Would it be clearer if it was headed Further reading rather than External links? --Jonathan O'Donnell 03:49, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * External links is fine.--Peta 03:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

DAB and ADB copyright
From my reading of the copyright notice at part of which reads ..the ANU grants users of this site a licence to print, download, copy and paste text and search results into other web-based documents and link particular articles within the ADB Online to a user's website, for non-commercial purposes only. it seems text from adbonline can be put into Wikipedia, is that how others read it? Diverman 07:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure that this is what they mean. A bit further down they say: "The moral rights of the authors of online ADB articles must be respected, therefore any text that is copied from the website must be fully identified as an author's work and must not be altered in any way."  That would seem to indicate that we can copy it, but we can't change it (which wouldn't work in Wikipedia).

 * I think that the easiest solution is to ask them. I can sent a message to Darryl Bennet, the person at the ADB in charge of the Web project, copied to Gavan McCarthy, who set up the Web site for them.  Suggested text for the message is below.  Please edit to improve.  I will look to send it in a week, if that is OK.

 * To: Darryl Bennet
 * cc: Gavan McCarthy
 * Subject: Clarification of the ADB Online copyright notice

 * Hello Darry and Gavan

 * On the ADB Online copyright page, it says (in part):
 * "Apart from any use permitted by the Act, the ANU grants users of this site a licence to print, download, copy and paste text and search results into other web-based documents..."
 * http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/copy.htm accessed 23 August 2006.

 * Currently, there is some discussion at the Dictionary of Australian Biography project on Wikipedia as to what the copyright statement means for Wikipedia.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Australian_wikipedians'_notice_board/Complete_to-do/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography#DAB_and_ADB_copyright

 * Could you please clarify for us. Does it mean that we can copy and paste ADB Online articles into Wikipedia?

 * Current practice is for ADB Online articles to be referenced by Wikipedia articles. For example, see:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gellibrand
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Tyson_Burbidge
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Neilson
 * Other good examples:
 * http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%22Australian+Dictionary+of+Biography%2C+Volume%22

 * Of course, although people are encouraged to cite their sources properly, some are referenced better than others. Current poor examples (some may be fixed by the time you see this):
 * http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22Australian+Dictionary+of+Biography%22+-%22vol%22&start=10

 * This discussion has arisen as part of an active project on Wikipedia to transfer all of the information from Percival Serle's "Dictionary of Australian Biography" into Wikipedia. You can see the results of our efforts at:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Australian_wikipedians'_notice_board/Complete_to-do/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography

 * I would like to post any corrospondence with you on this matter to the project page, so that others can see what is being discussed. Please let me know if that is OK.

 * Any advice greatly appreciated.

 * Jonathan O'Donnell

--Jonathan O'Donnell 02:01, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia cannot use any text that is specifically for non-commerical use. Unless they are willing to licence their text under the GFDL (which is highly improbable given that they have gone ahead and made their own website) you cannot cut and paste these article into Wikipedia.--Peta 02:07, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I wouldn't think it was OK at all to copy across the info. There is no reason to duplicate the information in the ADB. --Arktos talk 02:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I will not send the letter. --Jonathan O'Donnell 04:36, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

New cat
I just made Category:Australian federationists, which might be useful for categorising some of these old politicians.--Peta 08:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Subdivision
Would anyone be opposed to using subdivisions on some of the longer lists - I find it much easier and more rewarding to start and finish a small list than get lost in a long one; it might also make it a bit easier to track progress on some of the longer letters. --Peta 14:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Need for editing
Some of the articles from ProjectGutenberg Au are being inserted without any editing or wikifying, and I don't think that's a good practice. Copying them first and upgrading them later may seem very attractive, but experience with other wikiprojects shows that this upgrade does not always happen. And some people who do not fully understand the copyright situation seem to be nominating them for deletion, even speedy deletion., see DGG''' 07:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, Serle's work is still in copyright in the US, which is why it is hosted at Project Gutenberg Australia, rather than the US site. As Wikipedia is hosted in the US, it uses US Copyright law rather than Australian copyright law.  Serle's work entered the public domain in Australia on 1 January 2002, fifty years after his death, and not fifty years after the publication of his work.  Under US law, as Serle's copyright still existed in 1996 in Australia, it continues to enjoy protection under US law.  Copyright therefore doesn't expire in the US until 1 January 2022 (which is probably when it will be moved to the US Project Gutenberg).  Therefore, straight copying of text from Serle's work is a breach of copyright no matter how weird that seems, and however unlikely it ever will be for Serle's publishers to sue for breach of copyright when the work is freely available on Australian websites. Wiki editors should modify the text and put it into their own words to avoid any copyright breaches and attribute the factual information back to Serle by way of references. 220.240.6.223 11:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This may well be correct, and I would suggest getting a further opinion on this. I know the US rules only, I do not know the international complications. If it is correct, then all the articles will all have to be substantially rewritten, and it may do them some good. Another alternative temporarily is to write a short stub and then give the references. People will still find the information through the links. Considering the amount of material involved, it may be worthwhile to ask the publishers to normalize the situation and release the work into the PD in the US--assuming they own the copyright and not the individual authors of the articles. DGG 16:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * In any case, in wikifying or in rewriting, it would be well to remove the flourishes at the end about how much he is loved by the profession, etc. I would advise you to remove them even you do no other editing, because they are the red flag-- children and grandchildren who put in obituary notices tend to do that, and many people look particularly for that because we get about ten a day & those articles usually are valid speedies  It is further necessary to show why the person mets WP standards for N according to the current interpretation, and to say it in the first sentence or two--the older encyclopedias get around to it eventually, but they don't highlight it and for it to work here it has to be put right out front in peoples faces. And specific quotes need to be connected to the person who originally said them. (And it is a good idea to copy the lists of references from both encyclopedias on the bottom--that is fair use and a great help to those following up. Further, an increasing number of these sources are available on line, and will help in the rewriting. DGG 16:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Article #
How come this project lists about 1000 articles when the australian Dictionary of Biography lists about 10700?  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 09:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Despite the name of this page, I think the list comes from Dictionary of Australian Biography rather than the Australian Dictionary of Biography. -- Mattinbgn\talk 12:44, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


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Film Portrait

Film Portrait (1972) is a full-length autobiographical film directed by, and about, the life of Minnesotan film-maker and artist, Jerome Hill.

Summary
Jerome Hill died shortly after the completion of Film Portrait, and so the work is often described as his memoir from his privileged childhood in the Midwest to his restless adult years.

Legacy
In 2003, Film Portrait was added to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress, recognizing the cultural, historical and aesthetic significance of the work, as well as ensuring the preservation of the original film footage.

title: Film Portrait